THE PI-ICENIX.

IRISH NEWS.

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CORK.

There are 331 paupers in the Youghal poorhouse,
being 43 more than at the same period last year.

Sir John Arnott has been re-elected Mayor of Cork.

The proceeds of the sermon preached by the Bishop of
Cork, in aid of St. Patrick’s Orphan Asylum, amounted
to £225.

A g'p;l named Anne Burchill attempted suicide by
throwing herself into the river at Cork, but was rescued
by a man named John Murphy.

The Cork Examiner of the 3d inst. says: On Saturday
a draft of the 1st battalion, 21st Fusiliers, consisting of
four officers and seventy-two men, arrived by train from
Parsonstown. At Mallow they were joined by a draft of
the 1st battalion, 2d division, of the 14th Regiment, con-
sisting of four officers and sixty-four men, and both
came to Cork by the same train. They embarked aboard
the transport William Hammond the same evening for
the West Indies, where they are to join their respective
regiments.

A porter in the employment of the River Steamers’
Company, named Thomas Hennessy, was recently drown-
ed near Aghada.

A public dinner has been given to Mr. Marmion, in
Skibbereen.

We are happy, says the Cork Examiner to announce
the arrival of Lieutenant Barry, at the University of
Louvain, Belgium. The gallant Lieutenant was received
most enthusiastically by the professors and students, and
entertained at a grand soiree prepared in his honor.

The same paper says: A novel and ingenious piece of
work in shoemaking was brought to this office. It is a
leather shoe made without stitch or seam. The inventor,
Mr C. O/‘Brien, is only 15 yearsgof age. He intends tak-
ing out a patent for the invention.

William Haughton has been elected chairman of the
Great Southern and Western Railway, in room of Sir
Edward McDonnell, deceased.

DERRY.
B. lilcConkell has been elected Mayor of Londonderry.

DUBLIN.

The death of Sir Henry Marsh, the eminent physician»
is announced in the Dublin papers.

Sampson Carter, county surveyor of Kilkenny, lately
committed suicide in Dublin, at the house 68, Mont-
gomery-street, by shooting himself through the head.

FERMANAGH.

The Erne Steam and Tram Company propose running
steamers from Beltenbel to Enniskillen and Belleck, a
distance of forty-five miles, with a tramway to the sea-
port of Ballyshannon and watering-place of Buudoran.
It would benefit the estates of Lords Palmerston, Ely,
and other great proprietors. Steamers being able to
carry at one-fourth of railway rates, the fares and
freights will be from %d. to ad. per mile. A railway is
also contemplated between Enniskillen and Bundoran,
but the lake route is fifteen miles less. The steamers
will be similar to those on the Hudson and St. Lawrence,
drawing but three feet of water, with cabins and saloons
overhead.

GALWAY.

The stand-house on the Knockbarrow race-course, near
Loughrea, is nearly completed.

The deputation from the Galway Harbor Board, to so-
licit the concurrence of the cess-payers in the imposition
of a penny rate, have already attended six out of six-
teen of the presentment sessions; those of Athenry,
Ballinasloc, Eyrccourt, Woodfcrd, Gort and Loughrea.
In Ballinasloe the deputation was flatly refused.

The flunkeys of Portumna illuminated their little vil-
lage and lighted bonfires, on the arrival of the Maguires
of Clanrickarde from Kilkenny, where they had been
laid up for some time in consequence of an accident
received when hunting in that county.

There are 184 paupers in the Tuam workhousc.

Father Lavelle has published the following letter in a
local journal:

“Sir,—I beg to give you the names of the families
lately evicted by Lord Plunket, with the pretences for
their eviction :

“ 1. Edmund Joyce; six in family; pretence—~charge
of perjury (not sustained).

5‘ 2. Patt Lally; burning (bog),—Tom Lally, four in
family, same.

“  Michael Henaghan ; seven in family ; same.

“ 4. Widow Lally; six in family; same.

“ 5. John Boyle; seven in family,—lending Father
Lavelle his cart.

“ 6. Martin Lally; ten in family—his son assaulting a
Scripture reader, when after tearing the scapular oflf Mrs.
Murray’s bosom ; and another son being falsely charged
with the murder of Harrison. The Crown twice refused
to prosecute him. No charge against the tenant himself
—a. most correct and sober man. .

