The Sun.
London, England, 1864-07-06 00:00:00

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Naval and Military 'lntelligence,

Yesterday afternoon the hunch of the armour, j
plated screw corvette Favourite took place from her
building slip at Deptford Dockyard, in the pre-
sence of a numerous company, among whom were
Sir Henry Chads, Admiral Goldsmith, Admiral
Rodney Mundy Mr. Alderman S alornons, M.P.,
Capt. H. Chads, C.iptain• Superintendent of the estev
blishment, Mr. M. Ladd, mister shipwright, and
other officers of the yard. The ceremony of christen.
ing was performed by Hiss Laura Chads, sister of
the Captuin-Supo:intenclent, and, the dog shores
having been knocked away, the vessel instantly
glided into the river, where she w:!s taken in tow
by Government tugs, and brought to moorings
nearly opposite the dockyard. There she will re-
main for a few days, prior to being removed to
Woolwich to receive her iron plates and armament.
Thy Favourite was originally intended as a 21 gun
corvette, her keel having been laid on the 23d
of August, 1860, but she was subsequently con-
verted into an ironclad. She has been completed
under the superintendence of Mr. Reed, the Chief
Constructor of the navy. Sae is to carry ten guns,
six of which aro 110, and four 100 pounders. Her
armour plates will be 572 tons, and her engines of
400 horse power. The following are her dimen-
sions :—Lengih between perpendiculars, 225 ft ; do.
for tonnage, 262 ft. Biu. ; do. of the keel for ton-
nage, 195 ft. 611 n. ; breadth extreme, 46ft. 91in. ;
do. for tonnage, 44ft. 102 in. ; do. moulded, 44ft.
21-in.; depth in hold, 23ft.; burden in tons, builders
measurement, 2,093 76.64. Afler the launch her
;ight draught of water forward was found to be B.t
9in., and alt do. 16f.t. Sin.

Yisterdtty Mr. H. W. Walker, inspecting Auditor
ot dockyard accounts, accompanied by Mr. Watson,
from the Ailtnir,ilty, vi.iird C•latham awl:yard,
end were occapii.d in investigating the accounts ot
labour, and wet kootnertip conniced with
Ihe budding of the irt)nct.id trig Ate itoydi tnk•
first of the ironciads constructed a: Chat hem, with
the Fi tv of ot,tuining on. accurate account of th,
entire cost of tnat in :rte... that a couip,ri
son may be aside with the secounts c-vitt)
the Prince Consort, ironclad frigate, coast:acted at
dock'; ,:.rd,
The following appointments were made yesterday
at the Admiralty : Capt. S. Osb:irs, C. 8.. to the
Royal Sovereign, commissioned ; C pt. N. E. fur
[lour to the Gio, commis,ioned—A. Lew, pay mehter,
to the Clio—H. S. Collins, paymaster, to the War-
ri,Jr—A. G. Young., assistant-paymaster, to the Clio
I\l'lones, bnsist..-surg., to the Excellent—D
H. S. Smarr, assist.-surg., to the Asia—T. \V.
W. Tii.tidy, chief engineer, to the :Figard, for the
F,vouri*e—G. Mills, engineer, to the Asia, for the
Whiting— T. Grey, clerk, to the Clio—S. Shepherd,
assist.-clerk, to the Cutnb:,rland, for naval b4rrack,
B. H. Chimer o, to the Clio—P. W. G
Canning and J. P. Brake, a,sist.-clerks, additiona,
to the Fisgard-6nd W. Jennings and C. H. F.uve,
assist.-cltrks, to the Ft&gard, es supernumeraries.

