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J U A N F E R N A N D E Z ,

I I AS IT OCCURRED IN THE YEAR 1839.

AUTElEtfTWAmD ST -1

RETIRED GOVERNOR OF THAT ISLAND.

OF SEVEXCAL

THIS Ill MBCBiBED,

ATTACHED FXiEHD A?XD

RELATiVE,

T. S.

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i&m&o~~ &hey have solicihd, and which I am h q p y to a h to the f d l ex& of mg abiiy. -me following extracts h m the Nautical Nagaoine ought to serve as an apology for my pubiinhing the stxiofid Portion kf & joumd, and the con&ding dooumenta, which refer to the innuwection :-

U Daring the ear(bqunke whiob did no much damage a lew month8 s i ? ~ in South America, the HI ~ O M &

greateat rise d about forty fest above the gened. level of the ma; and I wan infontled that the e w a d t g feet U the neitern art oí the ialind; 'Ehma..mis quite p o o t h when it occyrbd, the weathe# Q&U and dear. IRawaIv t& not ruah i n lihe a w n ~ e , biil roee hke 8 rspid flood-hO. An it came on YII- crpe@dy, ibc 4- proouione which were in itots (rU that were in the Liaod) mere entidy dmniroyad, and eeveral mud h which were Muc the b h s m e W h d 8W87, bwt thW were no &o& fell ~ 1 1 ar@ part of the inland.''

**On the and of Augwt, leSS, the priiooen at Juan Femadar roue on the hoopa at the lime they were miving their weekly allowence of provioom, took the arm* sad bid w o n of the fon Ir>r tiro hours. Tiie miüiue at lad rollid, and attechad the prkoncm with tbe Earpentern' ?ola, sa! my other weapom they could et' re&mk lhe fort and rccmrcd thdr arm. There wan not a aoldier hurt ID the fray, ai& were La upon repeatedjy, but ibree priaonm ware wounded, who ahorrly aitnr died. Soon Zma

the 6-d in mmmmuippt the commonitit (an EngZkhman) und.+ an arrwt for insttonth te hu due, andwhich'nqkxt ma8 co~~.idarsd íhc chirfcauea of thspirDnar ribin,+ Five day8 before we arrived here he WM id to Vaiparaiuo to be tried. Another wmmaodant, wath a fred delachent of troop, d e d a t the sametime Ioreüeve tBose who wma 011 the island, iheir time, which ia c i z mmtha, h n m g &.d. Everything appeared io be carried on im good order, m d with strict diaci line; but the -- mandaut recommeoded me to be on my guard IW the prisoners had on08 riaeu and mi& again attempt it, and iake poiseasiou of my vewl. About two yeare pmvious, a number of thkm had Laken p W o n of a Fre~ob brig daring the night, which had d i e d io for apppiisg sad made the cn?w ulad ihem near Chüoe."

Jm m m d á Weep diffsrsnr zimea It l e n a mark on tho nbare whipb wan nearly ñlied with "XT" -ib

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1 also ponnider it a duty I owe to myself, relatives, and friends, to refute such parte 'an are bighiy injurious to my character, and I consider my native country L e moat appropriateplace, to @hew the public in general that the &atementa are incorrect, especially those that have been BO widely circulated in the Nautical Magazine of June, 1837.

The translation of a few documenta I publinhed in Smtiago previous & my depwhre

win, BB they have reference to the earthquake and mutiny, shew that "the com- mented for inattention to his duty," nor waa any

meg1eet on his part 6' considered the chief -use of the p r k o m ~ s ririig t' a d dm the anch ion will prove, that, although I left the army at a time L e republic waa at wer, my moliven were just and honourable. LieutenanbGeneral Don Manuel B h y i ~ , did methelionour to receive my power of attorney and other documents, in arder to Dbtain E recompenne for my ~ervices, shonld I remain in Europe. 1 published the &well biten in order to infonn my chiüsn friende of the motives, &c. of my h v h & and WW I have tradned; ana 1 am fbtkred that the mbor of the Neutbd

Mugushe WU see that my motives for refuting the misatatementa of Captain Mwterr

an Englishman," waa not

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ACCOUNTS RELAWE TO THE EARTHQUAKE. * EXTRACTED FPOM MY JOUPNAL OF h i .

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Jeinnot give an exwt sewunt of whnt hap yerteideg; bot on rq? -hem I f b u n d h t cz hip destroyed and tarried a&y the greatest part of the boem, iedving d y the atabhww, on d of p o r ha* repaired and strengthened it Usly with a brick and mmtu foundation. The ddnmce of t h e ~ e . m (Galpon) and the chapel dao have escape , no doubt on .cBonUt of h a m g been repaired, a well 88 a few cottages, built w an elevated m t d o n . Thii ia di I cnn relate io V. S. con- carping our diinster.

‘I FRAY JOSE itamoa i tAmriX2 , CpPUh.” - !lb Gmnnuecimt~ Accarnt.

The LMitoianfs Accaint.

TaC F i Se~ymt‘s Account.

** b d of Jrrao Feniander, Feb. 24tb 1835. “ S ~ a o u CAPITAX.-On the w)th F0hUUYa 1

w n ~ io my qnartem, and abwt eleven iu the morning I head the Governor, who wnsin the -he, Call out to beat to arum, Snybg the sea w.8 I immediately ran to my company, and whilst them w a retiring to about two q w b w dinhoe, it only gave nn h e to 8.ve part of oor armameat and knnp& before it retnnied. W e enosped to the caitle of bota Barbsn, where I formed with my campany. and from whence I o b r v e d the move- menti of the aeq which wveedthe tom and carried awey luian). houies lemea. ireen, kc &c. The &rch aud Gdpm &aped. dthongb tho watar cona ahorat three ynr& raimd it, hut it h.d been memtJy re aired; also the ntore-house. w b i i hnd beea k-

mortsr. Diuing tb night, I hd the a d v d guard on the <aStle wdb, and about seven I oberved vol-

tit, q yarda from the foundation with Mckn .nd

- d c ll&ei u i i e in the direction of the Pmtm dr &calao, hut eesned befbrethe day broke. W i n .11 I can relate concerning what hsl happened.

‘ I PABLO GOisZAIii.”

~oundatiom and so mixad,-thit 08 one esn gad or diacan hu'propmty. La the town from 90 to 40 h v o kllm rictnnn t; this drssdful Mow. '1 Tmr *e2 C M O ijwpcrodo."

"The @ U h r m u d s of what hss hsppmned fiom tha movemauts of tho esr<h ind m rn 10 s(rssge Bhd nnlpsmm tbat I h s ~ e ahahioad from ~SW them or &'OF bein8 a a u d of sxaggere

move to e%k with L.r children b t wly w uduhmatm g te be throwm by the roll¡& billow to tbs diatan- of six q o h inland, with three of her ebildree. in ow dthefngeedsof Lheboat. bar fourth ebüd who bad heid isst to s pieee, mat'h twentieth art(of tho boef ww picked ap new to Lilciuo, by a%, c w - ug to tLis p r t nearly e i h w t e d hut w w thin for- tnrsta littk erektnra B rae0-k Lastly a huge m w d mck, wbieh it is calculated m d t weigh %,5,oootons, fell from tbe mounliim of the Qui& +i", on the side of Boca Grande, in the bay of

"MIGUEL BA~oN."

les, Cnkwa, P h y Codea; Rue bwqwen, Lisaren, Pud, sod A&co, e& d ' t o m s to the -&ward d tbe Made, ¡u lie mnwr Talea and "Ovs Bilbsa, m e dl inrohad i s the like disgs(cr aid r b . The mPeets of tha m, except in the lwtlsertioed

p h rQera two eebooxers, the Juana d Gcrhdc. -e'k& ia tbe nei#hbouiig rode, high pod dry' and O<hm cm the b e d , wera dreadful. The d istrous afecta wem extended M far as Cnrico; wbicb bowever, &ed but U&. The ibock WM violeni iu 4niüip Ud Vdparbiao, sod ieighbourhg tom, hat no damgo wa mPered in tbesn.

By what I read in the ubüc papera, I hnd not bbDn h e only &n+. Bfy low WPLI eile9lat.d & mora thpi 3,wO Qiius, yat I fired no worm than eany of iy is+hmra on the Continent. But I ml ly felt M ~ Y iür my poor ñehernem who benides lneiag di they had p m d mluhing 600 aesl drms, which beiag of the hir Vis, warm worth three or mora dollars each), w e n in s stale of nudity.

I i.farm8d gwarnamt d the a t e of tbe prisooem,

and carpenbrd toda Eaving d r d y bought m e , and received a bw fmm tbe AcAiUea, I h g m to form a new tom, on tbe very spot where C o w - d a s Ancon had Lis b t s pitched, according l o an eagnvkg I had iu tba hiatmy of him voyaga m d th. world, whicb I called Aneon's Town i and to tbi besu(ifol aod -tia d e y in which it was situated. I gam the mamo of Anson's Dale. Tim cspiaina of nwad whim, wkch towbed for wood, water, end vegehblse, w e n larch m u m d by the novelty of being rcceivd aud aater(sined in my cave. for tbe r u s had driven ean out oi the uartem I bad tnkeo up in the chrch. '!&ese mim85. u e very nunbarow pd miecbievous. I bad dsltroysd great numbers with arsenic, and un aun that myriads muat b e beeu swept away and Wed by the earthquake.

tiom. The EDjloring one is *t :-T6e Lady of t Rogers, 011 the sea's 6mt retiritg

iUnan%-Disaguo, Be.

Therconnta frain c a c e p t i a cbillsn Loahge.

soliitilq d o t b g , Mmo pgrinltnrnl implements,

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'4 of the Interior, No. aM, "Elputiago A 'I PBth, 18%

11 I buve received your twd oh%i uotm d the 26th F e h a r y and 12th Marchlaat, in wbiabyou rarer to the extraordinary pheriOmeWn that W M c b -

Vpipar&o, kc. kc. I felt p b u d olbariiig had it in my power to rsnder such a service to $overnmenb wbieh mait heve niortiñad bcth Ugalde snd Captain Dias. I told the latter, as I w81) leaving tha vessel, that I had w donbt but that the next time I sbould require him to king me or pmvisiaa~, he would do it, for now I h d a right te o o ~ p y Bie r-1, as I WM mW8d to saiwge. I ssnt nasrly all my money o m tboriaand ddlsrs,

and daawnentn of irnpertaueq away with my friend DBkao; m d I alsD eolrfided to his a r e the 05cW m o t e re@g Ugalde to .ven& ita being de- stropd. A few deye aker t&8 G?k& had sailed, I WIW infoFed that CnprsSn Saldes had received eammu&- from the Gqvenior totenda of C w n , D o a i N slemparte Iwae risedtbet this germage 8b&l have wi t& to the%ceh under my cmmand and m o t k v e deigiued to a w e h imy

B r W& who denied iyarivg received any cmrespcdsnee t upom aty F&XP~ k hard w an the nrbjeet. I& aeknorledge~hasin racebed a!+w ñorm the mjw of bin bmi@cm,a4 wenh to f&& m i ám FZW to rsad It wasadeice of hDs

nmte. 'I

mot having bsm mt. €fe s e e d d i a s e a at my

din- with me, OQ which I repripandea him, and gave hks d e r n to atted daily qt table. H e came, but

oat cmdforiaiey to his winbee. ana bail o$ WmmiDg to

the puis& nod Saldes oRsa olprrssed ohmha tbat it WM cm1 to keep them away from h i fnrniiieu, now that bhe pqmt had arrived; but I siligueed them at lemgtb, by Eeaiing there, they bnd bstCer attend to bir own dUies, far I wp. b h a onlv pmrsoni reapohble to pvemmmf, snd I waü he& what wna nccemry undes e x X i oi~cunietaneea

&€y gnniener, who had falden from a tree, by which he had broken bis arm and httered his wrist s1 a ehoe!&g manam& would huve died fm wamt of surgid nmi8tauae, but Lr tbe tiioeiy arrival of the Engliali whaler, lh &mime, Captun He&, having om board a wgeon wim ulated his arm- From ik ensel I got a ;wd s w T y of macensaries ; for Anmican whslers, that tm10UBh for rehahioerih

They d d o m Eiad wine or liquors on b o d , and were most d them temperama ships ; but on sham t k y di0 not epare the grog d all took barge uantiaills of @non, aod what the hl mimtiwlep (.pi ter& it d- &e). On de Wth of July, a Frsiwh nhnler the Dmkarpoine, came farrelre&ammt. Sbe hove éa end sent 4aF boata ou b e ; ths ab.piain aod Salden ? W e d leave to b o d her, but being at a consider. ab e distance, I rehised. Indeed. I ~l(nw did nblow any pram to verseis, unGers at ennbon They 5

both eaemed very mniieói mrtiiied, arid the chaplain

~ih wry ahon of what we w a n a '

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e.pieeired himleif in mh- tern#, that I wa) irader the n e e d y of o*#iltgh to kee hia houne. stnre-kjmpmm~&~E O her with re&&men& w I 8 I sent 8i m p i e m t to the ca , who waa niweii; and I entestained the 6rat o e m d surgeon, nit3 pubfire, in the beat msnner the p h e a5orded. It blew very hacü during the night, and next day, i L being hay, np vesnel wan in sight. I Baed a beacon tha enauiog pight, and ahont one in the morning my boat raturned with various artidea which Diuicad hwi purchsaed. The cg tain wrota me a polite note, t e w g me he had heen o h g e d to hoist my boat h, on amount of the wenthar, and that next day he muid wme into the harhoor and pay me a *it. I waa pleaaed at the d e return of my boat, andalso ai the supplies received hhexühy.

