New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-09-10
THE SILVER CARRIED BY THE EsPIEGLE.
LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IN REGARD TO 1T BY THE
GILLIAN JUNTA's COUNSEL IN ENGLAND
THE wARsHIP PINTO.


London, Sept. 0.-COunsel on behalf Of the Junta,
or Provisional Government Of Chill applied today to
a Judge of the High Court of Justice for an order
restraining the and officers Of the British mail
steamer Moselle from Montevideo, expected to arrive
at southampton this week. from relinquishng posses
sion of the 81 100000 in silver said to belong to tho
Government Of Chill except by depositng it In the
Bank Of England. Counsel also applied for an order
to restrain the Bank of the River Plate, which in
stItuton made advances against this consignment oil
silver, from indorsing bills relating to the silver.
The Judge allowed the notice to be served Tor next
Wednesday, and issued the restraining order The
silver referred to is the money conveyed to hontevdeo
by II. NJ. S. Espegle at the request OF PRESIDENT BAL
maceda.
"The Tines in its financial article this morning
saws that a syndicate Of European capitalists has
offered TO advance the Chilian Junta &oooooo "ith
which to meet pressing requirements.
II Is announced to-day that the Provisional Govern
ment Of Chill has temporarily appointed senior AusuSOh
Ross to be Chilian Envoy at London. senator A.
Matte has been temporarily appointed Chinah ENVOY
at Paris. -
Conanbsgen Sent. 9-The new Chlan warship
Presjdente Pinto which before the defeat Of President
Ramaceda by the Congress0nallst troops unsuccess-
fully attempted to ship and ammunition rom l"o
British steamships chartered by the Armstrong Co
penv in the port of Kiel cast anchor In the roadsu
off this port yesterday. Acting upon lnStuc'lons ho
he Government,
closely watched the Gillian warship in order to prevent
her from shipping arms ammunition or men from mere
un4l her status shall have been clearly est9Onshed
Consequently, the Pinto started THIS morning. IoT ie
singbog Sweden on the SGna TPP1i ppn ibs afternoon
cabed the Secretary of the Navy that the altmofc tlu
arrived at Moend9 & rer4 n W'n and oe wond return to
Valparaiso without delay.
The British Judge could hardly have refused to grant
the request made on behalf of the Provisional Gov
ernment OF Chill in regard to the SlOOOoOo III SILVER
cont bv ex-Dictator Balmaceda to England ." The
London Tines itself had already protested aeaihS'
the scandalous use made Of n British gunDoal 10
transport that money from Valparaiso to Montevideo
whence II has been shipped board merchant
steamer soon to arrive in England. Again. the gen
erl opinion in Europe where syndicate of capitalists
according TO tho great London paper has offered to
advance the new Government at Santiago EoOO,OOo
with which to meet pressing requirements does not
consider the Chilian money now on the sea as De-
longing to the OvcrthrOwn Dictator
The Danish Government is entirely correct in the
taken by IT to prevent the cruiser Presidente
Pinto from shipping arms, ammunition and men, untl
her status shall have been clearly established Other
maritime nations will follow the example Of Pen
mark for the cruiser is at present practically Il
pirate. She was built at La Seyne near T0ulon'
together with the Presdente Euazurz and the CAPTAIN
Prat. The latter vessel, which has Just been
launched, has been transferred to the new Govern
ment of Chill. The lTcside1te ErfUurH Is now on
her way TO MOnevdeo or Valparaiso; ana; whch Sle
reaches one of those ports her captain Will probably
surrender her to the actual Chilian authorities, thus
initiating the conduct of the captains OF the Almrnle
| Lynch, the C0nde and the Imperial The com
mander of tho ITesidente Pinto apparently has not yet
done his duty 10 his country In that regard.
senores Ross ana Matte, who have just been ap-
| pointed Chilan Env0ys at London and PaIis'
| respectively are the same diplomats who have 50
ably served the cause Of the Junta its confidential
agents in those two capitals The delay In appoint
ing senior Montt TO the same Office Washington can
be explained only by the fact that he is tie brother
of Sen0r Jorge Mont, the President Of the Juntd.
who, through an excessive discretion, may rot have
pressed his appointment.