The New York herald., 1862-03-12

each Of 1000 TONS with speed of twelve knsts. The
next GLASS Is that OF the Resistance and the Deferoe OF
S006 tcns. with speed OF III as miles per hour fhen
there Is the class of tho Prince Consort the 0can the
Caledonia the Royal Alfred aud the Royal Oak which
being converted into iron plated fgates and which arc
" be plated right roundthese viii be OF 4.5 tons
wcodon lnsofbassis shsps to be sngthonea twelve os
Mr.. CosKy--Wha, is the estimated spesdf -
l0rQ g IAaEz-Tha Pina-a f.asnst and Gsedcrs class
Sm nave engines Of one Thousand horse power. and
o. tho Same tonnage, will have engines OF eight hun
ored morse power, and speed Of IL So miles. uow
desire 70 dssosbe totally novel cisss Of vessels for
viii remember tho controversy with respect
70 tho construction Of Captain Coles with respect 10
We put old floating battery-we tried firing from
", and then aftng al IL. The result was, that
Il stood the most complete bst'erins with.
out showing any consderabIs sigma or weak-
ness Tho Admiralty have since gone carefully into ths
matter. oWd sas arc preparing iEroved cwpola,
~: es.Sy sS AZ sscs~cas a.. ' Is 70 BE- os ssSs
s OF Ave hundred horse power and 10 70 twelve
bss.cl-eading Armstrong; one handrsd-poundss guus;
the length is 70 be 0 feet With draft Of wate~ of about
30 faot. We oonsidor very important experiment
Those vessels Captain Colss plan very rsmArkabe,
SsS . SsS 1s Sa 70
fence. This oxperneat u well worth beag tgsd, aad
sAaycsndscs very mech 70 scoaomy. N
lord O. PAGES shoaM As g,ad 70 aaswer that quss-
&teas - Gar ee 0asiesty cf hsaetede assBess In
eoscssaed bat ihiat !. woaM - dsaassa3aeeous =
che pabke interosts II wore 70 Ripe s oo6 ~ each
indiv idat vessel. s9d fot ts reason ne have Jumped
the charge AZ 70 the success OF ths WaSTtor wish TO
syS fe conattes ahs best 4nis.'a.tlcs osn 20 ''c
port or CaPta3a Coohrsne, than wnom thsre 10 ne+
better sSios "a tAs navy .n.h this report y sot official
lie satS behaved most admirably. Rls,:a&s She
casualties beyond those 10 which vessel would bs
sabsc and The evidence such to show that this
vessel "a A. 10 60 round tho world The chief drawback
lie Itstl
arises from matter OF detail in the construction,
owing TO which she has not sufficient play for holm snd
that s her only real serious defect Tho Warrior has
proved herself most wonderful vsssei ana am glad
be able 10 saie these aOts In contradiction to the sinister
ramors thai have bssn In circulation. Itave stated TO
the COMMITTEES some ;mpcrtsnt facts which must de.
tsrmins The future Of iron aeet. and
may sapp4emen, them BY referring 70 three
vessels. fns present vessels have four cch asmor
plates, with eighteen inches or teak Mr.. Fdirbasr~
opeses ~s: % ho.e xoote bang at ~ c, s'gos ;s's
BARN IL good Gar concerns the iron backing instead
OF wood but he proposes clamps that II may not be
"Yoa do uos require iron backing al but merely tbst
the bolt should be thicker and Incorporated with tho
ship's s.ds."
rIIa FAILURE or rnx wAKxIox.
{Frcna the T0ndon Star, Eeb. 22.l
Ths warrior, Ao iron frieats, ordered TO Portsmouth
from Gibraltar Her sst Of dseots ssns home from LIS
statement Of tho ships Aborns heavily ana refusing to
her holm, hef outward voyaxo 70 Lisbon. Was
s ' =: r.: wasS ssSsn hs co 70 s
hst.s short of hafa million; how much moro will shs
public have TO lay ont ou her before she WV nor
A0ClD6ET 10 YRE IRON srEAH BAN OEFYHCx.
