The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-07-16
THE NEUTRALITY OF ENGLAND.
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lrIom stt l[ob"uu WINES, July e.
II doubts existed 10 quarters genrneress
OF the neutrality proessed by country in the prerent
war, they ought 10 De entirely removed by the debates
OF Friday is coupled with evident purposes Of our
preparations II is possible enough speakers OF note
may bere ard there have employed guous expres.
nons bu. sbst more than occurs on every creation
OF hsh nstona Interest To dscern the Object De.
tore the coub7 Only requisite percse the
IL tie house OF LORDS as reported IN tue columns our
seI impression All The inquiries and ali the expana
Of self0efence On this point alone were ord
Rpop ana the Duke OF Someraet questioned, and
10 tois alone old they address their replies Al oar
asns nus are devised and shaped according to tho one
oore"ton OF protecting ourselves aganat attack Tasy
may certainly 10 some sspse be consid cred eDorou,
term WHICH 10 actusy applied to them abroad hnt nav
are all Indicative OF same rurp,se iva IN nc
wonder at the surprise they have occasioned is no
esot thing TO gee coualry double eet in ,hs
OF few months, ana toe resources Eosand MAJ val
excite the asicnHbent 10 which Lord Eardwcse auIei
cut al tsis means only that having become sutonv
easy ~ toe idea of defence!easness we have t.xso
energetic means 10 place ourselves 10 security Al t
hes' possible moment. For auy purpose but thls W
are not one bit stronger than we were two years
ago we have not Increased our army by q sung e
battalion al its aremen iaons lace 1857 ,vag bcoa &C.
casoneJ by the ndiap rebellion exclusively AN absort
I'd IL the eervcs which that rebellion created we nav,
DO more guns or gunners than had before 1t IL only
oy accident that VIC have not fewer for II tho sehse Of
carried out shoud nave considerab por,oo Of
Our whole force We are, trust, In better sit,on
90 repei any noshe attack but tina. ia ELL and
meDts might be scanned by the most Jealous epes silo
tiots. f"''
Ire chief work has been going on q. woovico
ana 10 the dock yards. At Wool Sich over and
ABOVE the Manufacture of the new Armstroo,
san, we nave been producing vast sn,,uot Of
nuiery ana munitions; but ,Dsy have been ali de
spahed 10 TIE COST Or 70 our foreign gsrrsons for d
ienaive purpoees alone Every shi 1nest Iniaht he
urced 70 its particular deasoaton In .ne dockyaris
or elorss exuaofdipXy as they were, nave been no
toriousy directed 20 Me o5iec,-thst H. toe 70
hshmert OF oT naval strength Ia two dep ,rtm suis
Where " was thought 10 Oe deficient. We have be.r
etranirg every nerve 10 improve force Of lire Of
ba'te ships enc nigates, aud nave been A. som
pans to get sa.ors and marines to these addition
vesee!s. But these resolni0ns themselves w,re da
ss'ed as everybody knogs, not by ideas oeasiye
but ~ Dpr 2sEons OF defensive weakness. qua ali our
proceedings we're shaped accordingly We have 40.
been building troopships storesnlps, or any
species Of vessels Calculatei for military espeai
tom; we bave not given much heed even 20 the Jun
bcsss We siDpiy found that sere short OF sae5geh
70 particular arm AMI then SGT 10 recover orr
seives Even the atest deve0pemeut OF prepl
exactly G toe same character. The steam ram 10
we mue nee1s presume, machine Of tremendous power
"A ,ngalnrabs vessel Of 1900 tons cleavnz the wsves
s s ta'e o. sixteen rnos an hour looks something ike
u ire deep but IL operation necessarily be
S,sisr strong rnf swt ~ il s, IL will no, down
eoro ~, w hnptes IL may ciosr the C5sppe but tt
bls nhr make the pet,iest potentate 10 Europe on
predict 90 Al shat Admiral SarIofiug himself
cessful orro h. = NeAs.ts, eYsa ia their moot sue
IN short b ,hn "a W or shGres invoss.bleD There
90 o, e NoJec' Of ths az ~ al, o., oiber nyon
t'H" "n1 Of or RIDE ,otps