The Sun.
London, England, 1824-08-26 00:00:00

[MORNING CHRONICLE.]

The follo;ing letters from Chill are from a
source which may be depended on for informa-
tion respecting the application of the Loan, the
pouspeet.of re-payment or even payment of the
interest, and the present political condition of
the people. No comment from us is necessary.

SANTIAGO, CHILI, APRIL 23, 1024.
I was pleased yesterday to receive a long letter from my
old friend ; it is the first I have had from him since he left us,
and though of old date, it was no less welcome. It gives me
an interesting detail of all the Loans for South America. His
account of the concoction of the Chili Loan is, I doubt, not
correct. He, however, made a mistake when he said, the odd
sort of a thing we have here under the name of Government
would not acknowledge it. The•loan-maker understood the
Chilenos well, and performed his part admirably. Ile sent

them a remittance in hard metal, instead of bills on London.—
The sight Of the money, as he well knew, would be too tempt-
ing to meet with a refusal. It came at a time, too, when
the country was divided by opposing factions, and thus
enabled those who had power to share it among them,—
He asks shrewdly enough, how can the Chilian Government
pay 400,000 dollars annual interest on the loan out of a gross
revenue not exceeding 1,200,000 dollars ; he knows as well as
1 do, it neither can nor will pay interest. Even now they can
hardly make both ends meet, and are always anticipating the
revenue by borrowing of the merchants, who obtain more than
equivalent advantages for the accommodation. I have heard
that a number of the native merchants offered the Government
to pay the interest of the loan for ten years, provided the Go.
vernment gave them a monopoly to import wines and spirits,
and receive all the duties thereon on their own account ; or
rather to supersede all duties in their favour. I have not as yet
learned all the details, but it would be an advantageous ar.
rangement. No Englishman has sufficient confidence in the'
good faith of the Government to become interested in the pro.
paced arrangement. Natives may have a better chance, but
there is no positive reliance, either on the stability of the Go-
vernment or the honour of those who compose it. The Loan
has been of no use whatever to the country, not a dollar has
been applied to any public use. It has been a job all through
—a job in England for the advantage of a few individuals—a
job here among the natives high in office, who have appropri.
aced the proceeds to their own use. All the naval stores sent
out as part of the Loan, instead of being applied to naval pur.
poses, have been sold by the Public Officers for a mere trifle,
the money dwindled away, and now that it is all spent, people
call out against the. Loan. My own opinion is that no ar-
rangement to pay the interest will be made, anti that conse.
quently it will remain unpaid.

