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to ap settiment, and winds lip bj tion iy forced “ jee be considered Trapousible for alld Jowser ver kind that bo A fan | f 5 mS husk nuacWd a chara; tie deo Soe ame pieces ak, | "alono Must ane on, ae responce cm" we s@pital, bas ths ow ‘on By ie . canard: present or by war, p oie: tbatwhe Eng- | ited WHen Peru gets full gati:faction for all past offen es FB Gove Cite ha avermbend Cae, oon a somimitted by Ecrador, } pos bey ope A atl, ‘hi the | ‘he entire document’ is,intendéd to. re w Oe pratn the premenee ad excoodingly overbearing and unfviendly for aa imour Ttap- part A ingpe ft tia ors ammteced Itap- | term of oars and Pere ustone of the most “that the h Ta bow th Galluy will soma arrive, aud ye 4 ¥ 4 dad 3 Phe poaveable ueighbors in the world, and that, after omianeeet the emeriwer as pretento the Facifc'| taco bas ceased to,bo a viriag,” ae i now #0 is and teainpled upon that there fs nothing lett to retrieve ‘{he ofticere wi the United Stetes Navy dhauld certainty Ler wamodel bette tie to deena wane Sool harmed at the very high appreciation shown in the iM 7 ¥ Tt Was very geaerally reported on the day of the sailing c ing eagraph, however unintonttenal the, compl «athe “art itr 4 wg pie. ice ih bat ‘ ; 4d aprOpor, ie ~y Chilian bri y docked war agaiint Fouador on t vy, and that eagennen vara ratertan see coped the declaration bad mp0 to the offiial press, Notwith- standing, those best acquamted with the situation of Peru, and whe ksow the slight tenure on which the President or Dictator folds his power, do not believe he seriously in tends hostilities against the neighboring repul ! would be ameatremely dangerous proceeding. for mare « sufficiently large force out of Peru te make any impression on Keuador. It may be, however, ¢ Uioks a email body of men Uhirown into Ecuador will be suiticicut fo encourage lutionists of the lator Stave ugein to tke up arms, and, aided by his fleet, now before Guayaquil, overthrew the present government of Robles. ead Urbina. “rp coats of this cand the Straits of Magellan, Sua bear oon Mahone stare eh Mere ry inveterets stars and or Sor ubenthend, and orviang in thetchunnels of tle Straits. raeither boarded nor hailed her, but baving litte relate, repertedl her upes their arrival here as 2 ocoupied iA Plandoring+xbandoned vessels in the "The Comrerete, of Valyteraiso, which is responsible ‘Zor the story, meéukes in #undry lachry, remarks the probable Yate of ®o British ship Anna Baker, went ashore near Gape Pillar #ome thirty days ‘Bince, and whore -raptain is now here seeking aid to get ther off, fearing that the afvresaid pirate may take avwuy ‘the most prectouspart of her cargo. The pirate waa in ull probability the schooner Sea Witch, an American mer: «! KCUADOR. OUR GUAYAQUIL CORRESPONDENCE. ehant vessel. Thformatém was received here about GUAYAQUIL, REPURTIO OF EecADOR, # Jmoiith since that ‘the Hea Witchy from Mon: August 20,1869, | 5 itish bar Diclas ction of War by Pere against Eouador—Transiation f Oficial Correspondence, de., de. Yor the past nite months and a half an event not un- known to the attentive readers of your journal, the city of AaYAqUi!—the principal seeport of his section of South Amvrica, the entrepot of tee fertile valleys of Ecuador, and the mein outlet of all te produce of the repyalic—hns Ween suflering the extreme rigors of blockade by the na. val fo f The following is a biter recapitulation of the didicalies between the two governments, viz, — Pera very unjustly laid claim to certain rich valuable Jands and a scaport within the territory of Kewador, A minister was despatched to treat directly with that go- vernment upon the question. This functionary made himself grossly ofnoxious to the Howadorian authorities, and was accordingly dismissed. An apology uot being conceded, & blodkade Was commenced, After the contin- uamce of the blockade Yor some months, this claim, by munyal agreement, was referred wo the arbitration of com. missioners toe appointed by the republics of Chile and New Granada; but when the commissioners were select- ed, and about to enter upon their duties, Peru, under most frivolous pretences, refused to submit to arbitrament. While those negotiations #ere pending, a political revo Jution tok place in Ecuador, with General Robles as the leader of one faction, amd Garcia de Morene—an inti tevideo for Valparciso, encountered a wshore and abandexed at the w mity of Ure Straits, and transhipping he: warned with it to ‘Montevideo. This may be pirac; , but sountries recognizing the institutions of un f and insuranve cail it salvage. Young Whitehead, who lost an arm in a tustle with a psp prgehod Le the Loran aoa y veg nee in Engtis tion at Santiago tor $60, enry Melvor, who ‘was simply imprisoned on suspicion for some Your weeks, has tiled another in the same office for $40,000. And yét there aro those, claiming to be Ameri- cans, too, who denounce as extortionate the claim for 860,000 or $60,000 of Mrs. Horace Jones—the widow of the Arseriean‘so barbarously murdered in his dwelling ‘on the'28th of February—the mother of eight erphan children, left utterly penniless and unprotected. ‘A resent tridl upon the Southern Rai!road of Chile, from Santingo w Malca, between American and English loco- motives, ‘was crowned with the most brilliaat success for the former. I condense the following interesting account of the Affair and its results from a communication in the Gantiago‘Ferro-Carril, the press of this country ‘eeing 50 Witterly tig ie oe against everything American that they will noteven record our industrial triumphs, and eve over ip silence facts which in any other ‘ervilized-country would have been gladly published to the world: fer its instruction. ‘Fheipiace of trial was upon tweive miles of the Southern Railroad, from the Santiago station to the top of the high Grade just beyond St. Bernard. "The locomotives Montt and Varas‘are ‘English, the San- | ago-and St. Bernard, American, Ure first and the two Jatter having four driving whcels, tho Varas having six. Fhe weight upon driving wheels being much greater sa she: English, is greauly in their favor,as seen by the fol- vn extre owing table | far Bgilah pansenger engine, 1 . 46.722] mato jersoual friend of Gastifla, the President 1#, English fright engine: 64,08] of Poru—of tho other, Moreno was defeated and Santiago; Amerionn: SAE SAEBS ro RS, driven from the ceuntry, and sought refuge in ‘The two first have been always'managed since thoir en- | the capital of Pera, This oceurred shortly trance into the station by English engineers, and the latter |} after the commencement of the ‘bleckade of Americaps. Ail the firemen ere English save that of the Montt, who is a Chilean. The two later have up to the | present time required but slight repairs, the two firet have Trequent!y had to go to the anachine shop for that pur. epose. ‘The freight locomotives were each to draw 35 cars, with @ weight in rails of 687 tons ¢nglish), and the passenger sengines 16 curs, with 292 wns each, ail limited to 116 Ibe. of steam. ‘The trial began on Tuesday, July 19, with the smallest engine, the St. Beruard (American), She reached St. ‘Bernard (12 miles), in 36 suinutes, aud the wp of the agrade in 6:60—totai 41:50. On Wednerday, the Varas (Muglish)-started. She went ‘three mils inten minutes, aud