The Express.
London, England, 1863-12-25 00:00:00

THR BURGLARY NEAR BIRMINGHAM.

John O'Hara, the man in custody on the charge
at having hose concerned in the burglary at the bore of
Mr. Chimera, in the Healey-road, was cm Thursday brought
up for re-raminatioe before Mr. T. C. S. llyerraley.
Mr. PISMO:di appeared for the defers. In reply to Mr.
Hpiionsitenley, Mr. Chivers stated that he had identified the
on the first occasion of ageing hies, excepting so far
as his dress was caocereed ; bat that be wield sow under-
take, after having retested as the =biles, to swear posi-
tively to him by his features, a dincriptioa of whisk he (Mr.
(hives) bad given to Detectlvio-lespicter Manton. Mr.
Ckiven's deposition was then taken by Mr. Orr, the clerk,
sad it differed in no way from his former statesser. Is
erethexamieation by Mr. Francis, he said--I Oat NSW the
primer is a room at the hack of this coast, ee Stherdah
sesoupt five or six other ire, and then stated that he war
the first man I encounteecd in my honer, but bed the
clothes of the mond. The latter was shorter and stouter
than either of the others. I did not then swear to him,
shirr►h I felt ecialideat of his featnres. When brought
before the magistrates, a Monday, I felt more ccefident,
and sirs thee, having thought over the matter, I foal still
same eoalident. When I first asw him he was dressed as he
sow is. My wits west to bed about 11 o'clock es Me eight
of the burglary, and Mies Stokes sad NM Resiniley re-
mined up. They west to bed about 12 delook. Detestive
Drapers.. Marra woe thee enured, and stated that be
west to the Mess a Saterday afterworm, ad examined
the seuthey door, so which great fors had horn used.
There were marks of • " jemmy" outside the doer, as well
seen the dogtrot the clone whisk leads hem the dirties
rear. The prossonter described the eirearestanose of the
burglary to wirers as be had just related them in his
evidence, and gave • dreriptlon of the three nzatistoori-
sequence of which he (Menlo.) apprehended the os
Saturday morn* lank sad honed he bind a wooed
as the top of his forehead, an ire and a half
in lsegth. At the duties-horse wire=
him on munition of having hese coassmodb tart
burglary, and the primacy replied that e hoped
that be the allow) did not think he the so had al that.
Witness thee asked him whether be these to eay bow he
W get his bead oat, sad the ptiesser dried that he bed
been etre* by an Irishmen in a row is Price-street, Lan-
tueleo-strest, at half-par 3 o'clock as the Sudsy abuser.
He added that he was sot aware of the mature of the weapon
with which he had bees struck, and that a man mama
Allred JONI, with whom be had bra drink* that day,
bet who had got witereth the result, had ford him
Irieg is the street, rid gonveyed him to the General Hos-
pital. la reply to Mr. Fiume, the impsetce said that he
had reads ironies at the hospital. The hones merger
could net recollect the 11/0111111111•SON bet Lk. porter did.
Maros here applied for • reamed until today, to enable
him to prodeee evidence to prove that so row had takes
piece in Prithetrer at the time named by the prisoner. sad
the arthritis woe nomads& to.—Birmiaphism Dear Post.

SS. PAUL'S EVENIIIO 861VIr13.—The Special
arm* services under the dorm of St. Paul's
Qtthedral will 00113010000 OD the Bret &twiny in the new
per. An inernioat choir has been meaged under the
dirsothe of No. Homy BeekLed.

At a meeting held to-day of the citizens of this
town, at which several thousand people, including
the principal inhabitant, were present, Prince
Frederick was proclaimed, amid the greatest enthu-
siasms, legitimate ruler of the country.
The Municipal Council of Altana has joined the
declaration of the members of the Holstein Diet.
The magistrates have also pronounced for Prince
Frederick. The Federal Commissioners did not
make any obstacle to the assembling of the meeting.
Dr. Colliser, who addressed the meeting, stated
that he did so with the consent of the municipal
authorities of Altana. The military band of the
Saxon troops performed the national air of Schles-
wig-Holstein.

HAMBURG, D. 24.

