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The Federal Attack on Fort Fisher.

Captain Coles, in a letter to a contemporary,

says :

The fall of Fort Fisher, as you truly remark,
presents points of deep interest to the country and
to those who study the art of war. lam convinced
to a very great extent of the soundness of Admiral
Porter's conclusion, for there can be no doubt that
Fort Fisher was a much more formidable work than
the Malakhoff, with the advantage of modern ord-
nance and science. But when he draws an exulting
comparison between the prolonged and honourable
resistance of the Malakhoff against the allied forces
of Great Britain and France and the rapid capture
of Fort Fisher by the Federals, I must beg to differ,
as there is no analogy in the events ; for, while
Fort Fisher " was captured by a handful 2f men,
under the fire of the guns of the fleet," and in

" seven hours after the attack commenced in ear-
nest," the Malakhoff Tower was free from the fire of
the guns from the allied fleets. We once went in
at the sea faces of Sebastopol with an enormous
force of wooden ships, unaided by ironclads, and we
never tried it again. All who saw these magnifi-
cent fleets defied by a lesser number of guns in a
fortress deplored this waste of power, dooming
thousands of fine fellows to be comparatively inac-
tive spectators of a great struggle. This first sug-
gested to me the necessity of having some machines
better adapted for the offensive purposes of warfare
than wooden three-deckers like the Victoria, and I

then proposed Monitors, or rather " Lady
Nancy" rafts, for this purpose. How far my views
were right has been answered by the fall
of Fort Fisher, although it may be said the Moni-
tors did not succeed at Charleston. But an attack
by sea to be successful must always depend upon
being able to concentrate a numerical superiority of
guns against any portion of a stronghold, so as to
silence its offensive powers, when the other contin-
gent and outlying works must fall in detail, if not
evacuated, as in the case of Fort Fisher. But in
the case of the Charleston affair there were only 23
guns afloat brought to bear against some 100 guns,
besides the difficulties of an intricate channel and
confined waters. At present I will leave the ques-
tion of forts and ships, as now the great interest of
this country is ship against ship, for it is in the
open sea we shall have to test our supremacy, and
it is as well in the great race of reconstruction now
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The King of Greece and his Uncle•

ATHENS, Feb. 1.

A circumstance occurred here the day before yes-
terday which has provoked considerable public com-
ment. Prince Julius of Glucksburg, one of the
King's uncles, has been staying at Athens for some
days on a visit to his Majesty. During King
George's absence from the palace on Monday Prince
Julius received Messrs. Mavrocordato, Tricoupi,
Miaoulis, Bulgaris, Zaimis, Coundourioti, and
Christides in his private apartments. These gentle-
men represent nearly every shade of political opi-
nion among the Opposition.
After a few words of welcome Prince Julius said
that he had requested their presence to ask them a
few questions upon the present state of Greece,
which, from all he could hear, did not appear to be
very satisfactory. M. Mavrocordato replied that
they were hardly in a position to afford precise in-
formation upon the required points, which could
only be given by the Ministry. Prince Julius then
inquired about the persons comprising the Court,
to which M. Tricoupi hastened to reply that the
presence near the King of an irresponsible Coun-
cillor was contrary to constitutional principles.
Count Sponneck had more than once interfered in
the affairs of Greece, and his position therefore was
♦ery equivocal. He admitted, however, that in his
private capacity the count had always conducted
himself with propriety, and that no exception could
be taken to his manners.

M. Bulgaris agreed with the observations of the
preceding speaker, stating that, under his Ministry,
Count Sponneck had interfered with the business of
Government, had often asked questions upon the
condition of affairs, had given advice, and tried to
learn all that took place.
M. Zaimis was of a different opinion. He thought
the King should have a councillor about his person
to advise•and watch over his Majesty, and that there
was no objection to that councillor being the King's
uncle instead of Count Sponneck. The speaker
declared that, under his administration, Count
Sponneck never intered with the business of Govern-
ment, that the Ministers had only private relations
with him, and had access to the King without any
intermediate person.