stuck fast. She then Moucked to the starting place, ot up fresh steam, -started with the same train, and could get no further than one wanda balf mile. She again returned (o the station, left fifteen cars, and starting with only twenty, with a load of « 370 tons, went four anda half miles in fourteen da ‘half minutes, and again tuck dasi. She again got up team, and went dive miles in thirty minutes. Bhe again stopped to get upsieum, and went 133 «miles ap seven minutes. Frosm St. Bernard the train returned w the station. It would have been temerity to subject to the proof of ascending the grade with twenty cars. The St. Bernard con» unied 3 Iby.'93-100 of fuel for each ear per mile—the varas J (bs. 66-100. So much for the Sreight engines. ; un Thursday the English passenger engine Montt-went out to redeem the honor of the Varas, and ran to St. Ber- + mard in 35 minntes,and tothe top of the grade in 3 mi- uutes 4 seconds. Total, 38 minutes 45 seconds, On Friday the American passenger engine Santiago ran ‘to St. Bernard in 24 minutes 40 seconds, and up the.crade ta 2minntes 33 seconds. Total, 27 minutes 13 seconds. There were times durigy this performance in ‘which she ‘went at the rate of amile aminute, and it was necessary ‘to reduce her steam. These trials were witnessed -by Mr. Evans,-an Ameri- can, Superintendent of the Southern Road, and by Mr. Bailes, an Englishman, Superintendent of the Santiago ‘and Valparaiso Railroad, who accompanied the engines note bouk in hand. The above figures are consequently NENSPAPER ACCOUNTS. Congress continued in -session, but without making smuch progress in the: public Dusiness. The Indians of Arauco, Southern Chile, still continue ‘their outrages. Lately aumecting -of the Caciques took place to concert mensures ‘to burn all the frontier towns m the river Riobio, but it was thought goverament would nt such a catastrophe. A very rich copper mine has been discovered near the port of Pau de Azuear, ten miles north of Chanaral de los ‘Animas. A British captain has been surveying .the port, and reports it to be.a good: one, well sheltered ifrom the wouth, and no danger in the-way of entering it. He says sbips can anchor within a cable’s length of the beach, ‘which is of sand. ‘The Minister of the Interior reports that colonists frem Northern Germany have established themselves in the Straits of Magellan, and a steamer is to keep up a regular ‘communication between them and the Island of Chiloe. The steamer Meteoro, lately sent down there, brings accounts that the British schoorer Charles Touper, with a «argo for California, had been detained in the Straits from ‘having grounded there. The ceptain of the Meteoro says ‘uhat fur some time past a small vessel has been soouring the Straits of Magellan with an American flag, end that the vessel has no other object then to rob wrecked vessels. ‘The Meteoro encountered this veszel, and she was at the time loaded with goods from a wrecked schooner, and was “bound to one of the ports of the United States. It is cus- ‘pected that these pirates had contined the crew of the Schooner and taken of from her $5,000 in. money, which he was known to have on board. The Metcoro does not waive the name of the vessel nor te!l bew the Captain be- “ame possessed of this information. ‘A railroad track, to run through the.city of Valparaiso, | from the station to the Custom house, to be drawn by horses, is in contempiation. the: Guayaquil river, whe eupon Castilla ser Moreno, in chief, at the same ti Generals Robles and Franco, he would waive all claims against Ecuador, withdraw ¢ ding squadron, aud resume former amicdbie.relations with thet people. This proposition the government of Ecuador of course indig- nantly rejected. dared not approach nearer than a ‘bend of the river e- syond the range of.artillery. At this distance, although -ail commercia} intercourse was suspended with Guayaquil, its inhabitants were woteubjected to an interruption of forded by river-eommunication. At the suggestion of the French Minister, and «with aesurances of the protection of his government (as stated ‘upon authority;which your correspondent is induced to Dolieve reliable), the guns in “battery for the protec- tion of the city were dismounted. No sooner was this cone than the:blockading force moved up and anchored cwithin a stone's throw of Guayaguil. Latterly, the ‘launches of the:flag ship have-been used to cut off the #up- «ply of fresh water obtained from a small stream on ithe river, and to distress the residents ofthe city by pre- venting the receipt-of-agricultural products trem the same source. On the 11th instant .a skirmish took place at the mouth of the Rio Daule, between .one of the launches of the flag ship and a small guard of Ecuadorian soldiers, in which two men -were killed and two wounded in the Jaunch, and the commanding officer of the shore guard— an ensign of horse—also killed. This difficulty has formed the pretext fora declaration of war by the Peruvian Admiral, as the following official FiaGsnrr CaLLao, Orr Guayaaun., August correspondence will show:— SeNOR GOVERNOR OF THE PROVINCE OF GUAYAQU! Yesterday evening @ grave occurrence wok place which must ofnevessity put an end to the excessive denity with which have heretofore proceeded in my anxiety to save this country from the calamities of ;war. An the launch of this ship ap- proached the right bani: .of the river Daule, for the purpose of overhauling a canoe which Was rowing by the arsenal, a tire was unexpectedly opened upon & from the ehore, which killed two men and wounded two oth ru, obliged to employ coercive measures to obtain the satisfaction af its just demands, “has abstained hitherto trom declaring war, in the hope that th? snferings of a blockade would be sufficiently eloquent lessons, Suong through We justice .of her cause, and strong from the means at,ber command, she did not desire, from the first, to bring upon Ecuador the disasters of an armed strife, the mone especially as she regarded the Ecuadorian’ peo- as brethi and well knew that -her enemies were not the people but their oppressors. But, trom the mo- ment that an act of aggression was committed on the part of r government, Pern eauld not, without disgrace, decllue the optance of the war that was offered to her, nor fail to make aggressors feel all the weight of its consequences, Therefore, in the name of’ the government and people of Pern, Edeclare war against the government of General Ro- dies, negretting only the misfortunes which may fall upon those who are not his supporters; 0 avoid which, as far as possible, T grant the term of three days, for those who may desire to do May Gad protect you. IGNACIO MARTATEGUI. NOR OF GUAYAQUIL. Rurvaiic or Eevapor, OVERNMENT Hovse oF Gvayaquit, Aug. 18, 1889. NOR CAPTAIN GENERAL OF THE PERUVIAN SQUADRON. At the sioment when i was about to send you a note relative, grave event whic took pike on the afternoon of the 1th not withthe object of asking redress, since the experi- cuce of former similar acts conunkted by the Dlockading squad- ron has convinced me of the uselewauess of making any de- n, however just they may he—bnt to bring to 80, to leave the elty. REPLY OF THE 60) The semi-annual report of the Valparaiso,Bank had been | mands upon you, mee pone your notive éie fet that the ing entirely to neral mecting of the sharcholders, aud