Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1863-03-02
British Neutrality illustrated.

| tDoes ANYBODY outside of n lupat;c osylur,
beIieva tbot tbo s,,,,,.,.,,. -
De-ie'0 'i''' .'ie Emperor % emma Is IN lmme-
uiate want OF a neet OF war steamers! Will
the noble lord, the secretary of foreign af-
fairs, hazard an opinion unop tbis noint >
VIII tha bo,oro,,Io 1,,o,,,,,ou g.,
1.f,,.,, nun DiiAeliieau
%uplu ',ie Puol,c 'he Denent OF MS experience!
ny slouiu hho" IL ne 40 not! II report
spe.N Vrue' MS ceiesuai majesty is a profitable
ousIoii NI Vi HIS. IN the premises belonging
" 'iie MGSSrs' Lalru' al blrkenhead. IN COW
eleu sleu' OF annex 10 the man yard, two
PoMe l war steamers are IN course OF con-
f Stiucuon Jor u'e emperor o. Ch'na. Their
puroeh Is ABOUT zzoo TONS Ihey are OF the
i"'i' cl'Ss, are parually IRON plated and meas
eie' pay @oo Ieet long ny 90 rect beam, and IL
lee' ue1p' 1heir engines, now nearly ready,
oao,l Iii AZ ooo morse power out
t eseI "ili "oiH up 10 tlouS"nu' ana VIII give
lneni very nlgn rate OF speed. In the main
!"iu VI iue s"lie premises announcer steam ram
Is peiug pulit' also JoT me emperor Of CHINA
Iler 5ehsth Is ABOUT Ioo rect by 70 feet beam,
anu ueptll from 10 TO 10 1eet' She is partially
iron- - IKE 'lle TWO others In the annex,
anu Uhe 'l'ree are expected 10 De ready Tor sea
III TWO lnontnS rom tlle present Time, perhaps
s oon, Sapt' bulloch, VINO commanded the
1'V' Is uaily Ill atGehuahce, experimenting
tnelr progress. Does the gentleman hold his
1oIiilssioh J|0"1 nus ce'eStt@t mG3eSty or from
'eVI D@CtS'
III 1ue yaru ol MeSsrS' W. y. Miller q
ooil' hFerpooi' tlere Is nearly completed
woouen, scre"opropelIed vessel OF about four
nuhured anu nIty 10 nVe hundred tons. She
mas oeeh constructed upon the plan OF the
american coasters, being nearly aat-bot-
TONED. She IS built for fast sailing under
canvas, and under steam is expected'to run
niteen Knots an hour. She is to be armed
win nlne-pounder guns, and is expected to
be ready for sea in the course of four weeks.
IL Is commonly reported that she belongs to
the contederates. Messrs. Lawrence & Sons
yard is the highest up the Mersey. A large
screw steamer is being built there for the en-
Peror OF CHINA. Messrs. Fraser, Trenhole
g. Co., of LIVERPOOL, demonstrates as thew are
STYLED. of the ronfaderato rroy,ornn,or+ Ia,,o
contracted for a large vessel Of three thnnsord
tones. which is to he buiIt Of Storkholn
"Messrs Thomson Brothers arc buildnr
on the Clyde. a nowerfnl arp,or-clad etaan,
ram, 'fo1. the euaperor of china, to he ready
for sea on the 9th of Anri next She is ahont
two hundred and tiftv feet long bv fnrt,,. f,,o
feet beam, and thirtv.five faet IN Jontb h.
armor plates are from four and a haIf 70 fva
inches thick Her ENGINES will ba Of tive bnr-
dred horse nower each
sMr. Peter Denny of Dunbarton has con-
structed t,vo fine scra,v otoo,,ars IT,, oro
living in the Clvde Renort IF a sorewbat
authentic kind saws one of then, is nartI,, own
ed bv the CHINESE and nartIv bv ;ndiyidnaIs
at Nassau. NeU Providenca II IL nublinI
announced that she is soon tn he amnioved ON
the Inc between Nassau and CbarleSton Uor
name is the Viyoinin. Tbe ter,n tTb;ness,
as in general use a., tbe bu;ldjno a,,,,Js of no
e,,Gtes. o0dtbe .e,o,,s,,o,. IF thu, has 1atL
err si0nifoation j ms co, sct;o,, t51, 70 ,,o
sonify jefferson Dnris. The tCbineSa, bavo
been striving very hard to purchase the sister
vessel to the Virginia. thronpb one of thair
agents in Liyerpool: but Mr. denny buiIt and
lost the Nemphis and no rao1ires Tho tC,oIos-
itals' to nav cash down hefnrn no narts with
his property.
''Hhe Messrs. Scott of Greenock are COM
pletng a very fine iron screw steamer, which
is alleged to be intended for the trade be.
tween Charleston and Savannah. Two weeks
ago a fine vessel of the same class as the Vir-
ginia was launched from Messrs. Blackwood's
yard at Port Glasgow, and common report
says she is intended for the Chinese
Upwards of fifty steam vessels, of various
descriptions, in different stages of complete
ness, might be enumerated in this 'ChineSe'
category. The 18th section of the 59th Geo.
Ill, cap. 60, prohibits, under penalty of fine
and Imprisonment, with the forfeiture of the
property, the equipment, furnishing, fitting
out, or arming Of any vessel, to be employed
in the service of any foreign prince, state, or
potentate, with intent to commit hostilities
against the subjects or citizens of any prince
or state with whom his majesty shall not
then be at war; Do not the facts herein SUBJ
mitted, my lord, warrant an immediate and a
searching investigation into the nature of these
tranactions for the 'Chinese?
''The shareholders conspiracy is largely,
nay mainly, indebted for its success up to the
present time to the material aid which has
been extended to it by British capitalists.
Two years before it broke out, their co opera
tion had been secured Mrouqb the instrument
tality of the higheSt diplonaatiC aqents of the
United States then in this counfrv. Large
advances were promised upon mortgages of
enormous quantities of cotton, tobacco and
rice; nor was the fact concealed by the dem
ocratic party, and in the event of secession
and war; almost any amount of pecuniary aid
would be procured from this quarter. These
powerful combinations in support of the slave
holders conspiracy comprised the monetary,
shipping and mercantile interests. AS much
as El6,000 and even 100000 have been sub
scrbed by individual members of these asso-
Citations; and in one instance a sum of f5,-
100000 sterling can be directly traced as the
financial result of a single operation. Not
many days ago, lists were exhibited by Il con-