What Napoleon Says

A private letter trom au mtelhccnt American, receutly in Paris, to a lïiend in this city, contaius tho f olio wi Dg : " The naval battlo in Hamptoo Roads, bet ween tlic Monitor and Merrimac, is the absorbing topic throughout Europc. Tlic Einperor Napoleón has bceu heard to say that it is now settled that thero is do uavy in tlie world that could make houd against ronclad steainerg. This was a sufficiently obvióos romark, perhaps, but it comes with peculiar eni]il):i sis froin tlioEniporor of the Frcncli, wlio has ion-ciad i'rigates wliich could sail direct-h' p to Loudon, if he Ohosè, without encountering auy ciTective resistance, except i'rom the obstiaetions of a. stone Ihchuh thrown into tho chanuel of t!)c Thames. Tlic ]ritish governmept, of course, would sooru te avai! itself of thiit meant of defence,"