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expired the British Government came very near 

 being declared a defaulter. 



During the War when the mixed Court was es- 

 tablished for the suppression of the slave trade 

 Judge Archibald was made one of the Judges. 



During his residence in this city he on two occas- 

 ions entertained English Princes. The first was in 

 i860 when the Prince of Wales visited this country, 

 and the second in 1870, upon the visit of the Duke 

 of Connaught. 



In 1880, Sir Edward was entitled to retire upon a 

 pension, he having attained the age of 70 years, but 

 an exception was made in his favor by Lord Salis- 

 bury, and he was permitted to retain the office. In 

 1882 he went to England, where he was knighted 

 and received the order of St. Michael and St. George 

 with a pension of ^1500 per year. He afterwards 

 resigned his office and left this country to reside in 

 England. 



Sir Edward was elected a member of St. George's 

 Society in 1857, and became its President in 1867, 

 holding this office until 1870. On his retirement 

 from the Government service a complimentary 

 dinner was given to him at Delmonico's which was 

 attended by two hundred representative citizens. 

 He died in Brighton, England, on February 8th, 

 1884. 



