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has stood, have bribed the landlord to let it to them. — They are 

 English ! 



While I was thus busy, Lord Cochrane called, with Captain Crosbie. 

 His Lordship most kindly, most humanely, desired me to remain at 

 Quintero, with my poor invalid, and not to think of removing him or 

 myself until more favourable times and circumstances ; and told me 

 he would soon go thither, and settle whereabouts I should shelter 

 myself and Glennietill he should be well enough finally to remove. 



Tuesday, 26th. — There were five shocks during this day : I must 

 now omit many ; because, unless they are very severe, I never awake 

 in consequence of them during the night. While I was at my 

 own house packing up, I was surprised to see my friend Mr. C. 

 ride up : he had just arrived from Conception, a distance of 170 

 leagues, which he had ridden by by-ways in five days. He had 

 passed through Talca and San Fernando ; at both of which places, as 

 well as Conception, the earthquake of the 19th had been felt, but not 

 severely. Mr. H., who has just returned from the city, tells me that 

 Casa Blanca and Melipilla are both a heap of ruins : Illapel is also 

 destroyed, and all the village churches have suffered ; nothing but 

 the ranchos escape : they are built like hurdles, and though the mud 

 shakes from the interstices, they are safe. Mi*. C. has indeed, 

 however, brought intelligence more important than any thing con- 

 nected with the earthquake. The people of Conception, enraged at 

 the unjust provisions of the reglamento, and at other oppressive 

 measures, have burnt the same reglamento and the constitution 

 in the market-place ; have convoked an opposition convention ; and 

 have insisted on Freire's taking the field with the acknowledged 

 purpose of turning out Rodriguez and the rest of the iniquitous 

 administration. Freire has already marched, but as yet his motions 

 cannot be known at Santiago ; and of course I am tongue-tied as to 

 the intelligence, till it comes from some public quarter : conjecture 

 is free, however ; and I cannot hep thinking that the object here has 

 been to secure the squadron in Freire's interest. But that may 

 not be : honour forbids it, I think ; and the Chilian squadron 



