MURCIA, a large, handsome, and populous town of Spain, capital of a kingdom of the same name, with a bishop's see. It contains six parishes and a superb cathedral, the stairs of whose steeple are so contrived, that a man may ride up to the top, either on horseback or in a coach. It is situated in a pleasant plain, which abounds in fine gardens about the city, in which are the best fruits in Spain. It is seated on the river Segura, in W. Long. o. 36. N. Lat. 37. 48.