The Sun.
London, England, 1859-01-20 00:00:00

SPAIN.

The Madrid journals of the 14th state that
Marshal O'Donnell having learned that the
committee on the budget proposed to increase
the allowance for expenses of representation
to the President of the Council, sent some of
his friends to beg that it would not adopt any
measure of the kind. Some of the journals
state that the Government has sent an agent
into England to purchase twenty-four steamers
of small tonnage for the Philippine Islands.
It was said that the Government contemplates
making various important reforms in the ad•
ministration of the isle of Cuba. The French
Peninsular Correspondence asserts that there
is no truth in the statement made by some of
the journals that the Duke de Montpensier is about
to visit Italy. M. Rios Rosas had left Barcelona
to continue his journey to Rome. In the Senate,
the bill presented by Government making new re-
gulations respecting mines had been adopted. A
grand review had been given in honour of Prince
Adalbert of Bavaria.

THE F.REN VII PASSPORT ST STEM.

The abolition ,of passports is a measure far in
advance of the immediate intentions of the French
Government. On consulting Tuesday's Moniteur
we find that the reserve under which we referred to
the reported abolition of the passport visa in France
was Most necessary. The ministerial article re-
ported by telegraph as announcing that measure
proves on examination to be a magniloquent and
elaborate puff of the Government for having put an
end- to the special aggravations of the passport
nuisance which followed Orsini's attempt and
restored the provisions in force just before that
date.—Daily News.

'TILE COUNCIL OF INDlA.—Yesterday a meeting
of the Council of India was held at the East India-house,
whim Colonel Henry Marion Durand, C. 8., of the Bengal
Engineers, was elected a thettiber of the Council of India.

THE PACIFIC MAIL,

The Pacific Steam Navigation Company's steamer
Bolivia, Capt. Johnson, arrived at Pr.nama on the
21st of December from Callao, which place she left
on the 12th ult.. She had 400,000 dols. in specie on
board. Her dates are—Valparaiso, Nov. 30 ; Callao,
Dec. 12 ; Paita, Dec. 16. The Bolivia did not
touch at Guayaquil.
CHILL—It will be remembered that the last mail
from the Pacific brought information of a 'disastrous
fire which had taken place at Valparaiso just pre-
vious to its sailing. It is now ascertained by this
mail that property to the amount of 3,000,000 dols.
was destroyed. A Mr. Edward Farley lost his life
on the occasion. Two more fires had broken out
since, but neither of them had done much damage.
The Congress wouldshortly terminate. Govern-
ment carried all its measures. The provinces were
quiet. The coming harvest promised to be abun-
dant. Copper mines were yielding well.
The Mercurio records the losses of the following
European vessels.. The Danish brig Berhard, which
sailed from Newcastle on the 21st of June with a
cargo of coals for Valparaiso, sank on the 28th of
October off Cape Horn. The crew were narrowly
saved by the British brig Esperance, en route to
Central America. The Mecklenburg ship Ritter-
schaft, which Sailed from Glasgow for Valparaiso,
also struck and sank on the 30th off Cape Horn,
the crew escaping on, board the brig Mainlurt,
bound for California. The British brig Vision,
from Glasgow, with an assorted cargo, and bound
for Africa, having been dismasted in. a storm off
Cape Horn, foundered on the 23d December; Her
master and crew were saved by the Hamburg ship
Stenwarder, bound for California.

BOLIVIA.—By way of Lima, dates from this re.
public to the 23d November had come to hand,
Everything reported quiet.

VALPARAISO.

H.M.S. Havannah, Captain Harvey, was at Val-
paraiso on the Ist December, with Consul-General
Miller on board, who had come from the Sandwich
Islands for the benefit of his health.