The New York Herald Newspaper, April 23, 1862, Page 2

2 whore a fow months ago she would aot have dared do #0, and why? Because knglund stupidly alienated by = cowardly, bullying attick the sympathies and probable ‘Assistance of the United States. France knows she may mow defy England, and she does so, while the Zimes and such Like journals prate about entente curdiaie. - NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23, 1862.—TRIPLE SHEET. dictates to Engiand in all mations, acts without her | severe westerly gales, and though with only thres hours Of head wind during the whole passage, she was hove to, with batches battened down more than three-quarters of tho time. She bears the evidences ef her very rough usage—her starboard bulwarks having boon stove ia meraton, however, has no contidenos in it, and go he ad. | “94 her waist anc&or having been almost carried away vocates plated ships and plated forts, The Mourning Pout, which so few woeks ago wag daily reviling the ugh! and genius of the Americans, now erics out:— «We must carefully wateb what is going oa in the United States, we must profit by their di ries. What are ‘our Armstrong guns to their Rodman guns, with projec- triad of a thousand pounds? We are im our infancy yet as rogards artillery,” &¢.,&¢e. Decidedly the Americans aro looking up in Rurope. ‘Those who watch the present struggle with a heartfelt interest are shocke’ to find how carcless the goverament muat have been. Without the enterprise of private oiti- ‘vans where would now be the cause of the North? France would, as sure as fate, have recognized the Southern con- foderacy bad the Merrimac bombarded and destroyed the forts and the vessels of the North. Providence has ®aved you once; let us hope that the War and Navy De- | Sonted that the vesse! was not seaworthy parttoents will do the rest. The autery against General MoCloliaa causes & great sensation here. The enemies of the Univn are rejoiced at it; its friends depiore such a state of confusion. : Paws, April 4, 1862. Great Joy and Admiration at the Union Yriumph—The Hampton Roads Fight ihe Topic of the Day—The Na- tional Dislike of England Pally Developed, e- Words literally fail me to describe the mingled admi- Faiion and awe with which your recent successfu! opera- She was sent to sea from Philadelphia in 4 most dis gracoful condition of uniituess. She leaks badiy, and bolts are drawing every day, to the danger of life and limb. We were as niuoh gratified at covviving the glorious news from Tennessee—though only four days later than our own departure—as at learning of tho very amicable feeling entertained “or us by the people in this placa. ‘The Governor, Doo Juan Paredes, 14 a trump. You may not have hoard bow cavatierly and unceremoniously he treated tho Sumter, giving her oaly six hours to got away from the port, and when the rebel Semmes repre. provided with coal, replying, “The Admiral bas informed me that youare able to go; 1 haye coufldence in bis judgment, therefore you must go. {n four hours you can be fur- nished with coal, and the remaining two will auffice for you to pay your bills.’ The renegade begged to be al- lowed a longer delay, having no money for this latter purpose; but the brave old Governor told him that the Queen at the end of four hours a Spanish twenty-gun steam frigate quietly took @ position beside the pirate, and in two hours more a Spanish officer informed them thas tioas have been viewed in France. I say in France as | their time had expired. ‘walt a6 Paris, inasmuch every provincial paper is qadht on the Bubject, and private letters which I have had the opportunity of sseing from high military author- | $00n as she attempts to get tiw eliow how goneralthe feoling is. In Parisian cir- (149 Gn has only to observe the confirmation of the na- "omad adage qu Ryery ono is now predicting the speedy termination of the war and the utter annihilation of this unnatural re- bellion, The depariure of General McCiellan is thought to be ontirely justifiable, and great results are augured from it. But the thing of things is this wondrous duel of the sPousides. and as everything in France is judged of with reference a celts perfide Aibion, every one is occnpied in discussing the effect of Capt. Kriessou’s handiwork on the boasted maritime supremacy of England. It is but tho simple truth to say that opinion is unanimous in the boliof that im any future war, England must inevitably be reduced toa second, if not a third, rate power—tnat hor titte to be mistress of the seas has been shattered to atoms by the cannon of (he Monitor, Had the late mis” understanding between herself and the United States re suited in actual warfare, and New York been blockaded: what, i is asked, would have become of the English flect the Americans had possessed half a @ozen Moni tora? Why, not one of those much vaunted ships would have returned to the British shore io tell the tale of the niter annihilation of that fleet. When oue thinks of the destruction a vessal of this character might have iaflisted on any of those transports, so heavily lacs with men and material, despatched with such boastful parade to Canada, the mind is absolutely stumped with “he enormity of the biunder wade by England in thus ering a crisis. Oa all sides you hear language to this effect, ‘we are,” is lesad, “en the eve of a mighty change.’ The mari- time Fecaie t = Pa = o _ britiah tier’ their insular poainueet tan in Min eg of 0 advantage, whatever it may have beeo i tothe nation. The Monileur has settled that voice of thunder. To all intents and pur- vogards war, England may be dealt with as any continental . Relying ‘her funcied maritime bata conduct of Magland, ever since the peace a has of the most jive character. No where has there existed civil discord that the inter oc aad has not been zed. The quarre’s squab fe, woul o Chomasives if left aloue. But once it is understood there is & third party anxious and power(ul for in- weaker side will take heart of grace, ae pale an has for d foudly than before,and the nation, unanimous i: elge, bas only been found te agrees in attributing to English meddling motives of the most mercenary and character. Look round the world, it is said, where will you find a well wisher to England? The great as woll as the lesser Powers have all, one after an- other, had eause of dead|y liatred against her ; anc now any one who cares to watch tie shifting of the wind may see that all nations are ready to lend a hand ju putting down & greatness that is no longer tolerable. Hor eacly history shows to what a helpless condition she was reduced by the descent on her ts of the Soandinavian nations—aytescent closely followed by the invasion and cong est. What now is to prevents repotition of this? The trade of the fast establizhe! the supremacy of mighty Rone. and subsequently of Venice, Florence and Genoa. The Capo of Good Hope diverted ‘this trade; and now the speedy completion of the Suez canal will once more return that trade to the waters of the §Moditorranean. We in France isha!) have our long peaat line of Algiers, and Spain and Italy will becoms greabmaritime nations. America is ready at any hour (0 lendthe of her new-born war spirit herwonfder- {nl inventive rs, and her extraordinary industry in helping tocrush the country whose allegiance she has renounced for aimosi a century ; for the ties of commerce, which formerly seemed so strong, are irreverently se vered , au’ France is only biding her time to