M. Christides agreed with M. Zaimis upon the
necessity of a councillor for the King, and also
stated that Count Sponneck had never interfered
with the business of Government while he had been
in the Cabinet. _

M. Miaoulis, while also of opinion that the King
ought to have a private adviser, abstained from
saying anything with regard to Count Sponneck.
He had not taken any part in public affairs before
the revolution, and was therefore not in a position
to express an opinion.
Prince Julius next asked his visitors what they
thought of the Ministry. MM. Bulgaris and
Christides answered that the Government was very
badly conducted, and: that after the dissolution of
the Assembly a Cabinet ought to have been formed
not belonging to either of the two extreme parties.
The obstinacy of Count Sponneck alone had re-
tained the present Ministry in office, contrary to the
interests of the country.

THE RESCUE SOCIETY wishes to add another
home to the 12 now in operation. Last year no fewer
han 455 poor, friendless, young females were rejected ,rom
want of FUNDS and room, making a total of 3,087, who have
been sent away in five years. Here are brief details of a few
of the most recent cases :
F. v., aged 14, fallen, mother dead, deserted by her father.
M. A. F., aged ;3, homeles,, both parents dead.
A. 8., aged 17, fallen, father dead, deserted by her mother.
S. D., aged 15, fallen, mother dead.
C. 8., a-zed 15, fallen, mother dead,
A. 8., Lzed 16, fallen, both parents dead.
H. S., aged 14, homeless, deserted by her parents,
M. 11, aged 17, fallen, both parents dead.
C. IL, aged 17, fallen, both parents dead.
A. G., aged 18, fallen, father dead.
E. K„ aged 18, fallen, both parents dead,
S. 8., aged 17, fallen, both part nts dead.
M. A. W., aged 17, fallen, both parents dead.
S. D., aged 15, fallen, both parents dead.
The new home the Committee wish to form would be for
oung girls, almost children, from the age of >5 to 15, who
have been led astray from the path virtue.
Contributions will be received gratefully by the Secretary,
Mr. Daniel Cooper,Bs, Queen -street, Cheapside; or by Messrs
Barclay and Co., Lombard-street.

In your leading article of the 6th you point out
the tonnage of these Monitors. First, let me call
attention to the smallness of these vessels compared
with any we have that could attempt to cope with
them. The smaller Monitors are 1,034 tons, and
the Monadnock, although only 1,564 tons, Admiral
Porter says would destroy any vessel we have in the
British navy. In this I cannot agree with the gallant
Admiral, for I believe the Royal Sovereign—though
but a conversion—if she had proper guns supplied

her, to be a good match for the Monadnock. How-
ever, on both sides of the water it now appears to
be admitted that in actual fight of ship against
ship the turret ship must have great superiority.
Our larger ships run up to 6,000 tons, and we
have no ironclad approaching so small a tonnage as
these monitors, except the Research and Enterprise,
which have not as yet been tried in a gale of wind,
and cannot even attempt to carry these heavy guns.
Admiral Porter says, for all services he would
prefer the Ironsides to the Monadnock, but that the
latter would be more than a match for her.

I have not the list of the Federal navy before me,
but I believe the Ironsides is 3,400 tons, and conse-
quently twice as large as the Monadnock. There-
fore the question is now reduced to the respective
sea-going qualities of these vessels and general com-
forts of the crew while on service. This, however,
must be a matter of comparison, as we find from
the little experience gained at sea with our ironclads
that they are all condemned as sea-going vessels,
except the four first constructed—Warrior, Black
Prince, Defence, and Resistance, which leads us to
the unpalatable conclusion that the bulk of our iron
, dads are little better than floating batteries, but
could all be knocked to pieces by the Royal Sove-
reign or Monadnock. The experience of the Moni-
tors in gales of wind (which none of ours have been
in except the Warrior and Prince Consort), will
show that the turret principle, adapted for sea-going
ships as I propose, would possess a very great ad-
vantage over our fleet of floating batteries, both for
comfort and the essentials of a sea-going ship.
We hear of these Monitors being only one or two
feet out of the water, with their turrets amidships,
yet riding out these gales, and weathering them
better than other vessels in their company. The
sea-going ships
I propose are so far similar to these
Monitors that the protected or weightiest portion of
the vessel extends only a few feet out of water,
with the turrets amidships, but, instead of being
wholly exposed, the lower portion and base of the
turret is protected by a square or circular box, which
admits of another deck and light topsides being
built up at the extremities over which the guns fire,
and giving this extra space between decks for the
accommodation of the crew above the water line,
instead of being cooped up below the water line.
The weight of this extra deck and upper works
would require but a small increase of tonnage to
these Monitors, and would not then bring them up
to anything like half the tonnage of our sea-going
Warrior or floating batteries, at the same time pre-
serving the light ends, which, with the weights cen-
tralised, is the secret of these Monitors' good beha-
viour in a seaway, and thus combining a commodious
vessel with a deck sufficiently high out of the water
to give the usual comfort in a moderate sea, but at
the same time retaining the fighting powers of these
Monitors.

