The Sun.
London, England, 1868-03-06 00:00:00

" ' ORDER OF THE DAT, No. 4.

" Camp of Tuyu-Cue, January 13, 1868.—1 n
consequence of the order of the day transcribed
below, and of that established between the Allied
Governments, I declare for the knowledge of the
respective armies that for the second time I assume
the command of the said armies during the absence
of his Excellency the President of the Argentine
Republic, D. Bartolomeo Mitre. I count on the
efficacious assistance of the officers and troops of
the armies in the civilizing and holy crusade that
unites the three nations against the Government of
Paraguay.—Marquis DE CAMAS.'
" During a cannonading on both sides upon the
15th a Brazilian shell blew up a deposit of powder
in the Paraguayan lines, and set fire to a camp,
destroying a portion of it, together with some arms,
equipments, and munitions. However, by next
morning the Paraguayans had new quarters raised
on the ruins of those destroyed. Some more Brazi-
lian troops, with some small cannon, have been
passed into the Chaco, and the reports from the
army say that an operation against the Paraguayans
there is daily looked for. The army is reported in
a tolerable state of health. The number in the
hospitals is given at 6,000. The fleet continues
without novelty. The fire of the ironclads has de-
molished all the church but the lower walls, and the
bombs of the ketches seem to be annoying the Para-
guayan head-quarters seriously. The railway con-
structed to supply the iron-clad division lying be-
tween HumaitA and Curupaity is doing good ser-
vice, and even a 150-pounder rifle had been sent up
to replace a damaged one. The river was falling
again, after having risen to an unusual height. The
rise is believed to have greatly injured, if not de-
stroyed, the Paraguayan path through the Chaco
to the Bermejo. In the Paraguayan fortress they
were seen to be raising further walls around Lopez's
head-quarters. The insurgents in Santa Fe had
abandoned the city of Rosario to the Government
troops and authorities. The city of Santa Fe was
still held by them." _ _

The same paper reports that :—" The new Minis-
try organised by the President of the Confederation
consists of the following persons :—Minister of the
Interior, D. Domingos F. Sarmiento ; Minister for
Foreign Affairs, Dr. Rufino de Elizalde ; Minister
of Finance (acting), D. Christov6olAguirre ; Minis-
ter of Religion and Justice, Dr. Eduardo Costa ;
Minister of War And Marine (acting), General
Wenceslio Paunero. Signor Sarmiento being at
present Minister at Washington, the Minister of
Justice will take charge of his duties until his re-
turn. Mitre has issued a proclamation, in which
he promises to carry on the war to its term. The
American Minister, General Asboth, a Hungarian,
had died in Buenos Ayres. Cholera was declining
generally throughout the River Plate, except at
San Nicolao and some other points. It had, how-
ever, attacked most of the villages and towns of
the campo in passing from the capitals. In Monte-
' video, after reaching, it is asserted, 150 cases a day,
it had greatly diminished. The part of Montevideo
has been opened to vessels from Buenos Ayres and
the Plate in general. The new Brazilian Minister,
Conselheiro Joaquim Thomaz de Amaral, had pre-
sented his credentials to the Government of Monte-
video. In consequence of the state of commercial
matters in Buenos Ayres 1 to 2 per cent. a month
had been paid for discounts. The American Minis-
ter has again tendered the good services of the
United States to act as mediators between the bel-

ligerents in the Paraguayan war, but the Brazilian
Government has to consult with the Governments
of the two other countries in the alliance. By order
from the Ministry of Fazenda, the gold coins of
Spain, Belgium, France, Italy, Portugal, and the
United States are to be accepted in the Custom-
houses in payment of gold duties, in addition to
the Brazilian, Old Portuguese, and English gold
coins, previously legalised. The Government is
proceeding to exchange Bank of Brazil notes to
the amount of 11,000,000r5., which are to be re-
placed by Imperial notes."

It was currently reported yesterday among those
who are likely to be well-informed that the vacant Vice-
Chancellorship would be offered to Mr. Giffard, Q.C.
Despatches were received yesterday at the
Colonial-office from the Governor of the Falkland Islands.
Despatches were sent to the Governor-General of Canada.
Count Maffei will, in consequence of his Excel-
lency the Marquis d'Azeglio's retirement from the post of
representative of the King of Italy at the Court of St.
James, act as Chargé d'Affaires, and the offices of the
Italian Legation have been removed from Grosvenor-street
to 28, Davies-street, Berkeley-square.
THE HOSPITAL FOR WODIEN.—On Thursday her
Royal Highness the Princess Christian paid a visit to the
Hospital for Women, Soho-square, to inquire after one of
her royal highness's servants, who is an inmate of chat
institution. Her royal highness visited some of the wards,
and expressed her gratification at the general arrangements
of the hospital and the appearance of comfort which the
wards presented.
THE DISTRESS IN LONDON.—A great meeting of
men and women is to be held in St. James's Hall on Satur-
day evening, for the purpose of considering what shall be
done for the thousands of homeless and starving peePl?
now in London, and for considering to what the present'
stagnation in trade is attributable.
FIRE AT NEWCASTLE.—About midnight on Wed:
nesday a fire was discovered in Harry Clasper's noten
boat house, on the Tyne. Although all possible menll9
were tried to stay the fire they were unavailing. The
building was destroyed, and almost all the boats were cniv.
sunned.
Lord Cremorne, M.P., has been very serioneli
de:
ill at Dartrey House, county Monaghan, which has .
tamped the Earl and Countess of Dartrey in Irelatlaf
°
The last accounts represent his lordship to be onte,,
danger, and progressing as favourably as could be desir
THE Bisnor OF EXETER.—The health of. the
venerable Bishop of Exeter (says the Western Times)gi't o.
some anxiety to his lordship's family from what is state
The sudden changes of temperature prove trying
to
nonogenarian.