The Sun.
London, England, 1869-02-06 00:00:00

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PARAGUAY.

News from Buenos Ayres gives the details of the
great fight on the 11th Dec., at Villetta. On the
sth the Allies crossed the left bank of the Paraguay
and commenced their advance on Villeta, but
early on the morning of the 6th they were attacked
by the Paraguayans. According to a Brazilian ac-
count, " The Paraguayan infantry charged our
lines with that headlong and desperate valour for
which they have ever been distinguished ; on, like a
living wave, they came cheering wildly, and literally
sprang on the Brazilian line. These latter were
prepared, however. Foot to foot, and breast to
breast, the issue was decided ; again and again,
with headlong bravery, their officers, with waving
swords, leading them on, they charged ; bayonet
and butt end renewed their deadly work, but the
result was ever the same. At last, after three
three hours' desperate fighting, they retired, fol-
lowed for some distance, hewn and ridden down
by the Rio Grande cavalry." Marshal Caxias
had one horse killed under him and another
wounded. General Machado was killed ; Augollo
dangerously wouurlet besides six Brazilian colo-
nels and about 60 officers placed hors de com-
bat. Lopez retired within his fortifications,
but next day came out and hal another sharp
fight. On the 9th Caxias ordered a gene-
ral advance on Villeta, when a battle toak
place, in which the Brazilians lost 600 men ; ancion
the 12th the Marshal pushed to a place called Ivahy,
where the Paraguayans had made a stand. The
Brazilian cavalry charged, took the pass with the
guns, completing, the capture of Villeta, and clearing
the road to Angostura. A telegram from Marshal
Caxias says that 10 pieces of artillery and 500 priso-
ners had been captured by the Allies. Other accounts
state the Paraguayans lost 6,000 killed and wounded.
After resting ten days to recruit and equip for fur-
ther action, the three Brazilian Army Corps moved
to the attack of Lomas Valentines, nine miles frocß
Villeta, were some 7,000 Paraguayans were pest
with 50 cannon. The Brazilians numbered -about
18,000-men. The fighting commenced-on-the 21st
of December, and continued till the 24th, when
Lopez was summoned to surrender, but he refused,
stating his determination to fight to the last. On
the 27th the chief redoubt was carried, when Lopez
retired into a wood, where he still held out, as did An-
gos tur a, to the latest date, but theßrazilians state they
have captured even his luggage. The Braziliaus were
repulsed three times, but on the fourth attack they
succeeded with frightful loss, taking, according to
their own account, 45 cannon. The Argentine troops
at Palmas rendered no assistance. General Gelly
Obes has resigned, and the Argentine Government
has appointed General Emilio Mitre to the com-
mand-in-Chief of the Argentine forces. It is
thought at Buenos Ayres that the mission of Senor
Hector Varella, Prime Minister of the Argentine
Confederation is to offer peace to Lopez, even at
the risk of a breach with Brazil, and the signifi-
cance of this is that it followed the fall of
Villeta. It is, however, announced
.that pub-
lic opinion in Paraguay has undergone a change
as indicated by the fact that several families have
sought refuge in the Brazilian camp, and the wives
and daughters of wounded prisoners have proceeded
there to nurse them. The American squadron
has returned, Gen. M'Mahon's mission having been
successfully executed. The proceedings of Mr.
Washburn :still furnish a fertile subject for dis-
cussion to the Buenos Ayres press. A history of
his mission is given, which we will perhaps next

week condense for the information of our readers,
as the charges are explicit, and ought to be re-

batted by the ex-Minister. We see by the Acne_

rican papers that that gentleman had a conversa-
tion with a correspondent, of which this is the sum-

mary :—" Lopez, the Paraguayan tyrant, is a man
weighing nearly 300 pounds, and not over five feet

five inches high. The Mr. Bliss who was taken
from Mr. IF ashburn's side is a native of Cattarau-

gus county, New York. He is exceedingly accom-
plished in learning and the languages, and was found

by Mr. W. editing a paper for Lopez and writing
a book on Paraguay. Kr. Washburn says that our
entire trouble arose from Lopez intercepting and
reading his despatches, wherein the opinion was ex-
pressed that Paraguay was in a desperate condi-
tion and Lopez was a despot. Mr. Washburn had

very little idea that he should get away with his
life. Washburn himself is a square, solid, rather
short m►an, with a marked face, short, dark hair,
an agreeable manner, and tl►e intelligence of an ou-

server and a journalist. lie proposes to write a
magazine article concerning the state of affairs on
the La Plate."

BANK OF FRANCE.

PARIS, Feb. 4.

The following is the return of the Bank of France
for the week ending to-day, together with the cor-
responding figures of the previous account :

DEBTOR.
Jan 28.
fr. c.
Capital of the Bank 182,500,000
Profits in addition to
capital (Art. 8, Law,
June 9, 1857) 7,044,776 02 7,044,776 02
Reserve of the Bank

Feb 4.

182,500,000 -

and its branches 22,105,750 14 22,105,750 14
Reserve of landed pro-
perty
4,000,000 4,000,000
Notes in circulation
Banknotes to order and
receipts payable at
sight 35,324,221 80 34,949,794 47
Treasury account cur-
rent creditor 151,086,144 82 133,185,966 58
Current accounts, Paris 239,018,197 65 248,967,696 08
Do. branch banks 43,108,611 46,622,869
Dividends payable 2,465,283 2,074,792
Discounts and sundry
interests
Rediscounted the last
six months 933,790 85 933,790 85
Surplus of receipts not

dstributed _
Sundries

- -
8,766,267 70 9,316,817 76

Total
CREDITOR.
Jan. 28. Feb. 4.
Cash in hand and in fr.
Branch banks
Commercial bills over-

202,24 L 10

316,622 05

duo
Commercial bills dis-
counted, not yet due 313,859,014 90 304,041,610 70
Do. branch banks 290,122,132 285,244,973
Advances on deposit of
bullion
Do. branch banks 3,994,951
Do. on French Public

37,424,500 -
3,608,500 -

Securities 13,225,000
Do. by branch banks 6,919,800
Do. on railway shares
and debentures
Do. branch banks
Do. on Credit Fonder
Bonds
Do. branches
Do. to the State (Con-

13,640,600 -
6,951,000 -

37,138,100 --.
28,128,700 -

936,800 -
861,900 -

943,000 -
866,400 -

_
vention, June 10,
1857) 60,000,000
Government Stock re-
serve 12,980,750 14 12,98014
,750
Do. disposable
80,6E3,437 21
Rentes Immobalisees
(Law, June 2, 1857) 11,0,000,000 100,000,000 -•
Hotel and furniture of
the Bank and landed
property branches
Expenses of manage-
ment ..................... 236,878 35 256,778 84
Sundries

60,000,000 -

Total ............... ' 2,079,702,804 64 2,070,630,167 42
Certified by the Senator-Governor of the Bank
of France.

(Signed) ROULAND•

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