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'igE CORRIDcA. 101ShouJdsucbaneventtake place, it will come witb a four-fold vengeanceolltheir heads. There 8eems a 8trange want of thought throughoutthe present procedure.One of the exhibitions of the presentday here, bef()re the court ofl)ortugal, was whatis termed a corr;'ida. This is chtn"alel'csquc, and aresidue of l\~oorjsh gallantry. Such as have read that which is handedclown to us of the refined chivalry of Grenada, will be struck with theresemblance. It was performed in,aquadrangular area of the size ofa moderate riding-house. A band of military music played duringthe exhibition. It was executed by sixteen horsemen belonging tothe royal establishment, mounted on 80 many of his majesty's finesthor8es. The dresses and caparisonsof eight of these were of blue-and...gold, and those of the othereightofsearlet-and-silver, and tbey, worelarge plumes, of white feathers in their hats. AIl. this was very band...some. Rach cavalier wore a sword, and'carried in his handa pliantlance fourteen feet in length, with a. round top ofsilver, hungiwith bells,as was his caparison aH round the edges. They entered the area by ,fours, then doubled up to eight, next formed a rank entil'c, moved aIl atfull speed,and, shaking the lances over thei1' heads up close to the lineof the box ofi the royal f