The Sun.
London, England, 1824-08-05 00:00:00

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Lisnow, JULY O.—To-day w present to
our readers the Speech of his Britannic Majesty, on closing the
ession of Parliament. With the exception of the conyuloeti
state of a part of Ireland, to which his illajelty alludes, all the
rest of the speech shows the state of peace and increasing pro.
sperity of the British nation.

Some English Journals, animated only by the thirst of gain
which the idea of the separation of the itiovinces of .Sottili.
America from the mother countries in Europe hold out to them,
are amazed at not finding in his Majesty's Speech any allusion
to the subject of the recognition of the independence of those
States, which they eagerly expected ; and their impatience
breaks.out Into unjust complaints and satires.. • -•
These are the same journals that murmured because the
English Government reftised to prt'cipitate Great Britain into
a continental war in ]}rope, to support the impotent patty of
the Cortemtit'Spen, which was afterwards treated by these very
journals with the most insulting epithets, and with the most re-
markable inconsistency, pronounced, to be the most contemptible
of the human race, for not having defended with more heroism -
the City ef -(.liliz, in which, they had ehut themselves up. The
English Government, by its prudence end wisdom on that oc.
castor), deliVered Great Britain front \vai in'filtielt..;. at least,
it would have been opposed by. the will end the eflortteof the •
principal part of the population of the Peninsula, as the event
proved.
The most distinguished end sound part of the British nation
knows how to appreeiate the good fortune of having escaped
from' the manitold temptations of the disorganizing faction
which moved heaven and earth to draw England into its ruinous
contest. The English Gov: rnment • gave a great mint' of its
witelont mid firmness on this.ocCasion s it showed find it knew
Spain better than those wl:o sought to involve it in that war;
and the British nation has every reason, as well as the people
of the Peninsula, to praise and bless the moderation and fore-
sight of the Government which saved Europe from a cruel war,
and flerm a renewal of those miseries which • it cost so much
blond (English as well as that -of other nations) tte terminate.
It is the same wise and prudent policy which new induces
the British Government to resist ell the incitement% of these
same advocides of cause of " Liberty and Equality," now
Invested with the specious title of the Independence of America,
and gilded with the seducing hopes of a commerce which shall
transifomi the stones Of the streets of Great Britain into gold
and diamonds. Thin policy, which prevents the British Go-
vernment from interfering in the measures which the nations of
the Peninsula are taking to put down rebellion in their triune
•A dantic shwninions, rifler having conquered it at home, la that
which justice prescribes; and the propriety of notyrecipitating
a measure which would be as contrary to the relations of peace
anti good neighbourhood with the mother countries of Europe
(of touch greater weight, in a political view, than the unform-
ed and distant new States of South America), as if the latter
should think fit to recognize the independence of Ireland, or of
any other part of' the British empire which should be in a dis-
turbed state, merely because it might ste:l„, the political or com-
mercial interests (tithe State which should choose to act in this
manner, anti even without first giving time to the States of Eu.
,rope to maintain their political riglite by means of persuasion or
'three' which they have been prevented from employing by
,the
political convulsions from which they have not been delivered
till within less titan a year.
Besides this, the state of things which Is elreatly manifesting
itself in various parts of those deeolated countries, shows how
much reason there it to dietrost first appearances, Always dis-
figured by enthusiasm ; and how much snore agratable to the
interest of Great Britain is the policy recommended by its wise
Ministers, precipitating nothing, leaving circumstances to be
matured by the course of time, and by the series of -events,
which are the best guides of the true policy of nations. Mean-
time, nothing prevents British commerce front continuing
its peaceful relations with those States, the recognition of whose
independence would certainly not increase the metudof causing
the private right of the English merchants to be More respected
in their commercial transactions with these people, titan in the
present state in which those stations exist.
Experience .proves how quick the step from a ramie re-
cognition to an intimate alliance, and the consequences of such
an alliance are incalculable. A precipitate step is net always
easy to be retraced, and its influence almost always' 'extends
further than is desired, or than can be afterwards remedied.--
At all events,,the recognition of the independence of a State
.which hes not yet received from time the necessary selidity,.
and which really does 'tabs, knoW its own situation, would be an"
absurdity, broken); at the question in the most favourable light,
since such to mognition of independence would be only saying
to the recognise this state as independent, so far as
it can defend itself against that of which formerly, it constituted'
an integral part ; .and thin declaration which i norkg.is not de."
signed to restrain the frau exeretsu of the. political rights of the
diplomatic Sovereign over it."
By what we perceive in the speeches in the English Par-
liament, we must-believe that the great and prevailing policy
by which its Government is guided in this-matter, as it was its
respect to the first of which we spite, ie that 01)0(3;4106;00d
understanding with all nations ; this heing the best calculated
to secure to it the immense benefits which,--it„topl Awns de,
ri ye. fr6oh thit•etteelleince,of its In OOPS, rpnP to, A great mass
0(14 pitiluct ire capital, front Its commeretal trim its.
.exteneve navigation,. and from the immenee superiority of its
manufactures, which must neceiniarily open to It all the markets
in the WOll4l, whether it recognisee or does :not recognise the
independence of this or that political Government.