“ 7. MichaelCavanagh ; seven in family ; his daughters
living in his house.

“ 8. James Henaghan——assaulting a Scripture reader.

“ 9. Patt Murray; four in family—his son assaulting
the Scripture reader abovereferred to.

“ 10. Ned Maney; five in family ; living with his
father.

“ 11. Two widows, cotticrs ; one gone mad.

“Such are the pretences on which a Christian Bishop
drives homeless on the world such a. number of fellow
men.”

The military, police, sherifl‘, brigade and all, had to
wade knee deep on yesterday through the flooded rivers.
The bed-clothes of the people are destroyed. I have
seen one feather bed as if taken out of the river. Again,
what will the Irish people do for those suffering victims
of religious oppression?

KERRY.

Thomas O’Hagan, Esq, Solicitor-General, is_ men-
tioned as likely to succeed Daniel O’Connell in _the
representation of Tralee. Mr. O'Connell has received
some office from the government.

KILKENNY.

Thomas Power, Highstreet, has been elected Mayor of
Kilkenny.

LIMERICK.

Mr. John Thomas Mcsheehy has been elected Mayor of
Limerick.

LOUTH.
Mr. Pierse Cox has been elected Mayor of Drogheda.
MAYO.

A collection in aid of the Pope has been made in the
Diocese of Killala.

TIPPERARY.

John Ryan, solicitor, has been appointed Mayor of
Clonmel.

EUROPEAN NEWS.

The Atlantic brings in dates to the 5th from Europe.

The flrmy and Navy Gazette says: The French Govern-
ment are actually building steam vessels at St. Cloud,
for the Imperial Navy. They have just launched from
opposite the Park, a screw dispatch boat called the
Argus. She was only commenced last May.

'l‘hc same journal says: At the eleventh hour, after
more than £250,000 has been spent upon building the
gigantic armor-plated ship “Warrior,” the Lords of the
Admiralty have discovered that she is not the description
of vessel that will combine stability with invulnerability.
The Lords have arrived at the following decision : -" She
is not the vessel we could wish for, but, after laying out
so much money upon her, it will be as well to see what
can be made of her.”

The Times says: The government has decided on dis-
patching another company of royal engineers to St.
Helena, to assist in erecting additional f0I‘l2lIl(?f«lilOllf=, and
repairing the defence of that island.

It is proposed to extend to Garibaldi the freedom of
the city of London.

A letter to ,the Daily £\'ew._s~ from Annccy says :——We
are informed that the works of the tunnel through
Mount Cenis are suspended; some say owing to want of
funds, while others assert unexpected (litliciilties of ex-
ecution are the cause.

The Gazette di Torino contains the programme of a.
‘national subscription for Garibaldi. The committee
says: It is not to confer honor on Garibaldi that we
address ourselves to the Italians, but that history may
not one day accuse his cotemporaries of ingratitude.

The Pays denies that any negotiations have been
entered into for the cession of Venetia, and says: “we
believe we can affirm that such a question has never
been mooted in the councils of any power. without excep-
tion.”

Paris, Sunday, Dec. 2.—The following notice has
bfien communicated to the Paris papers by Messrs. Roths-
C ild:

The Papal Government has not remitted the amount
of the coupons of the Roman loan, due on December 1.
As soon as the total amount is remitted, the bearers will
be informed of the time when payment of the coupons
can take place.

Acquapendentc, Bagnaria, and some other towns in
the province of Viterbo, have been re—occupied by the
French.

Pnsrrr, Nov. 30.—Yesterday, Count Carolyi Obergas-
pan of the Comitat of Pesth, convoked the principal
inhabitants for a preliminary discussion of the question
whether a political organization of the Comitat shall
take place. After a warm debate, it was resolved that
the inhabitants of the Comitat would not yield a hair’s
breadth of their rights and laws, and the wishes they
expressed in 1848.

It was also resolved that all further steps should be
determined upon by a general congregation of the Comi-
tat, which is to assemble on the 10th December.

There was a talk of burning the suburbs of Gaeta on
account of their sheltering the Picdmontcsc from the fire
of the garrison.

The dearness of provisions was increasing.

