The Sun.
London, England, 1863-08-25 00:00:00

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be remembered, left Gravesend at an eavlrkait ,;, ;
Saturday fortnight, for Cronstas dt, underVieAli.a. :444'.4;
of the frigate General Admire.;!. On the\foChaAlak/ -
Wednesday the battery and frT,g ate arrived at Open-ri S
hagen, and two days having been spent there, Cron-
stadt was reached on the next Tuesday; the voyage
from Gravesend to Cronstada having consequently
occupied, inclusive of the step page at Copenhagen'
no more than ten deys. This is a most satisfactory
performance to the Thames Shipbuilding Company,
the builders ; to Messrs. Maud slay, Sons, and Field,
the engineers ; and to the Russian Government. It
is scarcely less so to that very numerous (Ales in-
terested in the experimental navigation of iron-clad
ships, the voyage of the Porvenetz being that of a
putt ct:iy flat-bottomed ship without any keel.
At an early hour team was got up co board the
Pervenetz, and the General Admiral, as well as on
board the tug Napoleon, which was coaled for the
purpose of going to Cronstadt, and on the other tugs
hired to accompany the battery to the Nore. By
six o'clock hawsers had been passed to the bow and
quarter tugs,and the go on was given by Mr. Moore,
the pilot, from the bridge of the buttery. Natu-
rally. after the experience, of the down river voyage,
and the perfectly accidental and unavoidable run-
ning into the Warsprite at Woolwich, considerable
anxiety was manifested by every one on board. But
the better distribution of the tugs, and the better
control over the rudder that had been secured by
shifting the wheel more aft, at once showed
plainly
that the battery was at last under complete
ontrol
The always difficult navigation of the river from tho
presence and often improper positions of all sorts of
river craft, proceeded comfortably, and before long
the battery was trusted to its own motive power-
So pleased and confident all now became that the
tugs wen fairly cast off, and the Napoleon ordered
to return to Gravesend, and discharge the coal
taken in for the voyage to Cronstadt. The Per-
venetz needed no towing from either tue; or fri-
gate, and the Russian officers were desirous that
the voyage to Cronstadt should be proceeded
with alone, without any more delay than that in-
volved in running the measured mile on the Maplin,
which with the engines working at 80 revolutions,
from purely prudential reasons, not being ventured
on—was accomplished in the time represented by
eight knots an hour. A complete circle was after-
wards accomplished with the same number of revel-
lntions in exactly five minutes.
With the tugs the pilot and visitors left the bat-
tery, giving three rousing Englisu cheers to Capt.
Jarvis and his crew of English sailors, which were
as heartily returned. The course of the battery
was then laid across the North Sea, canvas hoisted,
and more steam supplied to the engines; machi-
nery, rudder, and ship working admirably. Over
the ship the rudder exercised complete and instant
power, particularly at a speed not exceeding eight
knots, but a little more than the usual amount of
watching was required to guard against the lateral
drift or motion which it is the function of a heel in
other ships to prevent. Across the North Sea the
weather was on the whole fine, but in the Cattegat
a whole gale was encountered. This the battery
roughed out in muca the same fashion es other
ships, and the only damage was the giving way of
one of the rudder chain ring bolts. In a short time
this, of course, was made good in the ready way
known to all sailors. During the remainder of the
voyage the weather was again fine, and the battery
entered Cronstadt as proudlyand with quite asgood
a sea-going character as the best frigate in the
Russian navy.

The Pervenetz, it may be as well to add, has been
constructed and delivered within one month of the
original contract time by the Thames Shipbuilding
Company, notwithstanding the many changes that
have been made from first to last. Originally the
Russian Government contemplated the construction
of a ship similar to the large Minotaur in the
Thames Shipbuilding Company's yard, but that in-
tention was abandoned. Then a ship of the class
represented by the Valiant was thought of, and
that also was given up for the light draught of
water ship with buoyant ends, which is known as
a mere battery, but which in reality is a very for-
midable iron-clad frigate.
The sister frigate to the Pervenetz, or firstling,
is in course of construction by a Newcastle firm in
Cronstadt dockyard.

