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 several of the ships composing the East India squadron were ordered home, and the remainder gradually relieved. At the close of 1816, Rear-Admiral Sir Richard King having arrived from Europe as successor to Sir George Burlton, Captain Sayer resigned the command to that officer, and returned to England after an absence of nearly seven years. Previous to his departure from India he received a letter, of which the following is an extract, from Lieutenant-General Sir Robert Brownrigg, Governor of his Majesty’s possessions in the island of Ceylon, &c.

Captain Sayer received a gold medal, and, in common with his brother officers, was honored with the thanks of Parliament for his services at the reduction of the enemy’s settlements in the Eastern hemisphere. He was nominated a C.B. in 1815.

Agents.– Messrs. Goode and Clarke. 

 officer is the second son of Major-General Mansel, who was killed at the head of a brigade of dragoons, when serving under the command of H.R.H. the Duke of York, in 1794.

He entered the naval service as a Midshipman on board the Sampson 64, bearing the flag of Vice-Admiral Milbanke in