pro- | tio iapru Of tho.oficera commanding the ikunches,: At tory results. The balance shows a net pro- | thts moment, I repeat, received your communication of the sat of $39,501, notwithstanding the crisis. brought about by | 12th inst., and J can assure you that the surprise of he whole ‘the recent revolution. ‘A project has been brought forward in Santiago to open «new bank, which has met with an enthusiastic reception, ‘Owing to ‘the scarcity.of the supply of @y the recent heavy rains, there bins be some difficulty in keeping the copper foundries in the north at.work, and consequently the produce of copper has been ‘diminished, but this is merely a temporary interruption. An important political prisoner, whose arrest some short ‘time since caused great sensation in Santiago, has turned out to be bankrupt in the cum of $1,400,000, and has suc- seeded in escaping irom prison. Areport was current that the British Minister bad de smanded the presence of same British men-of-war at Val- Parairo in the event of four American steamers arriving Ure which were expected to settle the difficulties with hileiby force; but we place no reliance in the The line of the Southern Railroad is ox xeuly for opening as tar as Payne on the 18th September, and tobe finished as far ae Rancagua at the end of ihe ation was not slight when they learned that y« used our troops of having opened a fi Your boats, singe there is not a person in th t Who.does not know Uhat Uhe first dischar the ‘Taunches—a teannon ball killing an the guard of eight men, sui which you speak. To convince you of this truth, I append to this despatch a le- guliaed f the summary investiyatton of the affair by the information obtained by the Captain f the au ng Who examined the mindful, Senor Captain General, of those oilered to us by log! and common sense, ted simply of and iv it rational to suppose ‘that ‘commit the impradence of firing, on four launches, prepared to pent with ¢ In all itamen thus armed eas compelled 80 to pen upon then: at any ‘iy Fevbanit this cism, ‘The Valin! offieint who died, far fron committing the impra- dence of initiating the firing, begged the commanding oftiver in ‘0 withdraw a litle trom the shore, as he nitict. In reply, two rifles were discharged nediately by the discharge of a cannon, me of the launches desired to avoid in the air, fo! Santiago and Valparaiso road were it is now expected that the four years, 1, but had been a little better than the preceding two The markets had received large sions of and were well supplied. The crops promised to be good. In some products flour alone main qajued ite price. It's selling at from $4 12 to $4 87 per quintal cash; copper, in bars, $18 por quintal: silver, $10 37 per ware; American Carolina rice, $6 25: basley. $2.56 the dquega. American brown shirtings were in you thinic itstrang Lannehes fired first, when Yr 9 Jandit Senor Captain General, you well know that they h an overwhelming de phon, sometime and defenceless womei Riora being killed on one oc- Why doubt, in fine, this uuan- » months ago your lannches opened a people at the mouth of the Tagnachi, Lipen vartoiis hapless lng with them on ¢ recadae, “Mrolghis. 3 Bur fee heir reurn to your ship, as yon are demands, £reights to Eure 4p Rs @ Wounded peasant, who died within dire days yyester. aking rning, indeed, your’ boats opened a fire upon the shore, r rel rn. claration of war against art, T deem it my duty, to protest, as I hereby name of the Government and peo- t declaration, in relatic e measures which you say Pera has n obliged {o.adopt, in order to obtain “"the satisfaction of » Just demands,” T have only to say, that Chile and rinada, as well'as al] other nations, your own included, well know on Which side in. this controversy truth and justice are to jot was fired in your PERU. lution had ween mn: » suffocated, the people in the id the contrary, lest, in th Fresh attersyis at re pat Cuzco and Arequipa, but Satter city having lost two or threo in : The four members of Congress who undertook to hold a session of that body alter its reassembling had been pro: hibited by Castilla, have been found guilty of endeay Yo incite the people t2 turbulence, and will be exiled. On the 10th, President Castilla, through Sener Me! Assued a “circular to the diplomatic and consular corps m the Republic of Peru’? in relation to his contemplated war with Ecuador. ‘The document is a very long one, but it is only neces- xary to give a synopsis of it-— it comunences by accusing Ecuador of having commit ted the ost grave and serious offences against Peru, srom time to time, and then states the forbearance and. friendly course always pursued by the latter to obtain a Just and hogorable reparation for these offences ; that not- ‘withstanding Peru has overlooked many notable offences can the part @ Ecuador, and has ever given her proof of the mosl sincere friendship, ending to’ that' government ‘wise and able representatives who have offered the most frank and patriotic aid in settling the most important ‘tions in a quiet and friendly way, yet these Minieters have always had to return to ‘their go- ‘verament, convinced of their inability to accom- plish any good, because the government at Quito always responded to their most just demands with neglect, delay, evasive answers, digsourtesy, and, in fact,in a manner foreign to the principles of international relajons, and op- posed even to.one’s own selt.respect. Sr. Melcar then accuses Ecuador of having evaded the settlement of the boundary questions on the most frivo- tous pretext; of tising a constant system of reserve and deception; of endeavoring to sell or make wey, with Jmportant portions of the disputed territory to toreigners, and of many other very serious charges. He then alludes th the mediation of Chile and New 6 nada, and gays that the cours piesued by Koundor is the wauro of theis being wable we bring Whe questions peuding be to your “excessive leniency,” ent invoke from the peo > vexed with a + people the: that Ihave f 0 sinoe Twill : mvoftér unless vou impose upon me. the r national dignity aud honor, informing you dnt the defence of this piace solely to General Franco, you shonld addres: when you have anything to communicate in ie God and libe JOSE SANCHEZ RUBIO. FraG Shir CALLAO, AT ANCHOR OFF GvavAguin, August M4, 1899, SENOR GOVERNOR OF THE PROVINCE OF GUAYAQUIL:— Thave ie honor of receiving your communication of yes- terday's date, together with the legalized copy of the summary investigation by the police, and the information obtamed Captain General, which endeavor to prove that in the skirmish of the 11th instant the soldiers of Taura were the attacked and hot the aggressors. Teannot but believe, Senor Governor, that which officers of honor uniformly teil me, and not the attestation of men oy in thelr own country, carry wh them the sad onlebrity o their crimes; and Tought to believe my own oflicers, more- ‘over, not only because T can rely upon their veracity, but, be- cause the cireumstunces which accompany the adairs of the Uidh instant are sufficient of themselves to prove to me that thelr statement is correct; for if the officer commanding the launch of whieb yon speak, hid proposed Muacking. your men, as you would have me’ believe, surely he would have so it a distance beyoud the range of their carbines, since it