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—th regiment. Gravesend, June 20.—The Ramchunder,
East Indiaman, came into the river this morning, having on
board 14 officers, and 132 rank and file of this gallant corps.
They have been absent from England fourteen years, having
been embarked the year after Waterloo, in which glorious
conflict they took an active part, and having subsequently
distinguished themselves in the Burmese war. The veteran
colonel, Sir Michael O’Dowd, K.C.B., with his lady and sis-
ter, landed here yesterday, with Captains Posky, Stubble,
Macraw, Malony; Lieutenants Smith, Jones, Thompson, F.
Thomson; Ensigns Hicks and Grady; the band on the pier
playing the national anthem, and the crowd loudly cheer-
ing the gallant veterans as they went into Wayte’s hotel,
where a sumptuous banquet was provided for the defenders
of Old England. During the repast, which we need not say
was served up in Wayte’s best style, the cheering continued
so enthusiastically that Lady O’Dowd and the Colonel came
forward to the balcony and drank the healths of their fel-
lowcountrymen in a bumper of Wayte’s best claret.’
On a second occasion Jos read a brief announcement—
Major Dobbin had joined the —th regiment at Chatham;
and subsequently he promulgated accounts of the presenta-
tions at the Drawing-room of Colonel Sir Michael O’Dowd,
K.C.B., Lady O’Dowd (by Mrs. Malloy Malony of Bally-
malony), and Miss Glorvina O’Dowd (by Lady O’Dowd).
Almost directly after this, Dobbin’s name appeared among
the LieutenantColonels: for old Marshal Tiptoff had died
during the passage of the —th from Madras, and the Sover-
eign was pleased to advance Colonel Sir Michael O’Dowd to

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