The Sun.
London, England, 1859-06-02 00:00:00

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TIER ARMY.

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Major-Gen. Sir R. J. Dacres, K.C.8., appointed
to the command of Woolwich Garrison, in succes-
sion to Major-Gen. Sir W. F. Willivis, will assume
the duties of his post this morning.
Yesterday morning the G battery of Royal
Artillery, under the command of Capt. Du Plat,
quitted Ipswich Barracks, where it had been some
time stationed, for Aldershott.
Col. Tulloch, Superintendent of the Carriage De-.
partment of Woolwich Arsenal, who has, been con-
fined to quarters from severe indisposition for some
weeks past, yesterday resumed his official duties.
The Himalaya iron screw troopship, Commander
J. Seccombe, steamed into Portsmouth harbour from
Spithead yesterday at high water. The troops oa
board are expected to disembark this morning. The
45th Regiment, which • has arrived home in this
vessel from the Cape of Good Hope, embarked ou
the 11th of February, 1843, from Cork for the Cape,
and since August, 1845, has been stationed at Port
Natal. The reserve battalion embarked shortly
afterwards for Gibraltar, and thence proceeded to
Monte Video, sharing in the operations of the Rio
de la Plata. Thence it proceeded to the Cape, and
was engaged throughout the operations against the
Caffres from 1845 to 1853. In 1851 it was amalga•
mated in the Ar;ny List with the headquarters,
and became ene battalion, but did not join from the
frontier until the 24th of April last. They are a
remarkably fine looking body of men, and bear the
highest character among their officers for steadiness,
sobriety, and general good conduct. One officer
stated that he had 62 men in his company, and that
those men had upwards of £7OO in the regimental
savings bank belonging to them. The regiment
musters 632 men, and the average of-their services
is 15 years. Several of the officers have returned
after 16, 13, and 10 years' foreign service. The
performances of the Himalaya during the past
seven months have been something extraordinary, as
during that period she has gone over 25,452 miles
of sea, conveyed 5,244 troops, brought home upwards
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of 2,000 tons of old stores, &c. Her trip out to the
Cape and back to England is the shortest on record
—2B days 19 hours outward, and 29 days two hours
homeward. During this voyage she has been fitted
with Griffiths' patent propeller. In 1857 E in making
the same voyage with the common screw, we are
informed she was six days longer on the voyage
than on the present Qccasion. The mail steamer
Norman left the Cape for England nine days before
the Himalaya. The following vessels were spoken
by the Himalaya on the passage home :—On the
25th April, in lat. 35.5 S. long. 19.48 E., the Eng-
lish ship Pomona (painted white) ' • May 3, in lat.
28.59 S., long. 10.5 E., the Spanish ship Emigrant;
May 14, in lat. 2.44 N., long. 16.28 W., the French
ship Rose ; May 22,in lat. 21.48N.,10ng. 24.31 W.,
the English ship Macduff ; same day. the ship Lam-
merquir ; May 24, in lat. 28.1 N., long. 22.19 W.,
the English schooner Elizabetta ; May 26, in lat.
34.11 N., long. 17.30 W., the Eng'ish ship Flora; .
same day, a vessel showing 3d distinguishing pen-
dant No. 4,180; May 29, in lat. 43.34 N., long 9.45
W., the English brig Ferronia.
The West Suffolk Militia are to be embodied for
their annual training on the Ist of July next, at
Bury St_ Edmund's.

The 2d West York Militia, under the command
of Col. Smyth, M.P., will assemble at York for
duty, till further orders, on the 27th inst.

SOUTH PACIFIC MAIL.

The Pacific Steam Navigation Company's screw
steamer Cloda, Captain Sivell, from Callao, April
27, with 49 passengers, 221,847 dols. for Europe,
and 17,225 dols. for Panama, arrived at the latter
place on the 6th of May.

The news is not of much interest. The Peruvian
news is not important. From Ecuador we learn
that the blockade of Guayaquil still continued
without any immediate prospect of a pacific ar-
rangement.

We copy the following summary of South
American news from the Mercurio dcl Vapor of
Valparaiso :
" BOLIVIA.--As we observed in our former review,
this Republic is undergoing a complete regenera-
tion, internal peace having been ensured by the
splendid victory lately obtained by President Lin-
ares over the last remnant of the revolutionary
party headed by General Agreda.
" It has afterwards been known that ex-President
Cordova, who was on the frontiers with the inten-
tion of co-operating with Agreda should his attempt
be successful, retired to Puno as soon as he heard of
the defeat; but he was there arrested by the Peru-
vian authorities, and obliged to retire to Cuzco, 80
leagues from the frontier, which has been appointed
the residence of the political refugees from Bolivia.
" President Linares continues displaying most
generous and sagacious policy after his victory, so
that even his enemies are obliged to admire him.
" A national convention was about to be con-
voked, and before it Signor Linares proposes to lay
aside the extraordinary power with which he has
been invested during the late critical and afflicting
situation of the country.

"ARGENTINE CONFEDERATION. - Our advices
from the River Plate provinces reach to the 31st
April.

" Excepting Mendoza, where* really extraordin-
ary events are taking place, all the provinces are
quiet; the news of the Confederation's troops hav-
ing invaded Buenos Ayres has proved untrue.
" The events in Mendoza may be briefly summed
up as follow

" The majority of the old house, inspired by some
partisans of the former tyrant Rosas, organised
themselves in one of the country districts, and in
their turn appointed Governor Senor Sosa.
" Governor Maza, knowing this, collected a body
of troops and set out in pursuit of the refractory
citizens.

" At last dates both parties were on the point of
fighting it out. Governor Maza's triumph will
ensure that province the order and quiet requisite
to its prosperity ; but should the old tyrannical
party prevail its ruin will be inevitable."

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