The Express.
London, England, 1859-11-17 00:00:00

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adios to tl. jodprie Viter:vaief =ple • ibtsi-of-
battle gem ship to NO gar of 51,000 m
with correspering steer mil an hove a speed of
12 rota, wq:=Locohoes• wpm aiid sembio• rills, with
Thep state r nattekto their naval archi-
=on mon Than tesred, snores is credit, failure is
dismedit to him, No or aus deprive Wm of the honour of
having mode nark eorreepond with drip ; no one tea abi
✓ho his bow die .irepresch of having Guertin hi arra-
gelf..kwe ed parkiiam animate bias to the full our-
don of his talents. Progression on sound principles I. thereby,
established, with a "imam= of prodoction and a minimum
of cost. _ _

The lietglish dismaly plane a Waal officer, of high As,
racier se such, at As beed of the naval construction dosser
meat. They thereby directly discredit, and indirectly dis-
courage, their naval architects, sec& of whom may hale
seism himself, le hie line, ouperior to his Aid, while all
have a tight te fed aggrieved, by boles debieneddrom Obe
hope of obtaining a legitimate objectj of ambitiara«the heed ap
I one's Federates. When a fins ship appears, the erasesesras
public give the credit to the review ; but whim • bed Alp
app the public reason on the matter, and sectfis the
blame to some navel arehisect, whose slalom In erased et the
design may new bora been odiously rind, sad whose sag-
guidons is the Otain. of its execution may have Isla dins-
garde& The ytesylere professional adlatas has aoraccsakeed
respoosible podded. With no honour to gain, end no diem&
appraised, be, within best interatoas, gradually Isneraes
a placeman. Me Sans defareraidly to his rapartoes
opinion, and adviser hie owe, if contrary modestly cad re-
samdly. sereace may have taught him that a fare bet
mote length hefts& or aft will bonsai a ra dra aped,
that a tatter nor will abate her rolling, that so sagine's
pewee alesuldlesedietty id progiorgen is As eased which the
yearn term is dymble ad eenairing; bra It his raper*
Wake valterwhe, Ammo naps rabic And Aetna' manes
for Ws The inceadon will be disoorand by
the tedium Ad IA paten oraided with the rusk
demised at iset, will only she a eraser, remark to As dr
rivaurs waste of mousy mad loss of time. Chinned by the
lice trardeckar predated by paddy • three-decker, the
public never think of asking whether it would not be cheaper
and more ressonable to build stash a tratedsoker at once ; and
when made aware of the Nara* ef the °pension, they
never think of inquiring whether asende woald not be
easier, and of less costly attainment, if their Easel &ratted.
were fired from unscientific corard, and received the credit
of their exertions. The notion, somewhat prevalent of late,
that a man who sells • ship well is capable of bedding one,
le like saying that • men who eats a defter in lite mower
plishad gourmand atyle, savouries and eppreedating gray
morsel, fa able to cook ore
Science is proepectivs: prude* is velresprative. While
the former, with Inductive glance, hob braced the visible
hothon, the tarter dwells on some fended paentbt pulsation
in the part. The proherional shipbuiller able he rest
effete to their crafts, derives instroodra lbsue hie dears;
bat the amateur shipbuilder, prone to guseeelbe on deperhot
data, regards with onmingled setisfactlca the bran mid
qualities of the Alp connected to his mind with his own
prosperity and fame. The shade of Nelson would hover
round the Victory. The perpetuation of defective modela
may be attributed to this natural feeling.
In Franoe, en individual is eduested expressly for, and dr
voted to, the practice of war shipbuilding • in England, an
individual, educated with distinct objects, drecia respedively
naval construction, which embraces various sciences, each of
which requires some amount of study to comptehmad, sad
all, in combination, demand more than ordinary ratline to
apply. The Merano of results is to the advantage of the
former. In other days, the French built the beet Alps:
those captured by us were dedevedly favourite*, and dium
the last ten years the French navy has made a vapid
remarkable advaaos, both in the number and qualities of
screw ships, while the British navy, with means exceed*
the whole revenue of a thirelvats power, has retrograded, by
coenpariems, daring that period.

. -
The gallant captain atroegly advocates the nem*.
city of a strong. Channel fleet, and the danger of
not pommeling one is thus explained :

The invasion—of Great Britain ii entirely conditional on the
enemy communitag the Channel for a given period ; a tot-
night would sake. If be commanded she Channel, trans-
port and merchant steamers of all desomainationa, large and
sound and riehetty, would become available tar the
transport of troops. Zack stammer would tow selling craft
with !Wilkey and other materiel of war. Sizty thousand
men, foreign Wan takMg up little mom, might be *la-
med mum the Channel in erne voyage. In the spring of
1111 • Turkish Norm linwol-battie ship conveyed in one
voyage, has Cautantheople to ea Adriatic port. six days'
abasing, 2,400 solithes, with their min accontraments,
end tents, and too days" provides' to laud With; and
in the miring of ISMI a Twhish screw Irigate conveyed in
ors voyage frourTripoil (Bertway) sa a pert to the Azahl-
pelago 2,200 soldiers. Mother hundred awn could not have
been embarked in the frigate, Maths linerznight have stowed
away 1,000 more men fora Aty's run only. Landed under
their ships' guns, with tools and Imalmis, they would en-
trench themselves, if necessary, sad mod bank their usair
ports far =other corps d'art's*. Two hundred thousand
men would be landed easily in heathen • week. The invad-
ing army, after defeating the British army, speaking hypo-
thetically, would much to Portemonthand Plymouth, end
by destroying the dockyards and shipping there, reader reco-
very impossible.