ENGLAND'S NAVY.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XI, Issue 125, 26 January 1876, Page 4

ENGLAND'S NAVY.

; >^ "The following ia from tbe London df> the ; i; - ivThe unfortunate Admiralty •Bpar'aV is again io trouble. Iv: the Eaatera coinpl^Cßtip^ which is a staWii.ing diah,/and the^reports of the Prince ofv Waleß*progress;., in. f lqdia} their,; little shortoonamings were .falling into the background, whea).an ; : unfortunate contretemps has opqe more plunged my Lords rintp.v^hdT^kttr^'^.Thie" Iron Duke, the : recently-Ben t.the.Yan--V guard to the bottom,- haß narrowly ; ; escaped the distinction of" adding one . more p v^seLto the list ofoursubrnarine 4 Da^^thWaiJditioiJL being herself In ■ broad day I bht, in a calm aea, -within a^iWoi^iße 'port of ; Piymouth. an ! d ot •k thl^^mWa)^ • nagship, and : wKiW engageiintothe very Biiinple? process of irying her machinery over the oaea%,i i^r^d?miliß,||he|lrpn Diike^jUibut^en^ -to tbV bottom. OwiDg to the stiffness ;, of the}- eprioga of the Bluipe-valves .■■.v^wKich^•feed.:. ; 'tjf»'e'- ! con densers With,, seawater, they could not be closed, and '-;'■'^ in^rißhbrti4iqtiej^,tbe,f water^asr four \ inches above the stoke-hoj[e| plates. r "_ : this i "juncturgj ; . ( t.b.e.. s .Bhip, -"-^-"'aipkiog I ', and as all efforts i to plWe v yalyes failed, the most urgentaTgnal W ; ; thAberVfte^ilnldistress 1 i-Irf-'WKrit'bf -x jin^g^tfii^^^^P^iiWaß hoisted.v ' ; For a quarter of an hour. ,thißj w.as not, , >/ -^een _ by the flag-ship, .and "wheri^ the r* order fire distress/ guns was given, V it^ -Iffi&'Wtffl : •^on-ibj^.^ Alilogether l^it = was a iSst; ' / ouriouePcom plication of mishßpe. Vefry ;! .^. . 1 li c^f ly t h ©/ valVes/were at last closed, •; .y , tha^steam?p^njp/\ ehorHy • oleajred the .; i^hip^f ;? she was able. tp. T rer . ; v tiirtf: l io*p6rt if : The Adrriiralty,' in an; ''V^ : '^bf&pial\coD?muniq : a'ti^D^|>ublished in all i; the papers^malce light of the tfffair^ and : ;/ declare t the story ;tp| be ? ft^/grpss exag•;;gerationJr,Dut they can*not get over , V&fa^'^Kfit^e"'^ ivlmad^j^Anl^-as/^tfiere were Jwdj post : p.WiOT^rn-:p'liarge : pf the ; ship at the ; time, it is not likely they would have hoisted theti signals uttless> : initheir •opinion, there "was dire necessity for. doing so. Tbjs occurrence has happened -at r an unfortunate time for "'r'^tb'effiiA'dmiralty', r for ; had ■ it not' t'afc|n^J^ ! oe) f iXe Alberta-Mistletoe col- . '■';■ lisl^^wtilErwill^shortly .be W the fore! ;againy h wo.uTd ; prqbably; have awakened . littie^f teshf. interest; but now the pub'ifaflaajed anew - ugainst ; our '; naval J adm^istr.ators, will, not be in a ; state.^it^^ie.^ihe' case dispassionately.., r';!^ You/ /maj^ remember tKat the jury of /■ ?; the/firit coroner^s inquest held on the j'/ywtinißib¥4tfe; I cblHßip'n, : ye're tiriable^to" : agree upon, a <yerdiot, arid were bound . . over to appear at the winter aesizeb to ; receiv^ the assistance of a : j udge.. The assizes obmmencje 'on the f 6tb proximo, and the case will be •taken? on; tbe v 7tVA The Vanguard still :i. lies hopelessly ; at . :the bottom of the ; Irish Cliunnel. The Emperor of Russia v presented our Government with an air--bag, i the/ jivyention of, AdtniralPopoflF, aud a whjcjirifl ; ceiled the.Popoff bag (an • ■-•:- otninoua-name for amair; bag), for.;the of\ assisting in 'raising the ' Vanguard.. .. { An experiment has been tried , with^'ii.', /small [ ship, whioh was successfully/ raised to the surface, but .-;": for^riising a a heavy vessel like the Van- . .guariHi* hundrb.d/sucti i.bijgß would be / required, 'and^the . difficulty' of fillling thejtn n vvi^h air and/attaobing them at ■ : "-: > :"HUQjfev ( a. 1 , depthr of "water, is considerable • vibaurujdUntablei-' Tbe resignation of "■: the First JiOrd;:.of v the , Adroiralty is ; .spokan^ of. a f a s . probable,, and it ia said colleagues on the Board : are at loggerheads.' On; the" re-assem-bliog,.off Parlhunent the conduct of our naval adujinlatratioD will be the "burn- -■-.;■ ing question" of the hour. • .«