He had been promoted to the rank of Rear Admiral of England by James, who, if he understood any thing, understood maritime affairs.

That place and other lucrative places Torrington had relinquished when he found that he could retain them only by submitting to be a tool of the Jesuitical cabal.

No man had taken a more active, a more hazardous, or a more useful part in effecting the Revolution.

It seemed, therefore, that no man had fairer pretensions to be put at the head of the naval administration.

Yet no man could be more unfit for such a post.