The Sun.
London, England, 1857-02-02 00:00:00

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.ruins. The jnprnals represent the amount of lons
as enormous. Entire families have been totally
ruined---houses; shops, establishments of provisions
and dry goods,
,all swept away. " Gros Morns pre-
sents now the aspect' of a vast encampment. A
population deolated, abject, wandering amid .rnins
and fragnieri:s reduced to charcoal, the only shelter
to the,inhabitants
,being the few houses left stand-
ing. .Tbote-families that have succeeded in saving
a morsel of bread share it with those who have
none. -Wliafuniversal despair ! what ruin ! what
generai misery !". As to the origin of the fire the
Outre Mero,ys :- •-, • .• • . ,„
"It aPpiear3.tbat sorne'rnatches deposited in a garret
bad been imprudently lighted by a child, and' the fire
cumniunica'.ed to a bundle of foul linen, whence it swept '
on beYoul onitrpi'."
The from Mexic9 is of importance. '
Gerieral"Parrodi-hadlaken the supreme command
of the'nraiy.-luperating against the insurgents of
San Lnis - Pdstesi, headed by. Calvo. Advises
had alSo 'been"' received tuat Vidaurri was on
his way to San Luis, at the head of 1,800
men from the frontier, well armed and equipped,
iu order to attack the military rebels. Vidaurri
had, according, to au agreement, dated the 18th
'Of Noveinlier,; transferred the general command of
Nuevo-neon to his successor on the 13th inst.
According to, =the, latest news received before the
departure of the steamer the insurgents, on hear.
j ing, tbat large iorzes were directed against them,
had left the city of San Luis and taken refuge in
the Sierra. General Moreno, had left
.Puebla with
the rest of his division, to attack Osallos. Thus an
end wod have been put to the prontinciamiento
in the sepuhlic and the revolutionary elements
whicbl,w*ked.- against tha.,,..President. General
`.ose IllariVtanez had arrived in Mazathan,44iet
teesevrOat -41riliallY received by the people. Its
issuAl a proclamation- to all the troops under his
command, and was to start for Sonora towards the
end of December.

The construction of the railway from Guatza-
caolcos to Tehuantepec had again been taken up
by a mercantile firm of New York, and would be
pushed on for speedy completion. The works on
the railroad fr,m the city of Mexico to Gudaloupe-
vill had been taken-up by Don Antonio Escaudon
with great activity, and it was expected that
towards the end of October the line would be
opened. Another new railway was also in the
way of construction from the city of Mexico to
Tacubaya, starting from the street Las Escalerillas,
and passing close by the statue of Charles the
Fourth.
From Central America we hear that Walker was
in a desperate condition, and it was fully believed
would not be able to hold out much longer.

THE PACIFIC.

SOUTHAMP FON, JAN. 31.

The Atrato steamer, which arrived here to-day
from the West Indies, brings mails of the subjoined
dates from the west coast of South America, re-

ceived at Panama by the Pacific Steam Naviga-
tion Company's ship New Granada, Capt. Paton,
which vessel also landed treasure value $391,355
for conveyance to England :
Valparaiso (Chili) Dec. 16 I Inlay (Peru)
Coquimbo — 17 Pisco — 24
El uasco — 17 I Callao

Caldera (Bolivia)

- 18

Cobija - 20
Iquique (Peru) — 21

Litna — 27

Aiici,...

Payta
Guayaquil(Ecuador)Jan. 1

Panama..

From Chili we learn that the Republic is still
progressing favourably. The President had re-
moved, with his family, from Santiago to Valpa-
raiso, where he was busily engaged in inspecting
the public improvements. The railroad bridges
over the Cucharas were finished, and the trains now
run from Valparaiso to Limache. The line would
probably soon be extended from Tabou to Santiago.
A floating dock, capable of admitting ships of 800
tons,
,had been erected by a private company in the
harbour' of Valparaiso. Two quays were about
being constructed at Coquimbo.
The important Consular convention between
Chili and the United States (says the Panama Star
and Herald) has been finally settled and signed by
Mr. Starkweather, United States' Minister, and
Don Silvestre Ochagaira, on behalf of the Chilian
Government.

