THE UNSEEN BOND.
[To TEE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR 1
Sm,—It is told of Sir Edward Chichester that when he got under way in a leisurely fashion, and placed his ship between those of the Germans and the Americans in Manila Bay, the German Admiral sent in haste to demand what he meant, and what he intended to do in case the Teutonic Flag Officer backed up his demands with force. " That," answered Sir Edward, " is a secret between Admiral Dewey and myself." Thus- was the debt paid that England owed to stout Commodore Tatnall, who " lent a hand " to Admiral Sir James Mope in the Pei-Ho thirty-eight years before. " I am not going to see real white men put upon ; no, Sir, old Tatnall is not that sort," said the gallant American, when ho calmly rowed into a perfect hell of fire at the Talus Forts to visit the sorely wounded British Admiral. Sir Edward Chichester "was. not that sort" either, and ever since his.name has been a household word in the United States.
Commander, Awe! Navy (retired), Conservative Club, Liverpool.
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