FOREIGN NEWS.

New Zealand Colonist and Port Nicholson Advertiser, Volume I, Issue 75, 18 April 1843, Page 2

FOREIGN NEWS.

Peru and Bolivia. —A treaty of peace was concluded between these states on the 7th June through the mediation of the Chilian .government, but it had scarcely been concluded when the Peruvian chiefs found cause of dissension amongst themselves. It appears, by advices from Bogota of August 14, that the army of the South was arranged in two grand divisions; the first under the command of General de la Fuente, and the second under General San Roman. The first named accuses his colleagues of seditious conduct in having withdrawn from his command; the other retorts the same charge, upon the ground of disobedience to orders of the supreme government. The morale of the army had suffered greatly by this dissension, which was splitting into factions the adherents of both parties. A conspiracy against the government of Senor Menendez was discovered in Lima on the Bth of June ; the principal conspirators have been sentenced to die, and several of them had already suffered. Wreck op an Indiaman —Dreadful loss of life. —We lament to announce the receipt of information which we fear is too true, of the total loss of the Reliance East Indiaman, Captain Thomas Green, off Boulogne, in the dreadful gale on Saturday. It is stated that the captain and all the crew, 116 men, have perished, with the exception of some Lascars and boys. We hope this latter melancholy fact may prove an exaggeration. The Reliance was homeward-bound, with a cargo 6f "more than 20,000 chests of tea.

The Zollyerein Tariff. Frankfort, Nov. s.—The Zollverein tariff for the nars 1843, 1844, and 1845, so impatiently expected by the commercial world, is just published in the bulletin of the laws. The principal augmentation of duties falls upon unbleached cotton yarn, made silks, leather gloves, French brandy, vinegar, snuff, tinted paper, woollen stuffs, also stuffs in cotton or wool, printed or embroidered. The following is an extract : “ A. The duties on articles in gold and silver.

in alloy, in fine metals, in gilded bronze, in pearl, in coral, in cut stones, or in stones mounted in gold and silver, articles of the same materials united with alabaster, amber, ivory, and mother-o’-pearl, imitations of precious <sLatones, &c.; or scents in small bottles, such " Nis are usually sbld in perfumers’ shops ; on time pieces, with the exception of those in wooden cases; on candelabra in bronze, gold, and silver; on fans, artificial flowers, feathers. &c., are raised to 100 thalers per. quintal.—l3. The dut : es on leather gloves are limited to 44 thalers per quintal; the duties on tinted papers to 20 thalers per quintal.”