Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1819-01-05
but. alas | if they saw. they could not conpre-

wise, SAID SolomOns he said true. Can IL be
supposed that the Mos ut W-t-r. Lieut.
OF Drdgoons, Will be of amy use as lord OF tue
admiraltys Ills Lordsbip, no doubt, is very
eminent In his profession, as an AD,ate,r actor
at the Tottenham street Theatre; aud il his
attendance at The admiralty w..s as constant as
his attic ndance OH Miss F--e al Coyeht gai n
he might do sose service.
heome al Tic hon. secretaries, apprehend.
Is too we'll employed the frst being ehiej
tGucd mdkcr, aud Jdtiii singer atC---n house
ard the @soSd Kind OF pagOda designer asd
einnttlisher otN l'aIks. s.eitVr ut these zen
uemen. dare TO say, turn a though, towards
America. II was not un,il oil eur itigates wi,c
Ntii'hr.t 10 ENGAGE the Yankees wc.e taken.
INA, me G"G'c and their Oracie iouid out Anne.
iir.i' iiisaie> were iarscr titan orr own.
u encouragement given 10 scamen ~ ih,.
hH'.ncan pavy induces Eng iishmcu 10 enter
IL ih-rt IS no NO.ring, no de:ralip;- Il !na,i
To the lS'cs of a 2tasi. Human nature Is cS,i
mated d; it, psoyrr -alue-the noble nind l.
CHERISHED nnd rewarded.
Wy ti','c. MIR. Edi,or. is short. but YOU shall
near r"i.i .nc sOOn \ uavy is iising into ex-
iN'enct that viii sOon dispute With Il ritain the
empire OF the creaa. viii raisc my wan ine
voice, aud try TO arouse tn, frog om his cr oak
ins :ni!cr, aUd The Idle iabor.r from Iii, har.
ro". NJ, country is learsr Ia me- than exist.
ence: an,: canuO' behold oar ap4thS "A, home,
ana t!'s exeri.o's OF ~, active. brethren across
tue Ai''n,c, wtsoo, approximations OF the
muSi fatal results.
an'. sir, truy s,,dfii,hfully YOURS.
-, JOHN MILFORD.
Falcon Square.
10 The f:fttvs ofths Eo,a.ns Ca,,,,,i,Jc.
oih-tn az. tier m Your paper oi His morn
ng' >ignei John Milford, pusportiug 10 be
an account OF the pres, nj alarming rise of the.
american Navy, l cannUf, as d British nava!
oihcer. avoid reunarku,. one passage that seems
To diher wideI. from the result of All the OBJ
ServationS on Americans Discipline, which 10
years active service III the British NAVY fire.
q me IN. IL. A
toes)haVe enabled me TO make Onthe remark :
venture 10 assert. that II j. not ;,resuiuiu,. ~
much fosay. that my opinions are in unison vial
nose OF the greater part Of IN, brother officer..
VINO nave haG an OPP ortuuiiy of. observing
American naval discipline. OF the al,nsinns
10 private Transactions OF some Of the members
OF admiralty, have only to obscrye, that il is
ply mat II gentleman should allow himself TO
peiiu apparently, useful information with mi.
waite scandal. Though MIR NJ like myse,f
perhaps, has heen diSapr oiuted in promotion
d causes, that, as fallIblc human creatures we
cohii not pessbiy icresee or avoid Yet
(hnstaad. 'cit@ all thy faults, i 10; G thee stlXD
by patience, perseverance,, and honorable &C
u"hs, we may still hope 10 surnouni tile obsia-
cues which chagrin or spleen arising from
ui,appoiniments, acnly tend TO Augment.
Mr.. Milford observes. that" the encourage
meht given 10 seamen in the Ame ricsn navy
induces Engli,hmeu 10 enter ii,-Tbere is no
nogsihg no degrading man 20 the level ola
value the noble mind is cherished and re ward
ed. ~ u really astonishing, MIR. Editor that
ANY man IN his right senses, should attemp, TO
pam, suca in assertion on the British public for
irnihI VIII stake my existence, that there was
more jogging and starting viii, rcpes' ends III,
ne few ships composing, the American Navy.
