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  of expressing to you the sentiments with which he is impressed towards yourself individually, as well with advertence to your services gencrally, as to the special one alluded to at the beginning of this letter. I have the honor to be, &c.

(Signed)“, Secretary to Government.”

At a subsequent period, Joseph Dart, Esq. Secretary to the Honorable East India Company, conveyed to Captain Chads “an expression of the high sense which the Court of Directors entertained of his exertions in the Burman war, both when senior officer, and when charged with several of the most difficult enterprises:” Mr. Dart added, “that the Court had not failed to communicate to the Government of Bengal their cordial concurrence in the sentiments of approbation with which his services were noticed by that authority.” On the 24th November, 1826, it was “resolved unanimously, that the thanks of this Court be given to Commodore Sir James Brisbane, C.B., and the Captains and Officers of His Majesty’s and the Company’s ships and boats, who cooperated with the army in the Burmese war, for their cordial, zealous, and most useful exertions; and to the crews of His Majesty’s and the Company’s ships and boats employed in that service, for their spirited and intrepid conduct on all occasions; and that the commander of His Majesty’s squadron on the India station be requested to communicate the thanks of this Court to the officers and men under his command.” A similar resolution was passed by the Court of Proprietors in the course of the ensuing month. On the 27th January, 1827, the following letter was addressed to Commodore Sir James Brisbane, and a copy thereof sent to Captain Chads, whose ship, the Alligator, had recently been put out of commission:

“Admiralty Office, Jan. 27th, 1827.

“Sir,– I received and laid before my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty your letter of the 21st May last, containing an account of the conclusion of the Burmese war; and I am commanded by their Lordships to express their approbation of the zealous and gallant conduct displayed by yourself. Captain Chads, and the other officers and men, during the long and arduous service on which they were employed. And I am to