The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1815-05-10

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he'd two or three iifgdtes or s,oops Of war Of
this larger size, were We not To send to sea
any ship of inferior tfjCe; or because The
Americans had three or four such ships, were
We To build ali ours g. the same size What
did che Noble Earl mean by saving, that i.
| was necessary forus % lave vessels of = stint
lar prescription lie Cord No admitted the
pl1nclple CT building our Shups Of war and
cruzcrs according G. those OF The enemy t
which we were opposed and tins rruCiple
had been acted upon ,.hen We butt our III
gates Of the SIZE &C he French bu. eli that
we could do TO oppr,'' these Amer AZ Sa!ps
was 20 have i certain humber of the Sssnc
s'2t.-l ne t*obie Earl complained ihat w
had too mc0y vesa.5 Of small desc,ir tior
6ut It was uecess4ry 20 have 4 number o.
these nor the protection ot trade; and Il the
Ncnic jhlri conteud.3 thrt che larne ynsscl
was better than tw- small ones fNr ttiS pm-
pose, he WIS at 'ss"c with h,'n, and appealed
10 any naval Office 70 decide t!Ie uuGstioh.-
There wo9 not i single convoy in which a
demand was not mace toc small vessels; Grd
Sir Ale|ndvr Cocbrane desired ten or twelve
more Srn-brgs n ," sent cut to him, as be-
irg the most usct,i' ass Of vessels for cl"-
rations on the AIOeIcaH coast. But then the
Noble Earl sid yhct these gun briggs were not
lit to meet the hn.e1cla Shops ofwar. Who
ever saul they vcrc? But tllcv wee rsesul
TOR the protection o. trade, iu-sMuch as no
American privateci wnuld come near them.
IS % the Co1st1c j0o ~ our ships. The Noble
! Ear! could NOT scitcc Any class Of s.,;0s Which
had bee. buiit u cvnt1rv past (lnd ne
Slpu.d nave the rtcorts Of the AdI,;ra,,v 60
assist him. ships 6J;iit upCn pIsciseIv the
, same model, of vh i SONG had not cllrDed
out good, and some bad of W h;ch some had
n3t been praised -0d others abused ypte-
,her1t vas poi nossip.e 70 blIild ships SO nee
y - = r'*Ea ai' ueon the same alcdel tern
ont precisely alike, was more, than lee Iovid
pretend 20 s1y h0f there was one topic in he
Noble Fails spceCa q zee. inDortance
namely, tlat in whcA nc spokc Of me d.crer
OF skill art silence, win which british ;ns
wers constructed; and cha, ID us with tcli-
cieccv in these qualities. and here the f,o-
bic EiStonnt (Ieiviiiee was unfortunately
compelled 70 agree With the Noble Err; and
hc Cid - saf ", tor It was stated in the re
ports unan their Lov'iship's table.
Bnt blame cn ti,is scare WIS nat i.npu-
table T. th@ heard &C Hdnriral:y of his lsv
Or the precedigg dav; fer the t-,ii nad ems
ted tor c'npny past Mother I'D TIC
Blame attach upon TIC department IN wlucl
the Incompetence was provel ior no oen
wore more '"ertorious IN tle,r linz than
the c'.ic"rs Of ne dcpa,ta-"nt. But i was
fmu8, that French. and evan tho RUSSIAN and
! Danish sAiO&r'F.tjs were rarre c1pahi,. az
! fitting the theory ct naval architecture.
Wa, The practise ta2n the English ship huj-.
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