The Express.
London, England, 1862-01-22 00:00:00

COURT-KARTIAL.

A court-martial bald on board the Victory, flag
ship, at Portsmouth harbour, to try Staff-Surgeon Joseph
Caldwell, of her Majesty's ship Caesar, on two charges,
concluded this afternoon. The court comprised Ca
tain Wilson, of the St. Vincent (middent);
Captain Walawri lit, Shannon ; Captain Coots, Vic-
tory; CaPtato Trafalgar ; and Captain Sew
combs. of the Himalaya, with E. Hoskins, Fag.,
as officiating Judge Advocate. The charges against
Mr. Oaklerell were as follows—First, that the said Joseph
Caldwell,being in actual service and fall pay in her Majesty's
fleet, he., did, on or about 5 p.m. on the 2Ulh of December,
1861, use provoking language tending to make a quarrel
and disturbance by twice saying in the wardroom of the said
ship, many of the officers being present, that any member
of the Daces who made any remark about any bet be had
made, or who implied that he wished to get
• out of any bet that he had made, was a liar and a black-
guard, and that he would prove it, or words to that effect.
The second charge was that at the sante time and place
Mr. Caldwell used provoking language towards Lieutenant
John C. Patterson, of the Cum, by saying to him, "You
lie, air • you lie ; " such language tending to make
• quarrel and disturbance. Captain Mason prosecuted
and Mr. Wallis appeared as prisoner's friend.
It appeared that the language imputed arose from a bet
having been made between prisoner and one of the lieute-
nants, the subject of the bet bang the time it would take
the ship to reach the Gut of Gibraltar. An apology (produced
by Lieutenant Patterson) was tendered by the prisoner to
the mess for the language, which wee aoeepted in writingby
sixteen of them, two only miming to acknowledge it. It
farther appeared that Lieutenant Patterson wrote toCaptain
Mason, asking bins to withdraw the charge, as he was sa-
tisfied with the apology. The court, after sitting for two
days, retired, and after about one hour and a quarter's deli-
beration found the prisoner guilty of both charges, and he
wee sentenced to be dismissed her Majesty's service.

WOOLWICH, Jas. 21.
MoNgrEn Gun. The 300-pounder Armstrong
gain manufactured at the Blurb* factory on the muzzle.
loading principle, was yesterday fitted to • carriage eon-
scructed at the Royal Anew& and the extraordinary
weapon, which weighs 12 tons 8 cwt., will be tested at
Bhoeburyness when the nacemary ammunition is prepared
for that purpose.
The Buffalo, steam Acre vowel, Master Commander A.
Brown, which arrived kit week from the West Coast of
Africa, is ordered to be paid off at this yard on Friday next.
The unusual activity which prevailed in every depart-
ment of the Royal Arsenal in anticipation of a war with
America has to Dome extent relaxed. and in the royal car-
riage and other departments the system of overtime has
this week been abolished. The Armstrong gun factories
are still in operation by night and day, as the issue of 12
and 1C) pounders is much required. thii dno lees than
twenty of these gins, recently manufactured, were proved
at the government practice range, sod the proms will be
continued daily during the week. Four 048111
vessels Sr. now loading with war storm for Calmat=
West indica.

Re:Majesty's gunboat Rainbow, Lieutenant de
Robeek, R.N., commanding, arrived at Kingstown, on Mon•
day, from Plymouth, which she left at noon on Saturday,
with bobs and Mores for her Majesty's ship Ajax. The
schoonee. Antelope also arrived with provisions for the same
ship. Both vessels report very severe weather In the
Channel, wind from S.S.L, with increasing shores of sleet.
Tilt brit ERMEX Itinta.—On Saturday last a
match was shot off emonpt a number of the officers of this
corps at their own butt. The day was beautiful for shooting,
but the air was extremely cold, intensified by a sharp
beesse from the river. However, there was no grpooaaad to
complain on this or any other bead. At the eoaclmine the
score was as ender :—Major Wirt, 18 ; Lieutenast Nixon.
18 ; Lieutenant Barnett, 15 ; Adjutant Davie, lb ; glairl2
Elliot, 14 ; Ensign Tone, 11 ,• Captain Elbert*, 9 ; &Mtn
Thurgood and Ensign I: ooth, 8 each. It will bus be seen
that Major Birt and Lieutenant Nixon tied. They fired off,
therefore, at 300 yards ran,'At the first shot Idr. Nixon
'cored an outer ; Major Bin, on the other hand, scored a
centre, and won the male.

WEATHICR. RIPORT.-(TRD3 DAY.)

