Footnote 39: He married Princess Francesca, sister of the Emperor of the Brazils and of Queen Donna Maria.
The Earl of Ripon to Queen Victoria.
CHRISTENING OF PRINCESS ALICE
India Board, 5th June 1843.
Lord Ripon, with his humble duty to your Majesty, begs to inform your Majesty that despatches have been this day received at the India House from the Governor-General of India and from the Governor of Bombay, announcing the successful issue of a battle, on the 24th of March, between Sir Charles Napier and Meer Shere Mahommed.40 The forces of the latter were completely routed, with the loss of all the guns and several standards.
Ripon.
Footnote 40: Sir Charles Napier, who was in command in Scinde, defeated the army of the Ameers of Upper and Lower Scinde at Meeanee on 17th February, and on the 20th took Hyderabad. On the 24th March he attacked the enemy, who were posted in a strong position on the banks of a tributary of the Indus, and obtained a decisive victory.
Queen Victoria to the King of the Belgians.
Claremont, 6th June 1843.