Disloyalty in England Outrages on the United States.
The
Liverpool correspondent of the New York
Post, writing on the 13th announces the completion of the "
Virginia," a new ship for the "rebels, " and howls loudly over the conduct of the
British Government.
He says
Wm C. Miller, the
chief surveyor of British shipping, does not hesitate to avow his sympathies with the
Confederates.
We make an extract from the letter:
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On the corner of the elegant open square formed by the
Town Hall and the
Exchange buildings is a long and elegant edifice of Caonstone, erected a few years ago; and in the upper story are the rooms of the
Southern Club.
A door covered with green baize, and bearing on ground glass the name of the association, gives ingress, but only to the favored members or those recommended by them.
To all others an inflexible
Cerberus, who sits at the desk just inside the door, refuses admission on any terms.
This door opens into the reading-room, a comfortable apartment furnished with leather-covered sofas, with easy chairs, with tables and newspaper files, and ornamented with a portrait of
Jeff Davis and two little Confederate flags.
Other rooms are used for cooking and dining, and present little worthy of notice.
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An effort is making in
Manchester to establish a Southern Club, and
W. E. Stutter, the "
Honorable Secretary," informs gentlemen desirous of enrolling themselves as members that "they can obtain their cards on application at the office, 71 Market street, from nine to six daily." This Stutter is a man of little influence and
Manchester is not nearly as good soil for secession and pro slavery weeds as
Liverpool.
The detention by the
British Government of the alleged Confederate privateer
Alexandria (whose name is a very unwelcome compliment to the
Princess of
Wales) has drawn considerable attention to that vessel as she lies at Toxeth dock, the last westward of the many docks which fringe the
Mersey at this place.
As yet the
Alexandria does not look very formidable.
She is not large, but is intended for speed; and though to all appearance wooden, is cased within with iron.
The masts are raised, and the deck is laid.
But here the work has been stopped, and, instead of noisy shipwrights, only a sedate custom-house officer sits on board and prevents the curious from intruding; yet many come to the dock to see the
Alexandria lying gracefully in the water.
The workmen lately employed on the vessel are naturally indignant at the
Government injunction which by interfering with the progress of the ship, has thrown two hundred men out of work.
They declared that the
South only needs two or three such strong, swift little steamers, to destroy the whole Federal navy.
Yet these same men would be entirely on the other side if employed on a Federal vessel.
The fact is, that
Liverpool ship-builders and workmen will — very much like people all over the world — be on the side of him who pays them best.
A
Laird's celebrated dock at
Birkenhead, two Confederate iron clads are approaching completion, and can be readily seen from the ferry boats which cross the
Mersey to Tranmere.
They are building under the superintendence of
Capt. Bullock.
The famous pirate
Sumter, now the Gibraltar — has been lying for some time past at
Birkenhead, undergoing repairs.
The
Alexandria, by the way was detained through the instance of
Consul Dudley who furnished
Mr. Adams with necessary evidence to make out a strong case to the
British Government.
The arrival of
Mr. Evarts is noticed favorably in all the papers, and under the wall known principle that two heads are better than one, it is expected that he and
Mr. Adams will be quite able to avoid further complications with the
British Government.
The war feeling, quite rampant here a week ago, has blown over, and a good Federal victory would still further turn the tide in our favor else-where in
England, if not in
Liverpool.
To day the merchants of
Liverpool, with but few exceptions, are hearty sympathizers with
Jeff. Davis and his navy of pirates.
In no other place in
England is this feeling so openly expressed.
Tresholm,
Frazer & Co., No. 10 Welford Place, are notoriously a rebel firm.
Yet they know how to make a good thing out of their Confederate friends, for when the
Confederate loan was at a premium, a few weeks ago, they prudently sold out their bonds, making as nice a speculation as ever gladdened the heart of a Wall street broker.
James Spence is also a Confederate agent.
Thomas Bold is a shipper of
Liverpool whose name loyal
Americans should learn.
He it was who built the
Virginia as a Confederate pirate,
Lieut. Maury furnishing the funds.
Chappell,
Jones & Co., of 28 Chappell street, recruited the crew from the
Seamen's Home, telling them they were wanted for a trading vessel bound for
Singapore.
Peter Denny, of
Dumbarton, had a good deal to do with this pirate, which carries nine new guns.
When off the north coast of
France the
Virginia or
Japan, (for that is the name under which she cleared for
Singapore,) received ammunition and arms brought her by the British steamer
Atar, and her crew were informed of her piratical object and the
Confederate flag unfurled.
Twenty-seven of the men refused to sign the articles, and were taken back to
England by the Atar, while those who consented to serve received £10 bounty and £1 a month extra wages.
The articles were for three years or during the war with the
United States.
The crew were provided with a sort of blue uniform.
Mr. Underwood, our Consul at
Glasgow, had notified
Mr Adams of his suspicious in regard to the
Japan or
Virginia, but the
British Government refused to take any measure to stop her without positive proof.
After she had escaped the Secessionists here at once started a lying tale involving
Mr. Dudley, the
American Consul at
Liverpool, charging him with having telegraphed the information unintelligibly to our Legation at
London; but this was far from the truth, for it was
Mr. Underwood, and not
Mr. Dudley, who telegraphed, and the latter was with
Mr. Adams when the dispatch — perfectly correct and intelligible — arrived.
Yet the false story was sent over the
Atlantic and carefully circulated by such papers as the Liverpool
Mercury. 