pour upon theshorea of the modern Carthage all the vengeance which conturies of wrong and hatred have been genera ting. Allhonor to Captain Ericsson, who, with an iron luand, bas shown the way. It Is all very well to say that France is busy i satiling Anancial \iculcies : she embarrassed with domestic trobbier; that she i eye on Austria lest another ost of wrenching Lombardy may nominally reduce he army, which, i fact, means simply that mea are to their homes on prolonged farlorghs. but are ava able at a minute's uotice. She may have words of bi tar and honey for England, and go to visit the exlibitivr of ber industrial greataess; but for all thie she ts b: ing, and will continue to build, iron sided shipa, ste tama end Monitors of French fabric, and atl with @ view (@ that contingency which she knows must eve: sb ine enough to be ‘ory over England, mination in India, uot t picked up in ¢ and a and che revival of French do mention a few crumbs to b atsewhore. Yesterday th v to some 12,000 men of ai recurring theme of interest, from the | mnype the lowest drummer boy, was the battle oc the 3 and the Merrimac, and the formidable fighting power America gonerally was dere! A dealhas been said abi Attributed to the F snasions of November 2 the plainapeaking in tir Picard the regrets which are because of the famons ¢ 1860, the result of whi that dis M nseif to @ a! ¢ the pre 1 any oecawion, s whatever for having ma¢ om Tuesday last, speaking in Mini , red the conzejuet fhand. | wish to hear sli that can be ea government, and wherever there is a wrong let il ve rodressed: wherever the cou) itself will be sufficient for re throatened w tarrible explosions on the disevesion of the og the masses will only look on and laugh, knowieg (lit ia only in the antural cor ¢ things 0 gru:mbie whe: one’s pocket His Majesty's ree sisstic. ‘The Empre at hus side in ber cul various crosses, and footing which w: ‘The convention missioners to tho M r nie oa hore. The Free h goveriment w arrangement, ech as that the Fran are to go to Cuba, and that of the recently arrived’ troops from aviere’s powers are with admiral). I he poll M. Dubois de Sationy, Fi fidence ia plased in Mexico Pwo decres f Presi a lave given great on ing @ part, under an: Mexico, without a outlaw yA pirate imto bet f a avid Spanigh (rec ombarkat dated the 2 In the one, all per title, Of the foreign forem leclaration of war od to death. tn or writing ia favor of this inva ue mof the he su proot Of bis wentit y Our Bertin Correspondence. Bras, April 2 Ghe Mervimar and the Monitor, bes ‘The battle between the Merrimac and che Mor produced an extraordinary sensation a lorke: 8.010 of the most importar ts of the age. i proves that the hundreds of mi!fions lavishet by the Earopear governmonta on their navies b Dowown away, aod bore maritime ducted in fuliire on quile a diferent « prevailed hitherto. The troduotion of steam are ast joa revolutwon that 4e Carrible rete caer wt only by Kagiaud a0 ad the appe: This fa yan Powers. russin ; ; W Cilaxgow, for boiidiog & stwel-clad frigate, and sever jem gunboate are being onstrated at (he May yard in 1 astmeok, Oar Ray of Cartiz Corveapontes A atof the Unilad Saves ti Capes of the Delawar \ ctory-—The Sumter and tie Mediterranean Squadron— Toe Arvema at Tangieri—Trate inthe Port of Catiz, de ‘Whe St, Louis arrived at this port yesterday mor frm the Capea of the Delaware, after a stormy pabse of tin ty days. ivan $40 Bras day ous sho experienced a & elo- She is now at Gibrattar, closely watched by the ®usca- whieh and y Doth at Algesiras, in Sj uish wateee, aad tberetors wk Mberty #8 prac 4 wor hich they could not within ish jurisdiesion. The Ino, wi is famous for her wonderful passage of thirteen days and thirteen hours from Boston, is cruising ik w'y a& rien qué veussise que le succes. | about the southern coast of the Peninsula. Her speed ia Tepresented ag marvellous. She is said to have run down herefrom Cape St. Vincent in eight hours. She has already done good service in arresting the traitor Myors, the Paymasier of the Sumter and an apostate naval officer, and the ex-Consul of Cadiz, Tunatal, whom you have probably now among you. These worthies are indebted to the American Consul at ‘Tangiers for thelr arrest, which he accomplished with the connivance and assistance of the government of Morocco. Commander Craven, of the Tuscarora, being telegraphed of the affair, despatched the e them into custody. On her arrival at ‘Tangiers her commander was notilied that (wo hundred Englishmen had signed an agreement to resist by force any attempt at their abduction and assaait the Consulate. In reply, Captain Cressy ass\ired them that were their number two hundred or two thousand, or any multiple of \, the blackguards should be taken away by him; and picking out a party of determined men, ho armed them With revolvers and cutiasses, formed them into a bollow square, placed the prisoners in the cenire, and further protected by guard of Moorish soldiers, furnished by the authorities, marcked them safely on board. Arriving off Cadiz, and not desiring to give occasion for any em- barrassing question of iaternational rights, he remained outside aud sent his boat in for the American Consul, through whose influence the precions pair of malefac- tors were transferred in irons toan Atnerican vessel, then underway and bound for Boston, where it is hoped tuey will receive the attention they deserve. ‘The Consul at Cadiz, than whom the government has not, in any part of the world, a more worthy repre. sentative, is alive t tho interests of his countrymen, and most sedulously laboring in the service of the re- pablic, Business is now universally brisk, no leas than weven teen American vessels being in port, principally loading with sait for South America—not the *‘America deg sur” where they sing ‘ Dixi Cap, March 28, 1862. } Lhe Sediterrancan Squadron—Ton- of English, French and Spanish Paptrson American Affairs—Th- Sum'er—Th? Cty of Cadie—Kscape of the Slaver Clarissa—The Fal mouwth— Flag Officer Foote and the Barrier Forts, dc, ‘The Sumter is at Gibraltar, the Tuscarora and Kearsagy are at Algeciras, a Spanish town six miles west of Gibral- tar, where they lay with fires banked, ready to giv? chase to the privateer as soon as sho gets under way” ‘The Ino is somewhere up the Mediterranean, ana the St_ Louis repairing damages and fitting out at ‘Preparatory to a specdy departure fer Lisbon. the present disposition of the American men-of- war 1a these waters. ‘You are six to tea days abead of ns ia receipt of news; so that it 1s useless to tell you of the continued hostility of England, the uncertainty of France and the fir and growing friendship of Spain, or even to attempt to cull you any items'of interest from the papers. You have probably already read how the English, compelled to acknowledge our recent successes and speck favorably of our prospests, invariably close their articles with the earnest hope that we will nos attempt to subjngate the cotton States, but will wisely allow them to go quietly about their business, ana thus foria two republics, which may both be great, prosperous, ke., &e. The English authorities are ungenerous and discorteous enough todeuy oar men-of-war the privi- lege of remaining longer than twenty-four hours in thew ports; but the Yankees have ontwitted themn even this time, and thwarted the greet object of their regulativn. Onr stearn sloope at Algeciras, thongh in Spanish waters? never lose