The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-07-14

troops are marching upon Scrapeum,
la village near the modern town of
Ismailia, the point at which the fresh water
flows into the canal. This being cut of,
the depth of the canal would be considera-
bly, diminished, while the water-supply at
Port Said, which Is entirely dependent on
the fresh-water canal, would be altogether
cut of. In the same way the enemy, in the
event Of any occupation Of Alexandria by
the British, would undoubtedly deprive
this city also Of the means OF obtaining wa
ter fit to drink-a loss, however, which
would affect the natives more than the
English troops, who could be supplied
from the vessels, all of which have ample
means OF condensing the salt water, and
thereby keeping up an unlimited supply OF
drinking-water.
BOmba rdment by Telephone.
| New York worid.I
| A little incident OF the bombardment OF
Alexandria will interest many readers OF
newspapers more than the bombardment
itself. 1t i the fact, related in one OF the
dispatches, that by means OF telephone
the bombardment was distinctly heard ut
Malta, /. 900 miles from the scene Of action.
The English Commander.
New York Times.l
Vice-Admiral Sir Michael Seymour, G..
G. b., is not, rs may be generally supposed,
member Of the illustrious Seymour fam
lily Of England, descended from the elder
son OF that Duke OF Somerset who was
brother-in-law to King Henry Will, and
after his death Protector OF the realm. In
the limitation OF the dukedom OF Somer-
set the elder son Of the Protector was post
poned to the Younger son. From the
Younger son the subsequent Dukes OF
Somerset are descended; from the elder
the Seymour family, OF Berry Pomeroy
Castle. the head OF which, when Will
liam OF Orange landed in England, was Sir
Edward Seymour. This Sir Edward, who
was an experienced parliamentarian, an
able debater, and keen politician, joined
| William at Exeter, when the Prince was
marching to London. The Prince, intend-
ing to be polite, said, when Sir Edward
was presented to him, 81 think, Sir Ed
ward. that you are Of the family Of the
Duke of Somerset" "Pardon me, SIR"
answered sir Edward, who never allowed
any one to remain ignorant OF the fact that
he was the head OF the elder branch OF Sey-
mours. "the Duke Of Somerset is OF my
family"
Admiral Seymour is descended from
John Seymour, Of Limerick, who was an
alderman and afterward lin 1920 Mayor OF
that city. John Seymour had son named
Michael, who entered the English navy, dis
tinouished himself in several gallant actions,
lost an arm, rose to the rank Of Admiral,
and finally was created Baronct in 1909.
The present Admiral was his third son.
The old Admiral died in 1884, and his eld-
est son, John Hobart, succeeded to the ba-
ronctcy. The present Baronct is Sir MI
chael Cume-Seymour. The surname OF
Culne was assumed by Sir John by royal
| license i'm 1912, Culme having been the maid
en- name Of his first wife. Admiral Sey-
N ,ur was born in 1902. lie was educated
at the Royal Naval College, and entered the
navy i'm 1918. lie was made Captain OF the
Fleet in 1854, and second in command in
1855. He served with distinction against
the Russians in the Baltic during the Cri-
mean war, and in acknowledgment thereof
he was made knight Commander OF the
Bath. Between 1856 and 1858 he COM
handed the English naval operations
against the Chinese. His chief exploit on
this cxpcdition was the reduction OF Can
ton in 1856. Having been unsuccessful in
his negotiations with the Government OF
Canton to obtain reparation for an insult to
an English crew, he took up a position
opposite the city with six men-Oi-war.
ON the 9th OF October he captured all
the forts on the river and in the neighbour
hood OF the city, and on the Sd and 4th OF
November he bombarded the city itself.
For these services he was made Grand
Commander OF the Bath. He was at one
time Secretary and Registrar to the Order
OF the Bath. From August, 1859, until
February, 1853, he was member OF Parlla-
mcnt, in the Liberal interest, for Devon
port. From 1868 to 1866 he was Admiral
in command at Portsmouth. In 1876 he
was appointed Vice Admiral for the United
Kingdom. Admiral Seymour has long been
a married man, and he now has several
crown-up children, but when he was a
Young man he was as gallant to the fair sex
as he was gallant to the foe, and in recogni-
ton OF that fact was niclnamcd "The
Ocean Beau"
General Macpherson.
TIE COMMANDER or THE ENGLISH INVADING
FORCE FROM INDIA.
From the Toronto Globe.l
There are few more popular officers in
the Indian army than Sir Herbert /. Mac
pherson. 4 scion OF the celebrated house
Of Clueny Macpherson, in the Spey Valley
of Lochaber, the beauties OF which are
stiD sung by many an emigrant In the SIM
pulariy plaintiye wall known Is "Locha'
Der No Morc,'' IN air which in the British
Highland regiments occasionally change,
place in The regular funeral marches with
the "Flowers OF the Forest" and The
dead March in Saul" Herbert Mac
pberson entered the British army al
an early age, and soon saw SER
vice in the troubles which spread like
wildtire through Ilindostan, when the
flames of the great mutiny first broke on,
in the cantonments OF Mecan-Meer in 1871
Joining the Indian staff corps-a system
which il would be next to impossible tc
describe as compared with the regular East
Indian military service, although its essen
: ial element Is that an officer belonging tC
Il NAV qualify both for the military and
, lucrative civil seryice-IIerbert Macpher-
SON rose rapidly in favor with Lord Napier
Of Magdala formerly Sir X. Napier anc
other commanders-in-chief in India. In
March. 1872, he was ranked as colonel
: much about the same time AS Sir Richard
/ Meade, knight OF the Star Of India, who
won fame first rs the capturer OF the rebe
: Tantia Topee in the iungles Of Central India
nd aiterward as the Political Resident o.
Raroda at the time when, five years ago
r MuIharrao Gaekwar, Mahratta prince
: ruling 1000, 900 people, was put upon III
trial for attempting TO poison Colonei mo"
GeneraD Phayre with arsenic ana diamond
, dust. This trial was the same III wnlcl
, Sergeant Balantlne earned within month";
time his remarkable fee OF 10000, o.
+ $4,000, as advocate for the Gaekwars de
! fencc. In 1856. after the first Afghan cam
: : rnien Of 1880, Colonel Macpherson wa
nIromoted IN the Major-Generalship Will
, he was in command OF the dlVis'ona, s'al
OF the Bengal army. ii was Whiie q
was on duty during the Afghan cam