,hah there were ficgeiugs (siariings have been
long abolished in our Navy in The Metiirerra
mean meet. consisting of nearly one hundred
shipS OF war, between any given periods, from
the years 1909 on 10 1915 Shonid this remark
ne too general, take the follON ing per erampie.
shortly after our late peace with America, /
was dh!ng al Tie Commercial HCtal in Havana
where wSrc also several American officers
mmandIng small squadron OF gun-boats,
Whch put INTO that port, OIL their way TO attack
thH freehootcrs of the island OF Barafaria At
Yer dinner, one of them invited me on board
ms gAn BOAT, to see some men who had been
injured by the blowing up OF gunpowder
accompanied him on board of his vessel and
WI! allow you, Mr.. Editur, aud MIR. Milford. 20
Judge o! my surprise TO see eyeral men mana.
cied with irons OH both hands and feet and
some OF them gagged with pump bolts, aud
other pieces of iron, to prevent them express
ing their pain ~
On inquiry, the master OF; the boat discovered
mat ms masters mate had taken mon himself
10 ihtiict SIX dozen lashes on each of tile uuhap-
Ply creatures, and, 10 allow them to coo, had
placed them III the situation which Ihaye de
scribed! Their fault was this-they had been
on shoie getting water, and had brought off
htue WINE or spirits. Now, Mr.. Editor, the
contrast Ut Anne ricaI aud British discipii,e in,
Wy ~ aoo'e ease becomes very conspicuous. No
oHGer IN the British navy Under the Captain
commanding, can infct lash OH any cuipritl
mere a masters male exercised all The aecesSary
uutes OF iis absent commanding officer, from
NY own feeling mind, that, according 10 Mr.
~. urged him TO estimate human nature at
itS proper value, and 10 " cherish and reward
Tue seainen. Should this case, To the yeracity
OF which pledge nay honor, not suffice, can
cite many Others not less encouraging to British
sedmen to ieate the comforts of tieir. own ships.
regulated by a experimenting Parliament, and
enter on board of those OF America
am, MIR. Editor, yours respectfully,
IL. CAMPBELL, ".
Sa.O!S street Charing Gross
October 1, 1918.
GA Saturday the Waterloo, of 81 guns, was
launched at Portsmouth, Dock Yard II there
are occasions when the interest OF The finest of
an nautical scenes Is capable OF heing iiicreas.
ed, IL mnst be when tile man OF war is intended
10 perpetnate some great event or the name of
SOME hero, dear 10 the patriotic feelings of eve.
~ Englishman--it must have been on The
lauuchiDg of the Waterloo. This asse rfioi, i.
Doine out by the vast crowds OF attendants or
the secession being gTeater, by far. than on any
former launch within the recollection of tI,e
oldest: the number cannot be estimated at
less than 2o,OD0 persons. The harbour wBs
covered With noblenen y gentlemen's yachts
ava pleasure boats of all descriptions. A great
o. ladies aud gentlemen were launch.
ed IN her. At about tweuty minufts mas,
tvs Give, lord Howard, Of ETnsham (yhs
many laureis under the great Hero of
W ateTioo,) accompanied By y. Diddams, ESQ
Master Shipwright, named the ship, BY break
ing bottle OF wine against her bows in The
usual form /; his iordship remarkinr, that as
her head (Which is fine Gil-length figure OF
he Duke of WelliugtOn) represented INC
sloriOHs dixie of Wellington, so he named The
'bip Waterloo, in honor ofihe ere at duke, and
~ conlmemorltiOno of his splrndd battle She
moved into ler proper element with iiatadmi
rADle siupendous magniiiconce and majestic
ease, which render The completion Of tl,iShigI-
est achievement OF human ski! aud science AZ
once Tie almost qualification and pleasure of
ihe spectator. She certainly is one ot the
'lnesi ships OF her classin The navy il bmi:t on
he new principle, with diagonal Elders and
truss frame her gun and upper decks are
aid diagona'y. Tie following are her dimen.