Bddea*came to request the rations for hin Boldien ; hut on awoont of Dunean being much fatigued I told him to wait mtü ten o’clock. He then said &at they hadnothing to eat; 80 I ordered the bread to be taken up into the cantle, to be there distributad, an the whaier ww close to the bay and the captain to allow only two or three at a time io wme down from the d e , to receive their provisions. Ahout eight o’clock the c a p @in came with a request in -tin to let Bim have a month’s’pay for hie company.‘ ’ daving alwaye let the soldiers have their pay and rations on the same day, notwitbstaodhg I had not any money behg iag to government, I w k d hím to make out a pay lint for the math of July, and that I would advance the amount. I then went to the mole, to e x d n e the boat, which had retrirnsd, and observiug a number of the soidiers outside the cantle, I d e r e d them to be enlied in and kept there whilat the whaler w~yl near, an I iotended going on board of her. A h r t time after I had m u t e d tbe money (547 doilsrs four riels), end whilst Saldes m re-counting it, the sergeant of the piquet, José Doragi~rr, ram into the room, and informed rme that the convicta had tnken

oasession of the castle, and at the s a 8 mommt I {eard the re ort of two musketa. This suqrhed ine exceedimgry, having b& au hairir Wm the captain orders to keep the sddiers in the castle. mhere there was a maim-guard d a sergeant, two eorporals, and fmteen men ; a barrack-gund of a corporal, and fwr mem, besides u oorpmalplaced over five men who were employed bdding the store- home. I ealled the captain to accowt for Bis neg- lect, &c. ; he informed me that he had given orderi to the mgeamt DO gward, and other excuses, gn whieh I ordered him to asasable all his soldiers, and that those who had bayou&, should fix them OIL stieke; I toldthe atore-kee ertodistribuihe di theoíikmive tooh he had saongat>~em ; pnd in the meantime I eallsd tbe “Mayoral and ordered him to wriembl. Sll the @sonera h h h d the chncch; and, abandoning the nuwey, I begnu with two or three eoovicts (for 1 wan determined to restore order), with their dd to prepare tb arme I had in my house, which were ose hlmc- de rbw, two musketa, one rilEe, one fowling-piece, two double-barreled +tala, sed Foyr pair of horse and pocket pistols, besides thee sworda, one sabre, one sword-stick, and ‘2,000 balosrtridges. Iselectd

nera, umoug whom having dMbuted my :3- placed the ammunitiq and a m e bread and dried beef in sacks for them to carry with them. and tben ordered Dumen to destroy all the boats, ex- t- ing one, to prevent the mutimeere boarding i e whier. Two sergeants, one corporal, and three soldiers, begged earnestly to be ailowed to assist and accompany me BO I gave them 5re-arm8,~od ordered them to gain the height which commanded the castle, and that, as soon an they should observe me, to sall) forth from my houie, to own their Ere u n thi mutineers, who were on tim castle wall. I a t o sen( for the cliaplain, and ordered him to go and demanc wbat wece the intentions of the mutineers, thinkio8 that the soldiers had joined the cwvictu, €or al

About nix next morning, iven without the aid of the troops. I almo nienffdned bat I hid more wnE&nce io UMm than in the so; lien; for what had taken plum had w n h e d mpieiom timt I m benet by an iníerra~ crew.”? leaired him Do retire tohishooaemiililnll wasnettled. P h i reverend eraonage however, thought Et to aail himself o 1 the op ’chmi6y to enter the store, uid seize upou a d e m i - j g of liquor, and waa making )ff with it ; but OIL my being prined of the circnm- Wce, I ordered it to be &o from him. .It wan * d l y a lndimous scene, notwithstanding the very ierioue and critical dilemma peudiog, to see the iciest and Duncan tuggingat the demi-john ; and but ’or a chance bdl, which hit somewhere about the ieel of the prieat’s shoe, I apprehend the demi-john iod its contents would have remsined upon the qot.

Whilst1 was anxiously pondering who might really 38 in poseeseion of ths castle, two women came down, and from them I obtained the information, that there were only thirty-six priaoners in the castle. and that they were dressed in the soldiem’ noiforma; that Juan Lülo Robles wam their chief; and <hat he h.d goue out with four others to bring more peopfe to the castle ; also that the Eneign Riqnelme and several Boldisrs were prisonern in the barrack-room. Captain Saldes now made his ap earance, brin& with him shout thirty aoldisrn. &a demanded the armsand ammunition I had io my house ; to which I replied, 1‘ Where are the erma sod ammunition I cutrusted to you, an wail an the cantle which W’BB in yoor eare? iu whose ossesiriou is it now?” H e replied tlml the erisoners%ad got possession of them; ou which I t d d in that all tbe 811118 I had in my house were my o m

pr.ivate pro erty, and that with them I should main- mu my antfkity, and in the bst extremity defend myself and the few that were with me LKB long I lived ; and u a hie reiterating bia demand, I mroed round u on t\e soldiers with an air of determination, and in t i e most peremptory maoner, ordered them ioetaotly to lace themselves under the command of a mgeant. 1 then immediately divided dl the offen- nim toole, aod some lances, amongst them, and to a aergeant and a earpornl, who bad Brat offered their aervicea, I gave íirearma. with orden to place the party io the rear of the castle in order to secure the prisoners by cutting off their retreat, in case I ahoald succeed in dririogthem oot of it. Inext foROeamy n&y, which consisted of & r g d Doeegua, one c m p&Í and bur soldierq the-mayoral, Craa $an&W, and Aleven of the orisooers whom I selected fMm shout thirty who ohred to accom ang me, Mving the rest whh Dwan to gourd my Eome and stoma during the coníüct. As I was starting, the cap(ain cameu end begged I would &w him to accompany me in &e nanrm16; I told him &e mighé do 80, a d save him a oistol which I bad ivaL dincharwd an a ñgual to th i party om the height who, as hid bed preconcerted immediately o aedtheir Breonthhoseh the castle. i sallied out, a$ordered mymen to keep up the fire as they were adpanchg, which we *era doingquickly; but, whilstre-loadingidyde, somaone behind gave me aviolent p h , and I le11 64er a log df wood, and my ramrod wan instsntlymütched horn IUY

;no wounded nx, and took fourteen prhüneri. the rde-pedwilh th0k -to the moMtaiI&, On accmmt of (be party whi& I bad ordered to the rear of (be caaüe not luwin# arrived nonu enough to in- tewept thw although I had allowed ample time for resmi to have iaken n the appointed poQüon. I i 0 ~ 4 (be mnnketa e$ againnt the d e nills. and many of them bad &J rendered uaelwa by having their lookibmken. I t h e n h t e n e d t o t h cuw- aim of the h%bt that commanded (be cast&, and swndter arnvmg there I o h e d the ca iain en teriog the asiiüe over the w a ~ . 0l0ae to the &-e& w h e r e i t r e n i r a d t h e i u e o í t h e n ~ s t ~ l i t y t o oii.>. I oI%ered a gun to be fired, to r e d t h e wldiera and other8 who bad I d to the mouutaina I sent for the oha kin, and ordered him to prepare the prisoners, for f w a ~ determined on shooting them all d sounet. I r q & d the u to BfEoomt for the oaitle’s fai!ing ?to the bans” the prhoiers, a o d d g e d h mth having deierted me durieg the ssaiult. kie laid dl the blame of the d e b b a i i taken to Sergeant Altamirano, who WM in the oommand of the miin-gUnrd; and mid that he only m u to the priest’s bole for his sword, and that d- t e r d he bad fellen in with two of the nautheza- that be bad w m d a d ow, d them, JmÉ M a d Cbodh, and bad left him in the .e&‘~ home, with another he hid isken. I ordere8Rh sergeant to be io* and ut into couñminent .long wíth (he reat ofthe gum!; aY, io üke manner, those w b were on duty when the Saair took piaOe. I tben aeut fot the men whom &Ides bad taken rinmer8. Oue of these s W d that the eaptai0 hJwouaded him. I took the dealamtinnu of the ~ o u e r a myself, in the paema of (he officer%, of $e ch?.pb, and of Llae mayoral of the priiioners, who eigoed for d those who conid not Sign their nuurn or write, and rar- tiüed a~ to the authentidty of the rest of the signs- turea. I found h t d those whom I bad taken bad bsen forcad into the castle by Lilb Boblea; M I ordered them U, draw loti in order that Imight mske an exemplaq uoiBhLeILt by &o&g four wisiist they wme on fheir way to the pisae oí e x i cotio~, d mast, I w1y8 informed that oue of them bad his wife with him. on which. to b t ü y my spprobstion of (be conduct of 158 prinonera who 081‘8011 the inland when I arrived, who bad not taken part in the inaurreotiom, I gave them leave, M a reward for iheir good behsviour, to ardan one oi the four, hoping minnoere~y timy wooifseiect tba married man, but they ssved another. AH 80011 BI the ereoption WM over, I gave the eaptain strict orderi tomndmea statemeot, in writing, of what badtaken p b before be retired to reat. I plro l e n t my boat, and ordered the &era to be repaired io fetch the people who were in the diaeient b& M well M all thew efleot., io order that thole who had h n d e d niigbt not d v e m y sasistuiw or proSiiiaiu And &r having regulated and given the nW!aUW o i h to the patrolen I hid funned of theprironen rho hid auisted me to preeisne order dunog the night, I retired to mi chamber and sl- though much W p e d with the &fa o & e m I r d a h & W night, rmoiuating rn the ”se, bd io won rfÚUy escaped. About eleven o u&

I beard n loud LnOckin(r at my door, and on in- qui- what WM tbe matter, a ioidier came to me who hsd been sen6 by theprbt for a bottle of liquor.

chaphia’s e&t emtreatia for me to embaik in >be hour of danger, ohm thit the mulioeeia only wanted to a e k upon me, and to wreak upon me tbeir vengeinae or revewe, hc. mnllrmed my sun- pieioni of their treacbe On ’Úm pWit of IeüVbg my bum to repair to X e cantle. to m e s t Saldes, the ensign came m ; and OD my demanding (be reason he did not obey my BUILS~OM, Le mid he had order8 to that effect from his captain, who bad aent him* metoinfarm me that be bad aunimed themilitary commnmd 6n &ccouut of the OOclliiBQEBB of the lat, and a d d od whowledge me M the poütical Go- vernor d l e should hear from government; so that whatever I wauted with the capt”. he said. imuetbsdomeioanofKeiaimnnrerI I i n u i r e d o f this officer how he .ad the d e feu Yuca & handi ofthe esxwbts, bot he d y told me he had receiqed order8 not to answer my questinma. My 8itMtIon wad critical. I informed hinu that both he and the mpiiio would bare heavy charges to mswer ; that I WM coddent they had been decaived, and induwd to act in such improper manner by persons who wonid leave them in the lurch wheu brought to an peoount; md on &sewing the sergeant, who had been om gmrd the day before, p w by, I io uired-by whose ordern he had been aet at Iiherty, b e ensign i m f o r d me that none of the guard were in con6ne- IMDL I immedistelysent an OW ñote to Captaio Saldes requirhg him to give an nccouot how the müe ’ -8 u ~ ~ ~ i m i t i o o Ensigw Riquehne, iod four h i e r 8 ’ had lallen &Io the baods of the mn- victa. Tbe h g n himself was the bearer, und delivered it to bin captain.

