Hijhrkal Chronicle. 



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The inhabitants of Spain have 

 been reduced, within J;he foace 

 of a, few centuries, from 20 to 

 7,000,000. Nothingcan be a grea- 

 ter proof of the wretchednefs 

 of it= government. By the fine- 

 nefs of its climate, and the ad- 

 vantages of its fituation, could 

 it enjoy the hleffings of fcience 

 and libc-rty, it would become 

 one of the moft enviable fpots 

 in tl.e univerfc. 



The Court of Spain, accord- 

 ing to report, have it in con- 

 templation to eftablifh a colony 

 at Trinidad, which is admired 

 as an earthly paradife, contain- 

 ing all the luxuries and con- 

 veniences of life. It is fituat- 

 ed in the Atlantic, oi- Ameri- 

 can Ocean, feparated from the 

 province of New Andalufia in 

 Terra Firma, by a narrow; ftrait, 

 called Bocca de Drago. In 

 the year 149 S, 't was difcovered 

 by Columbus ; in 1598, taken 

 by Sir Walter Raleigh ; in 

 i6;6, taken by the French, who 

 extorted from the inhabitants 

 89,000 pieces of eight, to fave 

 their houfes. It has for more 

 than a century remained in the 

 poflcflion of the Spaniards. 



Lijbon, Au^itjl 13. All fo- 

 reigners here, who have no 

 other refidence than innt, have 

 been fummoned before the 

 Corregid'jr, who has interro- 

 gated them refpcding their 

 names, their qualities, their 

 country, and their bulintfs. 

 Verbal proccfles have been 

 drawn up in conicquence of 

 the i.^format:on tiken, and or- 

 ders have been given to thofe 

 perfons, whcfe b ifinefs or in- 

 tentions were fufpefted, to de- 

 part the kingdom as foon as 

 Ooflible. We prcfumc that a 



fimilar procedure has taken 

 place in all the towns of Portu- 

 gal. 



By a letter from Hamburgh^ 

 dated 30th Auguft, we ai-e in- 

 formed, that the turbule;nt fpi^ 

 rit of Che times had ftjized the 

 inhabitants of that city. The 

 journeymen trades people were 

 inlifting for a rife of wage?^ 

 which being refifted, they be- 

 came fo tumultuous and difor- 

 derly, that the exertions of the 

 civil power were totally unable 

 to quell them, and therefore 

 the inilitary were obliged to be 

 called out and to fire upon 

 them, in confequence of which 

 one man was killed and fcveraL 

 wounded. The citizens were 

 under arms for three days and 

 nights, during which time 

 every kind of bufmefs was fuf- 

 pended, and nothing but riot 

 and confufion prevailed. When 

 the accounts came away, i>eace 

 and quietnefs vvpre reftored, 

 and people were refuming their 

 ordinary . employment. We 

 are happy to add, that the da- 

 mage done .is inconfiderable, 

 as the watchful attention of 

 the citizens and military pre- 

 vented any very flagrant adts of 

 violence and outrage. 



It is a faft worthy of notice, 

 that no rum or fpirits of any 

 kind were ufed on t>oard the 

 (hip Brothers, Capt. Joiiah, ia 

 his late voyage from Philadel- 

 phia to Canton. His men were 

 uncommonly healthy, and not 

 a life was loft between his 

 leaving the Delaware and his 

 return to it. The conftant 

 drink of his failors was fpruce 

 beer. Twenty years ago, it 

 was thought as Utopian to 

 think cf navjgati.ng a veffej 



