The Sun.
London, England, 1865-10-13 00:00:00

The Prince de Joinville on Naval Affairs.

The Boston Advertiser publishes a letter, dated
April 28, from the Prince de Joinville to a gentle-
man in the United States. After referring to the
death of Mr. Lincoln, and counselling a course of
moderation towards the people of the South, the
Prince says :—" You must be proud, sir, of the
doings of your navy. With the brilliant exploit of
Commodore Winslow has the tide of victory turned
with you. The achievements of Mobile Bay are
without parallel, and throw the greatest honour
on your flag. All naval men pay a just tribute of
admiration to Admiral Farragut and his brother
officers and men. This war will leave your navy
in a very efficient state, and with a feeling of
confidence in itself which is half the success.
Not so in European navies. Ours is tired
and disgusted by the odious service of
transports imposed upon it. The British navy, after
a long period of inaction, and furnished with ships
and men it has no confidence in, is not what it was
formerly. Both navies continue to build sea-going
broadside iron-clads of immense size and cost ; but
the policy of building such expensive ships when
they may be so easily sunk by a miserable torpedo
is much discussed, and the tide is coming to small
iron-clads, with two or four guns, monitor fashion.
For long cruises, fast Unclad screw sloops, Alabama„
or rather Florida fashion, seem also to be most ap-
propriate. Upon all these points you have the lead..
Where everybody is still behind is in gunnery. The
best English gun is the 300-pounder smooth-bore
muzzle-loader Armstrong gun, built on the coil
principle, and able to throw its shot with a very
heavy charge of powder. The royal navy has nci
good rifle gun of heavy calibre ; but I think that
Mr. Blakely can turn out some very efficient one,.
The French have no heavy guns, smooth bore og
rifles, and have not yet succeeded to experiment
successfully upon any one. The best gun we have
in use is a breech-loaded rifle gun, throwing a 60-
pound shot with a low charge. The gun works
well, is very accurate, but of no use against iron-
clads. The Emperor is trying a gun of his inven-
tion, rifled, and made of steel inside and brass
side. I have no faith in it. It is from the
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