text:  A member of the House of Commons on moving for an address to the Crown to confer some signal mark of favour on the admiral was instantly replied to by the sonorous eloquence of the minister--"Can it be supposed " said he "that the Crown can require to be prompted to pay the just tribute of approbation and honour to those who have eminently distinguished themselves by public services? On the part of his Majesty's ministers I can safely affirm that before the last splendid instance of the conduct of the gallant admiral we have not been remiss in watching the uniform tenor of his professional career