422 ANNUAL REGISTER, 1809. 



March,1806 (of the season 1805) 

 by Charles Mills, esq. at the recom- 

 mendation of Mr. (now sir W. 

 Fraser). This appointment was 

 given by sir W. Fraser to Mr. Tho- 

 mas Cusac, who sold it to Messrs. 

 Barber and sons, Cowper's-court, 

 Cornhill, and received of thera the 

 sum of 150/. They were employed 

 as agents for Mr. Boy's father, who 

 paid for it the sum of 300 f,'uineas. 

 100/. was divided between Mr. Bar- 

 ber and Mr. John Henderson. J. 

 A. Shee was agent for Mr. Cusac. 



Mr. W. Collett was appointed a 

 padet for the Bombay infantry by 

 the India board, on the 3rd of July, 

 1805. This appointment was in the 

 nomination of lord Castlereagh, 

 who, at the recommendation of the 

 right hon. John Sullivan, gave it to 

 Richard Codman Etches, for a re- 

 lation of his, on account of ser- 

 vices performed by Mr. Etches for 

 the government. Mr. Etches sold 

 it to Mr. Chaplin, an attorney, for 

 the sum of 250/. J. A. Shee was 

 agent for Mr. Pasmore, anattorne)^, 

 who received the money for Mr. 

 Etches. 



Mr. John Manson was appointed 

 cadet for Bengal the 26th February 

 1808, by the India board, at the 

 recommendation of Edward Cooke, 

 esq. Mr. C. Etches procured this 

 appointment through Mr. Cooke, 

 for a relation of his, on account of 

 services performed by Mr. Etches 

 for the government. Thomas Wat- 

 son was employed as agent to sell 

 the same, as mentioned in the next , 

 appointment. 



Mr. Robert Manson wasappoint- 

 ed cadet for Bengal, February, 

 1808, by G. W. Thellusson, esq. 

 at the recommendation of Mr. Her- 

 bert. Thomas Watson sold this 

 appointnjent, and received the sum. 



of 500 guineas, of Messrs. Ander- 

 son, of Philpot-lane, for this and 

 Mr. John Manson's appointment, 

 who purchased the two for a friend 

 of theirs, for his two nephews. A. 

 M*K. Shee received 35/. of Wat- 

 son, and lady Leigh received from 

 Watson about 2,00/. for the latter 

 appointment. 



Mr. Thomas Casey was appointed 

 a cadet by W. Devaynes, esq. on 

 the 9th of July, 1806, at the re- 

 commendation of Mr. Herbert, now 

 abroad as purser of the Euphrates, 

 extra ship. Mr. Herbert sold this 

 appointment to Messrs. Henry 

 Houghton and Co. of King's Arms 

 Yard, correspondents of Mr. Casey's 

 relations, who lived in Ireland, for 

 the sum of 250 guineas; Mr. John 

 Henderson was agent for Mr. Her- 

 bert, and received 50 guineas. 



Mr. Thomas Locke was appoint- 

 ed a cadet for Madras on the 3rd 

 February, 1 807, by John Bebb, esq. 

 at the recommendation of James 

 Pattison, esq. in exchange for one 

 of Mr. Pattison's Bombay nomina- 

 tions. This appointment was pur- 

 chased by the rev. D. Locke, of 

 Farnham, for his nephew, of Tho- 

 mas Watfcon, who sold it for lady 

 Lumm, and paid her 200/. 



Mr. Samuel Lewis was appointed 

 a cadet in 1800, by Sweney Toone, 

 esq. at the recommendation of Mr. 

 Evans. This appointment was pas- 

 sed from Mr. Evans to Mr. Sander- 

 son ; A. M'K. Shee seems to have 

 procured it of Mr. Wright, and re- 

 ceived 300 guineas from the cadet's 

 father. Mr. Sam. Lewis being a mu- 

 latto, and thereby disqualified, proT 

 cured a young man of the name of 

 Phillips to personate himself, and 

 pass the previous examinations, for 

 which he paid him 20 guineas. 

 A cadetship to Madras appears 



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