Extraordinary Scene,
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Yesterday a very extraordinary scene took place
before the Lords' committee to whom had been re-
-(erred the Belfast Improvement Bill. In 1855 a
suit was instituted by the Attorney-General lot
Ireland, at the relation of Mr. J.thn Rea, solicitor,
against certain members of the Belfast corporation,
for having exceeded their borrowing powers, and
the Lord Chancellor declared the defendants re-
sponsible for the sums overborrowed, amounting
altogether to £133,000. Since that time several
attempts have beer. made by the corporation and its
friends to ob:ain the consent of their opponents, who
are all of the Liberal party, to a bill of indemnity,
but Mr. Rea and those who act with him have de-
clared that, inasmuch as the corporation has hitherto
been exclusively in the hands of the Tories, who
have used their influence to disfranchise their oppo-
nents, the only terms on which they will consent to
an Indemnity Bill are the cJinplete political reor-
ganization of the Town Council, to be followed, as
they confidently assert it will, by the return of Li-
beral representatives for many et the constituencies
in Ulster that now return Couservi,tives. Several
bills introduced into Parliament to tt.gsliso the ex
cessive expenditure hive been vigorously oppo ed bs
the Libenls, and up to this time not kell
h-as been 7pent on eitner side in a coote,
woicti hls now lasted over nine years. In 1860 to,
maters in dispute were submistid to trhittusis.n.
die it!ght. Hum the C,:ion!tsi Minister, who was stst-
Cniel SAtreriry fur Ir,land, scsug umpire, and t
oill was infreoluceo during the pi-es:tut se,ston ant:
p-issed tnrongia toe C .:117t1Grns, coaturrtiNg. the award,
on condition that a public old should be introduced
to prevent if possibia the further disfranchisement
of Liberal ratepayors, and to remedy the other
grievances compinined of. Trio- pubic bill intro
ducA by Sir Hugh Cairns being considered wholly
inathciu,ite, no fewer than five petitions were toe-
sented to tti,, House of Lords agliust the Private
Indemnity Biil, and referred to ,t. committee, con-
sisting of con-
L' Grey (otoiirmln), Lards Neleo„,
Rivers, Wrortesley, ana .1I lviiie.
When the committee met,

Mr. BREWSTER, Q C. (of the Irish bar), objected
tO the opponents being beard, on the ground that
they were parties to and were bound by the award.

Mr, Phion, Q.C., Mr. Forsythe, Q.C• and Mr.
Austin argued that their e;ients, Mr. John F. K. 1.-
4113013, Dr. Denvir, the Roman Catholic
bishop, and others had not signed the deed of sub
mission, and that Mr. Rea, who did sign it as re-
lator in the Chancery suit, had no power to bind
them.

Mr. APKENNA, who appeared on behalf soF the
40,000 Boman Catholic inhabitants of Belfast, was
heard on the same side.

Mr. REA claimed to be heard, bat
The CliAlltilAN declined, as ho was a party to
the submiesion.

The room /laving been cleared the committee
deliberated, and when the parties were again ad-
mitted the Chairman said they were of opinion
that the arbitrators had heard the case furl, and
that they would not hear av y objections to the award.

Mr. RCA--I must now respectfu►ly claim my
right as relator in the Chancery suit to road my
petition, and then if your lordships order me to
retire I will do so. I refused L 20,000 in order that
I migat appear before the Lords' Cummittee, and
you wilt not be doing me justice it you refuse to
hear my petition. It is quite impossible for me to
exaggerAte the respect I have for the five peers of
the resim who compose this c)mmittee, and I con-
sider it a great privilege to have suffered for tee
years to be allowed to address them.
Lord GILEY--M r. R e, your petition is before us,
and we have looked at it. We think that is quite
sufficient.

Mr. REA—It must be reed either by the clerk or
by mysett. You are bound on your oaths as peers
to enter it as recd on the [moil es. Witnerses must
also be product:A to prove the deed of submission,
for I do not Admit 1. signed it.
E4rt GREY—I must insist, on your being silent.
Mr. ILEA—And 1 must insist 00 your removing
me by force from the room.
Earl GREY mult• withdraw.
Mr ..itt not withdraw voiuntarily.

Earl GRES—We must make you withdraw.
Mr ILEA--I am a subj,ct of her Majasty, and a
belted earl shall not tyrannize over me. It is an
act of tyranny, for which I will bold you ens wer-
able. I impute no improper motives to you.
will only be removed by tome ; but a formal assault
will be quite 'sufficient. 1 got myself dragged from
the Howe of Commons because I thought the Lords'.
Committee would hear me. It is illegal to remove
me except by the officers o. the Rouse. I did nut
expect that Earl Grey's eon would outrage the lawn
cattle Constitution, after his father saving England
from a revoln ion; and I hope Earl Nelson, for the
sake of the name he buars, will prevent this outrage.
The police hes& no more right to remove me than
a. Frenchman has to drag him from the deck of an
English mon.of war.
Two poiicimeo were then brought in and ccugbt
hold of Mr Rea, who then
• went quietly with them
out of the room.

The bill then passzd through committee.
Mr 'Ai:KENNA said he hoped their Lordships
would make SOlllO suggestiou in their report by
which 4,00') men, whose eluEe they had not heard,
would be made to keep the peace, for be wouln feel
bound to tell them that they had been aggrieved
and 'were the 'victim of id-olio..