The Sun.
London, England, 1866-05-17 00:00:00

ADMIRAL DENMAN.

The Times comments upon the bombardment of
Valparaiso and the conduct of Admiral Denman,
and defends him against the allegations made on
behalf of the British merchants. These allegations
are embodied in the resolutions passed at a meeting
of British subjects on the 28th of March, and read
by Colonel Edwards to the House of Commons.
They here represent that " positive assurances" had
been given them by the Admiral that he would pre-
vent a general bombardment, by force if necessary,
notwithstanding which he allowed it to be carried
into effect, pleading the inferiority of his armament,
yet declining the proffered assistance of a powerful
United States' squadron. T hey urge that in the ab-
sence of specialinstructions from home the Admiral
was bound on his own judgment to protect " those
interests which are especially confided to his protec-
tion," and they charge Mr. Thomsan (who had
already been suspected of undue subservience to the
Chilian Government) with "passive submissson to the
abuses of the Spanish squadron." The document
concludes with an expression of thanks to the Ame-
rican Minister and Commodore, and an appeal to
the British public. Our contemporary refers to the
speech of the Duke of Somerset that Admiral Den-
man had been directed " to observe the strictest
neutrality towards the contending parties," and
would have incurred the censure of the Admiralty
had he interfered with the bombardment after due
notice given. It appears, indeed, that he had
threatened some time previously to open fire on the
Spanish fleet in case the latter should proceed to
bombard the town without notice, and by assuming
this attitude had, in the Duke's opinion, somewhat
exceeded his instructions. Being pressed by the
merchants after the final notice was given, he replied
that, however he might deplore the attack on a de-
fenceless town, it would be a breach of neutrality and
an act of war to interfere. In the statement which
he has transmitted to the Admiralty he entirely
denies that he ever held out any hope of armed in-
tervention, or that he referred to the inadequacy of
his naval force as a reason for inaction. He also
negatives the assertion that he declined the co-
operation of the United States' Commodore, whose
instructions were similar to his own. Mr. Layard
explains the probable origin of this misapprehen-
sion, on the authority of the Spanish Minister, and
emphatically contradicts the story that, after the
conflagration, the aid of American sailors was cor-
dially welcomed, while that of British sailors was
rejected by the inhabitants. In short, the official
account of the whole transaction differs in many
important respects from that which first reached us,
and which, it is right to add, purports to rest in part
on a letter from Commodore Rodgers himself. It
relieves Admiral Denman from an imputation in-
consistent with his well-known character, it throws
on the merchants themselves a large share of blame
for neglecting repeated warnings to remove their
goods beyond the reach of danger, and it leaves no
doubt as to the direct responsibility of the Spanish
Government for this great outrage against the
usages of civilised warfare.

THE WATER SUPPLY OF LIVERPOOL—Yesterday
there was a long discussion on the falling off in the
water supply of Liverpool, particularly as to its bearing on
the sanitary state of the town. The chairman of the Water
Committee stated that the short supply was easily accounted
for by the dry summers of 1864 and 1865. To counter-
balance this they had sunk additional wells, and had ob-
tained Parliamentary powers to use water hitherto supplied
in compensation to manufacturers near the works. The
committee were now in a position to supply to the inhabi-
tantse 20 gallons per head per day—a proportion which, h
tohfomuganhyt, would
lrgdabeaer favourabletewns. comparison c mparison with the supply
thefactory, and has strongly
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unless there were
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Tenzps :—Paris, May 14, 1f80616-.
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ofto Mthaerch, 1866, Valparaiso, the entre-
the great and opulent trading
city, thepraoprat nci
ofi
and
oospitality par excellence—Valparaiso,
in cold blood bombarded, burnt,
rthuoinepdu rsebpyo as Spanish fleet. The open and defenceless sea-
front of of deliberatelyv
possessed a few saluting guns only, for
of saluting the friendly flags which sought
shelter in the roadstead ; and to celebrate also the glorious
anniversary of Chilian independence, and perpetuate the
memory of the victories gained over the Spaniards by the
people of Chili. Leaving to others to brand as it deserves
this sinister page of 'history, I make it my duty to state
that, during the bombardment of the 31st of 311:trch,
Val-
paraiso had no other defenders than the national flagwhich
sir, &c.—
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use a hoisted
flying
over the smoking ruins of theo city.--' y.::-
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