The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-03-05 00:00:00

THE SOUTH PACIFIC.

We have dates from Callao to the 26th December,
and Valparaiso to the 16th. From the Mercurio
del Vapor we extract the following news from
Chile :

Commerce still feels the effects of the paralysation
mentioned in our former review. The advices we have
received up to this date promises an abundant harvest ;
this is the season for reaping the wheat, and the new crop
will soon appear in the market.
The termination of the railroad as far as Limache has
sufficed to show how profitable this undo. taking is to the
shareholders ; as yet we are not in contact wi►h any centre
of production, and the traffic of passengers and merchandise
has increased amazingly already. The directors are quite
satisfied, and the public begin to enjoy the advantages of
all kinds arising from an early and rapid Gotnmunicatiori.
In March or April the trains will reach as far as Qaillota,
and for this purpose they will be raised over the hill of
San Pedro by a stationary engine, a locomotive being
ready on the other side to take them to the end of the
j mrney. Meanwhile, the works in the tunnel of San
Pedro will be actively carried en.
The floating dock built in this port has been launched at
last, having fortunately overcome the difficulties which
daring several 'ays opposed this operation. It has not been
employed as yet, the interior works not being entirely
finished.

Another gigantic prrject occupies at present the attention
of several intelligent
and enterprising individuals. This is
the construction of a dry dock to the South of the Custom
House buildings, opening a basin in the solid rock, and
taking advantage of a site which facilitates the strength-
ening and execution of the work. We have seen the
designs, and it seems to us that in elegance,
convenience and capacity, they afTnd all that can be desired,
and completely provide for the wants felt by the maritime
commerce. of this port. We havebeen told that the heads
of the undertaking will sail in this steamer it order to
realise their scheme, the cost of which ckainot be less than
200,000 dollars ; if it is so, we sincerely hope they will
speedily return to carry out their important project.
Our Intendente, Sr. Valetzuela Castillo, is now endea-
vouring to adorn Valparaiso with a beautiful public walk, of
which the inhabitants of this city are so much in need ;
the site chosen for the purpose is the estero of Polanco,
having a view of the sea, the railway station, and the
Santiago road. The inhabitants of the neighbourhood
i co-operate n the project. and Sr. Valenzuela's 'activity
warrants its not being confined to an idea.
Chile continues to diffuse useful information amongst the
people ; during the last fortnight four new schools have
been endowed, one for boys, in the department of Peuco,
and titres for girls in Peuco, Hunivui and Vuobacui.—

Permission has been granted to D. Jose Moureal for estab-
lishing another private quay in Cequimbo, for the reception
of national and naturalised merchandise, having complied
with the necessary conditions of the law.
The splendid theatre in Santiago is almost finished, and
that city's municipal body has invited proposals for taking
it, the term fixed for receiving them being up to the 15th
of February.
The Copiapo mines promise better for the year 1857.
The first advices received this year from that province
are satisfactory.
In Peru the revolution was progressing, although the
Vivanco party had made little or no further progress
towards gaining possession of Callao and Lima, the only
two points now in the hands of Castillo.