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establish, from one extremity of this empire to the other, the as- 

 cendancy of the British name and dominion. 



" We are impressed with a firm persuasion, that you have 

 governed with a direct view to the glofy of your country, and to 

 the prosperity of its possessions; and with no other personal feel- 

 ing than the honourable ambition of obtaining its applause as 

 your reward. To the community at large, no doubt, it belongs to 

 fill up the measure of that reward; but it is a duty incumbent 

 upon those among whom you have lived and acted; whose per- 

 sonal concern, in the course of your government, hits enabled them 

 to appreciate its character, to declare before the nation their sense 

 of your public services. 



" It is under the impression of this duly that we address you, 

 and with the desire to mark, in the most authentic manner, that 

 you carry with you to our common country the respect, the re- 

 gard, and the confidence of your fellow-subjects; a confidence 

 which is undiminished at the last hour of your administration; a 

 respect and a regard which are founded on our long experience 

 of your ability, of your unsullied integrity, of your impartial and 

 honourable use of power, and of your high and liberal spirit in 

 the conduct of public affairs." 



In addition to this unecpiivocal testimony of the Marquis 

 Wellesley's excellent administration in India, 1 must not pass over 

 his institution, and paternal care, of the college at Fort William: 

 which, however it may have been condemned by the Court of 

 Directors, or by individuals, for its magnitude and expense, must 

 be allowed to be one of the wisest, and ultimately, perhaps, one 



