New-York tribune., 1890-08-05
FOREIGN NAVAL NOTES.

Two steam trials Of British ships that recently
took place commanding much attention from the
English designers and Admiralty. One Of these, by
the Nile, scored success but the other, the Bar
ham, abcmt which much has been said of her struc
lIal weakness" was a conspicuous faurc. And this
failure No. g The excuse IS that the Admiralty
constructors cannot be held responsible for not per
forming impossibltes." But the Admiralty may
fleet little upon the new Italian iDnclad Andrea
Dora, which, only two weeks ago. of spezzla, ex-
ceeded with great both her guaranteed horse
power and speed. She is Of the same class as the
the Italian vessel Is armed with 1l00n guns, against
the sixty seyenton guns on the british sister ships
The Re Cmberto OF 10000 horse power Is nearly
ready for the steam trial at Naples.
The Jubilee ironclad Victoria so-called because she
was launched in 1857, and named after the Queen.
which in May started for her summer cruise, has had
10 return % Vaetta for extensive repairs Some of
tho work her is defective that she Will be in tho
hands Of the dockysrd authorities for several weeks
It that tho personnel Of the ship is all
at skies and sevens; In fact, It is perfectly awful
II is TO be hoped that the officers and crew will not
follow the example Of the London police postInen ard
Grenadiers, or she may be cent % bermuda, or
Halifax. II would BE- all "awiul' tbing TO nave 70
chronicle Naval strike.
Another substitute for gunpowder is roburlte'
Colonel de Woiskl. of the Royal Engineers, has been
experimenting with It in New south Wales to con-
siderable extent, and lie csfes 10 its high explosive
manipulated As IL possesses the advantage Of being
very readily packed into mines is cheap and being
all established industry in the colony, Colonel de Wos
encouraged, becau,e, In time OF war; the dlln
Gully Of supplementng tie colOnys stock OF gnnc0t
ton would be insuperable.
A bill has been presented TO the Dutch Chambers
the purpose Of which IS 10 rc0rganze the naval ana
military forces If 1t passes the army VIII consist OF
10000 men, with a reserve of $4,000 Personal ser
vice will also be Obligatory, and the total peTiod ot
yill 10
years for the army.
"The London Truth would Ike 10 know. Where
Is that goblet now - on January -, 1873. tle
British cruiser Endymion captured the American
frigate President, and soon atterwad went 10 Der
muda where the citizens raised purse and presented
the captain with piece of plate and the officers Win
goblet which latter gift 70 oe considered as al
ched 70 that or any other ship which might bear rho
gallant name OF EndvmiOn.' new EndNmion >
being built for the Navy, and now that tle gone,
cannot be found the question Is Deus dsNeu' ""''N
that goblet now u
The English newspapers have Of late had a good
deal IN sav about the Brennan torpedo with which 1t
has been decided 10 furnish the forrcsscs along the
coast It is only short time ago that the same to'-
pcdo was condemned for naval purposes bat th' a'l
seems to have been forgotten IN IT, purchase ior tue
military defence Of the coast. And the sum TO Oe
paid for the secret OF this remarkable weapon anu
the right to manufacture il is. In addition TO tne an
unity 10 the inventor for term OF wears, about So1o-
600 The torpedo is of the species known as the
. contr,ablen being operated from the shore by AZ
,achcd wires and thus all times within the control
~ the operator The length Of the torpedo Is aDons
fifteen feet and It's explosive IS charge ot zoo pounds
of blasting gelatne regulated TO explode upon Cyn-
TACT The range of the torpedo is limited, and as rs
nace Of installation is liked hardly be used as
part Of the equipment OF ship as can the Winteheaa.
not ZOO strong number Of them might be OF much
value as an auxiliary TO fortlhcatlons'