The Sun.
London, England, 1826-07-13 00:00:00

ANT ARIAN, the Vice-Presictent of Colombia, is
said to be the cause of the step'
4Ez, who accuses SANTANDF 'taken by General•
the source of justice, and pens .R of having poisoned
Jrted the administration
to his own purposes. SANT
'the Vice-Presidency,• but tr ANDER offered to resign
posal almost unanimously
4e Congress refused the pro
of acceptingn-
, isresw . .
at• ' five votes only being in favour
-Address to the Vey
.on. It appears that PA Ez in his
the time appointed .iezuelans, wishes to anticipate
C
by placing Venez. for the grand convention of 1831,
olombia. Fr, aela at . once on the same footing as
Vice-Presider .; is evidently jealous of SANTANDER'S
the office of icy, and seeks to out-do him, by filling
state. President in a neighbouring independent
le country was tranquil at the above date.
• (From El Colombiano.)
We CARACCAS, MAY 10.
10. have received advices from Bogota, dated April
From the Gazetla de Colombia we have the import-
law respecting the new organization of our custom-
ir regulations, and congratulate the country on this
.road upon long established prejudices, and all the obscu-
rity and chicanery of Spanish policy.
MAY 20.—Yesterday morning arrived in Caraccas his
Excellency Gen. Paez, accompanied 'oy the members of
the illustrious municipality, and a very numerous and ra-
spectable body of the inhabitant s, The air resounded
with shouts—" Vlva la Rep:;6liaa—viva Bolivar--viva
Paez." Immediately on the., arrival of his Excellency, the'
following proclamation wejs issued
:
Inhabitants of Vell:ezuela!—The free voice of the
• people has conferred, on me the charge of the supreme
command of the 'civil and military administration. Un-
-:mindful of my p-ersonal situation, the state of the country
alone demands my attention. Our enemies congratulate
themselves cal this event, and presume us to be once '
more in thei r power. They deceive themselves, and will
find us as r'eady to repel them as we have ever been.—
Self-prese ovation is the supreme law; this it is that has
dictated tco us the measures which we adopt, and which
are reco riled in the municipal acts. The public will be
inform, .1d of all through the medium of the press. Mean
-while it is sufficient to know that the laws reign, and that
all riarantees shall be respected,—in a word, every thing
virhilA is not inconsistent with the step we have taken.
she'll remain as heretofore.
The people were oppressed by a bad Administration,
-and sighed for the remedy of their grievances. This very
cause has afforded us the opportunity, and we have pro-
fited by it, 'seeking the remedy in the Constitution itself.
We are resolved to, accelerate the moment appointed for
the grand 'ci-invention.which was to have taken place in
1831. Tht Liberater and President shall be an arbitrator.
and mediator, and he will not turn a deaf ear to the im-'
portunAt;ies of his countrymen.
Oiar peculiar situation calls on us to arm. Threatened'
at 'one and the same time by our common enemy from
of road, and by the machinations of self-interested persons,
we should be imprudent in the extreme if we did not
assume a becoming attitude.
The power which you have conferred on me is not
designed to:oppreirs, but to protect you and secure your
liberty. I abet! always consult the opinions of sensible
men, and exeeute their wise resolves.
JOSE ANTONIO PAEZ.
Head-quarttrs in Canteen May 19, 1826.
(The same number of the Colombiano, contains the acts
of the municipality of Caraccas, dated IGth of May, in con-
seque'nce of the communication from General Paez, dated
Valencia, the 12th. This account recognizes the authority
Of Paez. It determines that a Commissioner shall be dis-
. patched to Bolivar, begging him to visit his native country,
diet he may use his influence with the other departments,
to convoke immediately the Grand Convention, which the
Constitution fixes for 1831; that the mode of effecting
this reform in brotherly love, and avoiding the horrors of
civil war, may he taken into consideration by that assem-
bly; and that he may apply the great experience which
he has acquired during the long period in which he has
guided the destinies of a great portion of the American
:world, in, communicating to us lessons of prudence and
wisdom—and become our teacher in the establishments of
our institutions. • The Act declares it necessary to invest
General Paez with authority for the maintenance •of
public - order and tranquillity; for raising armies for the
• defence of the country, and for preserving regularity
in the administration. This authority lie shall hold
as long as circumstances may require, under the title
of Civil and Military Chief of Venezuela.—These
circumstances, it is hoped, will change on the ar-
rival of the Liberator or so soon as it can be done
with security. The Venezuelan people shall be convoked,
in Order to deliberate on the form of government, mos
consonant with their situationt their customs and produc.
tions.)

MAY 24.
On Saturday, the 15th of this month, the
Vice-Presi-
dent offered by General Santander, of the office of Vice-Presi-
dent for the second Constitutional period, came before
AMP' ess. It was refused to be accepted almost utini-
"P.slY, only five votes being in favour o
The Congress of Colombia has passedfarleacwei,ving it
authorizing
the establishment of Ports of deposit for all kinds of goo 4
and merchandize. This law is founded on the advantages
derived not only to importers, by permitting the re-ex-
portation of such goods as do not find a ready
sale, with-
out the, payment of import duties and also
to the people
• in mend, who will thus be regularly providea with such
goods as they may require.
The Ports of deposit are on the Atlantic coast, Pue.r.cto,
Cabello gaud N
d Carthagena ;on the coast of the em
Guaya qui).
wombiano of this (late contains an ez"
tresrely long-letter from General Paez to General Bolivar,
Ing him an account of the causes which:hive led to the
ate the events in Venezuela. He says " I have the grief
to announce to your Excellency the important events
which have taken place in Venezuela, and which will be ever
severely felt by me, whatever may be their issue. The
even tenor .of our fundamental institutions is materially
affected by this change, and the people are prepared to de-
mend reform, which, by reconciling their interests, may
render their condition more solid and happy.
The insidious character of General Santander has poi-
soned the very fountain-head of administration, and the
legislative body blindly obeying his caprices, and con-
trouled at ,the same time, by some of its members, who
seek to sacrifice the labours of true patriots to their blind
resentment, ,had, by its deliberations, given effect to some
dark and maliciotis designs. The laws came to be considered
in Venezuela, as nets to entangle honest men, and the dark
policy of administration inspired general distrust of all that
came from Bogota,—(The General then enters into a detail of his own conduct, shows that he has hitherto preserved the
peace of th
of the e department of Venezuela, in spite of the
tire- vonsGovernment, and that if those have
bitherte, not caused any explosion, it was owing to the
mildness of his conduct towards some, and his energy to.
Wards others. He then shows, that it was absolutely no.:
cessary for him to retain the command by the desire of the
people, in order to prevent a general insurrection.) In con-
clusion, he says—Though all desire reform, they refer,
the nature of it to your 11
Excellency, and desire that
you should be the Arbitrator of their fate; all here consider
you 'ltatheir Father, and do not doubt that an illustrious
Son
ntinent of Colombia, wholes covered the greater part of this
'co with his glory, will consent to be a Legislator
for his immediate birth-place, after having given it inde-
pendence.
Come, then, your Excellency, in compliance with the
wishes of the people to perfect the work of your hands,
and secure the stability of the Republic.
god protect your Excellency many years.
JOSE ANTONIO PAEZ.

earaccas 24th Hay, 1826.

We
have received ilarbadoes Papers to the 22d
May. The following extract announces some recent