King Victor Emanuel arrived at Palermo at half-past
nine on the morning of the 1st instant, and was received
with extraordinary enthusiasm. The people wished to
detach the horses from his majesty’s carriage and draw it
through the streets. The people assembled from all
parts of Sicily, and the number present in the city was
estimated at 400,000. His majesty, before descending at
the palace, went to the cathedral, and was solemnly re-
ceived by the Archbishop of Palermo. The king after-
wards received the constitutional bodies and deputations
from the municipalities of Sicily.

On the 3d instant, the king issued a proclamation to

the Sicilians, in which his majesty recalls that one of his
ancestors had reigned over Sicily. He likewise mentions
the election of the Duke of Genoa as King of Sicily in
1848, and the vote of Sicily in favor of annexation re-
cently given. The King promises to establish institu-
tions for promoting public morality and to respect the
privileges of the Sicilian church. He concludes by re-
questing unity and concord among the people.

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The War in China.

 

DETAILED ACCOUNTS.

The 0/'i2'na Mail publishes the following letters from
the neighborhood of Pekin, giving full accounts of the
progress of the allied army :-

PU-SI-TSA, Sept. 22, 1860.—The first detachment of
troops, consisting principally of cavalry, left Tien-tsin on
the 8th of September’, and 1,000 men followed the next
day. The cavalry had halted only a few miles out of
Tien-tsin, and were soon overtaken on the 9th. The
column halted about noon at a town called Pu-k’au,
which was about halfdeserted by its inhabitants. A
market was soon established, principally by people
who had followed us from Tien-tsin. Supplies were
brought in and everything was as comfortable as could be
desired.

On the 10th we reached a. large town called Yang-tsun,
where supplies were also easily obtained, 400 sheep hav-
ing been bought. Heavy rain fell on the afternoon, and
the force was unable to march on the 11th, from the
muddy state of the road.

On the 12th the march was resumed, and a place
called Nan tsai-tsun was reached, and on the 13th we
8.I‘l'lV((l at Ho-si-wu, the largest town, excepting Yang-
tsun we had seen on the march. At this place the oppo-
sition of the Chinese commenced, passively as usual.
The town was found more deserted than any of the
others, and although supplies were promised, none were
forthcoming. The ptroops, therefore, took what they
could get in the place, which was finally completely plun-
dered. We stayed here three days.

Each day’s march, on the way up, discovered to us a
more beautiful. country than that which we had passed
through on the preceding. As at Tientsin and the
neighborhood, not a barren spot could be discovered;
but the flatness of Nan-tsiu was relieved  the trees
and the hills which could be plainly seen in the mor-
ning.

Mr. Parkes and Colonel Walker usually rode on a-head.
with a small escort of cavalry, to choose the eneamping
ground, and report on the state ofthe roads. At Ho-si-wu
General Mitchell with the 60th Rifles, the 2d Queen’s,
the 15th Punjabs, and some artillery, joined us, and the
French also came up. Mr. Parkes rode on to Ma—tou and
Tung-chau and made the usual arrangement for our en-
campment. He reported that Chinese troops were sta-
tioned at Tong-chau.

We left Ho~si-wu on the 17th, and after a very dusty
march arrived at Ma-tou. Mr. Parkes rode on and passed
the night at Tung-chau. Colonel Walker and a commis-
sariat ofiicer accompanied him to a village within a
short distance of Tung-chau. Mr. Parkes rode back to
this village on the morning of the 18th, and seeing
that a large number of_Chinese troops had taken up a
strong position on each side of the road through which
we were to pass, he rode back to Tung-chau, accom-
panied by Mr. Loch, Mr. de Norman, Mr. Bowlby. The

Tmzes’ correspondent, Captain Brabazou of the artillery,

another gentleman whose name I have forgotten, and
Captain Anderson, with twenty Sikh cavalry, to ask an
explanation of the appearance of such a large force.

