| Show an honor to the navy A service journal describes the appointment ot tho the prince of wales as honorary admiral of 0 the fleet as a great honor bonor to the navy it seems to me ine to bo be a most f fantastical antas puerility and one calculated to bring both navy and prince into lidi i cule and contempt the prince of wales has merely received this up ap in order that ae tie may be qualified fled to wear another becoming uniform there seems to PO bo no limit to the tailoring craze which now prevails in what are termed exalted quarters even george IV never went to the length of getting himself made an admiral it is a grievous resurrection of the sort of fatuous ex extravagance trava ance that prevailed ta tho the french court for a century before the revolution london truth |
