The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1866-07-30

British Lessons and English differences from
the Visit Of tho Miantonomoh.

From the London Times July 1871
We fear Sir John Pakingon has scarcely
United states He sad the other day that "noi only
England, but every maritime State in Europe
less according TO It's circumstances and means and also
the United States of America In possession Of
armorclad fleets OF men-of-war'' "Aso tho United
statesin The plain truth irand u Is which
win deny who has what the Americans do ng
i,at DC Un,d stats alone amna t'e patons Of ne
vvrid hdpc ircs-cdd feet rorfhy the name Sir John
pakington win find in the Admiralty official informa
70 make reports upon the subject which VIII
fully satisfy him upon this point But Admiralty
doors set out with the Arm conviction that nothing
which In done out OF England can DO done well; and
moro especially Is the Admiralty reluctant TO believe that
there Is anything DO learned beyond the Atlantic
The Mianonomoh has been openly pronounced failure
by some OF officers, and It's very principle u con-
demned notwithstanding that the ruins OF one OF the
finest cities In the United States remain 10 this moment
evidence OF tho terrible power OF such vessels Tho
officer the head the United States Navy reccny de-
clarcd that X the experiment could be made without
exciting l.feeling either side, he would allow the
whole iron.cad feet OF England to open fire on the
Miantonomoh and continue II for two days provided that
the Mantonomoh might Afterwards b. allowed 10 have
ten hours firing ut ships In return. or course this
will be called example OF American Drag ~ but there
"a scarcely practical and competent officer the United
States Navy who would not be content N risk his
existence the result Of that trial. for however mach
the Admiralty authorities may refuse 10 believe the fact
the monitors have been tested In every conceivable
way by the Americans The nvecn inch Eun--a better
gun in The opinion Q: many among our own oneers
at moderate ranges without doing them tho least
injury The monitors carry that gun they
Will soon carry a twcnty-inch gun instead, and they
could anchor calmly under OF our forts and let II
Gre at them for any length OF time with compsrnuvey
little damage b. themselves An iron CAD the kcokuk
was ndccd sunk NJ Fort Sumter IN 1s63 bat since then
Immense improvements have been made In The cons'rnc
ton Of monitors, tll the Admiralty must BE- awar,
from the statements OF its officers In America, they
less vulnerable TO all proectles yet discovered than
any vessel built They scarcely tho height Of
an ordinary walking-stick out OF water, and conse-
quently present the smallest possible mark 70 the
sdvcrsary whereas the only iron clads We have AFFORD
- good and broad TARGET A gunncrs could desire
The only question hitherto has been whether the mont
tors could mako an ocean voyage. One q them, how
che stormcst IN the world and now another OF the
same rzo and carrying the same number Of guns, has
crossed the Atlantic with and safety and stu there
ofncers Of the Admiralty who speak with rdcue OF
these tremendous instruments Of war while In the
meantime the Americana 80 on patiently buldins them,
anl hncw they eaa a6ord 70 listen " our laushtsv