In the meantime the army (which had left Ma-ton
early in the morning) had advanced to within a mile of
Ho-ko-chuang, where the Chinese troops were assembled.
Our attention was first attracted by a trench which had
been dug across the road at a village about four miles
from Ma-tou. A passage was made across, and our
troops passed on, leaving the French at the village.
About a mile from Ho-ko-chaung our troops halted, and
a Chinese officer came out with a message to the effect
that we might encamp where we were. He was told that
we wanted to encamp on the other side of the village, as
previously arranged by Mr. Parkes, where the river was;
but he held to his request that we should encamp where
we were, and ofifered to supply us with water. This offer
was declined, but for the time we made no movement in
advance, as the safety of our party within their lines
gave the general considerable anxiety. This party, con-
sisiiiig of Colonel Walker, Mr. A. C. G. Thompson, and
fi~. e or six dragoons, were waiting the return of Mr.
Parkes and his party from Tung-chau, when their atten-
tion was directed to a struggle between a Frenchman
and some of the Chinese troops. The cause of the dis-
turbance is not known, but it is thought that the Chinese
\\‘:;IVle(l some pretext for beginning the day’s work. Co-
lonel Walker rode up to the rescue of the Frenchman,
but he was surrounded,deprivcd of his sword. and almost
dragged from his horse. As the place was full of troops
nothing was left for him and Mr. Thonipsou to do but to
run the gauntlet. '1‘hey escaped from the village, and
got within our lines under a heavy fire from the Chinese.
Mr. Thompson was wounded in the back by a spear
thrust, and one of the dragoons was shot in the leg. The
general lost no time in advancing the troops, and, in
about an hour, the Chinese were cleared out of the village
by the artillery and cavalry. The French drove them
out of the encampment on our right, and protected the
village in the rear, where all our baggage] was. The
position of the Chinese was well chosen, sheltering their
camp, extended across our front and out on our left and
right, in the form of a semicircle ; and had we encamped
where they wanted us, we should, no doubt, have been
severely cut up in the night. After driving the Chinese
from their position, we entered a smaliwalled town
called Chang-chiawan, where we remained the 19th and
20th. The place was looted.

On the 21st the allied army moved on in the direction
of the canal between Tung-chau and Pekin. I have no
time to give you a detailed description of this day’s
work. The French advanced towards the stone bridge
called Pa-li-chian, a mile and a-half west of Tung-chau,
and the English upon the wooden-bridge Pu-si-tsa, and a
little to the west of the stone bridge. The Chinese were
assembled in force in front of these bridges, and the fight
very soon commenced. After about two hours’ firing we
had driven the Chinese from their camps, of which there
was one in nearly every cluster of trees ; the French had
taken the stone bridge on the right, and our right wing
had taken the wooden bridge, whilst the commander-in-
chief, with nearly all the cavalry, the 99th, and Queen’s,
pursued the enemy two or three miles along the canal,
from camp to camp, towards Pekin. The cavalry charged
three or four times, and slaughtered at considerable
number. I don’t think that our killed and wounded on
the 18th and today, amount to more than twenty-five.
The French encamped at the stone bridge, and we at the
wooden bridge, about seven miles from Pekin. One of
the roads to Pekin passes through our camp, and there
are two more (one of them proved) on the north side of
the canal.

A flag of truce was sent in to-day from Pekin, with‘ a
letter, the purport of which is understood to be a. request
to re-open negotiations. I have omitted to mention that
Mr. Wade was sent on the 19th with a flag of truce to
"‘ung-chau, and was fired at five times.

Mr. Parkes and his party are still detained. They are
said to be in Pekin and well treated.

ANOTHER Aocouxr.

