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

The Austrian Enzete SayS:COunt MonsdOrH Will ne ap-
pointed Minister for Foreign Affairs and Baron Schmor.
ling President OF the Council Of Ministers.
The official Wi-a1 Zeine contains tho appointment of
H. Mazuranic President OF the Provisional Court Die.
ssorum which is TO BIO reestablished for Croatia and
Hungary.
PgynI Dec. %, 1860.
According to official information imperial resolution
taken Yesterday sanotonpg tho unconditional ncor
f''" PEsr. Dec. 30, 1850.
was in consequence OF the claims Of the Hungarians
that Emperor decided sanctioning the incopora
tsn Of tho wowodina and the Banat with Hungary Tho
claims of the Servian nationality to be brought for
ward by the Servian deputation whose proposals will bo
submitted 10 the next Diet In the form OF royal propo
sitioDs.
On the occasion of the assembling Of the congregation
of the Arad Comat, this city splenddly illuminated
The congregation continues ts sitpgs to-day The num-
Der of members composing the Committee Of the Contat
has been increased to nearly 100.
The Monster Iron Cased Frignte Warrior.
DESCRIPTION OF THE sHIr-HER POWERS or RESIST.
ANCE-ExPERIMENTs WITH EINETY-roUSDER-
THE LA GLOIRE, ETC., ETC.
Iron the london Times Dec. 81
This formidable iron cased gate the largest manor
ever built and more than 500 tons larger than the
largest vessel In tho world after the Great Eastern,
safely launched into the river on Saturday Tho launch
Of vessel like the launch OF evcry oherthe same
first steady and then hurried rush into THE native ee
men,n and IL Ia finished. The Warrior was not expected
offer any very peculiar feature in hor first taking to
the water but nevertheless the ceremony seemed to
cite interest," and in spite of the intense cold
and thick which lay everything, the yard Of
the Thames shpbuilding Company crowded with
many hundreds OF ladies and gentlemen anxious to
the first Of this nvunerable frigate At time
il seemed extremely probable these spec
ators would be disappointed OF the expected ceremony,
for the Warrior not only did not g. OF tho slip at
once, but only got to move at all after some delay,
and the exerton Of all sorts Of compulsou. 'r John
rakngton himself named the ship, the first time we be-
eve. since the launch OF tho Thinarnr that that
mony has been performed to man war except
by lady The vessel duly named and told to 60 to
It's element this the Warrior seemed most reluctant
10 do The intense frost Of the previous night had IN
fact frozen her down the "ways" firmly that
thing would her. Hydraulic presses which are
always kept fixed and ready IN case OF such ,or temps
bear, heavy gun was fired on her upper deck to
start her by conclusion, but In vain she only moved
slowly for few inches, when the frozen grease on
the clips brought her up again fast az ever. The
tide was at its height and 1t was evident that
she did not start in n few minutes she could not BIO
launched until the next spring tides hawser made
fast powerful tug hundreds Of hammers made the
WAYS yibrate while the men on board ran from side
side her, but all TO purpose AT last two oher
tugs to the assistance Of the first and fortunately
their united efforts successful The Warrior moved
little sowl; then stopped, then started again. and
gaming momentum she desconded Slid rapidly down
into the water and safely aoat just as tho tide be
gan 70 fall.
OF course In her present extremely light draught OF
water il IL difficult TO judge how she will appear when
brought down 10 her load line As far, however as
be seen, she will, when finished, be one Of tho
most superb and from her extremely hno lines fore and
ait, one of tho lightest looking fr!sates In the
portslls will be about eight and one half feet from
the water and in this respect she an immense
advantage over French rival In Goire, whose ports
only five feet nine inchesnuch too near the water
TO make her guns OF any use In sea way In point u
even by that wonderfully fast rigate the Aradne or her
sister The Galatca Among other improvements tho War.
viii naugurate is one which has been most urgently
needed fer years-an improvement the cunbrous and
awkwafk ships gun carriage. Those which will BIO fur
n,sLed to her have the sands fixed, the gun running
backwards and forwards In slide, with pivot for
training the gun fore or aft placed about the
ccntro o. the gun The advantage OF this Ia
BE- reduced y aq o half s Ssr w Tas w,hoss
Al al cifcring with the range OF the gun fore
and af,. Thus the portfolios Of The War; = viii be
three feet inches high and only two instead
Of cura reduction which OF course, dlmnishcs by
hall tho chance q shot or shell entering tho aperture.
