The Sun.
London, England, 1827-07-23 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

PORTSMOUTH, JULY 21.
On Thursday the Primrose, 18, Captain Vernon, ar-
rived from Vera Cruz, Tampico, Havannab, and New
York ; left Vera Cruz May 8, Tampico May 12, Haven-
nah May 27, and New York June 28 ; shipped at Vera
Cruz and Tampico a million and a quarter of dollars, and
100 serous of cochineal ; landed 40,000 dollars at Ha..
vannah, and 10,000 at New York, and brought the re-
mainder, with the cochineal, to England. Commodore
Laborde sailed from Havannah on the 27th of May, with
three frigates, on hearing that a squadron of ships had
appeared off Cuba. The Mexican squadron continued at
Key-West, but Commodore Porter had himself left that
place in the Greyhound schooner for Mexico, it was
conjectured, to bring out other Mexican vessels to
act in concert with the Colombian squadron. The
United States' ships Cyane and John Adams, were on
that station. The Primrose lay nine days at New
York, during which Mr. Ward and Captain Vernon visited
the public establishments at Washington, Philadelphia, and
Baltimore. The Americans were particularly polite and
attentive to them. There were no ships of war fitting out
at their ports. Every thing appeared remarkably pacific.
Mr. Ward left the city of Mexico on the 23d of April.—
The Primrose, after leaving New York, ran 2500 miles in
fourteen days : she then met with calms and light winds,
or she would have reached Spithead in about seventeen
days from that place. The Primrose was built at this
dock-yard by the students in naval architecture, and they
are entitled to the credit of having built a handsome and a
fast-sailing ship, on all points, and a good man-of-war.
She is come into harbour to he paid off. The lady of Mr.
Ward was happily delivered of a son on hoard the Primrose,
about ten days previous to the arrival of the ship ; and has
been safely landed, with her infant, and her two daughters,
born in Mexico, at her father's (Sir John Swinburne's), at
Cowes.

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On Thursday, the Boadicea frigate, Capt. John Wilson,
arrived from Madras, Trincoinalee, the Cape of Good Hope,
St. Helena, and Ascension. When she sailed, the squadron
in India were employed as follows—Java (Rear-Admiral
Gage), Cyrene, and Champion, at Trincomalee; Tamar,
Athol, and Pandora, in the Red Sea; Rainbow and Fly,
at New South Wales ; Hind, at Bombay. The Cape
squadron were thus disposed of—Owen Glendower (Com-
modore Christian), and Sparrowhawk, in Simon's Bay ;
Semarang, at the Mauritius; Helicon, on her passage to
Mombas, Zanzibar, and the Mauritius. The garrison at
Ascension were healthy. Colonel Nicholls (the Governor)
was busy in making roads, turtle ponds, and bringing the
ground into cultivation, in spots that would admit of it.
The island bad produced, this season, green peas, sweet
potatoes, and carrots ; but water had become rather scarce,
from ample supplies being given to ships that have touched
there. The Boadicea, after leaving St. Helena, met with
light variable winds, and had the North East trade
winds very far to the Northward, which accounts for
her long voyage. She spoke the Romney, 50, Cap-
tain N. Lockyer, in latitude 44. 12. North, longitude
22. 10. W. bound to Quebec, with troops (who supplied
the Boadicea with a week's provisions); and also, on the
12th instant, the Mount Stuart, Elphinstone, from Bom-
bay, in lat. 47. 50. N. long. 20. 6. W. and the Boadicea
supplied her with provisions, being bound, with soldiers,
to London. The following officers came passengers in the
Boadicea; Captain Williams, R.M. invalided from the
Java; Lieut. Walcot, R.N. from the Champion ; Lieut.
Purvis, from the Helicon ; Captain Cumberland, late of
the 55th regiment; Ensign Aragra, late of the 41st refit.
Mr. Godden, late carpenter of the Champion, died on the
passage. The Boadicea has been nearly three years ac-
tively employed in India, during which time she lost more
than one-third of her officers and men. There is only one
gun-room officer come home that went out' in her.
It is said that the Briton frigate, Capt. Augustus W. J.
Clifford, C.B. is on her return from St. Petorsburgh, to be
fitted to take out Lord Wm. Bentinck, appointed Gover-
nor-General India.

On Monday the Starling, Lieut. Pearl, and this day the
Sylvia, Lieut. J. Dickson, sailed on cruizes. Remain,
Boadicea and Constantine (Russian). In the harbour,
Victory, Revenge, Melville, Wellesley, Tweed, Primrose,
Mosquito, and Cracker.
PLYMOUTH, JITLY 19.—Arrived the Bramble, Lieut.
Favell, with dispatches from Lisbon, in twenty-one days;
the surveying vessels Shamrock, Captain Martin, White,
from, the Bristol Channel, and the Leven, 28, Capt. Fitz-
william Owen, from the River. Sailed, on Monday, the
Dartmouth, 42, Captain T. Fellowes, C. 8., with despatches
for the Mediteiranean. Captain J. B. Maxwell, from ill
health, did not go out iu the Dartmouth, to the command
of the Chanticleer ; the Hon. Lieut. W. Keith, of the
Dartmouth, it is understood, is to be promoted into that
ship. Remain, Britannia, Ocean, Windsor Castle, Royal
Sovereign yacht, Eden, Weatle, Procris, Plumper, Nightin-
gale, Vigilant, Royalist, Leveret, Bramble, Reynard,
Hampshire Telegraph.

THEATRES.

ENGLISH OPERA HOUSE.

Miss Paton made her first appearance here for the
season, on Saturday night, in the character of Man-
dane, in Arne's well-known Opera of Artaxerxes,
and was received with enthusiastic applause. Her
" Soldier Tired" is one of the most surprising
things we ever heard. Miss Stephens and Miss
Wilson were both brilliant in this part; but. Miss
Paton far exceeds them, whether we regard her
science or the flexibility and compass of her voice..
She is, undoubtedly, the first Mandane of her day,
and recalls strongly in this character the recollection
of Mrs. Billington. Miss Goward appeared as
Artaxerxes, for the first time. The part deserves a
mention, if only for the pensive and simple little air
of " In Infancy," to which she did every justice.--
The house was full, notwithstanding that Mr. Pear-
man performed Arbaces.