I n the evening the mayoral a m e and informed me that a mnvict bad errived from a distant part of the khd, with n meaeige from the mutineer8 to the captain 4 pieat, anrisg that they were waiting for their orders to uzrreader themselves ; and that they suRered for went of ovisions. I sent for this in- dividuei, bod inquire&ow be had mat with them. He told me that be had obtained leave from the mayoral to fetch a quantity of dried lobsters from the lace he had been to, on a 6ahing excurnion, and on

way back be hid been atop d b Lillo Robles and13 others, who were dream& nohern’ Ciothes, and had muske&q ; tbat they had deprived him af bis lobstem and sent bim to the EB n and pr4ent. I -ked de why they had a p p l i e E thoae perrons. kmwing me to be their. Governor and who alone hid power ta psrdon them. Be &plied that they did not even m d o n my unme until one, called Gntierrez, aaid he would not surrender, for fear of being shot by the -go 88 he had liUle dependaace on the padre’s promine: w made OB coüment thpt m e d e m i e n d i n ~ must hsve existed between the captain, chapinin, and prinonera, before the cantle

sbsd (Iiis to return and &rmy*& (0 di,- the two rib W e n Loll0 and curi. -=night (be &e of &e of the soldims who were on p a r d wheatbe clistlefeii iiito the handa Of the wnvictn, tPin hed ordered the soldiers to 1-e the cant!! withoot their m a ; and whist they were going down the U. the wptain hnvinB obiemad me walking towards the mole, recalled them; that tbia wan pat before she h s u d BB call to him and ardered í$em tohekeptintbeesstle.andth~aboutanhwra~ terwards tbe aergeant,bltemirano, who waain&r&q of the g t w d formed the whole of them only leaving ooe sentry, h d marabed them down b e hill- and then Lülo Robler sad m e n others ran in and’took

o d o n of the arma La and made the aentry d h s i g n Riqueime p&&; tbat they then pnk on ioldinrs’ clothiog. and stationed íom on the wab . that Lük, Roblw went out with two d e r & and rd turned with about thirty men. Thin inlormaüon opened my ayes at o m ; bot what could I do ? I rewarded the woman, and bade ber keep whst she bad told me a d e e t wcret even from her hushand. wbom I Shoulfal~o pmdsct ; im abort, that bsl own iefety wonld be endangered were it to become h a n that sbe bad even taken MIir of Buch things or was privy to such 5ctn. I thought it high tinie i o adopt usme meane of aeonring my p ern taking dwpüeatm of the most interesting, Our w~ch>pwposs I bed to sit up all night. Next mining I gave orders to my atomkeeper to ration the t m q s u to the 16th Sap- tember, two days over the tima IL received pro- vinions kip. them, and the prkoiuers mp to the 14th. and to demand the receipts from the captain emd td mayorni for the namein triplicate ; and to taks an exact acwunt of nU the provisioaS that remained in atore, UI well as of the toole and other articiea I had received from government; and to gst reeeipta h what were in ase from the maymal, carpenter, and blacksmith, so an to enable me, at a moment’s warn- ing, to give up what I had in charge, or lean, the island ; for eow I plainly OBW I had a moat villainous aet to deal with, aud that the captain must be actiw w r d i o g to inslructiooe he might have roesived from UgdaC, or ochers on the Conthnt. Os the Srd I

WM ioflormed tbni the chapi.in snd olaosni were wnvened, and that their wnversation WM about my haviog atarved the primmeis, and robbed them qf their rafionr. I therefore weot to them and required them to a c ~ m p ~ y me to the depot it tbe dimaer hour, in order to investigate whether the wnvicb had cam to coeiplain for want of ioviPiooi as the &die cepenan had told me that %y had & s d b m it had been the reMon of their takiog the d e .

I also demanded of the to give me his written aecouot, in m w e i to my oiñcial note, UI well as hw reasom for hnving usurped the mitiiary wmmsnd, and for ordering the ~aldiers to have eo communi- cation with nie; to which he replied. he had bis iu- atructioni, sud knew what he was about, adding that until he should hear from government he would ooly acknowledge me aa political Governor. I then told him and the chplaia thnt I w.8 aware they bad heea led on to commit theroeelves by U Ida, or nome other person on the Continent, and i%8t government would never w t i o u or approve suoh conduct, which was contrary to all military rubes and regulatioas; and that I was sorry 1 had no means to u hold my authority. We went to the dep& nnd I oriered the prisoners to inform the chsplaiomd captainwbat ratious had been delivered to them since my arrival ou the bland, and to s W the motivea of the defe- tion of Lillo Roblw and hisaceomplices; andleaviog them I went oiit of the yard, sud as loon u t h e priest

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* O m a d o f t h e q u n n t l i y o f p ~ a n d d i h , UK pdwuem hisid requeW a greater qnmtity ol meal, &c., In ilea of dried beef (Ehuke.) -

“ J u a n F e ~ d e i AugniltSrd 1836. *‘In cnmpüaoca with the &der of V.8. I have

here to W e , that the ‘ s o w n have recsived five yonnda eight mcrs oF“nctu& daily; and, in the time of scarcity, fow omnds, aceording to the w e i g h sad meammu. #bene relions nre eompoaed of d, been& Fait, salt, pappar, &c.

“ NlCOLAE 8ALnsñ.” - I n h requeatad Captain Saldes to give me the re-

íor the proriaions he bad received for aimssll cei an&4dbra, and he sent me the fdoniig :-

‘ I I have ieeeivsd irom thr, atore-keqm the ro- vYona bdomging to my troops, Fw forp6ve &ys, eonuriled frm the first of the press& montb 3 also tb tots1 Lrt halomged to them before tbat’date except ñuw, basing received as re ueatsd t d h v e n each. daily. in lieu of ii ; amd ?ieyneli bave receivad double ratima up to the 19th of Se emher, aa webi as the os~dlea fur the barnek~ and tF, m l - w d ‘‘ Nxcoua SALD~~E.

“Juaa Fcrnandea, Auguck 4th. 1W.

- “Juan Rernundez, June 16tb. 1896.

‘ a Having been informed tbat you bare given ordem thar no more bread shall be ianiad to my soldien and that they are to receive the flour as it is sent d t h from the Continent, I beg that, U f i~ in your p o r n to grmt them b m d an hitherto, lour noto- riow bonnty and goodiieaa will he pleased to order them the same ratione as before, if it be ootnttunded with too great iawivenienile. Qod preaeme V. S. many years.

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1‘ JURO Fernwdez, Ang. 7th. 1835. Ssnoi G O V E ~ N A D O B , - ~ ~ Mswer to, and íul-

Gleent of. the order cootaimed in tbe ode of V.S., whkb I hpe now hod the honour to receive, I bve

who were w dnty 00 the 1st of this mmblh. am the iodivjdds whose mames are giren below; w h e de&raüons I haw taken, urd which, in my note No. 2, I have scat yon. Others, more striily, sneh as V.8. requires. it ia d h l e to redim, om -mut d the cireiumshnce%at aetuúlly n a r r a d ne- and to d e e t which it wanbi he necelssq to pul all who were on guard into com6neaemt; and then commqneucea wouid fdbw in no wnys agreeable to ourperson as well .B the whole ob ua V.8. weAkoowe th.1 the (Forra&idos) owt1a.w~ have still their arms, aaud might h a w spies amongst us te oh- serve our opatims, and aeire the opportunity that presented, in order to realise their wicked pcojec-ía. Ibid who would then he reqooaible to the nation, and to the au erne govnniment, for having acled in u i l an inju&ous -. diminthing the &rem& of the gnrrriaon, sud givbwg the hmditti scope to make

to stat43 that t h eergemt, corporals, snd nddlers.

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cup to drink oub of, and placed the order nf arrest, receipts for PMV~S~OW, and 0 t h dooaasete, in it, and left it aareleasly among sewed iiaslwa artieh I had laying on a t abs ; the remuindm of my apem 08 conaequenac, I concealed undet my beg, and saut for the chaplain, who, M swa axe? he made his appearance, I o r d d to go to the captain and reason with him, and to induce bimtumhun to his duty. Tñeihnttar to keep up i tb atrabgena, and. in order to ioduca the belief thab I wea i g m d ob their villainy, I renalved to malw them t b k &a6 they had driwen me to desperation ; nod acooraingiy I hnnught my medbiue chest intn my room, wbene the two sentries W ~ E pnated, and mixed a vomit in n tmhLer, imd having p h d a juvr contsirhg a 1SttEs arannic on che table, I nat down aad wrote a && to His Excellency obn President, m n W I stated Ehab the proceedings and conduct of h e cbapldn and captain bad urged and betenmined ae at U to coa- mit miride. Tbe priest BOOQ FetUTned, and p p I had anticipated and made my &lation, informed me that ha had-done dl he could to perauade the eiptdn to ueturn to his duhy, but thnt he remaitbed obstinata, sud that them waa no remedy. On which, springin,g froin pry seat, and exolaiming, 88 if fnmtie, What1 DD Fmady, fat??" and cm hbfauitering out, "no,* I sard (with exmtement sod a gbaaug mile, Iiud low- eriogmy voice from one extreme to the &, in P ooufidantinl almosit whisper), Em," and laying hold of the gPasq and pointing with my bit band to (ha jsr'n labal, '*here, fathar, is e remedy for aik my sufferings ; both yon aud the captab will one day, d e r I nm dead, have to w w e r and to wffin foo bnvbg been the With which I gdped the greateat pnrt of the vomit+ beiore he seized upon the glass. endeavaring to hinder arid prevent me swab lowing ita contents; but diaembarrnsiiag pipeif, 1 empbied it, nnd said to him, in an eipnersiae and empWic manner '1 You fsogr I fmgiw.)' i t in irnpnasibie to deskbe bd priestJ; cnnFoaiOn, biscnn. eiernstiuu; be beat hie bemi, be rap out of ths hwse with tbe jac i n bin band, exclaiming, “the Gnsemnr han poisoad himaelfl" A wowd of soldiers and misonere swu anseoibled in .out of my dwalling. &e captain and utEcer speing @is, and supponing ib L vising in my €avow, wne down f?&n t!m castle lo disperae them, but on h.inp tbld hy4be priest the EDULIB. the captain WM ObiePred~ io mil& and gave orders thet nu one should n-h ma;

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bunt, tbat the barraBki were enroofed. an ala0 that, doring the CwfUSion, some prisonera had attempted teking prnaeaiion ob the arms, kc. "be captain sent all his prisoners to &at Inland. so UI to be free Rom wch dangerom pemma Feeliog dispoaed to termi- nvte this OE 1-k btabmeen, in a manner moat con- vemient and!.micsble, I sent for the captain, aod d e r e d to pardon him all my penonal sutperiqje, &c., =well M to neu myiutiwst cdcavouni to obtain some indulgence Iroin the m ~ r e m e g o v e n i n ~ if he would retwn to bis duty let him know tbat I wm pee- suaded he had &en 1 2 o n from error to error by the riedt, who. I conaidered, M well Y) Ugalde,'the Ui ief id ig . toni of wbat had trawpired Bnce the let ob Aigas(. Ee seemed to listen with attention, nnd requested me to .tate my widaes in writing, and he would d & a r how fru be cwld with propiety com- ply n e the exi&g circuinstancen. Furthemwe, on his &ig, I begged of him to act Mependently, and on mo icooPnt to be b e d by the friar, who, I m d him, woiphi, d8ñ<iteuer ni¡& be tia rorueprmoe hermfta. ieeak out ob the añeis. d leave Urn done

oWp511~ who wonid&& of them ad phe them m thndmmb, nnül Ira ohwld ib <spw enpsilor nrdm their diq~assi. He e to my propWac cm wiüiü~ I reqned(idhün m piiae his 4 al.0 on &em. I then allowed the ciu 'n to <rLs them-, end he leftma 8 rewipt. '& mpt& hd begon to kill the cattle and #ell m a t to bii mldiera and othem; on knowledge of which I sent bim a letter, repremuting that dl the aoimdi on theinland, except a few, were ap r h a n t to the exemtors of the inte governor, b on f",é &os- qoinlarnio. wboñaitappointedmeto act for thein; aodtbatai wch,andth~empowered, IbadshatPioed from % caffle, inqniring how be c d d IIP count íor it opon h i l i to act in wcb a manner with what o ~ @ to be connidered a sscred de- poeit? Es received this letter in p e m a of bis two wmpaniow, the prieit and .emign. and gave ordera to Duncan to leave my aervm, and a ohtad one of biii o m soldiira to attend me; on w k a I aent him a noie to MY that I wm greatly obliied to him for having deprived me of the scrvican of my cmntryman, at 8 üme when there were &en of the vagabonds who bad caca ed from the cantle with rums, in the neigbbourhon!, and coniidering my life to be h h e r , I demanded to be remnved into the cantle, pmtedting against hui arbitrary mudnet. About nine o'clnck et night Duncan returned, with pmaiseion to remain, .pd gave me the €oUawiug note :-

u An-t 12th l@% "In this cistl

apartment, 6üiq by the for mymU and snbáltenis are full ob Wovisions. Yon need not be alirmedatany attempt being inadeagaioat yoor erson, nor have any s q a c l a n with regard to my s&ieru, for I am nus that dl of them w d d defend y w to the utmost in'gie of dnnger.

'' NICOLAS SA&DEE."

