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The Daily Dispatch: March 7, 1863., [Electronic resource], article 3 (search)
e of the "290" as affording conclusive evidence of the "sheer hypocrisy" of the non-intervention pretence.--All the facts in this case, and in that of the Florida, the writer contends, exhibit "connivance" with the rebels. He then proceeds to show that the same course is still pursued by the authorities, in permitting the construction of other vessels, ostensibly for the Emperor of China, but really for the Confederates.--We quote: On the premises belonging to the Messrs. Laird, at Birkenhead, in a covered shed or "annexe" to the main yard, two powerful war steamers are in course of construction for the "Emperor of China." Their burden is about 2,200 tons. They are of the ram class, parting iron-plated, and measure any 200 feet long by 36 beam and 18 feet deep. Their engines, now nearly ready, are ranked nominally at 300 horse power, but each will work up to a thousand, which will give them a very high rate of speed. In the main yard of the same premises another steam ra