The National Register. — London, England, 1811-03-03 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL, -J;gct DUKE OF ALBUQUER'QUE. The remains of this distinguished Nobleman and inflexible Patriot were removed between one and two o'clock yesterday, front the Chapel, in ,Spanish-place, Manchester-square, after the funeral service was performed, according to the rites of the Catholic Church. The bpdy, in a coffin, covered with crimson velvet, and richly ornamented with silver gilt plates and nails, and attended by several Bishops and dignified Clergy, was put lute a hearse, decorated with plumes and drawn by six horses. On each side of the hearse was an escutcheon, containing a variety of shields, with the family arras, surrounded by roma lings and the trophies of war, and surmounted with a ducal cca . onet. On each side of the escutcheon was the family crest, a Knight in full armour, with a cross in his right hand, emerging from a circular-embottled towers—tit e motto. "Treeferre Pa- . _ triam Liberis Parentem decet," which was religiously observed by the gallant Officer, whose premature death may be cpn- Muered us an irreparable loss to his country at this critical period. The hearse was followed by twelve mourning roaches and six, in which were several foreigners of distinction, and Clergy men. The mourning coaches were followed by upwards of 100 Noblemen and Gentlemen's carriages, some of - which had six horses to them, and all the servants in state liveries, with black hat-bands and gloves. The procession, headed by a detachment of the 15th dra goons, and a company of the foot guards, then moved slowly on along Oxford-street, Bond -street, St. James's-street, and .down Parliament-street, to its destination, minute guns firing all the time in honour of the distinguished virtues of this Illustrious Nobbleman. An immense concourse of people, of all ranks, accompanied the procepion, and the doors and windows of the different streets through which it passed, were literally crowded with genteel company, who manifested, by thelr looks and demeanour, the most sincere afiliction on the melancholy occasion. On reachlngthe Abbey, the hearse drew up at the grand wes tern entrance, where the body was received by Dr. Vincent (the Dean of Westminster), the Prebendaries, Minor C toads, and Choristers; in their full robes, and chaunting the intioductory sentences of the funeral service, accompanied by the kioleniu Sounding organ. After waiting some minutes for the mourners to alight, and form in proper order, the Dean, Pr, bendaries, !ke. preceding the body, and the mourners following, proceeded along the northern aisle, crossed the southern nave outside the ohoir, and passing by General Wolfe's monument, arrived at kienry the Se ; euth's Chapel, where the body was deposited in a vault, called Ormond's Vault, and celebrated for its having been the temporary repository of the remains of one of the most dis tinguished and successful Generals that this or any other country ever produced,—the Great Duke of 'Marlborough.. His Grace's remains were'afrerwarda removed to a mausoleum prepared for their reception at Blenheim. ' The .Duke. of Albuquerque, who has so eminently distin guished himself in his exertions to preserve the independence of s country, is not the . only Spanish Ambassador that has died in this country. Don leedro Ronquillo, a man of most eminent talents, who was successively Ambassador from the Court of to King. James 11. and King William e died in this country, in the year 09. The then Spanish residents in England in tended to have his mortal remains carried to Spain for inter ment, and therefore they had not funeral rites in tills country, but, were inclosed in a temporary leaden coffin, cased with cedar, ineivere deposited in Henri the Seventh's Chapel, where they now rentality but, from some unaccountable neglect, they have never bees removed. Don Pedro Ronquillo's frankness to King 14ffe11..4- has been eulogized by English historians, who record him to have advised that unfortunate Monarch against listening h Priests, lest he should have • cause to repent, when too late. b King, tvith an air of d i spleasure, asked whether his Master, the King of Spain, did not consult priests in his Administration St . doTirnment.—" Yes," replied the Ambassador, " and for that reason our affairs are so unprosperous:' One of the last Cadiz Papers contains an interesting repre sentation from the late Muth lamented Duke of Albuquerque to the Cortes ! - From the tenor of it, it is hardly to be doubted that thi; ethiftent filditttiented person fell the victim of cha grin and wounded feelings. It is e:tceedingly to be regretted, that the full reparation offered by the Cortes, for ali the wrongs which he suffered from the Junta of Cadiz, was not known to him some weeks ago. It might have prevented the unfortunate catastrophe which his friends and those of Spain have to de plore. In addition tO this honourable testimony from the Cortes, the Regency, we . understand, had sent orders by the last packet, that the Duke *should immediately proceed to Galicia, for