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on a body of officers 7/8th of whom are unwilling to accept it.
regret that Your Lordship's despatch should have remained so long unanswered. The delay in answering it has been caused by the necessity of reference to Your Lordship in regard to the points raised in Mr O'Brien's despatches Nos 219 and 224 of the 11th and 20th November last respectively.
I have the honour to be, My Lord Marquess, Your Lordship's Most Obedient Humble Servant,
William Robinson