The New Hampshire Gazette Newspaper, September 10, 1762, Page 1

\ \ . _ FRIDAY, THE New-Hampfhire ¢85 i Containing the Frefbefi Advices, Having in dar lap’ Paper given fome general Account of the Kingdom of SPAIN, the . Manner of the Spaniards Commemoration * of Good Friday, and the Proceffion of the Holy Sacrament, we procecd— THEY have Sail-cloth extended .;_cr.fs. ‘& the Sereens, . from éihe,-fréps of the . "Houfés on one Side to thofe on the other,throughall thofe Parts where they are to goin Proceffion. This is a neceffary Pre- caution againtt the extreme Heac of cheSun. The'Praceflion being over, in the After- noen they go to the Play,; the Subject of which igatways religious ; and they are ac- ¢ed in the Streets, Squares, or the Coarts “belonging to thie Haufe of fome Prefident of aConcil ;: And thefe Plays are called Aulos [acrameniales, dnd are exhubited by Day-light evecy Afternoonyat the Expence _ of the Chy, for the Space of a Month. - ( The people work, and keep open Shops every Day in the Year, except it be upon Eafter Sunday, Good Fridayand ac the time of a Bull-feaft, R Coach boxesin Spain are quite in Difufes the Coachman always riding, upon . one of theWheel horfes, and the poltilion a5, ufual, ‘yher Life, Duke PQlivarez, whole hich ‘Cuftem, it is faid, was occafioned by Pbillip the Fourth’s %‘Tfh Minifter the . whofe Coachman, having overhead fome Secret of Importance, blab- bed or revealed it, e W They always travel upon their. Mules 3 their Coaches allo are generally drawn by Mules 3 which are much ftronger, hardier, and furer-footed Bealts than Horfes, which are more proper for War, and to take the Air, and parade in the Streets with. * The Perfon ofa Quéeen of Spain is held fo facred, that it muft not be touched by any Man, but the King, tho’ it were to fave Ang when the King dies, the is never permitted to marry again; . When hisAffection for hisMittrefs ceafes, the muft go into a Convent. And if the King hagioricz honoured a Pad fo much as 3 8 Nage 1< to crofs hisBaely, it is never to be ufed again, by any-Body elfe. For whichRealon,Pbilip IV. refufed to accept of a fine Horfe that was offered to him, it being a Pity, in his Opinion, that fo fine a Creature thould be- come ufelefs, The King’s natural Children are not per- mitted to come to Madrid, during the Life of the Father. ' No Women is allowed to ftay above 2 Day and a Night in an Inn, unlefs fhe can give very good Reafons for it. « All foreign Merchants both in Spain and _ (Portugal, are obliged to keep their Books in the Language of the Country. ‘ Horfes and Mules are not allowed to be exported. + Mafters are not permitted to frike their Domefltics with a Stick ; but they may cor- rect them with the Flat of their ‘Swords that being not difhonourable. Even Beg- ' pers are treated with Civility : Such is the Politeffe and Pun&ilio of chat Nation ! i “The lalt’born of Twins is reckoned the . eldeft ; being fuppoled to have exilted frft. Serremyre ¥e. 1762, . - . 1f the Daughter of any.Perfon (however greator rich he may) is-determined to mar- ry, the Parents cannét hinder Her ; forupon her acquainting the . Curate of the Parith with her Refolution, he puts herinte fome Convent : And;- provided: the Perfon to whom fhe propofes'to be married be a ' an, the Pareatsare obliged to give her a Portion proportionable to- thier Cir- cumftances. : When they wait upon their Vifitors to their Doors, theMafter of the Houfe walks firft ; looking upon itasa Point of Civility to leave his Friend in Poffeffion of ic. .1 (hall conclude this Article with a moft remarkable Privilege, that formerly belong- ed to the People of the Kingdom of Arra- gom: Tt relates to the Terms and Conditi- ons upon. which they choofe their Kings. The Form was asfollows : **Nos, que va- ¢ lemas tauto como vos, os bazemos mefiro “ Reyy Semor, con tal que guardeis nuefiros $ fueros y libertodes. Simo,mo.”’ wviz. *“*We, ** who are as good as you, make you our ** Lord and King, provided you maintain ¥ our Rights and Liberties, If not, no.” They enjoyed thisPrivilege till about the - End of the EleventhCentury * When they were deprived of it by King Pedro I, - ... SpA1n, )in which. Portugal may be'com- prehetided) is boufided by the bay of Bifcay on the N. by the Pyrebean mountains, which feperate it from France, on the N.E. by the Mediterranean fea on the S.E. and by the Atlantic ocean-on the W, lying be- tween 10 degrees W, and 3 degrees E.lon, and between g36and 44 degrees of N. lat. being about 700 m. in length from