wonld have been thing more than imbeeility in him to tire as he did, bad it been com (iodo soto teach a ensen to thowe w es in safety, riddled his Doat with bullet Killed and wounded. Besides, WI yy jnuicial pa miry Baveduatuea” rece y stifled, through perjury, U Dorribly Crue, os in We cawes of Geugral Oiamend aud Col, which, y t relation to it. | a ass ‘A slatement odie in good faith, founded upon the testi- of iy oud Perey. qutnoriaion, ; yc not the cease with, the pret va senting, and Y foel well assured ung no one iu Guay. a Aquil doubts that your government the people are well velustl lo approach & boat when: the shaw whe on the very spot whe for reststubee, May Ged protwet Seon thesteam frigate Callao (fag ship of the Admiral), to | Guayaquil, with the ineulting-offer that if'the people would 4 receive him (Morene) as their gf suprema,-or supreme | ne decreeing the banishment of | At the commencement of the biovkade the city of Guay- | aquil was so well deYended that the ‘Peruvian squadron : interior trade, or deprived of the necessary supplies af. | Assassinated—whose murderers 4 the aj or. ain endeavored to distort facts whiel téd With, and concerning which I re, to you long ago. - The disembarkation at Puna was vention received; the death of Riera wan 1 donnenad in ctosaquance of m 0 ne art Une month ofthe lente eis yi skids; and laedhyy fring on the 1th is a batable solely to my ‘boat being dat by gue of the "wt snced guard” fying mambxsh near Lregret that you "ne * 1 pow, for the last time, replied to your allegations, “i mnpt to deduce a proof of Thom my'silenes yon sboukd at MT think proper T wit address General Guillermo heg you again, inthe name of ck iy y in ronsequence of there being guns mounted near it, joviitication in course of erection, T am placed under ‘sud necessity of bombarding. The misfortunes which may al warning, will be imputable to those y be guilt Of ve barbariy of exposing. the helpless woked by preparations + combat i pi ACTIO MARTATEGUI. REPLY. Repose oF Eccapor, q Govgnxwent House or Guavaquit, Aug 15, 1899. PTAIN GENERAL OF THR PERUVIAN SQUADRON — ‘Through your communication of the Mth instant [am in formed of yaurd irresueable determination to comurence hosti- ities agaiast the people whom you call “brothers of the Peru- vians.”” ike ay the justification of this resolve a supposed ag- Jon on the partot our Calvary guard, which, you say, von from your oflicers was conmived by thein on the Lith 1 will not permit myself te doubttke word of honor of your cihetes, bait Be likewise aoe that the declaration whieh you. have In Your possesion eauenated foun two honorable citizens, seen is men of probity and reageonalbiity, and entirely in pendent of the influ —trom an offic felehrated, ne trom the sobdi 3 ‘And, notwithstanding your belief not be placed upon them a4 upon the rmitine toremark that, as in this party, you cannot constituie your- en, appeal town impartial tribunal, Mvents upon wich Trely are such us arealways ad- goodevidence insimilar cases, and the remarks you are pleased to nuke about them will neither reflect upon ihe wit- Hessen uorany government, Which, on this aa on all occasions, < permitted justice to take ity ‘course, untrammelied aud ances which accompanied the affair on the ith, tat against my government, y, to justify Cally our course in Al for tire of our ammuilants, approached the shore to cap- wi ving along it; it is also true that, Jing inmmfiliated by the warning words of (he ensign « imanediately furled his awning, fired twa fir is & signal to his consorie, and then, observing that our gol- diers, springing up, wished to charge’ upon his’ boat—an act my prudently prevented diem feom committing — But if you \bieh gnr-ofh , opened with grape and musketry. eit in your favor nd) made wisi nd, and bow 4 app y Wounded before any ¢ M4 Was mortal) state wherein consists the contradiction be- ured from de police and those Cur- ral, although you lave not ted ‘obrions epithets, T must beg to d mueudi and Campos, since they bave no bearing whatever on the question at issne. Lwould not send you this communication were tt not that 1 it my duty to show that iny governments in no wise for the breaking forth ol war whieh you you think proper, commence the city, but it pople or government of ‘lized nations belwki, and will judge us; and ® reiterate the protest which I made in my last de- ‘equest me. ‘to remove the sick from the military ling me “that you will be placed nnder the sad y of bombarding that edifice in consequence of there s mounted aud & fortification erected there;”” and yon nelude by remarking that we provoke a combat by our “pre- parations for resistance.” The erection ot n fortification i notéhe cause, in my jodg- nice, be- entertained the design of your note of inst.— but atiribute vour second requ from it to your desire w obtain sympathy for an act our dhumanity, eapecially ie that a slight fort tion has been constructed, this certainly should not surprise you, since you, having declared ip anny ft would be a crime in the autharities to whom the defence of this place is en- trusted to remain in inaction and sufler its inbabitants to be sterificed with impunity. Nor do I believe that you would wish to make this population impoverished by a bloc! of nine months and a half, and suffer unpro- ed the horrors of war: wi ‘one say of man who, fully armed, should send a challen; at the same time intimate to bim that he: not to make use of any weapons for his defence. If you, then, “strong in all the elementsof war,” threaten us with & bombardment, and yet at the same time are not willing that we should prepare for our protection, you must agree with ime that it will not redound to your honor to conquer us, eince a to another, a there can be tio gle is no danger, Gh conchisione can, amare you that the first fire will not come from shores ‘and tbat on are bekolding is that which natural right counsels, and whieh you cannot deprive ts Ui; to wit a Dfeparation for defending ourseives to he iat e yer tana st superior atts, Sad Hoes en MOR Kanay Oe SANCHEZ RUBIO. After the expiration of six days, notwithstanding this declaration, twice repeated, the blockading squadron cousisting of one forty-four gun steam frigate (the Admi- ral’s ship, having Oi Woard the rejected Senor Garcia de Moreno), two smaller war steamers and an armed store ship, active hostilities have not been initiated by the Peru vian forces. ‘The grant of three days by the Admiral to all those who desired to leave the scene of threatened strife hes left the city of Guayaquil quite deserted. It now presents the appearance of a place decimated by some fearful pes- tilence: yet the resolve of this high official has not been carried into execution. Within the city limits.all is active preparation. As one walks through its lonely thoroughfares military companies be seen in exercise; and since the ultimatam, the ob- jous General Franco has been busily engaged in re- mounting batteries, and otherwise repairing the defences of this seaport, to meet the proffered war, which, we learn, has been confirmed by Castilla, who is expe in person inthe vicinity of Guayaquil on the 28th instant, with a large detachment of the flower of his army. We have had in our waters since the 12th instant tho United St steam frigate anac, Which leaves thie morning for Panama, much