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subscription ; and one of the merchants daily sees their food dis- 

 tributed. 



29th. — The Independencia, one of the Chileno squadron, came in 

 to-day. She was left by Lord Cochrane on the coast to the north- 

 ward, for the purposes of surveying, aiding the cause of indepen- 

 dence, and procuring provisions.* The Araucana had been left with 

 her, but while she was detached on a particular service to the Bay 

 of Lorero, the captain and others being on shore on duty, the mas- 

 ter, gunner, and boatswain mutinied, seized the ship, and having 

 landed all the Chilenos, and such English as would not join them, at 

 Dolores, they, with sixteen men, sailed, and have not since been heard 

 of. Forty- seven of the crew, under the captain, are preserved to 

 the service ; and it is remarkable that there was not a Chileno among 

 the deserters. 



The Independencia has brought some good surveys, and in some 

 cases has been of use to the good cause, by encouraging the coast 

 towns to declare their adherence to the independent governments, in 

 whose territories they are situated. It is however to be regretted, 

 that the intemperate behaviour of one of the officers, lor which in- 

 deed he atoned with his life, occasioned some disturbances, which 

 must, I fear, have a bad effect. 



39th. — To-day 300 of the prisoners from Lima were sent off to 

 Santiago, some on foot, and others, whose age and infirmities ren- 

 dered it impossible for them to march, in waggons. Among the lat- 

 ter, one old man with thin grey hair was seated, and was heard to 

 apostrophise the sea, whose shores he was leaving, as the only road 

 to his native country ; and feebly lamenting, he sat carelessly on the 

 edge of the vehicle ; when, just as it turned to go up the first cuesta, 

 he fell and died on the spot, — it was not of the fall, but of a broken 



* All the orders to procure provisions for the Chile squadron, most particularly enjoin 

 that they shall be duly paid for ; or in case of its not being possible to do so, to use force 

 only with regard to public property under Spanish colours, carefully respecting all private 

 claims. (See orders to Araucana, &c.) Such lias been the constant practice of the squa- 

 dron, while under Lord Cochrane. 



