Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1855-11-21

HE FRENCH FLOATING BATTERIEs.-A let
ter from Sebastopol to the Oest Deutsche Post.
says that the new French floating batteries are
entirely built Of iron, and covered with shell
of the same metal, under which the chimney
is lowered, and concealed during action. =
Trials have been made against this shell with
64-pounders, but they only produced slight
dent, the projectiles themselves rebound far
away. When shut, tie batteries look like
tortoise, broader in front than behind The
front battery is armed with thirty guns of the
heaviest calibre The PORTFOLIOS are in their
turn closed by lids, that open of themselves
at the moment the gun is fired, and then shut
instantly. small orifce in the lid enables
the gunner to take aim.
Russia has no territories lying on the shores
OF the ocean, in Europe. The Baltic and
Black seas are nothing but mere lakes, and
each is dependant upon other countries for an
outlet to the ocean, and each is susceptible of
being easily blockaded. Whoever has com
mand of the Dardanelles, is virtually master
of the Black Sea; and whoever is strong
enough to hold the Sound. and the other OUT
lets of the Baltic, can have nothing to fear
from the northern fleets OF the Gar. As to
the White Sea, that is too far out of the way
ever TO be Of much consequence as naval
station, and is too long frozen up or blocked
by nature, to admit Of its being converted into
anything of the kind. The unfortunate con
dition OF Russia compelled her to have her
navy shut up in two places, and victory to her
enemies In either OF those places was sure to
cause her the loss of an immense fleet.
The Paris Moniteur announces Off
cially, the prospects of the Empress, and last
Sunday public prayers commenced for her
health and preservation, and the q realization
OF the happy hopes of the Empire What
tetes await the little Prince Those who
were college boys when the King of Rome
was announced to the world, recollect how
the hats and hurrahs rent the air when the
twenty-second gun was fired, for the salvo
was to be twenty one guns for daughter and
one hundred and one for son, and vacations
Of rejoicing tn follow in the schools. But
history sets sad stars for sons born at the Tu-
illeries never since remote period has such
a one mounted the throne Of his father; it is
neither the place for sovereigns to die or be
born, according to the rules of fate.
The Bank of Amsterdam has raised its rate
oi discount to four per cent; in conseq uence
OF which the Dutch stocks fell about "a of
one per cent The whole decline of the month
in the price Of these securities at Amsterdam
Is reported at two per cent. The common rate
OF discount at Amsterdam is two per cent,
such is the great abundance Of capital there.
IL Is certainly extraordinary that the rate for
the use OF money at Amsterdam should be SO
much below the rates at London. II shows
their very cautious habits, only taking the
lowest risks.
The Dutch are the richest and at the same
time the most economical people in the world
Their large capitals enable them to be content
with small per contage, and their fear of
loss is greater than their cupidity of gain.
Of the eight newly elected Judges of
the Supreme Court Of New York, there are
three Know Noihings, three Republicans, and