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foreign clime , you deemed it your duty to resign your distinguished appointment , and now that you are arrived upon our shores , and your health permits you to meet us , we crave you to accept our congratulations and our welcome . " We tender you our congratulations upon the able and efficient manner in which you discharged the responsible functions of your office . We are thankful that you found the necessity for unsheathing the sword had passed
away , and that you were on this account enabled to employ your masterly energies in a more congenial sphere . The ingenuousness of your acts have ever entitled you to he considered as the soldier's friend , and the lasting praise of every philanthropist is due to you for the bold attack you recently made upon evils , which had been fearfully sapping the vigour and usefulness of our army , and deteriorating the circles in which they moved . We sympathise with you as to the urgency of the reforms you inculcated , and
we sincerely hope , though you have relinquished your official power , that the truthfulness and justice of your precepts and orders , the virtuous example of your life , and the authority of your bravery and science , will ultimately effect all that you so cordially desire . " We now boil you , Sir Charles , with a hearty welcome to the land of your birth : as a Citizen , you have our esteem—as a Soldier , our admiration—as a Brother , our honour and our love . We wish you health and
long life , that you may enjoy the happy society of your family , the homage of your friends , and the rewards of your countrymen ; and finally , when you shall have performed your allotted task , and quitted this sublunary abode , we pray that you may ascend to the Grand Lodge above , where the world's Great Architect lives and reigns for ever . " Signed on behalf of the Brethren of the Phoenix lodge , No . 310 , the Royal Sussex lodge , No . 428 , and the Portsmouth Lodge , No . 717 . " GEORGE LENNOX , P . M . No 31 !) , Chairman . "A NDREW B . SAVAGE , P . M . No . 310 , Run . Sec "
Bro . Sir C . J . Napier having received this address , delivered the following characteristic reply : — " W ORSHIPFUL SIB AND BRETHREN , — I am gratified in the highest degree by the address with which you have honoured me ; but I fear that your kind feelings have set an over value on my small services to the State . My greatest merit , if merit it he , has been my devotion to the service ; hut one who served under such commanders as Moore and
Wellington , would be base , indeed , were he deficient in that virtue ! . " With regard to the conquest o , nd the government of Scinde , my only boast is , that I was able to execute the orders which I received from the Governor-General of India , and thus to win , not only the approbation , but the friendship of Lord Ellenborough . That Earl , gifted by nature with a military genius , had great experience in the government of India before he went to that country , and these two advantages produced , in my opinion ,
the greatest man that ever ruled over the wayward destinies of that extraordinary Empire ! When Lord Ellenborough was recalled , I had still the good fortune to possess the approbation and support of Lord Hardinge . That support ensured to me success in the war which we waged against the bold and powerful tribes of the Boogtee Hills : it enabled me to quell those fierce barbarians , by combined marches and great fatigue to the troops ; thus was the safety of Scinde rendered secure—happily without bloodshed ; which was , to me , all the glory and the reward which I sought for , or desired .
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foreign clime , you deemed it your duty to resign your distinguished appointment , and now that you are arrived upon our shores , and your health permits you to meet us , we crave you to accept our congratulations and our welcome . " We tender you our congratulations upon the able and efficient manner in which you discharged the responsible functions of your office . We are thankful that you found the necessity for unsheathing the sword had passed
away , and that you were on this account enabled to employ your masterly energies in a more congenial sphere . The ingenuousness of your acts have ever entitled you to he considered as the soldier's friend , and the lasting praise of every philanthropist is due to you for the bold attack you recently made upon evils , which had been fearfully sapping the vigour and usefulness of our army , and deteriorating the circles in which they moved . We sympathise with you as to the urgency of the reforms you inculcated , and
we sincerely hope , though you have relinquished your official power , that the truthfulness and justice of your precepts and orders , the virtuous example of your life , and the authority of your bravery and science , will ultimately effect all that you so cordially desire . " We now boil you , Sir Charles , with a hearty welcome to the land of your birth : as a Citizen , you have our esteem—as a Soldier , our admiration—as a Brother , our honour and our love . We wish you health and
long life , that you may enjoy the happy society of your family , the homage of your friends , and the rewards of your countrymen ; and finally , when you shall have performed your allotted task , and quitted this sublunary abode , we pray that you may ascend to the Grand Lodge above , where the world's Great Architect lives and reigns for ever . " Signed on behalf of the Brethren of the Phoenix lodge , No . 310 , the Royal Sussex lodge , No . 428 , and the Portsmouth Lodge , No . 717 . " GEORGE LENNOX , P . M . No 31 !) , Chairman . "A NDREW B . SAVAGE , P . M . No . 310 , Run . Sec "
Bro . Sir C . J . Napier having received this address , delivered the following characteristic reply : — " W ORSHIPFUL SIB AND BRETHREN , — I am gratified in the highest degree by the address with which you have honoured me ; but I fear that your kind feelings have set an over value on my small services to the State . My greatest merit , if merit it he , has been my devotion to the service ; hut one who served under such commanders as Moore and
Wellington , would be base , indeed , were he deficient in that virtue ! . " With regard to the conquest o , nd the government of Scinde , my only boast is , that I was able to execute the orders which I received from the Governor-General of India , and thus to win , not only the approbation , but the friendship of Lord Ellenborough . That Earl , gifted by nature with a military genius , had great experience in the government of India before he went to that country , and these two advantages produced , in my opinion ,
the greatest man that ever ruled over the wayward destinies of that extraordinary Empire ! When Lord Ellenborough was recalled , I had still the good fortune to possess the approbation and support of Lord Hardinge . That support ensured to me success in the war which we waged against the bold and powerful tribes of the Boogtee Hills : it enabled me to quell those fierce barbarians , by combined marches and great fatigue to the troops ; thus was the safety of Scinde rendered secure—happily without bloodshed ; which was , to me , all the glory and the reward which I sought for , or desired .