The Sun.
London, England, 1857-01-13 00:00:00

The difference between the war and peace fleet, accord-
ing to the above figurer, is a reduction of 64 ships, 1,153
guns, and 14,537 seamen, marines, and boys.
The Dee steamvessel, Master Commander Pullen, lel
Portsmouth yesterday afternoon with supernumeraries
for the ships at the eastward.
The Trident, 6, steamvessel, Commander Close, went
out of Portsmouth harbour yesterday morning and an-
chored at Spithead to take in her powder and shell. She
was expected to leave last night for the West Coast of
Africa station.

The lAlgiers, 91, screw two decker, was taken into
dock yesterday afternoon for repairs.
The Alban, 3, steamve‘sel, Lieutenant De Blaquiere,
arrived at Portsmouth at noon yesterday with supernu-
meraries from the westward.

The Antelope, 3, steamve-sel, Lieutenant Commander
Pike, went into Portsmouth harbour yesterday.
Her Majesty's iron paddlewheel steamer Oberon, paid
off on Saturday at Woolwich, was admitted into basin
yesterday to be put under necessary repairs.
The imperial steam yacht Imperador was hauled into
Woolwich basin yesterday from the river to be com-
pleted.
The screw steam store-hip Hesper was hauled out of
basin yesterday at Woolwich, preparatory to being
docked.

Her Majesty's paddlewheel steamvessel Spitfire was
ordered down to Woolwich y.lsterdry from Deptford to
be repaired and put forward for service.
The paddlewheel steam-:loop Vixen, in Woolwich
basin, has had her repairs and alterations completed, and
is now ready for commission.
The freightship Clara Louisa, laden with ordnance
stores and ammunition for 519.1ta, sailed from Woolwich
yesterday evening.
The Dorothy freight-ship having embarked a heavy
cargo of Ordnance stores in the West India docks went
down to Woolwich yesterday to fill in ber magazines
with powder and ammunition for the island of Mauritius.
The following appointments have been made at the
Admiralty :

Clerk—Charles B. L. Brockman, to the Cornwallis.
Assistant Paymaster—William E. Allen, to the
Waterloo.
A ssistant-Surgeons—Edward M. Morgan (Acting), to
the Victory ; Ffolliott C. Iklarath, to the S►mooni.

FATAL ACCIDENT.— A man named Lawrence Howarth,
of Newton Heath, was engaged with several others in
the employ of Messrs. Mackenzie, Ornierod, and Co.,
Adelphi-street, Salford, on the 3d November last, in
rolling a cog-wheel from the street into the works. It
was his business to put a wedge under the wheel, but
he did not do so, and the wheel fell off the incline, and
upon him. Both his thighs were broken, and he was
taken to the Royal Infirmary, Manchester, where he
died on Friday. Mr. Ilerford, city coroner, held an
inquest on Saturday, ,vhen the jury returned a verdict
of " Accidental death.
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burgh Courant gives a pedigree of the present Lord Chiei
Justice of the Common Pleas. He is of the old Scot.
tish family of Cockburn, whose original seat was at
Cockburn, in the Merse, where ti.ey are found as far
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historylil or tradition extends. The representative
was knighted in 1413 ; its present head is
the Dean of York, 'Sir W. Cockburn, Bart., whore
fourth brother, Alexander Cockburn, late liti;ish repre-
sentative at the State of Columbia and some of the G.,r-
man Courts, was father of Sir Alex. Cockburn,
now Lord Chief Justice. It is runn:ured (says thee
Courant) that the Chief Justice is to by elevated to the
peerage. If this is so—and no title has lwen more
honourably achieved—we trust he will select the ancient
one of his race—Baron Cockburn of Cockburn and Lang.
ton ; for, although neither estate is now posseesed by
his uncle and chief, they will ever remainassociated with
his name, and it is the more er.pecially desirable as he is
UQW prtiatuuptive rsproehtativq of that ahcaeut