A proclamation of the Federal commissioners,
dated the 23rd inst., has been issued, announcing
their assumption of the administration of Holstein
and Lauenburg, without prejudice to the only
temporarily suspended rights of the sovereign. The
oemmisaioners reckon upon the willing support of
the inhabitants in the task of preserving the rights
of the country.
The proclamation reminds the Holsteiners that
the succession question has only been reserved, not
passed over, in the Federal resolution, and con-
, tinnes :—" Therefore banish mistrust, and meet us
with the same confidence we, as Germans, bring to
you. Support us with the fitting means to main-
tain tranquillity, order, right, and law, and to
keep ill-timed and uncalled for interference at a
distance from your frontiers."

The Borsenkalle states that the Saxon and Hano-
verian troops will occupy Holstein, and that Baron
Kcioneritz will enter the Duchy along with them.

FRANKFORT, Dec. 24.

The resolution come to yesterday at the extra-
ordinary sitting of the Diet, was passed by 8 votes
to 4, the minority consisting of Austria, Prussia,
Luxemburg, and Mecklenburg.
PARIS. Dec. 24.

La France of this evening says :—" The King of
Bavaria has received the Prince of Augustenburg
with all the honours due to a sovereign Prince."
_ .

Advice, received here from Kiel state that the
Prince of Augustenburg will be proclaimed Duke
of Schleswig-Holstein as soon as the Federal troops
enter that town.

THE FRENCH LOAN.

PARIS, Doc. 24.

In to-day's sitting of the Corps Legialatif the
election of M. Pelletan was declared valid. The
report of the committee censures the proclamation
of the mayor issued at the time of the election. A
debate then followed upou the loan. M. Thiera
spoke in defence of his amendment. His speech,
which was remarkable for its perspicuity and prac-
tical character, war applauded by the house. M.
Thiera reviewed the financial condition of affairs,
and stated that peace was the wish of the world,
and that any war would be a fatal mistake. M.
Vintry, who replied to M. Thiers' speech, confined
bimseli to the financial question.
In the debate on the loan in the Corps Legielatif
to-day, K Picard censured the Mexican expe-
dition.

MM. Gueroult and Havin, members of the
Opposition, explained their reasons for not voting
for the amendment of M. Thiers. M. 011ivier then
stated the policy he himself advocated, which he
declared to be of a pacific character. K 011ivier's
speech was greatly 'sheered by the Chamber.
MM. Gouln, Ouil!aumin, and Lanjuinais also
spoke.
The Loan Bill was finally adopted by 242 against
14 votes.

THE SPANISH CONGRESS.
MADICID, Dn. 24.
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In to-day's sitting of the Congress a government
bill wan laid on the table, fixing the strength of the
Spanish army for 1864 at 100,000 men. The Con-
gress has been adjourned until the 7th January
next.

ENGLAND AND TBX CONGDYDEA—Thelnternationai„
a French journal published is Loads, says, in its impres-
sion of yesterday :—" We learn, on good authority, that the
English goyaremest has not remained sliest twos the sub-
jest of M. Decays de circular of the Sib Darienther.
Although that circular was mot eilisially addressed to the
Cabinet of St James's, it %%poems certain that the English
anabessadar in Paris was informed of it is • semi-official
manner. Coos a report addressed to Lord Russell, the
latter sent to Lard Cowley • reply, stating that
the English government. while abstaining from
takiog part i• • conference the utility of which
appeared to it may doubtful, would regard a nuesting
of the representatives of the great powers not only without
opposition but eyes with satisfactioo. The Leash minis-
ter added that that satisfaction would be still greater if the
meeting led to good results."

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PROP )BKD Ruts CONIZIENCIL —lt is intended
to bold a conference in the Hall of King's Oollege, on the
12th of January end two following days, in order to amble
theme who are interested in rifle shooting to consider the
management of ride matches, mire meetings, and other
competitions, to impart ialonnation es to the apparates and
weapons employed, the targets, marking. lead scoring, and
the various adjuncts of ride shootleg, es well lee to disease
the arrangemeate sad regidatiose whieli have her approved
by experseee, or are suggested as further isprovisiesta
It is not proposed at these meetings to attempt to decide the
questions which will be discussed, or to ambivalent)), premed-
imp by resolutioaa, bet to elicit se moth Worming as m
possiWe es the subject of ride pranks, sad ia a newer
tosimilar that parer.' by the Society of Arts, the United
Santos lastitutlea the British Areceiatkra the Social
Seisms Assiatice, sad ether bodies in their several depart-
meets. All the suggestions will be summed up sad:
bo-
died in a men Weide will be submitted to the Nsal
Rae Alesakeliaa for its aeraideration, with a view to aid
tist body la its Warta to mike ride practice more popular
as a mealy careles. sad mere effective as a mations kiefeace.
Stnurntior's Tie is °noise and strong, moderate
Is pries, and wholesome to ma These dimple' s@ bays sentregt
for this Tm a prime pretense*. It is sold In petiole by 2,tie
ageNte.(Atemfirsneent.)

