The Press.
London, England, 1853-11-12 00:00:00

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THE LATE AND PRESENT BOARDS OF
ADMIRALTY.
NOTHING is more delightful than to witness
members of the community living laborious
days, and scorning nights of ease, from a
spirit of pure patriotism uninspired by a In pe of
reward ; n othing is more encouraging than to
find that such sacrifices, however disinterested,
are not always unprofitable, even in a worldly
point of view. Thus those honourable and gal
lant individuals who last sutnmer devoted we
know not how n►nny days, end examined
we know not how many witnesses, to make
the important discovery that one blacksmith,
whose testimonials were sufficient to justify
Mr. STAFFORD in promoting him, was incom-
petent to fill the place to which he was lip-
pointed, have obtained a judicious recognition
of their services.

Commodore SEYMOUR, fur the eager baste
and excellent taste with which he voluntarily
and zealously produced his private eorrespon
deuce with Admiral HYDE PARKER, has re
ceived a good-service pensiun—to which his
professional claims (as far as we are aware of
them) are, that the only ship he ever com-
manded—the Chungihm—was lost oti' the coast
of Chili, in a place where we never heard that
a vessel was lost before.
Commodore EDEN, Superintendent of Wool
wich Dockyard, has been made naval aide-de-
camp to the Queen.
Captain CHARLES EDEN (Sir HYDE PARKER'S
brother-in-law) has been appointed to the
London, 90-gun ship.
Sir BALowts WALKER'S claims, of course,
were too prominent to be overlooked. His
threats of resignation had been so frequent as
to be quite a byword at the Admiralty, although
the grounds on which they were put were agree
ably diversified. At one time he would resign
unless his ()thee was removed from Somerset-
house to Whitehall; at another, unless his
paltry salary of IMO/. a year was increased by
the addition Of 3001. a year half-pay, against
which there is a rule of the naval service. This
last request Was that on which he was most.
urgent. It was made once, if not twice, to Sir
FRANCIS I:Louse—once or twice, if not thrice, to
the Duke of NowrnemaLßLAND and it has
ben made at length more opportunely to Sir
JAMES GRAHAM. By Sir FRANCIS BARING and
the Puke of NoarnustsEaLAND it was uniformly
refused, as being against a regulation of
the service. By Sir JAMES GRAHAM it has been •
granted. What are the rules of the service cora
pared with the claims of Sir BALDWIN WALKER ?
I'o him it is a tribute peculiarly graceful. To
violate the regulations of the service, to re-
ward one who has shown a zeal so disin-
terested for the purity of the naval adminis-
tration, only enhances the value of that reward
by making it the more conspicuous and
striking.
Mr. KEATING, too, who attempted to play his
part. in the House of Commons, has received
a bare acknowledgment in a commissionership.
A trio who acted in the drama yet remain to be
provided for, and rumour says two of them will
not have long to wait. To Admiral BERKELEY,
who was the manager of the accusations made
against Mr. STArsoßn—and whose son was,
during the late administrations, private secre.
tiny to Admiral HYPE PARKER—it assigns the
chief command of the newly organised coast
guard ; and it is norther asserted that Admiral
HYDE PARKER. whose good faith and fidelity to
his late colleagues were so conspicuous, is to
succeed Admiral Prney in the command at the
wore. If to make a man happy was thought
of old a good day's work. Mr. STAVEORD'S time.
when he was persecuted by these patriots, and
ran the gauntlet of their cabal, was merito•
riously spent. One additien only is now
required to crown the whole process, and
that is. that the Marylebone vestry should
surrender its BENJAMIN to the graver elaims
of a grateful Party, and that, in verification of
our own jocose prophets, the Hruse of
Lords Itottld be shortly adorned by the pre-
sence of a Lord Flamborough or a Baron
Badger.