No. 10.—From Major-General Sir A. F. Barnard, K.C.B.
Albany, 18th October 1826.
Dear Sir,
I have heard with great regret that your state of health has obliged you to avail yourself of the regulation which enables you to retire from the Rifle Brigade, in which corps I had such frequent cause to praise the gallantry and assiduity which you showed in the discharge of your duties in the field, and your regularity and assiduity in quarters.
The officers of the corps, I am confident, will all regret the loss of a person whose mild and gentlemanlike manners and disposition had so much endeared him to them.
With every wish for your future welfare,
I remain, dear Sir,
Very sincerely yours,
A. F. Barnard.
Quartermaster Surtees,
Rifle-Brigade.