CHAPTER XXVI.. [1839-1848.]

The Earl of Dundonald's Request for the Restoration of the Order of the Bath.--His Good Service Pension.--The Investigation of his Secret War-Plans.--His Pamphlet on Naval Affairs,--His Installation as a G.C.B.--His Candidature for Election as a Scotch Representative Peer.--The Queen's Permission to his Wearing the Brazilian Order of the "Cruziero."--His Appointment as Commander-in-Chief of the North American and West Indian Station 273