The Sun.
London, England, 1824-01-26 00:00:00

COURT OP CILANCERY-(Tim D.Y.

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GOURLAY V. DUKE OF SONSERSET.
The LORD CHANCELLOR came into Court with
the papers in this case, which he . proceeded to
read ; but on account of questions arising
therefrom, deferred the pronouncing of sen-
tence till Wednesday. Mr. Gout-lay, on hear-
ing this decision, complained loudly of the
poverty and suspense in which the protraction of
this cause still kept him.

ROYAL. NAVY.

PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 24.—This morning Commodore Sir
Thomas Masterman Hardy, Bart., K.C.8., arrived here, in the
Creole frigate, Captain the llonourable Frederick Spc:.cer,
after an absence of upwards of four years and four months in
the South American command, in which important service he
was succeeded by Rear-Admiral Sir George Eyre, on the 17th
of November. The Creole left Rio Janeiro on the 26th No-
vember,
when the Spartiate, 74, (flag-ship), Captain Gordon
Falcon, and Doris, Captain Hope Johnstone, were lying there.
The Tartar, Capt. Brown, arrived at Valparaiso on 3d Oct., in
thirty-four days from Rio, to relieve the Aurora; which ship •
was to continue in the Pacific some time longer, along the coast
to the Northward. The Blossom, Captain ISPLean, was to sail
for England, with specie, in the course of November. The
Creole has brought a considerable amount inspecie, on account
of merchants, but her principal freight, we understand, is a box
of diamonds, which is of immense value. Sir Thomas Hardy,
we are happy to add, has arrived home in good health. The
Creole is to be paid off at Chatham.
On Thursday afternoon, the Seringapatain, 46, Captain S.
Warren, C. 8., on her way from Lisbon, came through the
Needles, and about four o'clock, finding the weather
thick,
she came to an anchor in the Solent, about midway •between
Beaulieu River and Gurnett Bay.. In the course of the night
the wind shifted to the N.W. and blew a gale, which occee
sioned the ship to ride with a heavy strain ; and about five
o'clock in the morning, her cable parted, close to the anchor,
and she shot ashore, The ship having broken her sheer at
the moment, it was not known to the men at the helm that
she had parted from her anchor; and the darkness of the night
prevented her approach to land being discovered : the men
had been turned up, and they were piping to breakfast (at five,
4. M.) to prepare to run to Spithead, before it could be disco-
vered that the ship had grounded on the soft mud in Thorness
Bay. At 5 o'clock this evening all her guns, shot, and water,
had been got out; and it was expected she would be got off in
the next tide without sustaining any dasnage. The Creole,
Photon, and Menai, were assisting her. 'The Seringapatarn
left Lisbon on the Bth inst. when the Windsor Castle, Naiad,
and Glasgow, were lying there.
Yesterday the Menai, 24, Capt. H. Stewart went out of par_
boor ; she will sail immediately for the North American
station.
The Blanche frigate is commissioned at Chatham, for the
South American station. Lieuts. Hugh Nurse and Wm. Pitt
Canning are appointed to her.
It is said that the Plixton, 46, Captain Stuart is to take
Commissioner l.ewis and Family to 31alta.
Admiral Sir Geo. 3l3rtin, G.C.8., will succeed to the corns
mend at this port, and hoist his flag on board the Victory,
100, Capt. Chas. Inglis, on die 2t3th 31arch next. Mr. Trip-
heok is to be Secretary to the Commander-in-Chief.
Lieut. J. R. Mould, of the Queen Charlotte, is promoted to
the rank of Commander. Lieut. L. Willoughby Lake, to be
Flag-Lieutenant of the Jupiter; Lieutenant I. L. Wynn to be
First Lieutenant of the Reda, for the North Pele ; Lieut.
Percy Hall, to the Primrose ; Mr. Hutchins (from the Ad-
mirol's Office at Portsmouth), to be Secretary to Rear-Admie
ral W. Lake.
DEYON:.oll7.—Admiral Sir James Sauinaraz, Barr. G.C.B.
and Vice-Admiral of Great Britain, will succeed to the corns
mand of this port, and hoist his flag in the Britannia, 120,
Captain Philip Pipon, about the 14th of April next.--John
APArthur, Esq. is appointed Secretary to our new Commander
in Chief. The Bulwark, Capt. T. Dundas, will sail for Ports,
mouth in a few days, to lie there as a guard-ship, Arrived, on
Tuesday, the Crsole, 46, from Rio, and sailed yesterday, for
Spithead. Sailed the Vandeleur, for Ireland. The black.-
smiths of this Dock-yard are re-taken to their former situations
(from being labourers), and are all to work Six days in the week.