Another correspondent gives the following account :-
Ou the 9th ult. a force consisting of the King’s Dragoon
Guards, Fane’s and Probyn’s Horse, Faring’s, Desbo-
rough’s and Stirling’s batteries, the Royal Marines and
99th Regiment, the whole under the command of General
Mitchell, marched past Tien-tsin, to a place called Poo-
koo, ten miles distant. On the following day they
marched to Yang-tsiug, eight miles further——and the
next day to Nan-tsin, eight miles further—next to Hoo-
si-woo, when they halted for five days again, until the 2d
Queen's, the 60th Rifles, and some 2,000 French came up.
Almost the whole of the road for these last four marches
was through endless fields of millet, extending as far as
the eye could reach, and the camping ground at the end
of them was nearly as comfortable as a bed of thorns,
being upon half-cut beds of millet, the spikes of which
was nearly as sharp and strong as those surrounding the
Taku Forts, and had, I verily believe, been left so by
the Tartars, in the hope that they would effectually pre-
vent our advance without any further aid from their
prowess. So far not one of them had shown his face
within range since the dressing they got at Taku. At
Hoo-si-woo, accordingly, Mr. Parkes was emboldened to
ride forward to Mut-ow, about ten miles further on, at-
tended by a cavalry escort and the gentlemen I have al-
ready mentioned, in order, I believe, to propose to the
inhabitants that if they would send us our supplies of
fuel, flour, &c., we would not molest them, but encamp
outside-as we had previously done in the case of every
town and village we had passed. As far as I can make
out from the various reports I hear, they first, of all told
him they would consent to furnish us with supplies, if
we would agree to their selecting the camping ground
for us, but on his replying that the general would not
agree to any such condition, they immediately made
him and all his companions prisoners, with the exception
of a few King’s Dragoon Guards, who succeeded in cut-
ting their way out. Colonel Walker, of the Bays, and
Mr. Thompson, of the Commissariat, who had ridden out
in the same direction, were also nearly taken prisoners,
a French ofiicer who acconipauied them being cut to
pieces—Colonel Walker only escaping with the loss of
his sword and a cut over the hand, and Mr. Thompson
with a lance wound in the back. The Cavalry. Artillery,
2d Queen’s Royal Marines and 09th Regiment, were im-
mediately ordered out by Sir Hope Grant, and about
midway between H00-si-woo, our friends of Sing-ho ce-
lebrity, and who we had heard had never drawn rein
after that affair until they reached Pekin, again came in
sight, extending in a wide semi-circle before Mut-ow as
far as the eye could reach. The Queen’s, who were in
advance, were immediately ordered to halt until the rest
of the regiments came up, and a line of battle was formed,
the French taking the right, Queen’s the centre, Royal
Marines and 99th the loft, and Artillery and Cavalry the
flanks. They had not advanced far in this order before
fire was opened on them from some dozen points in the
aforesaid semi-circle, while the Tartar cavalry threatened
our flanks. They were promptly met, however, by ours,
but the Irregular Horse who were on the right flank, the
King’s Dragoon Guards being on the left alone succeeded
in getting among thcm~—with the to-be-expected result
of chawing them up completely of course. Our artillery
meanwhile thundered dreadful responses to theirs, and

with very unequal eifect—theirs doing little or no da-,_

mage, ours telling with dreadful effect, and finally com-
pletely silencing all their batteries, which were planted
in all sorts of extraordinary positions, and were evidently
Of quite an impromptu construction, some at the en-
trances to villages, others among clumps of trees, and
Others behind natural embankments. The infantry then
advanced, and threw in-a smart fire on them as they re-
'0I‘€i1l30d. our nimble and gallant allies even getting
among them with the bayonet, I believe, and killing
great numbers. The enemy fled in every direction, and
did not even attempt to defend Mut-ow itself, which was
accordingly entered and taken possession of the same
evening, and proved to be a very comfortable and pic-
turesque little town, with a. tumble-down old brick wall
of great height, and once, doubtless, of great strength.
The following day was made a day of rest, and yesterday
the force again advanced into the plain, and had really a
hard day’s fighting. They had not gone more than about

three miles before the enemy again presented themselves ‘

in a vast semi-circle. We met them pretty much as we
did on the previous day, but got closer to them on seve-
ral occasions——both tiie Irregular Horse and the King’s
Dragoon Guards getting well among them, as well as our
more advanced parties of infant.ry—although from the
nature of the ground (endless fields of cut millet, inter-
sected by wide ditches, and separated every here and
there by dense thickets), and their knowledge of how to
avail themselves of it, it is very ditficult to get near them
at all. If we had infantry alone I believe they actually
might have had the audacity to close with us (as they
were evidently plucky enough men), but as it was they
showed themselves on both days impressed with a very
salutary dread of our artillery and cavalry, and though
they made several apparent charges at our cavalry, I
believe they were almost all merely feints, to draw them
into some trap or other (such as a concealed ditch or
rough piece of ground). while entangled in which they
might have an opportunity to fire their giugalls at them
from under the cover of some wall or tops of trees,

A letter of Sept. 26th says: It appears that Messrs.
Loch, Bowlby and (Captain) Brabazon, are all safe and
well treated at Pekin, with Mr. Corsul Parkes. The
army is within five miles of Pekin, after an engagement
on Saturday, in which the enemy is said to have kept at
a respectable distance from our artillery ; but the French
got at them and treated them very roughly, killing, it is
said, 400 or 500 men; We had one oflicer and a few men
wounded. The Emperor's brother and another mandarin
of the highest feather came out to camp, but Lord Elgin
would not see them until Mr. Parkes and the other pri-
soners were‘ given up. Tung-cnav was given up to pil-
lage, and the usual atrocities of the Tartars were com-
mitted by themselves on their women, whom they de-
prived of life, and on their children, whom they threw
into wells. The latter was past doubt, as the bodies were
seen when the place was entered. -

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La Gloire.

