New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-10-06
stationed Eleven ratcd and turreted gunboats viii

stationed Eleven htcd and tureted gunboats will
leave the dockyard uf st. Petersburg in the Spring
composed Of srs c G. and Chinese is being
formed 70 ne made use Of says the BSesiau Ga.tae,
against the F.cnoh and English"
S Irasee Asserts that the Russian Minister % Ma
had decde not TO grant any leave OF absence 10 inc Oh
fcers Of ye NAVY
The ,,aon Times IN is CITY article gays that Tx
change had recovered at St. Petersburg to aDout par
that aPprchensions of had passed away but that
the Russian people unanimous in their views Oh
the Punsh question.
THE STEAM RAMS AT BlRKENHEAD.
The following appears in London cotem-
porry: "Se little coucealment is attempted WIN r..
gard the pair of ron-cads that when We hear OF
Government inspector having been accredited 10 ue
duty If watching them day and night and sth more oi
spies bang engaged by agonistic interests, we
can scarcely understand how grounds can De lWaginv
for snch extraordinary vigilance The very sih re
serve which is maintained by McsSrs. Laird ru 'neh
officials applies 90 the espondsnce oeiN,rn ' e.
retar, for Foreign Affairs aud the heads of No lii
bnt tley toleraby open IN thef % h
even the carefully guarded reports when nave ~
Published respecting the icmp"Iar! Iileio P..,u y!
IGoycrnment on the sailing Of the Mounessr tu ,,c
1onsen are exargcraions OF the real state OF the
MIR Laird it is true has given Lis personal guaranty
that an intended trial trip of the Iousson should enc
Larnlcsslv in her return TO the wet dock whTe she IL
now living nearly ready fer sea- but neanwhir no
time being lost IN bringing Doth vessels 70 sh'e Oh
CONNECTION and III IOusSan wants nut niue 10 prepare
bcr ior receiving her equipment which Is matter Pc
yord the province OF the bu.ldcrs AS 10 III Mo4nassr
she is in "a comparatively backward condition. Dut me
operatons on board her and IN the neighhoTlng Work
shops are rapidly conducted making strides which
NAV he Vihls marked by minutes, that the spectator
can easily inc. on end 10 al thls NOISY bHhmeis
in the course Of very few weeks 1t - proper IN speak
inc Of these ships that should leave out OF sight as
far as possible the suspicion which has hitherto been
Supported By no evidence but tie merest hcafsay.
Probability points 10 the Southern States Of America
as the source their existence; but II would be folly 20
suppose that order has been given direct nom the
Rebel Government 10 Mcssrs Laird; and even those
gentlemen can Only entertain reasonable suspicion on
tic subject The presence in Liverpool Of the crew O,
the Florida tends naturally to excite sleeu"hon' II
being pretty generally surmsod that the tied soomen
Of hat advcniurous cruiser have been retained for The
services OF the fighting ships The two rams are
not unshapoy THEN bulk. but seem wei designed ioF
swftnoss rs for strength Their length each Is 20 ieet
their beam ~ feet and their extreme Gepth Hss sh ~
feet Tie burden but 800 tuns register, sLd the
dret Of each vessel when loaded Will DO some Is feet.
tho deck bcnr abou feet above the water line all the
intermediate surface being protected hrsi by coating
of tea over the iron skin OF The snip a ten by aIaoT
plates oger that, each massive scale bcine >. iAe-es
thick.
the FONTS are scarcely pcrccIbe he deck is Of ave
inch teak covered with iron. and the bLWHks are also
Of iron hcig made as 70 ct down ou1"af ana thus
20 clear the decks during action Two fe'ohing Gym
drcal tnrTcis Oh the vel known principles invented ~
apt Coles axe .pvOFiioned TO each chip oHo urCi be
Ing hei - ard TIE other abait her engine room There
j. also pilot house strongly bult ~ teak aa non
plated Each turret carries two guns placed III cose
proximity. 80 tAat they can be brought To pear
nearly IN TIC same position at one tine. In ne
case Of the Nounassir tgrIct Is being fast CON
Ileed or slo; situated 90 little d.sia,ce nom
Tie hail. aud The plan Of construction being al present
lad bere cannot but raise admir- AXIOM u tterT he
holder Its wall Is series Of cellllfr spaces AAe ~.
chine Of shellish and oil IL Sc Iron ccs are 10 be
filed I'D WltA teak making one solid aud uAlofin mas
which Il be- again siren theucd and rendered well nh
mprecuahc by plates At each end OF The vessel
is raised deck forming toIcrahly commodou- quarters
for officers and men and the iorccasto }, made -
carry one or two heavy gun'' II they he needed In
the captains cabin portfolios FOR two a2p0uDdcfs
and each ram has capacity for 800 tuns Of coal The
machinery matter Of CouTfc Is all below tie wafer
line la one II the s,orehouscs the elcscopo irua
uasfs and wards OF the two rams. which, 80 seems
are to be paIkTggcd. Their stcrrk VII be 50 formed
40 e. protect The AID fuGder nOIa slot or col
Asion.
ALLEGED OUTAGE Uros BRITISH scEEcT ~
COSFEDERLITs.
NJ Bel.haw whose memorial a. Lord Russell was pub
nshed few days ago ha received DE following reply
iogsioS osros. seI, ~, l@|
cep. your ;T Of the 3 inst giving an account Of the "a
tea,psni yoa e1Tersaeed On your eia.i 70 'o,sss' =
Government claim alton or you on can't 81
claim shan not b. lost ,h, % N communications should
be opened by the socled Confederate suoe' with view
10 obtaining redress TO- British subjects who have suffered 81
| treatment IN the Cenhdersi States
am, Sir your most obcden humble seiy.9,,
r. r. BErsAAv. esq. No. 70 BI.hOp'sAe 'iFee, Within
4HE ALABAMA.
Capt Candy Of the British ship Haveook, from
Bombay makes the following report with reference 20
the Confederate Alabama: or tie night Of tie
2Jth Of July. ls0j screw steamer. under steam, bTig
rugged. passed the Heve.ock steering eastHnId ON
the morning Of the Goth Of July. N lat 80 80 g. Ion. Ty
l.. observed screw steamer under sail. nggcd a. n
three masted schooner. when near enough could Dis
tngush the American ensign flying, did not Aolf orI
ensign. During divine service On board the Hayeocs
"a report Of gun was heard which alarmed IA. when
shot fell across our bow. We then obseTyed the Con
iedcraie flag flying on board the steamer Tie Have
lock was Immediately hove 20.
We were then visited by boat from TIE steamer with
officer, who told the steamer wa The Confederate
steamer Alabama and he Teprcseniod himself ~ b.
Lieut. Evans he also tod us they had Oh board y men
and two American Consus which q ey would Ike - g.
take on board. Lieut. Evans was then informed there
was no room On board the HayclOck for them. H.
course OF conyersaton with tgp Candy be said they
had destroyed upward Of 20 American vessels during
the last nine months and that the steamer which passed
the Havelock the night previous was the Conf dciot'
steamer Georgia, proceeding eaStw ard The Alabama
supplied British ship with two cODpasses on the 24tA
Of July.
France.
m. A.,