Show An lUlllenhliu Niwiirlhjrr Of Great Ilrllalua thirtyodd tattle ahlpri I all but line are either In homo wnlcr or with tho teat which la I regularly regu-larly railntalnnl In the plaed Meilller rnnenn caps Ihn 1M ton Journal The Centurion of 10COO tuna la I the Hag ahlp on the China atatlon but like the Darflcur the was napiclnlly conatruct rd 1 for dUtnnt aorvloc given light draught 10 that she could pant through Suez cans and equipped with a battery of 10 Inch and iT Inch Afro Instead or the 12Inch and 0lmh usually carded by vraielt nf her rlnaa I whllo I her armor ro rt II tour was reduced to 0 and j2 Initcairo 17 and 18 Inches The harped gantlet which Knropean battleships urn compelled In run la In tho voyage ncrou tho treacherous hay of Illacay en route to tho straits 01 llhralttr It la the cuitom to wait for mini rae and llcbt winds whenever practlcible but eirl u In rfr 01 1833 the nw flralrlnai Ilrltlsh armor clad neiolutlon Just out of Plymouth was caught In a gob nail auffered a terrible eiperlrnce Under the tre mcndout weight of her urnmmBtit th b great hip IXROII rollliiK violently goIng go-Ing at one limo tully n degrtct Ors to atarboird and turn to port He captain dtelarod that H 1 dogma moro would carry her completely over This cool ran low but for A long time the ofllrera In charge did not dare to chhnge the vxwola rater for fear that I she would ripaiw and fuinujer Who nt last an almiiinent nf the tale en nhled the ahlp to crawl back to Queens town her upper work war a wreck and her crew nblutlld by labor and nnxlot The Itnulul ton narrow oicam pro iluued a profound Impretalnn upon naval Binhorlile everywhere That II inu ron why tiny have been tc loath to rend large nrmorelaila on lone voyages In tins stormy amaon Ilu with our groat length of pllilW 111 coaelr It la abanlnuly nvowuary thai our flfhtlng hlpa ritould be ablo tc take the tea and luwti U In all wral ti Thu navy department la amply 10 > ffl tt ennlore In ordering tht 1 iiiia t < WnWChllMlta to Join Ad I trim nuiue though It be n tlmo of year when i olhor nation I drwmt of I o3 shore nnJnnrdtellhiR |