The Sun.
London, England, 1853-11-03 00:00:00

NEWS FROM THE PACIFIC.

By the Royal mail steam-ship Magdalena advices
and files of papers have been received from the
Pacific ports. The dates from Valparaiso are to
the 14th, Callao the 23d, Lambayeque the 25th,
and Guayaquil the 28th September.
Miss Catherine Hayes gave her parting concert
at Valparaiso on the 12th September. At Santiago
she gave several concerts, which netted her $lO,OOO.
A fire occurred at Valparaiso on the Ist of Sep-
tember, which destroyed 12 houses, and property
to the value of $200,000. The ordinary yearly
session of the Chilian Congress closed on the Ist of
September. The Government has brought forward
a project of law crating the office of Postmaster-
General and establishing the head of the dopart-
ment at Santiago. Another measure was the
establishment of a corps of mining engineers, to be
appointed by the Government. The yearly report
of the Minister of War has been laid before the
Chambers.

Two fires have taken place in the province of
Copiapo—one at the mines of Trespuntas, which
destroyed one-third of the small town which has
so rapidly sprung into existence in that remarkably
rich mining district ; the other at the port of Cal-
lera, which was extinguished after some loss of
property. _

The several mines in the 'province of Copiapo
were in a prosperous state.

The Valparaiso Echo gives the subjoined nava
news :

" Our port, which as usual has been deserted by
foreign navies during the winter months, has, on the
return of spring, again become graced with the floating
representatives of foreign might and power. Within
these last few days her Britannic Majesty's frigate Port:
land, with the flag of Rear-Admiral Moresby, command-
ing the station, her Britannic Majesty's corvette Dido,
the French Imperial steamer Catinat, and brig Obligado
have cast anchor in the bay. The Portland, Dido, and
Obligado have arrived from Callao ; the Catinat came it
from Montevideo with a passage of 28 days, but brought
no papers, having left that port under sealed orders,
but her commander says that he left the steamer Duroc
in the Straits of Magellan, bound for this port from
Montevideo, with papers and letters on board."
Don Domingo Elias, recently imprisoned by the
Peruvian Government, had made his escape from
Callao to Ecuador, where it is mid he was likely
to take part with Flores in raising another revolu-
tion.

The Peruvian Government had agreed to allow
full compensation for the insults and injury to the
Americans at the Chincha Islands. Owing to this
arrangement, the contemplated visit of Mr. Clay,
the United States' Minister, to those islands
was abandoned.

Bolivia presented a melancholy spectacle. Belzu,
abandoned by all the respectable portion of the
inhabitants, had thrown himself into the arms of
the Indians, remitting to them half their tribute
and arming them with knives, in order to enable
them to coerce the white people whenever they
attempted to rise against him.
From Panama we learn of an accident on the
Panama Railway, which occurred from an ox lying
across the track, which threw the tender off the
rails, and, before the engine could be stopped, it
was forced over a bridge into a ravine of some 30
feet in depth, the baggage-van and two passenger
cars being carried over with the engine. One of
the firemen was killed and the engineer danger-
ously wounded. A few of the passengers were in-
jured, and one died from the effect of his wounds.
Freights continue high, with no prospect of a
decline.
Exchange.—On London, 60 days, 45id to 46d.
per Chili dollar ; on Paris, 90 days, 5.05 f. ; on
Hamburg, 40is to 41s. ; on the United States, at
par ; gold, 15c. to 17c. above ley ; silver bars pure,
10.121 per mare.

FATAL ACCIDENT IN THE NEW CUT, LAMBETH.— Yes-
terday afternoon, between one and two o'clock, a fright-
ful accident, attended with fatal results, happened to H.
Porter, of 21, Oakley-street. The deceased was crossing
the road, when he was knocked down by a dust-cart,
and the wheel passing over his head, crushed him to
death instantaneously. Ho was taken to Charing-cross
Hospital, where Mr. Hammond, the house-surgeon was
in prompt attendance, but life was extinct. The driver
was taken to the station to await a legal investigation.
SUNDERLAND SHIPWRIGHTS.—The slight difference
on the subject of the hours of labour between these
shipwrights and their employers has been arranged to
the satisfaction of all parties concerned. It is arranged
that the hours for the winter season should be—From
the 21st October to 20th November, commence at half-
past six in the morning, and leave at half-past five in the
evening ; from 21st November to 20th January, seven
in the morning to five in the evening ; and from 21st
January to 14th February, from half-past six until half-
past five.
GUY FAUX DAL—Next Saturday, the sth of Novem-
ber, being "Guy Faux Day," the Metropolitan Commis-
sioners of Police, and the magistrates of the different
police offices, have issued a notice, that all persons let-
ting off fireworks in any of the public thoroughfares will
be liable to a fine of 40e, or imprisonment.