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Last night, in the louse of Commons, Lord C.
Paget, in reply to a question from Lord R. Montagu,
said--4 shall have no objection whatever to the pro-
auction of these returns, but in mercy to himself
and the house I trust the noble lord, when he hears
that inventions in reference to iron•cased ships come
to us at the rate of about 100 a month, will not in-
sist on printing such a blue-hook as they would
make. I can assure him that they are receiving
very careful attention. I cannot follow the noble
lord through all the topics he has introduced, butt
shall be happy to give him all the information' can
as to what is being done in shipbuilding. I regret
the right hon. member for Bucks is not present, as
I think he would probably administer some little
rebuke to an ardent supporter for coming before the
house with a grand proposal for building an iron
fleet, and adding very considerably to the large
navy estimates. The noble lord accuses all Govern-
ments, but lays the principal blame on the present
Government, for continuing to build wooden ships
after France had begun to build them of iron. I
am the more anxious to say a word on this matter,
because I have heard from several quarters that the
present Government has proceeded recklessly in the
construction of wooden line-of-battle ships long after
it was evident that these vessels would be useless. I
beg the noble lord's attention to this point. There
lititteurro'v-efrnmlenT -We're Is; AC; jr-ther' More than
a year, and they originated the conversion of eight
of these vessels within that year. The present Go-
vernment has been in office three years, and they
have only commenced the conversion of four sailing
line-of-battle ships into steamers. The late Govern-
ment converted eight vessels in one year; the pre-
sent Government in three years have only converted
four. Now take the question of building line-of-
battle ships. The late Government in its one year
of office began to build no less than six line-of-battle
ships. The present Government in three years have
only commenced three ; of these, only the frames
were begun, and they have since been used for iron-
eased ships. This accusation, therefore, against the
present Government is most unjust and unfair. And
what is the history of the ships that have been con-
verted? The present Government came into office
in the month of July, 1859. They naturally adopted
the programme of their predecessors; and what-
ever may be the responsibility for the years 1859
and 1860 must rest principally with the late Go-
vernment. The noble lord had mixed up a great
many matters together; but the vexatio questio was
the cost of building wooden line-of-battle ships.
The house must not take the noble lord's figures
for granted. In 1859, the year of the Derby Go-
vernment, the sum expended in building and con-
verting line-of-battle ships was £442,000. In
1859 and 1860, after the French had begun to build
iron-cased ships, but when the programme of the
late Government had to be carried out £786,000
were expended for the same purpose. But in 1860
and 1861 the present Government have expended
only £416,000 in converting this class of ships.
Nothing is easier than to get up in 1862, after we
have made all these discoveries, and tell us what we
ought to do. It is easy to be wise after the event.
But, if the noble lord had given his advice when
the late Government was in office, he would have
done some good. The noble lord has referred to
Captain Coles's cupola vessel, and charges the Ad-
miralty with supineness in not adopting it till after
the action of the Monitor and the Merrimac. But,
as long ago as February last, the drawings for a
vessel on Captain Co!es's plan were prepared, and
only the consent of the House was wanted to issue
calls for tenders for its construction. The hon.
member for Liskeard took me to task, and charged
me with having said the vessel was being built,
when it was not ; but my only object was to show
that the matter had not been neglected. I under-
stood the noble lord to say that the Warrior is
totally unprotected at her two ends, which are made
of wood, and that she is entirely unfit to go into
action. He is quite mistaken in that. He is per-
haps not aware the Warrior is wholly an iron ship,
though it is true its extremities are not provided
with armour plates. That is a point on which
opinions greatly differ. I for one frankly admit that
I think a system of armour plates all round in the
case of long ships with very sharp bows is attended
with considerable disadvantage, although some emi-
nent judges are in favour of that mode of construc-
tion. The noble lord says we never take up an
invention till it is very late. Why, if he will
only come to the Admiralty he will see that we
have no less than seven different classes of ships
in progress of the iron-cased family, some of
which are iron-plated right round, and others plated
in the centre and amidships. We are going on with
reasonable speed, but not too fast. It is inadvisable
to rush all at once into a condemnation of our
wooden fleet, and to build only with iron. We
are, however, constructing different classes of iron
cased ships, some of them even as low as 1,000
tons. It remains to be seen whether they will carry
their armour and be fit for foreign service and all
weathers. I think we have not been behindhand,
but are progressing with sufficient despatch to
maintain our position as a great maritime Power.
Reverting to Capt. Coles's cupola, it should be re-
membered that the late Prince Consort bad the
sagacity first to discern the value of that plan. I
was sent for nearly two years ago by his Royal
Highness, who urged and entreated me and the
Admiralty to try that invention, the merit of bring-
ing which to public notice belonged to that great
Prince. lam afraid I cannot follow the noble lord
through all his statements of the misdeeds of various
Boards of Admiralty, but the gist of his complaints
was that we don't institute due inquiry into inven-
tions, that we have no machinery by which they
may be tested, and that inventors feel that we re-
gard them, as it were, as our natural enemies. That
is very far from a correct representation. I am
bound to admit that I have always advocated that
there should be a scientific committee attached to
the Admiralty—(hear)—exactly as there was at-
tached to the Ordnance. When I had the honour
of being connected with the Ordnance there was a
select committee to which all matters affecting the
construction of guns, &c., were referred. I have
often expressed my opinion on this point very
frankly at the Admiralty, and I must say that,

