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R'6l.IGIOl.rSCEREMûN lES. 137lueat, he is 1l0'Ghristian tH and tbis latter term includes in the ideaannexed /to it here, aU at least that is worth considering of thehumanrace.~Such are theeffects of forms and ceremonies.Whethera religionhe theworse for them, as sorne have thought, is not a point to bediscussed here :lmt certainitis, that they do impress, when moral andsense are laughed at, and are retained where neither of the others canbe understood. A preacher here, who gave his congregation a mostrational and usefui sermon, higbly creditable to the judgement andbeneficence of the church which produced it, on the duties of servantsand persons in the inferior classes of life, and which was in consequencemost peculiarly,fitted to hiscongregation, (perhaps this was the veryreasouofthe consequence,) excited ridicule and mockery for his honestpains toameud them, from .the maS5 of travellers, during an entire subsequentdais journey. Bad he preached upon the mysteries, theywould have stared and admired; had he lashed pride and luxury, theywould have concurred.shoulders.Thus, we like to throw blame off our ownFrom ecclesiasticallaw, which is least seen in its executionhere, investigation transfers itself by a prompt concatenation to civillaw, which here is most conspicuoll,s in its finales.The infliction ofdeath is very awfulia't Madrit. A couple, man and woman, have beenjust.e.xecuted for the murder of the womans husband, after a procedureand ..confinemellt. of two years; rather too long for the bendit of exam"pIe, unless/.he/suretyof the ]aw were COlUmensurate with its slowness ;which issome\\i:hat problematical. They were hanged in the market..place. Theexecut~on ",vas .. atte,nded by various religious o.rders, peni..1Ieuts of Gourse. amongst therest, moviIlg ill slow procession, chantingthc funerall'itua'l, ,and bearing ligllted torches. The daywas overcast. . .and glOOI\lY, and the whole etfect very impressive. Very few crimes ofthis (or indeed ofany) kind are committed in lVIadrit, though the cus­T