THE LAST NEW CONSTITUTION OF CHILL
DIN CoNT£NTs.
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hade
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iennYt iweirthsloaut7T2al Rtheepyredselenirteatt
r•espon'ttible, although not
pointed who are, we are
bto.lde,
own
be.
aoil),tiinetonA.risTocher_liwt.hole thing is'
one of them can act on
conducted or
boer isnaisideoltrtioucat;eperloirlirytti
theinselYes. lends, when shown the lin pe r fee t ions of thei'lle.tgryxiee,pt4v, eeewdrs_!e°bellioyileriCebst_hihrYiie..:
tution, and its great inferiority to that promul
framers of olfitilifegiNnse'w CwohnilsetituSpuopnrewmeere Director,
They had witnessed in all the other States of South Atiiiraiter' itcabe
the es il effects of Representative Conrssese—dissatisfactioni
they say, wail excited b
411::11:eitnejldr:eflrrsoou:nsayndsmthaely;
body
met but to disputeby
1 aPP°intanievnt lietcht‘:
andlsofrivaerteiiiignriltiymv,
er
tqouaietfedwyiscilua:tisllLialotsn can, the allegoen be alone or-
gan% This is the present modeittlolifesntmltitioinfilrbaigergtateemrnot.:ongudebtlleeiregiti;ehpittilerle:
nos in Santiago; it will last but a shorteime, for they have no
correct notions of government, no settled opiniOnti on any sub-
ect, except religion, arid their opinion on that %object is, that
implicit obedience is a duty. The Chilenos at Coquim b o, in
the North of this Country, are in high dudgeon with
the Constitution, nearly the whole of the export duties of Chili
are produced in the province of Coquimbo, by the Shipping of
copper; this constitutes a very large proportion of the State
revenue, The Coquii»banos, who know their own consequence,
are more independent than the inhabitants of most of the other
provinces, are exceedingly dissatisfied at finding themselves to-
tally excluded from all h ore in the government, and at the in-
fluence they possessed being extinguished by the political or-
rangemeets under the new Constitution. Much the same feel-
ings pervade the people at Conception in the south. But to the
Chilenoe generally it is of very little importance what form of
government is imposed upon them • and if an open trade could
be secured, I am satisfied they woulll prefer to be governed by a
foreign power, to the trouble of government themselves. They
would hail such an event as a guarantee of undisturbed tram).
quillity by cutting off all chance of internal broils and civil
discord.
MAY 17,1884.---There is a talk of another change of Go. vernment ; General Pinto, a native Of Buenos Ayres, but mar-
ried here, Is said to be destined to fill the office of Su-
preme Director, in the place of General Freyre, to
which some assert the latter will offer resistance ; but as
he has failed in his expedition against Chloe, of which I
have ifiven you the detailed account, I do not expect much chew
of resistance from him, or from any body for him. Discontent
spreads rapidly, and i much increased in intensity by the
general circluation of a letter sent by Lord Cochrane to the
auditors of public accounts, which has produced a great sen-
sation. It seems that the Governors owe sonic tlO,OOO dol-
lars to Lord Cochrane for prize money ; his claims had been
put off until he left the country, since which time he has written
repeatedly to Correa, the Accountant-General, as well as to
the Supreme Director. Ile has been replied to by Correa,
who told him that his claims could not be acknowledged till
he produced proofs in support of his claims. Cochrane has,
as is usual with him, replied to this in a spirited and de.
termined manner. He tell a them that it would have been
strange, indeed, if he had not seen through the shallow policy
of the Government In procrastinating the settlement of
claims due to the defenders of their Independence, under the
liiitlinhoofseticrlianigmosuitn tdiTsipreicia,tience, and reducing them to give
but he says he is not one of these
wlio will be thus defrauded. Ile asks what more or what bet.
ter proofs they want, or can be given, than the capture of Val-
divia, of the Esmeralda, of the Ananguza, the Afercetlas, and
other vessels, and the public documents recorded in their archives; what better proof of these captures than the employ-
ment of these vessels in the Chileno service, and of their being
now anchored in the Bay of Valparaiso ? What better proof
of the share be claimed, than the proportion adjusted by the
Government ? He treats the conduct of Correa and the Go-
vernment in a very severe way, and promises to risk his all in
compelling them to pay hint all his just claims, as well as those
of all who served under him, who annihilated every vestige of
maritime force of the common enemy of South America. It' he comes round Cape Horn on this business, he will make those
who refuse to do justice, shake In their shoes ; they dread his
corning ; but almost every one, not immediately connected with
the Government, wish It, as it will blow up the present system,
and my opinion is, that he will come shortly.

NATURAL, CURIOSITY.