to the regret of the few re- maining ciuzens of Guayaquil. On the morning of the 19th of Augn! bout three o’clock—the hour of most profound slumber—a fire broke tin a row of dwellings near the Cathedral square, which summoned the several fire departments of the city to their perilous dut that in this tumulta force might be disembark. Peruvian frigate, with hostile intent, the called out and arranged in order of battle. ut being realized, ‘ged from a@ narrow stree ing to the Wi Iry, infantry and artillery ‘© prepared to give them a Warm recdption, when it war a armed only with p United States steam fenaut Foxhall A, the way, suffered severely «val Retiring Board, and was ce; but who has since shown ¥ cminently competent to the performance y by his gentlemanly end } i to clovgte the character of his an officer who, action of the Tat Was appreciated by il, the following ve to the con hie Governor of the Proy of that chip, : gine comp engaged in extinguishing the fiames, Revusiac or Ecvapor, E, OCAYAQUIL, August i nth Year of Indeper THD StATES Steam F To me Captain oP THE Us maci— 1TA1X—The philanthrophie assistance whichy our hy eat to ‘Sand men, who, employing all ted sett in’ the salvation of onr ater than words nn ex- rhearta; the worthy captain, nd to the blessings of onr whole Guayagur offer to. the office yanac, our most re which This act of philanthro our hearts, and will e nat th the great North American nation have on christian and civilizing infssion than that of nuudng war—that of suevering the afflicted. MARCOS HIDALGO, Chief Eng’ SHILLER SMYRK, Comandante 1 an PEDRO JOSE GARCIA, Commandante Salamacdra, MANUEL ), Commandante Santay .CEDO, Commandante Guayas. A. RITES, Commandante N JOSE DE LA PAZ, Con CARLOS REISO, Sec JUSE'M. MATEUS, Ayudante Salama LOEDA, Ayudante Santay . CEVALLOS, Ayndante ¢ | CABALLERO, Ayudante d verancia. sever U Ayudaute Neptam A PAZ Ayudante Oceano. W. GARBE, Ayudante Perseveraneia. ENTE BALLEN, Aviulante During the ray although there was no immediate dan 0 nded trom sparks or Durning ind ‘uvian squadron took advantage of the occurrence to drop a short distance down the stream beyond the reach of a small battery, hastily erected in a commanding position, and abreast’ of the United States ship Saranac, which vessel had, a few days previous, changed her berth to a place of Safety, anticipating the ‘ution of the Admiral’s threat. Under the protracted blockade of this river cargoes of great value have accumulated on storage in the Custom House at Payta, waiting opportunity for shipment to Guayaquil; bat when commercial jutercourse will be re sumed with Ectiador none can prodict. ‘The English mail steamers between Panama and the southern coast have been permitted, by special decree of the Peruvian gover ment, to recive freight at Guayaquil for other ports; but the admission of all articles is strictly prohibited. Should Castilla succeed in placing his friend Moreno, or some other creature of his will, in the Presidential chair of Ecuador, his belligerent operations against this country oe and the unjust claims now preferred be abat- With General Robles at the head of this government and General Franco its military commandant, he fears aid and assistance to any revolutionary movementou the bor- ders of his own republic, and hence his anxiety and the true secret of his offensive operations against. Reandor. But though he may haye nearly extinguished the lamp of liberty in Peru, the nationality of this people is not to be thue humiliated or kell by the tenure of his will—they are court an! will cheerfally tilt at arms with b« Excellency in def their sacred rights and cherished she Sapmer fece: Paneaiey which arrived enn wa ters on the 19th. yas not permitted shore @u- thorities to land any other passengers but those for Gi oo) Bee the secresy desired in for the reception of the Peruvian army, hawbsnangea tion tha:tinkad Sate wae Mr. the newly appointed American Consul to this 8 bi Nad Fond ie map occu consular protests and representations to bia government. The of Ecuador are on the most friendly terms with uited States; and as for the Peruvi their enemicz—they have a respect for that starry banner which covers the property of our citizens, from an indeflvable dread of tbeir military and Glibuster- ing character, _ NEWSPAPER ACCOUNTS. By the United states frigate Saranac, which left Guaya- quil on the 20th of Angust, we have news that a fire broke out in the heart of the city of Guayaquil, in front of the Cathedral, on the 10th, aud destroyed a, whole square. of buildings, many of them containing merchandise. | The Toss is computed at 1 $300,000 to 000, The officers and crew of the Saranac rendered efficient aid in arresting the tlames, for which the commander received a warm note of thanks from General Rubio. An encounter had taken place between a Peruvian force and some Ecuadorians, in whieh the former bad two ma- Tines killed and the later a lieutenant, Perez. It. appears that the Peruvian Admiral had ¢tationed some launches at the mouth cf the river Daule, with orders to pre- vent fresh water being taken from there for the supply of the. city. of Guayaquil, in hopes by that means to drive the people o ‘abauidon the place. A quarrel took piace, in which the Peruvians were the aggressors, with the foregoing result. Admiral Mariategui thereupou addressed a note to. the Governor of Guayaquil warning the people to quit the city in three days, ig he should bombard it unless ample satisfaction for the death of bis men was accorded... It was. not be- lieved, however, he would dare execute bis threat. The euadorians having commenced placing some 2pounders in position on Hospital Hill, so as to bear upon the st frigate Callao, in tront of the city, the Admiral. notific them that if they did not arrest the work he would bom- bard the edifice, and warned the Goyernor to have the sick removed from the hospital. But no attention being paid to this threat, the Admiral, to keep clear of the guns, moved lower down the river, laking occasion to do #0 while the Hire in the town was at its height. Guaya- quil, of course, is very dull, most of the principal families having gone into the interier, (Guayaquil (Aug. 18) correspondence of Panama Star.) The Peruvian tleet js stil! hege, consisting of three ves- sels, The Admiral informed the inhabitants that th bombardment would eommonce on Mond as that all the upper classes ré The people appear determined to defend to the f t the present moment they are mounting cannon on the Telegraph Hill, yet the impression here is that Cas- lilla will leave Callao on the 27th inst. for this place, with all his fore Business is in a complete state of prostration. THE ARGENTINE CONFEDERATION. All conununication between Buenos Ayres and. the Ar- tion has been stopped by the late decree uiza. Preparations are continued in Buenos with Confederation, and the Com- “ee ished bis headquarters on the of Santa Fe. y amounts to 8.000 men, and the State possesses five steamers and severa) ailing Vessels and gunboats. Montevideo has declared its neutrality in the war, but witl undoubtedly take part against Buenos Ayres. The army ot the Confederation amounts to 10.000 men, and three steemers were about to be purchased and equipped in Montevideo. Tiwre is lite news from Paraguay. President Lopez efused to aid Urquiza in any way