A History of the Island of St Helena From Its Discovery By the Portuguese to T
A History of the Island of St Helena From Its Discovery By the Portuguese to T
Thomas H Brooke
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Succours sent from St. Helena to the Cape. Governor Brooke proceeds to England ; and leaves the government in charge of Lieutenant- Governor R&bson. Arrivalof Govern- or Patton* Conclusion. OOVERNOR CORNEILLE having requested per- jjiission to resign, Robert Brooke, Esq. Was appointed his successor. Mr. Brooke had been in the Company's service at Bengal, where his military talents and conduct, and his inflexible integrity, had been frequently and importantly called into action, and this claim o...n their indi- vidual esteem was further increased by his enter- 270 HISTORY OF ST. HELENA. prising and patriotic exertions for the benefit of his native country *. * As the present state of Ireland (the native country of Mr. Brooke) has lately excited so much interest, and given birth to so many various events, the author is tempted to present to the reader the following extract, as a proof of the benefit a nation may derive from the efforts of a single individual. " Extract from the Report of a Committee of the Irish " Parliament, upon a petition of Robert Brooke, Esq.
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