The Sun. — 1857-01-05 (London, England)

THE PACIFIC.  SOUTHAMPTON, JAN. 4.  By the steamer Orinoco, arrived to-day from the West Indies, we have news from Panama to the 9th Dec. H.M.S. Monarch, Admiral Bruce, the steam corvette Pearl, Captain Sotheby, and the Esk, Captain Sir James M'Clure, arrived on the previous night from Punta Arenas. It was not known at Panama how long the British squadron would remain, or for what purpose they had come. The Pacific Steam Navigation Company's steamer New Granada, Captain Paton, arrived at Panama on the 6th Dec., with the semi-monthly South Pacific mail and $271,770 in specie. Her dates were Valparaiso,' Nov. 16 ; Callao, 27 ; Paita, 30 ; Guayaquil, Dec. 1. When the New Granada left Callao the following English vessels of war were in port :—The President, the Naiad, and the Cockatrice. The screw frigate Tribune had sailed from Valparaiso for Panama. At Chili, Joaquin Carbacho had been sentenced to death for the murder of his wife in the principal square of Santiago, iu the middle of the day, and iu the presence of a number of persons. He immediately gave himself up. Jealousy was the cause of the fatal act, and public feeling was in favour of a reprieve. The works of the Santiago and Valparaiso Railway, and those of the Tacua and Santiago line, are progressing rapidly. The new Cabinet was completed. The Chilian war steamer Esmeralda, 20 guns, built in England for the Government, had arrived safely at Valparaiso. Her officers speak highly of her performance during the voyage. There is no later news from the Republic of Ecuador, neither is there any of interest from Bolivia. From Peru we learn that the revolutionary movement in the south seems to be on the increase, and two of the national vessels, the Loa and the Apurimac, had gone over to the revolutionary party. The Izuchaca, the Tumbes, and the IJcayli had been sent after them by the Government, and a number of English and American beach-combers were enlisted to aid in their capture. The general opinion was that the Government ships would most likely get the worst of it, and either be taken or join the revolutionary party. The President Castilla had issued a decree pronouncing the Loa and Apurimac pirates, and that vessels of any nation were authorised to seize them. General Lizarzaburu had been named 31inister of War and Marine.l Marshal San Ramon, with all the force he. co th uld muster, marched from Islay to Tacna tjom e division of General Freyre, quartered there. The Contercio states that the revolutionary movement in Ariquipa was on its last legs when the news of the Apurimac having pronounced in its favour 1 gave it new life. The Ariquipa correspondent of the Comercio  says :—" On the pronunciaraento' of the Loa and Apurimae, SAI Ramon retreated thence to Tambo with 180 men, and the same day Islay declared in favour of the revolutionary party. Ou the 19rh San Ramon reached Tambo, where be was detained by Gtlonel Brusset, but the same night he made his escape—it is supposed to Puno." Private letters from Lima inform us that it was thought Castilla would be able to put down the revolution, as the Convention would vote him extraordinary powers. Commercial advices from Valparaiso state that during the fortnight ending Nov. 15, a general stagnation had been felt in the market. The trans actions verified offered little interest, sales having taken place principally for local consumption, and but very little for abroad. The sales for Bolivia had been very poor, and those for the Argentine Republic were hardly perceptible. This slackness was to be explained by the fact that the purchases for the spring were already made in August and September last, and those for the summer season only begin in December next. In home produce nothing worthy of note transpired. The high prices in the leading export articles still continued. The market was pretty well supplied with all kinds of merchandise.  We have received, via Panama, papers from Melbourne to Oct. 13, but the principal mail had previously put us in possession of news from tkat colony to the 20th.