The Sun.
London, England, 1824-12-13 00:00:00

ROYAL NAVY.

PoturasiouTu. DEC. 11.—On 'Wednesday his Majesty's
frigate Doris, Captain Hope Johnstone, arrived from the South
American station, having been relieved by the Blanche, Cap.
tain Mends. The Doris is last from the River Plate, having
left Monte Video on October 5. All was tranquil at Monte
Video and Buenos Ayres, and British interests were pursuing
at these' places with perfect good understanding" between all
the authorities.. The Eclair, 18, Captain Bourchier, was lett
in the River, intending to proceed up to Buenos Ayres. The
Briton frigate, Sir Alurray Maxwell, left Monte Video on
the 28th of September, tier the station round Cape Horn, in
the place of the Aurora The day before she *ailed, (oe.
tober 4), the ship Urania, Captain Reynolds, of. London,•
arrived from Lima, bringing accounts from Callao to the
21st of August, when that port, and Arequipo, were Mill in
possession of the Spaniards. Commodore Guise went into
Callao, on the 29th of July, with his squadron, firtsl.upon the
batteries, captured two gun-hriga, 'and burnt two Spanish
merchant-aid s. The Cambridge, 80, Captain T, J. Dialing,
was lying at Callao. The English Commissioner,Consul, and
Deputy-Consul, had been permitted to land &pat Oat slur,
but they were not acknowledged by the existing %merriment.
—The Mersey, 20, Captain Ferguson, wait daily .expected at
Callao. The Fly, 18, Capt. Martin, had tooclieil at4„tilea, on
her way to Valparaiso, with treasure for the Aurers..42, ,iP;•11.
Prescott, which ship was only waiting her 'irnfal, pto.
Iteed to England. The Tartar, 42, Capt. T., BniSvrk.wits pro.
tecting the British interests at valparaiso. - The Fly was to
proceed to
England on the arrival round of, the Brit On. The
squadron round Cape Horn were all well: . The Doris left
Rio Janeiro on . the 7th Sept., when the SPardate+.74
Admiral Sir George E 're, K.C-11.) and Blanche, were lying
Or
there, and the )
*eau at Perhainbuco. The new Sloops of
iVar, Champion, estes,
and Pylades, have gone out
on an experimen-
agailattern
saihatinvigng undergone ahem.
tifonsth:
forHatherbouprurp(tot t‘4.o
sal erithei. Sir John Phimmore, in the Thetis, is to
rake. them under his direction in the present trial, and
they will be also accompanied by the b:cylle, one of, the;
jto. tAhe,
brigslwaer gstews taor fd
converted,wofa war. They
Scilly. and the
Sailedt arche
jta:thi
P. W. I'. Walls, is under orders for the Cape of
)ceerru'Abiii'f twenty2tal Captainleag u smallest
Murray, for the coast of Africa. The 'Niemen, 20, Ca twin
and will sail when the wind is fair. The Owen Glendower,
Good Hope,
Commodore Christian, tiir the Cape of Good Hope command ;
and the Esk, Capt. W. J. I'urchas, for the Coast of Africa,
are shortly expected from the River. Remain at Spithead—
Niemen, Champion, Orestes, and PYladex, and about 100 sail
of outward.hound merchantmen, wind•bound.
H Majesty's yacht the Royal George was paid off on Wed-
nesday, and re-comniissioned by Captain the Hon. Thomas
Bladen Capel, C. B.

ABANDONMENT OF SEAMEN.
NAVY.OFFICE, DF:C. 9.
Sir,---I am commanded by the Commission of the Navy, to
transmit a circular letter of this date, which they have caused to
be sent to his Majesty's Consuls and Vice-Consuls, communi.
casing to them the sentence awarded by the Lord Chief Justice
of the Court of King's Bench, at Westminster, on Lowther
Christopherson, master of the brig Trafalgar, of Maryport, in
Cumberland, for forcing and leaving four of his crew on shore
in the Bay of Chaleur t and I am to rrqucst that you will make
this sentence and conviction known to the masters of British
vessels, that they may be deterred from the commission of the
like offence.

I am, sir, your humble servant, G. SMITH.
Mr. Bennett, Lloyd's.

" Navy-Office, Dec. 2.
" Sir,—ln reference to our circular letter of the 16th of May,
1823, stating that John Ferrier, master of the Endeavour of
Arbroath, had upon representation from his Majesty's Consul
at Genoa, been tried for wilfully leaving behind him two of
his crew, whom he took out with bins, they being in a con-
dition to return, and being convicted thereof, was sentenc-
ed to three months' imprisonment, pursuant to the statutes
of the llth and 12th of William 111., cap. 7; and tiOth of Geo.
111., cap. 38. We have now to actinium you, that Lowther
Christopherson, master of the brig '1 rafalgar, of ltiaryport, in
Cumberland, was, at the sittings after Raster term last, before,
the Lord Chief Justice of the Court of King's Bench, at West.
minster, convicted of the offence of forcing and -leaving four of
his crew on shore, in the Bay of Chahar, in North America, and
that he was, on the 27th of last month, adjudged by the said
Court to be Imprisoned for three months (being the specific pu-
nishtnent provided by the aforesaid acts) in the King's Bench
prison ; anti we have to desire that you will make tha conviction
and sentence of Lowther Christopherson publicly known in
your Consulate, in order that other masters of British vessels
may be deterred from the commission of the like offence."

On the 23d of last month, MATTHEW VON
CowN, one of the most celebrated Austrian
literati, died at Vienna, in the 46th year of his
age.
The Agricultural Interest of this country is
likely to labour under much disadvantage, ju
consequence of a Decree issued by the King
of the NETHERLANDS, prohibiting the exporta-
tion of bones from Holland, whence considerable
supplies have annually been imported for manure.
To cast a stone upon a grave,
, was considered
in early times us au act of loyalty or piety ; and
an expression of friendship or of affection still
remains in the north of Scotland to this effect,
" I will cast a stone upon thy cairn."
His M,tJESTV's most gracious pardon for
Harris, who was capitally convicted, but
quently respited generally, has been forwarded
to Hertford gaol from the
Horne Department.—
The case of Davis, who was also capitallY, "1"
victed Is not u, but respited till January, subse-
eter-
mined.

THE KING, &c.

WINDSOR, DEC. 12.—0 n Friday afternoon his MAJESTY
took an airing in his pony phaeton, for nearly two hours, in
the Great Park, accompanied by the Marquis Conyngliam.—
Yesterday the King did not leave the Royal Lodge the whole
of the day.—From many circumstances we are led to think
that his Majesty will not proceed to Brighton this winter.—
Divine Service was this morning performed at the private
Chapel, Cumberland Lodge, to the Royal Household. His
Majesty was not present.—Her Royal Highness the Princess
Augusta is expected to leave Bagshot Park fbr her residence
at Progmore, at the latter end of the week, should her Royal
Sister the Duchess of Gloucester still continue in good health.

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