The Sun.
London, England, 1846-10-08 00:00:00

INFORMATION RESPECTING VESSELS OF WAR OF ALL

NATIONS.

IN GULF OF MEXICO.—Her Majesty's ship Endymion,
her Majesty's ship Electra, her Majesty's ship Rose.
Spanish ships—Maria Christina, 52 guns; schooner
Juanita, 10. French—Mercuria, 20 guns, at Sacrificios.
American Fleet in Gulf of Mexico—The Cumberland,
60 guns; Potomac, 60 guns; St. Mary's, 22 guns; John
Adams, 22 guns; Porpoise, 14 guns; Somers, 14 guns;
three schooner, 3 guns; steamer Mississippi; steamer
Princeton; steamer (unknown) with dispatches.
The American brig Truxton ran on shore on Tuspan
Bar on the 14th of August, when chasing a small
schooner, and is a total wreck.
The American corvette Raritan had left for Pensa-
cola, ill with scurvy, which was spreading through the
other ships.

Arrived at Havannah on the Bth of September—The
French frigate Andromache, 60 guns, Admiral La Place;
the Blonde, 24 guns; Pylades, 20 guns; and steamer
Tonnerre, 10 guns, from Martinique, to sail in a fort-
night for Vera Cruz.

Spanish Ships at Havannah—LuisaFernanda, 22 guns;
Havanero, 20 guns; steamers Montezuma, Guadaloupe,
and Warrington; schooners Bozan, 4 guns, and Infanta,
2 guns.

The Montecuma and Guadaloupe are to be sent to
Europe shortly for repairs.
Arrived at Nassau, on the Bth of September, the Ame-
rican steamers Spitfire and Vixen. The Spitfire left for
Chagres on the 11th, with dispatches; and the Vixen, on
the 13th, for the Gulf, with Commodore Perry, to take
the command there.

The Madrid, Captain Bingham, is hourly expected
rom Gibraltar with mails.

NEWS FROM MEXICO.
Santa Anna, with his family and several friends, left
Havannah on board the Arab, hired steamer, on the
evening of the Bth of August, expecting to anticipate
the arrival, at Vera Cruz, of the Royal Mail steam-ship
Medway, which sailed the following afternoon. On the
afternoon of the 10th the Medway passed the Arab, and
which vessel did not arrive at Vera Cruz until the morn-
ing of the 16th. The captains of the United States
blockading vessels had orders to offer no opposition to
the landing of Santa Anna ; indeed, so far from it, that
Commodore Corner desired that an officer might be sent
on board to congratulate the General on his return to
Mexico. The Medway was allowed to land her mails,
passengers, and quicksilver, and to receive passengers,
mail, and specie, but no other merchandise. About the
17th of August, the United States brig Truxton, whilst
chasing a Mexican schooner, ran upon the bar of Tus-
pan, and became a wreck—one boat's crew made their
escape, and the remainder surrendered themselves pri-
soners of war. The American squadron was at the an-
chorage of Anton Lizardo, and was suffering much from
scurvy, particularly the frigates. The Raritan left some
time ago with 120 sick ; the Potomac left for Pensa-
cola, on the 30th of August, with 90 sick ; and the
Commodore's ship, the Cumberland, was said to have
120 sick. There seems to be no idea of attacking St.
Juan d'Ulloa ; nor would the present forces in the Gulf
have the slightest chance of success. Santa Anna was
warmly received by the military, but very coolly by the
people generally. From Vera Cruz he went to his
estate of Encerro, about four leagues from Xalapa, and
did not leave for Mexico until the 28th of August.
Great preparations were making in the city for his re-
ception. The following members of the new Ministry
had been named :—Gomez Fariar, Finance ; Almonti,
War ; Rijon, Foreign Affairs ; and Poehico, Interior.
About the 10th of August the boats of the American
squadron went into the harbour of Alvarados, for the
purpose of cutting out two schooners. They were op-
posed by a small sand battery with two guns, and re-
treated without success—they themselves attributing
their failure to the strength of the current preventing
them from reaching the vessels.

The day before the Medway left Vera Cruz a Bremen
brig, name unknown, attempting to break the blockade,
was detained, and having been previously warned off, was
made a prize by the Americans.
It was reported, when the Medway left, that in some
of the provinces a counter-revolution was being got up in
favour of Heirera, Santa Anna not being universally
popular with this fiekle-minded people.
Paredes was still in confinement, but little doubt ex-
isted that as soon as things assumed a quieter aspect he
would be released.

All accounts agree that the Americans will not at-
;ack the Castle of St. Juan d'Ulloa, and, indeed, that
ittle or no blood will be spilt in their warfare with
;he Mexicans. The spirit for war was evidently on
;he decline.

The formation of the new Ministry by Santa Anna
had, generally, given much satisfaction.

DRURY-LANE THEATRE.

Madame Anna Bishop has created quite a furore at
the rehearsals of Balfe's opera, The Maid of Artois, in
which she will make her debut this evening. The
opera has been considerably changed to suit Madame
Bishop's voice, which is a pure high soprano of much
power and sweetness. She sung the new recitative," My
thoughts which forth had wandered" in a style that at
once proved her a first-rate artiste; and ber execution
of the aria following was replete with powerful effect and
brilliant execution. The new ballad, " Oh, what a
charm it is to dwell," introduced by Mr. Balfe, is a
charming composition, and sure to be a favourite; there
is a sweet Irish strain in it that captivates every ear, and
when sung by Madame Bishop, with all the feeling she
infuses into it, will be a decided hit. Our musical
readers will recollect the splendid finale, " The rapture
dwelling ;" we anticipate great success in this favourite
mweau. Mr. Harrison is to perform Jules. We per-
ceive Balfe has changed the aria, " My soul in one un-
broken sigh," to a very beautiful ballad, composed in a
highly popular style. The scenery, by Messrs. Grieve
and Telbin, is entirely new, not a vestige being available
of that used in 1836. The other characters will be filled
by Miss Collett and Miss Isaacs, Messrs. Borrani, Bur-
dini, Weiss, S. Jones, and Horncastle.

It is stated to us, on what we believe to be un-
questionable authority, that the French Government—
or, in other words, his Majesty Louis Philippe—has de-
manded the surrender of Don Carlos Louis Comte de
Montemolin by the English Cabinet. We hear that the
reply of Lord Palmerston to this monstrous requisition
was the only one a British Minister ought to make—
that England was a free country, and that any foreigner,
no matter what might be his political opinions, was en-
titled to an asylum so long• as he respected our laws.
Bat the vindictiveness of the French Government shows
itself in every form. The Journal des Debats, as our
readers will havo seen in our paper of yesterday, puts
forth—for the purpose of damaging the Carlist cause—
a statement of certain alleged movements in London. To
this statement, in all its particulars, we are enabled to
give the most positive contradiction ; whilst we rejoice
to think that the efforts of the Court of the Tuileries,
however unscrupulous, have not effected their object in
restraining loyal and devoted Spaniards from returning
to their country in the hope of aiding the royal cause.
Accounts have boon received, announcing the safe arrival
in Catalonia of Major-General Don Juan Burjo, Bri-
gadier-General Don Jose Sobrevias, and a great number
of field-ofUcers and others of inferior military rank.—
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