Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1863-09-24
FURTHER BY THE CHINA.
The SteHm Enp,S on the Mersey

The London Morning Post says:-.sSona
doubt mas been cast upon the statement which
We mace few days ago with reference To the
steam rams in course Of construction at Mr,
Lairds yard. We can only repeat our certain
~ oil lis accurancy. The Government have
given notice to the builder that the ships viii
not be allowed to leave the Mersey, aud if il IA
found that their construction is contrary to
iha terms 6f the Foreign Enlistment Act they
Will be seized as violating its provisions
The London Shipping Gazette still thinks
that If the steam rams At LIVERPOOL are de-
tanned, 1t can only be by a stretch OF authority.
for " hIch, Of course, the advisers of the Crown
would be held responsibe @
THE LATEST
Our Liverpool agent was informed on nm
doubted authority, that Earl Rus sell had given
written assurance to Mr.. Adams. the United
States Minister in London, that the rams should
not be allowed to quit the Mersey
The London Morning Herald of the 18th in a
lt adeT, says:-'We have good reason to believe
that the Government has committed itself 10 AN
overt act IN the affair of the steam rams bnilt at
BlrkenLead. We are informed that Earl Rus
sell on wednesday dispatched by written mis-
slye positive order to Messrs Laird TO nre
vent these vessels leaving their yards without
an ample explanation of their destinati IN an,
d sustainable reference to the owner or owners
Tor whom they are intended"
THE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH
Mr.. Cyrus w. Field is amonr the pqssanoorS
bJ The Cnlna. Prior to Mr. Fields dpparfura
from England, everything mad been mn IN train
10 secure the laying of the Atlantic teIecranh
cdDie DelWttu ireland and Newfoundland
during the summer of 1861. Messrs Glass
Elliott d Co, as already stated, had contracted
10 carry oHt the work and had commenced the
manufacture Of the cable
They not cnly under take TO make the caAle
but also 10 successfully lay it thus SHOWING
implicit confidence in the success of the under
taxing. Ihat this confidence is also shared h..
others Is shown from the fact that several OF
the leading marine Insurance companies in
London had issued policies covering all risks
including even the transmission OF messages al
comparatively moderate premiums
THE MEXICAN QUESTION
a PaTlS letter says: "The Count Montholop
wlil start ON the 10Th for his new post in Mex
leo, and it is not little curious that having 50
lately been emplyed as French Consul ut NV
York, he should ardently recommend the rec.
o2nition UI tne f>U,..l.... S ~.
The London Times city article SAYS it is not
believed that anything is really known OF the
plans contemplated by the French Govern
ment for the establishment of the Mexican
Empire. 1t is, however, reported that the
nearly isolated peninsula OF Old or Lower
Californla, divided from Sonora by a gulf 100
miles long, called the Lake of California or
Nermillion Sea, will be the territorial security
ceded to France. 1t contains some g., 600 so sare
miles. IT abounds in silver, gold, lead aud
copper mines and islands covered with forests
OF cedar trees. 1t is, moreover, the nearest
point in Mexico to the French possessions in
the Pacific.
The London Morning Post of the 18TH has a.
special telegram from Paris, announcinn that
Macmillan has positively accepted the throne
of Mexico.