sight of the shipping at Gibraltar. Oue them occasionally raps over to Gibraltar and is relieved the following day by the other, and thoogh she would not beable to pursue the Sumter for twenty-four hours efter her departure from ‘he British port, the other gumboat at Algeciras, being within Spanish jurisdictions ound by no such restriction. ‘The Spanish journals—of which there are five or six well Geomducted dailies in this city atone—Mavoie oasiderable 6} to the diseussion of and pabiish full of your ¥ morning some new feleg am appears ann avothor success or confirming thoee previously particularly x :, who have all along manif pathy in our se,and who are ‘Unirep Staret Sur St. Loon, of co American vietories neing smored 4 to the people of this affairs reports is i ory esied the most lively sya Ww congratulating 0 jon of the government of her mos Hl. not to permit the re oi Commissioner to Spain to get foot in their dominions. } They are not going to be lad by (he nose by England, say into a war with their beat friends ‘That Engtand, e wecurse! flay toats over Gibrattar, and who ren ed such assistance to the Moorish government in the Spanish expedition into a Appropos of the The Euglish gov that paicon of all weal: specially of all bark «#8 painfully trv et cae insult received by ul friend and al:y peroy of Morocco, from the American Congul, ext 6 renege Sand his companion tar atTangier. ‘Thi t, by the by, does not mee mich faver amoog Americans emg, thoagh any sympathy wiih the traiivrs, but becausy (ey he capture o} ster ba evement beat atall wh I itappears, did f the offige: but the ex-nay ase, deserve omnanions in eri ery effectually imprisoned wt Gib’ report the! ne (her wer officers nor eriers comm me ni may deserve repetition e hundred and ( b ¢ boib theruse Fr buat back to the vessel, She remained ele had te go into dock; bat the only ras e.ved, though leaking badly, wae to have apcee of plank about two feet long set in hers won she was hurried out of dock. an eave the port. Du he whole harbor she was clovely watched by a government boat etailed for the purpose, that no arms or ammun nould be smugglec and the Given six bourse rper, Who n Spanish, wh ery well, (bat he was acai Gibraltar is the au hag visited. Liverty was given some of the crew at Martinique and Gibraltar, and (he $200 which was ai owed them at (ue former place and $6 at the latter, was alt the money aay of them received during their nine She ja plentifully supplied wih of which she has releaved by the Crenfuegos, two set free on account of car. ryin fs es, threo recaptured by American jen of war, and the remaining sevea burned. Her ar- yoament consists only of four medium thiriy-twe es, one tweive-pounder boat howitzer, and a small rifled cou on Let foreasiie, whieb was swlen from o tood damned thie! port the of the vessels she captured, but which is not of caunot be used. Her bulwarks are y an inch anda half thick, @od so {rail that, in a * of wind on the passage to Cadiz, & sea struck ber wwardand drove in amidehips bulwarks, number one eon and everything attached to it. The s| y 4 ‘yom her having fired sixty oneph Parks, to Sink her, without once had to send a boat on board to fre, Not a man or olficer had any iden of ee. ‘om either (he Brooklyn or Iroquois. The com- wanders of the Luscarora and Kearsage are not the men © s10w her to escape now: but it is probable she would he atiempt with the connivance of the British » Were ber voilers not .n such @ condition at er Ler entire y unseaworthy the cleanest in the 1e8 high, with pretty windows. Tue prevailing ad ow a bright sunny cay it well deserwes vorlie appeliation of “/a fase di pala’ (the owed oon it by its inhabitants. the extremity of Kurope, and at the into the Mediterranean, its harbor prevents the of all the cominercial nations of (he earth. Five or eamers arrive and depart ainiost dal ita sittin. rondera it a favorite rendexvous for which nplete theif arrangements, Not entran | nage od vessels aro now in the harbor. Last week the Amori- can bark Clarissa slipped out Of the port during the night without papers or clearance, and ag she 15. the same parties to whom belongs the infamous brig Fal- mouth, also in port, it is not dullicult to imagine hor des- tination. We rojoice to hear of the good things being done by tho navy at home, and particularly on the western rivers, by that model of brave aud good men, Flag Officer Foote. It ts singular Chat all the biographical sketches of nim that have row us have omitted = mentioning his gallant services in China, im November and vecember, 1856, when he sonior olfeer in command at the assault and are of the Bar- rier forts noar Canton. The country is indebted to him for the success of thigaction, which was conducted against four well built granite forts, containing over two hundred guns, by about two hundred men on board two sloops-of. war, and by two hundred and fifty more who formed the assaulting party, Lieutenant Watmough, who subse- quently resigned, bat has volunteered his services during the rebellion, and now commands a gunboat, was the first to place our dag upon the walls of the forts, Some of the continental journals are suggesting the conferring, by our government, of decorations for distinguished merit and bravery during thia inaurrection. Whether or not thoy would stim» late to braver deeds, it is certain they would assist the public to remember who bad labored the most zealously aud risked tho groatest dangers for their country THE AMERICAN QUESTION. Sailing of a Steamship from Liverpool Supposed to be a Rebel Privateer—The faval Canard About the Yorktown— Movements of the Foree in the Medi. terrancan, de., doc. A new steamer, called the Oveito, sailed from Liver- pool on the 22d March, end, according to rumor, she is intended for tha service of the rebels in dostroying Northern commerce om the Atlantic. The Oveito was built at Liverpool, ostensibly tor the Italian government, and is oonsequontly adapted for warlike purposes. She moasures seven hundred and fifty tons, is capable of car- rying several guns of (ha largest calibre on @ draught of about twetve feet, and w represented as one of tho finest and fastest vessels of her class afloat. ‘The vessel was regularly cloared at Liverpool for Paler- mo, ip ballast, and had a crew of about fifty mon on board. Very contradictory statements were current as to the real destination of the vessel, her armament, &c. According to some reports the vessel had arms and am- munition on board whon she left the Mersey; but this is positively denied, and the denial is accompanied by the assertion that she bad not an ounce of powder nor a sin- gle gun on board, und that her ona. fide destination was Palermo. Other reports are that the vessel will doubt- Joss go to Palermo, and that she will thence proceed to Bermuda, where she will take on board the armament and ainmtinition specially sent there for hor. Sho is then (says ritmor)}to take the sea either as a privateer or as A war vessel commissioned by the Coufedorates. ‘Tho Oveito lett Liverpool under sealed orders. Rumors had been current that the packet ship York- town had been captured by the Confederates; but the story was soon proved untriio. Gibraitar advices of the 3d inst. state that the Sumter was still at that port, and the Cascarora remainod at Al- 6 ecires. ‘The United States ganboat Kaorsage crossed over to Gibraltar on the 20th of March, and romained there two days, when she proceeded to Algeciras and