The Sun.
London, England, 1864-05-10 00:00:00

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The Lord Chancellor—You will have to "take the bricks:
off the Highlander."
The Lord Advocate said probably that would be their
only remedy ; and ho concluded by calling upon their lord-
ships to prevent the possibility of such a gross injustice
being done.

The arguments were not concluded when their lordships
adjourned.

Naval and Military Intelligence,
THE NA VY.

9243 Prince Consort ironclad, 35 guns, 4,045 tons and
1,C03 horse power of engines, Capt. G. 0. Willes, C. 13.,
arrived at Spithead yesterday afterocon, from Cowes
Roads, immediately following on her Majesty's departure
from 0.,,b0me for Windsor. She is ordered to rake on
board supernumeraries and stores and sail again imme-
diately to join the Channel Fleet in the Downs.
Her Majesty's paddle yacht Victoria and Albert, 2,345
tons, 600 horse power, Capt. the Prince of Leiningen,
K.C.8., will make an official trial of her machinery on
Thursday next, outside Portsmouth harbour, on the com-
pletion of repairs to her engines and the fitting of her new
boilers, preparatory to being handed over by the dockyard
authorities as ready for her Majesty's service.
The Salamis, 2 gun paddlewheel despatch vessel, of 835
tons, and 250 horse power of engines, Commander Sut tie,
will, according to private advices, sail from Sheerness for
" the North" on Thursday or Friday next. The Salamis is
a sister vessel to the Admiralty new yacht Enchantress,
possesses a high rate of speed, and would be most in-
valuable as a look-out vessel attached to the Channel Fleet
in the event of any collision with the Austro-Prussian fleet
in the Baltic.

The Highflyer, 21, screw corvette, 1,161 tons and 250
horse power, has got her topmasts on end, and lower and
topmast rigging in position, in progress of outfit for com-
mission. The Sharpshooter, 6, iron screw sloop, of 503
tons and 202 horse power, is in a similar stage of progress
for commission as the HightVer. Both vessels are being
brought forward for commission as rapidly as the existing
dockyard system will permit.
The Torch, 5, 428 tons, in No. 3 dock at Chatham, having
been surveyed by the dockyard officials, and a report of her
condition made to the Controller of the Navy, is ordered to
undergo a thorough repair, at an estimated cost of between
£7,000 and £B,OOO.

The iron troopship Himalaya, in Plymouth Sound, will
probably leave ou Thursday next. It is said there that she
will proceed to the Mediterranean, and thence to the West
Indies.

Mr P. Thornton, late Assistant Master Shipwright at
Woolwich, who has been doing duty as acting master ship-
wright at Chatham since the retirement of Mr 0. W. Lang,
received his official appointment as master shipwright of
the dockyard. Mr Lang has been awarded a pension of
£455 per annum.
In accordance with the new regulations relating to super-
annuations in the Royal dockyards, recently laid down by
the Admiralty, upwards of 30 mechanics and artisans have
been superannuated from Chatham dockyard during the last
few days, or pensions varying in amount according to their
length of service.
About 20 hired ropemakers were discharged from Devon.
port dockyard on Saturday.
The following appointments and promotions were made
yesterday at the Admiralty :—Capt A . F. R. De Horsey, to
the Wolverine—Commander H. B. Woollcombe to. the As-
surance—G. Worth, midshipman, to the Wolverines--T.
Ramage, paymaster, to the Edgar—Edward Pye,. assist-
clerk, to the Galatea—Robert Brown, chief engineer, to the
Assurance—J. C. Grey, I. Fielden, W. Miller, and. James
M'Glasham, promoted to engineers—J. Hindley,Thos_ P.
Potts, and Ebenezer C. Spencer, promoted to acting engi-
neers—Robert Blackwood, first class assist-engineez, to the
Assurance—and Valentine C. Friend; eecond•clasa assist.
engineer, to the Assurance.

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great loss to the estates. He further contended that tho
appointment of a factor could be prejudicial to neither pa rty,
while the refusal to appoint one might be productive of the
most flagrant and irreparable injustice. It would probaUly
be two years before the final decision was given; and, in
case the result was favourable to the appellant, what re-
medy could he have against the respondent for the £lOO,OOO
the latter might have received and spent ?

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