AMERICA. LATER FROM CHILI AND THE WEST COAST. [From the Argus, July 9.]

Daily Southern Cross, Volume XVI, Issue 1243, 12 August 1859, Page 2 (Supplement)

AMERICA. LATER FROM CHILI AND THE WEST COAST. [From the Argus, July 9.]

We have been favoured by a gentleman, resident in Victoria, with a 'New York Herald,' which conveys later news from the South Pacific. The English steamer, New Grenada, arrived at Panama on the 21st April, with dates from Valparaiso to the Ist, Coquimbo to the 2nd, Caldera to the 3rd, and Callao to the 12th of that month. This news has been brought on by the Northern Light to New York.

CHILI. The success of the revolutionists near Coquimbo, has induced the Government of Chili to send forward to that point a strong force. Active preparation* are being made to concentrate some 3000 troops at Coquimbo and Serena. The command of this force has been given to General Vidaurri a popular anil veteran soldier of the Republic, and every confidence is now felt that the revolution will j be put down in the north, and that order and tranquillity will soon be restored throughout the Republic. Colonel Silva Chnves, who had commnnd of the Government forces that were defeated by the revolutionists under Don Pedro Leon Gallo, on the 14 th March, near Serena, is to be tried by courtmartial. The political prisoners sent by Government to the Straits of Magellan a short time since revolted after the vessel left Valparaiso, and obliged the captain to change his course and take*hem to Callao, at which port they arrived on the 13th of March. Mr. G. W. Ryckman, Secretary of the United States Legation at Santiago, is at present acting United States Consul at Valparaiso. The English steamer Prince of Wales, belonging to the Pacific Steam Navigation Company, which sailed from the Port of Acund, Chili, on the 17th of March, bound (or Puerto Muett, has been lost. A thick fog which hid the coast, and a strong current prevailing at the lime, caused her to strike upon a rock some eight miles from Acund. The accident could not be avoided, as the rock against which she struck was not down in any chart. The steamer went down in 10 minutes after she struck. The passengers and crew had barely time to save themselves, by taking to the boats. Business is extremely dull in all parts of Chili, owing to the disturbed state of the country, the exportations latterly being confined to small lots of copper, in bars and ores. The ports of Coquimbo and Caldera are still closed. The revolutionists are in possession of the former, though the main force under Gallo is at Serena. A few days after the evacuation of Coquimbo by the Government forces under Chaves, Gallo sent some 300 of his txen there, with teteral pieces of artillery he had captuied on the 14th of March, but soon after withdrew them to Serena, where he and his followers are encamped, leaving a small detachment at the port. The Valparaiso market is stocked with flour, but no sales have taken place during the last fortnight prior to the sailing of the steamer, except for domestic consumption, and there is no change to note in prices since the last quotations. Carolina rice has been sold, in bond, at 6 cents per lb. Captain Ezra Nye returned from Chili, where he hiul been fcr several months, in the Northern Light. He sold his steam-tug to the Chilian Government for ab^ut 75,000 dollars, after having realized Urge sums ftom it on account of liberal charters paid by Government for the transports tit n of their troops from Valparuiso to the north.

The brig Messenger Bird, 65 days frfoin Rio Janeiro, arrived at Valparaiso on the 27ih of March, being the only arrival of an American vessel since the 16th of that month. There have been no departures of American vessels since the sailing of the last steamer.