The New York herald., 1862-10-05

Sincc tho memorable combat between the Monitor and
tho Merrmac thirteen powerful steamers named in the
above table as "buding" have had all work on them
suspended. Four of those arc ships or theine five
frigates and Eve gunboats. Since that world famous
event the British Admiralty have quite cavsd in, gone
clean daft, exhibiting fear, hesitancy and
total lack Of confidence In their own powers
that are pitifu to behold. See Mr. Scott Rus
soils letters in a morning paper on the subject.
If Lord Palmerston had any independence at all he
would turn out my Lord Of Somerset Chief the Navy
Departent nd sone borough for the great ship archi
tsct to represent Parliament and have the builder
Eastern First Lord OF the Admiralty. No dan
ger Of that however look the 6s7 vessels actually
adoat with 65 building, all except lilo propelled by
steam; see the 233 vessels with their 6eo0 guns and
otcr IS 900 men now in active service, princi-
paily at hoe in the Mediterranean in North America,
the East and West Indies and the Pacific and imagine the
panic the positive that has taken possession OF the
once masters Of the at sight OF little cheesebox
raft showing power heretofore unknown in naval
that be is only Bottom tho weaver aud declares that he
twill you gently as sucking dove" Of course
he will, and nothing more, ! assure you. Every one
knows the cstfage OF that classic beast, or might
almost be inclined 10 think he was il great bodily fsa:
Hereafter you viii only send bin some cotton, he Will
swear eternal neutrality and protest in beseeching
that be is not lion at al but only Bottom the Weaver
SUMMARY OF THE FRENCH NAVY TO APRIL, 1859.
81 steamships of the. .ine
IA sailing ships of-the line.
IS steam frgates, screw.
~ sailing frgafes.
steam ironclad frigates.
10 steam frgates, paddle wheel.
o. steam briss and avisos.
81 sailing hrigs and avisos.
a. sailing schoopers and cutters.
8 steam gun vessels.
8 steam floating batteries.
AZ steam transports.
26 sailing transports.
20 steam gunboas, screw.
20 steam corvetteS.
18 calling corvettss
Total AS vessels, carrying slls suns with aggfe
gate power Of II $50 horses.
France has now afoat constructing four clad
frgaes Of nine hundred horse power carrying thirysx
and forty guns each three line OF thou
sand horse power carrying nfty.two guns each; ten
frgates or thousand horse power, carrying thirty.
eight guns each eorvettss, OF one hundred and
fifty horse power carrying fourteen guns each vs oat
ing batteries, OF two hundred and twenty-five horse
power carrying eighteen guns each Besides the above
there are sixty gunbcats with iron shields, destined to
operate shca and along the coasts and several
wooden vessels being transformed iato iropclads.
france is increasing her naval power with exceeding
rapdsty: II scarcely inferior 70 that OF England
ard will be superior The Emperor Napoleon bas had
the navy Of France and its prosperity much In his
thoughts her army he was determined that II should
be second the world aud success has thus far
crowned his Efforts to make all that he desires should
be-
The pyso,el Of the navy OF France Ia far superior
10 what Il has ever been. The Of superior
class They well disciplined and exercised and they
have oeers competent in all respects 10 command them.
war now between France and England would show that
Jshn Bull has very different Power 10 contend with in
the French sailor Of the present time in comparison with
the same person ell former wars and John Bull would
have TO work bard for vctsry whenever he obtained IT,
OTHER SAvIEs.
The navy Of Russia at the period presents grand
total OF one hundred and fifty eight vessels Of a classes
That Of Sweden three hundred and fcrty-nvs Of Nor
way one hundred and forty ythree Of Denmark hun
drsd aadtwenty Of Spain, eighty.two the Dutch, one
hundred aud fortyone Belgian seven the Two scilies
ninety eight Austrian hundred and thirtynve Por.
tugusse thirty ynine Sandman, twenty hins Prsssian
cnyAvs; Creek twenty six; Turkish, forty nne Bra.
zian forty.two Peruvian nfteen and Chilean sxty.sy
vessels.
None Of the above have been increased in proportion 10
the nayes Of England France the United States They
have been adopting mprov snens and substituting s.cam
for canvass bat their numbers remain about the same
The most rapid growth Of any navy IN the world has
been that Of United States during the past year. and
the prospects that will Increase with equal rapidity
until II 10 Inferior 70 ne. Our navy has proved
TO be ali that We expected, and has shown
by its series of brilliant victories that IL is to be
at oil times depended upon and that II has lost nothing
Of the high reputation gained during all the wars We
have had, wherein was called upon 70 exhibit iis
powers, and prove to those who heretofore claimed 10
rule the seas that we acknowledged no superior anoat
We make no comparison now between our navy and
that Of other nations year hence and we will, and
win not be ashamed Of the result. IT, ~ they msst
certainly w ircnclads are n future 70 rule ~s start
fair with othes; and u We do not win, both m nspber
ADA mower with those We have 70 contend with II vii,
bs As prs, time the. Yankee epeegy and ingenuity have
ever had 4 suscsnS 70 any pscps "a sash There oan