The New York herald., 1866-08-03
lRCg-cLhD navlEs.


from New York -isritiss Dpirion OF tsc
French and American Ar'por-~iips.
In the House of Commons. tho 20 or Jnv, Mr.
SAMOA directed attention to the STATE OF the Briiisn
navy and q The very email prooress made especay of
late wears Ia IT, reconstruction with clad vessels.
compared these results with tho grea, apmontaiinu
that has taken plae ami Il sll taking pacp. IN Tie
armor clad navles n other atea. He recnmmendcd
that twelve new arrnor-cad shrs rhohid no
butt with all exprdiion Hs aaid:--Frincc hat
es titan forlytso iron casod vessels bu u and bnild
ing, and the whole Qf thne in or building would
be connie by the end OF next year or these twenty
crlt were lsr,e vessels aud fourteen sne ones Tho
whole foftywa Mould nht n, less than 7l0 guns pro-
tectcA With arnor. Taxing the %hoc Of the Tee, wa
pocsed and we're building she found they represented
int ii rv three vessels and the guns which c0ald
het md the protection Of armor s22 against the 40
OF the French or not moro than two thiids In
number And 80 vigorous bah been the acsion
OF France TO increase her fleet that although
her narnbnr last year only tweuiv-nino Il had
bacn s~eilnd 20 forty-two, and of tho thirteen
winch hal bsen added ten were most formidable vea
SELF three we're vessels ahtng sixteen gnns protected
~ eight inch and having spcsd of fonrtetn
knots and seven Of them veseeiH agkting twelve
guns having SIX inch armor and speed q seve knots
In ktnerca tcy had axaInDe o what might he done
by Ane country schnu had ro1isfcd tts e@esty
d Tas.ng an cfort 70 right Itself after period "
difficulty. He did not know Tho details OF the
American neet eut ~ an artic'e 10 one VI
morning papers saiement aprearod 10 tho effect
that araads tho Americans bad eighteen monit
t"rs osrTy nr four guns, and that when Others
actually rnder construction cotnr'eed tbry
would have scyertgac of varous ronnae; ard theu II
aided taat her clad nest now larger
the whole ~ her naval force IN 1851 This surely
s,cient 10 prove tho importance of exorfian
part N order 20 keep reara With forign neigh
hors. Perhaps The House would alip him refer am
10 tho American tor, thu Niantonrmnh bs he
frf called On say that he did not concur in tho cor
racness % tn. article lac had quoted 10 the exraorr
Formidable character ~ that vesssi formidable
ship sic undoubtedly was, bat her extremely slow speed
materially detracted rom her qualities ig NJ ship
and ihe sadvaniage % nrsat nx artificial atm0s-
phere was very great tHear, hear.l
Sir j. PAKycToS said he had istented with interest to
the speech or his honorable friend. and felt the
enadencs 10 his sL.etncnt shst no hal not been inu
o~hie om haa not been de,eci bv tho change IN the
from max ing his important and interesting
satsmsnt The Bouss va ioIi That shs French
nlent hal orsyt~o iron rds, bnt u thsy took into
count the ships that building tbey wosii and thu
strength of France IN asar 5sad r-zsis vas @tve'1m
and that in addhn si,osn gs. ai q of smaller
cia.s. whilo wo had not tho clasz of trssslS
10 any extent. HH honofabis frsnea aeemeI tss
"a ~ rs.psss: Sas Ss ess ,sr h,s ss. Huss,s
nad 90 ~-1 fhnn fh nv aIad ys-st ~
whsch rsre surre, shipr Amorsca had no iess ,hsn
seventy tres iron cad ships, and thls moment
tho government ri Wash.nsfon were sparing no
expense or trouble 70 incroasa their ,ur-eladz
a, Of sh,'Aa Ls,i,.~g Al Neic feyk aoA,h
iresd coabs,e dss o atlark sasass-iy ne
Was yet 70 bs shown how FAR tiass atsnr1s
would prove succsssful. but at ali events ~
showed how snisrWSing tho Anaricsn governrnen wro
with respect 10 strengthening sr national daionocs IN
this nIortan; part cuar The honorable gentleman
gave at tho beginning o. hs speech formidable
OF the American irn plated ships, bat a. tbs core ho
the House by giving aea0ant Df che Amer
monitors, which did not show that those s.ssals
would IN his opinion, he erec i've against The hon
orabe member also Ailaded In lerins great r~-co 20
the hated neea of the nations ~ krop~ bt they
knew. and the honorae member admitted, that great
many OF thoss elIps not oi description vh ch Tue
Admiralty of tls country would ba Justlsd lIf hnld nz
ser N. fEr rjc csd q, th. absenoc u party ;esling
which ned characterized the dseasslnn and also at ts
change which bad placed the right honorb. gentleman
sr pakingtonl Al Tho head " the Board cf Adnr.y
Ga his late ,igt AN sfica Il. had bc advantage ~
~ citing the whole Of the gcy.rnmen, doysrcs of iht
Country. and uoing could be more humisinG than the
comiar on bciwasn ths vsyih whfh 20 epn-
dncsa IN that country and the way Ahich they
Quoted n tue docsyards o. onr osn country Ne wcre
under mss'ssc II We snpeei, a. b. honorable irltd.
the member Tor a,sis1k I'D, tsaf tr anertsn n
~ o condition % cxaF-ts srh tcritiaiy
0eg hd soe hiag hf seee re ses - o. nAo1 u ose
sssts y, ~. eetg gat' 4 gor rat Eaes rWo ~ th0.s
shIs hi come over 10 Enrore and though thoy wcro
rot properly seagang ships they very powerful
-hips Incy AL Snos. that tho noble lord dori.
Clarence rsxeij tac le Ssorslary - he Admiralty.
thie afn vessel n 'ks No4tsrrauaan. and
4 were dccarcd hc world haps . a. 20 rort ayd
fsgaa 40 whole a Ills usen. tHear, aeer The time
had come ~a .aH qlesi'on mn-i ~ mt snd sfapliea
will. IIs aid NOS With ths honorable member
for tasstntk taat nc shnula have daea powerful
enough y conpe, with Vie rsas oi ille Whole II "a.
rope; but ~ thonghtwe OaeEA " ~ ia ~ iion e
1t the cumblnailqn Of any tAa naon*of Eurpe sni
We we're ny Ia that pqtfls a te pfHenf moment bni
h. trusted n a tho prs& IT erfcnfy ~ the Afmrsl
Fhsn tie estlmates submiei e. them In Tho
M esian. ~ouid sho~ that the honor u England eas
lord j H1Y sad Tho honorable ucfnher for Or ..oi
bad spoken y A'~tiaion n eo'apafiHg ~ drsr.y.
rdrg aiu iuk fcr ~ part - grspl fv
AgEfila'br n 1e osrparleaa IN Cnt.d ssts ~ snp
po'ed "a about hya ~tgoss 4oh clad yesss.a Ite
voing vessel aco.ng that t.aso 0ho kn0w her 3D.,
could not trl.t har p crpsN too AilAatc oven
IN rsc weather without two atber vD@es Il
~st4ld bag. The vr.asr pfnporinn Or The other
" .ris of he ned stiss .-se oa,g b, = c,sp
alsg - "a aae E. - nsar, efd go rtsrs ~
honhnoie aein'.f for 9.heoheaf - sssea .Dns .eg.
scsilors ~ ngarJ . vAat AJu - dope ~ iae 10
.nlf be cisanpfovs~ A' csss ~ ves.e ari H. sns