trade to South America, direct and indirect, may at present be estimated at from ten to twelve millions—a sixth part of such exports is taken by Guatemala,—not by the direct trade as entered at the British Custom-house, but through Belize, Jamaica, the Havannah, and even the United States.—It also appears beyond doubt that the direct British trade to South America has already increased nearly two-fold, by means of the new connexions formed with these republics.
MILITARY RESOURCES.
A country, which has never been engaged against a foreign enemy in active warfare, cannot be expected to possess a large military force. The army of Guatemala was never, like that of Colombia and others of the new independent states, compelled to take the field, in any considerable manner, against the forces of the Mo-
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was to be placed to the account of North and South America, chiefly the latter."—Speech of the Marquess of Lansdowne, 5th February, 1822.