in the war against Buenos Ayres. The country is at peace, Obituary. LEIGH HUNT, THE POBT AND JOURNALIST. arn by the Anglo-Saxon, at Quebec, of the demise of the well known English poet and journalist, Leigh Hunt. He was the son of a West indian gentleman, who, bemg resident in Pennsylvania during the revolutionary rendered himself obnoxious by his loyalty to the Crown, and was compelled to seek an asylum in the Old Country. Leigh Hunt was born on the 19th of October, 1784, at Southgate, in Middlesex, and was e¢ , like his friends Lamb and Coleridge, at Christ's Hospital, where he remained until ho was fifteen. He early exhib- ited a poetic turn, having whilst at school written some fugitive pieces which he afterwards collected and publish- ed. After studying for some time in tho office of his bro- ther Steptien, a solicitor, he obtained a lerative appoint- ment in the War Department, which he, however, re- nounced in order to devote himself to theatrical criticism: in a weckly journal, the News, established by auother brother (Jobn.) The articies written by him, in connec- tion with this paper, were #0 highly esteemed that they were collected and published, under the title of +-Criticai Femys of the London Theatres, (1807.)"? In 1808 Leigh Hunt, in conjunction with the same bro- ther John, founded the Ezaminer, the celebrated radical journal, which, after severe straggtes, Dnally established itself at the head of the London weekly press. Harassed by the tories, then ail powerful, he several times became the object of official prosecution at their hands. At last, in 1812, they succeeded in getting him condemned to atine 0 $2,500 and two years imprisonment in Horscmonger jail his brother and partner being awarded the same punish ment. After their liberation from prison the brothers continued to maintain the same independent tone in their journal; but the Bzaminer uitimately passed into the ands of Mr. Foublanque, under whose management it at- tained a still higher reputation for independence and caus- ticity of style. Soon after disposing of the Zwaminer, Mr. Hunt set up a small weekly literary paper, after the fashion of the ‘Spectator’ and “Rambler,” but it did not meet with the success that he had calculated upon. A similar fate attended two quarterly reviews, the ci and the Liberal, which he subsequently undertook The London Journal, another enterprise of hig, had no better luck, but to compensate in some degree for these disappointments, Mr. Hunt received, in 1847, from Lord Jobn Russell, a pension of $200 for the services that he had rendered to the whig party. Ht now only remains for us to enumerate tho literary productions to which, for the reniainder of his life, Mr. Hunt devoted himself. We must, however, go back a little, in order to make the catalogue complete. In 1815 he brought out his © nt the Poets” and “The Descent of Liberty , by his “Story of Rimini,” which by many was esteemed one of the finest poctical compogitions produced in Eng- Jand since the e YT wai ) ‘a Crepidarius,”” a satire direct Gifford, one of the critics of the Edinburg Re (1823) 5 “Stories in Verse"? (1833); “The Valfrey,”” a descripti poem, esteemed for the richne: its imagery and ele- gance of tyh 2 To the Mr. Hunt gaye but ra nd ed to be against in verse, Which the Queen reproduced at Windsor, In the firstrauk amongst bis prose writings must be mentioned “Sir Ralph Esher. a romance, or rather au gentleman of the Court, of Lord Byzon and His Contempor a th i the char work which gratitude tor,” * | and several titles of + Imagination f Poets,” Humor, ‘tories from the I ‘Men, Women and Books,” * Incerted in Ditterent Reviews,” &e. Owing to the thorough knowledge which ‘he poss of the Mr. Huut was eproduce the In tly successful in his attempts t 8 and peculiarities of foreign poets and writers. the long list of his eflorts in this way it is suflicient to m tion the “Arminta’? of ‘lasso, the “Bacchus” of Redi, and the “ Lutrin”’ of Boilean. An erudite bibliographical sel , he became the editor of se’ 1 of the old English poets, whose wi ued from unmerited jon and aecompan: interesting notices and com ntaries. Amongst the latest of his works we must not to mention, ** The Religion of the Heart,” a manual vs of man, according to the reli “The Town, its Memorable Characters and the Olé Court Suburb, published in eral mar tempe! t, but they bear evider benevolent and enlightened s found Jove of humanity. Their style is pure and vigor- ous, the only fault being, perhaps, too much elabo Shelley in dedicating to his associate just dec: poem of the «Cenc with unfeigned en- thusiagm, and Dickens, id Words, restunes his character in this brief He was the friend of the human race.” Mr. Hunt was close on his s sixth year when death put a termination to Lis literary jabore The Chief Engineer of the Fire Depart- ment. TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD. Ornce Curr ENGINEER Fire DEPARTMENT, ) New York, Sept. 12, 1859. f My attention has been called to the following article, ch appeared in your widely circulated journal oi Commissioner Smith has de f apparatus. pparatus since the f the approp: than six mont erhajs there {8 no vermnent where so much extravagance is, pay is. first reflection cast upon m, p@table newspaper in this ain me in contradicting every word contained there. ‘The appropriation for repairs and snpplies to ire apparatus tor 1859 is not exhausted. Enough remains to keep the Fire Department in good working order until 1860, although ‘ome portion of the amount bas been takeu, I think illegally, to pay watchmen, who reevive it under the pretence of rendering yaluable service to the city for guarding the old wood house, 202 Centre street, the present location of the mammonth steam engines, that ve been tried and found entirely useless for fire duty, being cumbersome, unwieldy, and built out of all pro” portion for extinguishing a fire, Notwithstanding this serious drawback, the appropriation of the Fire Depart- ment for 1859 is in a healthy condition, and some money will be left when the year exp ag there was in 1858, HENRY H. HOWARD, Chict Engineer of the New York Fire Department and a subscriber to the HkkaLp ever since it was established. Tue Revvaucaxs Cater A TaRTAR.—We aro informed that the republicans of New Jersey, at their late fusion Convention of the 7th inst., at Trenton, have caught a Tartar in their nominee, It is now pretty woll ascertained that Mr. Olden is a straight out ant!