The Sun.
London, England, 1861-02-14 00:00:00

FROM THE CAUCA.

The brig Bazaar, Francis, arrived in port on
Tuesday from Temaco. The defeat of the Govern-
ment forces under Cordova in Sachacoco, by Gene-
ral Obando, is corifirmed. Cordova had fled to Pasto,
his people having dispersed. General Obando had
passed the Juanambre, having decided to take
Pasto. Tuquerres had pronounced in favour of the
State of Cauca. It is also confirmed that Antioquia
is determined to remain neutral. The entire tenour
of the news is unfavourable to the general Govern-
ment, and we may soon expect to hear of a great
and decisive battle on the plains of Bogota.
Advices from Santa Martha were to the 29th of
December last. The defeat of Generals Paris and
Briceno in El Banco was confirmed. The latter
was said to have retreated up the river with only
4200 men out of the 1,100 with which he had attacked
the other party at El Banco. The rumour of the
reverse said to have been experienced by General
Mosquera originated from a letter which had been
written by General Enao to the Secretary of State
of Cauca, informing him that, in consequence of
General. Mosquera having invaded the territory of
Cundinamarca, he considered the terms of his agree-
ment dissolved, and that he would, with his forces,
obey the order of the General Government. General
Paris was marching with his division to Bogota,
and General Mosquera remained in the department
of Nieva, where some of the districts had pro-
nounced in his favour. It was said that General
Lopez had joined the Liberal party, and offered to
assist them with 2,000 men. In Bogota there were
about 2,500 troops, and a good deal of discontent
existed there on account of the manner in which

the forced contribution (under the law of 1837)
was assessed. The Government had not proceeded
to make any forced loan, as the Supreme Court had
decided that it was unconstitutional.

STATE OF EGYPT.

ALEXANDRIA, FEB. 2.

The most noticeable event that has occurred here
since the date of my last letter is the departure of
Said Pasha on his pilgrimage to the holy cities of
the Hedgaz. There is good reason to believe that
the Viceroy has never Lilt any very strong inclina-
tion for the journey, but he had talked about it for
a long time past, and various causes, to which the
importunities of the Harem would doubtless add
considerable weight, combined together to urge
upon him the execution of his plans. The consent
of the Porte was accordingly solicited ; in due
course it was obtained, and the arrangements were '
gradually completed. There was nothing, there-
fore, in the least sudden or hurried in the matter ;
and yet, from some cause or causes which I could
only attempt to explain by having recourse to con-
jectures more or less plausible, a strong opposition
was at the last moment raised against the execution
of the Viceroy's plans.
The objections were vaguely stated to be of a
public nature—not simply on the ground of
anxiety for the personal safety of the Viceroy.
The latter would have been perfectly intelligible,
since no one doubts that, whether by high or low, a
journey such as that which Said Pasha has under-
taken cannot be performed without a certain amount
of risk. Several of the highest functionaries of the
Government joined in signing the petition by which
the Viceroy was entreated to abandon his inten-
tions. The result was that they were instantly
dismissed from their posts.

The Viceroy, with his brother-in-law, Kamil
Pasha, and with an escort of about 400 men, em-
barked in two steamers belonging to the Red Sea
Company, and sailed from Suez last week. They
are accompanied by the Peninsular and Oriental
Company's steamer Pottinger, with Mr. West, her
Majesty's Consul at Suez ; but his journey, as I am
informed, is chiefly in connection with matters
relating to the lighthouse in course of erection at
the entrance of the Gulf of Suez. It was thought
likely that the party would fall in with her
Majesty's steamer Hornet, in which case she
will be requested, in the name of our Con-
sul-General, Mr. Colquhoun, to escort the little
squadron to its destination. This is a small port