THE 'LONG TOM.'

Press, Volume II, Issue 42, 1 March 1862, Page 6

THE 'LONG TOM.'

To the Editor of the ' PrexS Sir, — Being ]>resent at a meetinu held in tli° T on Saturday evening, the "22nd February, when consideration it was decided that one lon<>- tnm atllir for the protection of life and property in church. I presume they did not take into conside t*"^ 4 " possibility of that one gun being dismounted 1 ° v . fte broadside of a foreign privateer. What the stnte of iH' a S ' B -' 1 ' be then./Jod only knows ! A perfect panic ! " s,v o«!d What I propose is that the committee should 8e l«+ two smart sailing vessels, equal in size to any Yanko* ° ne ' ,r and armed with as many guns ; a couple of th^^n^ , able to tackle any three or four of any other nation if lje manned and whilst one was in the 'harbour the fl I,ro P* rl y be cruising about seeing that the coast was c le • C ° Ul ' l suspicious vessels; the marines in that case" wouluV* Sn,V useful, and could easily be shipped on an einoivencv * Vei ? Trusting these few lines maybe of soniesenice ! remah], Yuvirs&c, S. Y. D