Mr. A. B. Forwoop, M.-P., Secretary to the Admiralty, in his speech to the Worcester boys—the Worcester being the Thames Nautical College for the training of -officers for the mercantile marine—at the recent prize distribution, told the boys that they must continue to work very hard at their profession, because, as he warmed them, "no mistake leading to calamity at sea was ever forgiven, as no shipowner would ever trust life and property in such hands again." No doubt this warning made a deep impression on the boys to whom it was addressed, but some of his hearers must have smiled at the exaggeration it conveyed. If it were actually true, it would shew a state of things so unjust that it ought not to be allowed to endure for a moment. Officers who make mistakes leading to calamity are constantly re-appointed, and instant of this even in this corner of world will
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