The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-06-15

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lslA ~ array imnee1y t6Bonsing 70 ~
British Empiro amouated T. ~ hundred and
forty thousand nsn, while - total nnmDes
In BrittsA pay excseded 4 nixLfox. Thehasy
compfised more thaA one thousaad vs.ssaa
manned hy one hundred and siehty -ioor thou-
sand esnmeu. In the event OF , ersa. Iu .
pan war. shs can raise her army aeain g l1
former standard, and her navy so IL iol"1
number. Ana ~ dimes III former efficiency
Suoh : ahinr - . steam vessel-of.war was
n Ne war Of 1915 the steamshtps
slone a. ~ present navy ars capable Of guard-
in~ her comunercs and territory ~ completely
=. ~ vhols Of her sailing vessels In the last
var With NAPoLnoN.
tn wesk point Of the British navy 10 at
present the want Of seamen. There ar ~
Last half . million Of British sailors Ia her
own commercial marine and In hat Of our own
aud other countries. But though bounties
have been offered and other inducements for
though the condition Of . seaman
on board . man -of- 10 far preferable to
that on q merchant vessel. they exhibit great
reluctance TO enlist in the British navy
There il reason to appTehend that in the event
Of . wal between England and France, the
x0IxN6I WOUIO NAVE I0COOI80 OUC0 IuOIV u tt0
press gang, and that the right Of search, which
she has never formally reliLquished. would
b again attempted upon the vessels Of saeh
coun.ries as have not the might to vindicats
the right. Indeed, when Two such powerful
coz balan,s a. England and France get we'll
warmed up 70 their work, neither of them, a.
their past history and our own national ex.
psriencs proves, will b particularly tender
Of the rights of neutrals, unless the neatrals
are fully prepared to protect themselves.
There seems TO be no apprehension in Eng.
land Of the event of q trial Of arms with
NAPoLEoN, except among the more nervous
old ladies Of the kingdom, who strongly sus-
pect the French Emperor OF all manner OF
evil intentions, and who do not intend to re-
lax their watchfuiness day or night. The
present NAPOLEON has none OF the military
genius of his uncle. The wal in the Crimea
was conducted without the benefit of his mar
tial counsels, and his presence In Italy added
nothing Is the science Of war or the Fehown OF
the French army. INDEED, It Eould be diff
cult 10 flnd in French history any parallel to
such vast armies ~ those in italy employed
to 90 little purpose. Neither NAPOLEON nor
his Marshals in tEAt con test showed any re-
0 ~NNt sASN6A NAVy oAoSN
victories, were not able in q single instance to
follow up the retiring foe. AS q military man,
NAPOLEON III. is the greatest humbug of the
age. He gave up the Austrian war just as he
arrived at the real military difficulties of the
cam paign. and he owned that the war had as.
sumed proportions upon which he had not
calculated and which he was not prepared to
meet Simply as q General, Great Britain,
which bade defiance to the first NAPOLEON,
has no reason to fear the present Emperor.
A Youthful Old Gentleman.
The Jowvxal des Debefs styles Lord PALMER
sroH the "eternal young PREMIER and pre-
diets, from his recent exhibitions in the House
Of Commons, tha4 he will die in . state of final
impenitence. In q single sitting of the House,
he Committed three freaks of infantile juva-
nility. He proposed that the House should
adjourn to attend the Derby. he defended the
system OF living models, and, finally, took up
the cudgels for the fight for the championship.
In his speech on the living models, he CON.
vulsed the House by insisting that the honor
able gentleman who was opposed to the prac-
tice should bring forward a motion ON the
subject to fix the state of nudity that ought I
be allowed, for there is a minimum rs well as u
maximxm in dsshabille. In allusion to his
speech on the prize fight, a member of the
House of Commons observed that what en-
dears P~ALMERsToN so much to his countrymen
is that he is q real Englishman and loves all
national sports. In this connection, q London
correspondent of the Paris L,Ami de la Reii.
gion nus d%iscourses:
"What astonlshes some men 10 the extreme faclli-
~ with which England at the present momen mt re-
AhA and A0AYnAQ thA nHIAn of A>- l---
without regard to all the trouble taken to reform
her. Despite Disraeli aud his paladins Of Young
despite Bright and his peace theories, despite
Gladstone and his humanltary ideas. the present
sss, but ss. Gsss ssc Es 70 The s day no 81 fS So1s. WI WIZ s. the
yhioh 60 scandaiizsd the French public the! other
the beast" which it was attempted to smother
with money bags, but which. at y given moment,
sends tho vile coin right and left, for the sole
~p.sesare Of being at ease and feeling that it 10
'sWhatever disgust this may cause you, | beg of
yon, nevertheless. to take II for what it is-a sign !
tie ti,s ultra civiii.i az rotion. shouted d H into it's Ss ears a..
for tho last fifteen years. Observe thar Lord To-
x xsh, in in a S.s~. a. regard; the recent Prize
Continent. ran foul Of the EngIishmen Of the old
school. represented by Lord Palmerston. Now, the
shown himself a perfect gentleman in word and
deed. but he Is a thorough bred Englishman. an
EiB outlAn W lite UdCkD10Os ana Oy no means In
clined to roiinquish the popularity he enjoys at tho
present moment on that very account
The English journals will probably retort
that English civilization i. not superficial
than that of France, and that if the beast"
beneath it sometimes roars at the sight Of a
prize-fight, it is a more harmless appetite than
that which every ten years shows itself across
the channel for a Revolution.
"a Fine Old English Gentleman"
There was recently a discussion in the Bri.
fish Parliament which elected a most refresh.
Ing example of true honor, too rare, alas, in
these days Of Official corruption and Of high.
bred courtesy, such as might be initiated with
advantage in the American Congress. The
case we refer to is an accusation brought
against Lord CLARENCE PAGxr, Junior Lord
Of the Admiralty, of being a partner in a ship
building and owning house and tharofora an