HOUG/36/87
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1 Feb. 1852
Part of Papers of Richard Monckton Milnes, Lord Houghton
Congratulations on Milnes' son Richard's marriage. Skill of [William] Eyre in Kaffir campaign, gives details. Wyvill will try his luck in Mozambique shortly. British cruisers recently foiled three Spanish slave ships; Portuguese Governors also flout slave treaties. Death of poor Godfrey Bland: 'I wish he had left his money in a more satisfactory manner to his family'.