•
The launch of the iron frigate Achilles, 3b
1,250.150ne power, was sumentelly effected lest night at
flood tide, the attempt• to launch her during the previous
tide having been unattended with St 10011•11. The Achilles is
the first of oar fleet of iroaolads built at either el the
7 amen establishers's, the whole et re hen weenie
• mastreated having base built far the Admiralty
at private dockyards. The eaperiaseat, tireller. el had-
* a large iron vessel at a royal dockyard is or that bee
been watched by the public with oraidanable interest. The
Achilles we. commoner is September, 1811 ; corequently
she has been a little over two years building. Several
adverse circumstances, however, transpired to retard her
completion, or she would have bees neared fully six
worths since. For some time after the order for 1
her construction arrived from the Admiralty it was found
impassible to commence her, in consequeme of aot • single
portion of the machinery required in preparing the free
work for a large vessel being then in the dockyard. Several
mouths were accordingly lost before any commencement was
made on the Achilles ; and soon after the first plates had
been laid most of the hands were withdrawn, their services
being required in building the Royal Oak, which was com-
gflated at the dockyard about twelve moiler elms. Not-
withstaedieg all these drawbacks the Achilles has been
built with astonishing rapidity, everything takes into on-
edirtion, such as to reflect credit on all the arab and
workmen employed about her. Her prineipal demotions
are—length over all, 385 feet 9 inches ; extreme breadth,
58 feet 3 inches; depth io bold, 21 feet 1 inch ; borne°,
8,079 tons. From these figures it will be seen that she is
somewhat larger than either the Warrior or Black Prince,
and ranks next in is.. to the Minotaur, recently
launched by the Thames Ireeworks Company. Us-
like the Warrior, the Achilles is plated with armour
from her stem to stern, sad not alone an each of her broad-
sides. The number of armour-plates bolted to her Ides is
336, and as the average four toes each her weight of
armour-plating is upwards of 1,300 toes, or some 500 tons
more than is the Warrior. For a length of 220 feet cm each
of her broadsides she wiles a thinkers ot teak sad timber
of 3 feet 1 inch, after which the thickens medically dimi-
nishes, until a minimum of 1 foot 11 inches is ennead. Her
port-sills are 3 feet high by 1 footll iodise ia width, and from
their formation inside they will amble the guns to have •
play in an angle of 90 deg.
_The armour-plating extern
5 feat below the waterline, and aleag 230 feet of her breed-
sides rises to the floor of her upper-deck, alter which it is
carried no higher than her lower deck. Os her main-
deck, fore and aft, are two armour-plated bulk-
heeds, to resist the entreace of abet en her mid.
ships battery. The =Ms-deck porta are nine feet
above the water. The Achilles is brit with her leers flatter
than is the we, with the W wrier, which will arable her to
carry her boilers and engines nearer her kilns, and thereby
do away with =nob of the rolling now so appereet in hue
vends. She is also fitted with two bilge kens Truing the
entire length of the keel. 00 the water being admitted
into the dock last might the Achilles was found to float, and
shortly before twelve the order was give try Mr. Laag to
hien her rt. Tlrellheatioe was wifely effected, but on
clearing the dock she grounded on a sendbaok near the
entrance, when it took the united effort, of five stesesers to
get her off, some alarm being created lest she should settle
down on the bank, with a falling tide. Ultimately she was
berthed alongside the floating sheen, and this morning was
' removed to Folly Foist to be equipped for sea.
This morning the workmen commented laying the keel of
the new armour-clad frigate Lord Warden, which is to be
' built at this dockyard from the designs of Mr. Reed, Chief
Constructor of the Navy.

