, 1870-08-17

'artar soIdferF. Ha thra@ himself AMONG
Lcm. iciv"ed by lis four aijs, attasl only
nth his riding switch, and, striking, right aud
sft, cut his way through. Hc. too, IL collee- !
or, and brought l,aeE = magnificent assort-
pent Of Chinese Objects
The Naval Side OF the War.
From The London Spectator, July so3'
The French have fotty-hy ispnclads ahoat,
nd the PrussAns six Such is tha esaance Of
Many statements shout the maritime p1ep0n-
lerapce Of france ever pEuasiA- Apparently
,othing more should be needed to shoW that
France mAJ work her will at eea and on the
coast Of North Germany, conftning the Ger-
nan fleet to its h.rbors, attacking the coast
and landing hostile expeditions
1t any suitable poin.4 that may bs found. And,
IN fact, mort magnificent nayAI prcjeeta are
attributed to Franco. Large Prusaian forces
are to bs kept occupied BY tatass.uy coast at-
taeks nay, a FRENCH army I! to be LANDED IN
PJuhsian legions on the Rhine arc yainly
trying to al1est the onset Of tho nain
Amy OF france. From the 6rst out
bseak Of The war such has been the com
mon report OF tho daily pape1, aud it hnds
good deal Of credence, the French assumption
0f superiority imposing itself even 1nors in
naval matters than it did 1t frat with respect
to the campaign On laud. Bn: nc coufess va
arc dlrposed to receive with scme scopticism
the ACCOUNTS Of what the French will achieve
IN this war At sea. Grlnting thAt the German
tset will be stnt up IN its ports, il doea not
tai injury On Ptursi1- The cuast Of the North
German Confederation to the North Sea III
We believe, almost too difficult fur Practical I
approach, and all accounts agree that tho
French will prefer to operate H. T. the nsl.iS
can be sent to the Bslnc without |
hurting un enemy mnch. ThAt SEA il not ! |
comfortable one for hostile occupation, nor
are Its coasts easily accessible. No doubt. the
country againss which the French are nov
lighting is not the antagonist Of 1855, but tile
Baltlc Co.tt of Prussia is not much more in
vi,iDg than that Of its northern neighior, aud
! its great harbots and coast fortresset-kieI,
straisu!o. s'testir, Danzlg, hon'gabsrs-if not
fortified like CEo,.s.adt, arc At least strongly
fortified, aud likely to show some fight, before
| they arc occupied. The idle promenade pt a
French i1ect in the Baltic IL quits conceivable,
assuming that it has nothing whatever to ap-
'pzehend from hos'sle feet but hatasslng
fors1esses, how ever much they may be iudu1ged
| in, would in no respect be vital IN a var Ike
the present. What need Germany caro-, il shs
neelectB them all ard manages to win on the
| 1utine: Such attacks could be made SERIOUS
aJltr Prussia was greatly worsted on the
| hhine-if one army alter another VAS put hors
dc combat, and tho defeated wrecks we're vain
II oppoelllg grand French advance to Berlin;
but III such case they would hafs1Iy 10 nacd-
ed to put finishing stroke to tho campaign,
for tile line OF the hhiue once gained, all Cor
many is opened to the French Again, il any
thing more than coast attack is ventured on,
it ee1ious tnrssion OF Germany il coutem-
plated. then the task is itself so formidable,
even If wholly unopponed By sea, that NC
coutees to eon1e doubts OF the abilityof Franco
to accomplish it. An army OF 100, ,0oO men At
least would be needed to hold its own,
and push i.A Hay into the intcrior, under the
NECESSARY conditions that the 1tnssians viii
have moro than eqt.si nun'Less TO meet it.
wLile 'earing more than equal numbers to OPP
pose Ftench troops on tha Rhino. Do peopIs
conceive what a task it would ba to transport
half that number weeks eal from france
and keep them supplied IN the face Of IN enc
my like ltu1saf snpposing good fortified
10 Al essential condition Of euceess very difh-
cult to fulfill, who're IL Franco to get the trims
: ports: PEOPLE seldom realize what suc! ex.
. pcdirons ae: Perisnps forty or htty big
. steamers could earrJ all the men, bus csy
I airy. artillery. baggage trains, ammuni
, don, provlrions-ait essential to th!t
$ vcry etart Of an aEnE in an enemy
:, eountry-,aks up an immense space. II
l s1aurport the English asn,J from the Tu1k'se
!. cuast 10 tho Cslmea-less tlan $4,000 men
< including only one thoueand cavalry, aus
: withou, sufficient ,neaus tor land transport o.
Il a11iral-no fewer tlRn $50 1aEge ships Wet'
Q necessary, Al least four times that n,tnbe
f. would be required Tor 3 fully <qulPrcd af1a
Of 100, 900 men, and France has only 400 ship
in ler marine a!tosether-hEhslns s1ins
- tr1nspoktf, cnasting sesrels, aul sTerytmn
told The expedition 1t is said. will be con
rcyed il. separate tT1pB, but really such non
selse should not be talked. No Gauers
- would risk an army On q hosti!a coas
a. a. without The means Of bringing
T. 50. how is the expedition to get footing in
l9 m country 70 intcssected by railways as PTnssit
~ unless the la1lling ia made in full forca? "
- DO uet predict what will happen. France ma
a. a. Baltic which can ue quickly seized and fort
20 fed, may be able to send an army Of invasio
g there By degrees, may then advance iu sue
r. r. force ~ TO thresten the heart Of Prussia; bs
:; the enterprise would ba petilous in the last d.
