The Sun.
London, England, 1852-08-30 00:00:00

LONDON, .O DA` EVENING, AUGUST 80, 1852,

in fifteen men contending with them, more particularly
as ho suspected the sailors to be in league with them,
and all communication with General Wright and Ge-
neral Garier was cut off. They kept guard upon the
captaia'a cabin, and, forcing the engineer to get up
steam, they pelt away at daybreak, the other ships not
having come up. Captain Owen stated his convictions
openly to Lieutenant Robbelo and Sergeant Bravo,
who
had the command of the revolting party, stating that ho
ankned,
as they were not going to Chili but to Guayaquil;
as they had not interfered with them, they demanded
their arms, liberty, and the schooner Mosquito, which
was then in tow, and they would take care of them-
selves. They acknowledged the truth of this, and they
said they would give the boat to them. Then Captain
Owen pleaded for the officers in the cabin, saying it
would be brutal to take them to Guayaquil to be mur-
dered.' This they said they would think about. When
about five miles out at sea the steamer was stopped,
the email boat astern was brought round to the
gateway, and all the officers in the cabin ordered up
and passed in one by one, the entire force of the armed
Chilians ',tending in line, with their pieces cocked, as
each officer appeared, Colonel Castle°, their old corn-
mend, r, was the last to leave, and they said if he at-
tempted to remain they wculd shoot him on the spot.
The boat was then let go, and there were in it the of-
ficers, particularly Generals Wright and Garier, without
clothing, a scrap of paper, or any comfort, but glad to
escape with life. Captain Owen, daring this scene, was
doubtful for the fate of himself and his men, as he did
not know if they intended to murder him, or take them
to Udine. The officers again assured him they would
allow them to go to Yalta, and give them provisions and
their arms. In about an hour the Mosquito was ordered
to the gangway, and they were put aboard. They steered
for Paita, where they arrived on the night of the 94th.
N( xt day the port captain boarded the vessel, and, not
finding any papers, ordered all to remain on board, after
giving up their arms, until he sent word to the Governor
at a distance of fourteen leagues. They were placed on
called the Janienti, for better se-
cbaorairtdy. a sTheremal brig l
wa
was no news from the Governor on
the 26th, but the prisoners received an assurance that
they would be allowed to land on the following day.
The Flores' storeship Leon was seen off the harbour
at night, and anchored at four o'clock in the morn-
ing. Sho was boarded also by the port captain, and
80 stand of muskets taken from her, as she did not
mount cannon. No communication was permitted be-
tween the two vessels. However, at ten o'clock at night,
some of Captain Owen's party made free to take a boat
brought alongside by two young men who were sent to
guard the ship, and boarded the Leon, unseen by any of
the Frenchmen on shore. Here they were surprised to
learn that from confusion, and laxity of discipline among
the troops with the fleet, no one would order, nor would
any one volunteer, a message to be carried to Flores,
and that the news had not reached him yet. They could,
however, learn that on the 19th the fleet had arrived at
Tombez, and that Flores feared the two steamers would
return from Guayaquil with the mutineers and fresh
troops and attack him. He, however, hoped that the
American and French men-of-war at Guayaquil would
not allow the stolen steamer to return, but take posses-
sion of her for the owner. An order had been given for
the Flores fleet to return to Santa Rosa, and take off the
General and his forces thence on their returning to it.
The 27th brought no news from the Governor; but the
brig Admaranka Blanco came to anchor on the morning
of the 28th, and Capt. Owen boarded her and told the
officers how the other vessels had been treated, upon
which Captain Hosa swore he would not give up a pin's
point to them. General Wright did not say much,
and Hosa warned him that if he agreed with the autho-
rities and ordered him to give up his arms, he would
not obey him or any man, except Flores. Upon the de-
mand being made he refused, and upon this all his
;he had two 18-
however, he said
hsoeldwiehrusldanstdaymhonst
hoofahrids caraewlhlnegft haiam
pounders, six 24-pound carronades, two 12-pounders,
and a model brig of war. Hosa left Flores at Tombez
on the 24th. He had heard of the loss of his vessels
and the defalcation of the Chilians, and endeavoured to
conceal it from the remaining troops. They had heard
it, however, and upon the General's ordering a march
into the interior, 125 Chilians refused to go, and set
out, accompanied by about 150 Americans, Germans,
and Peruvians. They were attacked by a force of 35*
of the enemy, which landed from the rebel steamer at
Ranchela, for it appears that the steamers, with one
brig and one brigantine, were ordered to return and
destroy his fleet. Under these circumstances, Flores
had to cross the Santa Rosa river, the banks of which
were lined with Urbina's men, who kept up a
heavy fire. The Americans were flanking the troops,
and, on arriving at the river, Flores ordered the
Germans to advance, but they all faltered except
their captain. The Peruvians and remaining Chilians
also refused to enter the water, and, on his order-
in.. the cannon to the front, the men disobeyd him.
