MEMORANDUM. 



Lima, June 18^^, 1836. 



The attention of the British merchants and 

 residents in Peru is, hereby, requested to the 

 annexed copies of despatches upon the subject 

 of opening, through Panama, a direct commu- 

 nication between Great Britain and the Western 

 coast of South America. 



It will be collected from these despatches 

 that H. M. government has every disposition 

 to afford facilities for carrying this object into 

 effect ; but it must be manifest that, without 

 the active co-operation of the parties, who 

 would more immediately benefit by the pro- 

 posed arrangement, it cannot easily be realized. 



The British merchants and residents in Peru, 

 are therefore hereby invited, for their own 

 sakes, to furnish this Consulate General with 

 every information in their power respecting the 

 probable utility, practicability, and the most 

 convenient and least expensive method of 

 effecting a periodical intercourse between the 