70 the space Ct nearly feet Giso all round the ports
the arnor plates are inches thick instead Of
The TcSrit Of tho experiments made by Mr. whitworth
with his ninety FOUNDER gun and Fat headed shot against
the iron sides Of the floating battery rusty showed that
under favorable circumstances as 20 steadness Of ship
ana point blank range he could send the through
one edo Of fourinch iron vessel Many shots were
fired on that occasion. Gee, owing very trling
tcn Of the 1rusty, which was moorod Al Scuthend,
glanced from her side N iaine o. ire turned
up, !. and went clear over her The others all
one went 50 completely through tho oak tim.
hers inside az 10 fal dead the main deck.
Yet the ca tmbers were merely nominal protection,
rssTuch thcy rottep Ia powder, and the bems
could be torn away In handfuls q yellow dust This
RAPID decay always takes place when ermor plates
lnii wood. Rotten they were however, much
hal The passing through the ourinch iron stopped tho
momentcm OF The prpcciIo, that they quite sulced to
prevent II gong through into the main dock Mr. Whit
worth himself admits that through Ave inch plates
backed up ny twenty inches Of solid teak II would be III
most Impossible 10 send shot and II Is not unfair there
10 cuEcrie that the sides OF The Warrior pract
csy irvulnerahe TO any artillery yet known that
be brought against them. The slope awards or "umbe
home ig termed of tho Warriors rdss, Ia ouly
two fect-an incline little, Il at an slcpc of III.
teen degrees Every recent experiment shows
in 70 The Admiralty by the thames snip BUILDING CON-
pany the incline u the eide more thar twenty i've
degrees. The value Of such iuelno shown when
Mr. Wbitwofth was firing at the Tslsty little move
in which sent the shot glancng up and over her
It II that shoe, and above all spherical shot win not
40 through the sides of tho Warrior whctheg Inclined or
vertical but IL NJ equally beyond doubt tha. several
shots eti king the same plate would smash IN addition
10 seriously njuring tho woodwork behind which, OF
course bears the whole Of the tremendous concus
Impressed With the vulncrabiy % iron cased
ira in this respect MI Jones last summer prepare cd
9els Of rgatts with angular sides cosed with armor,
snd ncnlpg nwards a. angle Of nifty degrees butt
o acted this plan, and similar 10 villa. ships side
ws,li be, made on the same principle was ofetied at
Portsmouth, ard pracised nj by the Excellent, and the
result proved, as might have been expected the decided
success Of the angular armor Not only the frac
lures cee than half what they would have been had the
plates been vertical but the effect Of Tho conclusion was
altogether diminished by half and the wood work bc
hind suffered lcas In proportion
plate manufactured by the Merscy IRON Works took
seventeen blows in space Of Ave and quarter feet by
two and half feet before any part Of removed
and then the iron not eectuay penetrated the
wood work behind II much injured THIS plate, in fact
stood wonderfully, receiving blow after blow from sixty
eight pound shot, amest the spot, and II was
time before showed any symptoms Of weakness
There are two other most important advantages be-
longing 10 this plan Of Mr. Jones The bolts or rather
the holes In the paea through which the bolts arc pass.
ed and fastened ns de tho ribs the ship form the weak
points e plates. Whom struck with shot tho cracks
spread from rve hole TO riyct hole til the plato In al
most ns full Of fractures broken pane Of glass Hut
with plates laid Mr. Jones' plan at ouch an anglo Of IN
clinaton II win be necessary 10 employ moro than
very few bolts In attaching them and u the plates
well 6ovetailed into each othcr, fve placed thus
would be amply sufficient TO attach them Ths Is one
most important advantage but there another almost
thc NJ he