788 



ANNUAL REGISTER, 1805. 



tunate foreigner of this persuasion, 

 who, by sickness or other causes, 

 is obliged to remain here, after his 

 ship sails, is continually plagued by 

 the impertinent intrusion of a do- 

 zen of these pious fatliers, who, if 

 he can find no means of leaving the 



country, in 



general 



tire his pa- 



tience out in a few montlis, irJul, for 

 quietness sake, he consents to be 

 saved according to their receipt*. 



No foreigner is allowed to reside 

 here, unless he subsists by some me- 

 chanical trade, oris in the service of 

 the state; and, if it appear that 

 any idlers are Inclined to remain in 

 the colony by stealth, after suffi- 

 cient warning and opportunities to 

 get away7 they are arrested and 

 confined on Cobras Island, and 

 cither put on board their own coun- 

 try ships, that may touch here, or 

 sent to Lisbon as prisoners. 



Besides the religious buildings, 

 tlie other public edifices are, the 

 viceroy's palace, which forms one 

 side of a flagged square, fronting 

 the landing-place : contiguous to 



this, and nearly adjoining each 

 other, are the opera-house, the royal 

 stables, the prison +, and the mint. 

 The opera-house, which holds about 

 COO persons, is open on Thursdays, 

 Sundays, and most holidays ; the 

 pii'ccs performed are, indifferently, 

 tragedies, comedies, or operas, with 

 interludes and after-pieces : the, 

 dialogue is in Portuguese, but the 

 words and music of the songs are 

 Italian. The house is wretchedly 

 fitted up, the scenes miserably 

 daubed, and, where foliage is re- 

 quired, branches of real trees are 

 introduced, so that while the artifi- 

 cial scenery wears the gay livery of 

 summer, the natural sometimes pre- 

 sents the appearance of autumnal 

 decay. The viceroy is expected, by 

 the populace, to shew himself at 

 the theatre every night : on his en- 

 tering the house, the audience rise, 

 turn their faces towards his box, 

 and again sit down. In private 

 companies, no person sits while h« 

 stands, unless at his request ; thus, 

 unsocial formality is the price that 



greatness 



* In the library of the Autonian monks, we were shewn an English book, present- 

 od by Thomas INIuir, with the following Hues in a blank leaf; — 



Bibliothecffi 

 Ordinis, Saiicti Antonii fratrum 



Observantiaj sua; 

 Thomas Muir, de Hunters-hill, 

 Gente scholu*, anima orbis ferrarum civis 

 Obtulit. 

 O scholia ! 6 loiigum felix, longumque superba 

 Ante alias patria, Heroum sanctissima tell us 

 Dives opum fecuiida viris, hetissima canipis, 

 <Erumnus mcmoraic tuas summainque malorera uberibus: 

 Quis queat, et dictis, nostra xquare dolores 

 Et turpes ignominias, et barbara jassa 

 Et no8 patriie fines, et dulcia linquimus arva, 

 Et eras ingens iterabimur ajquor. 



Civitate Sancti Sehastiarii, 23 Julii, 1794. 



•f In passing the prison, strangers are disgusted with the sight of half-starved and. 

 naked prisoners, with iron chains, extending; from their necks to the pnson-door, 

 sufficiently long to skdoiit iheir ooining t^ ib^ f«ot-patU of the street, for the purpose 

 •f bagging. 



