The Express.
London, England, 1862-03-11 00:00:00

THE VICTORIA TROOPSHIP.

Jt will be remembered that this
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had heal - so • convey the 96th
It:t to Canada, met with very severe weather in the
, and was compelled to put bank to Plymouth.
She was taken into the dockyard then and completely re-
fitted, and, after having been surveyed, re-embarked her
troops and proceeded on her voyage. During the time she
was detained at Plymouth, however, the news of the
peaceful whales cf the Trent question arrived, and as it
was no longer of urgent necessity to reinforce the Canadian
garrisons immediately, the Victoria was directed to touch
at Madeira, and, rf necessary, at Bermuda also.
This was a very seasonable precaution, for letters have
been received from Fa dated the Ist Rat., which an-
nounce the arrival of the Victoria at that island, with hen
machinery disabled, and after a second disastrous voyage.
Her engines bad broken down on the third day after she
left Plymouth ; and, although temporarily repaired, she bad
600,1 obliged Pr abandon her course for Madeira and
put back to rays". Ear minutiae? IW:did
to refit her
and to repair the engines as well as the =4"..-;...;; 2.*
disposal would permit at Fayal, and would then return
to Plymouth. Ile expected to sail on his return voyage
about the 4th instant, but as her progress would nem-
wily be slow, the Victoria can scarcely be looked for until
about the 14th. In the meantime the Admiralty have
taken the most prompt measures to relieve the troops from
the inconvenience of a protracted voyage in a partially dis-
abled ship. By telegraph last night orders were sent to the
Shannon, at Portamoutb, that she should sail at once for
Fuel, keeping a look-out for the Victoria on her way,
while the Emerald and the Geyser were directed to cruise
for her in the chops of the Channel, at the edge of
soundings ; and the London, at present at Gib-
raltar, was also ordered by telegraph to sail for Fayal
on the same mission as the Shannon, and, if she encountered
the Victoria, to take her troops on board and convey
Lisbon. to Lisin. There was a detachment of Marines on
board the Victoria, who, as well as the 96th Regiment,
were of essential service in working at the pumps, and is
misting to navigate the ship into Fayal. The conduct of
the troops, who were under the command of Colonel
Woven, is reported to have been beyond pules. It is not
improbable that they may have been landed at Fa al,
should the attempts made to repair the Victoria not have
proved entirely satisfactory to their commanding *Meer,
who must by this time have become only too well aware of
her defects. A short sojourn in the most beautiful of the
Western Islands would be some compensation for their
sufferings dining two such disastrous voysgas.—Tisten

AN AFFAIR OP HONOUR.—TIIII DUBLIN COURT-
MARTIAL—Yesterday's Irrennan's Journal gives the fol-
lowing account of a dispute arising from the enxesdiogs
in connexion with the court-martial now being held on
Captain Robertson in Dublin, which at one time threatened
to be of a serious nature, but which hes happily at lest
I been amicably arraoged :—" We are happy to learn that en
affair of honour, which arose out of the evidence given by
Colonel Dickson, in which Captain Henry felt that he was
alluded to io unwarrantable terms, has, contrary to the
expectation of those who were aware of the circumstances,
terminated without the 'tired newt,' end in a manner
most tetuifectery to Captain Henry and his friends. The
evidence of Colonel Dickson substantially stated that Cap-
Saha Robertson 'end his friends' bad been guilty of
wilful mis-statements. Captain Henry at once applied to
the pliant colonel to know if the evidence was ac-
curately reported. The colooel suggested that 'or 'and.not
' and' was the conjunction need; but the gallant captain
and his friends did not conceive that a reference to
Lindley Murray was the true mode of explaining such an
imputation on the veracity of 'an officer and a gentle-
man. The colonel left for &gland, but deputed a friend
to adjust the ' epistoler,' correspondence, who, feeling
himself authorised to remove the E in case of necessity,
finally named an hour end place of meeting in London
for the arrangement of ' preliminaries.' The gallant
captain and his friends, however, impressed with the
conviction that no further ' preliminaries' on ' liritish
soil' could be conducted without risk of police interfer-
ence, determined not to accept the invitation to the London
conference, and resolved to transfer their persons to Brus-
sels, stating to the friend of Colonel Dickson that they pro-
ceeded to that city for the double purpose of avoiding tin-
nsessmity delay, and the chasm of polies intrusion ; and that
they would there await the snivel of the colonel's friends
to *flange the ' preliminaries' and of the colonel himself
to conclude them. The gallant captain end his friends
seeordingly left Dublin on Wednesday for Brussels, and we
are in spoeition to say that a telegram arrived is town bet
night from Brussels stating that Wesel IlDiekses had
' and that Oapiain Hoary aid hie friends will
leave for &aloud this day."

ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, GRAT'S-INE-ROAD.—
Tbs number of patients ralisysd at this hospital during the
wash eating March 8, was 2,977, ot whirls 808 wen new
sem