ade. Experience has proved the inef 6cacy of this kind of negative hostility and 1t has been determined, in the event of refusal of what the French Cabinet require in the shape of satisfaction and indemnity, to adopt the more vigorous experiment of combined naval and military attack. How the naughty bar barian who has so long laughed at me- naees and demonstrations, may feel dis posed to act when about to experience the real severity of active war, it would be perhaps q little rash to conjecture but we have no hesitation in stating our conviction, that we have upon perfectly sufficient authority assignedt the genuine object, and real destination, of the much canyassed Toulon armament.

 Portuguese ..4ffaiiry.-T'he relations with Portugal were betorethe House of Commons on the 4th of February, and a very long debate ensued, in which the Ministry intimated, almost too clearly to leave a doubt, that Don Miguel is hereafter to be recognised by Great Britain, should things remain as they are at present. It appears, however, in the present crisis, as if events which are entirely within tho range of proba- bility, might intrude in season to avert a measure so undesirable.

 From the Sandzpich Lslands.-A letter from an officer on board the sloop of War Vincennes, dated Oabu, October l4th, says" Wearrived safely here yes- terday, having made the Islands on the ist after visiting the Marquesas and So- ciety groups. We spent ten days at Byron's Bay in Hawaii, before coming here. This day, at l2 o'clock, the king veasrlendid bal, receiving Capt Finch and suit under royal salute of twenty one guns, full guard, a1e. Every thing herei sprosperous, and our visit promises to bemost opportune and most important to the best interests of the Islands,

 SOUTH AMERICA.

 From Chidi.-We are indebted to Captain Trip, of tine ship Florida, from Lima and Chili, for the Mereurio de Valparaiso ofNovember 25th, 26th and 18th. The paper of the latest date con taIns an official notice, dated the 9th, announcing the appointment of Col. Pe- dro Jose Prado Montanner antendant of Santiago to the Ministry of State in the Department of the Interior.

 We learn from Mr. Delano, who came passenger in the Florida, that the eoun- try was in very unsettled state. To explain the cause of the disturbances which existed, we must go backto 1926, when Gen. Freire was elected Preident of the Republic, and Gen. r. A. Pinto Vice President. Gen. Pinto, soon be- came charged with the Chief Admins tration, on account of the resignation of the President, and continued at the head of the Government until the 18th July, 1899, when the state of his health compelled him to retire.-Agreeably to a law of the Republic, and with the ap- probation of the Vice President, the ex- ecutiVe power then deyolyed upon Fran cisco Ramon de Vicuna, President of the Executive Committee. A new elec- ton recurred, say in the month of Sep tember or October, and resulted iii the choice of Gen. Pinto for President, and NIT. Vieuna for Vice President.-Gen. Pinto, again retired in favor of Mir. Yi- cuna. This gave offence to a certain party in the Republic, who declared the election void, and had appealed to arms. Most of the foreign merchants in the in- terior had betaken themselves, with their property to Valparaiso, for protection, and some had gone to Lima. The in- surrection had assumed an alarming and some blood had been shed. Vicgna was still in the office at the date of our last accounts.

 The U. $. sioop of war, St. Louis, and schooner Dolphin, were both to the leeward.

 Colombia.-Extraet of letter dated at Caracas, 9th Jan. 1880.

 " have before informed you how Ca racas, and other towns formerly compo- sing Old Venezuela, have revolted since the 25th November last, by declaring for their liberties, independently of the rest of the republic, and denying the authority authority Of of General Bolivar. nave now only to say to you, that l learn from A and B., who lately arrived here, the revolution is extending with the greatest enthusiasm, they assuring me, that with the exception of few re- lations and friends of Bolivar among the inhabitants, from the youngest to the u l --.--