The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-09-13
OUR SlEET At cHERsouRa.
Admiral GoIdsb, trough Among the
"Mounscers."
Future Movements OF the
Squadron.
60, Go. 90.
Our Ch.rbourE Correspondeus

Oar ChsrbOurE Corrcspondeuess
CaERBoURa, August 20, 1865
Arrival Of the American -Eschanos Of CouytseS
VITA French Authortiss-7hs xrmcn iyos- Clads-De.
scription Of the SAips-Nocements Of Ms AmsrieaA
Squadron, &C., DC.
The frgate Colorado beanng the flag Of Rear Admiral
Goldsborough, accompanied by the steamer Froc,
rived In this port on Sunday morning last from Nenor
Dep North Holland, and sncho,ed near the breakwaer
inoy 'ef> Niennr dep, on Frf0.y last and had a
pleasant run from Holland down IT, North Sea, the
strait OF Dover and the English chsnnei Ansr casting
anchor In the harbor the Colorado ran up thu French a
70 the fore and saiuted it with swensyoo> ~rrs rn
salute was returned, gun for snu, ~ TN =. -.
the dock yards Subsequently the Admiral, scsos-
panied BY Captain Case and Lieutenant Samson,
went ashore and paid official visit TO the Admiral
commanding the station and were received In very
courteous manner. Yesterday tho French Admiral re.
turned the Wait and received with salute Of hr-
teen guns which were returned by the fort, and the
entente eordiaie was established on sound basis.
We found at anchor In the harbor the Northern divs
ion of the clad squadron consisting Of the flagship
Magenta and the frgatss Heroine aud La Flanders The
former is immensely heavy ship carrying two tiers OF
guns-about fortytwo on broadside-evidently rifles
The Magenta lie bark rgged with short masts and very
heavy spars She has immense spur on her bow
shaped like plough which must project at least twenty
feet from her bow and which would prove terrible en-
CINE Of destruction when propelled against vessel at full
speed. One blow would sink the most powerful wooden
ship in the world or indeed any iron-clad that floats
The Heroine and La Flanders vessels Of different
class, carrying only gun deck battery armed with
nearly forty eight guns Their bows are immensely
strong, but have projecting spur far as can be
seen the sharp being relied to the purpose
Of ram The shape Of the bow Is not unlike that Of
Collins steamer to be exceedingly massive and
strong The quarters Of all the ships seem to be too
crowded TO enable the to work the guns with ia.
clity. The French have idea that the more guns
they can place on ship the more effective
she will become. They allow on the iron-c lads
only feet for quarters for each guna space clearly
insufficient for the purpose according to American and
English IDEAS Great rapdty Of firing cannot be attained
by this system Of crowdng the crew at quarters
On the contrary the service of the batteries Obsructed
and the deck IL converted into vast slaughter pen IN
consequence OF the coseness OF the guns crews 10 each
other
Tho batteries of all the iron clads here are
to be Of cabre greater than our one hundred
FOUNDERS and mostly rifles Evidently their greatest
offensive qualities against iron cads consist In their
ability TO run down ordinary vessels by their great speed
and immense power They have engines OF tremendous
power and can attain very high rate OF speed when
pushed In toerably smooth water they eleven and
Twelve knots-a speed that would enable them TO catch
nearly every vessel In our navy. Notwithstanding al
these qualities do not believe they could successfully
Agamentcus class Their armor would indiherentIy re
sist solid neeninch shot at ordinary range and ouI
Monitors would have little 10 apprehend from the igh
rifles Of the Frenchmen.
Tho iron clad division steamed out Of here to-day fol-
the Ise Of Wight where the other division from Bres
will Join it, and, together they visit Portsmouth, Eng
land to return the visit OF the English iron clads JUS
completed grand series Of brilliant (Stes are to b
given the allied squadron u England and jolly TIM
had generally The English perfectly satisfied will
the comparison instituted between their iron clads AM
French and breathe freer since they have
examined them The same defects that have notices
above observed by the English, and they are nov
convinced that English ships are the best in the world
that the time for the Mistress Of the Seas TO abdica'
has not yet arrved-at least the trident Is not yet
| be handed to the French
Admiral Godsborough and staff will leave for Paris n
night 10 spend a few days. Many officers of the tw
paying brief visit TO the French capital while we liz u
port.
Our future movements yet undecided upon. TIT
westward march Of the cholera possibly prevent
from going to Spain Portugal to the Mediterranean
until late In the season The disease has already mad
its appearance In Valencia Gibraltar and Malta, and
rumors current that prevails 10 slight extent
the extreme south OF France but the latter report
| two weeks, and then cruise down towards Portugal
touching In all the French ports and spending the tim
well as possible, until the cholera abates and permit
| us TO 60 TO Lisbon. Cadz and Gibraltar
The gunboat Shawmut arrived out last week at Ant
werp After coaling she will JOIN here and remsii
with the squadron until II enters the Mediterranean
when II Is rumored she will go to Brazil and join ha
| squadron
The Kearsargs is somewhere about Spain, on specia
service She will doubtless report herself here 10 wee
| or ten days
| The Ticonderoga and Swatora ars.expocted out in
few weeks in time TO tho Mediterranean with tn
| flagship.
! An on board the squadron we'll