Next momhg I bad liberty to walk ont in front of my home, and two dthe fo t~aemtk l s only remained over me. The aptsin answered my letter of the eleveiuth by ordering the priert to take Eaarge of the cattle, and of my stare. Ee furthermore took h d d of ail my rendy c d wbi& he d the captaio to deprive me of, h order, n e e t h a t I might not heve the means to corrupt his soldiera. The ec- counta tbat he pmasnted me with, from the pernoon that bad h g e of the &le, were very nm~uug a p e ~ y one h m the imidisidiul w a ~ imi char& of my pigs. Tbb rasal gave in an a m n u t in w W hsdea .QW ha¿ nnt üítuedfor the qmec~o elemen m m i k Myatore-keep- bad above six L d r e d dollari in his poisession, according to the baluice takeu on the h t day of July. but now he accounted for no more than about one hadred. In the viaion stare there wna pieuty (of what I had aaveBb, economy in diutributbg aih, and liberating thorn that cbom froip public worb) to w port the establishment for a-niomth- the wimb J w h i d the ca taio transferred to the' eaitle, and distributed in Lge quantitiei to the convictl and othera. (En the IS& of AuigrM, the captain gave orders to inuipeíid dl work, aa alno fibarty to the mvicta to hunt and ñuh. On the Bfteenth, four of the party that were hove- about capi tubd, and came in; and two de I aRer the remudar gave themelver up. Lüla &des and 0Utim.r excepted. Ou the night of the eigbteeutb about twelve o'clock, I beard a etrange noias on td ontar part of the dweiliog and on cantionsly opening the window. to uoertaio ircm whence it proceeded, could d i i y diecern # w e d soldiers below in the a& of pinoing a kdder against the will of the house whiist a itentoiían voiea from the cantle warned I&

iog. the laten= of the hour, M ala0 %a revJnliiwinry t O b O U t h & g U U d . The8bgd~S Ofthe mcead-

~~ - ._. to soher.. As OM Y) SsldGhsd I& me I extracted from Colon, .ad the reco üation of Isws,kveral 8.. wasw from the aost oiatd, in order to coovincegim of the critidnais ofhia s i t d o o , and how he migbl

" Jvsn Z d . An@ Wh, 1835. ''CAPTAIU SALDIlS-~hlIgb you have not

thought proper to retnru an anawer to my )attar of the Blst, I feel it my duty to lay before yon the errors you bee cammittad, perhap8 from ignmaoce of the exintern of the fobwaap Lawn, WW I here copy for gourpensal ind i&ruction:-i. Magin- trates, jndges, Lnts~dentr, rbj& obprovinces, andall e r s m of high rank, cannot be arrested without the

b o w w e and approbation of ~ su m e govern- mot . B. He that takes tEH, lXe & awnnellw, jwtice of the eaea, or wwt odcer, or MY other of high rank e& ea a gwerior OT a oviace whilat exercisln%hii authority, shall sa& tE pain Of death and coldLc?ion of all hm property; iIS0 be will be held M a traitor ; aod if he miy woulvQ or imprism him he wiP su$er t b pain ob deslb, aud the coofia- cation of the half ob bis property. b No magkdrate can be iccuaed wbiM in wm&Oe, except km crimes committed im admimiatrating his s e a t a e s . The reaann of this law is, that ou waxmt of their oharp they are *upposed to have mnny e&misa. sn<l eaeh would be anaeewer toimpede them from W n g úbeir duty : but the injured may lay their cwe before the mpreme governmen; who wiil order deünqueat judges to be p u n M . 4 He t h t hath committed crimes and not yet been tried for them, UI well IY) iervaotu or hmilinrn agdast their m-rera, nre pro- hibited by the laws, exce in caeas of high treason ; and e lsy(S(nisnhavealegagt~~tobe . fouser . . 5. The military judges try ail military canes for c r b s commiwd by personi?cubjsot to other jurisdiclioni such a# cmuphing t the senrrit9 of E &&us. it#gamaoe, i c e r sriei, robberies, anti all a h a

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impnted wem o h d y pmred A ample irwlirldd can pardon the injurien he han p e r w d y d e r e d , and renonnw the eaikfwtbn ibr the dsmage he may have instdnsd; but the mprenie chief cm only grant the remimion of the unisameot whleh the deünquoot is M e to ; Em t& a d of puaiabraent in not an act ofiengeanee, but to prevent the mmaL don of crimes. I t wouid he absnrd to placa in tbe hands of a privata individual the power to prevent Eiimiopla from being pwiaiabed. The piiblic wonld be deprived of the utility of a usiutary w&g, and the ncgrma ohuf of rights inherent to gsorrnmmt. T e mode to obtain p u r F d o n from government is this :-Tim injured han to manifest in writing, tlp.r be freelypardoos the offenw M far M q e r a m s U y r e ~ to him, and that be reno1i1m ail c i d and m i m i d actioos that he may have againat the accosed, sod

sentences from the laws, in which t h e ie no deceit ; from whom @nor, for tke nntiond hoiour, an well ae that of the b&ttplion to which yon IMJQ.~, I w d

ou en a brother to mturrn to yowr duty, and promise for the l e n d good, to adapt lbe method indiatedi in my Isit letter, M it etreauaizis io my ower, previous to the of lim ~ p w i l ~ c s or L o & , to pardon ou pH my persomsl sar iags ; bmt dmld you r&ee my propollria, I shall ever fed &¡died of hvmg dope my mt>tiooaEwtowardm an amicable & tleaieot.-G@d 81~erd p u .

u TEOUAS SumupÍrs."

Iwnfem, that 1.M s l l e &sire for the captnin to retqrn to ly &y in mder to be died to 2;nI;he a&, amd ;et frm hint a eke to 5id

been the iwtigators en the Coatbent, for to me% wae char that all had bsen d e v h d there, and bdiy conducted, or sscmded 00 the istrmd. I wan now informed ht the ea@ah. addtern. sad prieU wore togetber in the ea&, exsrmimimg the cante& of my letbr and that bigh woids bad en- sued betwixt the p& d the captah, the forum ad% him to continue in the -and ita Hen of retro&g; ~a&mg, peehps. tmst ciasage m i g ~

affict k 0 W , from wYeh re& I p w - %%%bw¡ug let* u t have k d iis origin :-

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to yow very honourable coumuniBalim of the 29th inst. ibsgtoatstebridy, thatitieimposaibleb&w you to reiurn to the exerciss of the fmctioma you fer- merb posasased, wntü I hear Aom the Supreme Go- vernment, who a k U bs informed d what b s ~ takea piace and who will &gse of your perem in the m u & timy may wmi r w o d y of jlratice. sir, ahquid I aoeede to the repeated s~ppli~tim y~ have made to me, Bori the lat of thia moah to the pment date to h eaect, thrt wefything trampired be left in &:w (to which inW you h e repeaiaaly propowd it the resalte wonid he a Ooaipietein- v d n of b.. qdtnau and tmnqdlity of tb EL%

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.. I oaw by the ew(ents of thL *t tbeq!íent h d g o t t h e u p p a r b a c d . ~ .Iio thathemei&eg &Wed, or wrota tlm'oo y for Sddec, tim othar cammunirotipns f imi prmoruiy beiq aware tbat tbe Mer w u very iUtera<e. and icareSy biedcompoMg ownlei@ra. The stuns day= I received thie e p k , the otom-keeper WBS orkred to stop the prorisioos that hd hitherto beem dintrihuted to me and my semis; andaü that were ii my rivata ltom were tnnnfmed to tbe d o , M we! 8s wverd bnneli o í Amenran Emu and him.&. timt I bed pnrehPesd from an American whaler. This day Duncan WM taken vioientiyiii keeping me awske all night with hi. m w m ; he d fered &reat pein, and suapeetsd that tho ntore-keaper had poiaoaed him; I adminktorad *mi.). remedy ti& could be de- for his relief, and happüy m s medad, for o8 the fouawing morning k qpesrsd wisiderabbybstler;-hehad bmdüctodtouidi lge aiosdp with liquor, but MW in his momenta of pain, be promieed to ranwoee his libidinoila prscticea, mid join the Temperance Sack&. Accordimg to hia own stetemsiit, hs wan a native of Bristol, whore he bad reapeetabls cmnexiooa, u d formerly bad bsea cap- teiu and omer of a smaü sealiag vssssl, but hihg io s p a c u h ü o q had beei reduced to Lee ahoieeof eutertainmemt for marivere in tha port o f mi the Mst ef Iortb Paru; he ws.8 a na . ator, and uexwll~ntcarpsater,andI t hougb tm~for tuna t s in Laving aueh a perm on the island. The espt.in hed deprived th mayoral, Crua 580chea. of a ca~oe I k d giren him, and delivered it to a man 8aaed Moysso one o1 the most wor(hbis f&wa o8 ths islsod horn I asat for, and ordared him to retnm it te ita o r i g i d possesaoi; whereas he retired to iadge a wmpbiut with üddea I sent for bnrhes. u d gaw hii a large qanmtity of aar<isi nee& .ad 801110 dopa I Lad pnrchased, that bs might dirid. them .Magst thase mea that actoinpioied him to the asswlt d the cada. Tbe capt& bad bkeu p e s s i o a of the clothin I h d pu el? bqht for nty bo&% crew. eaní for encb of%% indindidoib. Ud gave them m t t s n orders on Saldes for the ¿if- fsient &idea compReing their drese, wbioh WM imnsdiatety boumed by the delivery of the dore- mentiomd. 8aaebea mlormed me that ü s priemt bad deprived him of the peatar t of the needs I Mgivi rUi him to *te. M J p h h r e g o t the better of patieow, and I mt a qemmDtoq ordm to his paternity to retnrn them, which bB not d y mfuwd to do but iawdiata p m d e d tothe distribution of th; lands I had kmorlg hid out aad cuitivatad, giving to each prisoners e, imder wndition of receiving a stipulated for their Mom, assriring them Et2K% nauld be nu& bstted on the d i s a l of Dm i8sr- CSIO UN the new ovemor whom he e daily to &e and tufe po&JoO of the x?: p'~pne<m. ge had .Is0 to make rapid ad- T- in W i g tb astüe I b a d deposiCa~inhis hsndr. a e b g the mHt to the soldien m d and, in hot, carrying onp Ree and f l O a G ? ; with what he had fond ID m atore, wt - m P w himselp imm a iwe un of J, uid evergtnlne ~ithh~isgnsp- ~ n d it wan q p i t r i n d n f ~ m e t o atta the%dute govsmor of the Wib a no more than tool of hi. t h t ? % U d Y O- h mespilea. "he leaow tbt had d d .Q.

t expwtul;(iog with UI, for im r a ~ .

*ab be delivered me, and I geve him, in r e t w a docnmnnt, io which be WM nllowed doable &, and nt the m e time csrtüied hia h v h g mmde M @pement to a t in my bebnlf imM circnn~tnncai mi& omnr to require ita mnnife&ation. I thorn b e ~ to hive higb words with bina, which brought tb iergeent nnd mldiern on gunrd miand the door, onbide of whiab I throat him and reqnested the mergeant to tnke him in ebnrge ’in order to wndnct him to the gnnrd-bow desp;tchiog. nt the anme time, n note to the ..o&, informing %m of D- can’n improper bnba-aour, nnd requesbng hini to d o w me Arrnvdo in bia room; which w n ncnorded, and on the following morning Jonqdn re-entered my mervb. Tbir 5iW fellow informed me tbet both the capidn and prielt hdgium him inamictim8 to act 08 a w m me and inform them of my t- autioni. %hnt hommoded me moat WM to aee the dibpidntion wmmiited by the ioldiern and wnvicta, who dentroyed the pnükded and fenm I bnd oonnirncted w n n d my b o w and gnrden, n nell M obit m n n d e d the ordmrd, whiob WM nn exten- elve nun and weii ntochd with frnit h e n , lome of which M been p b t e d by Commodore A ~ o n and the former governnm, M well ea n number lbnd brnugbt fkm &be Continent. I hnd .lie rensived n qunntii of ntonsi. nnb, and seed& from E n e b d , wbiah ihsd prnted and FWibnted, for I felt &mnt leupre and nmmmnnb m thn@ain near che

g i o b n n d m h d bve the ap- oe p i a w e pundo. Bnt now t h e feiuiei. wOab a t Hiob mmwwa Isoubie, were m t a n l y burnt nnd othnc-

the priedt :- “Jiraulernnneei, iOrq18Sb.

