The Express. — 1864-02-26 (London, England)

YTRAGADINARY CHARGE OF PIRACY AGAINST THREE SAILORS.  LIVERPOOL, THMODAT.  • Yesteetlay, Warren Quinsey (alias Wilson), and George Patrick (alias Kelly), sailors. were brought before Mr. Raffles. at the poliwoourt, under • warrant, charged with piracy. On the 16th of November last. the schooner Joseph L. Gerity sailed from ltittamoras for New York, where she was owned. She bad • crew of six men, and was nailer the command of Capt. Nicholas ; her cargo was cotton, valued at 60,000 dole., and there were six passengers on board, including the two present prisoners. Oa the night of the 17th, the passengers, who were said to be Confederates, rose upon the crew and seized the vessel, tuning the captain and crew adrift in an open boat. The steward offered some resist race and was said to have been murdered. Command of the vessel was then taken by the prisoner Oniony, who held • master's certificate ; and the name of the ship was changed to the Eureka. The *easel was then taken back to the Rio Grande, and the Southern States collector at Brownsville furnished her with a register corresponding with the vessel's tonnage, her proposed and the cotton on board. The Eureka then sailed for but oo her arrival there the authorities refused to recognise the Confederate flag, which had been hoisted. The British ensign was then substituted, and the schooner entered the port, where she was disposed of, with cargo, for 70,000 dollars. Subsequently a portion of the cotton was shipped on board a British vessel for Lives pool, and three of the " penengers " came over here in her. In consequence of a vessel arriving at Belize with intelligence of what had taken place, the remainder of the pirates decamped from there, and the authorities offend 600 dollars for the capture of the rMgleaders. Captain Nicholas and his crew, after being tossed about for some time, also arrived at Belize, but their late passengers had all got clear away. Captain Nicholas, however, suspecting that some of them had made their way to Liverpool. followed and arrived at Liverpool a few days since. Armed with warrants granted by Sir George Grey, under the English and United States extradition treaty, he put the case in the hands of Detective Carlisle, who apprehended the prisoners in an eating-house in Park-lane, where a quantity of property from the Joseph L. Gerity was deposited. The prisoners offered no renitence, although they wore belts with sr. barrelled revolvers is them when arrested. Yesterday afternoon Carlisle, assisted by Detective Lees, apprehended the third man. James Teruo, who had come over to England. He was lodging in a disreptuable house, and, like the other prisoners, had a revolver in his possession. He said he and the other men who had taken part in the affair were engaged by a Major Hogg, at Wilmington, and that they received their instructions from him to act on behalf of the Confederate States. The three prisoners were brought before the magistrates at the police court to-day, when the solicitor eked for • remand on the ground that he had only received his instructions • shod time previously. A remand was therefore granted until 11 o'clock to-morrow (Friday).