Flores then ran himself, took hold of the cannon, and,
assisted by a few officers, brought it to the bank of the
river. He then fired it himself, and with effect, as the
enemy scattered a little. The General then took off his
cap, and placed it upon his sword point, shouting—' All
who wish to follow me, come ont' He then ran into the
water, closely followed by the Americans. Generals
Valentia and the German captain were each shot in the
leg in fording the river. This battle took place on the
22d, and the contending armies fought to the line of
Peru—Flores refusing to enter the territory of the
Peruvians. The recusant troops came up in the rear,
and, as the fire was heavy, they crossed into Peru. The
General asked if twenty true men would stay by him,
whereupon Captain Tracey and twenty-five of the
American company volunteered, and remained by him on
the Ecuador side of the line. Some of the troops in their
flight had reached Tombez, and the authorities came out
to meet Flores, and advised him to cross the line, pile
his arms, and then ho might enter the town. Flores
was forced to consent, and on reaching the hacienda
ho gave up 140 stand of arms, the rest having been lost
by the killed, wounded, end deserting soldiery. Flores
had thus marched on foot 60 leagues in three days. On
the 29Lh of July Hosa was
allowed to lend at Paita, for
provisions and water. On the 30th Captain Owen had
dispatches from Flores,
stating that he intended to re-
main at the hacienda for a few days, but he gave no in-
timation of his future plans or intentions. Upon that
evening, Major Bell and
Captain Owen left by the
steamer for Panama, after many hardships and hair-
breadth escapes." _

Private letters from Petite,
under date the 31st o
July, state that when intelligence reached that city
containing the information that vessels bad left the
United States for the Lobos Islands to collect guano,
the prefect of the department of Del Norte, resi-
ding in Piurn, ordered the garrison at the islands
to be reinforced,
an—il
opposition made to all attempts
to take guano without the consent of Peru.
Advices from Costa
that Mr. Walsh, American diplomatic agent, and
Rical,v.
Washington
itnhge t
01n7tliut .
Mr. Wyke, British Consul-General in Central
treaty recently made at
Ame-
rica, had left San Joseph for Nicaragua, having
completed their mission in Costa Rica. The mis-
sion was to procure the assentof Costa Rica to the
between Messrs.
Webster and Cram tproved
Cramp ton, and has, probably, a.nnounce
successful.
From Panama we have advices to the Ist instant.
The cholera was fast disappearing from the Isthmus.
The existence of extensive and rich gold mines on the
Isthmus has been placed beyond doubt, large quanti-
ties have been sent from a and Choco to Panain
Eu-
rope. On the Rio Andagada, a branch of the Atrato,
about two days' journey from Quibdo, rich mines are
said to have been discovered.
From Valparaiso we have advices to the 15th ult.
The silver mines continued generally in a satisfactory
condition. A new and very rich vein has been dis-
covered near Iluasco copper mines. The steamer
Quito arrived at Valparaiso on the 13th, with 200,000
dollars in specie on freight. There was an increase
in business for home consumption at Valparaiso, but
for export there has been little or nothing done.
Stocks were still heavy, but there was every reason
to anticipate an improved demand from all quarters,
Th was
as moderate supplies only were expected.
consumption
a good demand for Liverpool coal ; the
on hand ;the
was large, and there was but little stock
cargo per Black Prince bad been sold at 25 dolls.
Gold was selling at 1i per cent. above ley. 17,000
marks of silver, per Quito, had been sold at an average
of 10 dolls. lfl. per mark, being almost on a par with
London 46 o
exchange on London. Exchange ea
46k, 60 days. Freights to London and Liverpootll,
with guano from the Chincba Islands, l. 12s. 6(d
per ton ; and calling for orders in the Channel, an
discharging at a safe port, 3/. per ton.
28th ult. state that
Advices from Jamaica to the
the smallpox still remained on the island, though it
The weather
did not appear to increase in virulence.
was generally unsatisfactory, and in some places
drought was beginning to affect the cane-fields. La-
bour was growing scarcer every month, and great
despondency was felt. The disposition to emigrate
to Australia still remained, though it no longer spreads
with the rapidity it commenced with.