“TO ZEQ CEAP&AXB FB-%PIR Ir- loner, -it me to in I& of yonr Prrerniy. wbo

invented yon witb %e ai$ anibod8y. an& fmm whnm yo* have m i v e d the mght nnd pome to dt- Iribnte inndo nnd Eh.nge the w n h wnme? whsn 1 WM &at i m p h n e d by S W , yon mmived my deiegnted power to trike olwge of the arilmal nnd what belonged to Um te&m@ntsry of the late bon JcaB Jonqnin Lump. k order that tbey, IU a iaar<l

merved ; but M yen bnve thmgbt prDpsr to dnngben nndmeUtheiiieat.orexcban eitforbrmdg carda,aC., I think proper to trnrmfer b r care to dother per- non; for M I ap intnd 9 . 0 ~ ~ pnternity, whibt nnde confinemeat, IS, nnder mmp drcumsuofes. dnmnnd that you return yomnaminntion, with nn PCEonnt of the cattie ; nnd I will make bim w o n - nibie to the 8npreme Government and the nseentora of the inte Don da& Joapllp Lunyo, wbo dues to deatroy or injnre L e proprty. I nm obliged to nct in tbis annnei. om BEM)nnt of being nnrrunnded by n net of nngrntefd wretcbaa

69 TEOYAS B W ~ C L I ~ B . ”

Next dny the cbnpaein ceme to demnud why I bnd aent bim ea& au innilting ieüer, atnting that the cop to*i waa new the swemar, nnd bnd given him n piece of h d , wbiob be bad b w to edtivnte in corn nny witb a priaoner; and h t the animrb of the &a Don José Jonqnin Lnrrnyn could not be in beUerbnnds<bsninbii;nndnithennmetime the captnin who came withhim ndded thnt the ndre should ;etain their p-&, nnd he nbod?besr irom the 8npreme Garenmeat. I .tao demnnded of the captain, who had invented him with thn power of paying hii ioldim with the money be bnd taken h m iny itore-keeper, nnd whether it wonid not be proper for him to deliver me a ieodpt for whnt be bnd dkbibuind an the PMb; fei I 6od- dered it a donarigbt robbery. He m lisd be wwld aendmenreaeipt, nndth.tbeM$nnthe mmiay to completa the month’s ay. I mentioned tberf$ir ofMnynno, nn&oofasoqdiarofthe nameat-, bvinginanltadme nndin u i r e d i f b e W p W f a d the Lstter. He d w e r e d %t be hnd iepeired my

e bnt hid not scbd M I bnd dadred him, be zi tboUgU tha rOldW6 atatmlwll wa8 aUr; and forther that be himself wodd ve ta tbe 8u reme dvernment h k Ihaddbe%a rdafa

kkeb rrrriau; and to mand them-, hed.#% %-- ~ n d h r o n . toda h saw a d ~ (O m c h r~ Aouasj6rpqm. I told the co Lua that he vu eannnamnmnt BT ~ J P thin +&;AT- onlylrmghedimeandmyrahcUonh add&&* Lnao m M b IWI abmh daD ZIOBE. Dunw retaraad &am posted W thn papem oodd not bn hd; an

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+d, Ggbt be wua w e of nnd strictly re-

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~“W.%4l&#aithtShlatOtmav) ulefilepsp ireoPl -@Is W*.(he S b m d d p W & 4 l l in& biub.

OppDIsPDitp -ht offer lor him to bow hh readineai to udit “Yea repüad the Ooverier, 6 . 1 MW aniüaent the day before yeeterday to be wnvÍnwd of

T u d y 4tb.-Moderate weather; the rs- and troop; in the d e whilit all mem to diaohe the Goventor, who tnrne6Tronoaio out of the p r i e d house.

Wedoeoday b k - M o d e r a b weither. emph ed U n g an adout of what remaina in ’atore, &er M araüng the ratinna beion& to the men w the I&d of Maiduen (auaicisnt for three month#);

Thunday. fith.-Modente weather. I tau day gave the soovernor the following ioccuot of what yio- viaions remained in siare, &r the troop and pri- ionera had received the ratioom, u to the 14th and 16th of September :-iq mcia O f 5 9 flour, 7 bar-

íiour. 38 apoki of meal, 48 sack8 of bema 22 pack- - of dried beep, of a501ba. each besidest oiotity loase one hogshead and sevan 8-la of Zt, one barreí of butter, seveo boxes of soap, three boxes of c ~ n d l ~ a large quantity of tehacco ; beaides t h e month’ pLvieiom for the wermen of ~ u e r a , weighed out, and laid apart in aacks.

Friday, 7th.-Mpdenrte weather. The Governor and cnpuio had high words ; the troops stiü in the cantle ; letten gob to and fmm each party.

Saturday ütb.-%oderate weather. I WM seat with the ;hale boat, provisioned and watered, to rewnnoitre ~m~(h iog that bad been see0 in the omog of theapeenranee of a wreck ; but after having aeuched the lace indicated, and finding nothing, I nnpposed it togave been the momentary appearance of some huge monater of the deep, which occasioued my immediate return to the island, where, on I d - ing, I fonnd that the cnptaio had madetbe Governor a poner-probably with the intantiso of screening

imr l f from what might be the resulb oí bj. allowing the Esatle to be surprised and taken from him. I strongly aruipeat that the priest ia the ehiefiestigator of these diuturbances, or at least his word has great wsight with Saldee. The Governor WM taken very unwell, and. M a favour, I WBI allowed to remain and attend on him. The soldiers that had nerved biin were withdrawn. During the night the Governor much recovered.

Sunday %h.-Theie lpat twenty-four honra past b e weather. ’ The Governor still a prisoner, but reco- vering hh health. Delivered four days’ provisioni to a man, that he milht go in quest of the IIIU~W~YB. For the Brat time, aiow my residence in the island, I witnessed the exhibition olaregular staked cock-fisht, whilat the whole of the oiñmra. with the priest, the soldiery, and convicts promiicuonsly intermixed, formed the herd of ape cia tor^ by which it wan attended. The chaplain ordered a hullock to be killed, and I received ahoot 12lbs. of ita meat.

Mooday lOth.-Moderate and &ne. The Capi.in Bent the boat to Goat’s Island with the prisoners’ ?&OM up to the 18th of September. The Qovernor aLüI a pniwer, but recovered from hia hte i l lns~ . The captain dincharged me from the &re, and took charge of ail the r~vhious, h 8 p o o mu no receipt, although he rewebbed everything. All quiet.

Tuesda l l th.-Fias weathnr. A11 quiet. To- day tbe &overnor w~ ailowed to walk in fmnt of his house. The Eaptaia ordered the priaowrs to

the iincedby Of Y W S ME8~0M.’’

seun in the m t l e begin to wear asuspipimuwi anpec+

rela of NO& b e r i a i n OW, ao a~eks of COOB

Srindey, í6thr&e weather. A vmel in d@c Monday, 176-Fine W M ~ . The veuel n u b

sight. Tw8d.J. 18th.-Fioe weather. Ahnot ten, p.m..

the houses in rear of the bamckain the castle eawht Bre, which WM extm&hed .tbr connimiog four 01 them wbether by accident or design, I know not - howlver, the prii0ne.m in the d e bnd nearly su: priied t h e r d a time.

Wedoe 7 19th The boate and eople am- loyed hnngng mated for i h t d h g French

bay to repur damages. It is evident that the pMñ U Goamor of the inland.

Thmday, Züth.-Cloody weather with iaiP All the tobacco served out to the aoldids and prisoners, by order of the ca tain.

Friday, Blst-&e spme weather an yesterday. Saturday,.a2nJ.-Th.m Lset 24 Lorn wn(i00il d. All quiet with tbe exception of the Governor% mo6uemeut, which in ill borne by the prisoners.

Sunday, Prd.-The mme weather BI yeeterday. Monday, Mtb.-Yore moderata and clear weather. Tuesdsy, 25th.-The anme weather BI yesterday.

The captain paid the ~ l d i e n with money from the Governor’s atore; it wan evident that both him and the neat were eodearouring to get passeasioo of the boveroor’s pr erty, without hi8 knowledge or ianction, in whichq%ey bad io part soeeeeded, bot on diswvery the captain @va me receipt8 for the name, and everything WBI quiet ou that head.

Wedoday 26tb.-&oog northerlygalen. aveaael in right. Thi captain made me deliver dl the hemprope to make iishiag lines for the solien and yamern, and I p a t l y opine thst there will. ere oug, be a great oeesuity for them mesaurea, e b

pecially if the great wante of provinioos be wotinued much longer. and the veaael shoold not arrive at ita appoioted period with s fresh supply to prevent their utter 8tarvatiou. which most ulhmately be the caw, owing to the oxtenaive robberies lately wmmitted. They have alw stolen from me about 90 fathom of cottou line.

Thursdsy 27th.-Weather the some. Friday, dth.-No alterationof weather. Thepriud

giving out land to the primaera, whieb. an Goaarnor, he certainly hw e right lo do.

Saturday, 2Sk-More moderate. The ca rain mnt the prinooera, who had nearly s ~ r i w ~ t h e mtle. to Goat Inland: he alno asve o ers to the &rekeeper to deliver-no proviaiok to the Governor from the atore, All banda trying who can rob him most, snd the indiouupriest Wing every one’s head with report of Ugalde’s wmhg here to be Governor ; 80 by that memn any disorder they may oommit will mver be tsken notice of.

Monday, S l a - A t about nine o’alock Isit a h t I wan taken very ill, and in the w w m of the dghb wm dangeronsly so, he@ neither able to 8% atand, wa& OP lay down on one side or the other, from a vary severe pUn Q my cbent and bowel& At last it WM with much düñculQ Imuld breathe, and in tbL m ~ n - nen I p d the night. At the h t I ende* voure to take llame smet oil, bot wuld oüt üwaüom it. 1 nep tried brandy, and, in fact, tank hsll .a hottle OP it, sad half a tumbler of wine, Wiib tbe idea

Sipnd.y. aOtb.-Fim weather.

of easing the pain, but aH to no effect, aud was now fea.rful of becoming delirious. At length long~ wi.sbed-for morning carne, In tbe night it struck me U.at I bad been poisoned; and, from not haviug eat or drank anything but a little wine from the bouae, I could easily tell by wbom it had been given, a.nd, without aoy besitation, pronounced ·it to be the storekeeper. As soon as the Governor arase, I told him that witb certainty I had been poisoued, nnd requested a dose of wbite vitriol, which be gave me, and after a while it operated, and, in tbe course ef the day, by the Governor's k.ind att.ention, 1 begao to recover. Towards evening he gave me ten graina of calomel, a little rbubarb, and cream of tartar: 1 suffered the most violent pains. At nigbt I took 25 drops of Jaudanum, whicb eased me much nnd laid me to sleep, so tb&t 1 passed a far better nigbt; but bad it not been for the attention paid me by tbe Governor I must bave d.ied.

Tuesday, September lst.-Wenther the same; found myself mucb recovered, but suffering much paio in respiring; still attended by tbe Governor.

Wednesday, 2nd.-No difference in the weather; pretty well in health, with the exception of the pain m the chest, which is also decrea.sing. Tbe boats' crews of the French ship that was here on the lst of August landed, and slept on shore all oigbt,-the doctor and officers at tbe casUe, and the crews under charge of the soldief3, in pursuance of the captain's orders.

Tbursday, 3rd.-Fine weather; the French vessel clase in, and firing guns for ber boa.ts; nt eigbt a.m. ber beat.s left tbe sbore and one of tbe Governor's also, witb the ensign. tbe priest, and the soldier Maray; at nine o'clock tbe boat returned witb the friar, leaving the officer aod soldier ou board ; at eleven the priesl took off a bullock he bo.d ordered to be killed, as well as a pig, tbat ou boo.rd he m~ed to barter for a barrel of brandy and other species; tbe priest, or more properly styled, tbe gooentor, is selling braody at one dollar per bottle; the Governor succeeded in smuggling bis despatcbes on board the vessel, wbicb I believe is bound to Valparaiso.

Friday, 4th.-Weatber the sa.me ; observad to-da y that tbey ha ve taken nea.rly aH t.be lhings out of lho Governor's fisb-store, without his or my cunsent, or even koowledga of lbe busioess; Lhey ha ve also taken the po.dlock to pul oo the prison door.

Saturday, 5th.-Tbese tweoty-four hours fine wealher ¡ a letter 1 had writlen, directed Lo tbe commander of tbe Coloco/o or Aquille1, on the Governor'a account, fell into t~e captain's banda, but owing to its being written in Englisb be seut for me to translate it for hím, whieh I performed, without lettíng him koow its true import, but substituted somethiog else in lieu thereof, with whicb he seemed conleot; tbe whole of lbe Bour left in stora is pretty near e~:pended, nnd tba captain, to supply bis troops, has taken the barreis of American Oour belongiog to tbe Go,.ernor (the resulta of this will be seen hereafter) ¡ yet great must bave been tbe abuse of this artide, of wb.icll lhere were ten full bags, and a cnsk containi11g two anda balf more, being a sufficiency for fifiy days' full allowance ; a soldier of the name of Mara y wa.s bere to-day, and used very abusiva language Lowf'.rds the Governor; sorne time after, 1 beard him ln eonversatioo witb some other person whum I could oot recosnise, but greo.tly suspect tbat it may be of conaequence hereafter in caBe of require. meut; tbe priest to~day put a ma.n in the guard~ house for inebriety. JosEPB Dm>CAN.

Vista buena, THOUAS SorCLIFFE.

"'Juaa Fernllllde~, Sen. lJLb, 1835. •(REVERE~D FATDEn CuAPLAl{'(,-As your re

veranee has witnessed lhe conduct of Duncan to-da y,

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and that you may become better acquainted with tbe wickeduess of mankiDd, I remit this document to your custody, as well oa a translation of what bo.p~ pened oo the 1st of August, for wbicb 1 raquest your receipt.-God guard your reverence,

"TBOMA.S SUTOLtF.FE."

