New-York daily tribune., 1845-11-04
From the n. o. Pic. Oct. Goth.
From thc Pncific,

Hon JOIN A Bryan, late L. s. Charge d'.Af.
flares Peru accompanied by his son. Charles H. Bryan
his private secretary arrived in this city yesterday
ming in the brig Hope Howes. from Havana. He has
made n very quick passage from Lma-only A. days.
OF these IA days by detenions on the road But
will detan the reader from the memoranda with
which he has so kindly favored US:
Left Lima in Peru, on the 7th september taking pas
sage at Callao for Panama on the same day. All was
quiet Lima. The Peruvian Congress was still in
sion there That body has recently had up for discus
sion the subject of American claims The Congress con
frrned the convention concluded in lsi4. iqudating
these claims but allowing interest to the claimants only
from and after Jan. lc4O
Gen Castea makes popular President, and present
appearances would to indicate the pleasing pros
pec that several years Of peace and tranquility may
reign in that hitherto distracted country and yet such
is the spirit OF popular discomfort and rivalry among its
numerous asprants popular favor there that many OF
the most intelligent of the people anticipate another
revolution, 10 follow soon after the breaking up OF Co
gress.
Ecuador on the North, is just out OF similar conflict
Flores is banshed and the Congress of the Republic s
about to convene TO elect President Gen Staeg,
an English officer who fought in all the wars Of the Re
public and who married the daughter OF the late Presl
dent Flores temporarily left the country as Charge AZ
faires to Peru, just before the retirement OF
his iathsr.in-law. He cane 10 Lima, and after
remaining short OF months, (his family then
ut Quo) he lett his return home. On arriving at
GuayaCuil the sea port of Quito. he forbid landing
and required on fifteen minutes notice to retire from
the place 1t is supposed that Gen. Rocafuerte' now
the acting Charge Aaires of Ecuador Lima and for
President Of the Republic VIII De again nauc ire
sident on the assembling Of the new Congress-
:. Two of our naval squadron. the Portsmouth and Lee
want left Caao for the Sandwich Islands early in July
believe the Warren left the previous month for the
same destination The flagship Savannah, Commodore
Sloat followed the Portsmouth and Levant. The COM
modore is probably somewhere on the Mexican
coast with the vessels under his command Sir George
Seymour the British Admiral. and seyera! o his squad
ron had previously sailed for Tahiti followed by the
French Admiral then lying in port. The French are
rapidly ortifying Tahiti.
An old unsettled affair to be adjusted between
England and France growing out of the increasing trade
and business OF that island Sir George ne doubt long
ere this has wended his way TO Oregon. Captain Wat
SON. of the Fr late bearer Of dispatches 10 squad
ron in the Pacific found the English steamer Cormorant
Panama. on his arrival there.
The Captain of the steamer however Immediately
pulled out Callao, declining 10 take Bearer OF
Dispatches board alleging that il was contrary to the
explicit Instructions he had received from his Govern
ment in all such cases Capt Watson was consequent
~ compelled await the departure OF the French packet
which delayed him greatly
On arriving at Payia nearly five hundred miles North
OF Callao learning the absence of Commodore SlOat he
Immediately departed for the islands in the ship Leland,
then nearly ready sail and he is probably chasing
down the Commodore where n the Pacific Ocean.
When he will be able TO overtake him can tell.
On my route over the sthmus. met at Cruises with
bearer of dispatches from England who left home i'm.
medatcly on the night OF the of The annexation OF
Texas He expected TO lind the steamer Cormorant At
Panama ready to give him speedy conveyance to the
pritish Charge AT Perm