The Sun.
London, England, 1810-06-30 00:00:00

PROCLAMATION

OF THE SUPREME JUNTA OF CUMANA, ISSUED ON
28TH APRIL LAST.
THAT OCCASION,
The Supreme Junta of Government, established in
this _CapitalACht mune of his Majesty FEUDI:
NAND VII. (whom 'God 'iireserve), to its Inhabi-
tants, and to those of the Provinces of New An-
dalusia, and New Barcelona.

" People of Cumana--People of Bare,.lona--In-.
habitants who dwell on the soil of these provinces
of Is4few Andalusia and New Barcelona ; loyal and
beloved countrymen, listen and hive ear to the reasons
and. Causes from which has originated the, form of
Government recently inst I! wed—h.:tett and attend to
them, that if by chance there should be among you
any who, cl,ubting of the existence of such serious
encutnstances, disapprove, without sufficient leLe-
tion, of the plan, or from too much tirnidiy, think it
impracticable, or from want of iritormatiow supp(le
the respedable members whe c 4npose it not properly
authorized ; you may now come to the know-
ledge of facts, o( which the whole universe is and
has been witness; remain quiet in the hope, that
harmor,y, unanimity, and,all the social virtues being'
combined in the appointmeirs which lot m. the basis
of the edifice of our common security, we Shall ren-
der our names immortal, and hand down to our
posterity the enjoyment of peace and future felicity,

" You must have heard, since our beloved Sove-
reign Don FERDINAND the Seventh was proclaimed
King, the state of confusion with which Spain has
been overwhelmed for want of its lawful' head; you
must have also heard of the ruin and destruction.
caused to its inhabitants by the criminal and pertidi- •
pus GODOY, in intelligence with the Emperor of the
French, assisted by sonic of its 0:'11 us, naiural chil-
dren, ‘vlick, seconding the views of that ferocious
tyrant, did not stop to sacrifice their country by
every means in their power ; and hmilly, you are
not ignorant that the Central Junta of Government
of the King torn of Spain, -created in. . the natne of
our Sovetogn Lurd, FERDINAND the Seventh, has
dissolved itself in consequence irruptions of the
enemy, or whit is yet more certain, by the unfortu-
nate corruptioc and venality inherent to the ameriok

despotic government.
".• In this state of things, not being able to pre-
serve the country without a chief to govern it,
the provinces of America began to reflect on* the
best-mode of constituting a Government to preserve
themselves from the disorders attendant on anarchy,
and the invasion of the tyrant rand finally, some of
. them have established legal Congresses, by means
of the authority which, tliolugh vested by the
people in ;heir Kings, have, ueverthless, preserved
in their Cabildos a similar authority, which might
be brought into at in all cases of emergency,
and more especially in such a crisis as the present.
" One of the first which ha signalized itself on
this , occasion is the capital of Venezuela (Ca-
raccas), which, well aware of the melancholy
situation of affairs in Spain, and extinction of
its authority, determined, at once, on 'the wisest
and properest Measures to be .adopted, by. convokes
ing the Notable's of the Distri6t, and electing, by
suffrage, a certain number from the whole; to form
a Supreme-Junta, and, by suspending from their, re-
spective offices all these who held the principal em-,
ploy mews under Government i either because the.
'authority under which they were constituted Lavin&
ceased to exist, or
.because .their opinions being op.
Posed to those which we cherish, they were Consi-
dered hostile to the present order of things.
" This change has not been made by a tumultuous
mob, but by a wise, prudent, and deliberate convo-
cation. Do not imagine tlit although the-principal
authorities have been deposed, others have not been
appointed to nir their .places :—No the Govern-
ment has been changed as to individuals, bilt the le-,
gitnate authorities have been re-established, and ac-
knowledged in their ssuccessors.
" This important and urgent'determination has
been communicated by the wise Junta of Caraccas
to the Illustrious Cabildo of this city (and not to the
former Qovernor, Colonel Don EUSEBIO ESCUDERO,
-who has been deposed), and enjoining the necessity
of conspiring all to the same end, by coalescing to-
gether to work for the common cause. •

" The Cabildo, no less prudent than penetrated
by the natural impulsion which aauated tne minds
of those faithful people, immediately assembled to
decide on what was expedient to be done, in fol-
lowing so laudable an example; and having met in
congregation, in the Town-hall, all the individuals
who compose it, and many of the principal inhabi-
tams of the City, they there celebrated a solemn

Aet, by which the following persons were elected u