FISH POND AT LOGAN.---The fish pond at
Logan, or Port Nessock, formed in 1800, and
re-peopled since by many successive generations
of cod, is an artificial basin of salt water, 30 feet
deep, by 160 in circumference—reckoning from
the top to the bottom of the rock. The area
within is wholly hewn from the solid rock, and
communicates with the sea by one of those fissures,
or natural tunnels so common on bold and pre-
cipitous coasts. In fact, it was probably this
circumstance that led to its formation. A ridge
of rock marching with the beach, and lashed by
the waves of a thousand winters, was known to
be partially undermined by the action of the
water, and it occurred to the proprietor, Colonel
M'Dowall of Logan, that by excavating the cen-
tral or principal mass, a basin might be formed
at once open to the influence of the title, and so
deep even at neaps as to enable fishes to disport
freely in their native element, though dependant
on man for their daily food, and somewhat ham-
pered in their migratory propensities. And this
project he successively accomplished. By blasting
the rock in a lateral direction,a communication was
opened with the natural tunnel,and a barrier erect-
ed at the inner. extremity, formed of large loose
stones, and so contrived as to prevent the ingress
and egress of any body less insinuating than
water. Attached to the pond is a neat gothic
cottage for the accommodation of the fisherman,
and round and round the rock is surmounted by
a substantial stone wall at least 300 feet in cir-
cumference. In forming this basin the labour
must have been great, the expence considerable ;
but country gentlemen do not always count cost,
and at any rate the object in view has been so
completely attained that it is difficult to con-
ceive how a few hundred pounds could have been
better bestowed. In every state of the wind or
tide—in winter as well as summer, when not a
single boat dare venture to sea, Col. D'Dowall
can command a supply of the finest fish,and study
at his leisure the instincts and habits of the" finny
nations," with at least all the accuracy of those
sage naturalists who rarely travel farther than Exe-
ter 'Change. From the inner or back door of the
lodge a winding stair way conducts you to the
usual halting place—a large flat stone projecting
into the water, and commanding a view of every
part of the aquatic prison.—When the tide is out
thiastone is left completely dry,and here a stranger
perceives with surprise a hundred mouths simul.
taneously opened to greet his arrival. Fishes, in
fact, hear as well as see, and the moment the
fisherman crosses his threshold, the pond is agi-
tated by the action of some hundred fins, and
otherwise thrown into a state of perfect anarchy
and confusion. Darting from this, that, and the
other corner, the whole population move, as it
were, to a common centre, elevate their snouts,
lash their tails, and jostle one another with such
violence, that, on a first view, they actually seem
to be menacing an attack on the poor fisherman,
in place of the creel full of limpets he carries.—
Conceive a lady feeding her chickens, a knot of
urchiws scrambling for coppers, or a pack of jow-
lers disputing the property of a solitary bone,
and you will have some idea of the ludicrous
contests which even in this watery world accom-
pany the distribution of the loaves and fishes.—
Loaves, however, is an improper term ; for as the
guardian of the pond truly averred, the fish " will
take nothing but what comes out of the sea."—
Upon this point I was naturally a little sceptical,
and to remove all doubt, purposely dropped
into the pond a few crumbs of bread, which were
instantly bolted at by countless competitors, and
as often avoided the moment their palates dis-
covered the cheat ; until they were at last
left to float uncared for on the furface, to be
piekedi‘ulapn perchance
) o
ercfhtalitt:efibsyhetshaerelessso fastidious
thatdiousstwhey
al-
low.
will feed greedily from the hand, and bite your
fingers into the bargain, if you are foolish enough
to allow them : while others again are so shy
that the fishermen discourses of their different
tempers as a thing quite as palpable as the gills
they breathe, or the fins they move by. One
gigantic cod, which seems to answer to the name
of Thom, and may be well described as the pa-
triarch of the pond, very forcibly arrested my
attention. This unfortunate, who passed his
youth in the open sea, was taken prisoner at the
age of five, and has since sojourned at Port-Nes-
sock for the long period of 12 years, during all
which time he has gradually increased in bulk
and weight. Ile is now, however, se wholly blind
from age or disease that he has no chance what-
ever in the general scramble. The fisherman,
however, is very kind to him, and it was really
affecting as well es curious to see the huge
animal raise himself in the water; and then resting
his head on the flat stone, allow it to be gently pat.
ted or stroked, gaping all the while to implore that
food which he has no other means of obtaining.
Fish. it is generally thought, increase in bulk RO
long as they live, and although the patriarchal
cod, already mentioned, appears to be falling off,
there is reason to think that this is chiefly, if
not wholly, owing to his blindness, which iu spite
of the utmost solicitude of the fishermen, pre.
vents him obtaining an adequate supply of food.
Altogether the pond affords so many facilities
for making experiments, that I hope a new light
will be thrown on piscatory history. Although
regularly baited every second day, they are so
voracious, that you have only to attach a limpet
to a hook, and drop it into the water by means
of a line, whet, a hundred mouths will be
opened to receive it. A selection can 'thus
be made of any trout this angler may fancy,
and in this way the whole might be taken
out at intervals, weighed in scales, and re.
consigned to the pool without sustaininoyftbhaeitleiraigs:
harm. Sand-eels, broken crabs, and limpets,
form the staple articles in the process
the former of which are given raw, while the
latter must be slightly scalded, in order to dis..
engage them from the shell. keep up the
stock of these cannibals, particularly whet, the
pond appears to be getting thin, from the con-
tribritions levied on it by the cook at Logan, is
another duty of great importance, thought
not
nearly so laborious as the former. My informant,
in fact, attends to other matters besides the fish
pond ; arid occasionally, when trowling in the

