The Sun.
London, England, 1860-01-02 00:00:00

THE SOUTH PACIFIC.

The Pacific Company's steamer Callao arrived at
Panama on the 6th ult. ; she had treasure for Eng-
land to the amount of 412,283 dollars.

The ship Indian Queen was taken into Valpa-
raiso by Mr. Lyveret, the second mate, after
having struck on an iceberg in lat. 59 49 S,, long.

140 49 W. The captain and hands, who abandoned
the vessel, aro supposed to have perished.

VALPARAISO.—News has been received of the
saving of a part of the cargo of the French vessel
Mozambique, shipwrecked on the coast of Acanco.

;The ratification of the treaty of friendship, corn
merce, and navigation, concluded between Chili
and Belgium, has been exchanged.
The electric telegraph, which has been established
in the province, is making rapid progress notwith-
standing the earthquake of last October. The mines
improve, and new discoveries are confirmed.

The republic continues tranquil. The disappoint-
ments of the last crisis tend towards a real reaction
in favour of the tranquillity of the country.

From Ecuador the news is of considerable in-
terest.

General Castilla had landed with about 6,000
men, and was encamped at Mapasingue, a plain about
three quarters of a mile from Guyaquil. This step
was taken with permission of Generals Franco and
Espantoso, who are suspected of being in treaty to
sell the country to the Peruvians. This suspicion,
for which there appears to be good reason, has
created a strong feeling among the people and
soldiers of Ecuador against the Franco-Espantoso
Government, and, it m as supposed, would speedily
lead to a revolution.

On the 27th of November Castilla and Franco had
an interview, which resulted in several conferences,
General Pise and Signor Morales acting for Peru,
and General Villamil and Col. Bodero for Ecuador.
What occurred in these conferences is not known,
but they ended without determining anything. On
the 30th of November Castilla and Franco had an-
other interview, when the former granted an ar-
mistice of 40 days for th© respective governments
of Ecuador to come to terms among themselves, and

form one government. If they cannot agree within
that time, Castilla has declared his determination
to enter Guayaquil and commence hostilities. The
Bcuadorians have about 3,700 men under arms, and
can probably give old Boots a pretty hard brash,
especially as his soldiers must suffer very much
now from the heavy rains. Two Peruvian frigates
were anchored off Guayaquil.
Garcia Morena is still well supported in the inte-
rior, the revolt at Riobamba, among the soldiers,
having been created by Peruvian agents, who were
sent for that purpose with a large sum of money.
There exists a great degree of hatred against the
Franco-Espantoso Government among the people
of Guayaquil, on account of their arbitrary conduct.
The latter has suspended the payment of all debts
except that due to France, the interest on which,
with the share of the capital previously agreed upon,
has been promptly paid.
This may be accounted for by the fact that there is
a French ship of war stationed opposite the town.
He has suspended the payment of the English debt,
30,000 dollars of which was due last month ; both
of these debts have always been promptly paid
hitherto. He has passed a decree authorising the
payment of an old claim he held against the country
for services as governor in 1845. This claim was
originally 10,000 dollars, and he has now paid him-
self, with interest included, 26,000 dollars. He

has decreed that all duties formerly payable in
six months shall lee paid in cash, so that if
he is upset there will bo no funds in the Custom
House except what he has received. He has com-
mitted a great outrage on the Baltimore Gas Com-
pany by putting a stop to their works because
they would not contract to light the city for 3 dols.
50c., instead of five dollars per month for each
light. This company had commenced their works
in good faith, got out all their materials and
mechanics from the States, entered into contracts
to supply the majority of the families in the city
with gas; had received a grant of land for their
works from the government, laid down 3,000
feet of main pipe, sunk their reservoir, and spent
upwards of 75,000 dols. in carrying out their ob-
ject, and they are now obliged to abandon the
whole affair to please a petty despot.
Under existing circumstances foreign commerce
is suffering severely, and foreigners can hope for
little protection unless what their own governments
think fit to extend to them.
At Callao charters remain at 15 dollars to the
States, and £3 to England.

AMERICA.

LIVERPOOL, SATURDAY,

The Royal Mail steamship Persia, Captain Jud-
kins, arrived this afternoon, with advices from
New York to the 21st ult., and 151,512, dols. 50c.

The America, City of Washington, Vanderbilt,
and North American had arrived out.

Congress not having been able to agree in the se-
lection of Speaker, the President had not delivered
his Message. On tho 17th Mr. Larrabee, of Wis-
consin (Democrat) had the floor of the House, and
followed the lead of Mr. Vallandigham, of Ohio,
in defining the position of the North-Western De-
mocracy. The two ballots that followed signified
nothing. The whole number voting was 228, ren-
dering 115 necessary to a choice. Upon both
ballots Mr. Sherman had 111 ; upon the second
Mr. Bocock fell from 85 to 84, and Mr. Boteler from
23 to 15, the votes thus lost going to Mr. Briggs,
of New York, who had in the interval been nomi-
nated by Mr. Bouligny, of Louisiana. The scatter-
ing votes in both instances amounted to nine. On
the 10th the house listened to a speech from Mr.
Singleton, who declared unequivocally for disunion.
Were Mississippi, he said, to accept his advice and
that of his colleagues, that State would not remain
another hour within the Confederation. A ballot
for Speaker followed, resulting—Sherman, 112 ;
Bocock, 85 ; Boteler, 21; scattering 12 ; necessary
to elect, 116. Mr. Bocock then arose to with-
draw his name from the contest, declaring it to be
the duty of all the Conservative men to unite upon
some other able to defeat the Republicans, and exc
pressing his thanks for the generous usage he had
received while a candidate. Another ballot was
was then taken of 230 votes—Sherman securing
112, Boteler 29, Miles Taylor 12, Phelps 16, scat-
tering 42. A third ballot gave Sherman (out of
226 votes) 110, Boteler 31, Barksdale 20, Bocock
12, Miles Taylor 9, scattering 46. On the 20th,
the house was entertained by a speech, not
wanting in
telling points and shrewd Western
sense, from Mr. Holman, of Indiana, De-
mocrat. Mr. John Cochrane, of New York,
followed, with a defence of the course adopted by
the Administration party in the house, and with
additional arguments for the necessity of Conser-
vative union against a Republican organisation.
Three ballots for Speaker succeeded, the prominent
candidates being Messrs. Sherman, of Ohio, M'Cler-
nand, of Illinois, Boteler, of Virginia, and Barks-
dale, of Mississippi.
Sherman fell uniformly short
of election by four votes. Mr. WClernand rose
from 21 to 28. Mr. Boteler started with 39, as-
cended to 43, and fell finally to 38. Mr. Barks-
dale, setting out with 15, vanished into the indis-
tinguishable herd of " scattering" before the third
ballot.
In the Senate on the 17th some sensation had
been created by the restoration of Mr. Douglas to
the chairmanship of the Committee on Territories,
Mr. Green, of Missouri, resigning to make way.
A very large and influential meeting was held in
the New York Academy of Music on the 19th in
aid of " Justice to the South." After the meeting
had been opened with prayer the following resolu-
tions were proposed and adopted :