The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-06-08
Death Of Admiral Hyde Parker.


From the London Times, May 27.]
Intelligence was received at the Admiralty yes
terday Of the death of Admiral Hyde Parker Senior
Naval Lord Of the Admiralty. The following &C.
count of the brilliant services Of the deceased adm
raj is given in OByrne's Naval Biography =
THIS officer entered the Royal Naval Academy Febru-
.SS sna Re IN i1s a.
Arthur Kaye Legge and George Henry lowry employed
at first in the Channel, and then in cruising among
as midshipman to the Narcissus, 80, Captain Ross
Donnelly AID while in that frigate, Of which he was
g. and 4 1904 be- s. mSsS
active service: On July Il, in the latter year.
in particular he assisted with the boats Of his own
ship and Of the Maidstone and Seahorse In number
under the orders Of Lieutenant John Thompson and was
highly spoken of for his conduct the capture and de-
bay After Il .Ss
countcred BY tremendous FIRE OF grapeshot and mus
terry and the houses Of the town. Sustained oss q fou
men killed. and twenty three wounded. In the following
year Mr. Parker who, in july 1909 had contributed to
panied expedition to the Cape Of Good Hope on her
passage thither the Narcssus besides making prize Of
Engrsh merchant ship Horatio Nelson, mounting "a
guns, and drove on shore the Napoleon prvaeer Of 80
guns and $50 men. subsequently to the reduction
chat ship the orders Of Captain the HON oscs
r &C. a h. Ga e IL. pss:sas
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which vessel for his services during the expedition
Copenhagen, he was promoted October IS following
Post rank He Afterwards obtained command, March H.
AZ Admiral Thomas Foley; April Is, 1914 Of the
Tenedo 49, attached to the force on the coast Of North
Amsrcs Whence he returned In August 1876 March u.s.
1915 Of the Iphigenia, 46, which ship paid June
ths Gag Of Sir Thomas Foley st Portsmouth; February
Der 10 following, again Of the vistory, employed ss be-
iose at Portsmouth, where he remained until February
and 20 70. Of and
While in the Isnsdos, Captain Parker was engaged,
In in company with the shannon, 90, Captain Phil
month o! April 1873 the port Of Boston, which Lay
the American igates President and Congess he after
Ciotworthy Upton in chasing the Constituton frate
into Martlshead Harbor whittier he prevented from
following her BY signal Of recall from the Junon and
on January To- 1875 he Witnessed the surrender OF the
above named PRECEDENT to the British frgate Endy mion
Captain Henry Hope In the Iphsenis after having
TO the West Indies where the fever in few weeks car
RED Oh "a OF his officers and men. On September g.
1881, Captain Parker was nominated Extra Naval
Aide DC Camp TO King William w. He attained flag
rank November 23 1S4l and from August A. l842 ninth
the close Of ls47 be held the appointment Of Admiral
an exI erinental squadron. He was nominated C.B.
April 10, 1889.
Admiral Parker was First Naval Lord of the Adj
mralty in the last as well as the present admins
tration.
Commercial IntelIleepce.
LoEpoS MosEY AARkEr evening, May 2s.-
Tie English funds opened this morning at further
advance Of eighth. and exhibited consderable buoy.
ancy throughout the day The first quotation of Con.
closed at ssk to With steady appearance r rne
have therefore, risen TO within three quarters per
cent Of the point they touched during the panic in
September last when the moro possibility Of war was
FIRST decidedly contemplated There was no additional
news Of Importance to-day, and the confirmation OF the
statement regarding the protocol OF the Vienna Confer
and the recent numerous gold arrivals constituted
sss "a e. n Bank stock LEFT
India bonds is. to a.. premium Erchequer bill,
(Msrcb) Is TO 49, premium (advertised) Is discount
to a. premium; and Exchequer bonds, par to e pre-
There was not much activity in foreign stocks, but
quotations were wen supported Business in Russian
limited TO purchases Of the Four. and-a Half per
Cents, at s2k. and they left OF at Sly TO s2H The
Five per Cents closed at e5 to o. The other operations
prised-Brsziian, 81 and o.; Greek, SIX; Mexican
24x, X and x; Peruvian -Four and a Half Der Cents
CO, Spanish Three per Cents aeh the New Deferred
IT,. Spanish csrtdca,es, not funded, Ak Venezuela
Dutch Four per cent Bonds, s7il
In the foreign exchanges tins afternoon the rate upon
AMSTERDAM was higher; Hamburg shade lower
Tran last post With regard othes places there was
NO change Of Importance.
The return from the Bank of England for the week
ending the 10th Of May, gives The o Wing result when
compared With the previous week: -
Public deposits. co, gu ,551 Decrease. s7e.sso
other deposiis To- lte41s.. Decrease 40 $50
Rest. ........ 321673i Increase 80 10 SSa
On the other side OF the account N'os'
6o,'rnment securities o6 3o9 Dccrcase l 2e lsa
Other SECURITIES. 1929 PSI Increase osl 90
Notes unemployed 6,lo0,o3o. Increase asa sso
The amount Of notes in circulation is ego $40 S be-
ing decrease OF f464 926 and the stock OF bullion In
both depar ments i fi2 sis eso sbosing dec If
1Ia, Ss7 when compared with the preceding return.
MAY 27-City, II o'cloct.-After closing strong AZ n
rise Of per cent last nighConsols being last o1oted
at s0--there was further Improvement OF 4 per cent
day The influencing Of this rise are the rise
In the French per cent Renes Of per cent In few
dayf-the impression that peaceful souon of tbc Az
ihting differences the Connent may now be arrived
at by firm combination Of the Western Powers and the
approach Of the settling day which had led to large pur
chases OF stock to close speculative transactions The
very slight decrease in the stock OF bullion in the bank
Golfers and the general feature OF the bank return were
not considered unfavorable
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