-republican Amorican of the most conservative stripe, Arrival of the Anglo-Saxon at Farther Point. . SPEECH OF NAPOLEON RELATIVE TO ITALY. THE VOYAGE OF THE GREAT EASTERN. ‘THE PROPOSITION OF MR. LEVER DECLINED. STATE OF THE MARKETS, &., &., &e. Farrier Port, Sept. 12, 1850. The steamship Anglo-Saxon, from Liverpool Slst ult., passed this Point at one o'clock yesterday afternoon, on her way to Quebec, where ehe will be due at noon to-mor: row. ‘The interruption of the line on Sunday evening, by a thunder storm, prevented the transmission gf her news till this morning. The steamship Kangaroo, which only arrived out on the 26th, was'to sail about an hour after the Anglo-Saxon. ‘The weather at Liverpool was so stormy onthe Sist that tenders could wot place passengers on board the Anglo- Sajon and Kangaroo in the forenoon, aud both vessels were consequently detained until evening. ‘The steamship Teutonia reached Southampton early on the morning of the 30th, and {the steamship Nova Sco: tian arrived at Liverpool, ut 1 P. M., th ne day. ‘A despatch, dated Trieste, 28th August, s The American ship Ben Bolt, whieh ai cargo of Havana sugar, and had sailed i for want of sik The crew wer lhere with a in for London was wrecked on She ved, is in- sured in London. THE ZURICH CONFERECNE. dated Zaric the last few days th the Plenipotentiaries, It is believed they will be « Jurich at the latest in a fortmigh On Sunday, the 28th, the Austrian and French P tentiaries held a private conference. The Paris correspondent of the Loudon Times, in a letter evening of the 28th, says:-— Aprivate letter, from Zurich of the 26th, = labors of the Plenipotentia ® going on slowly enough, notwithstanding the announcement made a tew days ago, that it was doabttul if any more important point had been sett Whether the tanit is attributable to the Pienipotentiaries _ the’ to the preliminaries of the treaty of Villafranca, or to the Emperors not having taken into calculation in their eager anxiety to make peace all the difticulties of the negotiations no on knows. Some people incline to the opinion that this d lay is intentional, and the manner in which Madam: Fourquenay is acting lends some color to the suspicion. ‘What the French government will last have to do is simply to declare to Austria that 1 has done all that was morally in its power in favor of her profegé, or else it must dispose itself to impose them on ihe Duchies by intrigue, if not by force. ‘Alate Berne despatch says that the reports current as to the proceeding of the conference were quite contra- dictory, and that there was every reason to believe that the Sardinian Plenipotentiaries would not affix their signa- tures to any protocol in favor of the return of the deposed rulers of the Italian Duchies. ‘The Paris correspondent of the Tins, writing on the —“ Things are going on so badly at Zurich as dey the dissolution of the conference in a very few days probable. A Congress of war seems to be the only alternative, a Congress which Austria is decidedly ep- posed to, and which will have as litle suecess as this con- ference.” ‘The designation to be given to the new kingdom has been discussed at Zurich. Austria is willing that Victor Emanuel should be known as King of Sardinia and Lom- bardy, but will not consent that he should describe him- self as King of Upper Italy. ‘A despatch from Zurich, dated August 81, says:— “Private conferences have continued to take place be- tween the Plenipotentiaries for the last three days. The representatives of France and Austria have daily con- ferred together, Yesterday there was a meeting of tho French and Sardinian Plenipotentiaries."’ GREAT BRITAIN. The directors of the company owning the Great Eastern had declined Mr. Lever's amended offer to charter her, and their original programme is to be carried out. The ship had been closed to the public, and was to leave the Thumes in a day or two. The receipts from visiters during the few days she was open to the public exceeded £4,000. Few or no policies of insurance had been taken out on the ship at Lloyds, the underwriters being gene: rally unwilling to transact business until the coupletion of the trial trip. There were some anxious to see the sbip safe out of the Thames, but those in charge of her enter- tained no fears on the subject. Leigh Hunt, the popular author, died in Loudon on the 28th of August, in the 7th year of his age. He had been in a declining state of health for a considerable time. The Queen and Royai family had gone to Scotland for their usual autumnal visit, as was arranged, they made London to Edinburg during the wight. lan had been s ‘ally connected by a submarine telegrapa [big with England. ‘The telegraphic comm: 7 between England and Malta had been re-established; this would *¥vedite the reception of news from Indi by about three di Lord Radstook publis nu the Loddon Times a letter received by him from Richard H. Dana of Boston, on the subject of ba in the United States, Mr. Dana shows the 0 of the ballot been found prive it of the em, and explains th element of secresy An investigation at Liverpool into the charge against elle, mate of the ship Conqueror, of baying cansed ath of a seama vessel, resulted in fon, the 5 that the deceased natural causes, 4 cabinet council was unexpected don on the 29th. Various specu , but it was generally supposed to have re- nice to Some new phase in the Italian question. ‘The strike of the London builders continued. The London Times, 11 ‘ticlo on England's de- ts now rapidly ap: Hy attained it, a hope to attack her with ned in Lon- afloat as to tions ndeed she b po assaiant can has not state in wh impun FRANCE. peror remained in re erted he would proc The En Tt was nt in the Py Cherbourg, and at mp. A speech by at the opening of the Couneil General of the Department of Puy de Done at- tracted considera it was reg: enunciation of the sentiments Emperor endeavored to Fugland of a French iny that,on the contrary, France was ve ing the alliance between the two cc only @ manufacturing and commerce. ed that portion of the English pres Parliament who questioned the government. The Paris Constitulionnel, in an article on the Duchies, says the Emperor agreed at Villatranca to the restoration of the former reigning Princes. He bas not yet given up all hopes ; Itt loyally to the end his disinterested mission, but if he should not succeod to re unite the Princes and people in mutual accord, it is not his intention to force either one or the other. yt th wish of his Majesty to follow ¢ ane Austrian policy vention in the alli the Peninsula We have given to tly © wise and pradent and which, if they do not follow it, will grieve us, bu which we could not press upon them by force. To w Italy owes her independence; we shall not take away from her again what we have given her yesterday. ‘The Paris flour market had rather more firmness, and prices were tending upwards. Wheat was witbiiut mate rin} change. At Marseilles the corn market was dull ‘Wines wore in good demand at kigber prices in se the principal markets. The formation of eight miltary districts, the headquar- ters of which will be at Nantes, was about completed. The Constitutionnel, of the 30th, contains an article repu- diating in the strongest terms the fratricidal policy of war with England. Jt says the Emperor has not thought to avenge the past, but to repair the future for the sake of consolidation of the Engleb alliance. He has on every occasion combatted the bereditary prajndiees of the French people. »prehe jon were quite rane i and those members of inventions of the French de 1 declining. eral of way fully one-fourth, the 8c. MT The Bourse was dull, and on tho 30th the prices gavo thrce per cents closing at 68 & ITALY. A deputation of the National Asornbly’ Bad! gone to Paris on a special mission to Napoleon. ‘The elections throughout Romagua bad taken place, with the greatest tranquility and order, » The official Piedmontese Gazelle gives a denial to the re- ports of political dissention among the members of the Sardinian Cabinet. Count Lymuty, Mayor of Parma, issued a proclamation on his return from Paris. Napoleon, in addressing him, used the following word: have sent you to me that my army shall nover