Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-06-16 00:00:00

SOUTH PACIFIC.

CHILE dates are to April 30th. The political
trials in Santiago are not yet concluded, they
afford but little interest to the public- The ex-
pedition which started to explore an interoceanic
communication by the river Negro, has returned,
the party not being organized on a sufficiently
large scale to effect their object. Sr. Astaburuaga,
minister from Chile to Costa Rica, was about to
sail irt the Chilian national brig Ancud. The pur-
port of his instructions has not been made public.
The convent of the missionaries are Chiloe has
been destroyed by fire, loss about 150,000 dollars.

BouvtA.—Dates from La Paz are to the 28th
April. On the 15th the President left La Paz for
a tour through the interior, accompanied by the
army and a large staff, The fever is still on the
increase at La Pac, and also attacked the town of
Tapacari, fifteen leagues from Cochabamba.
PERlL—bates from Lima are to May llth
The revolution may be considered as concluded
Vivanco is at Arequipa with a small force, but
without means. It is thought he will make no

further demonstration against • the government
On the 19th inst. the Peruvian fleet at the Chinchas
surrendered to the government. The Loa, Huaras,
Isehuca, and Guise were at anchor at Callao ; the

Apurimac was to be surrendered within eight days.
A private letter from Lima says : " Business here
is becoming active ; the buying season for the
interior opens with good prospects, and in Tackna
and the South, large sales have been made for
Bolivia, while copper ores find easy access to the
coast since the opening of the Arica and Tacna
railway, which promises well.

THE CHINCH; ISLANDS PLACED UNDER THE PRO-
TECTION OF ENGLAND AND FRANCE —A Lima cor-
respondent, under the date of May 12th, gives us
thofollowiagpiece of important, information—

The c nventiOn here clo;ed their secret session last
night on the question of English and French protectorate
of the Chincha Islands. They vote this day, anq may
have done so at this moment, as it is expected, favourably.
If so, the advice may be in time to send to Europe and
the Milted States by this mail.
H. B. M ship Satellite, Captain Prevost, had
sailed for Vancouver's Island. Captain Prevost has
been appointed Chief Commissioner by the Queen
to settle, in conjunction with the U. S. Commis-
sioners the Oregon Boundary Question.
GUATEMALA.—Dates are to the 30th April. On the
11th a convention was signed in Guatemala between
that Republic and Peru, by which the former gives
its adherence to the treaty called ‘` Continental,'
entered into in September, 1856, between Peru,
Chile, and Ecuador, and to which Costa Rica has
lately subs gibed. On the 20th, a further treaty of
frienii,hip. commerce, and navigation, was signed
between the two before-named Republics. The
Ecclesiastical Cabildo, in order to encourage the
culture of coffee, have reduced their tithe on that
product to one per cent for ten years, reckoning
from Ist of March last.

SAN SALVADOR.—We are in receipt of files of the
Gaceta del Salvador (published in Cojutipeque),
from 26th of March to 2nd of May. Congress has
au) h onsed the government to negotiate a Concordat
with the Holy See. It has also ordered a full-length
portrait of General Morezan to be placed in the
saloon of the Assembly. A decree of April 17th,
orders that those who leave the state in order to
avoid the payment of the forced loan requir, d for
war purposes cannot return without special per-
mission of the government, and paying up the
amount of their contributions.
COSTA RICA.—FIom San Jose de Costa Rica we
have the Oronica de Costa Rica to May 9th, and the
Weekly Album to the 7th. The news from the seat
of war is not so late as that received by the St.
Marys. We translate the following from the
review of the month of April, published in the
Cronica of May 9th. The exportations of coffee
from January Ist to April 30th has been, according
to registered returns, 94,114 quintals, but it is well
known that the amount exceeds 100,000 quintals.
During the same period over $200,000 in specie
has been imported to pay for this article of

export. The railway from Punta Arenas to the
Barranca progresses rapidly. A new bridge is to
be built over the Barranca river, and a wharf is
about to be constructed in Punta Arenas. Several
pieces of areolites, weighing from five to seven
pounds, fell near Alajuela from the meteor which
was seen on the Ist of April.
On the 7th of May, 101 guns announced to the
people of San Jose the occupation of Rivas by the
Allies. General Mora, with his division of the
army, was expected at San Jose on the 13th.
Great preparations were being made to give
him an enthusiastic reception. The Cronica
gives all due credit to Captain Davis for
his humane interference to save the lives
of Walker and his followers, and also speaks
in the highest credit of his noble conduct.