The Express.
London, England, 1853-01-11 00:00:00

THE CAPE MAILS.

(IT BLicrixc TaLlazAnt.)
(mom OUR OWN CONNISPONDN

PLYMOUTH, TUESDAY.
The Australian screw-steamer arrived here this 13i
morning. She left the Cape on the 30th Nov. There
is no news of importance.

ELECTRIC TELEGRAPHIC DESPATCH. Ir!

LIVERPOOL, TUISDAT, 10.30 A.Y. I°
se
Wind Westerly ; strong breeze, and clear.
from Calcutta; Martha, from I,

Rio de la Haehe.
Os—Pelican (steamer), from Rotterdam, with a
schooner in tow.

NAVAL

ADMIRALTY, JAN. 10.- PROMOTIONS—Masters
W. H. Harris confirmed tolWatnissich; and A. Holliston

con— ir;ii;;FiO V8;0,14- and

sistant-Engineer W. Pilchen to Hogue.
PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 10.—The Photon, 50, Cap-
tain Elliott, has received orders to-day to proceed round to
Sheerness, to be paid off, as at first ordered but subse-
quently altered. Her orders were to sail on Captain
Elliott's joining her this afternoon, at the termination of
the court martial on board the Victory ; but from the strong
S.S.W. gale that has been blowing all day, accompanied
with heavy rain, he would not be able to go off to her com-
' munication with Spitbead being quite impossible. In ad-
dition to the wind and rain, the tide has risen unusually
high, flooding the lower parts of the locality, the day alio-
gether being • most inclement and stormy one. We have
not yet heard of any accident to the fleet at Spithead, or
to any of the many sail of merchantmen at anchor at the
er Mothbank, wind bound.
Coyly MARTIAL.—The captains of the ships in com-
mission at this port were assembled on board the Victory,
flag-ship, to-day, to try Patrick Brady, a private in the
Royal Marino, on the following charge :—" That he did, on
the 3rd January last, being at the time a private in the Royal
Marine forces, and borne on the books of H. M. S. Leander,
utter mutinous language," as detailed in the subjoined
digest of the evidence produced at the trial. The following
ofths 11.1•11 @rambled formed the court :—Rear-Admiral
Cory, Ommader-in-Chief of the Channel Fleet (presi-
dent) ; Cayealne C. Graham, C. 8., of the Rodney; Lord E.
Rumen, it dm Vengeance; G. It. Mundy, of the London ;
B. H. Bult, of the Neptune ; W. H. Henderson, C. 8., of
the Shaker.; J. Kingeome, of the Simoom; G. Elliott,
of the Photon ; John Shepherd, of the Victory ; G. St.V.
King, of the Leander; S. G. Fremantle, of the
Arrogant; G. Goldsmith, of the Sidon; F. Hut-
ton, of the Prince Regent ; and Mr. G. L.
Gorham, Deputy Judge-Advocate of the Fleet. First
Lieutenant May, of the Leander, prosecuted. From the
evidence adduced, it appeared that on the morning of the
day named in the charge the prisoner was undergoing the
punishment of three dosen lashes on board the Leander for
tig and mutinous language to his superior oflieer,
&deans Saunders, saying to him, " the first ammunition
I get in my pouch, I will blow your brains out with it."
Alter receiving one-third of the three does, he said, ells-
' ding to Serrant Saunders, " The b— that brought me to
this, I will sei.d to his grave before sunset." These facts
were corroborated by James Treasure, sergeant-at-arms ;
James James, sergeant of marines ; Thomas Hinton,
private ; James Goddard, private ; William Golding, ship's
corporal ; and Themes Saunders, sergeant of marines. The
prisoner in his defence merely said he did not know what
he was doing or saying at the time he uttered the language
imputed to him. The court found him guilty, altriair-
judged him to receive 48 lashes with the cat on his bare
back, and to be imprisoned in the county jail at Winches-
ter for the term of 18 calendar months.