The Sun.
London, England, 1861-10-14 00:00:00

CHILI.

Tho news from Chili is not important. The British
ship Ann Pitcairn, from Liverpool, had put into
Valparaiso for repairs, and to enable the captain to
obtain medical advice for injuries he had received
during a gale. The Crusader, with guano from
Baker's Island, for Hamburg, had also put into
Valparaiso in distress. This vessel left at Baker's
Island seven ships loading guano for Europe.
The Russian steamer Morge had arrived at Val-
paraiso.
Senor Jose Juaquin Perez has been publicly pro-
claimed President of the Republic at Santiago, on
the Ist Sept.
The news from Peru is still more unsatisfactory
than hitherto. There appears a fair prospect of
the country getting into trouble with both Bolivia
and Ecuador.
General dissatisfaction has arisen in Lima and
Callao from the action of President Castilla towards
the ex-President Echenique. It will be remembered
that the latter was arrested last March on a charge
of conspiracy against the Government. He has since
been tried by the different tribunals and honourably
acquitted, and yet, in the face of this, Castilla has
again forcibly banished him from the country.
The officers of the navy all refused to convey
General Echenique away, on the ground that the
act would be illegal, and Castilla finally became so
enraged that he drew his sword on one of the cap-
, tains, and was only prevented running him through
by one of his ministers. Castilla finally succeeded
in getting a fellow to carry Echenique off in a trans-
port vessel by paying him 20,000 dols. for the job,
and promising him 300 dols. monthly for four years
in order to live abroad, as he dare not return to
Lima after thus flagrantly breaking the laws. This
is considered one of the most high-handed acts of
injustice ever committed in Peru, and will not only
bring universal opprobrium on Castilla, but greatly
strengthen the cause of Echenique throughout the
country. Senores Rivas, Elespulu, and Larranaga
were also banished at the same time.

THE KING OF BOLLANIYS VISIT TO
NAPOLEON

Two of the Paris journals, the Constitutionnel
and the P afrie, acting apparently on the maxim of
"greet the coming, speed the going guest," publish

articles on the royal visit to Compiegne, one on that
which is about to take place, and the other on that
which has just terminated. The first-named jour-
nal, after giving a sketch of the reign of the preselet
King of Holland, William 111., since his accessiou
in 1849, discusses, in the following terms, his visit
to the Emperor of the French :
" The visit of the King of Holland to Compiegne
is the cordial meeting of two nations long since in
a position to understand each other. That which
ranks among the most active agents of civilisation
meets the one which is the very cradle of that civi-
lisation. Holland and France, formerly rivals, are
now friends, and may they not be allies to. morrow?
They are both pursuing that work of social pacifica-
tion, of which the treaties of France with England,
Belgium, Italy, Prussia, and Russia are the first
clement. The visit of William 111. to Compiegne,
therefore, only draws closer the bonds of friendship
already formed between the Courts of the Hague
and of the Tuileries, by the previous visits of the
Queen of Holland and the Prince of Orange. Paris
has saluted those illustrious visitors, who came to
France to admire our political grandeur, and to
demand from our men of science, artists, and
authors, the pure enjoyments afforded by the
contemplation of the masterpiece of art and science.
The French capital will now salute, with
like cordiality, the Sovereign who aims at
endowing his country with the same grandeur and
the same enjoyments. Were it possible for any-
thing, still more than the qualities of the Dutch
nation, its genius and courage, to assure the august
visitor of Compiegne the respectful sympathies of
the French people, we should mention the generous
movement witnessed in France some months ago,
when Holland had to deplore disastrous inunda-
tions. Subscriptions were then opened everywhere,
and France held out to the victims the helping
hand of her inexhaustible charity. Holland also
thought of our sufferers in 1856. The bonds there-
fore are already formed, and the Sovereigns will
complete what the two nations have already
begun."
The following are the observations of the Patric.
on the visit of the King of Prussia ;

" Does it follow that this recent interview was a
mere sterile event—that King William confined
himself to returning on this side of the Rhine the
visit which the Emperor of the French paid him at
Baden, and that in a word the meeting of the two
monarchs was only one of courtesy ? We are not
among those persons who adopt this latter opinion,
or at least affect to do so. We believe that we are
nearer the truth in stating that the interview at
Compiegne, without exaggerating its conseqences,
possessed real importance. Not only did the Sove-
reigns of two great countries give each other tes-
timonies of cordiality, but a more serious result has.
been obtained if this interview should exercise
favourable influence on the relations between France
and Prussia, if in particular it should allow a de-
cline to be anticipated in the two nations of the re-
sentment and rivalry which should henceforth be
left to history ? It is because the interview of'
Compiegne may be conciliated with such hopes ;
and because, as is not possible, it may be the start-
ing point of a policy of good understanding that it
is, in our eyes, an event of which the real bearing
cannot be disregarded. The Emperor Napoleon
M. and King William I. met at Compiegne, and
who can affirm that by their interview great in-
terests were not drawn closer ?"