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The Life of Thomas, Lord Cochrane, Tenth Earl of Dundonald; Completing the Autobiography of a Seaman. Volume 1

The Life of Thomas, Lord Cochrane, Tenth Earl of Dundonald; Completing the Autobiography of a Seaman. Volume 1

The Life of Thomas, Lord Cochrane, Tenth Earl of Dundonald; Completing the Autobiography of a Seaman. Volume 1.cThomas Barnes Cochrane Dundonald
The Life of Thomas, Lord Cochrane, Tenth Earl of Dundonald; Completing the Autobiography of a Seaman. Volume 1
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Author: Thomas Barnes Cochrane Dundonald
Number of Pages: 98 pages
Published Date: 12 Sep 2013
Publisher: Theclassics.Us
Publication Country: United States
Language: English
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9781230278742
File size: 15 Mb
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1869 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER XIV. Lord Cochrane DEGREES Dismissal Fbom Brazilian Service, And His Acceptance Of Employment As Chief Admiral Of The Greeks.--The Greek ComMittee And The Greek Deputies In London. The Terms Of Lord Cochrane's Agreement, And The Consequent Preparations.--His Visit To Scotland.--Sib Walter Scott's Verses On Lady Cochrane. Lord Cochrane's Forced Retirement To Boulogne, And Thence To Brussels.--The Delays In Fitting Out The Greek Armament. Captain Hastings, Mr. Hobhouse, And Sir Frances Burdett.--Captain Hastings's Memoir On The Greek Leaders And Their Characters.-- The First Consequences Of Lord Cochrane's New Enterprise.--The Duke Of Wellington's Indirect Message To Lord Cochrane.--The Greek Deputies* Proposal To Lord Cochrane And His Answer.--The Final Arrangements For His Departure.--The Messiah Of The GREEKS. [1825--1826.] The letter from Mavrocordatos quoted in the last chapter was only part of a series of negotiations that had been long pending. Lord Cochrane, as we have seen, had arrived at Portsmouth on the 26th of June, 1825, in command of a Brazilian war-ship and still holding office as First Admiral of the Empire of Brazil. His intention in visiting England had been only to effect the necessary repairs in his ship before going back to Rio de Janeiro. He had no sooner arrived, however, than it was clear to him, from the vague and insolent language of the Brazilian envoy in London, that it was designed by that official, if not by the authorities in Bio de Janeiro, to oust him from his command. During four months he remained in uncertainty, determined not willingly to retire from his Brazilian service, but gradually convinced by the increasing insolence of the envoy's treatment of him that it would be inexpedient for him has

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