Two Ministers from. Costa Rica were expected
in Chili, their mission being; to organise with Chili
and Peru to jointly oppose filibustering invasions.
The United States' sloop of war John Adams
arrived at, Val pArajso on the, laltsppeember fr
Papeete in 40 diys,'and was awaiting orders. Her
commander (Boutwell) was dangerously and
had been ordered home.

The advices from the mining districts wer• fa-
vourable. The harvest, which was at hand, pro-
mised to yield abundantly. The Valparaiso mar-
kets were dull and fully stocked with staple goods.
Few buyers had appeared, and the Bolivian trade
seemed to have been all drawn to Arica this season.
There had been large arrivals from Europe during
the fortnight. During November 67,405 quinta s
saltpetre had been shipped from Iquique as fol-
lows :

For England 30,418
For France
For Hamburg
To order. 15,876
During the 11 months of 1856 there had been
exported 771,031 quintals, against 813,773 for the
same period of 1855.
The following freights and charters had been
procured, which shows the rates home :
The Ocean Bride.—Ores, from Caldera for Liver-
pool, 31. 17s. 6d.
The Minerva.—Guano, from Chinchas for Havre,
102 f.

The Potosi.—Nitrate, from Iquique for Liver-
pool, 3/. 15s.
The Tyrer.—G-uano, from Bolivia for Liverpool,
31. 10s.

The Mindanao—Guano, from Chinchas to Great
Britain, 4/. 10s.
The Flying Dutchman—Ores to Baltimore, $2O.
The Argentine Confederation continued in peace,
and was prospering satisfactorily.
The political disturbances of Santa Fe had ceased
entirely.
In Tucuman the new Governor, Sena Vega, had
been received amid popular rejoicings. This is the
sixth Governor legally elected in that province in
the short space of one year. The value of pro-
perty was increasing daily.
In Catamarc fresh discoveries of mines had been
made, and in others rich yields were obtained.
The River Plate provinces were enjoying peace
at length.
Buenos Ayres was advancing in prosperity. The
Indians had retreated from the frontiers.
From Peru we learn that the revolution had
become general throughout the Republic, and Gen.
Vivanco, the leader of the revolutionary party, had
succeeded in obtaining possession of nearly every
port on the coast, excepting Callao. The Lima
journal El Comercio, is filled with communications
respecting the movements of the opposite parties,
but we can glean little or no definite information
from its columns. There appeared, however, little
or no doubt of Castilla's overthrow, if the revolu-
tionary party remained firm. Considerable excite-
ment has been created by a proposition to purchase
the Chinchas Islands, which was, of course, strongly
opposed by the present agents, Messrs. Gibbs and
Co., on the ground that they hold them in trust to
satisfy certain foreign debts.
General Vivanco has issued a proclamation, as
Supreme Chief of Peru, in which he annuls the
deoree of President Castilla issued after the battle
of La Palma, suspending the payment of interest
accruing on the national debt. Ile says that such
an attempt at repudiation is a death-stroke at the
credit of Peru, and maintains that the proceeds of
the guano islands must go, as originally agreed, to
pay the debts due to England and France, and
others, whether internal or external, and that if
the guano products are not sufficient for this pur-
pose the Government must take every necessary
means to facilitate the speedy cancelling thereof.
President Robles had visited Guayaquil, and
-returned to Quito on the 14th ult.
Professors Francis and Moore, of lowa, started
for the interior on the 6th ult. on their scientific,
expedition. The President purposes sending a
commission of officers of the navy to aid in tilt
object of the tour, and to collect similar information
for the benefit of the nation.
A. comet was observed on the night of the 2d
inst., bearing about north:swefsrtigfartoomAPenriaarcha:
screw-corvette Pearl,-
Her BritannicandMaesty Ad
msoitrhael Sotheby, sailed from Panama on the evening_ Captain
of
Sunday, the 4th inst., for the South Pacific imme-
diately after the arrival of the British mail.

Her Majesty's steam frigate Sidon, 22, was taken into
the steam basin at Portsmouth on Saturday to be re-
fitted.
CHRIST'S HOSPITAL. _4t will be gratifying to the
lovers of their old school to know that she is still vindi-
cating her position and earning fresh laurels at Cam-
bridge. The fourth and eightL wranglers in the class-
list just issued—viz., Mr. Claude H. Pares and Mr. H.
Ludlow, 'were "Blues."