28 NOVEMBER 1863, Page 2

The Crawley Court-Martial drags on, as it will for weeks

drag on, every day displaying more fully the ineptitude of such tri- bunals. On Thursday the Court actually listened to the hearsay report of the vague talk of a deceased woman—evidence worth about as much as a cabman's version of some popular ghost story. As yet the bulk of the evidence is slightly in favour of the accused ; but, as the cross-examination is habitually postponed until the examination has been forgotten, nobody, Court included, can begin to form an opinion. We can, nevertheless, congratulate all parties on the persevering adroitness with which they are hurrying on the extinction of these military tribunals.