, 1863-04-24
FRIDAY, ArRI!. Fl. 1863.
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Seizure Ct 4 ilebel Guubc;lt at
Liverpool
hNuTAER REBEL PIRATE At SEA.
Escape Of the Steamer Japan, or Vir-
ginia, from Grcenock.
CORRESPONDENCE o. TIE pETERHoFF
C.aSE-FEDERAL AGENTS IN
ENGLAND,
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hNuTAER REBEL PIRATE At SEA-


TN H. "t, arrived here 1:.is mo. ling, br;i:5-
ing !oas ta. = !e:r: Icxs.
Tie Aus;1a!:sia1. had arrived out TAs
G;C:.t EASTERN coE!d not be aoaIcd off her
"glidi;o:.h III III: Jersey ausi! "a: 18th If
Atil 1T h;s!i l:da, s., that her G.:part 1Tc for
New fnsk cul! be delayed FIR ,cli days ora
t'::l1':eEt. !lle !:!!:!s company atInounce N
extra service vi their steamers h.t Ye I'll Liver
1Do] and New York, 1ca1iag eycry uth-r Fri
tuy, breinn;pg April II.
SEIZURE OF KEDEL GIEHoAT At LIVERPOOL.
Considerable excitement WAS created in
Liverpool. Oil the Gil, inst. By the seizure Of
the grEboa, aaexanirs: bg tie Custom House
authorities, on SUSPICION that she ly:ts intend.
I'd for tie teI:icr If the I ,1lfcderAtcs. A
Liverpool letter in The London Daily .Tsrs
gives tAe following particulars Of the
Seizure:
alt had been we'll L1ay7a for some .7ceEs
past that o.sc guabnat. ii no. rlor-, WI, it,
ting ont in .o:1t Of the snin,r Lncas iu Liver
pool, Ind those cnlt lcycd about .lsen lnAlc
t llo kecEe1 nf 1!,e lies iaat;on tur which ta:y
! were intended, Cn shc f:scts coul;a. +. 1il=
knowledge OF Nr. Dudley, the United S:1F..4
coneul ct Liverpool: he 1T o:lcc Communicated
with the +A;isc: icau miuiS.c1 in London, and
the result w*s HAT Inquiries were Instituted
into the wie'!e Of the prececd.,., Ieariag
THESE Vessels ib9Efries to have been SO FIR
eccccssiul that the British Government seut
Gown orders to seize tte vessel, and 1t all
carly Eous yrstrr!a; morning April 81 AIr. Z.
Morgan, tic u the Custom, surveyors, vent
OH btc'd the AicNaisdrl--iliat being, li:a..
.av.' 'ir first christening Of the guubolt, rs
10 Goult Lad Il: got cl.:7 off, she wou!d Ia7e
under@"nc :c-cltistcaing-anl took posses
sion Of Lcr.
The Alexandra is 4 wooden screw steamer
Of about one hundred and twenty tons, and
q very fine model. STE w:s built by Mcssrs.
Miller Il Co., Of the svuth End, for Messrs.
Frazer, Trenholm u Co., of Liverpool, the
*'dciositaries' i'll Lirerpoal lin conjunction
with A1r. James S;epcv] of the Confederate
government at TIT lime the vessel was
scized she was lying in The Toxtetf1 dock, a
quiet ut.sfthc-Way place.
in iron ship building firm, near the BALD
er6 Of the Alexandra, llAve II large iron cuu-
boat Of abutt twelve hundred ion, on the
stocks ftr The Confederate Government, but
il is no" s:ated t!4lt our Government has is
sued instructions to the officials here, that in
I'll cs'< cs where there is the slightest suspicion
that ships arc being built here for other than
Ieutra! powers, they are to seize such vessels
and await the decisions Of tho legal aut1orI.
tics
Since writing the above we llaye heard that,
although there was every appearance Of fit
tiEgs vi for EuEe, there We're actually no
guts en- board the Alexandra. The vessel,
h0Teycr, Is now in charge ofgoycrnlucnt OIL
c!cls. and no doubt the Investigation which is
to take place, will elucidate whether there
were guns Oh board or not. The excitement
among the gentlemen Of Southern procliyities
is very great
The London Ao,7!;,:g Star considers this
seizure an event Of exceedingly good omen,
aid cnlls likewise for the prosecution Of the
builders, who are liable to tine and imprison-
mtnt or either Of these. II, says the Star, one
urtion Of tile Foreign Enlistment act be nut
i'll force, why not the other:
1A1RD's YARD UNDER SURVEILLANCE.