"Received from the Senor Governor Don Tomas Sutcliffe, a document belongíng to J oseph Duncan.

"FRlAR J OBN EVANGELISTA LO PEZ. " Santiago, Sep. 11th, 1835."

M y note and tbe fatber's receipt authenticated the lag or journal, and Lhe separata recaipt beld tbe priest respousible in case it should be required. Be was a deep, designiog scoundrel, yet 1 was deter· mined to have the upper hand of him; and the Chilian government were certainly mocb lo blo.me in aending aueh o. cbaplain lo the ialand, more ao on account of it.s being the deposilory of so many pro~ fligate and abandonad criminals, wbo were much rnther in want of a sound and pioua adviser. On my receiving tbe appointment of Governor, 1 requesled severa! good and religious persona to accompany me, but none of theae would accept tbe situation as cbnp· lain, altbougb 1 mo.de them the most liberal otfera; perhaps ou account of J UBll Fernandez beiug tbe place wbere tbe reprobo.te clergy were s_ent for puu.isbment. No one would receive lt or degrade bim~ self by going to tho.t place in tbe cbarocter of cbaplain. From whlch resu1ts, government generally gave it to one that had been desliued by bis superior to purge bis conventual disorders ¡ as was the ca.se with Friar J abo Evongelist; yet it was more remarkable, that oo an island wbere near 500 sou.ls resided, there woa no penon to be found tbat could bleed or draw a tooth; and of consequence it followed, t.hot if any were so unforLunate as to be takeo ill to the extenl of being confinad in bed, they seldom or ever (from want of medica! nssistance) arase from it, proceeding from tbe dislike of practica! gentlemeu to reside ou tbe islaod. Nor wa.s there any persas allowed by government that could be made responsible for the distributiou of proTisions and other articles sent lo tbe island, or n.ct a.s secretary, although tbe Governor of Juan Fernande.z had to correspond with every depnrtment of tbe Suprema Government, as well as tbose of the provinces, without e\'er being allowed lbe expenses of writing materials; so tbat the whole of tbe ch:uge and respon. sibility rested solely on him, without any other gralificalion hul bis net pay and rations of flour aod dried beef, and then at tbe merey of tbe commander of the vessel that generally brought t he prisoners to the island, for the common necessaries of U fe. It is lrue that the governors bad waya and means to enrich tbemAelves if tbey cbose, and many hod done so; but I, on Lhe contrary, can prove bnring done away wilh the many abuses hitherto in practice, and from the profits of the store, after baving reduced the prices of everytbing, tiquor exce\'ted, lo one hnlf of what m y predecessors bad estabhshed, 1 kcP.t a free tabla for tbe cbaplain and officers, 8Lid distnbuted bread aod salaries to more than tbe amount of 108 dollars montbly.

To sbow that I 'bad nothing to fear for maltreat~ ment given Lo prisoners, no guard was seen neor my house since the month of June; and 1 bave ofteo trnversed the island accompanicd only by lhe prisoners, from whom, during my government, was never beard a complaint of bunger or bad usuge, and my pleasure wtlB unbounded when ena.bled, on the 1st of August, to quell such a desperate insurrection, got up on purpose hy a ne(arious sot, altbough aban~ doned by tbo garrison, and aided only wilh the cooperation of the prisouers, and to whom I certainly

qptBa8 me, WMeh wdm ar-lbbw-?-c!hÜl bat2 menl to the onen; robMngthe?ruopa and rh wnái of th&%tl~~, which hiit a u s p m m d k e Iitter 10 Y to drhe them to desperdtion * cowatdlce, for not minting the osptain to retake’ the müe ; bviq úeatmydd nil the dommentr belou#iog to the plWMüU &@e: hafig EhM tb- indiddIilii In wffl blood, without allowin them time to prepare thmim~raa. or likeu their jehat ioum- m having

repantddly implored to be Qiowed to e m d

-had d v e n to prejudice the wlüiem a iain %ving monopolbed tbe M e of an% o&d eiorbltant pdew for everyLhlng ioM-

a n d o d m the tampito leave i t unarmed, in ordsrto getcbeblpidnandgarrlson nacriñced; andforderiug mmey to Ihe cadet to obtain bti dgnntcm to a docs- mmt, bo In hot, eve g lbat pemm in the dñdoñ if the ri& *&t& 4 invent, to palliate their m~$nct, and criminate nrins, WY d b tatad by the prleat, Y had been d the docmnents I m i v e d üom Salden during my codnemeut. I .Iio wan informed that it wan not inicded to semd me

dmt wan a friend o1 Bddw, M e w l y 10 of the Cob- adb’r commander, uid U the luLme time the &tary comn.ildiia wan unole to the a tSin, and &o chief of the b W o n tbat the troops oftbe kld belonged to- fromwiüohdronmntancentheynat~ysrvmised dt I &odd he ahown little Mal ence. I laughed at thelr macbiuetioris, and waa g d t o know their in- tmtiow sndtook olar care tohavemy per# c o n m d d and S w d on board of the & d o Y m u Y abe ibould anc¿or, to be delivered to the mut&care ol Hr. Aabkm, the &u-, a wative of Mver o1 end the boataw& an old Sp&d whu were !%’my friends. The &coi0 &ved 0. the 1Sth of Septamber, and in the aft8moon S h and the prl& went o f on b o d of her. and remained aome time aftei ah8bSb.d anahomd. Before tbey left the veael Capbrin Dlas had m i v e d a letter Born me wMcd WM denvered to him by my cook, Es 1- no& and immediately after d i n g i t be ubo?eBit (o Sddw, exphidug ita conten& wbich oomaoned the poor Rliow‘a getllng onisbed. However, he manu#ed to deliver the lox with the the boatawsin, who secmted them amy Rct security. Neltber the apt.iO, pwwr, or any of the ofücera a m e new me, no1 could I hep. ikm Dunm, for h v d o informed me rlut he had n d IeR the caiüe silice the &hob cime in

poíwn to prevent being b-bt &I ; m

in ally ibrelgn vsasel. in lieu of feturiiiog to m e ;

having )UdkmJw1eap oftbe a t 1 9 golug to be we.:

to Vdpsteiio, but to conceptimi. where the Dhen-

on bin apsweriDg io the rffirmsrire I axsin reqoeated him to a d a t me in matoring order. Be b e p making wme ioolbb and ridl~~bpii ex- UL that the liliad WY in a niate á # r a n @ & r i ~ h y Lmth retired, dirsoting tbeir niip t4 &b mtle. I reeadrad a number of p r h t e tetiex@ ; alno a mpiou~ onmepondsnoe born ovurnment kho had &o sent me e qnmuiv oi art¡& I bad p&ady rdquesbd, “““il“0””e for the whote of the ptooneia: &utb 11 oomp manEof p ~ v i d o ~ fbr eUonUh

E ~ O R Po~rrrco Y M X L ~ A R Juus Psmamiz. HIP EUTkHAELB bm VALUED %rSUD,-I F9plg with pleasure to your two lettern of tha 89rd Aprii and 18th June which have butrecently wm to hand and ahnoit o; the aime day. Aubough I regd &ell delay, I Sea great p h r a at their wntants. I am BDed with delight a t the idea that that bell, the w t r e of wmichedne=, deaperantion, end immorality, M about to be wopertsd into a theatre of virtuea, of which not even the murid had yet been bard AU may be acoompiiaaed by wnutancy sad hy recihdu of ifatention.

4‘ SL Helena is ni the present day a garden, formed h m an arid and d i a r y rock, and New South W&i in going to becope one of the moat brilünnt parta of the B r i a em If you pame t o t d d e r whnt hmnnnity m y r i n d e h t a d to you, end those who eujoythebene5& aiway~ inoredug, of which you may be the imm0d.l author, you wiil hdd ü m your hdgom4 d n t h i .nd thDughb to which wn- enunta your a d , your f~lentn, L d your tinm. Friend, great worka are meritoriw only i m p portion to the dithdtiea by which comh~ted md the of the means ni carqing thed iuto eñect. You find yoonaelfin this cane; hut do not he diabshned, uor d y believe in nicü stumbüng- blocks .d nu imdicste to me; the i ~ % i t a t i ~ ~ ~ ob Don Marcdo &alde ought not for one moment to ewie you anxiety, ae it h a matter which hai not invited the alighteat attention. I have inquired abomt it to the very bottom, end have availed myself of the ogportn&y to learn the good opinion which the president and the three inioiabm do enterhim of y a and in which I abnn ende~voae to w&ue them d h (YI m inaoeace extends.

saThe~landPlwUna. which, but afewyesn ahiee, .SYI nothing bot a m d y d, i nmi t ad by turtle, is now a pisoe where w t m h touch, who leave tlwre large manu, utansü~, ind e m peopie.

‘I JuanFenrmder d e m much grater advantaps to a beneñwnt nod active g d u . Tbe dayi d mila of variolu e ~ l o u r ~ ta my memory the m i d of Golwndn and Brasil. Nature in 8ysta& their ~eogrsphicai pdtiou leeee them io a iike s i t d o o and renders probsble $e gme &di and equal p d dnctim. I t would appear madness to h i e who do not wieh to think, hut not to those who kmw that U& hii been the beginning of all diiveries. For the fiutbernnce of n& insentigatinam ow have Tor- tunably three or more men with y& &eninus md dever, and wme with an idea of arta, who m y be made risefcil if applied and directed with apci t and vighw. 8omeofyowpredewaqomreaped &an- iagei from wch celkyintu; ex&- anchon and things which bad been lolt on the anchoring grorimd . im sing the Werien, and of cwring (saitiag) ; Id sigother expedientn of which we ere ignorant. One ocmmto me which might be of great hpnrtsucs; mcb is the m a g of brickm, of wbidiimmeose qonn- titien ara brought frnmEnglaad and the United Sbbi and for which you have all the elememto in ahundswe ! thw are, the ürewood. the clap, end above ell, td idle h d a

“Priend,-Ths celebratad Buren, hynivimgtaught inHolland the minnerofflahingandauingtheberring, hu provided occupnüon for more than two hundred thoumd I MOM; end Don Luio Louiion, by the

memory I Whnt exem lea I To preveut Ebii nu#& the d e k or going oat ob

the direct worm, 811 ha pened with p u r fsrouns. I avail myneü of the kin&ea al the ministeis, under cover to whom you may mid me your wmmauda

“I endole the annexed itom om mutaal fdend CpmpiOO, to whom yon may send your Isttem through the -me channel.

“If you Bnd, among the fish 00 your mait, one cded ‘Berm#ate,’ or ‘Tdb,’ which has nu the middle of the ridge a l the back a bone, which discovered to view, to it ia attributed the virtue of coriag the tooth-mhe. Tbia, however, ia uot the most bene- 6 d end importam; but itn bone, of whose ad- mirable eflactn I have hem a witneai and an agent. .aEaiohtarhq the weight of BIL ounce diaaolved h wine, broth, or water, are a u m f u i i m oto iog haemmrbege. or thie eITunio. of blood, &ly, whether from the mou& or any 0 t h way. W h i I WEB io that a8rt.m I used much diiigem, hut did net wcoesd % nbtaMq this riilmirahle epeci5c. which m y perhaps be now obtained. You might tim have the satdaction to alleviate many, and of obliging one who h well aware ofitn imporianw.

“I heartüy wish you much health, woatpacy and psthw.; and reckon upon the good o5ha;hieh may be rn the power o& your sincere friend and ser- Vsa(. ‘‘ MANUEL DI) SALAS.”

~ - & G & Z i i < í m r , I, 1895. “ i ü r n n ~ ~ ~ OF TEE IN&BIOB,-I have given

.D B e c a t to the pree;a& of your 00hinI mota d le& Jane, No. S R , in which you give a dutailed re- larion of the ntete in which the establishment h rt preesent, nu nlao of the works you have wmmemced . and his ExceWcy feela ;ntisfied with your diügend MI a public fswtionary, end philnathrnpic views MI a proanoter of inwry, by w b h means the condition of t h e unSrtunate pesMos there detained may be- wme aylwiated God prmm you.

“ JoAeom TOCO~UAL.” - (wniiter of War’s letter.)

Santiago 8 eimber 6,1896. “MY LAmRIOOS F.BiBN&-%hg dWSyB in 8

hurry, I eaolooi extemd my letter to mnuiht my 6 fnctiou at your induetry and udvancemeaat of your iunila : thin w ü i be the beat attestarim of the eon- duct of itn worthy Governor, who h BO miueh hcaoused my fortunate election. Cmtiatsu, and dm not fear your detractors. Tme actions are what xenk perpetudy, and not tite u!jjust d&actor of

e moment. By thls vemi you w l rewive .II that h been re uired, and shortly I wibl isad pur wm- mimion of ~ i e u t a n ~ ~ C o l o m s l , that the earthqmke ob Februsry robbed you of. Now yos will receive a good remittance, and aanoogst them bird. that m‘it be troubhkroni~parsoirii of family, on w h yon must keep y m eyei. I have no more time : WQ- h u e in good health, md cormmud ywr &ctionate fiend Wkiy oar hand,

~ O U E JAVIER DE BOUTAHANTE.”

