ilian Government have employed years
without having even yet accomplished their object, nay, with no
other result than that of removing the independence of Peru, and
their own peace and security to a greater distance.

I must now call your attention, although I have already addressed
a letter on the subject to the Minister of Finance, to a breach of
faith on the part of the late Government of Chili in respect to the
contract between Senor Alvarez, their Envoy in England, and my
brother, the Honourable William Erskine Cochrane, for the completion,
outfit, and navigation to Chili of the steamer _Rising Star_,
by which my brother has been involved in expenses to a very great
amount. Whether the inconvenience he is sustaining from the
perfidy of the late Ministers is in the course of removal by the good
faith of their successors I have yet to learn, but if not, I must
respectfully state to you on behalf of my brother that I demand
payment of the amount due to him under the contract above-mentioned.

I also respectfully suggest, that it is your duty to examine the
accounts of Mr. Price, and cause him to pay over the bonus of
40,000 dollars which was granted by the Government on account of
the _Rising Star_, which bonus Mr. Price prematurely obtained in
advance nearly three years ago, although it did not become due till
the arrival of the ship. This sum, which is part of the remuneration
due to my brother on account of the said ship, Mr. Price, or the
house of which he is a member, refuses to deliver up, under the
pretence that its detention is necessary to their own security, in the
event of the Chilian Government requiring it to be restored. This
is a most extraordinary way of justifying the detention of another's
property, and I trust, Sir, that you will immediately take the
necessary steps to cause both that sum, and all other sums due to
my brother for the _Rising Star_--the particulars of which you may
receive from Mr. Barnard--to be paid without further delay. To
that end, and in order to prevent the risk and serious expense
attending the remittance of money to so great a distance, I beg to
suggest that the best mode of payment will be by an order on your
agents in London.

I am much less solicitous on the subject of the debt due to
myself, but after repeatedly requesting the Accountant-General,
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