The Sun.
London, England, 1851-01-23 00:00:00

DISTURBANCES IN CHILL

We have received Valparaiso papers to the 24th
of November, from which we learn that serious dis-
turbances had taken place in the republic of Chili.
We subjoin extracts :
(From the Neighbour of Nov. 7.)
Just before going to press we hear of a political out-
break in Aconcagua, which took place on the sth.
It is said the Intendente was wounded. We will
give extracts from a private letter hem Santiago,
which we have been permittted to make use of:—
" We learn that San Felipe is in possession of the
opposition party, and some blood has been shed.
Aleasures have been this 'morning taken which will pro-
bably result in shedding more. In this city precautions
have been taken to maintain tranquillity. The club-
room has been closed by the leteirdeete. I cannot learn
if Government have asked extraordinary powers. The,
proprio from San F,lipe reach( d the city before five
o'clock this morning (November 6), when the ;Ministers
at once went to the Moneda; Mentt, Prieto, and many
others also. General Aldunate set out very early for
San Felipe with forces; and General Blanco, who lett
teen also very early for Valparaiso, will have orderee
the Valdivia. Battalion, on its way from V., to turn off to
Aconcagua. I. cannot learn how strong the insurgents
are in San Felipe. Not much is doing in a business way,
and yet I notice very little anxiety is felt?'
The pepers.etate that through the exertions of the au-
thorities, seconded by the people of Aconcagua and the
vicinity, quiet has been restored.
(From the .Neighbour of Nov. 23.)
This has been a month of some excitement in the
political affairs of the country. For the information of
those abroad we give the outline of events. A couple
of months ago a member of Congress said, through the
press, that the province of Aconcagua was "in the
dreadful alternative of submitting to the will of its
rulers or of doing justice for itself:" A short time
afterwards persons were taken on the road to that
province carrying a supply of ball cartridges.
Clubs of equality were formed, seemingly on the Pari-
sian LGOdn effei,ionrt
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club in the capital under the eye of the police and the
public, as also to prevent its members walking the
streets in procession; on this a leader of it entered the
house of the Intendente, and insulted him most flltilhy.
fie was arrested and imprisoned, though a member of
Congress, by vote of the Comision Conservadora. In
Aconcagua a similar club placed over the door of its
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The president of the club was afterwards arrested on the
charge of improper language to that officer.
On this interference an outbreak occurred, in which
the Intendente was wounded in the side (some say shot,
others stabbed) and placed in irons. Those resisting the
authorities then took possession of the town, held it for a
day or so, and opened the common prison for the escape
of the prisoners; but as the military forces of the vici-
nity were at once ordered to march upon that point, on
their approach the rioters dispersed, and the leaders took
refuge in flight and concealment.:
A day or two afterwards the provinces of Aconcagua
and Santiago were declared to be under martial law, for
the term of 70 days. The Club of Equality of that city
has been prohibited from holding further meetings.
Cannon have been planted on the Alameda. Numerous
arrests have been made, and there are rumours of ba-
nishments. The printing-office of the Progreso has been
closed by public authority.
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a phalanx for this criminal design, unknown to no one
now, and confessed by the very persons who project and
manage it."

Further, speaking of the insubordination in Acon-
cagua, it is added," Every day it continues is as incite-
ment, an invitation to disturbance, and example and a
support that, according to private data of whcih the
Ministry is in possession, will he made use of, unless
measures are taken in season to ward off the evil."
Again it is said, " The disturbance at San Felipe (aad)
that which it is the ihtention to cause to break out here,
will be crimes of brief duration; but how many lives and
how much property may be sacrificed in them? The
Ministry, while fully persuaded of its power to repress
such outbreaks, still dares not impose upon itself the
immense responsibility of not preventing them, and upon
the nation the weight of their sad consequences."
We have marked certain words is these extracts in
italics, because they seem to afford an explanation for
the strong measure of declaring martial law. The
public, it is probable, has not yet been put in possession
of all the facts known to the authorities. It is therefore
wiser to suspend opinion until additional information
shall appear.

