The Camden Weekly Journal

The Steam Marine Force of Great Britain.—Great Britain has upwards of two hundred and fifty ocean steamers of ample tonnage which she can use in any necessity growing out of the present war. In the possession of these steamers lies a great element of her strength as a maritime power. The Liverpool Journal furnishes an interesting article on the magnitude of this steam marine power. The "Guard Company," could alone furnish nine powerful paddle-wheel ships, with a tonnage of 18,500 tons, and a horse power equal to 7,150. Each ship could carry a regiment of the line in twenty-one days to the Cape of Good Hope, and in much less time to the Baltic or the Black Sea. Those in port could be made ready in twenty-four hours' notice. The four screw steamers of the Liverpool and Philadelphia line are also taken into account, possessing 8,306 tons, and 1,150 horse power.

Then there are enumerations in favor of the Pacific line, being 6,300 tons, and 1,400 horse power; the six of the Liverpool and Constantinople line, 6,600 tons, and 1,053 horse power; the four of the South American Company 5,048 tons, and 900 horse power; the three of the Canadian Company, 4,300 tons, and 700 horse power; the three of the Lisbon and Cadiz line, 1,850 tons and 540 horse power; and fifteen trading to different parts of the Mediterranean, 12,700 tons, and 2,210 horse power.—In addition to these, which will constitute an aggregate of more than 66,000 tons, and 16,000 horse power, Liverpool could also furnish it, is shown, a number of good steamers of 400 and 500 tons burthen each. "With such a fleet," say to the Journal, "we can effectually prevent any Russian merchant vessel from putting to sea, and thus close up altogether the sources from which the nobility derive their large revenue,"—adding, however, that "the most material object would be attained by harassing the enemy in the Black Sea and in the Baltic, and thus detracting from his power concentrating a large force upon the Danube."