The New York herald., 1862-04-17

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| % satisfied With the result Of their hon YES
se that they wore going 70 construct many o>ncrs
and hs saw by one Journal that they had abandcN o
the idea Of defending the hArbors by VI fortA
Great objections formerly raised "a The prin
cple OF constructing ships OF iron And Questions wer
constructing the whole navy II the country OF iron
But he believed ti they did they should not DO sls
70 reduce lher nsyal expenditure Qiear hear) The
adoption OF iron as the material OF construction sood dc
ddy 'osth the necessity Of keeping 0s sucks Of hnr fasd
up IN Tie dockydr The government would merely have
build ships by contract they could do but they could
reduce tho Establishments kept mp Vt such grea,
cost and thy would be able 70 know with certainty
what tho naval expenditure OF the country wo,id be-
(Hear Tho objections to adopting iron that had atoy
been made In the House merged themselves Into this
that they could not use iron 10 build small o,ass
liable 10 fouling. Tho only remedy for this, and
the one that would be found tho oheagest in
the end, was 70 provide moro dock accommodation
for cleaning and repairing vessels their foreign sta
ons The outlay for bringing ships and steamers home
vessel on tho East or Wss. India or tho American s.
tions un Gas the OF repairing he were at hand,
she must be brought back to this country and the OK
pense Of doing this was enormous (HeAr) Sooner or
later they must provide greater dock accommodation
abroad. stated BY Admiral Robinsoa. In his evi
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hear He must repeat his nvction that t some such
adopted they should not b ab 70 reduce the
present enormous naval expenditure. (Hear, boar.l
Mr. GRzGoRY said the event that had lately occurred In
America appeared 10 him great and entire revolution In
tho art Of naval warfare iear hear 1t was neither
had been copgratuatng themselves that In consequcns
Of what mad occurred the naval superiority OF England
Hsar, hear) He thought that England, Wth IT. great
ucah mechanical appliances amd ample supply Of coal
snd rm, could not only provde for s presrpato" Z" ne
maiB Of the superiority had hitherto yd. He
entirely agreed with the honorable and gallant member
opposite that money expended ortresses would be
money thrown away. Forts would only b buoys and
bors (fear hear The description Of the late battle
gwen Ia the Times stated that the large heavy shot from
the land rorts fell or from the Msrrimao like hail
from tin roof and shot weighing $50 pounds were 6red
by tho Monitor tho Merrimao when they lying
case whs. could tho or do; Il b. Of any use hsy
must have guns powerful enough 10 meet euch shps and
they had guns Of such enormous magnitude firing them
would be like sprngng mino within tho walls Jones
angular target or r0n four and half nchos thiok.
sisted, At distance Of two hundred yards, the Arm
strong bolt shot, Weighing hundred and ton pounds
what then we're they dor He would read the advice
given the government Of England by Mr.. Ericsson
himself In his stter TO the American Naval Department
explaining his for calling his iron vessel tho
Monitor Tho letter, a. appeared In the Times of that
morning, said
Tho mprcgnable and character Of this srucsre
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similar grounds propose 10 name the new battery
Hs trusted mos. sincerely that tha. this vessel would
prove "Monitor" to the Lords Of the Admiralty.
Hear Hear) Whist were tho that presented
had no effect nsths Monitor. lHear) Agcinx ssch
ships forts miok ,e be armed wh ows and ststs
sh tie heaviest oydna"ee at preeents ear hear
Forts might perhaps 30 made Inv ulnerabfe by plsng
them with iron; but OF what would thai be! Iron
skiys had only pass Ae fors and sccrk Aee Wiu on e
sS;s "a, ron ssps not ss.e ia. c".Id 60
out and contend with such an attacking eneny on equal
terms. (Hear, hsarl Another suggestion from Mr.
Ercsson letter that the whole character OF naval
war changed Formerly this country relied on the
individual courage Of ITS seamsn. When Mey had once
boarded an eneys deck .oas thought the battle over.
Then co,d not boord no,c; tradition of the
past Boarding tho sopng side OF such vessel "a the
Mcrrmao would be like scrsmbng up the roof OF house
And whom IN attempt made 70 board the Monitor
not soul was TO be seen. (Hear, hear) The bravest
boarding party might now. by some now Device be met
with shower or hot water and steam. (Hear, hear
re recent est had solvsd tho .cho question of colonial
Notifications. positively u oscing array mnssy to
spend on fortfodons IN the coomes These iron ves.
sos built 10 ninety days, and costing only ECO 900,
had guns Of such cali6re that they were . most
dangerous invading force. No fortincations now
structing could beat them But by building the Same
kind Of vessels tho colonies might defend themselves
with less outlay. Our superiority on the American
lakes would be very much oy this new class
of vessels II had always been said that though the
Americans might the border yet In Quebec they
would nnd dIcult to crack but since the inroduo-
tion of those destructive instruments Of warfare the
case was very different. II the Warrior had met tho
Msrrmac Il was . matter OF grave doubt whether the
angular sided vessel would not have overcome her vst
cal sided antagonist butt TIE Warrior and the Monitor
kad vsSt e Wos little doua hQ the smaller vessi Would
kavs rlunoed her shot nio the unprotected paris of the
warrior and wouId fact. havs ne prids Of the
Bytik Many Again, how us.lcss would the fortiaca.
tous OF Aderney be before such vessels, (Hear hear
What could be tho use OF spending monoy on
when battery could come from Cherbourg, sail right in
and knock every ship Ia the harbor into luofor matches
without receiving the slightest DAMAGE Cherbourg IT.
ing these fortincations. He hoped the government
would take this TREMENDOUS subject into their consdera
ton II instead OF goyng about ks poterna old pointers,
ri6ysg offer the -adihons Of Blake and Bsnboy,
consusdoisd ourseyxs 10 ne facts hsch had s and
made proper Of this saS.dyy lesion We might be able
to diminish our cxpenditure(hear hear)and 10 pro-
vide an impregnabe line Of desncs which all tho Pow
ers Of Europe would not be able 10 break through.
J. d. HAY said that whom the Defence Commis ssion
first gave their report he OF opinion that the ors
at Spithsad absolutely necessary but he had
sSs, would po better for the public good Il The M sney
were spent the construction OF vessels o. the de-
scrpton for the defence Of the port because these
sells could be mads strong FORTS and movsbe fort
must bs much valuable than stationary iortGca-
ton. tIear, hear.) Under these circumstances he
agreed In that particular with tho gallant meb,r for
Chatham; but thero special circumstances
10 which he had alluded which required scme slight
explanation. He did not quite agree with the honorable
an in all the nfsrsncss which he had drawn from
the action and from the experiments which had been
made ia reference TO the construction OF iron fcrtdcaons
aud ships nor could he quite agree with tbs honorable
msnber for Brksnhead In his proposal that tho smaller
class Of ships in tho navy should DO constructed soe
Of iron. absolutely necessary that the light do
scriptiOn Of vessels should be built OF wood, beca
they could osry plates TICK enough FOR their pro-
the thin iron plates OF vessels of this size would be
much more formidable than tho destruction produced
on wooden ships of the same size Bat all the vessels
which fight in must not only be OF consider
able size OF size sufficient 10 carry plates Of consd
erabe thickness 10 protect them from the fire Of
the enemy There doubt that modern rtillsry
had arrived at such perfection that positive mad
serd people out 10 fight IN wooden psses RI two
vessels armed with the modern ordnance, not
but th must be destroyso and result would flow
from suoh an engagement As far "a VIZ know II
possible to construct shps solely Of iron II was abso
iuely necessary 70 bsys somethng behind the Iron d
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