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Lyttelton Times, Volume V, Issue 302, 22 September 1855, Page 6

Court Martial on the Officers of the " Tigeu."—The court martial which sat last week at Portsmouth to inquire into the loss of the Tiger, after hearing the defence of Lieutenant Rover and Mr. Ellington the Master, returned the following verdict: — " The court is of opinion that the ship Tiger w.is run on shore in consequence of her having been rashly conducted as she approached the coast of Odessa ; and that after the ship had been run on shore the measures resorted to get her afloat were injudicious; but in respect to the surrender of the Tiger to the enemy, that, as the ship was aground without any hope being entertained of floating her off, and as she was exposed tOg the enemy's guns, which had set her on fire, and upon which the guns of the ship could not be brought to bear, no blame can be imputed in consequence of such surrender. The court is further of opinion, that no blame is imputable to the said Lieutenant Alfred Rover, since he acted under the immediate directions of his captain; and tiie court doth adjudge him to be acquitted. The court is further of opinion, that Mr. Francis Edington is blameable for the want of caution that was exhibited by-him in approaching the shore near Odessa ; but, in consideration of his previous good character and long services, doth adjudge h":in to be only severely reprimanded. And the said Lieutenant Alfred Royer is hereby acquitted ; and the said Mr.Francis Edington is hereby severely reprimanded accordingly.''— Spectator, April 21*. Banquet at Guildhall to Celebhate the Emperor Napoleon's Visit to England.— The City Amphytrions were very profuse in delicate attentions. The napkins were trimmed with lac-e, and embroidered with the Imperial and City arms ; the doyleys were of imperial green velvet, fringed with gold, and spangled with bees and the imperial cypher. The dessert plates were a special effort of the great Colebrooke Dale Pottery, made in seven days, and were of a-beautiful imperial pattern on the celebrated turquoise ground, the great difficulty of high-class porcelain. There was al>o on the table a service of the celebrated Dv Barry pink, which is intended for the French Exhibition.— lbid. Ireland.— The Earl of Carlisle held his first levee on Wednesday, the 18th April. It is remarked that it was "beyond all dispute the most numerously attended ceremonial of the kind (the Queen's excepted) witnessed in Dublin since the commencement of the Viceroyalty of Earl de Grey, in 1842."— Ibid. The good people of Dublin have shewn their sense of the visit of the French Emperor by agreeing to an address of welcome and con«ratuhttioii.—lbid. A body of sick and wounded soldiers arrived in Dublin on Sunday, from the seat of war. On Monday, Lord Carlisle, after providing for sil[ their wauts at his own expense, paid them a visit, conversed with them, listened to their stones, and inspected the relics of the battle fields which they had brought home—among the rest a greatcoat, devoutly believed by prfvate Green of the Eleventh Hussars to be one of the coats of Prince Menschikoff, found in the carnage taken near Mackenzie's farm.— lbid According to the Dublin Evening Mail, the late Czar made Lord Dunkellin an innocent instrument in a bloody piece of woik. A Russian captain had drunk (too much, strayed into the I'ies of the English at Sebastopol, and been taken prisoner; the Czar wished to get hold of ' tins man to ,nake " mi example" of him; when kmd Dunkellin became a prisoner, Nicholas hastened to set him at liberty in exchange for the tippling caprain. Lord Dunkellin, it will be remembered, was profuse in his gratitude for Nicholas* generosity. Within 48 hours after the Russian captain had re-entered Sebastopol, he was shot for his act of inebriety.— lbid. -

A new process has been invented, wdch makes bricks nearly as hard as stone. One f the new bricks sustains a weight of 2,625 lbs. A common handmade brick breaks at 645 lis.