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Show for ',J NAVAL WARFARE. ow Is t!l 0,(1 wnr9' t,,c 'ghininp j, -this century, the only missiles used . ships against one another in action . i ...J solid shot of various calibres, nnd wc j. know what tons of these strnck or pa . ' through the sides. of a ship", without , boiug destroyed or even severely i ' .J aged If ships khould now consent , i confine themselves, to the solid shot,i ' though they were C& pounders, or 10- hollow bhot, thcro Vould be no cause anxiety. The greater scantling and , proved construction of modern ships IS-1 a match for even theso. What ts n I to be feared Is tho use of sheila, j these, four classes may now be said t ire-. cniiilojcd in tho Navy: ipf lvirst, the ordinary concussion t vcr lids is one of the ordinary tonstrucl iar- but, instead of a fuse, it bus a strike ere j side, wlu'ch, being released the mot our i the shell cumcs in contact with any hey Utaele, sitch as a. ship's side, strikes a hat cussion-cap, and causes thenhell to L ivili either iu the sida or helweau the dt ery j tearing up every thlngiu its uelghborh icm: throwing splinters about and knoc tes j orcr guns and men In. every dircctloi has; if a mine had exploded on the viiot. 1 self dangerous than oven thi, however, he ! carcass filled with molten iron. On p nor tratiog thip'i sldn, the iutene liea lld.i the fused iron u Itiiiri tofiuns the can iiu-'orhcll, and it break. like u rotten i not Thu muheii iron thus released runs d ap- between the tmiljcra of the framing, ! ) to &r tueir bctwteu deckit, and wberevi on- peiietntes w-ts lire to and dcotroy ev thing it comes in coutact with. A t i of; class is a carcass with five or six hole ve, it, filled with a combustible compoai me1 similar to fuse-composition, which, usl- ignited by the charge of jKuvdcr w in-! projieli It from the gun, burns tier iffi-, trom every hole, emitting a lliuie w es, water will not iiuench. A fourth is he j ton's shell, filled with a liquid, whieu Ou-, bciug set ou fire in the act of strik.ii iiu van fiimgnisii, nnu is itseli caQic r from, set any ship n rirfeV tfon ij AlUhcS0 shifts (aud there w t& ft destructive though, not o gi alone known) ci lo fircil uscajiilyand,1 ad inn muc.liprcciFia(inrouiulloli ami sirtag. consider that a" wooden ship tit ofbis composed of theiiiost- Inllammabte mmls- rials; either scttwncd oak, or teak drTc- dllor fir full of resin,- it.wilt be ea u sctf; dersjoo'd ah experiehced naval owill from whom wo lmvo.borrowcd thq lIo'.by elsssiDcation, shonhl cxclaituj ;"Foi r$Lal 'ako keep out the sliellsl" ,Sa?rt . fhcrob no first-clasji frigate, or, W,'he battfdsliW AVhlch'cftrioot'ilelivVr'i fraljle five"' or. thirty suchilielfj(in a miniii cmcr even the strongest advocates of i Ier.v, shijw cannot dehj; that that rinmbc times ing.thedo,of any vwsil ;in -tho : i you- NavywbiildVplacoviilT fort tfe'. gesof Ieriiles woulcf bo torii cut, &he' Tills, bcotinirclit hnlfJivdrMen place, I the tw.ecndcckswoad-be 'so filled vyitli rausi, frd.m tho explosions that mcfi cot iibjie,, Hvo below, .and, if in a sca-way slt acta ahl would sink froin tha"damage tnd U her hull. Iii fact, tub iirH,t; Hat shells planted in a wooden htp atrlot wouldicttto tho falo of the action ts.the not nov u-tmestion of skill,-or.cour esent eiidurunce, but ai completely ft imi lo the chance, as a modem duel with Au action wil lie an affair or m and the only tjucstfou will be, ,wl ly be haul.dOnrir hi (lag fasttntf The d and lion ol one. or both -vessels U ccrti ca, though it la tmcertaln to which I prao ioouvst happu tu be burnt or suns ultiry pa the other hand, two Troiv rolina frigates.nieet cncli other at tt(, the dcral Arm practlcfflly bf cxtretnely ithulhti I hcjr resnlt.to one hi the ' olden time, e.aifk (Ttiiigwill beofllttlo or no uie,b e.wilt iwo-vcsiels -will hammer utfny a laws other with their heaviest wlid-sliol frcUe If a plate la struck twice ut' or ne but same place, it may lie cracked; If i. the times, it.may bo splintered; if foot ified. judging from the result pf the y up mcuts on the rusty an entrance ohcy, to use Captain Hulsicd'i wOrds-,vhich wOrds-,vhich fected; but the chances are a bund ranch one against this happening hi nelui tcwa, Tare, and tho action may Inst for po"i- and must lie decided In favor of th ihe gunners' ami tho best seamen. , li t for ever, wo could Imagine, our tlnest 1 ta a snch as the .Mersey meeting the nder- pr any iron-plat vessel, akJicrslK ccom AV6aia'lkf orcrie,"slic-wbdta'iiffi jvliich to trying to cnick her opponent', riicir with her heaviest solid thot, wh . iuto jrun vessel, firing nothing Jmt shell own, ecrWluIy et Iter on fire, or tear he deem put, and cilhcr blotf hat up or sink littce threcf four, or Ihe minutes, ff In thout action, and probably without susi pport any djimagt td her own armour, isfons would at all Injure her power of sort or fighting. The same loto wolih ulou mora certainly awlt one of our oU liners. Reybnd two or three In bruig yards, her licnvy shot gniis wou! ; u'ud fcsscdly have no effect on the iron j men, yhlto, ut.u- thousand yards, or ai i . distance; cpiiCuuioti Bhdis Avoutd effectual as at shorter ranges nn sldering Iho iize of the turget, be s Mil; platrd frigate would ever allow her the en pj,join;iii to come withiu ffcetivi with of tier, but, erf n if possessing less i the vvould certainty' destroy her befo 'man camo to such close quarters. j i the Qmrterh Jletietc |