20 FEBRUARY 1864, Page 3

The Confederate steamer Tuscaloosa has been seized in Simon's Bay

(26th Dec.) by order of the British Government. She was formerly a Federal vessel named the Conrad, and was seized and -condemned by Captain Semmes, of the Alabama, who made of her a Confederate privateer. The British Government now affirms, according to Cape journals, that Captain Semmes has no power to condemn prizes without taking them into a properly con- ,stituted Admiralty Court. He had, therefore, no power to detain the Conrad, which, on her arrival in a British port, was, when claimed by the United States Consul, given up to him. -This decision is supported by the law officers of the Crown.