The Iron rams.
The
Liverpool papers, of the 21st ult., contradict the report that a guard of marines had been put on board one of the rams in the
Mersey to prevent her sailing.
In the meantime the work on one of the rams,
El Trousers, is being rapidly pushed forward, and no attempt is made to conceal the warlike character of the vessel.
The
Levant Herald, of
Constantinople, confirms the report that the
Turkish Government has offered to buy the rams.
Two other members of the
British Ministry, the
Secretary of War and the
Solicitor General, have made speeches on the
American war. Both defended the course hitherto pursued by the
Government and the continuance of strict neutrality.