sailed for the wes ‘The schooner Sophia, Captain Stephenson, had arrived at Liverpool from Chariestou, which port sbe left in company with sundry other veasels on the 24 of March. Her cargo consisted of 912 bales of cotton, 108 boxes and 92 kegs of tobacco, aud 222 barrels of rosin. TER SAFETY OF THR UNION SEILI ope ' {From the Lon it (government organ), 5 Fortune continues te Hp the federal arms. Both in Virginie. and North Carolina the Southern forces have been compelled to retire with loss. If victories such as those woich have been announced to us could, even in conjunction with those which have them, lead us to anticipate a apeedy termination of the civil war, or could raise hopes of that happy consummation looked forward to by the citizeus of the North, of once more see- ing united in the same republic its now divided portions, we should hail with satisfaction the. intelligence we have received. Tae experience of the past, as disclosed to us in ‘the pages of history, forbids ua eotertaining such . * * hopes. We therefore, whilst caknowledging the prowess of the Yorthern arms, cannot dut deplore a8 objectiess the suc- cossea which have been gained. Are the Southora States to be heid by armed force in the event of the federai troops redneing them to subjection, or will they once more willingly coalesce with their oouquerors to form a single pation? if these victories are to be followed up, it must be in the hopes of securing this much wished for audjection; bal, subsequentiv, let us ask, how are the fruiis to be retainedy We doubt if, even at New York or Washington, ‘here are any to be found who seriously immagine that the millions, both white and black, freo men and slaves, who compose the population of the Southern States, could be held in sub- mission for any length of time. And if not, to what end the projected conquest of the country? But if the Southern States are not to be held by pure military force, willthey, when they find the tide of fortune decidedly adverse, capitulate and return once more to that govern- ment f) which the seceded? Weare told by the supporters of the Union (hat they will. Butif such a contingency i# probable, will the probability be much in- croased by the dateats which (hey aro uow so frequently made to sult the fewiings engendered by the de. hoir forts and their ships, euch ly ind) thom to joim hands ia wer brethren’ We are inclined t yaud im @nch additinal baitle which we re cord we only see another proof added that thy severance between {fe North ond South is fia! ond irrevorabie. GENERAL M'CLBLLAN'S ARMY--IfS COMMANDERS AND PROSPECTS. London Times, April 8. } ss . r +” ‘ ‘Tbe federais are (ighiiug their way down the Mizsis sippi just as they are making incursions frotm the coast, and the doubtful attack we hear of near Memphis is one in woich again tneir naval supremacy aud their supe rior resources give them a right to v ‘Tho last new laad victory, however, startles us vaiher by its ocality than by iis magnitude. While we hear of federal o uy distant States it seoms tha ¥ W resist am attack and to ’ {From thi ’ American west oF py and, if the souherners are in @arnest nut to be rato sneres, phe thernes must do more thua keep thin reach of (heir gumboate, This is what the army of the Potomac is pow aboutto attempt. In addition to the various expedi’ions witch are creating diversions {rom (he sea upon Ube @ast au eCiwinn is new ang with an army of $0,000 in fantey, 4,000 cavalry aud 100 yans. This is the rosutt of f ihe North and allof the mountain of To clothe and pay and with the nthe west, ment of the iast this army weil ettec wow Lo seo What South ought to ve ive to withstand ii. It arch on till it hiadsan ewmy, and to crasb him wherever it finds him. All the armani f Licope use bem owen lo the invaders—eoery means of supply ia: leet cloted to the. invaded if they do not now sure . They are a ¥ armed anv dis” pila , pulation, The state o¢ that army, as it 18 deseribed by our ond ant he sea. Yet the ce \ Washington or a ¥ ie. Up ti enterprise, wap! improcement of 4 to have no Faith ei .and if they get the t “tied with what they have done, . This is war as wer is om inonplace, Cautious oficers; but euch a tna of genius, At! Tt is time for We vhall see ved vetween Mavassas aad Richmor Mer. TO NeW YORK CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. Mr. Bright, M. #., bas returned the following reply to the address (rom she New York Chamber of Commerce:— Loxnon, April 4, 1862. ugh the hands of the United States, your jon nan wioUs- (ue Chanaber of Commerce of the State of athe 6th of March. | wish you to convey 'o tbe eminent body of gertiemen over whom yon preside the expression of my semse of (be honor they have con- ferred upon me, aud of the p'exsure which it gives me to Know (uat the course I have takea in referer to the events whic! @ how passing Nh your eountry has met with the warm approval of those whom they represent. [ aceept (heir most kind resolution, not only as honor- elf, Dot as R manifestation of triendly feeting (majority of my countrymen, whose true Hp Lone! i bel ! niareprereuted wh % elves or i miah they « ane glad they earried on by war is 6 op OWN BRIGHT, a of your govermnent sod Ld yf eomtry in whieh men have been xo free and a0 prosperous #& 18 yor"@, and that there is no thay yoliicas consiiniion now in eristence in the ia pe ge which the human race is 80 deepiy (terested ae vn hat wider which you lint. This $8 true beyond alt doubt when applied to the free States of your Union, 1 trust the time tm not distant when it will be true overall your vast territory, from the St. Lawrence to the Guif of Mox- igo. Notwithstanding mach mis jon, and some recent excitement, I am sure (hata overwhelming ma. jority of ibe people of the United Kingsioin will rejoice as the succoms of your government and al the compieie resto ration of your Prion. Whilst asking you to convey the expression of my grateful feciings to the meimbern of your Chamber, € desire to tender to you my thauks for be very kind letter from yourself which accompanied Lam, with very great respect, very truly yours JOHN BRIG, ‘To Mr. P. Parr, President of the Chamber of Commerce of the Stateot New York. THE INVASION OF MEXICO, reement and Differences of the Allte: the resolution. (From the Independance of Brussels, April 7.) It would be very desirable to hay cerning Spain especially, some ratiable in jon; for the Cabins of Madrid has outil now shat fup im an impensirable levee. Private telegraphic despatcher sudsavor, it is to obviate that silence, but their detail« have only testaule authority, and are totally wanting in pre m, which only serves to inerease the obscurity instend of diminishing it. After the despatehes: which, during the last few dave, kayo Bignaligad the garfect under tram } | |" ‘Detwoen Francs and Spain, we now have ono feasing ia the beliet of an understanding not less com- ote with England the casential principle of Britush y, that of now in! tion, it asserts the Span- ish government is resolved to strictly respect the inde- and national sovereignty of Moxico. That ts certainly very well, but it would be perhaps more interesting at this moment to know if Spain approves of the convention of Soldat as kng land bas done, or if, following the example of Francs, which proclaims also the determination to re- spect the national wish of Mexico, it disapproves of and roluses to execute tt. ‘The Frauch government, at least, does not conceal its resolution. It has publicly declared Against the convention, and remains firmly decided. no:- withstanding the contrary decision tacen by Kngland, not to recoomize the preliminaries signed by Admiral Jurien de Ua Graviere and M. Dubois de Salagny. 