The Sun.
London, England, 1854-07-31 00:00:00

THE LATE CAPTAIN PARKER•

TO THE EDITOR OP THE TIMES.
Sir,—An article appeared in The Times yegterdal.
concerning the death of the late Captain Parker, with
the general character and scope of which it would be
unreasonable in any one not to feel satisfied. Still there
are in it one or two expressions which I fear might gr,6t:
rather harshly upon ears which you would be the 10' -
this moment to wish to wound, and, as I am it' ael;
dition to show that they are not rendered necessol
'll
the circumstances of the case, I feel sure that you °sr

not refuse me this privilege.
The terms of the article to which I refer are the we
lowing :—" From what appears in the report which be
publish this day, he was not in any way engaged timely
1,1
business of the expedition when he came to his "
end." And again, " Nothing would serve but
ganisation of a little excursion for the sake of Plea
-ur
orTchuerioFsiitryehr' and happened to be one of the 141,9;
which one of your previous articles had good-hum°,4% 'nfr
a
nreferred
recenti se II aElvaifsnotgrenrginei vdtertnahvtenereles
duringcca an occasional olnhaoalwpc
epo
inetvroehyt
oah r
sea: ?b-
ral
f
ceipt of a letter, since the late painful eatastropu° Will
the excellent young chaplain of the ship, wh°t,37,lCaPt'
remember, together with the surgeon, accomPar",t 000'
pdr ker in his galley on the fatal expedition. FbiP
tio ns to me expressly that the boats of her MajestPfi the
Firebrand and Vesuvius left their anchorage tring
month of the Danube for the purpose of recoo"
vro.
a battery a short distance up the river, and the? 'the
ceeding on an investigation of the difficulties oho no
navigation further up the stream. It is true 0011
opposition was anticipated, for the boats had PrWvitefolA
landed and destroyed the entrance, without anYailit.s,
to prevent them on the part of the enemy.
deed, proved to be a fatal error. ider
iu
But, even supposing that you may not cene
„natter
to have made any material impression on the v, filet
of your statement, which, after all, is not new _once
of much real importance, yet it is of real imPoil her
that England should form a just estimate ° t be
heroes, and therefore I am sure you noting°o
sorry to give me an opportunity
of the Rev. Mr. Rogers' own words, to the aebserva•
of which, as far as my more limited means of °,•00
tion will allow, I can give most ample corroborabler had
" When I lament the loss of the best friends ewyban
on God's earth, I do not do so without h'Vi,;,ll end
reinetuber what manner of man he has been la -le be
right living while
among us here, what an eo Eoweii
showed his men, how rigidly every feeling aßrovins
of qeorof
before that great love of duty which was the
manifest
principle of his life. Anything like the grief fleet,nlrl an
not only in his own ship, but throughout the
00 but
by the admiral, cannot be couceived. A°Y
him,' is the universal lament."
earlier agt9
Captain Parker had attained his rank at XII ,,__'t his
than mo,t, men in the service, but it will be felt that
elevation bas been justified by his matured merits 1
your
his early grave.--1 have the honour to
he. sir,
humble servant, C481114°.
Castle Howard, July 28.