Am mon na I had read these doeumeotn I gave them to the chaplain, M dio three privata lettars, in order tint he mi ht he convinced that Upldu had deceived e, and kt the government w u erfeclly aaüe5ed rith my wnduct. He perwed tLm rith vhihle agit~tiw, and Rich WM the e e e t prodoced on hii m$d b their Moteob, that the deep. duiipiog vii- h i e i tkt had hitbarto d o e d him in hu t r o d -

I--- Ob

fnible-barrdllcd piatoh waa minning; eÚd on dWk nqniey, several p e r m s atated that the esdét’ff&l aksn it. On tba EP iri teUing the beltnsmao tu wer to ths noutbwar8I rnsde’ inquirv an to where 38 wna bound, and re&ved for answer that Tnlen- iuarm WM bi. immediate dentination. I now banded km mother wte, to whicb, nu well an tbe former mea, be retwned no answer.

i t is nacemnry to -few tbd I fek extremely mtefd to Prcwiderrce at háving been M) forfunate o loave the i s b d nitb all my docnmsnta, which were tbe imtrmmentr thút nould fully nxpose the inlflle villriny of this band of uayrateful wrefcbes, rlm hsd bean iadmced by perms on the Co~tined to the p m they mcted; bet all and every attempt ;bay bad mnde to imv&gle me ido tbeir snares had bitberto raved abortive, for I hnd so empletbly perplexel than nitb sebemes, contrivances, and iorotsr @e& tbst I bad daily noted in confe- Lrrey with my faitbfdaUy, Duaean, taat t b y atead A d , without a c h ta extricate tbemwlveafrom ha Iabyriath of their crhes, whicb b d imsensibly h w n t h 011 to the ppegat preeipio*a gronnd, wbae t h y bund it impouibla to remaim, and to r e treat d d no& be nibwed them. I felt sorry at not iiariop bad am q p x t u d y to ues Duncan before Lebvhg &e idand; oe the day 64 my eiebarkntiai, not a g l i m p d E a p r w m mor a m 4 d bis voiee WIM to be sesi or b a r d d; from which I suspected ill bed& an tbn causa, lytu It seem18 it wna occnsioned by bis being det.ined in the &le, o M o g up h h acesstmd onsoins et the sbrioe of his favourite deity; however, remit@ dl his fmks and love d

%,-I cm m&w¿ b í Oe MimrsZer d Wer, Dm Mego Portihr. @o answer yomr ietter of Wa 16th by reallthy rn the wpy o< oms he heafarwfded C th; OaFriuir of

* +lago. August 19,189c.

VniPWbO. SOY s. s. s. O. s. M. E.. MANUEL CAVADA.

b i r t h r e m oul against hreigu otñaew,r but a b c a p w q e of three daya, wo mehored i n tbe abnioon of the 18th ol 8e ternher the anoiverisry of the deelaratiou of bdau iude endenea on wbi& ec- count the veme1 saluted wi&twenty-&e gunk The EaptaiO went on shore in the cuatcm-house boat, iu order to promeed to Conception, the eapitnl of the provioea, expressly to wait on the Govermr Inten- d- who was commandant of tha httnlion to wbieh thebopeou the inland belanged, tw also uncle to Captain Baldes. I had expressly written a letter to forward to him but the captain, on wing the d i m - tion, refnaed t; take charge of i t ; but inmediately atlar hisdeparture, I collected the moat interesting dwuments (the ateward was highly amwed to see me draw them forth from their places of conceal- ment), and proceeded on shore with Lieutenant Martircez, to wait on the Governor, Don Miguel Bayou, who was surprised to see me, and more BO, that the custom-bow &cer had mt reported my being on board, awl w h t liad taken piace on the island. Oii heing me fm. and iaterro- gated, he said that Captniu Wias, of the Ca.loeolo, had not even mentioned the eircurn&uce to him, fnr as m n as he boarded the vessel, the captain reqested a passage oo shore, in order, 85 iue mid, to see the inleiidant, to whom he had something of musequence to communicaie. I nueutiod my aish to go to tbe city and wait om him also; mi which tba cus tan-hse officei; Don N. Lopez, geimrously ofbred to necood. pany me, and furnish me with a horse. I gladly ae- cepted his services, and in an hour arrived in Concep- tiou. aud called upon theiuteudant,Colonel Dom Raman Boss. H e received me very coolly, arid informed me that it would he requiaite for my detentien in Cm- ception until lue should hear from gorernment, OB it WM necessary to send the CdocoJa to Chiloe and Val- divia, with arms and other articles she had on board; on which I demanded nssistauce to be enabled io pro- secute my journey to Santiago by land. fie again repeated that I must remdn there, us p w r n m m t Iiud heard of the redti t ian OR the island, and had in comaequeuce tnkeu declarations in Chillan, the bend- quarters of the Chilinu army, from Captain Agiinyo, who hnd coarcnauded the lute garrism on the island. This information nstouruded me, beiug awarc that w> vessel liad held any comniunicntioii with the island during my captivity, except the Fremli whder, nod she liad not yet come to the const of Chile. uor in- tended to do BO for some months. An officer who was present informed me tlint Agiiayo had mentioned the circumstance to him, and that lie had h e n required to give his inlormatiou to General Bulues respecting my treatment of his soldiers and yrisone~s, and what he could learn wu8 no wey fauourulle to me. 7 then inqiiired of the iwelrdant what were the charges hi0 nephew had preferred agdust me, and what exouse he had made for usurping the command,nnd remitting me as a prisoner to the Cootinecl. He seemed surprised at my mentiouiiig ihe reiutionahip tbut wua between ilrem; but added that the charge8 were, far rOabing the soldiera ondpridonera a thew prauislonr, the ill treatment of olhera #c. flnughed at ahat wns related pie; and furt&r, told the inteudant that, from holding the station of Governor of Juan Fernan- dei and ita adjaceut iedauds I held myself ameiiable to no one hut the S u p r e d Gpvernmeut, and wns per&@ly independent of all other nuthorities; that my viait to him was on accouot of hearing that he was unwqll and to request be would order the COIQCUIO to retdrn with me to Valparaiao, pr i o render me suf- 5cient aaaistance torevisit theisland, for the establish-

iugthedemimeutaheadmittedittobatS.iie uncle to talionthat t h ~ c o m p a u ~ gavisoning the iiland be. iooBed to, but uevertheleeabe could not arerve from

sa neü sb wmmmdmt

had been e d u e d fer several months previous to YS going to the iedaud. and he had expectad that he wonild have bettered his conduct under me whilst he remained there. On our being informed thit the eapiain of the Gdecdo could not be found, we E+ turally conjectured that he had returned tu the port so, on takiug leave of the intendant, I made the hesi of my wny frx Tulcahuans, where I arrived at a h t twelve o'clock, and proceeded to tha house of my friend, Deu B l m e l Serrano, where a feative party were keeping up the 18th of September : no o w wsas informed of my hviug been with the iatendant until the followiug morning. At shout nine o'clock Cap- tain Diaa arrived from the city. He seemadsor- prised to l i ld me on s h e , and tnld me that I must disemhnrk my equipage, f o i ba bad orSern to get d e r weigh and proceed to Chiloe, as the wind WIW favotirahie. 1 now invited him into the room, that Don 1)Innuel SeTraikO had obliged me with, and on his seeing a table covered with papers. and two pep SOM occupied io capyiug varioua documents, he seemed surprised, nod mora BO when I informed him that he bad oot only trauspororled me to the Continent, but that all the arc2iives of the island were hreught over also ; aiid furthermore, that I fell much indebted to him €or his hiudnesa in remmendiug me so strangly to the intendant, in his statement and cor- roboretiom of tbe charges advanced by Saldes a g a i ~ t my admiliistrntiouof t b establishment, through which m a n s I hid obtained an order tu be conveyed, BS n o m as possible, to Valparniso, and sbuld advise him to disemhrk what he bad to deliver here with brevity, for the carts would won be down to receive it. H e was conbunded, and had scarcely a word to say, when Captain Gallo Irrisabe1 arrived and delivered him an order to conduct the Governor of J& Fernandex, and two officers, With b k WrVmb. t0 Valpraiso. Captain Dins now inquired haw I baa cmnmuniuited with the iutendant. I asuired hini thnt, from the moment of his first m i v d SE tho island, i t liad to me appeared plainly evident that he was secretly rúüsnced to act in eoll$ion with the villain Saldes, whichcoufrderucy the intervention of common reasoo would naturally incite me to we every endeavour to crush and expose, 88 I h d I& terly done to the (iuvesoor Inteudaut, fuib deline- ntiug the measures adopted by himself and Snldes, to deceive him and cnlumniate me. the grealest hurry imsginalile, pmoeur@ B h w $ Md set out qsin for the city; duriug which time, Z.Wp licated the whole of mg documente and got-4heip certified by the Governor o# "a lceha% one set by the pt, directed to n\gself b with two ofacral notes f r &OVWD them of what had t&n $sa& ths dw5e of the saptun of the p"L,

On &kb he.

CONCLUSION.

' YP PAPEWELL.

Behgaboiut to retire from M e , I am i m p b d kq sentiments of gratitude. that w l ever aefomipany me. to adopt thiumode of Ydding Isrswdl to th,oss mrthy chüipne who beso favosred w i&h their f ideh ip and siteam. duri05 a rssidenw of sixteen para Q thm country, M well M a tribute to them ob my most iineere and graidtd thanb fer tite m i a ~ favours I have @e& and offer my aarvicea, dmdd wnaider me of aog utility; lor I d, in'auy p a imiy reaide, feel the grenteat pleasiue in hanu& an opmrlanity whereby I mny return their Liadasan, wib nnequiwmi proobi of the d e r a b h prohaim of my =teem. In order to anoafy ten d&ea of many who have

profemed an htereat in my ODDOMI, aod am d&row b levn what are the mmivw tbnt have Eompded me to retire from the d i a r y iervice ob thin rep&&?, I puhlbhed on the 14th of lasr month the doetipnen<s io EircnUion, and to which I bsve now added others, where may be seen, withoat the necerSity of cammen- tatom a chain of mialortunen and vexatiaau that hare not o5iy obliged mo to retire from the amy, bipt &om e COonLrg in ahieh i t w d d bave been my greatest happinem to havepwed the reel of m daya.

Taovae ~UTCLIPPB. bliago, Jmwy IW. laSS. -

BXTMCTB PROX TBB X A n i P s B r .

~a anr manth oe ~ m * m ~ e n r s l o mid8 oime snake colodelb, nib a a t fmm * meme QiareQimmnt. Es ven!%rew Mbw of inwo&c- W b d d&ugh?wasdyslightlys?quahredwi~

diil not tally ricñ the ?9cOnW00d&cuOS thac m e given t o * par- wlrase outernib& buti- m only 06 fill Me Msod, alth the object of sseadniupita 6oüi poldlloMDdE, 8nd to t8ke an ~~~boúilc of the cattb, Bo., IP aaei.&irr he m&ht?m# the islaad alid par- ehass the iWck &%. Lo., and be their paariror. The eomnnmded- of the Cobcab, Lnenteaaut Don

lKmüei Dias, on leeving Sor Talarbwms, ¡domed me taps Ire hid heeo obliged to a a m i t y f i U- €o hw eredtors in Vd oraise &, tasJr wmld per-

tardy ; for he h d already borrowed four OUOCBB of gold han me ; and his aobnequent eondurn pleaed me uoder the necessity of taming him oot of my hoose, and remit my masoma to governm&. Aw remained on the ialpnd until ihe 11th of July, styling himself the new #a<K>mor, and striving to impresa upon the d o d a d the fmhatitmnts tbst ha WM waUky, hod p a t i t i$mee with the Snpmme GBtrenrmmt, m d that he w d d rent tka *hndr, and return in the month oPAuguai to taka possesebo andgweni than; be si de^ other fwkwien. On which I gave orders to

1 mw that Ugalde waa nothing more than rn agent of my daractor: kin amduct .ad the mcumenae ahat took plaee shortly afterwards, hive uiaiñrmed my sus- piciom. In the moth of June I knsw that aome- tldq wssgettimy w d the Minister ZWar colanielled rns ne4 to emr my &tra&rt. Aften my arrival in thk caphi I kw discovered that Lielatemnt Col. Latkpint, UgdO, .8d Others, have had BBFBIel Oadng8, p&us to Ais kauingfi the iaúrak, in the home o€ a w h ~ b a ~ rw of ~ e i r po"eaiinp. E"" puhlic m y judge w W e r the visit of U&ie to tba island h a been pnjuBrisiol. OT no1 t. iha Uiddidrnent.