open bay, he takes a vessel along with
" and when the fish are no that sair hurt, pops
them into the tub and brings them home."--
Bony mouths are not easily wounded, and it
rarely happens that any of these die. The
man, however, knows from experience the neces•
city of selecting fish of a certain size, as any
animal of inferior dimensions would only serve
as a sort of saline dessert after a hearty meal of
limpets. As a set-off, therefore, to the great ad-
vantage of possessing fish of superior richness of
all seasons of the most stormy year, we must
notice the trouble of catching and feeding them;
but after the original outlay, the expence thus
incurred cannot be very considerable; and the
fisherman is of opinion that a pond erected intim
neighbourhood of London, or any other large
city, would in the end become a profitable con-
cern, both from the superior richness of the fish
fed in it, and the scarcity of the commodity
during certain cold and tempestuous seasous.—.
(Dumfries Courier.)

lIORRIBLE MURDER.

The Court of Assize at Rouen has been °cad
pied with the trial of a barber of that town/
named Veilliere, for the murder of his wife oil
the 28th of April last. The principal facts of
detailed in evidence were as follow :
On the day above-mentioned, Veilliere, whose wife had !iced
living separate from him in consequence of the cruelty and do
pravity of his conduct, called at the house of a Madame Padaisf
where his wife happened to be, and insisted upon seeing e'
He affected a calm and penitent air, and intreated his wife wt
be reconciled to him. This, however, she refused, but withou
using any irritating expressions ; she endeavoured to leave the
apartment, but was prevented hy her husband, who gin 0,11"
tinned talking to Madame Padais. All of a sudden, Ind wi!i!'
out the slightest word or look that could have intimated he
d
intention, he drew his hands from his pocket, where he had hie!:
them since his entrance, and, rushing upon his wife seized "
by the hair of the head, dragged r i her a corner of' the room,
and stabbed her twice with a knife in the neck. At her ti
.._
Madame Padais ran towards them seized Veilliere, and tore rlii
from his victim but not until lie inflicted another wound upon
her. Madame ,Padais and he then struggled for a lonenine'
until they both fell, when he escaped from hergrasp, leannet
skirt of his coat behind. With redoubled fury he return
tilt:
his expiring wife, and taking the blade of the knife, for, 0
handle had been broken off in the struggle, lie pinged. 11,,,g
her belly, in which he made a circular incision of four or
inches in diameter. Some women who had been present at F.,e
commencement of this horrid scene fled away terrified and aris_
out for help. Their cries brought the other lodgers In the houre
to the scene, and as they were about to seize Veillere,
himself several stabs with the knife, exclaiming, " I w 4
h t 0
die with her." None of the wounds being serious, he was soon
able to undergo an examination. He sought to
he
Ts:
the crinie was unpremeditated, saying that when he endeavotke:
to kiss his wife, she spat in his face, and that, exasperated
such treatment, he had struck at her with a knife, not knowing
what lie did. But this account was falsified by the witnesses,
anti other facts brought finward to prove his premeditstiot:
his having been on the watch for his wife for some ditzl_fLia'
having purchased a knife the day "
before the murder. is 1.1,1
the trial he exhibited a firmness and assurance that did not
sert him for a single moment.
l'heJuryi , after a few minutes deliberation, found him atiOti
unanimous
y.He heard his sentence without the slightest
emotion.
Since his condemnation he obstinately refused to appeal, And
gave in writing his determination, which he wrote with A fir,ll_
hand. The interval between his sentence and execution
.1!:
cpiatussseedo,rehiclicsepdetpthraevtiitlyneanddevruotieldi. sleep, in playing cards: 1:••
had an inordinate passion for gambling, which was theorline
playha twdiitehmhahfiter used to
Tdhlreeadlt'aeovng'beewtfollrieesnfheitisill°ewey:ePrenerfisuti7;ndersittiti
cards were never out of his hands till he went to bed, toe° be
slept soundly. Next morning, after breakfasting heartiq,
resumed his card-playing, and did not leave off till the fatgail:4
meat came ibr him to go to the chapel on his way to the len
fold. He then intreated that his fellow-prisoners, who D'"
been playing with him, might be allowed to accompany him
the chapel. lie confessed with great calmness, and listens
with attention to the discourse of the Clergyman. On his Of
to the scafibld he showed the same unshaken firmness. Jig',
before submitting to the fatal knife he addressed tlutiselli;
and recited a few lines of poetry which he had written since
trial.

