The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1803-03-02 00:00:00

COLONEL DESPARD'S FUNERAL.

Yesterday morning,, as early as eight o'clock, se-
veral persons attended, in Mount-row, to witness the
funeral of Col. DESPARD. At half After eight
o'clock, Mrs. DESPARD came, in company with two
more Ladies (in her widow's weeds) in a mo•ttrning-
coach, to a turner's, in Mount-row, where the corpse
had remained since the execution. It not having
been generally known in the neighbourhood, that the
remains of the Colonel were in the house, not many
mote persons were at first assembled than are gene-
rally induced to stop at ordinary funera's. Mrs.
DESPARD, we understand, hal not resided .there
since the execution. The lid of the coin lisivir.g
been taken off, she took her last faxewci, and tlle
lid was then screwed down,•
About ten o'clock, the hearse and tl.ree mourn-.
ing-coaches arrived. The hearse and coaches dr:w
off to the street near the house, till about half.past
eleven, when the corpse was brought down and
placed in 'the hearse.
Twelve of the Colonel's friendstame about eleven.
At half-past, the hearse moved on—

Two Mutes,
Man supporting the feathers,
Hearse,
Three mourning-coaches, with four persons in each.
The crowd now began to inzrease, but pelted
order was preserved.
The Police had, very properly, sent a party of
'Officers to attend. Soon after the body hat
been removed, a party of soldiers passed down
the Westminster-road ; but they did nut attend the
funeral.

lie hearse was drawn by four horses, and only'
three mourning-coaches followed, with four Gentle-
men in each. They proceeded slowly through the
Turnpike, and down the New-cut, over Blackfriars-
bridge, up Ludgate-hill, and round St. Paul's
Church-yard, the crowd encreasin4 all the way.
When they came to the entrance of the; northern-
gate, wain which the grave was prepared, an ob.
jation was made to his being buried there, as the
ground was opened the day before in the name of
HAMILTON, nit DESPARD ; therefore, it was a
matter of doubt whether he could be interred there,
the grave not being taken in the right name. Ano-
ther difficulty arose, in consequence of a demand
made of the certificate of burial in the parish of St.
Faith, that being the parish in which the part of the
Church-yard containing the grave is situate. Mr.
GALE, undertaker, in the Old-Bailey, who furnished
the funeralliswered to the latter objection, that in
case of a person who had died by the sentence of the
law, there could be no such certificate.. Near three-
(limners of an hour were exhausted in the dispute,
when it was at length thought adviseable, for fear
of any tumult, to surer the body to be interred.
The crowd had now encreased to a very great
amount, and the avenues were full. The railing
on that side of the cathedral was occupied by per-
sons standing upon it. The greatest order was still
observed, and not the least tendency to disturbance
was discoverable.

It was now about half-past twelve. The corpse
was taken from the hearse and brought to the
grave, when the funeral-service commenced. The
grave was fifteen feet deep, and is situate a few
yards inside the north-gate. Twelve friends
lowed the coffin, ia procession, from the hearse to the
grave.
About half past twelve the burial-service com-
menced, and about one the grave was covered in.
The Colonel's friends then retired, and the crowd
immediately and quietly dispersed.
The City Marshal had arrived on the ground bey
fore the hearse reached it. Many justices; and a
body of peace-officers were also early apprized of
the real place of burial, and several of the latter at-
tended the funeral from the first movement. It
having been reported that the body would be buried
in St. Pancras church-yai d, a number of persons
began to assemble in that neighbourhood so early as
eight o'clock. They continued to encrease until
noon, when the concourse was swelled to a very
considerable amount. All the hills and roads were
crowded. A great number of peace-officers also
attended, who, after waiting a long time, at length
separated with the populace, greatly disappointed.
A grave-stone has been ordered by Colonel DEti.•
PARD s friends, on which is to be inscribed an epi-
taph written by himaelf since his condemnation.

We noticed, in our leading article of Monday,
the Treatise of M. DF. GUER, upon the state of our
finances.

In taking a view of our Peace-establishment, M.
DE Cosa gives it as his opinion, that the excess of
our expenditure beyond our receiptwill.be2,Bl4,63Bl.
He condescends, however, to give no reasons for
this opinion, except that our Peace-establishment in
4792 was 8,400,0001. and that it must be two mil-
lions and a half higher now. But M. DE GUEIt
has absolutely forgotten to take into his account the
proportion which Ireland is to bear of the expendi-
ture. He seems to consider, that the only revenue
collected is in Great-Britain ; and though he pro-
fesses to give a financial statement to the period of
the Irish Union, he entirely omits mentioning that
Ireland, in consequence of that union, is to pay
two seventeenths of the whole amount of the joint
charges, .making for the present year a total of
above two millions, to be paid by her. Mr. Ar..
DINGTON and M. DE Gur a of course ditfer widely :
—while the latter supposes there will be a deficit of
2,800,000 L the former asserts there will be a large
excess of revenue, without taking into his account
an India contribution of half a million. _ _

Throughout the whole of his stare. !Dent, M. De
Gc E R proceeds upon the erroneous supposition, that
credit is the offspring of a day, easily created and
easily consolidated,—that it is only necessary for
France to say she will have public credit, and.
that a Bank of equal solidity with the Ba3k. of Eng-
land may be established with the greazest facility.
Greatly will she be deceived, if she acts upon M. D
G ER'S calculations ! if we possess a degree of un-
equal credit, it must be attributed to causes which
have been long established, and which have been
long and progressively operating. Much Of that
credit is to be attributed to the &Lure of our Con-
stitutic.n and to the general liberty and secutizy of
the people. in this country the 71 has al-
ways been kept with the public creditor. The in.
terest has been punetually paid, ar.d every ate can
convert the debt owing to him by :lie Stale into
money, in as short a time ache pleases. Let..l.:ance
revert to the conduti of her Government during the
old Monarchy and the Revolution, and she will nu
lonizer he surprised. at the superiority *lairds. this
‘41.14:t1i perSSitiellOirel bee.

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