E. to W, and 500 in breadth from N. to'S. ; The King of Spain’s dominions are the largeft that are poffeffed by any one mon- arch ; fo extenfive, that, asone of his pre- deceflors boafted, the fun never fets upon them all. Befides his territoriesin Europe, he poffeffes ‘the beft part of Americas a fine, rich countfy, the provinces where- of lie contiguous, and extend 6000 miles and upwards in length from N. to S. He is fovereign alfo of thofe rich and nu- merous iflands S. E. of the coalt of China in Afia, called th&Philippines, from whence he imports ail $§8¥rich merchandife of the Eaft ; and in Africa he is mafter of Ceuta, Oran; and feveral other places of confe- quence on that coaft. i T be K. of Spain is an abfolute prince ; for tho’ every province almoft was govern- ed by its peculiar laws about 300 years ago, which could not be repealed or fufpended but by the confent of the ftates ; nor could the King raife taxes without their concur- rence ; they have ‘now loft thefe privilegess or rather, their great: men bartered them away, and foldithemifelves and their “pofte- rity to the crown; ‘and now the cortes or ftates, which' confift of the nobility, clergy, and reprefentatives of the commions, only meet to-confittn and record the decrees of the court, which will compél their concur- rence if they fhould refufeic. . +The crown.defcends to the-eldeft fon of the King, and, if there be no fons, to the MB. 310 '[W!zxq fince'this Parrx - wis firft Pablifh’d. 3 2. ; : - 5 3 » Foreign and Dimefick. . femalesaccording to their feniatitys and‘che reigoing " prince feems to have a power of devifing it to what branch of the royal fa- mily he pleafes, if he has no iffue ; a¢ leaf® the title of the fate King Philip, Duke of Anjou, depended on the will of his prede= cefllor, and he enjoyed it accordingly, nore withftanding the royal family offrance had -relinquithed their claifn to_that érown by folemn treaties.’ The K. of Spain'is never crowned, « like other fovereigns, { the Coftes or States affemble, and re- cognife his title, at his acceffion ; which i all the ceremony ufed on his advancement to the throne. Spain is naturally well defen= ded, being furrounded by fea and the py-. rean mountains 3 however, the King has o late kept up a ftanding army of 40,000 men, when he was in full peace, and pro- bably has three times that number in arms when he is at war, = This prince alfo has very much improved his navy, being able to fit out aconfiderable fleet of men of war tho’ he has fo much occalion for them in diftant parts of the world, that we have fcarce ever feen more than 30 men of waf in one fleet ; but thus much we have. feen to our coft, that they fight much better that we expected, and are not the con- temptible enemy they were fome few years ago. The royal revenue alfo has been much improved fince they have had a French prince upon the throne ; for fo much wig difpofed of formerly to unneceffary officets, that *tis faid not more than five millions per anaum fterling came into the King’s treafury : but how much the publick reve- nues are advanced, is not eafy to calculate: As to the religion of the country, theSpani- ards are the moft bigotted papiftsinEurope; and che Inquifition no where exercifes its authority with greater tyranny. Among their Diverfions on Feftivals and rejoycing Days, that of Taurizing, or the Fights of the Cavaliers with wild Balls, ix almoft peculiar to thisCountry,where young Gentlemen have an Opportunity of fhew- ing their Courage and A&ivity before theis Miftrefics, who ftand to view them at their Lattice Windows ; for the Ladies are never fuffered to appear in public, eithep before or after Marriage; unlefs it be a¢ Church, and then they are veiled ; even ag a play they are inclofed in Lattices, and fkreened from theSight of men. And there is one oddCuftom ftill prevails, which was introduced by the Moors, and that is, the Ladies fitting crofs-legged on Carpets, while the Mafter of the Family fits in a Chair, and -dines at a Table. The Men drink very little Wine in Spain and. the Ladies ufually confine themfelves to Water, or Chocolate. = Afrer Dinner the Spaniards always fleep ; the Evening is the Time for . Diverfion, when they feldom fail to take the frefh Air 5and Lovers - often ferepade their Miftrefies with. Vocal and Inftrumen~ tal Muiic gredr pare of“the Nighe. “ * The Kevenues of the Crown arififg in Spaimare computed atFiveMillions Sterling per Ann. & have beea much improv’d {ince the Acceflion. of the' Houfe of Bearben.