The Sun.
London, England, 1825-11-14 00:00:00

THE LONDON.JOURN.ALS.

DAILY
Extracts from the Morrie g Papers, N 6.1). 14 , 1825.

[THE TIM CS.I
The presentation of Mr. IftlRT Ano at Court,
on Friday last, completes our alfiance with the
South American States, and severs for ever' the
chain of dominion which hound them to. the
Spanish Monarchy. The arms of " our kingdom
of America and the Indies" may be emblazoned
for some time longer in tire escutcheon of Castile,
but they will imply as little real authority, as
the lilies of France latelv did in the shield of
England. A new State has been brought within the
system of European diplomacy ; and whether it
crosses the path of the old Courts, or revolves,
without disturbance, in a concentric orbit, its se-
parate existence and independent movement are *r.
equally assured. We are not informed whether
any Spanish Envoy appeared at Carlton Palace
on Friday, nor is there, we believe, one in Lon.
don; but had Ferdinand been able to obtain a
little more of our money to buy the Court dresses,
and to support the diplomatic charges of such
an agent, it must have been very amusing for
him to have met a Minister for Colombia
in the ante-chamber, or to have seen his
gracious reception in the Royal State-room.
Though, strictly speaking, the presentation of M r.
Hortado at Court only crowns the recognition. of
one of the new Republics, it establishes the in-
dependent rights, and decides on the separate
existence of the whole. Questions of minor im-
portance may remain to be settled between us
and some of them—accidental circumstances may
accelerate or retard the arrival of political en-
voys, but the great measure of acknowledgment,
so far as principle is concerned, is now complete,
and Mexico, Buenos-Ayres, Chile, and Braiil,
may enjoy as soon as they please the privileges of
Colombia. The Ministers of the Holy Alliance
are thus not only compelled to learn the galling
truth, that we have sanctioned American revolt
by our avowed friendship and pledged support,
but are condemned to meet on equal terms in
official circles, and even in the Royal presences
the diplomatic agents of those States whom they
still dare to represent as ,bodies of insurgents
or desire to punish as bands of traitors. Such a
condition of things cannot last long. The cor-
dial alliance of the North American United.
States and of Great Britain with these Republics
must for ever annihilate all apprehension of dan-
ger from the Continent of Europe ; and the
Congress of Panama will set them equally at ease
respecting any renewed attack, either of diplo-
macy or arms on the part of Spain. We may
therefore expect, in the course of the next twelve
months, that the members of the Holy Alliance,
seeing that a political abstraction can no longer
be maintained against a pcsitive fact, will hasten
to avail themselves of those commercial arlial.
tages to which we have been admitted long ago
by the practical wisdom and liberal spirit of our
Government. —We cannot conclude these
very general remarks without congratulating
Mr. Canning on his being master of the
ceremonies at this new reception ; and if
we feel any regret, it is - only that this
•is the first instead of being the second time of
his appearance in that character. • Buenos-Ayres,
as being the first-born of Arrn•rienn inde-
pendence, ought to have taken precedence a
Colombia in British recognition ; and this Pro-
bably would have been the case, had not a bon,
mot occurred to the witty mind of our Foreign
Secretary, about " half an Ambassador," as ap-
plicable to Mr. Rivadavia, who was at the same
time acknowledged a whole plenipotenjiary, and
Who, as such, had subscribed a whale name W a
whole treaty a few days before, by the side of
the signature of the Right lion. Gentleman him.
self. Mr. Canning will forgive us for re-minding
him, that the friendship of a nation is of more
value than the joke of a Minister, however good.

[THE PUBLIC LE-DGEIId
According to an On dit in a Paris Paper, of
Friday, one of the very first proceedings of the
Spanish Government, after the dismissal of M.
Zea Bermudez, was the resumption of the old
and frantic scheme for the re-conquest of its ci-
(levant Colonies in America. According to an-
other rumour from the same source, a Spanish
Officer of rank had, on his return from a diplo-
matic mission to the French capital, passed
through Bourdeaux on his way to Spain, where
he expected to be appointed to the command of
the expedition, which sailed some time since
from Ferrol for the Havannah. In this account
the numerical strength of the armament is esti-
mated as high as twelve thousand men ; and
if the rest of the statement be,equally-ac.
curate, it deserves a conspicuous place amongst,
the recent official notes of the Court of Madrid
on the subject of South America. The sum
of 90 millions of reels (about 900,0001. sterling)
is also said to have been placed at the dispostri
of the new Commander; but how so large a.surn
has been raised is discreetly omitted. We are
further assured that the ultimate destination of
the troops is Mexico, and that the most sanguine
expectations of success are entertained in conse..
quence of the disaffection pervading Mexico, to
the new order of things. That the people of
that country are excessively discontented with
their present lot, will be very readily believed,
when it is considered that it is an exchange for-
, the tutelary dominion of Spain and the paternal.
rule of her Monarch. In the annals of the world;
it would be difficult to find an instance of greater
mildness and liberality than the Colonial po-
licy of Old Spain ; and it will be therefore
easily credited that the late Colonies are literally
dying with impatience to see it re-esta-
blished, What is a free trade, with an unre-
stricted intercourse with the rest of the world, to-
the honour being reckoned amongst the vassals of
that paragon of Sovereigns, the present King of
Spain I The additional enjoyment of independ-
ence, based upon principles of liberty, is abso-
lutely worthless, compared to the blessings of
every kind that had flowed in upon the inhabir
tants of South America, during the three cenl.
turies that they enjoyed Spanish protection. -
Therefore the project of
_replacing them in their