The Sun.
London, England, 1825-02-03 00:00:00

LTIIE PUBLIC LEDGER.]

The accounts which have been received of late
from the theatre of War in Peru, through the
United State..., has been remarkable for its con-
tradictory character, and in some instances, for
is ilful nrisrepreser►iatious We mention this,.
merely to put the Eoglish Public on their guard
against the intelligence derived through that
channel ; and this caution is the more neces-
sary, in consequence of a :jealous feeling to-
wards the Ne 4. States, which lurks behind
the professions of good will that the Public Press
of .tbe''United States is generally in the habit
of, making in favour of the former. A portion of
that Press is fully as sceptical witl► regard to the
ultimate triumph of the Independent cause, and
equally as readylirpublish'sinister news, as the
Government .PresS of France, or even The Ma-
drid Gazette. We can only account for this
feeling upon two principles—one, a prin-
ciple of -discontent at the very close inti-
macy subsisting between the New States and
England-;--the other, a jealousy of the high
destinies, that, in all probability, await one and
all of the New States. Such are their vastly su-
perior advantages of climate and soil, that, in
the course of a very few years their prosperity
will probably eclipse that of the United States.
The time is not far off, when the latter shall cease
to constitute the centre of that political system ;
and, instead of running a course of rivalry with
Old England, will be obliged to use all their
energies to maintain a respectable rank amongst
the Powers of their own Continent.

[MORNING HERALD.]
Monday's Paris Papers arrived last night. A
Madrid article in one of them states the fact
that a note, communicating the recognition of the
South American Governments, has been present-
ed to the Spanish Ministry, and to the Foreign
Legations at Madrid—with the sensation created
by this circumstance. It `appears to have thrown
the former into consternation—and to have made
the latter exceeding wroth—so much so that ap-
prehensions were entertained of a war between
some of the Great Powers of the Continent—and
it is intimated that an unusually close union sub.
sists between France and Russia. The Envoy
Extraordinary of the Emperor of Russia now
in Paris is said to be charged with a special mis-
sion to concert with France the means of sus-
taining tyranny in Spain, and excluding English
influence, as well as counteracting the supposed
designs of England upon the Spanish colonies.—
France, indeed, is said to have secured special
advantage for her ships, in the ports of Cuba and
in Porto Rico, and every other part of the
Non-Insurgent Spanish Colonies. In Spain,
too, the French are, to all appearance,
taking fast hold, by fortifying Cadiz to a
degree of strength, it is said, equal to Gib-
raltar ; a precaution unnecessary, and even
absurd with reference to mere temporary occupa-
tion. But we give these statements as the spirit
of the French Journals rather than as matters
deserving implicit credit. In the mean time
Spaniards, high and low, are crowding to what is
called the Junta of Purification, in order to clear
themselves of all suspicion of liberality—as they
would of all suspicion of the plague—in order
to qualify for public offices, places, and pensions.