New-York daily tribune., 1863-09-15

The following II Earl RusSelrs reply To the
memorial Of the Emancipation society, relative TO the
FOREIGN OFFICE, Aug. l3. =,
"GEyTLrNEy: Ihaye received yonr letter calling ats
teDtion To sub Of very grave and pressing import
ance namely the fitting ont equippng powerful
roD.poied steam rams. which am informed are in.
tended 10 commit hos;ilities against the Government
and people Of the United States.
My attention has long been directed 10 these sub-
joots. Both the Treasury and Home Departments
have at iny request made most anxious Inquiries upon
the subject of these steam rams You are aware that
by the foreign enlistment act ship is liable 10 bo dc.
tanned and the owners are subject to penalty when
the ship armed equipped for purposes of war. and
the intend to her agains, State
mnnlty IN friendship with Her Majesty.
1t necessary to prove both the equipment and the
intention II s necessary for conviction in public
Court In justice 10 have the evidence q; credible wit
ness.
d" was in hopes when began to read your memorial
that YOU would propose 10 furnish NE with evidence to
prove that the steam rams IN question were INTENDED TO
carry hos,iiitcs against the Government ana pspts
w iAs 0i ssies hut YOU have made,IsiBed that
and - and It j. believed that ~ and so.
Iou must bc aware. however, that according to
rronna of violation Il the Foreign Enlistment Act
without the sildsvit- of cred,fahe witnesses. ne in
other of misdclacador and Crimes Such Likewise
is .hc law IN use. Yours etc. RUSSELL
Tto LirCp00i Port >ays; IL now appears that the
steam rams launched from Lards yards were built for
the Confederate Government Neither the French Gov
ernment nor the French peoplr were engaged IN the
be- paid Tor ont OF the Confederate loan. NJ LGngier
of the contractors for that loan and was also
guaranteed fog the lymen OF the contract with Laird
He has mortgage on both the vessels and therefore
they may ultimately become his property; but then the
law would have deal with this new feature IN tho
transaction. aid " Lanser might sell item to The 5rit
ish Government at cost price and they ere wei worth
tie moncynoi for sea bat for coast and harbor service.
For priyateers they totally unfit
The Paris Pdys states that the ships not
structea for the Frcnsi Government but have been
dered b! the Government OF Egypt as ther names ind
cate
The Paris Moni,-,r says that the Florida. sailing
der The Confederate flag entered Brest TO repair dam
a.cs Her reception according To the ordinary pin
oipies oi international law.
At the opening of the war the French Government
In accord with other Powers. recognized the Confcd
ersc States as hollgerens and declared is intention
o; observing strict neutrality between the TWO par,
ties In like cases IL is the right We'll rs the duty OF
u.utrais permit vessels OF bcigeicnts to procure
means ior fighting purposes, but FOR navigation
Therefore il has been decided that the Florida could
be admitted TO procure all that was indispensable TO
maintaiu her IN good nayigahle state without her
being able 70 make purchases tending 10 recruit her war
arrangements.
Forilas career related by Capt Msibt He claims
have treated al prisoners Of Nar with tie greatest
.sp.ct He says that the Anglo-SaNon was captured
ski, miles from Cork When she was captured her
pol MAS referred the Confederate Government for
settlement OF an, jpst claim lie might have Capt Maj
lit said his quitting Brest be expected that there
would soon be seven eight Fedoals outside the only
marrow outlet but as he had ran eight boekades al
ready it would 90 lard bu. he would run The ninth
had been published entitled France Mexico aud the
,oniederatcs. II set, forth the interest which France
has in recognizing the Confederate states and the IN
possihily OF the establishment Of the American
Union maintaiang TINT an American war would be
uselu to France II SEPARATION between lie North ahd
South be detnit' e!y pronosnceG or tne Cy,eaera.o
tee her from attack from the North would fln her
hopes and her manufacturers would OBTAIN eo''oN'
witch is asolGely necessary !oI th,l. u.,,,s ,ss
good reason believe that this pamphlet expresses not
only the opinion but the intention oi the impesni 10Y
a,ucnr. As 10 the period when the intention shall DO
carried into effect il dcpsnds exclusively ON the Eli
pSiqh' Thc SSSSfircsPondc SSi Of s Dsy write. that 10
considers the pamphlet in such perfect harmony WIN
The known eanings of the Emperor that he thinks u
worth uhe To notice it, and that II >lidcll who has
lately had repeated interviews with llrouyn dc hu!s
following upon conferences with the Emperor himself
Lad rrcey ed blanche publish the panphet
he could Lot have written more iavoraby Tor 'e son
crn cause apoosiIed more insenios! ior Tue hs''
tuition OF slavery tian does this pamphlet
THE CoNFRDERATE RAMS.
Frcns Tie L0ndo1 TSsses.
The question of the Confederate steamers IL
becoming both serious ana urgent, We wisn We could
,d thnt il il also becoming more clear Unfortunately.
il ia l of the grayest doubts and though probably not
one Englishnan in ten would be under any uncertainty
AS 10 what he would wish 70 see done II Is by no means
certain that the power OF action exists. Common be.
lief s well as current report assigns to the service II
The Confederate Government two powerful ironclad
xssscls nov approaching completion in well known
varl on the Mersey. That these ships ships,
md of the most formidable kind cannot be disputed.
They are plated with T. inch armor they have turrets
for mounting heay guns. and their stems are so con-
stru, ted that they may be used On this point
therefore question he raised. But our builders
are constantly constructing ships'ofwar for foreign
Governments. ana It Is only on the prcsumptioh that
these particular vessels are intended for beusefeht
Power that the lawiGncSs Of their destination ca" u"
questioned at all. ,..,,,us
| Such presumption. however undoubtedly Ples se a
The ships themselves stated in ogr a,es t
tcrday, not only bear French or Algerian . n'' S |
distinctly alleged be built On French acc aeso"gs, anu
one of them actually carries tue soansr or later
and in fact Very sccn indeed they will hoist C0nteder;
ate coors and that whatever prctext may DC empo!eu