I will not enter into particulars of defensive
powers beyond that on the turret principle, from
from the small area to be plated in proportion to
the broadside system, greater thickness of armour
can be given, or with the same thickness greater
speed. Admiral Porter says he would rather be
behind a wooden vessel's side, where he knew what
was coming, than inside a turret, but that the cap-
tains of the Monitors have the greatest confidence
in their vessels; and the few casualties in the Mo-
nitors show us the gallant Admiral would have a
better chance of telling his tale after fighting an
action behind ten inches of iron in a turret than
three feet of wood.

M. Bulgaris here flatly accused M. Christides of
flagrant self-contradiction. He had first stated that
Count Sponneck never interfered with public busi-
ness, and he now declared that the present Ministry
owed to him their continuance in office. This he
could only know from hearsay--a method unworthy
of a public man.
M. Mavrocordato remarked upon the difference of
opinion expressed by men who had been in the
Cabinet and who belonged to opposite parties.
Prince Julius lastly asked whether his visitors
considered the departure of Count Sponneck would
remove all difficulties ? To which M. Tricoupi re-
plied in the negative. The interview then ended.
Upon the King's return to the palace, and being
informed of what had taken place, hls Majesty ex
pressed extreme annoyance. The Ministry, not less
astonished, had met at the residence of M. Kanaris,
the President of the Council, and were still in deli-
beration as to the best course to adopt, when they
received orders to present themselves before the
King. It was then late in the evening. His Ma-

The American reports are well worth attention.
Every word of Admiral Porter's should be weighed,
and, for my part, those opinions, as well as the
Rolfe Drake's and Russian Monitors' behaviour in
gales of wind, leave me nothing further to say. But
as nearly all our heavy ironclads, which' Lord C.
Paget tells us have cost nearer half than a quarter•
of a million each, are not seaworthy, is it not a pity
that in the year 1865 we should have no seagoing
turret ship in the British navy which, by a fair and
unprejudiced trial, would enable us to judge for
ourselves how far the Americans are right, and the
turret can be used for security to our country an

commerce ?
Since writing the above I have received a publica-
tion from America, in which, in describing the

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pressed his regret at what had occurred, assuring
them that it had been entirely without his sanction,
and that they did not cease to enjoy his perfect
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r difference between the ordinary ship and the Monitor
model, Commodore Rodgers says :
" It has these advantages :—The Monitor has the
least possible surface to be plated, and therefore takes
the least possible tonnage to float armour of a given
thickness, or, with a given tonnage, allows the
greatest possible thickness of armour, and conse-
quently the greatest possible impregnability. The
ability to carry armour is proportionable to the ton-
nage, but the Monitor of 844 tons has actually
thicker plating than the Ironsides of 3,480 tons, and
the Warrior of 6,000 ; and yet the Ironsides and
Warrior have only the middle portion of their hulls
plated, their ends being merely of wood without
armour. The guns of the Monitors, near the centre
of motion, are supported upon the keel and kelsons,
upborne by the depth of water under them, and
carried by the whole strength of the hull. In Moni-
tom heavier guns are therefore practicable than can
ever be carried in broadside out upon the ribs of a
ship. In the Monitors concentration of guns and
armour is the object sought. In them the plating
is compressed into inches of elevation, while in the
Ironsides glass it is extended over feet ; and the
comparatively numerous guns distributed over the
decks of the Ironsides class are moulded into a few
larger ones in the turrets of the Monitors."