THE ARMY AND NAVY.
I ought perhaps to mention that the British navy is described by the Admiralty as in a very favourable condition. We have thirty armed ships — armour-plated— all but reudy, and we are building four swift ships, on the Alabama principle, whose terrible power is to be in their speed. We are also to have a large ship on Captain Cowper Coles's principle, with the turret, for though the Royal Sovereign, which is bo equipped, gave no fair play to the invention, she is nevertheless, according to Captain Sherard Osboroe, the best vessel in the Queen's service. Also, we are to have some new docks, calculated for the reception of the new class of ships. The Admiralty report sounds satisfactorily enough, and though many of the item* have been pulled to pieces by hostile critics, Parliament has felt satisfied, and has voted as desired. The condition of the British army is even more gratifying, according to Lord Hartington. . The condition of the British Volunteers will be splendidly illustrated on Eatter Monday, when there will be held the great Volunteer Review on Brighton Downs. —Home News.
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Evening Post, Issue 94, 29 May 1865, Page 3
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188THE ARMY AND NAVY. Evening Post, Issue 94, 29 May 1865, Page 3
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