The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-09-29
LATE EuRoPfAn MuS.

inst. The extracts from the English pa
pers relative to the steam rams detained
at Liverpool leave some doubt IS to
| whether the detention is official, though
Washington letters say that the Lincoln
Government has received official intelli-
gence that they are detained by order Of
the british Government:
From the London Morning Ross.l
Some doubt has been cast upon the state
| neAt which we made o few days ago with ~
| ference to the steamer rams in course of com
struction at Mr.. Lsaird's yard. We can only
repeat our certainty Of its accuracy. The
| Government have given notice to the build
er that the ships will not be allowed to leave
the MeTsey; and il tits found that their csln-
! struction is contrary to the terms OF the Tor
| eign enlistment act they will be seized as
violating its provisions.
/ trrom The Shipping Gazstte, Sept. 10
We have reason TO believe the announce
! meat is premature, ii not incorrect. On tic
attention Of the foreign Office being called TO
| the character and build of the vessels In the
| carly part OF the month, and before the me-
mortal was presented to Earl Russell, the of
| iicers Of the crown at Liverpool made sur
| yey OF the ships, and some correspondence
passed between the authorities and the build
efS uc result WIS lOfWIIuCu Id tue lOIcl&u
Office, and in the event OF no new material
| fact transpirng, we understand that no fur
ther action is likely to be taken in the matter
until the important points of law raised by
the ruling Of the lord chief baron, in the case
OF the Alexandra, are settled by the full
| court next term, and possibly not even then.
From Z e Liverpool Mercury, Sept. 10
The customs official at this port have not
received any instructions to detain the steam
rams which have been constructed by Mcssrs
Laird, SO that the announcement Of the
Moamimg Ibst was premature, ifnot incorrect.
Government officers have Inspected the yes
sells, but that is all.
IFeom tho London Morning Herald, Sept. IL
We are informed that Earl Russell on Wed
nesday dispatched, by written missiye, pos
tive order to Messrs. Laird to prevent these
| vessels leaving their yards without an am.
pie explanation Of their destination, and a
substantial reference to the owner or owners
, for whom they are constructed 1t is now
affirmed, moreover, that the French am
bassadOr has been appealed to as to the pos
sibility or non-possibility OF a French sub
jeet having ordered vessels of this stamp Of
an English shipbuilder There is declared
to have come aproper official reply from his
excellency that no French subject has any
| legal right to possess or purchase any YES
sells of war, either for himself or on behalf
of Others. Earl Russell, it is said, argues to
| himself that these vessels could only be yes
! sells for the warlike purposes of q State or
an individual. His lorlslip holds that
| Messrs. Laird are bound to deel are-and sue-
| tain on unimpeachable testimony such de.
| caration--the Government for whom the
! steam rams have been built. The Secretary
F.: for Foreign Affairs is also Of opinion that il
| il pleaded that these vessels ore for an indi-
vidual owner, native or foreign, that indiyid-
. ual could only be prlvateer or = pirate
And it is on these grounds that the Govern
ment has made up his mind. AT any rate,
the English Government is now firmly re-
solved to try the question in a court Of law,
and il amerced for damages, to make an ap-
! peal for support to the House of Commons.
THE MEXICAN QUESTION.
! A Paris letter says: ssrhe Count Montho-
lon will start ON the 10th for his new post
in Mexico, and it is not a little curious that,
having becu SO lately employed us French
! Consul General ut New York, he should ar
d.nlt,y recommend the recognition of the
South"
The London Ii,nes's city article says: at
is not believed .hat anything is really known
of tl,., plans contemplated by the French
Government for establishing the future tinan
cial position of Mexico. 1t is, however
| reported that the nearly isolated peninsula
! OF old or lower California, divided from SO
nora by gulf 700 miles long, called the Lake
of California or Vermiilior sea, viii be tht
territorial security ceded to Eri.lec 1t con
tains some sixty thousand square miles. II
aboun,s in silver, gold, lead, and coppc,
mines, aud islands covered with forests O.
cedar trees. Ii is moreOverthe nearest pnin:
in Mexico TO the French possessions in the
Pacific"
The London .Mo,uiag Post, OF the l2ih, has
a special Telegram from Paris announcing
that the Archduke Maximilian has positive
tiy accepted the throne OF Mexico.
The Times, in its city article, says that there
is 40 reason TO anticipate any trouble from
Tie manner in which the United States viii
r.. -.r.l tie proceedings in Mexico II quotes
fro,,1 ht. Hew Yorl, hoa,nd of Commere" "a
susta vi these 2iess.
DEF eNTroS OF TRg FLORIDA AT DREsT.
The stay OF the tlorida at Drest is, IT il
stated, likely to be prolonged bcyUnd ths
limits originally, perhaps, contemplated nl
her commander This frs,its EIln tDo ~
| three circumstances noticed in the .renca
u,pcrs. I.l France says that the niaritisss
authorities OF Hrest, acting on instructions
received from Paris, informed the eunsiglce'
OF the Florida that They held at their dispo
| s,itiou basin in which the vessel could W
repaired In consequence OF TINS oiier
towtsoat of the port conducted the ffofll
8 into basin Of the outward hafoof on III
{ | 9th inst. Woikmen having been authorizes
10 enter fshe arsenal, the necessary prepara
tions of the vessel were commenced at once
: and in a slor. tiinc it was expected the ycs
r sel would be Ct to put to sea. However
n new cause OF delay for the departure
, the vessel has arises in consequence oi elall
put in by a shipOwEer OF Brest Tor t4'W
! as indemnity for the seizure OF one OIL III
vessels by the Florida. u. Menier, the sun
owner in question, states ssi;s~ his vcssel wa
, captured by the Confederate cruiser, con
PEELED to take a .aumbcr OF PRISONERS
, board, and forced to 60 out OF her course
! carry them to Acaph leo. On the ant1ofi'
j Ofa private dispatch l. om Bresf, the kif
, papers Of yesterday say that NJ Menier pr
sented his claims before the tribunal ut ID
port, and, as consequence, PROVISION
. ealbargo has been laid ON tl,e Florida
The Confederate cruiser Fl orida, at Brcs
has just been informed Of the decision con
10 by the Government rcspecth .g her. II
commander has entered into ar. angenlen
W1th ship broker in order to proc ure all 9
supplies he stands In need Of On the 8
. seventy-nve men were landed from tilc' W
J se', and nave taken their departure for I'm
aaau ior Inc purpose of forming the naclss
cs the crew OF another Confederate yeas
constructed on the model Of the Florida. "a
which Is now ready to take the sea.
SPEECH oS Earl. RUSSELL.
The freedom OF the town Of Dundee ",
conferred on Earl ku ssell on the 9th ins,
| on which occasion he made q brief spccc
The following is tho only portion of gener.
interest:
"A Secretary for Foreign Affairs it h.
J been my object to preserve peace with homo
("Hear, hear" aud ciseers.) Yoa may rel
with confidence In the administration
Lord Palmerston, who u SO justly and np
I versaliv Donnllr ftheers for maintaining
!. line Of strict impartiality in the lalnentab