The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-05-29

would beg particularly to call the n06y0 lords
attention, becsu.o she greatly ressmBled the
Warrior in construction, the Ironsido9 totally
and entirely refused to answer her helm
clad ehips, having lost her way was sAttacked
by two email gunboats on her side ports to
such degree that they were obliged 10 run
her aground, aud then she became 4 pfey TO
the Conisderates or was Destroyed. ahs iron
deet Of this country, as it at present existed,
was totally v itheukt that description o1 vessel
which subdqod the Jndianola We had no gun
vessels laid down to carry single heayy gun,
to go with good rate Of speed, which in the
eveat Of one Of thess enormous masses like
the Warrior being brought to stand sill by
another opponent, could attack her In those
parts ia which che no doubt was yAlaerabls
The Government had in paper which be
thought it was q great pity was ever paMshed,
thrown serious reflections upon the buHdiIg of
ships in private yards There might te soQe
ground for this in the case Of wcodan ships,
for Government never had recourse 10 build
ing in private yards till their own stock Of sea-
soned timber was exhausted, and no private
builder could compete with the Government in
the amount Of stock. But with regard to iron
ship building it WAS totally different thing
Any man acquainted with ship building must
know that mAuy Of the iron ships built in pri
vate yards were the perfection Of naval ar.
But still there warc inconvenience which Gov
ernment ought not to pu, up with asser their
public yards were completed. II was ne ealsss
to say that there Was any difficulty in. this
Whenever the tide rose some twenty fsey 10 a
river, the manufacture of iron SHIPS could 20
to any extent. lie affirmed that 10 II .siip-
builder was so g"cd as shipwTi9ht
Lord Robert Montagu said IsHsrAars the
maeter shipwTights lad to undergo 4 rsEu.er
scientific education. II was to France thet
people from all parts Of the world went to
learn naval architecture, and not to England,
which had always prided herself 90 much GU
her marine 1t WAS on persons educated in
this manner that the French Government de-.
pended for everything connected with the cou
struc:icn or management of ships. Such was
the demand fer the scholars Of the French
school, that they were IA. ely perm tied to fla
ish their third year. Mr.. Scott Russell had
borne witne 50 to the fac. that The ships of Eng
land were the worst in the world, and that
the French We're gradually driving us out OF
our monopoly.
Mr.. Lindsay said: With regard to the Gu
pola ships of Captain Coles, be believed ihat
tney were more effective thanrors- sided ships
1t was aa!d III It tha manner in which cupola
ships had suffered at Charleston proved them
70 be insticient but it must be remembered
that the cupola ships there engaged were OF g
very Inferior character lie believed our iIOl
1eet was superior to any i'll the world, aud he
had no complaint to make of the Admiralty Cn
that ground; but he must cay that, in his opin-
Ion, our navy cost Us a great deal OF money.
1t was not the work they had to do, but what
they had to undo, tuat cost the money, and he
would suggest that instead of trusting to one
msn, 3 board of five practical men should hs
appointed to report upon 1ra:te rs connected
with thipbuiliiDg to the Comptroller of the
Nsvy.
Lord ClareDce Psget said A few days sgo
it would hava been said. "Buiid iroa ships, ,
tut the Information which lad reached us
from Charleston vas rather asainst them. No
two people agreed ID 10 the form CT a ship or
the armameots Of ship With regard to
armor-plated ships, the Government were car
ryiOg out at this nloiIsn. experiments in every
direction. He had 10 doubt that tbtss discus
siohs were extremely useful. because they
called the attention of the G Government and the
public to various improvements in the con
struetion Of vessels.
From a Parliamentary return we learn that
the cost Of the British iron plated ships since
the Warrior had been "a folows: The Black
Prince, 1913 s99; the Resistance, E257 ,S48;
end the Defence, E252 1898 ';he whole cost
of the Warrior, before being ready fer sea, is
now known; it amounts TO t577 ,313. The
principal difference between t3e cost Of the
Warrior and that Of the Black Prince being
i'll lhe item of'masts and yards, rigging and
etOI0s