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 yow voyage agreeable, and only beg that, instead of replying to this, your Lordship will signify your wishes to Lord Melville, upon whom, as well as your Lordship, I will wait the moment I return to London. I have the honor to be, &c.

(Signed)“.”

“London, Dec. 19, 1804.

“My dear Gore,– What you read in the Courier is perfectly true. I am told that I can be useful by going to India, and if I can render my country any service it is a matter of indifference to me whether I die on the banks of the Thames or the Ganges. I therefore accept your offer with all the kindness it is made; and have seen Lord Melville, who desires to see you so soon as you come to town, and will there make all the necessary arrangements. Believe me your attached friend,

(Signed)“.”

Captain Gore received the honor of knighthood, Feb. 21, 1805; and sailed for Bengal, April 15 following. The Marquis Cornwallis died at Gazeepour, a village on the banks of the Ganges, about 600 miles above Calcutta, Oct. 5 in the same year. His lordship’s remains were there interred by the present Sir George Abercrombie Robinson, Bart, and the other gentlemen who composed the suite of that great and lamented statesman.

Sir John Gore continued at Calcutta, waiting for despatches, till Nov. 3, 1805, when he sailed for England with Messrs. Robinson, &c. and the treaty of peace that had been concluded with the Mahratta chief Holkar. His voyage home was performed with astonishing celerity, the Medusa having run from the Ganges to the Lizard in 84 days, two of which were spent at anchor in St. Helena roads:– she was consequently but 82 days under sail, in which time she traversed the immense space of 13,831 miles.

Soon after his arrival. Sir John Gore removed to the Revenge 74, in which ship he was successively employed off Brest, l’Orient, and Rochefort. On the 15th July, 1806, one of his lieutenants was killed in a boat attack, which will be fully detailed under the head of Captain Edward Reynolds Sibly.

The Revenge formed part of the squadron under Commodore Sir Samuel Hood, when that officer lost his arm, in an action with some French frigates, from Rochefort bound to