-. p:s. sA.r.stss was made ;. o. Saturday day
pssss 'sss s!sg y ssi;hsss. he se,s t.s y ::
S.:1 4: s s /: Sss s. % ts ras sss..
tswsrds Tie 30. Of .hs ship that the bower aoclo!
ths ssnss. which fcd the grp6ost, which caught Inc
bower anchor. The anchor broke away from ths tun-
bier and after being dragged away by tho gnbost re-
fEs ss y IL ansaor soaSsiy p.d osois X.fhs ps,t
Of the ship the iron s oy hyseghtns OF m inch thick
Msni se sS..9 y o. s ds
ss.n. that tks iccer c~e in M apasTs 1hH eccid0al
%s" cA sed considerable discussion and exeiIsmeat ard
swrs Is about eighteen inches square, has been
ei,sd ;r With niece u Of psnkng and white lead. We
h.sr Aha, tbs broken iron has been examined and
found 10 be ndinsrs~. ~ wesaso A"s VIZ" "ss sHacss
w" ''' rsrcr, tns IA don Pcs, Fob. 2St
The repairs the usfencs w Do ehscss0 without hsf
requiring 10 b. doclsd pa.-tyef b.acksmiths q,
work % a Gost andsr hsr bcw egssa, alterations
suseesied anocg which her cslhesds are 70 be shifted
further AT, which, !s thoesht may esent fspssioa
Of The scGidest which has csosed The damage.
LEARNING 70 Build IRON GLAD vssssEs.
wooiwich (fsb. 24) cosrsspondsncs Of Loadcn fost.
Assriss Of srps nnsnts whca are expected 70 exteud
over astara, days. will be 0cmuSence during the
week At Shoebaynsss for the purpose Of testing the
system Of constructing cssed vessels several
targets representing Ae side of an iron cased
have been prepared aud cheese will 10 subjected
IN the opsssioA Of rded 0tnsncs Ons N the targets
from tue work. Of Messss Fnibsirn " con-
sructsd entirely OF iron. Snd Ia rssnded 10 show the
practissbitsy sud sdvsnts7s u bhadipg vessels ia
siaf manner whilst Oihsvreprsssnt the thickness Of
tbsr aud iro. work or which the w@Tior is composed.
FROM ,hs London .ssra,d, Fsp. "a
We have frsouen'ly alluded 70 the eyseent invention
by CapA's Cowpsf Coles vhenj during ths past week,
hos been test ad board thT Old fourteen gus soop
Hazard moors6 the head Of Der Ms,ssty's sbp Illus
srious at PortsRcSth Thess ehvesnents, iDtsadsd 10
tess ,s: S.,s. q ~ S..s
pa,y sucsessfui. On saturday tarssof shs Lords Com
mssioDers Of the Admifs',y-vz: Vice Adnafes' Hon.
and Samuel whitbFsad, Esqwsnt GA board the Hazard
witness the experiments, and 10 Inspect the cpois
shield unsoItaSssy. hersys, asass Ios prevented
inspection Of the saiso inside which tAey stood while
The OF the two gems, ceasstins oc sax msreach
and ono captain Of the gsn. who directs the saisd,
worked the Armstrong ssrey nfns with tubs. to SHOW
their lordshps the edscs Of the practice. The gun
asrs rernermsd the various svoutions within the
ssmonstfstsd how yey sasy the huge guns
5ould lie worked in bs sEeni given Their ord-
Forge< 20 msrtion inyo,t-ns experiment. made
yoerd this ship tie ~ sveus DAY, wheo both Arm.
ireS simultaneously a. target $500 ysrds de
sot from the capoa NOT the slightest ineonvsnisncs
eoncussion Or smoke was psiccpiibe ou The firing
" tAo~A two gsfs winch Of the Lssy 4xt cais,ss
,sed Tho Old sloo 10 roll csusoersby Ssysyal rounds
we're arst when found thst the bfeecbn shskss
ssrS strained, ~hic1 viii ss replaced by izTger ones
rsspec, the space aud the working OF those heavy
runs might say there sss sirpss accommodation The
IGns running and out of the self ing carriage with
he greatest In addition W the guns there
six spectators inside ts cupols aud there appered
}, Ir ample Mrcommods ION ior an lhe gunnsry duties
,sdsr thss nvsaos dner from those OF tns ordinary
.un bot the oesra Of tbc Excs,-ni have taught the
nen 70 work these gsus with sreshfsey scS they
mi tied 10 great c,sdit The appointments v.lloosfaus
bis wssS,
City intelligence.
NoTuL PosrxAr % rnS ,oxSA.pvs IN -CJusss-Hs wsss
n Monday shown novel but most perfect ssd beaadu
,orirrit OF General Mefgssa, worked in chenille on
yhis six oirey by band, The srtist being Mr. Charles
a ysr the well kno~n ooideys ot I0s zsal est,
A tbia city Tho WORK ~ now on exhibition At xsssrs
,yps 4 Bro, hsr's 30U nrsad~ay ~ ins sud dscats
,,scs OF roidefy rarely 1s portrait
half length, OF The Usual Photographic sss sud thc
sness sxoslsn The buttons ana sps.lettes of the
ieprral's uniform worksf 10 bold rsIia spd n bright
tad ocliou, sad present dasxling sistk Mr. Mayer
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