AT1LE.N2477111, ISLINGTON.
The second course of lectures for the winter season,
at this institute, commenced on Monday evening with a
very interesting discourse on "Periodical Literature,"
delivered in the Lceture-hall by Mr. Courtenay. The
lecturer commenced by discussing at some length the
social and political influence of newspapers and periodicals,
which he maintained greatly promoted the improvement
of the people, not so much by the information they
afford as by the reflection they induce—the habit of
thinking they create—in the otherwise unreflecting. The
lecturer then proceeded to give a rapid sketch of the
history periodical literature, from its remotest origin
to the
ofepesent day, treating successively of the first
" rudiment of a newspaper," the Roman Acta Diurna,
the establishment of which is attributed to Julius Ceesar
—the English Mercuric of Elizabeth's reign—the Gazettes
of Venice and Paris, and the several classes of periodicals
which have since arisen, the circumstances from which
they took their origin, their character and utility. Mr.
Courtenay concluded with some remarks on the excel-
lence of the cheap literature of the present day, and ex-
pressed a hope that it would attain to still greater ex-
cellence, when the abolition of the Stamp Act and
other imposts which restricted their progress should
leave press, at last, perfectly free, which he trusted
would
at no distant date. Mr. Courtenay was heard
with close attention, and apparently with
o uld
throughout tbhee
ucleartsOnnt,lYby Messrs. G. Dawson,
and warmly applauded.
Other
Grossmith, Pearsall, &e., were announced by the hon.
secretary, and the numerous audience separated evidently
andfor wasthe frequently
much gratified with the discourse.
li interest,leeturs

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SALVED WINE.—A parcel of several casks of wine
having been purchased at a sale at an outport, for the benefit
of the underwriters, which had been salved from wreck, the
purchaser requested permission from the revenue authorities
to remove the wines to another port, and there place it in
the bonded warehouse. The local officers of the revenue
offered no objection to the request being allowed for the re-
moval of the wine in question if the authorities would grant
it, the wine having been purchased at a sale of Cinque-port
droits, and the matter having been referred to the authori-
ties, it appeared, on a proper official document being first
passed, there would be no objection to the wine being re-
moved as desired, under the regulations contained in the
Warehousing Act in this regard.

PLAYING WITH FIREARMS.--A very unfortunate
occurrence took place at Cahirciveen on Saturday evening
last, which, it is feared, must terminate fatally. Mr. Mau-
rice O'Connell, M.P., a Mr. Twiss, and some other gentle-
men dined together at the hotel— Fitzgerald's. Some dis-
cussion arose after dinner between Mr. Twiss and another of
the party. The person with whom Mr. Twiss had the dis-
cussion left the room. When he had gone the latter ob-
served he bad never seen a duel, whereupon Mr. O'Connell
said he would show him the way, and got a pair of pistols
that had been for seven months in Dublin. They took one
each, presented at each other, and pulled the triggerr' when,
unfortunately, the pistol which Mr. O'Connell had, happen-
ing to be loaded, the ball passed through the right shoulder
of Mr. Twiss, and lodged in the other, causing the most
frightful suffering, and inflicting, it is greatly feared, a mor-
tal wound. Dr. Crump was called in at once, and the
wounded young man sent for Mr. Dillon, R.M.,_and made a
declaration, that the transaction was purely accidental, stat-
ing that he ~hould not die in peace if he did not make a
declaration Is that effect.— Cork Reporter.
OBERWIESE. THAL (GERMANY), JAN. 15.—Last
night a fire brtke ()A here, and at four o'clock this morning
40 houses—one-third' "our little town—were laid in sshes.

Corpulent persons a :irous of regaining their shape
should apply to some newsitt.Nr establishment for the office
of collector. They will run L eir fat off long before their
office becomes a a/mum-44mi Paper.