without going quite as far as I go, the Board have
taken very great steps in what I must call a right

direction in this respect. First of all let me allude
to the Scientific Committee, or the Iron-plate Com-
mittee, which has now been sitting for two years.
If its chairman, the hon, and gallant member for
Wakefield (Sir J. Hay), were not now before me, I
should say something of his merits, but his name is
a guarantee that the committee is well constituted.
Its other members nre Col. Henderson, R.A., the
vice-chairman ; Col. Jervois, R.E,, secretary to the
Defence Commission ; Dr. Percy, superintendent of
the Museum of Practical Geology ; Fairbairn,
president of the British Association, and a most
eminent engineer and author; Wm. Pole, a very
eminent civil engineer, who has been connected with
the iron question for many years, and is now, in
addition to other duties, professor of civil
engineering in the London University. Every-
thing connected with iron-cased ships is exa-
mined by that committee, and experiments
are continually carried on under a supervi-
sion. The Admiralty have also lately called in
the assistance of many eminent shipbuilders, and
among others the hon. member for Birkenhead (Mr.
Laird), who
has been asked to report on a most im-
portant matter, on which the future of our navy
the
bottomsgreatly
depends--viz,, eixtstsheles. facilitiesThe m efsosrrs. scopapmeud
rinag,
of the Thames Iron Company,
and Mr. Napier, the
famous shipbuilder of Glasgow,
have likewise been
requested to give their opinion on the copper-
sheathing of iron ships. Within the last fortnight
we have had a committee sitting at the Admiralty

BERLIN, MAY 19.
The Minister President opened the Chambers
to-day with a speech. He said ;
in
nduhtyis to engage your
" His Majesty the King has ordnearemde.meTthoeoGpeen_
will be necessary
vtheenmieent
tofeetnheeidAefroenairtchiyte
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finances of the country continue to assume a morn
favoarable aspect. It has not been found necessary,
at the close of the financial year, to make use of the
the expense of
the
organisation
creditef for defraying
y
armf which had been
granted in the Budget of 1861 from the public
funds. The surplus in the revenue of this year has
evenve e. exceededisMajesty,
the
o f the public
hasser-
determined, for
the.relief of the country, that the additional taxa-
tion should not be levied on and after the Ist of
duly next.
" From the Budget for 1862 and 1863, which is
to be submitted to you without delay, you will
perceive that the decrease of income arising there-
from will be fully covered by provisional reduc-
tions in the military administration, by savings in
the cost of the administration of the public debt,
and by increased revenue ; and that means for use-
ful application to all departments of the public
service are still available.