Ham 20.60 36
amts= 10.66 30
Lars 20.44 46
Samoa 20.46 17
AassaseaS .36 66
roars= 19.07 40
Semite 17
Gamma 14.46 10
seassiabSal 20.60 34
Unarms .31 37
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LONDON .42 40
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/WWI !O ?MI MORT. /110116111111 3119.0112 111IDAT.
N. Britain—LlLL to B.S.L. Lto 8. and to W., strong to •
fresh to strong, rain or snow. gate snow or W.,
Ireland—dinglar, and to LW. LtoB.to W. and N., &strong
gale. rain.
Central—E. to B.LL,to &LW., 8. to W. and N., a ple, rainy.
fresh to strong, rainy.
E. Coast—E. to B.n.L and 8. to W. and N.. strong, to •
fresh, snow, rainy. M.
8. England—S.E. to 8. and S.W.. SAW. to W. and N., a gide,
fresh to a strong gale in the rainy.
west, with rain.

CEPLASAIIIDN.
P.—Barometer corroded NA rodmoi to 82
level ; each 10 feet, of vertical rim eandes oboe' one-hundredth
of an Inch diminution . and eats 10 dig., shove 32 deg., causing
nearly threebundredths donde. 1.-Ikpoied thentionieter
In abode. IL-I[ointemod bath (for evaporation and dew
point). D.—Dtreation of wind (fa ae—two points 10 of mag-
netic). I.—force (1 to 11—estimated). V.—Cloud (1 to 9). I.
: b blue sky c. clouds (detached): f, fog ; h. hail ; 1.
: as, 1119147 (half) : o. 01'01,04 (dull) ; r, rain ; G. Wow
I. thunder. 9.-4eadliandence 11 to in. W.—Wet, rain-fall,
or snow, or ball, Moog lad report, In Inches and decimals. 7..
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at Vae!a •

Mr. Massey, M.P., met his constituents in the
Town Hall of Salford last night, and addressed them at
considerable length. The principal part of the speech of
the honourable gentleman referred to the war in America,
and Mr. Massey's opinions on that subject were clear and
explicit. The "mad, hopeless, aimless " contest he would
put an end to if possible, and the policy he means to sup-
port in the House of Commons is to urge the great maritime
powers of Europe to "terminate the presentstate of grabs"
by "mediation and by friendly interposition." The meeting
wu a crowded and stormy one, and a vote of thanks to Mr.
Massey concluded it.
On Saturday last the Very Rev. the Dean of
Canterbury was out skating on a pond near that city, when
he ventured on a dangerous part of the ice, which broke,
and he wee precipitated into the water up to the arm-pits.
The rev. gentleman wee, however, soon rescued and taken
to a cottage close by. A change of clothing was here oh-
Waal, and the dean soon made bin appearance again on
the pond, enjoying the fun of the misadventure which had
placed him in so awkward a position.
On the night of the 9th inst. eleven students and
six artisans left Warsaw for Siberia, there to serve as
common soldiers in the disciplinary companies. The aged
Archbishop has been sent from the same city, under
escort, to Bobruisk, where he will undergo his sentence.
The Journal de Frankfort says :—" A master
shoemaker of Weschiehlidi (district of Dux) has murdered
his wife sod three children—a girl of 16, a boy of 8, and an
infant of six mouths. After having despatched his victims
by blows with a hammer, he cut their tbroata. All the
were found in the beds of the deceased except that
elearlyoung girl, who was tied to e piece of furniture by
lee half. The assassin, who has not yet been taken, bad
written on the table with chalk—' Debta and misery are
death.' "
THE Loss or THE —The following is •
Sok of the crew saved from the Crisis, which was wrecked
en Arklow Bank on the 16th inst.:—William Carson,
sewed mate ' • John Bewley, carpenter ; Patrick leDowell,
steward ,• David O'Neill, seaman ; Andrew Hill, ditto ;
John Kelley, ditto ,• Jab° W. White mid Frederick A. Hill.
apprentices. The ill•fated ship wee bound from Liverpool
to Singapore' and was owned in Liverpool by Messrs.
Brocklebank and Co. The captain and tea of the crew are
still miming. Those saved arrived at Liverpool yesterday.
A. Bewoo,l eft CHASED BY A FEDERAL SHIP OF
WAR. —By account& from! Charleston, received at Lloyd's,
dated Doc. 26, the Prince of Wales, schooner, wee chased
by a Federal vessel of war, and fired into, the shot taking
effect in the hull, but without injuring anyone. She was
then run on shore on North Inlet. and set to. in order to
prevent her from felling into the bands of the Federals, the
launches of the cruiser having been sent after her. She
was loaded with 1,000 nicks of salt, and sundries.
THE SOUTH OF IRELAND AND LONDON TELE-
GRAPH Conraev.—This telegraphic company, recently
established under the'presidency- of Lord Fermoy, for direct
communication between Cork and London rid 'Vales, has
succeeded is obtaining permission fur erecting their poles
and wires agrees the entire counties of Wexford, Waterford,
and Cork. Permission is yet to be obtained at the
baronial sessions of Irnokilly to be held at /Glisten, but
this, as a matter of course, will be readily conceded.—Cork
Reporter.