SOUTH AMERICA.

Auckland Star, Volume XII, Issue 3382, 30 May 1881, Page 3

SOUTH AMERICA.

Fires in New Granada. —JJestvu-c-

tion of a 'l'otcii

New York, April 25.

Panama advices havo beon received to April lGth. Thu Town of Buenaventura, N w Uranada, was destroyed by flro on tno 12th; bus, $1,000,000. 'i'hreo porsons were burned lo doatli, and tho Customhouse wan destroyed. It contained 1000 packages of merchandise. 'I'ho Postollio" was also Destroyed, with all tho correspondence for abroad, which wai lur«o and valuulilo. Over 150U peoplo rondcrod homcloHS by tho disaster, and aro in v. condition bordering on Htarvation. Tho steamer Coqnlmbo, whicli called thereon tho U'b, left all iho provisions ■which could bo "pared from hor stores for tno relief of tho suffering. Distracted Peru.— Threatened Annexation. Dates from Lima are to tho 7th instint. Tho ditllcnltiea imminent between tho Provisional Government and tho municipial authorities of Lima, who aro of I'ierola's appointing, have bpoii sottli'd by tho prompt notion of iho now oilloera lately appointed by Caldoron, without waiting for tho Conns to decide the qno-tion whether Hiorola or CuMeron wnn " Kinf,'." The chango in tho city KOvernmenthasftSHured tianqiiility in the central departments anil tho loyal aiihoßion of tho peoplo to tho now government, in tho north and south, however, new elements of confusion find anarchy havo arisen. Mon^tero in Cajamarca, and Solar in Arequipa, havo declared in favour of Pierola'H Kovernmont, and denounce as traltorsworthy o( death all Poruvans who aro diaposod to make peace with Chile In Lima a party oE arnvrt Chinamen llred iato a Chilean patrol. Thoy woro captured and two wero shot. It is bolievod Chilo will annex I'orU.