PORTSMOUTH, Dm 24.
We understand that the sentence of the court-
martial in the case of Captais Costar, of the Royal Marisa
Light Ideally, has received the sanction of the Admiralty.
The charges against him were that he had been guilty of
disgrace' al Doodad in having smbesaled lie sum of NW. or
thereabouts, public moneys entrusted to him u paymaster
of the prize division of the Royal Marines ; that he had
embezzled or fraudulently misapplied the sum of 1211.,
being the balance of moneys belonging to the officers' men •
that he bed absented himself without leave when ordered
to present his balance-sheet to the commas ding of ; and
that he had absented himself without leave from his pri-
vate dwelling at Bishop's Waltham. and did not return
until brought back alder escort of the polioe. The court
found the prisoner guilty, and he has been sentenced to be
cashiered, his sureties being ordered to vetoed the amount of
his defalcations.

The ifeetOrciroo screw frigate, made a trial of her speed
radar at half Wet power, aed teased a mesa speed of gi
knots. Some additional runs were also mad* with full
power, and an increase of half a knot was obtained over the
speed of yesterday.
The Moline, IT screw sloop, Commander W. Graham,
arrived at Spithaicl this morning from the Pacific, and et.
changed salutes with the Bag ship of Vice-Admiral Sir
Michael Samoa; G.C.B. She will premed to Woolwich
to dementia and pay otr, having been upwards of four years
in rommialon.

35. *crew frigate, was brought down the
harbour this morning to be docked and brought forward foe
the first division of the steam reserve.
The Jersey, cutter Master J. D. Rogers, sailed this morn.
M Mg for the Channel Islands,

WOOLWICH, Dec. 24.
The whole of the workmen at the dockyard, steam
factory. and Royal Anneal will have a holiday on Saturday,
in addition to Christmas Day, the time having already been
made up by working extra hoar&

THE LOOS OP MOUTH COUNTRY VHSIIIIS DURING
TR! LATZ GALES.—The loss of north country vessels by the
late pies will be very serious indeed. Fully thirty ships are
already reported to the mirth country Maumee clubs as
total losses, and intelligence of others abandoned at sea
seems to be arriving every day. Our Tyne clubs will suffer
very severely, some of the larger of them having from eight
to nine total looms. Six ships belonging to Myth are lost
and both the Blyth and Whitby clubs will feel the effects of
the gale is heavy averages. In the midst of their Christ.
mu festivities, it is to he hoped that the people of the north
will not forget the mourning and anxious mansen's families
is our sea ports. As far se ma he made out either ten or
slaves lodes collier vessels, which sailed a month ago for
London. have tot been heard of since. It yrattly to be
feared that the larger portion of these mallets, if not all,
have foundered at ma and drowned all hands. Upon the
safety of these ships, which every day becomes more dubi.
oar, hangs the fate of very nearly 100 men and lads. Need
it be wondered at, then, if no word of their safety reaches
us by Christina, Eve, that social life in our sea ports will
I be clouded with sorrow. The Loyal Standard Associations
I of North and S.,uth Shields, which will be called upon to
relieve many of the widows and orphan,of drowned mari-
ners, Warmly appeal to the beoevolenos of the public of the
north at this moment; and it friends round the social
baud would keep them in remembrance to-morrow, they
would do a Christian act. We would be happy to forward
any contributions to either of the societies, and we are mre
that the smallest contribution would he thankfully rr
ceived. Yesterday, information reached Shields that a
large ship of about 400 tons had been pared mar Heligo-
land bottom up. Her nationality could not be ascertained.
—Newcastle Chronicle. . _

Losporc Bowman VOLUNTEERS.—This corps bad
a ensues muster is Westmisster•ball lest Saturday
overlies. befog the last drill night prior to Christmas. Lord
Dr* Captain Mackenzie, Nader, Conway, Lamsdes, sad
other off cemovere *served amongst these taking an interest
in the proosediap. In spneeperece of the great distasee
many of the members of this corps is the smilers part of
the metropolis require to travel to and fresh the.. drills, a
recruiting enairnittee for the northers districts has bees
formed, mad meets every Tuesday end Friday 'vests( at
Myddleton-hall. Upperezreet, Islington. This committee
have already °Mesa ewers! Dew members. sad so
ewe as a ferniest are enrolled district quarters will be
secured and drill well oesunenoe. The committee hope this
increased belay for Mending drill will be the UM/ • zi
inducing ambers of theishmen readiest in the soothers
dietricte to bosoms members of this regiment. Football wee
again played at Wimbledon last Saturday by a large mem-
ber al mambas, sad we Ames the Games Committee hold
out peat inducements to all those fond of Scotch games to
meet at their shooting-house on Wimbidon•cummos es
Boxisg-dar.