The Peace Society and our Relations with
Japan.

The following memorial has been transmitted by
the Peace Society to Earl Russell, in reference to
our relations with Japan :
"My Lord,—We ask permission, as the committee of the
Peace Society, respectfully to express to your lordship the
deep regret and apprehension with which we have learnt the
present menacing state of relations existing between this
country and the kingdom of Japan. We cannot but regard
it as a most painful and deplorable fact, that the first ap-
peal ance of cur countrymen among remote and heathen
nations, instead of being the harbinger of peace and a higher
civilisation, is so frequently the prelude to a course of ag-
gression, violence, and blood. It seems clear, on the testi-
mony of those most conversant with the fact, that the treaty
of intercourse and commerce on which we ground our right
of intervention in Japan was in the first instance obtained
from the authorities of that country under the coercion of
fear, in opposition to the traditional policy of the Govern-
ment and the strong prejudices of the people. It is too
evident also that we have failed in observing honourably on
our part the stipulations of that treaty, From the first,
our countrymen who, for purposes of cowl:14 ree, entered
into Japan in the wake of our diplomatists, have availed
themselves of the advantages they thus acquired in
a spirit which could not fail to prove both offensive and in-
jurious to the Government and people, thereby confirming
the prejudices against foreigners already existing, and most
seriously aggravated the difficulties of the Japanese au-
thorities in their attempts to enforce on their own country-
men a fair observance of the conditions of the treaty. It is
obvious, moreover, that our official representatives in that
country are quite powerless to restrain the irregularities of
such lawless and unscrupulous characters as unhappily too
often pioneer and represent British commerce and civiliza-
tion in the Eastern seas. If the facts be as above stated, it
can hardly be a matter of surprise that an intercourse thrust
upon the Japanese against their will, and commenced under
such circumstances as we have described, should have led
to an early and serious collision. Nor can we hope that a
persistent attempt to force our acquaintance upon them at the
mouth of the cannon can conduce to their advantage or to
our honour as a professedly Christian and civilised nation.
On the contrary, all the facts and appearances of the case,
as well as our former experience in the East, but too clearly
indicate that any further progress in the path of coercion
cannot fail to lead to grave and dangerous complications,
ending in all probability in a succession of ignoble and costly
Wars, and the introduction of an era of revolution and
anarchy among a people who previous to our intrusion
among them had enjoyed, according to the testimony of com-
petent witnesses, a large measure of internal order, peace,
and proseerity. We earnestly hope, therefore, that your
lordship will send such instructions to our representatives
in that country as shall save England and Japan from the
calamity of such a course; and if intercourse between us
and them cannot be conducted in a friendly spirit wo ven-
ture respectively to submit whether it would not be bettor
for us to withdraw altogether from their country. It is not
likely that commerce can be successfully prosecuted with a
reluctant and angry people ; and even if it could it would
be more honourable for a Christian nation to make some
sacrifice of commercial advantage rather than inaugurate
among another people what may prove to be a long course
of disorder and blood.

" JOSEPH PEASE, President.
" HENRY RICHARD, Secretary."

ICEBERGS IN TIIE ATLANTIC.-I'h© ship S. L.
Tilley, of Yarmouth, N.S., Cook, master, which
arrived at Greenock last week from Trinidad, reports having
passed great fields of ice during the passage, having had a
narrow escape from collision, Captain Cook says he never
saw ice so far south at the same season of the year. 'While
in lat. 42, long. 43, and on the northern side of the God'
stream, a huge iceberg was soddenly descried about 30 yards
off, The ship's course was immediately altered, thereby
escaping the imminent danger with which they were
threatened. Next day the remains of what had been a large
icely,rg were seen,with a portion of a ship's timbers embedded
in it.

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