1 was even re- pried in Paris two days back that a steam despatch boat been seat in ail haste to follow General Douai, who loft Algeria a few days ago with reinforcements for Mexi co, in order lo deliver to him more decided instructions in the son3e of the disavowal publiatod by the French r. WHOLESOME ADVICE TO FOREIGN POWERS. {Paris (April 5) Correspondence of the London Poat.| J observe that a certain amount of error ia in circula- Allies. 1 have no doubt, however, that the Pa of England and Vrance will not be affected by a diversity of views on a subject which, no doubt, admits of varied appreciations. THE AGE OF IRON. Progress of the Great Naval Revolu- tion—The World Wide Duel Between Cannon and Iron—England’s Experi- monts with Great Guns Against Iron Plates—The Scientific Movement in France, Italy and Denmark—Austria Surprised and Fortresses Useless—Honor to Ericsson from France. Lonvon, April 10, 1868. The Admiralty have contracted with Messrs. Samuda for the construction of one of the cupola iron ships-of- war, under the invention of Captain Coles, of which the Monitor an imperfoct imitation. The price is to be £54,150 per ton, including everything, and tho vessel is to bo ready for launching on the 8th of February next, and to be delivered fit for seaon the Ist of June follow. ing. ‘The London Times contains an account of experiments at Shoeburyneas on Tuesday with a gun of large size and great calibre, which showed at evory discharge that our best and hitherto considered mvulnerable forms of iron- sides wore, 50 to speak, almost as casily ponetrated by shot as tf the targets had been of timber. After all our labor and all our expense, after having mate beyond comparison the Gnest and strongest iron frigates in the world, we now find that oppositea large muzzle loading gun the best of our ironsides can be as easily riddled and sunk a8 wooden sailing vessels. This discovery, only made on Tuesday afternoon last, is due to the keen and wholesome rivalry between the War Office and the Admi- ratty, the former striving to devise irresistible artillory, and the latter to build invulnerabl j ‘There has been an immense variety of experiments ou every conceivable form of target, and upon every possi- ble combination of iron and wood, tron: and India rubber, fron and wire, iron and hemp, and. every section of the American Monitor nas been erected and. fired at, al Shoe- , mel to be as vulnerable almost as timber, and, that no chance may be neglected, # target is being made of railway bars, dovetailed and riveted together in the same ingenious manner aa the coating of the Mer- rimac, and this algo will bo tried in a few days, and be yond a doubt with much the same results that attended the Monitor targat. During a recent experiment a tarzet, exactly of the game materials and 5’ as the Warrior's broadside, was subjected during the whole of one day and part of A second to a most tremendous fire; but the concen. trated volleys flew off hail of iron splinters. ‘fhe target grew almost red hot in parts; but no missile passed beyond its iron armor. The Warrior, therefore, and iron-plated ships were jusily deemod Sir W. Armstrong has a letter in today ex. plainiag the principle which has rendered the last ex- periment successful in penetrating and smashing iron plates. ‘The smooth bore gun has a velocity excelling that of the riflé gan by more than aquartec, A smooth bore gun has been made by sir W. Armstrong, length ‘ourteen foot, weight twelve tons, and it was tried against the Warrior target on Tuesday in presi Duke of Cambridge, tha Duke of Somerset and officials of the Admiralty and War Office. ‘the frst shot was 156 pounds, and lired ata distance of 200 yards, with acharge of forty pounds of powder. Th at all doubts: the iron mass was shattered Jato crumbs of metal, and the teak eplintered into fibres literally as small as pits. An incrensed charge was next tried, and the shot Passed not only throngh the plates, Leak, and Usrough the inner skin, bui buried itself in the massive timber that supported (he target. ‘These two shots were quiis coo elusive aa to the power of the gun. Sir W, Arms says that a gun of twelve (ong weight, fired of ficty pounds of powder, will breuk’ thro the Warrior or the strong ‘The London Times romarks that no weapon of olfeace or defence sooms left to ux now o etlective as a large armor- clad and very swift sie ran. srk 1 OF THE TRON NAVY OF BN 4 the London Times, April 9.} ho iron frigate Achilles, 50, 6.079 tons, Uhatham doc! the vessels ave now for the Admiralty novd state, viz 1 tous, 1,250 horas power, build In add! 1,250 horse power, building at z squadron of rection by priv: ware ina very ad vet, 50, 6 several of wh The Agine ing a: Birkenhead fhe Northumberland, 60, 6 tons, 1,250 horse tient, 32 at Milwail he Minotaur 4,063 tons, 800 horae power, building wing icon plated frigates are vow building at “ul Royal doe , the whole of which are in be atlout during the presmnt vear, viz ludoaia, 50, 4,045 tons, 800 horse po to t 3. + 4,045 tons, 1,000 horas power, T16 tons, 1,000 horse power, at e no fewer than thirty sorew steamers now on , most of which are ships, on Pembreke, A state, requiring « » them with fiy-one-gun frig: There are also a Py would not req: be the case with have to be lengt them to bear placed on them. Of the other vesseis in progress several are intended to carry twenty-two guns and upwards, If iron-cased steamers they wonld ba larger and ater tonnage than eiiler the Mo X The whole of the hands have been ve wooden ships building at the sever! eon the iron-cased frigates under tion, five of which will be afloat by (he end of the tance, 18, 3,668 tons, 600 horse pow steamer, fitting at Chatham for particular service, ovdered to be supplied W.th 760 #ixty-eght pounder so.id £100, instead of 480, us previously dir In addiuion to ber deck broadside Armstrong an h guns, she is to be furnished with two twenty-pounder Armstroug guns, exch of Mdowt., and five feet eix inches in lengt and ove nine-pounder Gow. Artustroug, for bout ne: vice. Her Geid guus will consist of one \welve-pouncer Arinstrong. with field e and linber, and one six pouiider brags etoooth bore, Hews. gun, (or short practice, with clevating carriage. She will algo take on board one field carriage and limber to mount a twenty-poonder Armstrong boat gi The Detence, eighteen, iron friga Captain R. A Powell, ©. B., it \e expected will go into Portsmouth hare bor to-morrow, She is to be placed in No, 10 deck, on its vacation by the Prince, iron frigate, to ascertain the effects of the recent grounding on Southsea each whes roturwing into harbor from her trial trip at the measured mile in Stokes Bay. The officers of this ship speak in the most enthusiastic terms of ber receut formances under sail and steam, and further de her steering qualities have turned ot Asag ral rule in t er, offlvers belonging to @ are uot the most impartial judges of her good or bad it that the Defence ten) again sent to sea. On her trial of speed in Stokes Bay the ship did not steer at all well: she answered her helm at different times, and no reason was discovered, that we are aware of, to account satisfactorily for this defect. ‘To end her dag ’s work she grounded twice on