do vio- ience to their wishes, and that I will not permit any other foreign force to commit violence against you." ‘The Count adds:—"These words make you the arbiters of your “Tell the populations that destinies.” Garibaldi has resolved to maintain im the, army of Central Italy the same spirit of order and, disci. plino that distinguished the Chasseurs, of the Alps- In an order of the he says. will J will bave 3 ate? Meky shot avy one who calls himself a Mazzinian, a n, a socialist or even a Garibaldian. none with me but soldiers and Italians, The following are the amounts of the loans at presen required by the governments of the Duchics:—Tuscany 120,000,000 francs, Modena 5,000,000 trancs and ‘Parma 3,000,600. The city of Bologna has also been authorised: to raise the sum of 600,000 franes, ‘The Tuscan Momileur publishes. a decree abolishing the ‘Tuscan army regulations and adopting thoee of the Sar- dinian. A letter from Naples says that the people were much excited in regard to the high price of corn, and that the government in consequence had ordered the purchase abroad of a large quantity, General Fauti had accepted the command in « army of central Italy. Garibaldi’s command compris and Modena. An earthquake had taken place at Soreia. Two bundrod persons were killed, and a large number wounded. Nino thousand of the population Lad eucamped ip the neéigbber- hood of the town. The Pope had despatched assistance to them Late advices from Rome say that the French Minisior had heid a conference witn Curdinal Autonelli en the re- organization of the Jegations. One French division only was to remain at Rome. The government of Bologna is said to have dissuived the regiment in which some of Mazzini's volunteers bad at- tempted to cause an excitement. The garrivon of the Pope wus on the march to, Pesiero, were troops were being concentrated. of of the he troops of Tuscany PRUSSIA. The Prussian government was vigorously maintain ihe prohibition to export horses. GERMANY. The cholera was spreading all along the shores of the Baltic. A combination of bankers and financiers had been form- ed at Frankfort-on-the-Main for contracting the Bavarian form and half per vent loan to defray miliary expenses. The loan is issued at 98}, per cent, and is fer about a mil- lion sterling. RUSSIA. Ttis stated that the Russian government bad given orders to demoboiize the first three corps d’arméc placed under the orders of Prince Menschikoff, in Poland. ‘Tee whole £12,000,000 had been subscribed. INDIA. ‘The Bombay mail of August 6 would reach Engiecd on the day the steamer sailed. Intelligence had reached Lioyds that at Calcutt@ on tho 26th July, there was a cyclone in the Hoogiey river, and that two steamers and a number ef other yeesels were wrecked, FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. LONDON MONEY MARKET. tock Exchange had exhibited continued dullnese;; ‘but the fluctuations in consols were quite slight. Thy money market was easy and the supply abundant. The London Daily News city article dated the 30th, says the funds remain very quiet, the closing quotations being the same as yesterday. In most of the other maruets firmness prevails. Twenty percent of the Indian loan were paid up to-day, and occasioned a more active de- mand for money. A few bills were discounted in Lom- bard street below 23¢ per cent. At the bank, however, there was no revival of business. The specie «rrivals to day were £300,000. About £150,000 in Australian gold is over due. The London Times (City Article) of the 31st, says:—The funds on Tuesday showed renewed steadiness, and re covered from the slight depression on Monday, An arti clo from the Constitutionel, regarding the Duchies, bad a favorable effect. In the discount market, the general rate has recovered to about 23¢ per cent. Consols closed on the Sist at 9534 a 957g for money and account, Market firm. AMERICAN. SECURITIES. Sales had been made of Hlinois Central shares at 40% a 40 discount. Erie Railroad, 5a 10; do. bonds, 15 a 25; do. 3d mortgage bonds, 57 a 62; New York Centra: shares, 68 a 72. Lospoy, August 3¢—Evening. Wheat 1s. 28. jower. Sugar ine on the inferior grades. Coffee but prices unaltered. Rice steady. Siw. Gat. Linseed ofr 9. Wool— sto quite brisk, at an anyence of Breadstuffs declining. dull, ata tif Swovant. Tea inactive Tallow tirmn St 6s. 8d a 4 au wm Bales add. Lospoy, Angast 31, 1858 Broad Coffee firm, at_a slight advance on all grades. stuls dull at Monday's decline. All othe rchandive are without material change. Parack GARDEN is tine ball t the The opinion of the publi that Madame Bir the present Fair. quite unanimous tw the op ig a finer artist than over. Tieut Rope Exmuarnon at Jon Tini, the renowned mrolist, repeated his rope walking ex- hibition at Jones’ Wood yesterday before three or four hundred spectators. Some dissatisfaction was felt because nor did not perform ail that he had wivertised, s standing on his head on the rope, in addition to walking it, &e. ‘The rope was imperfectly eayed, and @ ‘ailed at the time, swaying it considerably, 5 t the Signor came near refusing to walk av However, he traversed its length twice and then de nied. He is to repeat the performance on Wednesday BeNt The Aurora Borealts. | receive accounts of this brillant pheno- sed in other quarters. ter from Key West, Florida, dated Sep:ember 7, ns the fe A brittiant extibitien of the aurora boreaiis was w't nessed at this place the night of the 28th of August, and still more brilliant one the morning of the 2d of Sep- mber. The whole uorthern halt of the ie was { with crimson. red as blood, and so -'rong was flection that ail objects were tinged with the hea hue. Occasional flashes of blug and white light up towards the zenith, and then slowly melted away. Atthe North it must have been most maguiticent. At these low southern latitudes such wonders are rarely seen. To the ignorant both these displays were a subject of dread and terror. Many thought the worid had come to an end, and more prayers were said than ever before in the same gpace of time. The Bermuda Royal Gazette, of September 6, also states as follows:— Between the hours of two and three o'clock on the morning of Friday these fantastic lights displayed themselves in greater splendor than they did on Sunday night previously. Many persons were awoke trom their slumbe the intense light which entered their cham- bers. low lng: — Health Commissioners. A meeting of the Commissioners of Health took place yesterday m the City Hall. Dr. GuxN reported that the arrivals from southerly ports since last meeting have been few, afd that the ports whence they come are all healthy and the crews the vessels well. Also that each vessel. ordered two days quarantine for observation... oo Applications © for the ship Hannah Crocker and brig Joseph ‘come were received, and the Hannah i anteptet come to pier No, 13 East river, and the Joseph Fish permitted to come to Hunter's Point, . The ship arrived at Quarantine from Havana on the 16th of August, and both vessels have spent a term in durance. Re Cops ’ in the meantime the Mayor ‘ase Boal OMlosr authorized to grant ‘and decide upon coming ap, &e. Base Ball. TO THE EDITOR OF THE Th your issue of Saturday, eee a the between the Atlantic and Base Ball Stute that the Atlantic Club were the victors. the fact. The Eckford Club woo the mateb by