Our miscellaneous accounts are interesting. A
hurricane bad passed over part of Minesota on the 15th
ult., the heaviest ever experienced. Several buildings
were blown down, and others unroofed. The crops of
both cotton and corn in Mississippi are promising a
very abundant yield. The cotton-worm had com-
menced its ravages in some Parts of South Carolina.
Mrs. General Taylor, relict of the late President, died
at East Pascagoula on the 14th inst. A report had
reached New York of the loss of the clipper ship
Staffordshire, late one of the packet ships between
Liverpool and Boston, near Talcahuano. The ac-
count was, however, discredited. She was bound
from Boston for San Francisco, and had upwards of
160 passengers on board. Intelligence had reached
the War Department at Washington which strength-
ened the belief that Captain Marcy and his command
are safe. The Magnetic Telegraph Company, own-
ing the line extending from Washington to New
York, during the year ending on the Ist of last
July, transmitted over their wires 253,857 messages,
the tolls received on which amounted to 103,232
dollars 37 cents. The shock of an earthquake had
been felt at Miratnichi. A vessel had sailed from St.
J°llo's, New Brunswick, for Australia, with up-
wards of 100 passengers on board. The Board of
Health reported seventeen cases of cholera at Ro-
chester and ten deaths during the fourty-eight hours
ending the 16th instant.
The transactions at the New York Stock Exchange
were to a fair extent, without any material alteration
in prices. The Money-market was without altera-
tion. Foreign exchange was firm, with but moderate
Bales. Bills on London, 1101 to 1101 ;
Paris, 5,12 i

to 5.15. Amsterdam, 40i to 41i; Ilamburgb, 36f
to 36i ; Frankfort, 40i to 41 ; and Bremen, 79 to
799. The sales of cotton for toe two days amount
to 4,000 bales, at very firm prices. There was an
active demand for fresh ground flour, and late rates
were readily obtained. Good sound wheat for ship-
ment was extremely scarce, and high prices could be
obtained for good parcels. The market was over-
stocked with unsound wheat, which could not be dis-
posed of without submitting to a reduction in price.
Indian corn not much inquired for. 100 tons Scotch
pig-iron had changed hands at 21 dolls. Provisions
dull, and unaltered. Freights to London—Tobacco,
Gcl. to 255. per hbd. ; flour, 15.6.1. per barrel;
turpentine, 2s. per 2801 b.; measurement goods, 20s.
to 30s. per ton.

SHIPPING
Out—The
KeIIer,INTELLIGENCE.
ofrom
Boston,
at Arrivals
Provi-
denceien u;
furl-4ot aumicny Williamf r
to from
Charlestonvi
se,p fromo o l atAl di Baltimoreveeprtr: ooELlEliza
at;
Trißoston; Forest State, from Liverpool, at Philadelphia;
F'idWalker, Eliza Ann, and Eaxino, from' Liverpool,, at
Quebec ; Underwriter, Continent, Philadelphia, San-
dusky, Andrew Foster. Metolea, America, Adri,tic, Ist-,
bells S:ewart, Henry Grinnell, and Winfield Scott, from
Liverpool, at New York ; Charlot:e, Jessie Amelia, Bart-
lett, and Nereid, from Liverpool, at Halifax; the Car-
rickfergus, from Liverpool, and Priscilla, from Valpa-
raiso, at Panama ; her Majesty's echooner Cockatrice,
from San Blasx, at Valparaiso, with 490,000 dollars for
England ; the Robert Finnie, from Caldera, at VAlpa-
raise, and sailed for Swansea, 4th ult.; the Anna, from
Newcastle at Valparaiso, Rod sailed for Tongoy; the
Bombay cleared at San Francisco, for Batavia, 30:h
June; the Tepic, for Mazatlan, 7th ult.; and the Guay-
teLinvd.erill)oaolel
mat and British Merchant, the 9th, for Valparaiso ;
the Eliza Morrison, Sarah Hooper, Viceroy Corn-
wall, and Augusta, from China, and the Salem, from
San Juan. at San Francisco; the Countess of Sefton,
William Fisher, and Eleanor Dixon, from Liverpool, the
Norma, from Mazatlan, the Rosendale, from Coquimbo,
and the Circassion and Emperor, from San Francisco, at
Valparaiso; the Salacia sailed from Valparaiso for
Iquique on the 29th of June; the Flora, for Honduras,
on the 4th ult ; the Harbinger, for Caldera, on the 4th;
for Caldera, on the 6th; the Black
the Buenos Ayrean,
Prince, for Panama, the 6th, the Mandarin, for Callao,
on the 10th; the Moultan, for Talcahuano, the Irene, for
Iquique, the Countess of Durham, for Coleu ra, the 10th,
and the Douro, for Live p ,
r 00l 4th ult.
