"We pointed out in our issue of June 2 that the successful attack on the Turkish monitor near Matchin was simply the result of an audacious exploit which inevitably would have failed but for the inattention and incompetency of the commander of the vessel destroyed. And we ridiculed the assumption of the advocates of steam launch attack, that the occurrence referred to furnished a practical solution of the problem, favourable to their system. In support of our views, a despatch from Therapia, published last Monday, says: "News has just arrived of an encounter between six Russian torpedo boats and some Turkish ironclads, at the Sulina mouth of the Danube. The torpedo boats were beaten off, three were destroyed and some prisoners taken."