The Express.
London, England, 1849-09-04 00:00:00

THE QUEEN AT BALMORAL.

BALLATER, Titunenax.
The Queen, Prince Albert, and the royal children,
were le have left Balmoral ea Friday, for the porpoee of
visiting the shoetiag-lodge at Loch Match, where it is pro-
posed Sewed a few days. This intention, however, was
net aided oat, bat It was expected that the royal party
would entre ea Batarday. It i. understood that their stay
will last far three days, after which it is rumoured that the
will visit Buskin Cutler, Lord Paulus having given his
Royal Highnom an invitation to shoot over his richly.
stocked moon, which has been accepted. Though reports
to this effect are very rife, they do ant meet with general ae-
septum ; and in all likelihood the suspicions of the lucre-
dWona will be justified by the result.
Duda; the last two days, there has been no groat variety
in the proceedings of the royal household. Oa Tuesday,
Prince Albert, accompanied by the Premier &Mothers, went
oat on Craigesgowaa. They had good sport. Viscountess
Jocelyn, one of the ladies-inuaitios, has left Balestral ;
Lady Douro having arrived to supply her plaeo. In the
evening, Prince Albert drove out the royal family is an open
phaeton down the mirth road, passing through Ballater, and
returning op the opposite bank of the river. The youthful
Prince of Wales occupied a mat on the box beside his father.
They were preceded by a single outrider. The good folks
of Ulmer were thrown into a sad state of excitement by the
occurrence. The visit was totally unexpected, and it was
hut ere many of them were aware. The carriage drove
leisurely along and through the village, without let or an-
noyance etf any sere. As the street was well-nick deserted
while it passed, her Majesty, on Puking back from tie
bridge, could not fall to be amused with Ore coteries of ex-
ci she beheld assembled at every door. All had
on the instant quitted their employment, the majority being
too late, and then they stood guing at the vvhick with a
mixed feeling of astonishment and clugrin.—Olargow Daily
Mail.

COURT-MARTIAL ON COMMANDER
PITMAN, R.N.

In the Express of the Slat of Aorta appeared
the report of the proceedings of the soart•martial at Devon-
port oa Commander Pitman, for the tint two days of its
sitting, .is., Tuesday and Wednesday.
Ow Thanday morting the Court was opened shcrtly after
9 o'doek.

The entire time waif occupied in the croes-examination of
the muter, Mr. Elliot, by the prisoner, Commander Pitman.
Many of toe questions tended to criminate the witness, who
was excused by the court horn answering them ; others were
of no great importance, only wearying the members of the
court, and all concerned, and several were merely repetitions
of the same questions asked in a different way. Regarding
the marine, White, who jumped overboard, the prisoner's
questions tended to show that White was threatened with
prospective and not immediate punishment. Witness, how-
ever, still persisted that it was tear of instant flogging which
caused the wield.. On the production of the original order
book, witness was desired to point out any order which he
considered cruel, inconsistent, or severe. He considered
none severe, but some were inconsistent—for instance, one
dated Hongkong, December 16, 1846, when a positive order
was inserted that no officer should sleep out of the Childers ;
and another, Hong-Kong, December 25, 1845, no officer to
leave while the ship was at single anchor, without permis-
sion, and then to return by 10 p.m.
After considerable ices of time to the court, several suit-
able orders for securing the comfort of the ship's company
were read by the judge advocate.
Witness said that Fint-Lieutenant Tremlett was present
when Commander Pitman threatened to take witness'. com-
=Wiwi from him for refusing to draw • hammock elo le,
On the request of whinier' of cases of oppression towaide
Mr. Elliott, he laid they were so numerous he cLuld not
give them all, but referred to two in which he had been
publicly reprimanded, the first for not Firing exact chron—
meter time ; and the second, when piloting the ship by
night through the passage at Fisherman'. Group. The
weather was thick and foggy, ship going over the ground
very fast, under all plain sail, except royals and flying jib,
water about five fathoms, current at bast four or five hugs.
Te prevent destruction it war requisite to alter ship's course,
when he was reprimanded for not having first consulted
Commander Pitman, who was below. Another act i f se-
verity was when witness was brought before the commander-
in.chiet in China for having, 18 months previously, gone
ashore from the Childers without leave, and for being absent
several &aye. Prisoner produced aI. tter from Sir F. Collier,
in which Mr. Elliott was admonished to be more circum-
spect, but that no further notice need be taken in conse-
quence of the great exertions which he used during the ship's
perilous position at the Prate Shoals.
To Commander Pitman's questions on another charge,
Mr. Elliott said that when their ship struck on the occasion
referred to, he was not below through intoxication, but had
left the ship's deck because the commander refused to adopt
hie advice with regard to her being moved before the pin-
mince was sent to sound the depth of the water.