The Sun.
London, England, 1852-06-03 00:00:00

CAMBIASO'S CODE.

The following are the articles of the atrocious
penal code promulgated by this notorious scoundrel,
who recently expiated his villanies at Valparaiso :
MILITARY CRIMES AND THEIR CORRESPONDING
PUNISHMENTS.
Art. 1. Every inferior who speaks disrespectfully of
his superior officer shall be immediately shot.
Art. 2. Every inferior who shall raise his hand against
his superior officer shall be immediately hung.
Art. 3. If an inferior strikes his superior officer, with
or without arms he shall be burnt alive.
Art. 4. He who should be a traitor to the flag we have
sworn to, shall be cut to pieces, alive, and afterwards
burnt.
Art. 5. He who is guilty of perjury, incurs the same
punishment.
Art. 6. He who communicates with the enemy, incurs
the same punishment.
Art. 7. He who speaks against the service, incurs the
same punishment.
Art. 8. Robt!ery—lle who steals any object, money,
or any article whatever, stri,ll be hung.
Art. 9. Want of Punctuality—lf any person in the
military service (no matter in what capacity) be want-
ing in his duty, and does, not present himself in the
place and at the hour he has been ordered to appear,
shall be tried and shot.
Art. 10. Cowardice—Every man who, for want of
courage, flies from the enemy, shall be put to death by
the bayonet; and his eyes shall be taken out to prove
the fact. The body of a coward shall be burnt.
Art. 11. If any traitor be seized, his tongue shall
be cut, it beicg the in&trument of hia falsehood. He shall
be burnt with a red hot iron, and ho shall afterwards
suffer the punishments he has incurred, according to
articles sth and 6th.
Art. 12. Sentinels found asleep at their posts, shall
be immediately hung, they being the only persons re-
sponsible for said post's security. Therefore, the ser-
geants aro requested to visit the posts every ten mi-
nute!, for the observation of this article.
Art. 13. He who in battle gives quarter to an enemy
out of pity or any other consideration, shall be imme-
diately shot.
Art 14. The officer, sergeant, or soldier, who is not
vigilant when on guard, shall be tried and shot.
Art 15, The infractor of any of these laws, if an offi-
cer, shall be hung; if a soldier, shot.
Art. 16. All military persons are charged with the
fulfilment of the preceding articles. This is particularly
recommended to superior officers, and they are requested
to inform their troops that want of information on this
head will not excuse them from undergoing the punish-
ments expressed.
Art. 17. Ho who should steal or hide, or abet another
in so doing, any powder, balls, or articles of war, shall
be burnt alive.

Art. 18. He who in battio, or on march, should throw
away the cartridges given him, desirous of not injuring
the enemy, or of relieving himself of their weight, shall
be cut in pieces
pre-
ference, *ill the alive, joint by joint, beginning, in pre-
fingers of the right hand. His remains
shall afterwards be burnt.
Art. 19. If, on arriving in any province, a Montista be
discovered, his house shall be sacked, and the owner or
tenant thereof shall be burnt in said house.
Art. 20. If any parson in the troops under my com-
mand, sells any article with usury,
_he shall receive 100
lashes.

Art. 21. The chiefs of this division, desirous of pre-
venting all fraud, prohibit, under pain of the gallows,
any attempt to give money or gage, or with any kind of
interest.
Art. 22. He who from this time forward, should lend
money or gage, shall lose all right to the
gage given
him, losing also what he gave on it, and receiving 200
lashes in punishment.
Art. 2.3. The sentinel or advanced post, who, co see-
ing the enemy approach, does rot give the alarm, !1,11111
he cut in pieces alive, considering that irom his cm-
mission groat dangers may arise.
Art. 24. The chief officer, sergeant, or soldier, who
should not defend his post unto death, shall be burnt
alive ; co excuse to bo admitted on account of the
greater force of the enemy, the bad state of the arma-
ment, or anything else tending to cover his coxvordice.
Art. 25. Any officer ordered to assault a
post, shall
take it or lose his life in the attempt; if he returns un-
successful, although he lose all his soldiers in tho at-
tempt, he shall be immediately shot.
Art. 26. If any sentinel give the qui vice and does not
receive in answer " General Cruz," ho shall immediately
fire at the person interrogated.
Art. 27. This Government, desirous that every
indi-
vidual should preserve his money, and employ it for use-
ful objects., prohibits all kinds cf hazardous games ; end
if any is resorted to in order to while away time, it must
be lottery and without interest. lie who infringes this
article shall be hung.
Art. 28. An ounce of gold shall be given to every-
body who a ;
—iv"' -tiler/nation of the infringement of the
pteceeding article.