re of the _Esmeralda_, for other
perilous extra-official services rendered, and the heavy
responsibilities incurred, all of which terminated in results most
important to the national cause.

Be assured, most Excellent Sir, that it is only my advanced age
that prevents me from attempting to re-visit your now peaceful and
prosperous country, personally to acknowledge your Excellency's
courtesy, and the kind feeling evinced towards me by the Council of
State, by the representatives, and people of Chili. It would be with
delight that I should see steam vessels now introduced into the
national marine, the great railroad from Valparaiso to Quillotta and
Santiago, now in progress, and witness the various important
improvements accomplished, and advancement in national prosperity
effected in the course of the last third of a century. Such happy
results testify highly to the merits of the Government and to the
character of the Chilian people.

COCHRANE--DUNDONALD.
London, Nov. 5, 1857.

_Letter from the Supreme Director of Chili, approving all I had done in
Peru. This letter was written in English, in which tongue His Excellency
was by no means unversed, having, in early life, had the advantage of a
few years spent at Richmond; a circumstance which, in after years, gave
to his mind an English tone, elevating him far above the then
narrow-minded men by whom, unfortunately for Chili, he was surrounded
and thwarted._

Most secret and confidential.
Santiago, Nov. 12, 1821.
My Dear Friend Lord Cochrane,

Capt. Morgell, the bearer of this, has delivered to
me the despatches sent by you in the _Ceransasee_, together with your
interesting notes, Nos. 1 to 9, dated 10th to 30th of September
last; as also the documents to which they are referred. I have read
them, with great attention, but have always felt just indignation
against the ungrateful course pursued towards Chili, which can only
be tempered by the pleasure which I feel in reading the dignity,
good judgment, and knowledge with which you knew how to sustain
your rights, and those of this Republic.

It was my wish that this reply should not be in writing, but
personally, and with embraces of approbation for all that you have
said and practised under the difficult circumstances detailed in your
private and official letters; but as the great distance in which you
are fro