The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1861-09-25
THE ATTITUDE OF ENGLAND AND
FRANCE.

The Washington correspondent Of the
Baltimore Sun, known as Ion,' furnishes
the following, under date Of Saturday last.
II true. il possesses peculiar interest IN the
present iunciure OF affairs on this side Of the
Atlantic:
Adyces from Europe, from good private
sources, 20 to show that England and France
will probably soon have enough to do at home
without troubling themselves with American
affairs. have just read letter from au IN
telligent American to friends IN this city,
giving an account Of the really hostile att
iude which England and France now hold
TOW ards each other, and the extent Of their
warlike preparations. That great conflict
will soon lake place in Europe, IL winch
England and France will be antagonists, the
writer believes To be certain. la this con
fict will be tested the power OF ,hu,e nrW
engines of destruction, the iron clad war
ships. He visited and examined, With the
eve of sailor and engineer, the famous man.
ol-war, the Uarrior.
As piece Of architecture, The Uarrior is
magnificent, aud he has no doubt that. slngle.
haudpd, she could "whip" the whole feet 81
wooden ships.ol.war without much damage
to herself. Her mode is beautiful, and 10
an her appointments she i the perfection II
modern architecture. Her length /. $40
feet, depth 80 feet from spar deck. hur,r
power $50. armament So 6s pnundrls, aIl,l
, 80. pound pivot Armstrong guns.
"The Uarrior is divided into three grand
compartments. besides various smailrf naes,
aud all water-tlghi. The central grand cam
partment il 200 feet long, the bulwatks II
which are eighteen inches thick, aud clad
with the iron plate, q inches thick. The
entire compartment forms perirct castle,
impreyiOus 10 water or shot, whether bs rak.
/ ing or cross fire. Should one hundred feet
Of the ship, forward and abaIt The ca,ilr, be
shot away. the castle would still iinat With III
her machinery perfectly sheltered, md ra-
/ pable Of complete management. Tier spar.
td.ck Is shnd beneath with inch iron pla &,
- that she'll falling would mol penetrate %.
IL the gun.drck. She is "a propeller. aud Il
Is calculated that her speed wilt tea.h six'
teen khuts an hour. As she i q iail tIgst,
ship, and of excellent model, the Nritrr Illi "
she will make sixteen miles an hour, eitt .
6rst-raie breeze. with sail alone.
Upon her spar deck just forward Of hs'
mizenmast, she has rllc tower, plated alil
4! inch iron. shot prnol, and bored iot ihit.
ieen tiles also 10 contain a small rilleh can
non for sweeping The decks ii case q being
boarded This stands about ight feet sbo'e
/ the deck.
rhe wonderful iron.clad ships OF Eng.
land aud France and Other powers are ~
dicative, the writer thinks. oi the grest stfng-
gle about To- occur among the natloas OF bu-
rape-a conflict that will commence sudden
Ily--iike that unhappily begun 10 our own
country, aud AZ which the civilized world
looks aghast.
"Our ob,rf,ant correspondent also gives
an account II lie new aud great invention,
nov uader experiment On board the Irust,y.
al Woolaich, whereby the batteries OF ship
or other vessel mas be perfectly secured.
with ,hc gun crews, from enemy's shot or
she'll. Ii applies to any kind Of battery,
and Is particularly well adapted 10 river at
taeks on shore batteries. Thus, 10 the late
AFFAIR On the Potomac, in which Commander
Ward was killed by a rille shot while point.
ing a gun. the whole gun crew. oitentimes 4
target, would have been safe under tbs
newly invented gun shield.
" The gun shield is Of q conieal form q