Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-11-16 00:00:00

CHILE.

The news from this republic is to Sepa. 30th.
A. new Cabinet has at length been formed, the
President having yielde i to public opinion. The
new Cabinet consists of Thn Jeronimo Urmeneta,
minister of interior; Doi; Salvador Sanfuentes,
justice ; Don Francisco de. Botja Solar, finance ;
Gen. Don Manuel Garcia, war. This combination
is considered a moderately liberal on; and has
given general satisfaction to the public. The
political excitemerv., that formerly .exi t.ed, had all
subsided, and everything promised to go along
quietly.

On the 18Lh Sept., the day of the annivers.try of
Chilean Independence, the following Amnesty
Decree was issued:—

Art. Ist. The amnesty grantel by the law of 3rd July
last, is made extensive t) all individuals absent from the
country, and who have been, or may be, indicted on account
of the political events of 1851.
Art 2nd. The functionaries, or chiefs of government
offices, who have indicted persons engaged in said events,
charging them with undue inversion of the public funds,
will demand the respective decree of the termination of
the trial from she judge before whom the charge was laid.
The termination of the trial being granted, notice will be
given to the exchequer for the cancelment of the charge.
Montt. FRANCESCO JAVIER OVALLE.
The Mercurio says :
Our economical situation offers no prospect of bettering ;
confidence in the consolidation of peace has removed one
of the causes which might tend to exasperate it ; but the
scarcity of coin and the high price of the articles of first
necessity still embarrass our industrial movement. The
agricultural prospects are not satisfactory either ; the
season has been dry, and allough some rain has fallen
during these days, it is to be feared we shall have a bad
crop, should the wet weather not continue. Some retail
merchants have endeavoured to take advantage of our
situation, pretending to hare suffered losses in order to
obtain concessions and delays from their creditors ; on

this account our commercial community had a meeting in
the Exchange to devise EOMO means of avoiding these
frauds, and sustaining mercantile mor&ity, and they have
resolved not to grant any concessions without the previous
examination. of a committee appointed to this effect, the
infractor being liable to a fine of 5,000 do's. in favour of
the hospital. For other items wa ram to our review of
the market.

The affair of the Sportsman is still pending. The French
Consul in Cobija, the United Staten agents, and a Chilean
company, have presented their claims to Government, bat
nothing can be resolved until the new Cabinet takes cog.
nisance cf affair. In these circumstances, 31r. Bigler,
the United States new charge d'affairs near this Republic,
has arrived.

Our Advicas from the South state that the Hamipurgnese
brig Grasbru)k, having on board 130 German families for
our corny, rim on a sandbank in the Island of Calbuco,
aid this news being known to Amend, the national brig of
war Janequoo was seat to Enceour them; it is hoped she
arrived in time to save the unfortunate passengers lives.
We anxiously await farther notice of this event.
We regret to announce the death of the old nav,il
officer, Mr. Williams, veteran of the independence. and
one of the bravest fellow-officers of do valiant Cochrane.