CHILI.

New Zealand Herald, Volume III, Issue 720, 6 March 1866, Page 4

CHILI.

DEATH OF THE SPANISH ADMIBAT PAItEJA. The Annie Laurie and the Prospcctor arrived in harbour yesterday, from Valparaiso. are indebted to the courtesy of James Burtt Esq.., Chilian Consul at this Port, for copies of the Ifercurio and la Palria, to the 31jt December last. The intelligence is important and interesting. The Spanish Admiral Pareja has died. It is said that chagrin at .the loss c? the Virgen de Covadonga, and the continual\ij". rassments of the war, and complication of affairs have undermined his health and spirits. ' On the morning of the 27th November, the Chilian war ship Esmeralda, lay in wait for, and after a smart engagement, captured-tlie Comdonga, one of the Tate Admiral Pareja's blockading fleet. Tne Spaniards lost two men and had 14 wounded; the remainder, six officers and about 110 men were taken prisoners of -war. The Esmeralda did not lose a single man! Captain John Williams, of the Esmeralda, is a Chilian born, but the son of an Englishman bj a Chilian wife. "We also learn that the party in Peru is triumphant, and that, uniting with the Chilians, they determined to overthrow, the hated yoke of Spam. The Chilian journal La pa friz says:—"Spain has lost her great ally in t lie Pacific " and Peru is closed against her. Chile has gained " an ally of great value to her in many respects, " the great naval resources of the neighbouring " republic would at once suffice to turn the " scale in our favour in the event of a contest, " Hence it is that the termination of the rero- " lution in Peru has been hailed in this country " as the first decisive advantage gained OTer " Spain." Of the forty odd ports belonging to Chili, some five only, we understand, are blockaded.Neutral vessels can therefore enter or leave the remaining ports at pleasure. Extracts from the Chilian journals relative to the events alluded to will be found in another column.