BOSTON, Aug. 18.
The Stella, of and for St. John's, New Brunswick,
from Savannah, sprung a leak on the 30th ult., and
the 6th instant, in lat. 38, long. 70;
was abandoned ou
dby the A. S. Harvey, arriveat d Philadelphia.
crew save

REMARKABLE ACCIDENT ON THE
NORTH KENT RAILWAY.
On Saturday a casualty of an alarming character oc •
curred on the North Kent line, between Gravesend and
Rochester. Many persons are aware that some years
ago a project was carried into effect for uniting the
Thames and Medway by a canal leading from Rochester
to Gravesend, and in order to accomplish this object it
was found necessary to cut a tunnel, two miles and a
quarter in length, through the immense chalk hills ex-
tending from Frindsbury to Higham. Between Strood
and Higham, at about one mile and a half from the Strood
a shaft of great depth was sunk from above, and
e
'spot it was that barges proceeding in one direc-
tiondrew tthi°inson one side in order to allow those coming in
"lay-by." Since the subterranean passage has been con-
verted into a line of railway this portion of the canal has
been filled in, but the shaft still remains open,
and supplies a
tnelgleam. Itof is at thisto p
pointersons that thepass oc-
the be described took place. On Saturday
un lig ht ing
eat hub rro orueu h
e to t
ng
e noon masses of heavy clouds were ob-
served collecting over the environs of Rochester and
Strood, portending a heavy storm. Shortly, some large
drops of rain fell, followed soon afterwards by a heavy
shower; but towards the upper part of Strood the rain
fell in torrents, and at the same time a heavy cloud was
over the adjacent hills, so low as ap-
parently to reach the ground, and so dense was its
ap-
pearance
that every
object beyond was completely hid
observed hangingfrom view. This cloud,
spout, fell upon the spot where the shaft above-named is
6aid tad was
been a water-
torrent which carried with it
chalk, some stubble from the fields,
and sweeping with it
came within reach. The force of the
situated, and formed a
everything that
wires of the electric telegraph, and led to the apprehen-
sion that some serious accident had occurred. The mid-
day
stream carried with it heavy masses, which broke the
as far as the Higham station,
pas-
sengers, had proceeded _
when the tickets having been it
co ected it proceeded on
its course towards Strood. On nearing the lay-by, at
train from London, having about four hundred a
distance of about three-quarters of a mile from the
Higham station, the engine-driver became alarmed
at hearing a rush of water down the shaft,
which he could only compare to the torrent of a
mill-stream. Providentially he had time to stop the
engine, for had the train continued its course the result
it is fearful to contemplate, the flood having swept down
not only a very considerable quantity of chalk, but a
large portion of the brickwork of the tunnel also, thus
entirely blocking up both lines. The alarm of the pas-
sengers may be imagined when they observed the rush of
water—the electric telegraph wires torn down, together
with the continued fading of the chalk, and still un-
abated flood which was passing them. No time was lost
in reversing the engine, and having by this means re-
gained the Higham station, the train was shunted on to
the up line, and so returned to Gravesend, where convey-
ances were placed at the disposal of the passengers to
convey them to Rochester. When the train became over-
due at Strood, the station master, Mr. Small, finding the
telegraph communication stopped, of course apprehended
that some casualty had happened, and at once dispatched
one of the servants with a signal-lamp, to ascertain,
if possible, what had occurred, and he soon returned
and expressed an opinion that the train vas in the
tunnel. Plate-layers aro at all tines in the tunnel,
and a party of them, on hearing the rush of water,
attempted to cross the lay-by, and thus make their
way to Higham; but the torrent was such that they
found that to be impossible, and were driven to the al-
ternative of pushing for the Strood terminus, which they
fortunately reached in safety. Two plate-layers at the
Higham end of the tunnel narrowly escaped with their
lives. Whilst engaged in cutting a dyke to effect a di-
vergence of the current, one of them observed some
loose chalk giving
way from the cliff above them, and had
but
tthey communicate
w e r
ethe o dangerboth
a t wto his
Tcompa-
nion when an immense mass fell on the very spot where
but just e
moment time t
beforeo
in-
