Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-07-18 00:00:00

CHILE.

From Chile, we find, as usual, little new, beyond the
excitement consequent on the trial of the political revolu-
tionists, on whom it was expected sentence of death
would soon be passed. Congress was to have met on the
day of the sailing of the steamer, the Ist of June. We
have no clue as to what the President's message is likely
to contain. Government was about raising a loan of four
millions of dollars to complete the Valparaiso and Santiago
Railroad. The Santiago and Tecna Railway advances
rapidly. Two engines, sent from Valparaiso, had
reached the capital in safety; each engine was
drawn in a cart by twenty yoke of oxen. The
little "Yankee steamboat, built at Valparaiso, had
reached the Maule river in safety, and promis.s
to do well. The Valparaiso floating dock has
already received several vessels with ease and security,
some of them of 700 tons register. Heavy rains were
experienced, which interfered with public improvements.
The copper mines continue to yield abundantly, and
Copiapo is witnessing the renewal of its activity during
the brilliant days of Chanarcillo. New and very rich mines
have been discovered near Pabellon, which promise to
yield very abundantly. The attempt of the Peruvian
Consul to confiscate the cargoes of guano arriving at
Valparaiso under Vivanco contracts will, in all proba-
bility, be unsuccessful. It is said that the government
and clergy have made up their quarrel, the former finding
the latter rather too strong political opponents. A
Frenchman, named Louis Pujo, has made an arrangement
with the municipality of Santiago to present it with
40,001 dols, in consideration for which he is to receive
during his lifetime and that of his wife an annual pension
of 4,800 dols. _ _

ACCIDENT ON THE SOUTH WALIII RAILWAY.-1 gentle
man connected with our city informs us of his having had
a very narrow escape, in common with the other passen-
gers, on the above line on Friday last. It appears that
the express train, which left Loudon on that morning at
9.40, when within a mile of Carmarthen station, ran off
the rails whilst travelling at a speed of from fifty to sixty
miles per hour. At the spot in question the line stands on
a single embankment, and the engine, after leaving the
rails, travelled upwards of 100 yards before it left the
ballast. It then took a slanting direction, knocking down
the rail-fencing for some distance, and ultimately embed-
ded itself in the soft earth. The tank of the tender was
detached from the frame and thrown over the engine.
The coupling connecting the train with the eneine fortu-
nately snapped, otherwise the oeuenssion by the sudden
stoppage might have been attended with very serious con-
sequences to the passengers ; owing, however, to the break-
.___e age of the coupling, the carriages passed clear on and
PERU. beyond the engine, and ultimately stopped, buried up to
Our Iquique Correspondent, under date. of June 6th, the axles in the soil of the embankment. The passengers+,
states that stocks of Nitrate of Soda, ea plaza, were low, and officials fortunately escaped uninjured, with the excep-
the make el present considerable, and large parcels daily thn of the fireman, who was cut about the head, and
brought down, price nominal at 21 reels. Ten vessels, appeared to have sustained some internal injury. Several
taking about 84,000 qqls., were loading on 31st May. of the passengers had to be extricated from the carriages
In Africa everything was quiet, nothing new having through the windows. The guard of the train evinced
transpired since our last advices. Two ships were loading great presence of mind in immediately despatching men
ores and one discharging assorted cargo—date, June 6th with signals, in both directions, to stop any approachine
From Islay> June 7, our correspondent writes that train. The gentlemen passengers rendered the most active
Irivanco gt.;:t holds out at Arequipa, but the town was and prompt assistance in removing the ladies from 'the
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surr'bunded by the troops of General San Ramou and
1 re carriages, and appeasing their fears ; and after a detention
...reyre, about three thousand in number. Irivanco's
of about half an hour, another engine and carriages was
troops are very enthusiastic, but the others will doubtless
defeat them in ten or twelve days, when all will be over.
Nothing of interest from the interior beyond this. Two
vessels in port loading wool. obtained from Carmarthen. At the part
the accident occurred, there is a sha:p
yards beyond the line is in close, proximite to
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Our Valparaiso correspondent, says the Panama Star
and Herald. is so taken up with fox hunting that he can
write about little else. The hounds, he says, throw off
twice a week, and his horse as regularly throws him off
fortunately there is at present conslderable mud and
water in the hunting districts, so that no necks have yet
been broken.

Business in Valparaiso is resorted as unusually dull ;
exportation of agricultural products has been most trifl-
ing ; the scarcity of silver currency continues to be much
felt. Exchange—On Lonslon, 60 days, 45i per cent.
Freight to England, 44. pr.ir ton, English.