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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - April 21, 1891, Winnipeg, Manitoba Manitoba daily free press. Winnipeg april 21. 3 his popular title is father of the Royal j00 years old sunday. Lifetime on the Sens a Canadian who himself in Tho Shannon of full Many others the Honor. Heaped upon him. In Provo William Parry Wallis g senior and Mirat of the Fleet whose birthday ill be celebrated to Morrow april is an officer whose eventful ufos perhaps Tho Solo remaining link to the Premont mid an Ever memorable period of we cuu Adian a of Cairn la s most distinguished sous. Halifax Nova Scotia on Tho i thou april i 111-ths Scot the to Blet clerk the Olleo of the of Tho Yard it that port naval i 1sw. In i Long l honorable service he has irony clues Jaq the conditions of naval airfare Geliai seen a c in plete revolution in the con to has beheld Tine fort ivs listed with engines or Dos which Only novel Bave Ovon been Iuie Dof in the Days when he a a and and he has witnessed Tho abolition and to in Roduco by Itei of promotion by Merit Ioto the Force. Upon this Point w a cannot do better than Reo Oduca this extract from the times published sumo years ago. In Moro ays than one is sir Provo a link Between the of Fcoite o past and the a beatific present. Beu to entered the vie and for Many years afterwards hero fat to steam Navy. The ii St Stoa i sir Provo and they wore Only tugs did not appear in. Portsmouth liar or until nearly the then i sir Provo never served in is steam of Auy kind. That a never served a an ironclad or oven an Iron ship never was Chi Prato with Tho Breech loading gun or indeed with a heavy gun of Auy sort As heavy guns now go never had prov Vij acquaintance with torpedoes and electric Are assertion. That can lie truthfully made concerning no naval officer save sir Provo Wallis on the Active list of Auy service. He is old enough to have served under lord Bridport lord howl sir Richard Hughes lord Hothan lord Vincent lord Duncan Cornwall a lord Keith lord Nelson lord Collingwood or sir Robert Calder. He is modern enough to know lord Charles Beresford or. White head or. Beruan lord Armstrong Aud Zalinski. Tho officer who was at the head of the admirals list when sir Provo by curio midshipman was Admiral of Tho float sir Peter Parker Bart who was born in 1731 and who entered the Navy about 1735. He May Well have known and served under Admiral of the Fleet sir John Norris who lived until 1749, and who had Boen promoted Captain for his Gallant behaviour at the Battle of Blachy head on june Jjo 1690. Thus Tho service of Only three officers Wallis Varker and Norris arc Long enough to Call direct v Back to Tho revolution of 1688 surely tit no period of cur history Bas any officer gained a better right than sir Provo William Parry Wallis to be called Tho father of Tho Royal sir Provo was appointed midshipman on tha Cleopatra in 3 my under capt sir r Bart Laurie. On the 17th february in experienced i. First taste of action the Cleo Patra a Viii altered into an with the French f Rigato Villo do Milan. The Cleopatra a by her and a great danger of being after a desperate Cut outer the in Jusli were overpowered and the British col is hauled Down. Tho Cleopatra was however rescued and the Ville de Milan became the prize of the Leauder a Vij gun ship of Mio Britti Hoot without ii aug a shot. The Finch ship was added to the British Navy under the Sanije of Tho Milan. The next appointment of mid Shipman Willis was with Tho cumbrian and while in Antigua the tiding Ciao Hod him of Tho Bat tvs of Trafalgar. Lie afterwards Ved in too Triumph and in 1308 at the ago of seventeen to was promoted lieutenant of ship Winch ran ichor of Dur ing Tho blockade of and was burned by Oid eix of Captain or. Waltis then a Liou Temacy in the a Loire n Niue i linger vessel and took part in Trio it Tho Battery of Ann la Borguno and Tho Ivy Iii frigates n Well As w the capture of Maud Eloiie shortly Nett a wards fur i it Ioos on that oct Ision he was re Nardei it i us Val. In 111 2 find him to the Shannon in div Captain he . With Tho american co1. To. .1 n humiliated by disaster ilm a at to hand of the it As though her i to a. To b wore burning to wipe i had wounded Many men were slain and the air was filled with flying splinters and a Cloud of dust after another fearful broadside capt. Broke and his men boarded the Chesa Peake and a desperate conflict raged upon her decks. The Captain was severe v wounded the first lieutenant was killed and Lieut. Wallis was in command. Thirteen minutes Ihen terrible it Ian Tod and Victory was Complete Buji v.v2 Rion had been placed hours de combat. Lieut. U Allis put a Crew on Board the Chesapeake and Boro her away for Halifax which he reached within n week. When Tho Shannon reached England her Oili cers and Crew were thanked by Tho Prince Regent and entertained