MAD B u LLoc Ic.—Theoba 1 d's.road, And 1«
courier:, in the shape of bull-dogs, who every now which
gnaeirgielisboofuraonodo,vtevre-rderoonveTouxe.sdlare evweasninpgrecaemduedsedby
two
a.t
ben
gave him assurance of their presence. He gored a pep' r,likb
was standing in Theobald's-road, in a chaise-cart, 511. 'll 0.
were two infant children, whose perilous aituatlon exciter ,
stant courage in the minds of those around, who extrical:of
poor innocents from their situation, regardless of the e/ 0
the enraged animal upon the same pony which was attach 04
the cart. Ile also tossed and gored a helpless old woll?AniLlieb
has, it is feared, so seriously injured her, that she is in hoed
danger. At length, after having put the whole neighboor few
into dismay And disorder, he was secured by means of„„t/p. of
dustmen and an experienced butcher, who, mountin&v"siod
the high shelved dust-carts, approached the place where
_IL. over
pawing the mud and roaring, and, throwing a slip no 7; its
his horns, dragged him to a post and slaughtered luau 4.ets
mitred no lessons in fortification might have been learned in theatre,..4 Ted i
aithai:aherni:
on this occasion, where trucks wheelbaiiows, ea., 1:11--., can'
bnloe
fttlieritehnecrenarciini
isetf,htios encroachesourknow led;geb,urthhaen hvgairiloigal
stated.
lAt Olt'
DISTRESSING OCCURRENCE.—On the e'' - h pgjr•
a fishing boat from Walls, in Zetland, struck on a sunken ~-,11
near the Island of Papa, and the crew, consisting of fist rne;;;oe,
tp.te:yshoefdt.
heSwotanveesof
whichthetn sepertenveednttoedstrevueegntrgusylmeevrubbeaerrdson_sinorfle,tallitin_ttillis,
by getting on the keel of the boat, but were dashed orr vii'i to
bit
flour
children
le mrth ~himlßadroyresettnahbidsol
al
‘ar,trulyeivneg sevenbi
gang
nrllagnlcoe yearshior
01 :u:
rgeeventrely_ ,
(fie,
destitute;widowsverff e
r , lia I,oonduieft :f. °nil. 04
t(o)lhinyvoett:nelitoil
Ocv:forldastotp
are 'ls'ittli: pick k et known' 34
f betweenti
and 40 in a caravan, with change of dress, itc. ; and - fIP
their proceedings were arranged methodically.
feet,Sole:t
shionably dressed, astpr ' - pct•
oacoing to dandyism ; gig
able farmers, and others deigned to put on liveries. -
.nd even
sons lost their pocket Looks, watches and mono/ ;.;-plen i: poor people were robbed of the little they had. Vela- a an: ; drawing pockets was to cut the right through' - TesialP
coat the book oat,• • •
. pinioning the arms of the person Of P
against him.
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MARRIED.
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Jun., Esq., of the Midille-Ter In 1311 . t Lai,
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Lincoln's-inn, and of Ventre Mawr Deabig' ILO"
liar
Alariann
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neer
Lsq., of IV ykin-hall, Leicestershire.
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Rennie, -tag., jun., of ph • F Login"' - antassie, East
eldest da ri .4
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0.(2.. L the 24th inst.; at St. Pancras new church. Mr. v • rJ. i'
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