Lairdfs famons shinyard at Liverpool, where
the Alabama was built, Is at last to he watch
I'd. The Liverpool correspondent of the
Manchester Guardian, writing on the 1th Of
Apt1l, says:
"Ile government, In addition to the seiz-
urc Of the Alexandra on the Liverpool side Of
tic Aicrsey, are about, if they have not already
done so, to pnt the building yard Of Mcssrs.
Laid q Brothers, ut Dirkcnhcad, under a
kind Of surveillance, as it Is no longer doubted
III Liverpool that the two gunbpats now in
couree Of construction at the Birkenhcsl Iron
Works arc Intended for tue Confederate GOV
crumcrt. Information, VIC know, has been
received in Liverpool Of the above intention
Of the government
ANOTHER REBEL PIRATE ESCAPED TO SEA.
On Saturday. April 4, a large steamer, called
the Japan, or Virginia, sailed from the Clydc
on Confederate account. She had one hun
dEed nen on board, nearly the whole of whom
{says the Liverpool correspondent of the II ln-
chester Gmieli4h) were Slipped at Liverpool.
at hlgh rate Of wages, and with promises Of
large tlaarc Of prize money.
The sai,lc correspondent says that another
vessel Is now lifting for sea In the Clyde, and
5eAnaenare shipped in Liverpool to form part
Of her crew.
Tic latest tclcsraphic news by way Of
Queenstown, says that the Japan or Virginia
Il nfxrff1 4;s,rr
Official efforts to prevent her'-just as the
Alaba1na did. Another FAST, armed steamer,
Is therefore ut sea to prey upon American
commtrec.
| sulr3C1LD1NG FOR TIE REBELS REDCKED.
A large public meeting was held in the Free
| Trade Hall in Manchester, on the 9TH inst. to
| protest ngniust the building Of ships for the
| rebels, in English ports. Alderman Harvey
| presided. Strong speeches were made By
Mr. Pope and'Dr. Watts, Of Manchester, and
| ard Prof. Goodwin Smith, and tue following
| resolution was adopted:
| That this mcetin: has heard with feelings OF hu
initiation anu deep concczu that certain pelsoas i1
England and Scotland, including members Of Par
lament, arc engaged in the Illegal enterprise O
providing nnd furnishing war ships, aud otherwise
aiding the southern elaveho1dcrs confedcracy AMI
er1.ncnt to evince it, good fifth towards ftc1dl,
power, and vindica e. the honor Of the nation, bi
| putting an c1rctual stop to these nefatious pro
ccedngs.
It was subsequently resolved TO embody tht
sentiments Of thu foregoing resolution In
memorial, to be presented By deputation t
| Earl Russell.
FEDERAL AGENTS N ENGLAND.
A correspondent Of the Liverpool -ue,rur.
has sent to that journal some curious docu
i lnents, which lie gives as " an eXposnrc Of tn
tactics Of the Federal Government and thei
adhertnts In this country" The first Of th'
series is dated simply "Deccmber, 80, 1862.
It runs as follows:
"a private agent arrived here per screw
steamship China. A meeting was held at tn
consulate On Monday. he brings instruc
tons, also money, drafts aud bills On William
Brown u Co. and Gamble d Co. to cove
ESQ, COO These were paid to Browns cash
icr, Who, it appears, pays checks to an,
amount fram =, the agent. Since his nj
rival, Instructions have been given to til
| following effect: ITO take storerooms il
| In Ct oF a,