" The more detailed specification of the income
and expenditure in the Budget, and the early pre-
sentation of the Budget for 1863 will afford testi-
mony that the Government is ready to meet with
willingness any practicable proposition of the re-
presentatives of the country.

" The necessary operations for a further regula-
tion of tie land tax have reached the first impor-
tant stage towards completion by a central com-
mittee, that, namely, of a temporary establishment
of the classification tariff.

" Repeated examinations have manifested the
possibility of further savings, of a temporary charac-
ter, being effected in the military expenditure.
These reductions, however, in order not to injure
the vital conditions of the organisation of the army,
can only be continued until a new source of revenue
is opened by the land tax.
" By this means the Government shows that it
is ready and desirous to meet the objections raised
in former iessions, and is therefore justified in ex-
pecting that, in considering the arrangements and
requirements of our military force, due provision
may be made for the independence and security of
the country, which depend upon the undiminished
excellence of the army.
" A plan for the extension of the railway system
of the country will be laid before the Chambers.
" The negotiations respecting a regulation of the
conditions of trade, in accordance with treaties be-
tween the Zollverein and France, have led to an
understanding. The Government is herein guided,
in unison with its allies of the Zollverein, by the
conviction that it is not of much importance to the
Zollverein to secure for its products, its trade, and
its navigation in France the rights of the most
favoured nation, as that the progress of national
economy and science required that the tariff of the
Zollverein should be modified in the full sense of
free trade.

"It was to be expected that the prospect of such
a modification should arouse many apprehensions ;
but it is, on the other hand, pleasing that these
apprehensions are already beginning to yield to a
more correct appreciation of the advantages offered
by a more extended market. Several of the Go-
vernments of the Zollverein have already given in
their adhesion to this view, and among them the
Government of Saxony, which country, from the
manifold extent of its own industry, is especially
compelled to consider industrial interests.
"We reckon that the many remaining Govern-
ments of the Zollverein, while faithfully keeping
in view the advancement of the material interests
of the Customs' Union, will give their consent to a
work which promises to become the starting point
of a new increase of commercial developmont of the
Zollverein.
" Negotiations with the Danish Government have
not yet led to any result. Their success will depend
upon whether or not Denmark will determine to
fulfil the obligations towards Germany, undertaken
by the Convention of 1852.
"As regards the question of German Federal
reform, the Government of the Ring adheres firmly
to the point of view which it has assumed.

if In the question of the constitution of Electoral
Hesse the unremitting endeavours of the Govern-
ment Lhave succeeded in causing almost all German
Governments to come to the conclusion that' the
constitution of 1831, excepting those stipulations
which are contrary to the Federal constitution,
must be re-established; and Austria has joined
Prussia in making a common proposal to the
Federal Diet, the immediate acceptance of which
may now be expected. The new ordinance respect-
ing the elections, which is in direct opposition to
this proposal, and which deeply offends the coun-
try's sense of right, will not come into operation, in
accordance with the express demand of Prussia, and
with the request of the Federal Assembly, addressed
to the Government of Electoral Hesse. The Go-
vernment of the King will take care that a final
solution shall be arrived at, without further hesita-
tion, in favour of the constitution of 1831. As re-
gards an incident which occurred in reference to
this question, the Government still awaits definite
in any case understand how to pro-
explanations from the Governra( nt of Electoral
of Prussia.
4, For the development of
arts and science in-
tHe
ce
ts s t He,
ea nddigwniitlyl