= gree. would ureak down with the feaat hitcl
~ with Irussan a1ny pushing iis Way to pars
Fancy the commosion in Frxuce IN that oven
- ! with large Frtnch army III tue Baltic til
sa could.o .oniy be brought hume ty degrees.
~ But. II wc look more closely into the ms
~ tet, We doubt whether 4heEe is suaieent caut
10 10 for leaving the PrusaiAn navy out OF aecoun
IS ;M There is great disparity Of force. but ~h
~ | Prussia has got is rsputed Of excellent qua
~ ~ ~. aud. in the actual circumstances 81 pay
~. warfare, VIC think it " conceiSstle, tnae =
y possibility Of having sAe PEussian neet On b
~. htnds would a1fstt AnJ projects Which !!
u, Frcucl nasal commander may propose II
90 really i1urprtant parts Of the two fleets to u
~ tice ate the ifon-clsd shiPa. md, nnder Il
~ ~ condition that the PrAsslans VAL % nGhsl
he or their oFn cosste. the proportion Of
4e French to Pfuss.an lron-cl1ds, With which
re started, is te1y seriously affected. Accot1ii
Al, to the French official acrount IN the las: a
aeI Iua1 Expose do Il Situation do lEmpi1t
lsa France has now tho following iron-cl1ds
lus readihesS, tt nearly go:
~ l. Ships Of the first Class-a1moted ships aud
e.. fngaics- s-:::.::s:. -.'..--'.''..'..'...'--.'
~ r. AI@ered AIms1ed eessfdIe;: Fsfaeeo;ss ..
not l. Asmpttt floating batteries. ..........,..-...
az. InlAs...'.-.-- .---...-..-...-..---....'.-- -
9,e But only the first aud second cla4ses
Irst thee Is ehpa are sea-going: that il, 20 out
Iisr the &C. Az tho outside. without tetainin
single seA-golpE lton-clad III reserve,
il Freueh muas fight the battle in the Ba
bot with &c, and not Is, iron-elsds. The dlsp
~. portion to the Prussian feet would still
e1s enormous, il the vessels IN eseh fact arc
.1d equal guahty, and Prussia has nothing elae
mn. | nd her in = hatd fight, but such arc not
;eii. | actual conditions. Prussia, has q gunto,
,fr- | six Of which Are reported to be atmozed, 81
, oes, hes1s guns. Theee Vii be avaiiatle Tor be
.ds | defeEee, with home ports 1t hand to run il
ra-a In yeSa,d to quality, it is rnura difficult to
ns1 rive It any vezshs result. but there il At +
he room for suspectanE that the PruasiAn u
r ~ are above the French afeEa6e- Asae1t
IN 1.e 1uade in soma competent quarters l.
had Inc ln1e1'o1'ts VI 1fehso o3orAo.s, aAS
-shi quoted the statement that all the i1onc
Tho a.e nov armed With 9-inch guns. Bat who
csr- ordnance is certainly OF the most fotuaid
S-+ description krnxn, II il evident from
nosi. tonnage of the ships and nrmbes ol s.
The weltkuown honig "aheina, of =
,tbs, topa burden. caf1iee fo1r 6o1-poun
ti.rs md t~ent, four m-PSgsdesibM. PHe -
AIN. sor.e, the Friedrich Carl and the Eronpsi
,rnca the one 4,0e0 tons, the othsf 3, ,4ao-eaeh c
com- sixteen he.vy guns. The other saaps
used smaller, and caHy three or four heavy
$ 50 apiece. But il the French ships are not
srs;n nor IN guns, there are other points on v
;nes thers seems less doubt Of their interio
shot The majority Of them are OF an eatly
netxl infetioE to oaz Warsios md Blaek Phi
noTT. for strength and heAylness Of plating. aut
n hs nona Of them wooden ehips cut dos1
Teen many Of the French are. It is al but ce
T-if--1 thzt the French hare no single ship equl
anee. the konig Wilhelm, their nost fot1ait
He vesssl beng the American DundetbeEF, Y
scp 4 ! has not answered their expectations. Tbs
Tith. ags speed Of tho French Fease1s is, again, Il
him interior TO the p1uss1sn. II there is any
!nsse IN these facts. we ehoo1d think It eata
, faf- clneipn that the French deet IN the EAtlc
1ptest not in al circumstances have thtnga u
Even owp way-th1t there ia \ chance Of the
more nau deet hinaefne = seoI ue15. ~, MnA'
entry the inequaht1es naF oer II INC 1tase,Ah
ch Of happens 10 haVe iaaf pay, " may ~. oe
hatm- dnsen from The seas II NAY te'utn
s old, charge again and se1n. sAlnnh oae
esent | conquest after anotneI, t'A Mns esFs,
s1shal pnte the mastery Of Na oWn aeas Wy!
in his enemy What il suu mole !nPgaaAn
o stay French heet anou4d FL An5 a.su!a 1a. eutet
0 5nu sueh ~ attAeanE su9os tosttaes ano
made tain the ususl ln1uneF, o. temPeat
N, on damage II, the g!usslAa lsee, Issuing y,
zee al ! fafe haxEot OF h,e4. Houta u4vs sp'
'7quet opel lnE 1of a'tseA. 9s est,s ene mete