The Sun.
London, England, 1824-06-11 00:00:00

oterl.l
tnent that its importance and the respec-
tilt
bow Yof its authors entitle it to. We cannot,
e"r, say that the arguments by which the
etiti
oners endeavour to support their prayer are
then sound in themselves, or that they throw
4 ,Inew light on the interesting question which
occupied so much of the anxious attention of
ajesty's Ministers. If the South American
atps
have indeed (le facto established their incle-
`llCP) their recognition by Great Britain,
:gh it might have the effect of enlarging our
a 44 inercial relations with them, could not give
4! security to the British property
thae44,Y embarked in South American commerce
1,4 that which it already possesses in the al-
tli stability which the new Governments have
1;i:c/o acquired. If, on the other hand, the
11413 States of South America are actually in
fß..ger of being overthrown, by the united ef-
vrti of external hostility and internal defection,
vir
mere recognition by Great Britain will not lie
'eta to preserve for them that independence
I :
,ich is acknowledged to rest on bases so
Icarious and insecure. If the merchants of
1.:4!"Pool and London had memorialized Go.
wirkrtent on this subject twelve months ago,
iileteti THE SUN Stood almost alone in recorn-
rictiding the instant recognition of Spanish Aisle-
-4) it is possible that their representations
1:41d have been successful, and it appears to us
he
almost certain that our recognition then
Buhl have been decisive in favour of the new
totes, by permanently uniting- all parties in
'4llerica under a system to which the public
.N,ction of Great Britain would have given so-
14i
h 4 2-. Y. Now, however, the parties in South
)'"ica are preparing for a renewed conflict,
iteked on one side by the expeditions from
Il
'lin, and fomented by all the artifices and cor-
•qt•
thh lons that have been for some time played off
Ali, by the arrent of Franccane and f the Holy
11ce• T
10'0 his new conflict not o►now be pre-
ed by our interferent:e, unless indeed we
lye
to the extremity of declaring war against
;t 41% for the purpose of intercepting and de.
kli•lg the hostile armaments ; and, as the re-
i3" al the protracted and re-invigorated struggle
ih at :Jest doubtful, it appears to be necessary
" Great Britain should await the issue, unless
ite •
,)111 nod), to join one side in a party war.
'4„B thnourable the Commons of the United Kingdom, in
Parliament assembled.
IlePetition of the Undersigned Merchants of the City of
th London
vaarl'elveth, That your Petitioners are engaged in trade with the
Tit,ries in America formerly under the dominion of Spain.
d. entire extinction of Spanish authority in the greater
ef that Continent, and the encouragement by the Govern-
that a: ai home, induced your Petitioners to embark in
.e'tiensive commerce, with full confidence that it would
ko'lve the most complete protection, and ultimately prove
TO beneficial to themselves and the country at laTge.—
‘, keasures adopted by Government most decisively
~I('llttrated the anxiety to acquire and secure this inter-
putle• In the Sessiob of 1322, an Act of Parliament was
'ed. cap. 43, authorizing the importation of goods the
ts Ph, production, and manufacture of" any country or place
krarrica, being or having been a part of the dominions of the.
th,.,._ngtf Spain," either in British ships, or in ships the built of
o"'e ountries. In the following year, Consuls were appointed
sh,Proseed to the ports thereof, and subsequently there has been
itl7,_e public the declaration of his Majesty's Government, that
tare
opinion 6' the recognition of such of the new States as
ta,e established, the facto, their separate political existence,
;tot be much longer delayed."
ii_four Petitioners further humbly represent, that many mil-
L'ils of capital have already been embarked in this trade ; that
`youth ccrasscial establishments have been formed, both in
ut America and at home; and that past experience afibrds
strongestvie ground for believing that this commercial inter-
:urse will admit of great extension, the reciprocal demand
ter the productions of the respective countries being constantly
ticreasing,
.Your Petitioners consequently find themselves greatly ern - ,
Zrrassed by those countries remaining " without any recog-
Political existence." Not a week passes but they are
*,ed with rumours of the most alarminif kind, involving
04 proceedings in doubt, hesitation, and 'distraction ; and
Levously destructive- of that confidence so essential to the sue-
of all commercial undertakings.
ta dour Honourable House must be well aware that no corn-
vVal intercourse can be permanently carried on with security
advantage to those concerned, if it is rendered liable to
ctuation by constant alarms of political changes, necessarily
producing sudden and excessive alterations in tie value of the
1
r22erty embarked.
surikhat your Petitioners are enabled to state, and to prove
taequivecally to your Honourable House, that in the several
Ites of Colombia, Buenos Ayres, and Chili, there does not
each State
the smallest vestige of Spanish dominion in any shape ;
ke'" State enjoying its own separate and independent Govern-
ilt, free from all interference of a hostile force.
lx:;lhat the revolution which has produced this alteration in the
4'161 condition of these countries, has now been in progress
oi,Years. In Buenos Ares, there has not been a Spanish sol-
e,,,;111 hostility for eight years ; in Chili, there has been none
tii;„'?ur vears ; and in Colombia the third Annual Constitu-
Cal Congress is now sitting. In none of these states does
ere exist any party or persons in possession of power or autho-
excepting the constituted Executive Government.
Oar Petitioners, therefore, humbly submit that these states
have established de facto their separate political existence, and
are, according to the practice of nations in former instances,
th to be recognized as independent Governments ; hut
able ey
Would not have presumed to have addressed your Honour-
s,'e Rouse on a question of this nature, if the continued delay
41 recognizing this political existence did not produce the most
4trirnental consequences to the commercial transactions in
ich they are concerned.
p 4. our Petitioners, therefore, most humbly pray that your
'enourable House will take this question into its serious con-
' Veration, and adopt such measures as to its wisdom may seem
d`, fromoing the immediate recognition of the indepen-
...enceor of such of the States of South America as have, de facto,
'tablished the same.
And your Petitioners, as in duty bound, will ever pray, &c.

are enabled to give a positive contradie-
ti
, °II to the subjoined paragraph. Government
a(me received no such intelligence as is alleged:—
)4 Our own a4vices from Panama led us to expect that the
omn . C -Landers in Peru, LA SERNA and CANTERAC,
're, likely to make common cause with 13oravArt, and pro-
claim the constitutional independence of their country. we
understand that intelligence has reached our own Government
43i this event having actually taken place. The next arrivals
1. 2.°1-n that quarter, therefore, may be expected to bring import_
ant and decisive news.—( Courier.)

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The following paragraph appeare,_
.in the'
ones of this morning ; and TIIE SUN is " the
Evening
Paper" to which it alludes. In ex-
Planation, we have only to say that we did not
'deny that•the information had been received from
Colombia, but that we asserted, what is " most
110sitively" true, that the presentation of the snuff
foxes
had not been authorised by our Govern-
ken
g," We copied recently from an evening paper, a contradiction
41, the fact that the British Commissioners in Colombia had
.'arriViceed presents-President of snufF e find, however, that -boxes from the Kin to the resident
!Id . Huff t here is nPo
autho-
ZtY for the contradiction, and that the fact (as we stated it) rests
"" the most positive information from Colombia."

We learn that several of the Continental Go-
!errnnents have lately manifested a strong wish to make them-
;lives thoroughly acquainted with the situation of the Catho.
Its of Ireland, and that a translation of the able Treatise of
th'. Scu Ly, on tke subject of the Penal Laws affecting
ell, into the Russian language, is at this moment in progress.

M3rtantile letters have been received in town
from Aio de Janeiro to the IGth of April. This corre-