" My Lord,—You are aware that I duly received
your despatch, No. 4, of the 31st of October last,
reporting that at a meeting in the Council Chamber
at Quebec of members of the Councils of Canada,
Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick, it was resolved
that those three Governments should renew the
offer made to the Imperial Government on the
26th of October, 1858, to aid in the construction
of an intercolonial railway between Halifax and
Quebec, and that a delegation from the provinces
should proceed to England with the view of pro-
/noting this object,
" You reported to me that the Hon, Philip
Vankougnet was appointed to represent Canada,
and not long afterwards this gentleman, associated
with the Hon. Joseph Howe, from Nova Scotia,
and the Hon. Samuel Tilley from New Brunswick,
arrived in England.
" I had several interviews with these gentlemen,
who urged with great ability the project com-
mitted to their charge, and eventually embodied
their views in a memorandum communicated to
me in a letter dated the 2d of December, 1861.
But owing to the urgency of business connected
with the threatening aspect of affairs in the United
States, I was unable to bring the subject under
the consideration of her Majest3's Government be-
fore the deputies were obliged to return to their
homes, and other urgent matters have hitherto pre-
vented the adoption of a decision. The subject has
now been before her Majesty's Government, and
I need scarcely assure you that they have examined
it with the care due to the importance of the ques-
tion, to the high authorities from whom it has
emanated in the provinces, and to the character and
position of the delegates by whom it has been so
powerfully presented to notice in this country.
" Tho length of railway necessary to complete
the communication between Halifax and Quebec
is estimated at 350 miles, and the cost, after de-
ducting the right of way, which the provinces will
provide, is estimated at three millions sterling.
Such being the data supplied by the deputation,
the project is that the Imperial Government should
join the three provinces in a guarantee of 4 per
cent., upon £3,000-000, in which case the provinces
are ready to pass Bills of Supply for £60,000 a
year (X 20,000 in each province) if the Imperial
Government will do the same. The selection 'of
the route is left solely to the British Government.
Should the sum of three millions be found insuffi-
cient, nothing very definite is said on the essential
point of the provision to be made for the comple-
tion of the railway.
" I regret to inform you that, after giving the sub-
ject their best consideration, her Majesty's Govern-
ment have not felt themselves at liberty to concur
in this mode of assistance. Anxious, however, to
promote as far as they can the important object of
completing the great line of railway communication
on British ground, between the Atlantic and the
westernmost parts of Canada, and. to assist the
provinces in a scheme which would so materially
promote their interests, her Majesty's Government
are willing to offer to the Provincial Govern-
ments an Imperial guarantee of interest, towards
enabling them to raise by public loan, if they
should desire it, at a moderate rate, the requisite
funds for constructing the railway. This was the
mode of action contemplated by Earl Grey in the
year 1851, and is the same method which was
adopted by Parliament in the act of 1842, in order
to afford to Canada the benefit of British credit in
raising the money with which she has completed
her great system of internal water communications.
The nature and extent of the guarantee which her
Majesty's Government could undertake to recom-
mend to Parliament must be determined by the
particulars of any scheme which the Provincial
Governments may be disposed to found on the pre-
sent proposal, and on the kind of security which
they would offer.
" I fear that this course will not be so acceptable
to the Provincial Governments, as that which the
delegates were authorised to propose for conside-
ration. It is, however, the only one in which her
Majesty's Government, after anxious deliberation,
feel that they would be at liberty to participate.
trust that the proposal will at all events be received
as a proof of their earnest wish to find some method
in which they can co-operate with the provinces
their laudable desire to complete a per.feet in
inter-
colonial communication over British territory:f, ad
And
it will be a source of sincere pleasure to me .
verting to all the different bearingson the subject,
and to the condition of their respective finances, the
Provincial Governments should not end by finding
it in their power to make use of the present offer,
and to propound some practicable scheme for apply-
ing it to the attainment of the desired object.
" I have addressed a similar despatch to the
Lieutenant-Governors of Nova Scotia and New
Brunswick, and I must now leave the subject in
the hands of the several Provincial Governments,
in case they prosecute the
vcho will best know,
subjectfarther, fqrther, how to provide for the requisite
mutual consultaiions.-1 have, &e.,

" NEWCASTLE."

As the Abbe Morancez, curl of Margon (Eure-et-
Loir), was lately passing along the high road reading, a
mare which was grazing on the roadside rushed on him,
and after biting him severely in the side precipitated him
into a ditch, and endeavoured to trample him under foot.
Fortunately he struck the animal on the nostrils with the
book, and apparently hurt it so much that the mare de-
sisted. Tho cause of this strange attack cannot he divined.
The wounds of the Abbe are seriouP, but hie life is in no