The Express. — 1863-09-10 (London, England)

PARIS, WEDIIZIIDLY EVIRINO.  The Sisals publishes a despatch from Brest, stating that the Confederate steamer the Florida has been provisionally seized at that port, at the suit of a shipowner named Monier, of Brest, who claims an indemnity of 100,000 fr. for one of his vessels, seized by that cruiser. The Pays, confirming this statement, adds that the outrage of which M. M4nier complains is that his ship was forced by the Florida to go out of its course to carry prisoners of war to Acapulco. At the same time we learn by the Slinaphore of Marseilles that an application has just been made to the Tribunal of Commerce of Marseilles, by MM. Gounelle, Roulet, Gu4rin, and others, owners of the cargo of the W. B. Nash, a merchant vessel recently captured and burnt by the Florida, for an authorisation to seize her whenever she may be found in any French port or roadstead. The tribunal granted the authorisation, at the applicants' own risk. Mr. Slidell has gone to Brest to see what he can do for the Florida.  Apropos of the seizure by the English governmen of Mr. Laird's two Confederate war vessels, the Pays thinks it expedient to repudiate the argument of the Morning Herald, that in consequence of a French house having an interest in the ships the seizure cannot be valid without the consent of the French government. The Pays cannot see how, if the English law has been regularly applied, the French government can have any call to interfere in the matter. I am very sorry to hear that the French government, after a protracted investigation, has come to the conclusion that it cannot legally give up to the Italian government the five brigands who were on board the Aunts. It is a most unfortunate thing, and one that will make much bad blood in Italy, and possibly lead to the overthrow of the ministry. But inasmuch as I am afraid that the French authorities have rightly interpreted the international law of the question, I cannot blame them. Fiat justitia neat cceltim. It is a first principle that the government which makes a mistake in violating the flag of another nation must not be allowed to derive any advantage from its own wrong. If that horrible assassin, Cipriano LS Gala and his companion ruffians, who were illegally taken out of the Annie, at Genoa, were now to be remitted to Italian custody, under the extradition treaties, a clear benefit from the admitted illegal act would be obtained, because the prisoners were on their way to Spain, and although theshipwas bound to touch at Marseilles it is too much to presume that the French authorities there would have been asked to arrest them. I believe, therefore, that they will be sent to Marseilles and shipped to Spain, their original destination. They being, though murderers and robbers, fervent catholics and loyal friends of Francis 11., it is unlikely that the Queen of Spain will allow them to be molested.  Count de Chasseloup Laubat, the Minister of Marine, is going to Cherbourg to-morrow, to inspect the five iron-clad vessels which have been for some time in the port. It is still doubtful whether Prince Napoleon will go to Cherbourg. His yacht, the Jerome Napohion, after its excursion to the Isle of Wight, was found to require repairs to her screw which will detain her for some weeks at Havre. There will, however, yet be plenty of time for a halt at Cherbourg on the Prince's way to Lisbon, since the accoucbement of the Queen of Portugal, which is the occasion of the projected visit of the Prince and the Princess Clothilde, is not looked for till the latter end of October. The Bourse has suffered a further fall of 25c. and loc. in the Rente, and 25fr. in Mobilier. The government journals attribute this reaction to realisations of profits, and treat it as but the preparation for a further and more decisive rise. On the other hand the Bieck says in its money article, "All the news upon which the late upward movement was founded turning out to be false and being repudiated by the very authority which set it going, the entire reason for the rise disappears." The abundance of money and the good harvest throughout Europe are reasons tending greatly to a rise, in the absence of any serious political disturbance.