Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1863-04-23
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A GUNBOAT SUPPOSED TO BE BUILT FOR THE
REBELS SEIZED AT LIVERPOOL.


A GUNBoAT SUPPOSED TO BE BUILT FOR The
REBELS SEIZED AT LIVERPOOL.
New YORK, APRIL 21.-The steamship City Of Balti-
more from Liverpool the 9th instant, has arrived
The gunboat Alexandria has been seized by the Customs
authority a. Liverpool the supposton Of being built
for The CoDfederaes She built by Miller & CO., and
recently launched The matter will DO fully investigated
before any proceedings taken beyond the detention Of
the vessel The London Star considers this event
ceedngy good omen and demands the of tie
builders The London Globe referring to the seizure ad
mts that the circumstances justified preliminary measures
but from what it hears it doubts whether the matter can
be carried further The vessel in very unfinished
state and it asserted that there nothing in her to
indicate what her service was to be-
The correspondence between the owners Of the Peter
hof and tho Foreign Office 10 published. Lord Russell
says examination of the papers having satisfied the Go
vernment that there priaa facs ground of cap
ture and that the seizure wholly uaust6abe have
instructed Lord Lyons to make Immediate representa-
tion Of the circumstances to the Washington Government
and if there legal ground for the capture he it is al
legged s instructed to press for the release Of the vessel
and cargo, with compensation.
The Union Emancipation Society Of Manchester have
held meeting protest against the building of war ships
for the rebels memorial was adopted calling upon the
Government to vndcae the honor of England by stopping
such proceedings.
The United States Consul at Dublin cOntradcts the
with regard to the enlistment of Irshmen in Ireland
for the Federal army. Representatives Of the United
States Government in Ireland are however said to be lite
rally beseged by persons anxious to be sent to join the
Federal army.
The Manchester Guardian has the following
"A short time since four men, who were quartermasers
board the Great Eastern and who had been gunners
the British navy left The big ship and j,ued the Japan
fitting out at Greenock More recently these qunrermas
ters to Liverpool and shipped one hundred men,
Some Of the got Intoxicated and next day, having
learned secrets from ndiscreet quartermaster
they paid visit to Mr. Dudley the American Conlu who
told them they had been shipped for service board the
Japan vessel fitted out to burn suk and destroy United
States vessels. Mr. Dudley at once teegraphed to Mr.
ADAM American Minister at London, who promptly called
upon Earl Russell and the latter teegraphed the Collector
of Customs at Liverpool to stop the Japan The Coec
tor at looked into the bill Of entry but nothing could
be of the Japan there The Collector them thinking
she might enter the river ordered four gigs
to cruise and down and stop her she made
Collector teegrphed Earl Russell that he must have been
msnformed On further Investigation, it found that
Mr. Dudley bad forgotten to state that the japan at
Gceenock However, when this became known, orders
Immediately elegraphed to Greenock, bat the ia
pan renamed the Virginia, had sailed for unknown
destination"
The Confederate loan had touched three per cent dis
count, but rail- led to from to ahaf premium
The American Consul at Hamburg has refused to attest
and put his signature to notars document because the
name OF Schroeder g. Company who negotiated the Con-
federate loan, appeared in the document
1t is reported that two we'll known American merchants
had arrived in London to dispose of two millions sterling
six per cent United States bonds and with part Of the
proceeds to buy up vessels building in England for the
Coufderates And it is alec reported they have been
horized to negotiate loan of from len to twenty millions
sterling
The London Times Of the 9th instant has article
false and fear malignant to the feet that California
rings with preparations for offensive and defensive
against England probably under the inspiration Of Mr.
Seward for the capture Of Brsh Columbia 1t says that
the Federal Government is building three Monitors for
Caornias and exporting hither large quantities of
shell and gunpowder.
PORTLAND APRIL 2l.-The steamship Jura, from Lon
donderry the l0.h has arrived The Polish nsurrec-
ton is still spreading Cotton has declined from quarter
t. half penny for American and Eggplant other descrp
tons frm and unchanged Breadstus quiet and steady
Corn tending downwards Provisions fat Consols 92a
for money.