Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1862-04-22
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On The soth tilHmO On exceedingly inter.
oSting dsoats took place in the House q
Commons in relation to irOn-elad vessels Of
wur, The principal portion Of which We give
below
esir +. Smith rose 10 eall the attention
q tho Secretary Of Wsr to what had recent
u occurred in American waters, with
view Of subsequently, putting q question
ooaosrnlne the forts nov in course Of cen.
siruotion ~ Gpithead II the government
had not get too far, they could surely sus
pend their opsratiens.e he was told that
fhrse forts were In progress. Let the ez-
pertinent be confined 10 them, or, ct sn
oVsnts, give up The forts In the Isle Of
WirhE The estimated cost vas FL 600 600;
bat hs believed that they would cost
great deal more. and that We should Be
very lucky II We got out Of il tor less than
$4,000, 600. Il would be better 70 stop the
works and pay penalty to the contractors,
than 70 spend 90 much money nselsssly.
Mr. Gregory said the event that had
latsly occurred In America appeared TO
him 3 great and entire revolution in the
art Of naval warfare. He entirely agreed
with the member opposite that money ex-
pended on fortressss would be money
throWn away. What they most required
vas iron ships, not forlresses-vessels that
70 out and oORtend with such an attacking
enemy On equal terms. Hear, Hear.
The recent event had solved the whole
duestion Of colonial forti6oatons. It vas
positively throwing away msney to spend
Il On fortifoatiOns in the colonies. These
iron vessels, built In ninety days, and cost
ing only 960, 900, had guns Of such Oalibre
that they we're q most dangerouB invading
force. No fortifoations now constructing
could beat them. But BY building the sans
kind Of vessels the colonies might defend
themselves with less outlay. Our superior
ity on the American Lakes would be very
much endangered By this new class Of ves-
asls Il had always been said that though
the Americans might oTerrun the border,
yet in Quebec they would End difficult
nut 70 cIack; but since the introduotion Of
these 1esiEucHve instruments Of Tarlare
the case YES very different. If the Werfior
had met the Merrimac it was Q matter Of
crave doubtWhether the angular sidedYessel
would not have overcome her vertical sided
antagonist; but IL the Warrior and Moni-
smaller vessel would have plunged her
shot into The unprotected sides Of the War
Fior. and would, in fsot, have overcome the
pride Of the British navy. BE hoped the
s6oFeFnmaut would take this tremendous
subject into their consideration. If instead
Of going abOut like pottering old pointers,
snimng sf,er the traditions Of Blake and
BsdboW, We accommodated ourselves to the
L - a
proper use Of this salutsFy lesson,W might
be able to diminish our expenditure (hear
hearl aud 10 provide an impreguabla line
Of defence which all the powers Of Europe
HCuld not be able to break through. (Hear,
hoar
lord A. Tempest said that ss he he'd seen
the Merrimac, few words would not be
without interest. Hear, hear There
was misapprehenson with regard te her.
Although she was 9 most powerful vessel
she was not calculated for anything but
smooth water. Owing to the weight Of the
Plates put upon her she vas immersed 70
fhat extent that there Wss nothing above
water but the deck for her gun ports. The
sides we're carried up an angle Of As degs,
and ct the top vas an open bar roofing, the
consequence Of which was that shipping .
Bea would certainly sink her. Hear,
hear With regard to the Monitor, he
thought she was more powerful, because
she had made a voyage in rough weather
from New York 10 Fort Monroe; but she
Was only ct for river purposes, and the an
ticipsion Of her being able TO cross the
Atlantic was not well founded Hear
hear. The honorable member from Chat.
han vas entitled 10 the gratitude Of the
House for having brought forward this i'm
portant question, and he submitted thai
The time was come when the Government
should reconsider the EAtter and pause il
tbs construction Of cJstly land fortresses
which prsUticsl men we're Of opinion would
not be 90 efdoeoious sc these new iron yes
Gsls il defending our coasts and harbOrs
[asar.1
(From The London Times, ArilI)
What is the use Of the 'tnine Iine-of-bAt
Sis ships, f5ur corvettes and fifteen sloops,
forming our Msditerranean feet, II cou
pie Of ''ooupolsp vessels could destroy then
ali one afler another2 Is It not obviously
our duty to look upon q wooden ship as a
ship et all, and to replace our squadron
as fast as possible By few iron.olad5 YES
ssls2 However, the main question Of 81
has SOW been finally decided for Us, and q
the expense Of others The admiralty I
already on the right track. Lord @. Psge
announced in his Official statement that v
had at length ceased to build Hne-of battl
ships, and were devoing Ourselves 70 iron
.Osssd frigstss. One step further viii pu
usln safety. Let our authorities, pendin
the oompletiOn Of these formidable fabrics
address themselves vigorously TO platin
and aFming the numerous vessels admi
ting of Buch conversion. The MerTims
hsrsslf was only q converted ship, and v
nay get score Of MerrimRcE in q yer
short time. We have nothing 70 Do bnt
rec5gnize the great fact nov bsfOTsuA On
remember that any armor eased ship, nov
ever indifferent q specimen OF the class,
more than g match for any timber-bui
squadron.
(From the London Daily Times, April }
The more we reflect upon the condition
Of modern naval warfare the more We b
come Impressed with the fact stmsbih
is tie great element Of suoOess. In q
first lesson we see how the Merrimao
Just what she pleased with ships that, ev
IL they hsd been iron-oased, would he
only cot into tkoaEsry same difficulties
position by Their want Of power and the
great draft Of water. And when the eI
oial experiment was tried betHeen the 4
sroRaidss. vioioTy fell to the ''queer-looki
11achinsp that swan round its victim II
3 dees dealing AsIy sia58 into the VIA
Of her mush bigger aHfagdaist
Im HUIemHsoHs.-ThiB family q
nulnos onsof their exceedingly delight
Oo1ceFts e BrainArd's Hall this event.
IN which viii be sung number Of tn
new sonst Of liberty and patriotism, &