The Sun.
London, England, 1826-12-12 00:00:00

public, is not very flattering to the hopes of the Bond
holders in this country :

DECREE OF THE NATIONAL CONGRESS OF CHILI.

`,` SANTIAGO, Auc. 9, 1826.—At a time when an impove-
,
limbed treasury, exhausted by the demands that have been made
upon it, for the purpose of defraying, in anticipation, the expense
of the long and arduous war, maintained by the Republic, is un-
able to meet the urgent wants of the Government, and has no other
alternative but that of appealing to the patriotism of the citizens,
and requiring of them the sacrifice of part of their fortune, in or.
tier to avoid the fatal results which must inevitably spring from
the present exhausted and destitute state of the army, and which
threatens to plunge the country in the very abyss of ruin, it is just
to avail ourselves of the means of obtaining that assistance the
public necessities so imperiously demand—means which, however
unpleasant they may be, are the only ones left in the present menac-
ing crisis; and the Government being fully persuaded that every
citizen must be impressed with the importance of adopting, without
a moment's delay, the measures most conducive to the public
safety, the President of the Republic, in exercise of the powers
vested in him by the National Congress, on the sth of the present
month, which authorises him to obtain supplies in the manner
that may seem to him most expedient, decrees—
" I. That a loan of three hundred thousand dollars shall be
raised in the territories of the Republic, excluding the provinces
of Conception, Valdivia, and Chiloe, hypothecating, for the pay-
ment of the same, with interest at the rate of 6 per cent. per an-
num up to the period of repayment, the national estates, which
shall hereafter be reserved exclusively for this object.
"2. This loan shall be divided among the following pro-
vinces :

The province of Colchagua 45,000 dollars
The province of Santiago ...... 150,000
The province of Aconcahua 30,000
The province of Coquitnbo 75,000

Together 300,000
" 3. These BUMS shall be severally levied from the inhabitants
by an assessment of the respective eabildos, according to the means
of each.

" 4. In those towns where there ire no cabildos, the assess-
went shall be made by the, provincial chief, in conjunction with
two or three of the inhabitants.
" 5. The individuals designated by the cabildos, as contributors
`to this loan, shall sign engagements for the payment of their
assessments, and send the same to the Intendant of the province,
who shall remit them to the general Treasury.
" 8. The cabildos shall, at the same time, send to the Intendant-
Governor of the respective provinces a list of the individuals
assessed, and the amount of their assessments, to be by him laid
before the Government, through the medium of the Minister of
Finance, in order that the same may be approved of.
"7. The Intendant-Governors, immediately on receipt of this
decree, shall communicate it to the cabildos of the respective dis-
tricts, that its provisions may be carried into effect with the least
possible delay.
"8. When the Government shall have signified its approba-
tion of the assessments made by the cabildos, the Accountant-
General, and officers of the Treasury, shall proceed to collect the
respective amounts, in conformity with the engagements received,
in their own persons, in this city, and by their agents in the
Provinces, granting to each contributor a proper receipt.
" 9. The officers of the principal Treasuries of Coquimbo and
Valparaiso, shall conform to the orders of their Governors, and
remit the proceeds collected to the general Treasury.
(Signed) " BLANCO."

The Times of this morning mentions that a rumour
is current on the French coast, and has been received
by letter from Calais, that the King of FRANCE had
been *hot at and wounded, by a garde du corps. We
give the letter as printed by the Times, but have no
corroborative information :
" It is stated in letters from Paris, that the KlsG has been
shot at and wounded, by a garde du corps. The man is said to
have killed himself immediately after, so that whether it was ac-
cident, or insanity, or treason, by which bis Man:srv's life was
endangered, is not known. I have oot been able to learn any
Particulars, nor can I take upon myself, to assert any thing farther
than that recent letters from Paris state the fact in a positive
manner. The French papers of course are not allowed to men-
rion the subject."