Southsea beach broke the Liq) of one of Ler propeller blades to pieces, and may, whea she is in dock, bea tained other damage ANOTHER CUPOLA MODEL TO NAPOLBON, [Paris (April 7) correspondenee of London Post. Tha) 0 the model of a vesel-o/-war, with a cupola rising gradually from the cantre of tho deck, which was | gent to the Fmperor aboot fifteen months since. Wheth or tho modol in question was [elt at the Tuileries by a | foreigner I know net. It received the atiantion of the | Briperor aad (ho Naval Board at the (ume : but the nower pertained to have sus- K,9L, at | ly a comparatively | j | | | j Gus cond. ct as weil as hig of umprognable fortrosses, like that of the now exporimonted vid not seem to be fully preciated, ial I believe the model to which [ api , refer suggested Oxperiments. From all quarters of } Europe we hear of nothing but the wonderful sen- sation created by the iroa fight ia the American waters, and most governments baye decided on constructing imme tiatoly new iron monsters of destruc. tion, Wo may ‘est assurod that the Merrimag and Moxg- tor will cost the world many millions. By tho wat surely the occupation of the marine painter is gone, and what will become of the old naval songs aad the tilora- ture of Cooper, Chamicr and Marryatt TRIAL TRIP OF A NEW FRIGATES. {Paris (april 8) correspondence of London Times.) A letter from Loriont of tho 3d inst. says that the (rial trip of the iron-plated frigaio Couronne has been eini- nently succossful. Sho ix by Far tho most perfect frivrate of that ciass yet builtin France. She goes through (ie water aswell under gail as by sioam, and sae auowock her holm admirably. ITALIAN NAVAL BNGINRERB ON A SCIENTIFIC TOUR, A lottor from Turia announces that the Muustor of Marine of Italy is preparing to send engineers to France, England and America, to examine and compare the sys tems adopted in those dilferent countries for (lie coastruce tiou of iron-cased vessels and floating batterios. IRON CUPOLA TOWERS IN ENGLAND FOR AMERICA. {From the Leadon Army and Navy Gazette, Apri! 5.] In the autumn of last year the federal (United States) government aent an order to this country for the oon- struction of four iron towers similar to that now on board ths Monitor. The commission was accepted, and would bave beon faithfully executed if tho Trent aifair bad noteccurred, and 80 prevented tho shipment of ali war- like stores, and among them these particular castles. ‘ihe Contractor ia now saddled with the produce of his labor, ‘Sin tae megutimo, the Americans supplied themselves spot; and td) new s them te the Kmperor of the Fronch, a5 on bhis side of the water we aco provided with Coles’ cupolas, which weight only seventy-two tons to Kricsson’s two hundred tons. No ittle diforence te weight for a ship to carry. THE HUGH CORTIFICATIONS OF" AUSTRIA RENDZERD {Peath (Aprii 2) correspondence of London 1’ For somo time past the activity of tho Austria ernment has been almost entirely absorbed in tie con struction of fortresses along the coasts of Dainatia, t- tia and Vonice, #0 as to ronder the landing of troops, it not absolutely impossible, at Experiments have besa mado fulminating and or di- nary powdor tofind offective means of sinking vessels which should approach Lhe Venetian or Croato- Hungarian ccasts.. The oxpenditure for the navy becomes constant ly heavior. Italy has a respectable fleet, and thereiore Austria must have one, A government organ recently stated, with ao air of satisfaction, the number of vessels \d tins that can be brought to oppose any altempt at janding. The coasta are stated to be unapproaciadle, owing to the fompifications and batteries ercctod on al! important pois; aud then there are four scrow frigates, including the Novara, and a total of 800g. in the Adriatic. ‘The morcantile marine now amounts vo» 350,000 tons, and would be able to lend important ait to tho government. ‘Tho Emperor and the Archdukes have returnad from their tours of inspection, with the assu- rance that nothing bad boon neglacted which could render the coast impregnalle; Lut ct the very moment when! peror was so satisfied with the means of def.nce, the mews of the feats of the Merrimac and Blonivor comes to baffle all hit defensive combinations. Plated war steamers are now tho great desideratum, but to have them money is required, a x: Plener finds that commodity. dimoult to obtatn. ly haz seven iron-plated frigates and clewn screw f. toutes. Her merchant yoaaels amount to 350,000 tons, and may al any moment be used as transports. Austria has deemed it expedient to her coasts with bomb- proof fortifications, but tho introduction of iron-plated steamors has rendered almost useless (he expensive works along the shores of the Adriatic. COMMANDER COWPER COLES, ROYAL NAVY, CLAIMS THK INVENTION OF THE MONITOR. 10 THE KOITOR OF THR LONDON TIMPA. Tn your impression of to-day is aa extract from the New York Heratv, giving tha dimensions of the Monitor. Tnow have that paper before me, giving an illustration of that vessel, and also the drawing of @ vessel proposed by me fo their Lordships in 1855, which I find to be 80 oxactly similar in construction to it that I think it incum- bent on me to inclose you the drawings, with a descrip- tion, and the following facts. It will be seen that my first vessel, proposed as above stated in 1855, was on the same principle as the Monitor, having a double bottomn, light draught of ler, with a power of giving an increased immer: sion when under fire; sharp*at both ends; a formi- dable prow; her rudder and screw protected (» most important point) by a projection of ; the only di being that the tower is hemispherical instead of cylindrical, and was got on a@ turatabie, she being designed for the purpose of attacking stationary forts im the Baltic and Black Seas, have admitted of sufficient ‘olf turning with great rapidity and so that the expouse of the turntable became unnecessary (See report sent from Biack Sea, 1856, and The Times. November 20, 1855.*) A rough model, mace by the car, penter of the Stromboli, is to be veen in tho United Ser- vice Institution, In consequence of this report I wa- ordered home from the Black Sea the same year with my plans and models, which {had the honor of showing to Sir B. Waiker and Mr. Watts; but I soon found out how useioas iL was for me lo argue against prejudice and theo ry, unl how hopeless it was to try and mitroduce into tke navy a novel javention, the offspring of practical obser- vations 11 actual warfare, and so it was that T and many others were doomed to witness hundreds of guns and thousands of the finest seatnen that ever trod a deck rendered useless in the attack of an enemy's fortrose, I. was from the painful experience gained on this oces sion that | was first mduced to devise something that would onable us to carry our guns over tha shoal waters of the Raltic or Bixck ‘Sea, #0 aa to get near the forte, with some prospect of our fire being effective. Finding how difficult it was to moet the objections made to my plans,1 cousulted Mr. Brunel, who, after thoroughly entering into the matter, assured me that { had hit on the right thing, and generously added that he had bunseif bean devising @ vesso! tor thesame purpose, but (iat mine was 80 superior to his own he should think no more of it. He did more than this—le aasisted me in my calculations, and gave me the aid of bis draughtsmen. When tasked him what! wae indebted tu bir tor this he said, ‘Nvthing,” for he liad the greatest | pleasure in helping'a naval © who was trying (0 benefit nis country. T aiways remember ie genor rting words, “Goon, perse- vere, and you will succead."’ ‘They have indeed, often choered me undor the greatest discouragements, Lhave persevered and suceeded su far, bat, aina! for what’ To have the deep mortifietion of finding that Ameri ca, indead of England, shorla have the palin of floating this Monitor, which is lo diviale (he recomsteuetion of ai to the wort. Ka. When & part would ib training from the vessel it 1 tntice. tor forts, Aime agaia spoke weil of the iuvantion (or feuces Being at Portamonth aboot thes wed my plans (0 admiral G with their feasibility. thai he gave me every aesistance, and kindly tovk am early epportanit laying them beiore the jamented Prince Uonsort. A | sumnons to Osborne was tine result. 4 ebad ever . | theat the aoces navy, Tho Prince's advice, Wo, was of the grertent | beueiit tome, for ne had previously Corued Lis attention + same subject, nad L was Keeatly surprised ab i nierview to tmd that he was thorougaty | or ny pina ja grateful remembrance the kindness and ¢ ith which the Prince t ad om five uth 1 had te boar p s | 4, ineverything | it al vanvetnent OF our with ail che mechanical detaiie ved mae end, From this moment I feit some ¢ ained a f 2, for Lknew Jany eae from it may bo Kut andor the ince {think it will be apparent from what hus been said aad from a comparison of the two drawings that this mn vention is of Kaglish origin, and I claim it sor this counte [do so the more strongly after Capiain Ericesou's letter Times ot to-day. Bul at the latter end of Chesame I had the further mortitication of reading those gs (rom China, the defeat of our gunboats by ns, when many a dDrave Englisuman was lost wo ithaye been bad we son taught us in the Crimea, of the comrmittee}, we had two such rafts in pieces to China ac se by me for tie Baltic and 1 @ been taken without ms of money wasted | the through our ess of & man mt saved Two great lessons have been passed uuheeded let us t what r gave s that may | hope that we may Levent by (he third, and has Just taken piace im America may prove 04 ty of (aking prompt mex ters Thow propese that the delence } save us (rom future dis i bave only to add wh bing to this f (his coun seame time Gor river ; | aries, dockyards &nd commercial towns must have the | powers vf local defence, and of expanding, by improviso ieans, (iat defence in time of war. 1s must be ree | membered, aw uw proved by the Monitor, | that this el rou their lowness, rapid torping, abd fight draught of w pave & great Siventage in defending a harbor or narrow waters ngainst reagolng aud jarger vessels, that imuet cross At Channel te attack us; and, there. fore, mon the Werrior—of which we have reage or Ler projectors, to whom al! honor is @ t revolving «h cepth and speed) for £60,000 each. And they woul ervally drapule (ae entrance to Spithead agains he War. rior or vessels of that class, or wowld most certainly cither dratroy or avive her away. Then, if im peace Limes we only had a few of these vessels as patterns xt each po incase of war, of the chance of it, with (ha powers of our mercantile dockyarde, out river® and coasts could ‘They rive swarm with them in an inereditly short tim pur Coast Volunteers aad seaboard popu timulos for voinnteer rervice, with ® apecifie understanding as 10 where and in what vessels they Ww have ,to fight for the protection of their own shores and homer. it is of great importance that | ehould make it clearly understood (hat We fourt have two distinct classes of iron reaeels—one to Sapersede wooden frigates and line of-baitie shipe for sea service, and the other tor the special protection of our coasts. Vor both these classes of veseols my principle is equally applicable; it is quite optional whether they aro rigged or not. It must not be snpposed that lam writing this with any spirit of flading /ault, for it is only due to the present Admiraity @ (he experiments ordered by their lordshipe six months ago in the Trusty, which were 80 Kuccessful, I believe thay have been mort anxio Curthor develope this invention. COWPER P. CULES, Captain RN. No. 2 CLaRaem PARane, Sovritena, March di *Extracs from the Tunes of Nevornber 20, 1865, ‘Tho attention af all naval aftgers is turued now to the } to hea-going vessels, and, as { wish 10 te navigstion of shallow walors vy vossols with heavy ar main Cowper Goles Sti ont,and Com: ‘per of the Strom bo.1, who inven (ad UR raft Lady Nanoy, which «id sucls Good #orViog ai lagemrog; has constructed modals of tw> ingenious caits, which have been sent to the admiralty, ai which are bghiy approved by admirals out here Baits of this construction would do immense service im the ea of Avotf, and one mode! provides for the adapta- tim of steain power, which would give the raft a mode rate propulsive ageney of is own, fextract (rom Report of Committe on Commander Cow por Coles’ Rafts, November 13, 185. President, Rear Admiral Sir H. Stowart, K.C. B. tain Arthur Cumming, R. N.; Captain bir Ramble, Chief Enginesr Majesty » Albert. Prenat —ba, lain Li. May, hor Majesty's ship al We aro of opinion that this invention is one of the greatest practical vaing. It ap] by the model Commander Cowper Coles produced that the raft com- Vines many advantages, among which aré.—l. Light draught of water, 2. Bacility Of propulsion. 3. Sim- plicity and rapidity of construction. 4. Great buoyancy ome heavy gun or mortar can be used on each with great peecision of fire. 5. Protection to the crew. Looking to the probable nature of future operations against our prosent enemy, we aro further of opinion that this proposal merits the immediate attention of her Majesty's government, r CAPTAIN G, COLKS' NEW PROPOSITION. ‘TO THR BDITOR OF THM LONDON TiMH. Sim—Since my last letter, having read the debates ot Monday in tho Fimes bof yeaierday, remarks upon my invention and proposal for cdast defence lead me to hope you will give me apace for the few following lines; and allow me first, through your columns, to eres my sin- care thanks to those gentiomen who so kindly made inant ion of my hamble efforts. - é From several lettors received this moriing, those re- marks iu the House appear to have gonveyed the idea to Lhe public that my vesse's cannot have thasts or be goa. coing ships; but aliow me to eay that one of ‘the merits which I-claim formy its i peat what I phim yay 1 prapose to build two distinct classes of vessels, one te replace our wooden frigates and Jiners for sea-going pur- poses, and the other, @ tuially different and smailer vos- Sel (or steamer raft) for coast and tocal defence. I have alveady stated what 1 would do with our usclesa three-deckers—how I propeso to build aud organize a coast flotulls of steamer rafts. 