The antipathy w d iU feeling that certain perron- age# bevo mmifested towards cm is nOt0,iOlu. I em not ignorant o8 the mschiaatioos of my enemies, bEt their i.lriguen haw merited my diadaia. He that m r w with h o r n , at and^ not in neeü of pro- tectiom, 1io1. ought he to €ear hia vile detractora. I bevo mamy good friends in Chile, hut Rave not required their protectim or asaislancs. Although I have bees Ironsported fnom Juan Feiosndei with e long cain- hue of chargee, my conscienee and tbe dommeuts that a Divina Providenee psrmitted me to pienerve fiom tbe scrutinieing search of the mutineern, have vindicatsd my iojursd Boaour. What would bsve been my fate if I had me been eonbled to vefute the many calumoies that bad heen forged to procure my ruin ?

I have nerved more than twenty yesn in tha enune af the American independeoce, sud of whieh more thao bhblew in the army of this republic, 1 have tiilñlled with honour evwy duty that haa h8es coo5ded to my chnrga, withnot ever mixing in the

%'?8# bimUI9 gned; $b his cKiüdna8

mi6 %ni to 6lUbWh. &PhES WC. WfUl edslcs, although

the D&?zXi Of ths garr¡aOO (0 be OQ thak guacd, for

against me on the contimela,

politimi disaentions. TEOXAe &JTCLurR. m h o , YV ai, im.

"rnTEE.lOlt. " W e hnow tbet government iotendetaremmeh

eitsblfshmeot (el presidio) oí Join Fernnodes tu continent of the republic, where the cooviets 3 have to be oecupied in tñe pnbiic worb where they are so much waoted, and íor whichther& actrisily a competent owher af emta M ~ Y r e d y and made of iron, in orden Io hanipost them toand'h.

I' W e h e eonsidered.chirrnee under diaereu& aspects, dl of the greet& impurhnea, aud Bud it the moat opportuoate and replated to the pubüc to the parriaulsr, and to (he moral p a d that by ever; meaos ought to be introduced and prewrred in thii wuotry. " Our madera are aware of üw immense expaom

that the subsistence of the seidio' of Juan FeraPodei in to iiw t r a i s u r y , ' ~ ~ freight of the convicts, their mdutensnce in thit depot, that of a competent garriaon, and of the Governor under whom command is the island have coosumad alwaya a great quantity of dokm in the year (han cat~aumido en todas tinnpos -dol can- :i&du dc pemr m el anno) without any other be- ie6t than ibat of having p> mmher of mo~faetora eep.ntsd from un for a eertaio penad that for the mi part become more hudeosd in ihit estpblish- uent (sapomban de eortumbrer m a p d o reaidan- cia) ; and return amougst ua te commit more depre- datioaa, and perhap to receive the paninishment of & & , . . . . . . . .

"The aepvstion of the island, the quality of ita inhobitanta, their want of occn tion and, in many eases, the bad d ippos i t i~~ an$rre&ar eonduot of the g o v m ~ s , here caused different insorrectioni; that, at the name tiw, have cawed damage in the parts where the mutineers have unred, uid hare

TheCbepldO. Padre LOpW WP.OOttIkAed, MWd-. by 8 gMWi COmt martld. bnt'he Weat tLroOgh the htCü oi a cwwqfa," where M a j w Tolcdo. one o( my J n d a Md wbo had taken a decided Intel& igdns3 me. w u the psridml. nod where meitbet myself nor -9 mtnesoee. Joseph Doocio Rojw &a were cited (o apeear wmnat Urn. 884 on ielcks fueetio8 bu former dBDIuatiDDq whakln be. u wdl as EoOiga Biqnalme. had ~cCMed tbe

#ecenon lroe me rotñea-ot of5oadollcu& lorhie!-. Saldes. lo place of bciog trmtported, D. o OmWIcl. io

loan mrmodez ior tan yeus aefordiO# to b h sentence [to e s p i . 1 ~ b u crlmea on thew& bebadcmnmitled thOW wns allowed to reaide in Copispo. and recelvüd e C d ippoiotmeat from tho Governor.

Ensign Rlpuelme m a mot wen e m m a d for the P u t he Ñok. bot wna. ahoriip Uter the Wid, promotad O bo a mptalo.

ueuteoutt M.D. or the co~ocdo. @o esea rd csnsm Lnd was promotad 10 be a COmIS8OdUI u1 (ha &ilk30 UbW

&I seca on Mara0loUp.U~ ~uiava idedwl th~mm- nisrloi k the "my, 8od rocsir~thegndu a<üBnhniot ,flnTsohy lleotao8otOfemky end UJjUdMhmaYfl 11 the ** bnililiw Colahplub,'~ 1- thmu tRalve WJOUIb

@Ve Of bEh< thek ad.& &S. &C. .E WAB POUND INNOCKNT AND SET AT LIES&, 0Ud Chmed a0 hdWtJ&

obliged tbe government to spend extraordinary sums; nod ha,·e made the punishment of being trnnsported to that 'presidio' lose the greatest part of it.s impnrtaoce-, because the couvict bave been practically shewn the po..,~ibility of cscaping, nnd lnughing nt the puni~hment thcy were condi!mned to sulfer for their e rimes. • • • "re thcrcfore belie,•e that governrnent, on pultinJ:; this into execution, has meditated seriously upon the means of presen•iug the important posscssion of the island; and which truly never could be wor~e taken care of tho.n in baving it occupied as :1 • presidio.' "-El Araucano.

Tbe feregoiu~ waa publisbed long befare my trial, as well ~\he follovl'ing extr::act from El Pl.ilopolita, No. H, {)[ the 4th of J:'"ovember, 1835:-

ct PRESIDIOS.

""""e have heard that tbe island of Juan Fernandez is to be again depopubted, and that the motives of this measure are thc constant insurr~ctions of thc convicts, the demoralization of tbe garrison, and lhe enormous expenses of lhe establishment. These rensons are, in our opioioo, of sufficienl force to stimulo.te the government lo projcct a new organisation of 'pre~idios.' • • • lt is uecessary to scek the means thnt will conciliate the ends of ju~tice-a punishment that will terrify sorne, nod impede tho criminal at-Ls of others ; and what is more adequatc than that of 'dlportacion f' • • • " rith this ohject has Russi:l nnd En~land formed their eslablishments in Siberia aml ~ew Doilaud, and ha ve gained incalculaiJ\e advanta~es, ond wherc e!Tects ha ve risen o.b0\'9 tbe hopes of thl·ir wisc foulldl!J"S.

" 're bere might adopt the same plan on a smoller

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&cale antl in proportion, aod by this mcthod popula.to the islands of .J ua.n FernnnUez, Santa Maria, La

locha, and olhers to the soutbward, thtlt are cn¡mble to containsmallcolonies, ond in whirh it is now nect>ssary that tbe Chilian flag sbould be displayed, nt lenst us nshmofdominion, inordcrthat they m ay bcnolongt~rat the merey ofthe 6rst wbo might choose tooccupy tl1em. It is said by those who object against this measure, that on occount or uot being capable of maintaining one presit.iio, how would it be pos .. ible to form thrce or four? But these proposed are of o. distinct nature, aud in wbich lhe criminals would be continually obliged to work, in arder to mniut.uin lhomseh·es, where they would bave no occa ion to commil crimes, nr1d where the married men would reside with lheir wi,·es and familics, and form villn~es. On thcir arrival thcy migbt ha ve a portiou of hmd gh t>n to them, and for the first ycar onl) be providcd with provisirms, some animals, and instrumcnts of agricullure. Ahhou~h this indul'{encc or u.ssistuuce might appcnr at first cxpensive, it would be mucb less thnu what has becn spenl yearly in lhe 1'rtsidio, and when once they ha.vc become proprietors and heads of families, therc are well-founded motives to make us hope that they migbt be com·erted into honest peo¡,Je, as well as whut has occurred nmongst lhe Uu.s.sian nnd English coovicts. "-El PluliJpolitu.

By what 1 ba,•e here extracted it may he secn th:1t all were not of the sorne opinion in Chilu ns .1!:1 ArauC'ano, nor were many aware oflhe prelll~chtuled expedition of General Freyre, which at labl hu:~ been J'rot•ecl to be the pri11cip1.1l cc.::uae of Lhe intert:!SL that hnd been displu.yed lowards withJrawing the garri:suu aoa coovicts from the island.

EXTRACTS FRo=ll THE RECORDS OF THE TRIALS.

EXrRA.CTS FRO.ll TBE DEFENCE.

Tbe insurrection of lhe 1st of August, in the island or Juno Fernnndez, was dnubtless commeoced nt the instigalioo of Captnin aldea. • • • •

It is ~enerally admitted und declared, that thP momeot it beca me known that lhe conspirdtor.; had token the Cll'itlC', a number of soldiers and sorne COO\ iclS presented lhem!-!elves lo tbe Governor as ,·oluntecrs, aod were at·med and pro,•ided \dth ammunition by Governor Sutcliffe, who ga"e e''ery arder uecl'ssary for the assault. U e nlso gave order.s that the launches nntl boats lying in the bay should be destroyed, to prenmt the escape of the convicts, whith mi~ht ha ve be~n casily elfected, oo account of a Freuch whaler being near. • • • • • • •

One of the witnesses, Joscph Duncau, whose ll'Stimony i~ most wortby or belief, on accountof his uot being connectcd with the mutiueers ÚJOr su ni11gu,a depwdmciu para cun lotJ amotinadoa), gi\'eS a circurn.-.L1Ut iul account of ull that hnppent"d. • • •

Can it bp said that covetousness bns !Jeen lhc cause of thc exce!i5C~ witb which \he Go,·ernor bn.s beco accu .. ~d '! J:\'"o; lbis ne,·er can be o.llc~ec..l agninst rny clit-nl, who, with the greatest generosity, hos distributl~d more rations lo the prisoners tbau thcy could cluiru as their due-augmenting their messes twice a weck with fillh-¡myiug salaries out or his own pur~e, to thc aml)unt of more than onc hundred dollnrs mr.nthly, thnt he mi_ghl more ensily preserve 01d!!'r ns.d rt>gulurity-ll!nding his houts lo the fh,bcrmcn, and n\lov.cing tbe product to be applied fol· the beuefit of the unfortunate5-nnd ltbtly, havins to SU!ttaiu a gr~ate-r number of iudh·iduals thnu goverument hud ~ent rationR lo m11intain. Al\ thcse lhingR ha ve bf'en prov~d. • • • • • • •

Bergara, in conjunctiou with Saldes, h!lS pretended to insinuate, lhnt lhe go,ernor ronde a present lo Saldes of the sandal-wood that he waa not permitted to embark in the Colocolo, \\'hen he left lhe island. Tbis same sandal-wood wns sold in an imprO()er manner to the captnin of the Lady lrra11gle, by Cnptain Saldes. Now, what moti"es could hove induced my client to make a present of this nnture lo his personal enemy, wbo ho.d medil"ltcd his ruin by promotiug the insurrection in the islaud; who hud ahusad his person, plncing him in confinement; and lastly, had sent bim to the Continent with a nottLble detriment of his personal property, which he was oh\igcd to nbandon, because he wus nol permilled to collect or carry it with him? • • • •

'l'hc accusation of Cuptain Agunyo, in tlw pl'imte declnrations thnt were tnken, greatly surprises me, and forces thc convictiou upon m y mind, thal tho:,O imputations were anticipated, und had beco got up (fi·af¡twdo) in arder lO ruin the Go\·ernor. . .

\\ ho could ha.ve gh•en ordt.>rs to take depmntlons concerning the conduct of my dicnt lJefore lhe fl•\"0-

lu\ion in the island of Juno F<.'rnnmll'Z, which look place on the Jst of Augu~t, hnd beeu made knowu't Nor cou\d thnt uft&.ir ha ve gh·en motive for such proccedings, becnusc lhe Supreme Government had no informal ion hcfore lile 14lh Seplcmber, thu period nt which thel:io deposilions were lu.ken; for thl• Culflf:uiiJ was the firot vesselthat hrought lhe news of the r('vululion in Juan Fes·uandez ; nud hy the correspondence or Coptnin Sttldes, rcmiltcd by the Hume ves~el, it is pro ved thnl she had not leflthat port h"'forc the 14th of Scptcrnbes·.

'J'his sutlicientl) pro,•es thnt accusntions werc premeditnted agoiust my clieut, withoul uny cousidl'ralion ofthe affairthat has occasioSJed this coul't martml.

In &E."> to%e<wo decreeLof thegth*of May 1886 <o my memorid, in which I have raquenbd d e Si preme Government to dim@hh the Laises I have me t.ined in the fuldlmeot of my duty, during my government of the island of Jaio Peiwnder. I beg lare to it& th.t I do not i n h d to eiuter into a iuih nm

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