New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-09-09
One of them Launched under the French
Flag.
SIX OTHERS NOW BUILDING.
A FORMIDABLE NAVY TO Be SET UPON Us.
CoNSIVANCE OF THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT
The English People Alarmed for the
Consequences. z

From passenger by the steamship Scotia,
who enjoyed peculiarly favorable facilities for becoming
familiar with the facts We learn that the AngoRebei
Iron. Clals are being pushed forward to completion with
the utmost yigor Two 1900 tun iron-clads combining
the ram and monitor principles. are being built BY
laird at One Of these Is already launched.
They are plated with fourinch iron; each carry two
turrcts 10 inches thick and have formidable rams Pro-
iccting from their stems Each turret will carry two
2Opounder riaed guns and each vessel will be armed
in addition with two l00pounder stern-chasers. Ihe
guns were ready at Preston Lancashire and would DO
shipped and put on board in the Irish Channel Inc
ram which launched was expected to SAIL witnin
four days after the Scotia left and the second would %
launched by the time the first sailed The destination
Of these powerful vessels reported to be the United
States but nothing definite known that subject.
In order to facilitate their speedy completion. work
WINS kept mp them day and night several gangs being
employed 10 relieve each other throughout the twenty
four hours We inclined to doubt the statements
that either OF these will be ready to sail 20 soon as
we expected And for this reason our informant de-
scrbng the progress the frt ram. states that when
lac last her just before leaving Liverpool her smoke
tack was IN one ,uret was on deck ready to be put in
place and the other about 10 be begun Now herc'
where we are supposed to understand these matters
pretty ''hS =" W. ny VIZ
rres aud then the work Of boring the ports fitting
the shutters and Other operations consume good deal
Of time II IL evident however. that no effort nor e.
pcne was being spared n push forward the work. Bin
clair and injury Of the Rebel navy daily in Lairds
yard inspecting the progress OF the vessels ana urging
the builders forward.
Ram No. was launched under the French Dag, per.
mission for that purpose being given by the French
\ And ySh tho cram Sill
few the ui.color when cur informant left. " csti-
nation Of these vessels is well known to the Br low
eminent. Our agents have closely followed th ON
the beginning and the evidence accumulated ielr
con,rnhand character has Ill been laid before inns
try Yet. thus FAR no effort has been made to train
them fIom sailing.
But these are not all the offensive preparations now
n progress against US in neutral" Great Britain.
lnrsc ironelad soop 81 is wci under way In tho
ward II n Liverpool ship builder whose name our IN
sruant mas forgotten and FIVE others II very forini
abe character are in Of construction on the
Clyde. One of these. bgildng by james George
Thomson over 800 burden. viii have four or hvo
inches Of iron PLATING upon II inches teak She VIII
act however, be- rcaGy To sail FOR some months.
On the day before the Scotia sailed the captain OF
Ram No. was heard IN state At the Adclphi Hotel
Liverpool that he would command that vessel He re-
marked In conversation. that he Southerner and
Rebel; but mrc discreet than ATsury and Sinclair nc
ref aimed iror going near the iron cigds to avoid
bringing suspicion upon their destination. Public opin-
Jon ia Lyerpo appeared tn have settled dow 10 this
point. TINT the neutrality laws of England had been
cvaded long enough AID it was time that the hrce
cnine to an end. The merchants and public men had
come tie conclusion that unless the Government in
tcrfrcd TO stop these pirates nom sailing. very grave
complications would arise between Great Britain and
the Uucd stcots which. it was by no means improb-
able wouid culrninatc in open hostlities. Whether
their opinion j. founded fact only the result de-
termino.