The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-01-16

sides know there are many important objections to
srch terrible hone but every error Is only truth
abused ana Mr. Jones Us far the truth when he
states iy degrees to DO tho necessary incline than the
admiralty when they state that twelve degrees SUM-
in the navy have officially expressed their opinion to the
admiralty in favor OF Mr.. Jones pan and ship builders
and practical seanen profess 70 be convinced that the
thirty TO thirty five degrees STILL the admiralty have
yet done nothing and in this matter too the Emperor
of the French Ia ahead Of them. Tho success Of Mr.
Jones' plan was only clearly established Ia last June.
Yet already tho Emperor has tested the value of the i'm
provement has bull. one sunboa. Chs Tortose) on this
nohbors as they have done in the mssss Of z ron
don't build angular sided vessels let them at least build
others like the Warrior Let the slip that vacant
time be lost in diminishing the distance between the pro
gress Of our navy and that Of France In the matter Of
iron sided men ofwar. The Warrior Is superb vessel
all that the country wants Ia more Of them all that Hcien
Gc gunnoe and seamen want Ia that such an inclination
should be given To their sides would not only keep out
Having seem Tie Warrior built the Admiralty are about
try their hands at building at Chatham Far be II
from US TO cay that this ship viii not DO, in form,
Warrior itself; but we may, at all events, ven
ture TO- express an opinion that some long time
must ssrse before The public are Likely 70 see
DO built at Chatham. We are too far behind
the French In this matter Of iron frgates not to wish
that every may be resoed TO 10 restore the equ
librum OF navy But while doing this at Chatham,
lot not the Admiralty neglect TO employ the
end tho great private yards which have given such
Warrior and the three other vessels Of the class
now bnsiding
few words about La Glorc may not BIO out Of place
here. According 10 set of Statements she is the
most perfect and most formidable vessel built
cording to Others neither the the other, but
bad and irremedable failure. Neither OF these extreme
reports true but the latter the truth From
the immense thickness Of the wooden scanng under tho
plates and from her being coated entirely with
she is SO low in the water that have said her
portsi Is less than six feet from the When fully
laden with all Goals and board it ia scarcely
over five, and this fatal defect renders her main dock
guns all but useless in moderate sea way. For tho
she Ii not able TO stow than from three
TO three and half days coal. The bunkers Of the
Warrior hold fuel for six and half days full stcamng,
and, with very little extra stowage, nine days coal can
always be carried out OF port Tho speed Of La Gloire
has been stated 70 be II knots Now the statement Of
Of hcr officers Is to be believed ian officer, too tho
roughly we'll acquainted with her engnes) the utmost
speed that has been obtained from her has been short Of
IL knots and al this speed the vibration Of tho stern
considerable that 1t evident tho plates
would all work loose IL 1t was long maintained Nine
and half to ten knots hour Ii stated to be her
utmost average speed and this must be considered
as high rate for chip of such size and weight.
None attempt 10 deny tho fact that in sea way La
Glore rolls almost dangerously In faot all iron clad
frgates must roll slowly and deeply If in their construc
ton especial pains not taken TO guard against such
defect Their massive iron sides when started
like heavy fly wheels set in motion, and roll they must
Beyond certain degree of inclination, also, the weight
Of beth sides leans one and thus tho roll must
always be both slow and very Deep To counterfeit such
motion the Warrior has two ridges Of iron each side Of
her bottom like lee boards and extending almost along
her entire length Each of these plates Is about feet
Deep and the resistance which they or to her rolling
is Of course, immense Roll, however, TO certain
tent she must but she will undoubtedly roll less than
any iron frgate built without tho ridges have
toned The work Of fitting the Warrior with the rest Of
her plates and engines will rapidly possible In
the Victoria dock whence she will start, at the end of
May beginning Of June, for Portsmouth, to BIO masted