Excerpt from The Navies of England, France, America, and Russia, Being an Extract From a Work on English and French Neutrality, and the Anglo-French Alliance
Many varying newspaper reports of the strength, of the navies of Europe have been spread abroad. The following statement of the condition of the English and French navies is copied from the North British Review for Aug., 1863.
The writer gives the following in a foot-note as his authority: "The figures for England are from a Return to the House of Commons, 1863, No.30; for France, from the official statement for 1862, transmitted by our (the English) ambassador (Parliamentary Pap., 1862, No. 177)."
This table is worthy of especial study. It presents the latest official statement of the actual condition of the English iron-clad navy, and from it we are able to form a correct estimate of the force with which England supposes she can blockade our ports and crush our navy. It shows us exactly the character, the size, form, and armament of her most formidable ships, and in which her power, skill, and science are all concentrated. They are, doubtless, among the most powerful broadside vessels in the world, and, perhaps, would find no equal among ships of that class unless in our own New Ironsides, whose armament is much heavier than theirs. Whether they are a match for our Monitors is a question to be considered.
The opinion of our adversaries, who have been fighting the Monitors for two years with the most formidable ordnance which their British friends could make, is entitled to great weight.
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