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cent behaviour entitled I them: to fome favour from, tho&:
who .were totally: abandoned, and obdurater |jj
13th.. Cornelius Gonnell, a» private in-the marine'll was^
according ;to the fentence. o f a court martial, pu-nilhed with ,
a hundred lathes, for having an: improper intercourfe w ith
fome ofthe*female. .eonvi<&s,h contrary to' ordet&.»^'l'homaa>
Jones .was alfo fentenced. to receive .three hundred l&ffies, for
attempting to make .a centinel. betray,hrs truft,: in. buffering
him, to gd,vamong the women.;. but an- confidferationipf the
good c h a r te r : her. bore previoixs;,to ;this; circumftantd, the
court; recommended him to the.clemencymf.the commanding
officer; and, in confequence ^thereof, die was forgiven,?
John, Jones .and James, Reiley,; private's^accufed of ffmilar
offences „to that-of,Conner’s,'.were.'acquitted'.fbr want ,of
evidence, there being no witneffes to fupport the charge'
except convi£ts, whofe.tteftimony could not, be admittbdtf^
c ^ 5th: ; .This.being a day. of great parade and gaiety with
the .Portuguese, the inhabitant§%of Rio de Janeiro;..arrayed
in th e ir;b eh in d richeft fjattire, as their.,cuftom is hn .regale
days,' began ;.tOj£how themfelves,; during the.ddrenoon, be-i
tween .the city and, the, church;of $t. Gloria, which is; about
a mile diflaftt, and fltuated o n ; a riling ground near the leal
Fejfona
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Si
ï^erfons of * alhmnks jwik^Well irffe&arriage^as equeftrians'and I7^7*
pfedeftóians; föiysd^mhM' dfówd'; b’utiwhlt was the purpofe -
o f this^cwalicadè^or' yew What- ci-rcUmflancdlm' o'Wed its
origin, I .’am ftilf at ^sldf^to; k-fiOw. Gloria-church, which
5s rather- neat than rich,; - Was' deGor-atetk with various flowers*
(id the difpofabbfWfeibh foUie'tafte was- flifplayed^and moft
brilliant! y$bËü*minated. I^obféfvèd -that the ^'multitude* generally
flopped here,d&tbüccêflion,* and .employed -themfelves
Ini fome religious; ceremonies, : fuch - asf praying and-finging
hymnsj'^ibefêïe they returned tb^the 2 city, : ThMkind o f
parade was continued the-whole day; -th^bett-er- fort; ohpeor-
ple, hdwéver^mMc-lihei^ appearan'ce- only 'in the‘afternoon.
Returning'With the^rèft of .the crowd, after it was dark, to
the?town, I ~^r'êèiv?ed alfrrlall church, in one 'o f 'the bye
directs, richlytörnamented and elêgantly illuminated. - As I
iaw men,;.women, and 'children, - ftrugglïRg' for hntrahbe,
I joiiieddn-the throng out -of mere curi’oflty, and with no
little- difficulty made -my'w'ay'ihj' but’all the fhhfa&'ibn I
reaped from being'thus 'Squeezed and--jollied was,"feeing
fuehas could gain admiflioh fall on the it knees, and praying
With more fevor," tö^appearance, than'-real devolion..* On
^ne fidè of .the church flood a fliabbjTlll-looking fellow,
• 'H 3 '■ ’ . felling