The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-04-06

ready been made NJ rouion IN building ships Of that cha
rac'er Such vessels would De- IN p"ns Of tonnage and
for lie rhe right honorable gentle oau) understood they
were moo elled the lines OF the Napoleon They
only 10 carry thirty guns but they 10 be of tho
heaviest metal, the vessels themselves would bs
coated with plates OF iron or steel, OF four and halt
inches thick Under these circuDtt acces he att ntion
Of her Msjesys government was naturally attracted
the subject, and in the course OF last summer IL
thought expedent to have certa experiments msds;
hut his sense OF duty would prevent bis giving the
committee any details with reg.rd the Of thoso
experiments. (lear, hear) Hc could DOLLY say they
had been most carefully mad, with a variety of IN t.i
and in variety Of modes "a arr hcar) In the course
70 the autumn wonderful inventon with respect 20 A.
rllery bad been made in ttis ntry, appeared 10
hun (Sr Pakingon) that 1t his duty asc ,rslp
how far this anxious question OF building ships of the limo
with iron sides would be affected by the receoi de
covery oil the power OF atierf. Here, again, The con
mce would not expect him give taem in detail all the
information in his possession. (Hear, hcar.) But the
general result Of the exp rimcns mad induced the ADM
raly whatever might be the cost 10 the
stuctlon OF IRON ships. (her, hear Tney would be
The most costly vessels in Inc navy bat the Deter aoa
ton Of the Admiralty tina. their duty lose
no time in building at least two iron frgates they were
resolved to leave nothing undone. They mi caleb
the most competent parties connected With private
trade TO give them advice aud counsel, and they
mad also called on the most able ~orkmen aod
master shipwfghts 10 do;xyards. Th,y had
taken every care that prudence aai canton could suggest
'oas this large sum OF money shoo'd not be thrown
away, but at the same time they were determined 10
bIng those iron chips Ito existence as SODA AS possible
Theee iron ships the two vessels witch ap in
the estimates being about 70 be bu bs cnn,rac The
fact IL that had in do kyards for them;
hut he trusted chat, at the Of the present dnanca
year should have added these two ships TO tue
strength Of the Brush navy. We shoa then have nc
teen line or battle ships, bsf doubng the existing
numbers inc gres and these 40 iron sided snips,
the general result beng toe adduon OF lweay six
ful men ofwar 10 our navy. He hlt stated 70 the
committee what the necessity OF government was aud
how they Pre- posed 10 meet It, II he asked why DO
not do more? he should say that these proportions
were the limit OF their power Ciear hear Bat when
these ships were complete he TOR should not be
tented with the strength Of the British navy ald he
trusted that next tney would forty eight ae Of
battle ships, and that the number would ensu
ing years with the increasing require o. h- lie
also hopon that arlaDent woaid SANCTION the continuance
oil an addition to ouurohef OF ffgaee, that supra
macy In that respect might be n.n'y established. lie
felt greatly iniebted TO House for patience with
which they had beard this protr acted and dun statement
The govcrnmn II had made these proposals from the
victioD that WAC their dnty Invite the House Com
mons TO ossist them in restoring the navy They
bound To recoect the vital importance Of the question:
for they had not merely attend 10 the protection
home coasts, but We had empire ext Ddps the
four quarters Of the globe We had aud our
commerce to protect therefore II essential TO
England that che should allow her force sink
to the lowest point OF nefcency known bn the
contrary TO take that Orce should be effective
tor all demands Ts goye made these proposals
interest Of peace fr they c0npced England 10 be
peaceful must be rocs.ful lcheers,)