"حياة ومراسلات اللواء السير جون مالكوم، قائد فرسان وسام الطُهر، المبعوث السابق إلى بلاد فارس وحاكم بومباي؛ من رسائل ومذكرات غير منشورة. في مجلّدين. المجلد II." [‎٩‎٢] (٦٥٤/١٠٩)

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AN INTERVAL OF REST.
and I should imagine of none in forwarding your views upon
Constantinople. That Court is sometimes the seat of important
diplomatic negotiations, and at others a seat of splendid retreat for
ambassadors. You would be considered an interloper by fc either
the active or the declining diplomat, ou had better adhere to
your objects in India. Get into Parliament if you can afford it;
be nobody's man but your own, and you will soon be known, and
will get on.
Ever yours most sincerely,
W ellington.
I am afraid your brother-in-law will lose his leg, but he is in
good health, and will get a pension in return. I have recom
mended him for promotion.*
In the summer of the following year Wellington re
turned for a little space to England, and was received as
no man, perhaps, ever was received before, by a grateful
and admiring nation. But in the midst of the popular
enthusiasm that surrounded him he was not forgetful of
his old "Deccanee"' friend. He had not been many
hours in London before he made his way to Malcolm's
house in Manchester-street, eager to shake him by the
hand, and excited the incredulity of an old Scotch ser
vant by announcing himself as the Duke of Wellington.
After a fortnight's ovation in England he sailed as am
bassador to France, leaving Malcolm more than ever
bound to him by ties of the strongest personal respect
and affection.
The latter part of 1814 and the earlier months of 1815
saw Malcolm principally in London. In the April of the
latter year he was created a Knight Commander of the
Bath, with the first batch of Company's officers upon
whom the order had ever been conferred. Two months
Lieutenant-Colonel Campbell. He in the last edition of Gurwood's col-
atterwards died from the effects of lection
Ins wounds. This letter is published