The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-02-23

n 1870 progress The opinions OF naval
sle oe feve favorable, aud when as at Cher
n9urg the mer As OF vessels have been compared
~, .nvse y other nations, the general opinion was
ne nau 10 be dissatisfied with the vessels
w poase.s Al. cannot see, therefore, that there is
clad shin bame rs far As the construction OF our iron
Beiore ne arrival OF the Miantonomoh we were con-
nu h, being asked why did not build impreg-
aS sessel, whose sides should be but little above
OF the water, OF great speed carrying one two
Syy guns, and requiring but few for her manage
cent was very glad when that vessel arrived at
these Shores because became apparent
one conversant with tho subject that IL impossible
TO make crew comfortable board such Ship The
every discomfort b tley ,osrs liable 10 be sttered
the event Of anything happening % the renttaing epgr -.
as to preve'a is sonrg for fo miaes toas inf z 80
oy one q the officers beard that ship that TA'su
occasion the engine had been stopped % one
for short time and that the aden,ay
breathe until 1t set TO again " cry aoie 70
that II would have been impossible vas evident
on three years cruise to any part Of ~, suon s snip
M we oopa no, nars great
navy by the employment OF vessels - s manning he
With regard to any general redu don 81 ~
millions there were at least f.rv m, OF the seventy
objects with which no GOVERN IONS expended Upon
very anxious Thar the -, can only say that was
counts should be kept -; Isl snc'iy sccuIass 60,
Adjustments in conseuc, was incurred in those es-
into steamers and wo Of converting sailing vessels
ter process involv Jden ships into cladsthe lat
hiner~ sor bos lg the erection Of very costly ma
WORKING pIatsr ding. planning, drilling and otherwise
nxinuo tall
sxnendn- ing into consideration this vast increase Of
kecnjnr in the dockyards, that good system OF
mo; $ and accordingly in 1860 consulted upon the
ter with Sir Richard Bromley who well acquainted
nth the subject and 1t with his assistance that
what called ''the expense accounts esab-
shed and officer appointed In each dockyard to
audit the accounts believe, from what have heard
upon whole the accounts are in state or trad
| nal improvement, and although am prepared to
say that thew may not be yet further improved am
WINGED that they are established upon sound and good
system
The Earl or DxRBY-My lords regret the less my in.
ability to follow the noble duke through the elaborate
details into which he has entered because far
from sharing in the condemnation which has been passed
very freely on many portions of the noble dukes ad
mlnistraon. tHear.) On the contrary, / always be-
eved tina. the noble duke was the administration OF
his Office, active, Industrious energetic minister
the noble dase the latter part o. hs speech
| to the navy in each year from 1860 to 1865, and
propose 70 insert the words I" in each rar in the
motion. hope, too. that the ncasie duke will carry
the return down TO 1865 foA enough the noble duke is
not rof the st half year of 1862 he
Hoi the Admiralty then, he Is responsible for the first
half year OF 1886. In order to make the return
pete, we desire 10 have return Of the state Of the
as the noble duke found and he left It, think
It will not be sufficient merely to have account of the
state OF the reserve but wifi be necessary also to have
| an account OF the various vessels withdrawn lost or
otherwise disposed Of during the period The
why lay obtaining Of each sepa-
rate year because find extraordinary discrepancy
observations entirely to sthc building OF vessels,
and ! find that In the first five years Of the
noble dukes administration OF the navy, very
| large taken for building vessels,
| but 1t matter open to question whether
in the last years out of the the noble duke
administration sufficient pains were taken by the Ad-
mraty TO keep up the stock Of vessels Of description
fitted for The variation the estimates
able For 18o0-61 the for building by contract
f ATS 000 for 1-62 it 621 0G0 for
it was 6 lao 600: for 1s63-84 IL SS57 0O0 for
1s6465 1t fss2 600: for sc 1854 OO0 and
for 1867 1t was f31S 600 In these last years the
estimates fall very far below the estimates for building
in the previous years In 1s65-68 for an
iron-cad vessel was f120 900, but work done
that respect and the money returned to the Ex-
chequer and out Of the estimate Of i31S,000 taken
in the last year for ships, only f67 600
pended, though all this time foreign countries
and especially France rapidly increasing their
Davics and told in the report have quoted that
during the period fftytwo and hfty-one
gunbcas lost to the service The noble duke says
that the estimates OF the navy depend the number Of
men, and that Ia TO great extent The noble duke
added that the estimates do depend the First Lord
Of tho Admiralty; and understand that the noble dnke
found that during the last years of his administration
very considerable difference Of opinion prevailed
tween the Treasury and the Board Of Admiralty with re-
spcc TO the amount provide for keeping up
the strength Of the navy Having made these
lions in vndicaton Of right honorable friend against
any supposton that no made charge against the noble
duke only that have listened with great sat-
isfaction TO the observations VI the noble duke
no, the slightest objection to furnish the return In the
form have suggested (Hcar, hear)