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forth the praise of my senior officers, as well as others ; and I 
do not hesitate to declare, I consider him in any situation an 
honour to the service. 
(Signed) G. W. Willes, Captain. 
5. Coj>y of a Letter from Sir George Cockburn to Lieutenant 
Wakefeld. 
Dear Sie, Highheachy 2ith February/, 1837. 
In reply to your application to me, I have no hesitation 
in stating, that from the reports made to me respecting you by 
your late Captain, Palmer, my own observations of your con- 
duct when acting under my immediate notice at the capture 
of Washington, the very good opinion I know my late greatly 
respected friend Lord St. Vincent entertained of you, and all 
I have since known of your services, I consider you to be an 
officer of very superior merit and abilities, and fully deserving 
of any mark of favour and encouragement which the Lords 
Commissioners of the Admiralty may be pleased to extend to 
you. 
I am, &c. 
(Signed) Geo. Cockbukn. 
6. CopT/ of a Letter from Sir Thomas Hardy to Lieutenant 
Wakefield. 
My dear Sir, Greenwich Hospital, 22nd February, 1837. 
In reply to your application, I beg to state, that during 
the time you served with me in South America, from Sep- 
tember 1819 to February 1821, I was much pleased with 
your activity and strict attention to your duty ; and I have 
every reason to believe you have given general satisfaction to 
all the officers under whom you have served, up to the paying 
off of the " Thunderer," which I believe took place in the last 
month. 
I remain, &c. 
(Signed) T. M. Hardy. 
