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she can so longer possess, and exterminate those whom she
cannot rule; pen, sitting is the, ;willow. of her chiefs ait h a
sanguinary thirst of blood appalltug to the,ciriliacd would,
and of which many animas the British troops were %atomics
during the campaign of 1818.
With proper r••ntiweots of consideration for Old Spain,
as the ally .of their country, mid the theutre of its nowt
splendid achievement*, the oflicen and men of the British
furies claim the mural benefit of her example in the fore-
going instance; nor could her wishes at th..t period have
been more ardent for the emancipation ante north, our her
confidence of their realization e complete, than are
those of the Britisii troops in the uppionchiag deliverance
f the south.
In the MICRO time. just to the principles is which they
have bent ►rained, the subjects of Great Winos will never
pollute their characters by deeds of atrocity and murder :
they will respect the inns of wor awl the pleadings of hu-
manity; nor encourage, by their esaniple, the uncivilized
principles that have hitherto prevailed throughout this rue-
touelso:y contest.

JAS. J. ESGLISII,
General of Itrientb, consmontline kir.eitili Legion.

LORD COCHRANE.

The following document trout Venezuela has
been transmitted from a mercantile house in the
city, to which it was forwarded by their eorrespon-
.
dent, one of the subscribers :
I.PAH AI SO. Apra I 7.sh
St It frequently happens to the commanders of Britin-
'mordant vessels trading to foreign ports where no resident Co e
stale are appointed, that they have to lay their complaints befhrr
the first lintieh naval officer who appears, and call on hint toe
redress of grievances. we think
.you cannot be displeased, as
senior British officer Or. this stanon, to receive the unanimout
ti.nony of all the British masters of Teasels. and resident agents
in this port, in regard to the conduct of Lord Cochrane, eh°. in
the absence of both British and American Airs. of war. has
uniformly protected the neutral rights of all our nierchan
vessels.
Front thoday he heisted his flag as Commander-in-chief of the
Chilian navy, till the day of his sailing, he not only abstained
from eyery.act for which the difficulty of manning his 'night
have a/Eh:tied a pretence, but actually rendered every possible
assistance whiclicould have been expected funn our own ships of
war; and we know of no instance where any seamen were
allowed to enter for his squadron, contrary to the wishes of their
employers; but, in several cases, men who had volunteered,
and actually received a bounty, were given up on •the first appli-
cation.
We think this voluntary testimony only an act of justice to
Lord Cochrane, being aware that inanyreports were it. circula-
tion at Lima to his prejudice, which 'night have reached your
ears.
WC have the honour to be, Sir, your most obedient servants.
JOHN ILLINGSWORTH, Rose,
N'3l. llowrdv, Anna,
Jost'. A. Ton NEI:, John and George,
JN. TEMPLETON, Lord Lyinloch,
masters remaining of the vessels who were
in port at the time.
A NDW. BLEST,
He 31PIIREY BONSTER,
Hit:HENSON, O'BRIEN. and Co.
The only resident agents at Valparaiso.
To W. IL Shirrefr, Captain IL NI.S. Andromache,
and te,kuor offieer ir. the Pacific.