'the greatest respect, your Lordship's most obedient and faithful humble servant,

WELLINGTON.

The Right Hon. Lord Eldon,

Lord High Chancellor, &c. &c. &c.

Mercurii 13 die Maii, 1812.

Sir,

Fuente Guinaldo, 29th April, 1812.

I have had the honour of receiving your letters of the 11th February and 8th instant, in which you enclosed the unanimous votes of the House of Commons of the 10th of February and 8th of April, expressive of their approbation of the conduct of the general officers, officers and troops under my command, which were employed in the siege and assault of Ciudad Rodrigo.

In obedience to the orders of the House, I have communicated to the general officers, officers and troops, these honourable

testimonies of their approbation and I beg that you will do me the favour to make my acknowledgments to the House for the notice which they have taken of my services, and to assure them of the sense which I entertain of the honor which they have conferred upon me, and of and of my gratitude for

their repeated favours.

I request you to accept my thanks for the handsome terms in which you have conveyed to me the sense of the House.

I have the honour to be, Sir, with the greatest respect, your most obedient and faithful humble servant,

WELLINGTON.

The Right Hon. Charles Abbot,

Speaker of the House of Commons,

&c. &c. &c.

Lune 22 die Junii, 1812.

My Lord,

Fuente Guinaldo, May 28th, 1812.

I received by the last post your

Lordship's letter in which you enclosed the

the unanimous resolutions of the House of Lords of the 27th of April last, conveying the approbation of their Lordships' of the conduct of the general officers, officers and troops under my command in the siege and assault of Badajoz, which, in obedience to their Lordships' commands, I have communicated to the army.

This fresh mark of the favour with which their Lordships are disposed to view the services of the army under my command, has been received by me with gratitude proportionate to the sense I entertain of the value of their Lordships' approbation ; and I request your Lordship to convey my thanks to the House for the honour which they have conferred upon us.

I am highly sensible of the value of your Lordship's friendship and kindness, and beg you to accept my thanks for the handsome terms in which you have conveyed the sense of the House of Lords.

I have the honour to be, my Lord, with Eg.

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the greatest respect, your Lordship's most obedient and faithful humble servant,

WELLINGTON.

The Right Hon. Lord Eldon,

Lord High Chancellor, &c. &c.

Sabbati 20 die Junii, 1812.

Sir,

Fuente Guinaldo, May 28th, 1812.

I have communicated to the general officers, officers and troops under my command the unanimous resolutions of the House of Commons of the 27th of April last, conveying the approbation of the House, of their conduct in the siege and assault of Badajoz, which you transmitted in your letter of the 27th of April.

I beg leave through you to assure the House of the sense which I entertain of the value of their approbation, and of my earnest desire to prove my gratitude for the repeated marks which I have received of the favour with which the House of Commons

has viewed the services of the army under my command.

I beg you, Sir, likewise to be assured that I am duly impressed with a sense of the kindness manifested by you in the mode of conveying to me the sentiments of the House of Commons.

I have the honour to be, Sir, with the greatest respect, your most obedient and faithful humble servant,

WELLINGTON.

The Right Hon. Charles Abbot,

Speaker of the House of Commons.

Of the officers chiefly concerned in this latter affair, the present, being the last mentioned in these pages, it is intended now to give such notice as can be compressed into their limits. For to speak of the life of Lord Stewart would be to take a general view of a distinguished scene of activity both military and political.

Charles William, second son of Robert Stewart, now Marquis of Londonderry, and Frances daughter of the celebrated Lord Chancellor Camden,' was born May 18,

'Lord Londonderry had previously married the Lady Sarah Frances Seymour, second daughter of the first Marquis of Hertford, by whom he had Viscount Castlereagh.