Mr. Hussey Vivian sends the following account of the
new French steel-clad frigate to‘_the London Times;'-

SIR,—Dul‘lllg the interesting and valuable discussion
upon shot proof ships which has lately taken place in
your columns, I am not aware that any description of the
famous French frigate La Gloire has been given. If such
is ?the case, you may not deem the following remarks
worthy of insertion.

I_ may preface my observations by stating that being
accidentally at Toulon a week ago, and hearing that La.
Gloire was in the roads, I went alongside and sent my
card to the commander, afiixing to my name the word-
“ Membre du Parlement Angla2's.” I received a mere ver.
bal message that no one was allowed to see the frigates

This restriction is, I believe, unusual in France, and it”

may, therefore, be assumed that La Gloire is regarded as
too novel and valuable a weapon to be wilfully thrown
open for imitation. ""1 ,

My description must consequently be limited to the
externals of the frigate, and to the details which I
gleaned from various sources, more or less accurate. La.
Gloire carries thirty-six broadside guns, though pierced
for forty; she is said also to carry four heavy guns on
deck; her broadside guns are all rifled ; her ports I judge
to be about eight feet out of water; she has a bowsprit
and three masts, strictly fore and aft rigged, although
she can set a large square sail on her foremast; her spars
are not much, if at all, larger in proportion than those of
an ordinary passenger steamer ; she has apparently a flush
deck, with, I am informed, a shot-proof house on the after
part for the captain. At present she is probably three
feet by the stern, judging from her water line; she is
said to draw five metres, or about sixteen feet. Her out-
water, which is stated to be fifty centimetres, (equal to
one foot seven and one-half inches) thick, recedes from
the water-line upwards, the lower portion being from two
to three feet in advance of the upper. Her breadth of
beam is carried very far forward, giving an appearance
of weight and bluifness to her bow, which, however, may
be more due to the want of a few extra feet of cutwater
than to an actual absence of fine lines. Her bow over-
hangs, but very slightly, if at all; her stern is neither
round nor square, but sharper than her bow, presenting
finer lines, and with a. very considerable flare or over-
hang. She has a set-off at the water-line, some three or
four inches deep, such as ships of war generally have just
below their ports. Her sides have about the inclination
inwards usual in men-of war. Her plates, I am informed,
are fifteen centimetres (about sixteen English inches)
thick; those forming the first row, above the water-line,
are about five feet: long by two feet nine inches wide;
above these are two rows of plates about four feet long
and one foot wide; above these, again the larger plates.
The iron used in their manufacture is stated to be ofa
very superior description ; the extensive works, near St.
Etienne, is engaged almost exclusively in their manufac-
ture. The plates are said to extend about two and-one-
half metres, or say eight feet, below the water-line ; she
is coppered from that point to her keel. I was informed
that her engines are of 1000-horse power. Her speed all
agree in stating at thirteen knots. She is constantly gent
to sea, and is reported to behave well, though laboring
somewhat in very heavy weather. Upon one occasion
she was in a gale during which a first-class frigate lost
her quarter boats. Her tonnage and dimensions I could
not learn. She is decidedly not a very large vessel, but
little, if at all, larger than modern frigates of her class.
Perhaps the most important point remains still to be no-
ticed. La Gloire is not an iron ship; she is built of
wood, doubtless of stronger scantliug than usual, but
still she is a wooden ship, built in a government dock-
yard by the ordinary shipwrights, and of the materials at
hand. She was plated in a. dry dock, after she was
launched, and it would not, therefore, seem that any ex-
traordinary expense could have been incurred in her
construction. A sister ship is now building at Toulon.
Her sides are lined with men as thickly as theyfican
work. Two frigates of the old stamp stand finished and
neglected hard-by. At least, I could not see one man at
work on them.

It would appear from the foregoing details that many
very important oljects have been attained in La Gloire.
In spite of her armor, her speed is higher than that of
most men-of-war, an element in itself of enormous power,
I have no desire to theorize on the means by which this