by the City of London. Medals were struck nud distributed and capt. Broke was made a baronet. Lieut. Wallis for his share in the transaction received a letter of approbation from the admiralty and a sword from Hii Captain. Commander Wallis was appointed to the snipe and for a while went out of on half pay. He was in Paris when Napoleon escaped from Elba and Star led Europe by appearing at the head of Tho French army. To succeeded in effecting his escape from the French capital through Tho kindness of a dignitary of the roman Catholic Church. He married a daughter of Archdeacon Barnstaple. On re entering Active service a few years later he gained the rank of Post Captain. To was appointed to the Niemen and subsequently became Cap Tain of the Madagascar in which vessel he protected the British subjects at Vera when the French Fleet bombarded it in the Franco mexican War. For his services to received the Public thanks not Only of Tho rescued but of the Large number of British merchants whose interests had been at Nitako there. To was made Cap Tain of Tho Wai spite and senior officer on the River Tagus in 1843. In Tho following year to was Tho special envoy of England when Tangier and Moga Clar wore bombarded by Tho French under the Prince do Joinville and for the a Wilfulness and Success of his services on this Mission to received the thanks of both Tho British and French government. In 1840 he was senior officer on the syrian coast during the Syrinx War. He was some years afterwards made an aide de Camp to her majesty preferring that Honor to the Good service pension offered him. In 1851 to obtained full Flag rank in 1857 he was appointed comma Ider in. Chief on the Southeast coast of America. He was recalled Tho following year in con sequence of his promotion to vice Admiral. Since 1858 he has not been to sea but in recognition of his Long and Active services he was placed upon Tho Active list for life. The Rule is that admirals must retire from Active service at the nge of 70, but an exception was made in favor of Admiral Wal is Whoso Honor is unique. In May 1880, he was made k. C. B., Aud in 1875 Admiral of Tho Fleet he enjoyed but a few years mar ried happiness before his wife died and he married again in 1s49, his second wife being a daughter of Tho Lato general sir Robert Wilson m. P. Sir to into is now in feeble health but his mind k vigorous his memory Clear and his handwriting smooth and Globe. Anglo Nosa it. Mrs. Aunio Besant who has arrived in this country on a lecture tour is an extra Ordinary woman the wife of a Church of. England Clergyman she left her husband to become a disciple of the Lato Charles Brad laugh and for Many years was identified with him in his literary pursuits and fully accepted Bis views on matters of religion which As is Well known wore those of on atheist. 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The time to had n i which Tiluy Hud been waiting to avenge Tho repeated disasters Aud i Sulu the nation had suffered and the people at Home expected news from Over to sea that Britain s Sou briton1i l to told them of the taunts of their t-uemi.-. That England have to haul her haughty Flag. Don t try to . Fire into her quarters main deck n r part deck into Quarter Don i. ,.d the ship is yours under Aii thu ships Drew near each other the Sofii cars Aud men being All ready at their stations. Tho Shannon s main deck was commanded by Lieut. Wallis Faulknor. And is soon As Tho guns bore upon Tho Chesky Plaue s second Bow port sle delivered her Broad bide with telling effect. The Gallant Lawrence fell mortally Annie bb3a.nt. Present moment a worshipper at the shrine of mme. Blavatsky including Mahatma cabinets and the whole Box of tricks. It is a matter of regret to see n. Really sensible woman converted to a Gross superstition by the charlatan tricks of Tho theosophists. Tho following is or. Bradlaugh s opinion of bib former partner mrs. Annie bpm t As an orator bos few if any equals a her own sox on either Side of the a tic. I am sure that with Lessing she Aimzy for truth ac will never hesitate whatever consequences to pro. Claim in turn each truth she thinks she found she is to lecture in Montreal Kiln in Booth ill Trei. At a recent perform Auto in the Rookh Academy of music Ili Veteran actor etpros1 Tho Hope that it not Tho last time should appear on stage but As it Hist appearance Cason other Cucut Point Tho Cono Tiu the general Beli t to has retired Lor Ever if tins Buo not Only will the English peaking player have a a i from Tho Stase. Irit an ancient my i of Dii Mutio it of which Booth was and representative. At the appear Anea "llumlef1 was the play a it Warf his first in Trio of 1852-ii, and no Moro fitting ii Rico could have been made for no player Hiu Over been so much uncut lied with tin character of Tho title Rolu us both. 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