The Sun.
London, England, 1812-03-07 00:00:00

COrnnany joining ill toe chant. In their hoUseg the
ladies play on the guitar) and generally accomptny
it with their voices. They either sit down On the
carpet Cross-legged, or 101 l on a sota. To stt upright
in a chair appeared to put them to great. inconveni,
ence, and althoug:t the better class would sometimes
do it on our first' introduaion, they soon demanded
liberty to follow their old habits. In their eating
and drinking they are remarkably tempera.e. Early
in the morning you receive a dish of chocolate-and
a cake ; at -twelve you dine on several dishes of meat,
fowls, and fish ; after which you have a variety of
conledionary, and indeed, an elegant desert; then
take a few glasses of wine, sing a few songs, and
retire to take the siesta, or afternoon nap, which is
done by rich and poor ; and about two o'cloc k the
windows and doors are' all closed, the streets desert=
ed, and the stillness of midnight reigns throughout.
About four o'clock they rise, wash, and dress, and
prepare for the dissipation of the night. About
eleven o'clock some refreshments are offered, but
few take any, except a. little wine and water, and a
little candied' sugar.
The Government. have multiplied the difficulties
for Europeans mixing with Creoles or Mestis, to
such a degree, that it is difficult. for a marriage to
take place. An officer wishing to marry a lady not
from Europe,:is obliged to find certificates of the
purity of her descent for two hundred years back;
and transmit theM to the Coutt, when the license
will be returned ; but should she be the daughter
of -a person of the rank of Captain or upwards, this
nicety vaniches, as their rank purifies the blood of
the descendants.

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The general subjects of the conversation of the
men are women, money, and horses, which appear
to be the only objeas, in their estimation, worthy
of consideration: Having united the female sex
with their money and their beasts, and treated them
too much after the.manner of the latter, they have
eradicated from their breasts every sentiment of
virtue, or of ambition, to pursue the acquirements
which would make them ami ible companions, in-
struetive mothers, or tespeClable members of so-
ciety: Their whole souls, with a few. exceptions,
like the Turkish ladies, are taken op in music,
dress, and the little. blandishments of voluptuous
dissipation. Finding that the, men only require
lithe§e as objeets of gratification to the sensual pas-
s'ons, they hwe lost every idea of the feast of rea-
son and the fitzw of soul which arise (tom the inter-.
course of two refined and virtuous minds, whose
inmost thoughts are open ro the inspection and ad-
tniration of each other, and whose refinements of
sentiment heighten the pleasures of every gratifica-
tion.

The beggarS of the city of Mexico alone are esti-
mated at sixty thousand souls—what must be the
number through the whole kingdom ? And wh2.t
reason can it be owing to, that, in a country supe-
rior to any in the woi Id for riches in _gold and silver,
producing all the necessaries of lite, and most of its
luxuries, there should be such a vast proportion of
the inhabitants in .VS-Itt of bread and clothing ? It
can only be accounted for by the tyranny of the
Government; and the luxuries of the rich ;- the Go-
vui nment striving by all the local restrictions- 'pos-
sibly to- be invented, without absolutely driving the
people to desperation, to keep Spanish America
dependent.ou Europe.

LAW REPORT.

COURT OF KING'S BENCH, GUILDHALL, MARCH 6.

LIBEL.
TILE KING V. 1). I. EATON.

This was an indictment against the defendant,
who is a Printer, long and extensively known in this
metropolis ; and the charge set forth in the Indi6l-
- wa4 for printing and publishing a book called
" The Third Part of the Age of Reason."
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL, in a very long-address
to the Jury,-stated the particulars of the case.' He
began by obderving, that he thought that age of
reason was arrived, when- no man would venture,
to utter and usher into the world any. more of the
mischievous and dangerous works of Tom Paine.
But sotry was he to say that an Englishman was
found despetate enough to perform the ta,k, and
to make himself amenable to the la.vs of his
country for so venturous a speculation. The Attor-
ney-General then read many obnoxious paragraphs
from the publication "in question, all of which, he
observed, were not only of a_ dangerous political
tendency, but, in a moral consideration, of infinite
detriment to society at large, particularly to that
part of it which constitutes the rising generation.
He added, that this-Third Part of " The Rights of
Man," as it was called, had made its first and se-
cond appearance in America and in France, and
after being banished ft-mu both, found its way here.
Witnesses were called to prove the printing and
the publication ; and here ended the case on behalf
of the Crown.

Mr. 'Eaton appeared as his own. advocate, and
addressed the Court and the Jury at considerable
length.
Lord ELLENBOROUGU summed up the case to the
Jury, commenting on the nature of the libel, and on
its general and particular tendency ; a.id after a
great variety of forcible remarks upon the subject
altogether, lett it to the Jury to say whether the de-
fendant, knowing the contents of this b: ok, and
conscious of its tendency, published it with that
consciousness for if they should be so of opinion,.
that then they should find him guilty ; if' other.
wise, they must acquit 'him of the charge alto-
gether.
The Jury took the book into the box, and' after
some-consultation, returned a verdiat of Guilty.

ALLEN V. rnicurs;

This case excited much curiosity during the day ;
there were several fashionable and elegAnt dressed
females M attendance to give their evidence. At
halt p..st-Ihree o'clOck the cause was called on, and
a Special Jury sworn.
Mr. GAmtow, Counsel -for the Plaintiff, stated,
he would not say one word on the case, as be and
his Learned Friend, Mr. Topping, who wai on the
same side with him, had a conference • with the
Counsel fur the defendant, who bad agreed that a
verdict should be. entered for the plaintiff for 2001.
The Jury accordrngly returned II verdict - for the
plainutf—damages 2001. and C 4.ts.
The parties, we understand, are most respectable.