Politics and literature, as well as the sciences of nature, claimed some part of the attention of contributors to the _Mercurio_. Dr. José Ignacio Moreno, a professor in the University of San Marcos, born in Guayaquil, published here certain of his discourses on various subjects: one of these was on freedom of worship; another treated of the supremacy of the pope; a third was a report concerning the creation of the bishopric of Junín. Dr. Moreno lived on beyond the limit of the colonial period, and, as a member of a patriotic society created in 1822, his discourses concerning a form of government for Peru produced great popular dissatisfaction; for he spoke in opposition to the general sentiment of Spanish America, which accepted the principles of democratic rule. He died in 1841. [Sidenote: _Mercurio_ suppressed] On one occasion at least the Amantes del país got into embarrassment through the freedom of their criticism. The Franciscan Antonio Olavarrieta, writing in the _Semanario_, undertook to treat of the public amusements, the dress, the balls, promenades, and receptions of Lima. Writers in the _Mercurio_ analysed Olavarrieta’s article, and made certain satirical allusions to the subjects treated, and their observations displeased many persons, who appear to have had influence with the authorities; for the number of the periodical for June 23, 1791, was suppressed. It was, however, replaced by another number of the same date. VI [Sidenote: _Telégrafo mercantil_] [Sidenote: The volumes of the _Telégrafo_]