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The Life and Correspondence of Major-General Sir John Malcolm, G. C. B. (1856)
The Life and Correspondence of MajorGeneral Sir John Malcolm G C B - 1856 Author:John William Kaye Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: and I should imagine of none in forwarding your views upon Constantinople. That Court is sometimes the seat of important diplomatic negotiations, and at others a... more » seat of splendid retreat for ambassadors. You would be considered an interloper by'either the active or the declining diplomat. You had better adhere to your objects in India. Get into Parliament if you can afford it; be nobody's man but your own, and you will soon be known, and will get on. Ever yours most sincerely, Wellington. I am afraid your brother-in-law will lose his leg, but he is in good health, and will get a pension in return. I have recommended him for promotion. In the summer of the following year Wellington returned for a little space to England, and was received as no man, perhaps, ever was received before, by a grateful and admiring nation. But in the midst of the popular enthusiasm that surrounded him he was not forgetful of his old "Deccanee" friend. He had not been many hours in London before he made his way to Malcolm's house in Manchester-street, eager to shake him by the hand, and excited the incredulity of an old Scotch servant by announcing himself as the Duke of Wellington. After a fortnight's ovation in England he sailed as ambassador to France, leaving Malcolm more than ever bound to him by ties of the strongest personal respect and affection. The latter part of 1814 and the earlier months of 1815 saw Malcolm principally in London. In the April of the latter year he was created a Knight Commander of the Bath, with the first batch of Company's officers upon whom the order had ever been conferred. Two months Lieutenant-Colonel Campbell. He in the last edition of Gurwood's col- afterwards died from the effects of lection. his wounds. This letter is published RECEPTION OF THE ...« less