the purpose of assuming.the.chicf command in the North of Spain. General Mabi was to 114 1 ,1! been appolmed to a r,ornmlrl in hi t: rcia. 11'AUTIC1I. INTELLIGENCE. CoR tp. 23:—LOn Thursday the Fortune( frigate . , Captain Vatisittart, arrived in thii harbour. Whilst cruising on t; ' &? south-west coast, the Captain, descried an•enetny's privateer close to the land, and was preparing to bear down upon her,when a calm suddenly tot* place; upon which the boats of the frigate were innediately,manned, to effect by lioarding'virhat the state of the weather and the distance of the erie;ty could not enatle him to aecOmpllth • tithertvise, when,' we lament 'to add, the enemy permitted the boats to approach so close as that the men were nearly in the act of boarding, when he poured in a close and destructive' fire, by which we regret to announce a number of valuable lives have been lost. The frigate was unable to support the boats, being considerably to leeward; at the same time that 'the ene ri ty, by extraordinary exertion in lain his sweeps ) succeeded in effecting his escape. Report states , tile loss of the Fortunee at 46 killed lied wounded ; among the latter of whom are tbo first and third Lieutenants,and arnongst.the former, two Mieslilpinen;and about El seamen ; but we hope this account has over-rated the numbers. No blame, it seems, can be attachable to the Conimander, as every exertion had been used by him to bring theguns of the frigate tu bear upon the pri vateer, but without effect. The following information is as novel us it is interesting, and is of importance as a commercial occurrence : On the i•ith of December, the ship Commerce, Captain Ni'eb ster, wiled from Sierra Leone, boundto Liverpool, and on 6th instant„ in the evening, a French private er fell in,with her and attacked her. The Commerce sustained a running fight fot four hours and a half, with great intrepidity, and so disabled the: privateer, that. she was obliged to sheer off. She returned, how ever, the following morning, and was then. so well-prepared fee actiOn; and .had gut to great a number of men, that the Com merce struck. Lieutenant Mitten, Marine Officer, who was coming home passenger in the C3nentercc, was permitted by the Captain of the privateer to remain :nu board the Commerce, with two of her crew, and twelve Frenchmen were put in possession of the prizes-the-'altips then parted company. On the 12th, the wea ther being very tempestuonsi and the ship a complete wreck, in conseluenee of the damages she sustained in the engagement. the pri2e-master requested Lieutenant Mitten's assistance, and also thatof his men, which he refused, unless the ship should be given up altogether to his direction, and that he may be a!- lowed to reivivre her to any port he' pleased. After some hesi tation this proitosal was accepted ; and on the l3tli, Lieutenant Mitten and his little party arrived safe in Kinsale with the ship, which is of considerable value, although the privateer had taken out part of her cargo. It is but right to close this paragraph with remarking, that the conduct•of Lieutenant Mitten, on this occasion, was highly meritorious.• It evinced good sense., firm ness, and discretion,and had the result• which is generally at tenciaistitpoll so good a guidance. It will, we trust, be reward , ed in every way as liberally as it deserves. The MercUry; Wilson, from Marstrand, arrived in the Downs on Friday: - On Thariday night, off Dungeness, she was at. tacked by three privateers, which she beat off, and carried away one of their masts. They attempted to board the Mercury four thites;bdt Were most gallantly repulsed. An officer, who was quartered in the vicinity of Vienna, re turning home one night, • desired a child whom he met with a lanthorn,to light him. The latter obqed ; but never ce:•sed singing all the way " What is white, is not black .1 he ol'!icer on•res.ching quarters, asked the child what he meant by that ridiculous liong ? The child replied with great simplicity, that it was a signal agreed on between him and some. men, when he lighted any one dressed in uniform— The otficef gave notice to the patrolc, and desired,the child to return with him, siting " Black is not white." lipon -passing a wood which skirted the road, six robbers rushed cut, and Islua an unavailing struggle with the patrole, were conveyed to prison, The moat dashing and desperate play: has taken place at more than one of the club-houses, in the course of the last ten even ings : two Noble Lords, one an English, the other an Irish Peer, have lost . immense sums, •the former to the • tune of 130,0001. and the latter to that of 70,0001. • A -brother -.Nobicis said to have hopped 'himself into a good • share of the former booty I EXTRAORDINARY SALE.—A fevv . days since m6st extraordi nary :ale took place, at the Whitt.. Hart r .Sittirgbousne :—A woman, of the name of Covcney, wa led by a takeilita one of the room,, and sold to the Whet! bithler,tagikVer*lth five children, a lif)rqc and cart, and alt lttt lo'Orieholalif+iiittire. A n cm - g 'N3lthelmfehlteitteiiirtiliilttl4tra,r/4. SirER. l4