18 NOVEMBER 1871, Page 2

The Court-martial on the Captain of the Magma ended on

Friday—too late for more extended notice—in a verdict of acquittal. No ono, we imagine, doubted the result of the trial,. which was, in fact, only ordered in obedience to a rule, which is- very rarely neglected, and which should never be broken through, that a Queen's officer must not lose his ship with- out an explanation to the Service, as well as to the State. Hi& fellow officers, whom he may one day command, must try him as- well as the Admiralty.