The Sun.
London, England, 1812-07-23 00:00:00

and ttiw7c of fish Wilich are
to tr64pical clered for
sattie spot. Help, in ascending from the ..1.1.0r0
of the d'ecaii to
.these elevated and" tpuperJte
regions, we experience in a short lapse of tinny
what seems to belong only to long intervals of
space; and paSs in a few hours from the torrid
to the finest cl4nates of the temperate zones.
" The
,population of Caracas -is upwards of
forty thousand, of which. about one- third are
whites. Among the remainder are a very iew
Indians; but the mixture of Indian blood is'ge-
neral. 'Almost ail tile. handicrafts are eprie6.
by freed-ineu of colour, are in general inge;
niuus, but indolent and indifferent to the highest
degree. They 'promise, without the smallest
tention of performinl.f, and appear perfectly tin-
mo.,7ed whcii reprciaehed with their falsehood.
The carge is the. only publ c institution for
education ; and hither all. ,the youth of Caracas 4
of the better classes, are seat for that purpoz4c;
A few common Latin authors, catechisms, are
the Lives of Saints,are the chief studies. A freil
mode of 11,,Inking is, however, rapidly spreading;
among the pmng nteo,and may hereafter produce.'
the most "unor'ini

‘,‘ The-:elevated situation of the Valley of Ca-1
racas, and the puriq'and lightness Of the air, havd
a material (4ct. upon the phySical and moral clia-
raettn of the iiAtabitants, and disti.uguish theni
adVantageously front •
the ,natives of the coast.
:As -the original - :Indians. here Were celebrated •
annyig the surrounding tribes, the same may b
affirmed of the present race of Caracas, that theY
are superior in activity and intelligence to the in-_
habit)ints of, most of the other towns in the pto-'
vince:" , - •

SURREY SESSIONS:JrLy 22.

John Insult was charged With.'e h'
in...tzz..l;
ng• Sly
10s. which •he bad received on account
masters, Messrs.. Horn and Pevey; in whose ser-
vice he luuthcen as collecting clerk for upwards.
of nine years. .The."l-icisoner pleaded guilty. Se"
veral respectablepersons gave the prisoner an t:4,!#
c, iicr:t character, as did his master, Mr. Devdyi
up to the time of his committing the offence :
on that ,account, and having a wife and five
infant children; he strongly reConnneußd him to
mercy.
The Chairman, Mr. JACKSON, in addressing the
prisoner observed, it. was evident from the cha-
racterjust given .of him, that in early life be h:l4 •
been an- estimable member of society, and it
' would be impossible to impress in a stronger
manner on his mind the felicity of virtue and the
misery of vice, than by desiring him to compare
his feelings at present with what they were pre-
vious to his departure from the path of honesty
It had uniformly been the practice of the Court,
to punish with severity breaches of trust cent'
!pitted by servants t4wards their employers ). but
in the
,present case, on account of the character
which had been given of the prisoner, and to e-TF:`.
commendation of. the prosecutor, they. felt tin'
willing to separate him from his family, by ,t)d-
ingshim out of the country. Consistently. -with
its duty to the public, however, the Coln,: could
not suffer. an offence of this magnitude to pa
without punishment, and therefore the sente.uce
'upon hiim was, that he should be imprison;! sis
months in the House of, Correction, and be kept'
to hard labour during that period.
. ,

The French have published a statement of what
they call their Army of Portugal,' the gig4regatc
of which is swelled to .11,500 men, includiog
5000 in garrisons and hospitals.
At Brentivood Fair, in Essex, on Monday and
Tuesday last, therewas the sMallest show of but'
lacks ever - remembered, and. those catsisting
chiefly of Irish steers. There were several drove-4
of Irish heifers, whichwent high. The few scotch.;
and North Wales runts that were bought the fir 4
day at nearly twenty shillings ahead beyond :the
prices ar Barnet.