spector of the line having arrived attempted to make his
way through the tunnel, in order to ascertain the extent of
the mischief, but in this he failed, the water still flow-
ing throughout the entire length of the tunnel
eraforwarded
like a small rivulet. Telegraphic COMnaunication
between Strood and London having thus been cut off,
a messenger was dispatched to Gravesend, where
rd ea
wt
the circumstances connected with the casualty
w
theand daepularge
locomo-
tive bodyof labourers being mustered, accompanied by the super-
intendent r w
of the ed
line, t o
togetherhd-quarrt
with
,
superintendent, proceeded by special train to the
lay-by, and, between five and six o'clock, commenced
clearing away the obstruction. Tho engineer of the line
also came down with a view to inspect the works, when
it was at once decided that the running of trains between
Strood and Higham should be discontinued, and the
business of the Strood station has accordingly been, for
the present, transferred to Higham. The labourers con-
tinued their work throughout the whole of the night on
Saturday, and no time will bo lost in order that the line
may be opened again as speedily as possible. The one
o'clock up-train from Strood must have had a very
narrow escape. and could not have reached Gravesend
when the casualty occurred. In the neighbourhood of
Higham the fields were flooded to a considerable extent,
and a doubt has been expressed to an eye-witness
whether any man could have maintained his standing
during the fall of water had he been exposed to it.

THE THREE POACHERS of WORKINGTON.
Odious in themselves, the Game-laws are rendered
doubly so by any harsh administration; and one would
suppose that magistrates would be especially cautious in
applying those laws to very young people. On these
grounds we can hardly believe a story which has been
sent to us by a correspondent; not because it comes to
us without the tokens of an honest narrative, but be-
cause the fact stated seems to be nearly impossible.
One evening, but while it was still daylight, during
the late warm weather, Joseph Nichol, Richard Sander-
son, and Richard Hetherington, were seen in a mill-race
near Carlisle, dabbling in the water, turning the stones,
and endeavouring to catch fish; boyishly trespassing.
On the following day they were summoned before the
Workington magistrates, and charged with breaking the
Game-laws. They told no lie, but admitted the facts
alleged, and pleaded "guilty." Our correspondent says,
" they were too honest to tell a lie, as they would have
been to steal a farthing." Those formidable statutes,
the Game-laws,.were not explained to the lads, with a ro-
remand home; but the culprits were
primal:A, and a
senteneod to one months' imprisonment in the county
goal.
Now what are the ages of these dreadful offenders?
Hetheri ugton is thirteen years old, Sanderson twelve,
and Nichol eleven! " These same magistrates," says
our corr espondent, " are parents—talk: of the value of
Sunday schools and ragged schools, and have abundance
of opport unities of witnessing the progress of juvenile
offenders when they have once entered the great semi-
nary of mice." By what right then did they consign
these yoi ing boys to ruin?
n
ve been " pulled through."
gTehlnettigwe
amotu: Ined.:;7atowhtsehyaawrveeo
uobldedieottuessia:
hi
tiatf
arc logi milly inconsistent with the principles of law, but
because„ from the nature of things they must always
operate us class laws, oppressing the poor. Plebeian 9,
wildly n God's water—the fleet hare that
writes ( )ur correspondent, with a just expression of the.
general feeling, " must be taught that fishes that setohre'
moors- -and the wild bird that owns no donlaihup;osure
air—ar e for aristocratic palates only. Wh°ll,olo-el'closure
these t o themselves, and the land, even
cerhturean family
of tho mmons, is it not mercy to ....- the air for
that aej can devise no statute to al
feeling
their (!z; elusive use?" Such
fist the
escge them enforced
against, the laws; but when -a-hheryst, see the men pro-
against 1 heir young sons—when jug a breach of their
tected t y the Game-laws rev g
°children to th,s school
privileti eby consigning luer.e s raised clangorous, even
a life': I min, e not tho more
wag
istrates/
to sec' ,o';y, ass t is ruled bY su
more of this case.—The
W• shall no doubt hLar
Lead :r. Skit' the

C. A, Alurray, the Brithlh Consul-
Gen oral in Egypt,
The lion. bas, we understand, resigned that pot
and 01A the CYO Qf leitYipg this C9WatrY fvr Arc,erica.