1 now wish to state further what I wrote in October to the Admiralty—viz., that I will undertake prove that on my principle a vessel shall be built noar! one hundred feet shorter than the Warrior, and in reapects equal to her, with one oxception; tha! I will guar- canter ty dévable and copture her tn an hour; she shall draw Pur feet less water, require only half the crew, and coat the country for baiiding at least £100,000 less. 1 am ready to ‘all or stund on those assertions. _ I must asain say that iny comparisons with the War- rior are merely made to develop” the progress of a.oew envino ia wariare, but that tand every Fnglishman raust be proud hel the Warrior as the first born babe of our iron y upon this point, } will ‘only be alowed » whieh drawings are mfite of, and is about to be built by the goverumeut. will bave pros uwion for masts. buat will not have them shipped intoss necessary to her abroad; she is designed expressly ior chaanei sor- vico, and, although she ia on my principle, it ix but just to say the designs were made by the Comptroller and his dapartment, aad’ I have no*hesitation in saying that when launched she will be s0 formidable and LETTERS FROM M. BLAK&LY—U13 PLAN FOR HARBOR DEFENCES AGAINS! IRON VESSALS. I shail fool great tiged If il it mo te Shall feel greatly o ou wi mo contradict in tho Ties the Staaten of anced Americas and French newspapers that the Nashville carriod out bad Ga board durity the Lite potelpcd “Ge rd duri who pibafived yA the Nashville, refused board t even a fow dozea pistols gent to sent is government. so scrupulous tormination to respect the neu! of Bugland, and itaiily, 60 far ag the latter went, ie } but they were the Hie did take out two Blakely ica, an the so armament sem he had brought from. “ininap hi readers it may interest your toknow tnat the Morri- mao cactied seven Sad a balr ich rifled cannon, whic throw bolts weighing 120 pounds, the. of powder being twenty-one pounds. The of the! were eleven inches in See but ‘direw round abot only ing 180 pounds, and the powder was pounds. An ordinary rin ‘would have, methane oe pee ileal nd Pierced Dott sides of an Congress and Curl venture thiak, there- i foro, that. 0f-200-pounders are in error im ‘supposing that guns of that size can injure an icon-plated vessel y ‘To defend a harbor against a Merrimac or Monitor shuuld myself like either a steam ram,carrying vo non and bo masts, or else a lighter and faster ship, vying only one or two guns, whose shot could the side of any armor-plated ship afloat. ‘cannot believe any shot of less than seven pounds (and that to De fired with at feast eighty of gunpowder) can do thig, If 1 am right, then, armed with one hundred pounders would 'be @ match crush one pounders ag three hundred pounders; she can fire each one hundred pounder three tines a3 fast as eaoh three hundred pounder; and each one hundred pounder has forty per cont more chance of entering a port hole than a three hundred pounder, making an advantage of twelve to one im favor of one hundred pounders. On the other H emay admit that @ three hundred pound shot would killa man three times as effectually ag a one bua- dred pounde: 8 Sir William Armstrong is not likely to produce a hundred pounder for some time—the moveable breach piece would weigh one thousand pound: has no choice that { can see but to provide herself with sloam rams, or make arrangements to ransom her sea- porte. ‘tt. A. BLAKELY. —i do not at all wish to underrate the Warrior and wes, or Catain Coles’ shigs as engines of offence. I y say that similar ships will bombard towns in (oial disregard of their presence, THK IRON-PLATED NAVY OF NAPOLBON--WMAt THOUGHT OF WOODEN WAR Sura. {rom Ga ignani’s Messenger, April 4.) ‘the irva-piated frigate Invincible has arrived at Touloo, bavieg on board Prince Oscar of Sweden, travelling under the Bame of Count ae Rosendahl. The Prince is to remaim days at Toulon, in ordor to visit: the maritime es- ishmouts, {From 6 Messenger, April 5. Prince Orcar, of Sweden, the day after his arrival at Toulon, visited the naval barracks of the arseaal at Mou- anperial yacht LAigie,and the military port, iis of Which he inspected with great minute- following morning he was to go on board 18 line.of-battie ship, and proceed on her to the Isles d'Hyeves. «(The object in selecting that vessel,’’ ays the Semaphore, “is, hat the Prince shall have an oF seeing the three lnest spacimans of French hitecture. “First, the iron-cased frigate Iuvia- ght hie Royal Highness from Nice to next, the Ville de Paris, a magnificent specimen vessel Lransformed iio & serew, aud lastly, at Iles d’Hyeres, che Admiral’sship La Bretagne, whieh vess was amionih back oneof the most powerful machines of war, tate. tiaber cess were: (aught something of, aad vhch ves not the Jess remaut a splondid line-of-battle THE iNON- ARMORED PLEETS OF THB CONTINENT. (Vienna (March 19) correspundence of Loudon Times.} The Austrian feet. its progress and prospects, have lately been the @et of con able discussion in hews- vipers and pamph: From somoof these it appsars thatat the commencement of the present year it nun- Dered 768 gens, and included four scrow frigates (with the Novara, which be fitted with a sero), ‘that, the Austrian commercial pavy consisted of 330,000 tons of shipping. Ja the other hand, and on the same Austfian authori- Italian navy numbers 1,409 gang, with oleven ew ivigates, hus. ceca iron-plated jrigates building, and ‘hough this is said lo be rather ‘over-stated) 700,000 sof merchant vessels. ‘The vpiniom finds favor with that Austria would do better to rely on coast forti- floutions and batteries—far less costly than iron-plated frigates—than to expend encrmous sims in getting up @ @l pavy, which she will find itextromely dificult, if mot imp bie, to maintain ot 1 that of Italy OPINIONS OF THE BRITISH PRESS jFrom the condom (imes, Avril 7.) Monitor and Merrimac ing enabling it to cope Nobody pretends to say that are good sen-going shipa, or desirable models for us to foow, What wehave veen taught by the American pi@ is not the relative efficiency of one class of iron as compared with another, Out the absolte and vals seperterity of any iron ship, loner im cl, to any woulen ship of ships, however detects remarked tn the American mo. 4 make the general case so much the +. If m mere maxusiift like the Merrimac, y extemporiwed with imperfect means on the of the moment, coult destroy the test defy the stirmest forts of the federal Specimen of the + If & cheap and hail seaworthy Mou itor—the first experiment of her projector: g (he Merrimac to bay, whas may not be ther trial? . the first ap. pearance of an iron-ceted frigate on the See would, except cilental appear ships peri spur snips and government, What would a frat ra bimes OL ae battery like t 9 of doubling afew bare o Ta.lway iron deck can hari!y bo foreseen which had a Friday's deba' at Fortress Mooroe. A)l eyes are straining for, all (houghis are (uring on, auother sortie of that tremen- dous Gestroyer, the Merrimac. Neither the for- tress Nor the Monitor coud save the flotiiia of woodem vessels (rom destfoetion, nor the camps from belt shelled.” That is * +k of the performances antici- pated from & sing. ved se when mat inst w wooden med with onorme us and a floating rable as herself, a the spot, tue, 21 tajued, ab the place were the exper id by bie people who saw it. Ib worl oF miucie ‘of our wood money , We are told, to cover 4 wage with iron pilates. if we consider that a ered would stand in exw the same relation to all her uncovered consorta that the Merrimac cecupies to (he. federal flotilia, we shall coadude (hat the time and mo- ney required for the operation nad better be applied we haul the leet of a single day The Secretary of the Admiralty assures us that if we nut forward our energies" we could very soon ‘There 14 Dot a doubt of te; but ‘glee wore lik it t9 but a on what w “a put forward tn the rig weeks ago that Lord C. Pi pall of the Admiralty authoriti y designed to ccdevowe their best energies” bs @ particular ciags of men- of war built entirely of wood: and when we were told by gic GOOrKs Lewis, ab LUO Doginn ing of last week. that vere