The Sun.
London, England, 1847-01-18 00:00:00

FUNERAL.

The, remains of the late Lieutenant-Colonel Mac-
gregor, of the sth Royal Scotch Fusileers, were in-
terred with military honours, on Tuesday, the 13th of
Janutury, at St. Andrew's church, Plymouth. The fu-
neral. party, under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel
Johrteon, sth Fusileers, and consisting of 2 captains,
4 sub: uterus, 6 sergeants, and 300 rank and file, of the
sth F usileers, paraded in the citadel a little before two
e'clodk. The colours on the ramparts were hali'-msst
high, and in order to consult the feelings of the widow
of the deceased, the utmost silence preiailed within the
garrison, the gates of which were closed. Previous to
the removal of the body, and at the especial request
of the family, a portion of the service fur the dead vvag,
in their presence' read by the Rev. J. W. Langraead,
the resident chaplain. Shortly after two o'clock, the
procession slowly moved from the citadel. The funeral
party, carrying their arms reversed, and marching four
abreast, was followed by the band of the regiment,
which, with muffled drums, commenced the solemn
notes of " The Dead March in Saul," as soon as they
had cleared the foot of the glacis. The ministers, the
I:ev. J. W. .Langenead and the Rev. 11. Ilookey, with the
undertakers and other civilians, in hatbands and mourn •
ing habiliments, preceded the body, which was borne on
a lung six-pounder gun carriage, drawn by four plumed
horses, led by grooms. On the carriages were two am-
munition chests, and on the coffin were the Colonel's
sword, cap, and belt. The pall- bearers were Colonel
Barlow, of the 14'h Regiment, a colonel of the Royal
Marines, a Colonel of Artillery, a Staff-Officer, and four
others of the same rank as the deceased, whose saddled
charger followed his master's body, bearing his boots and
spurs. The chief-mourners were Dr. Henderson, sth
Regiment, Dr. William Wallace, 14th, and Colonel Old
field, Royal Engineers. Next came, with side arms
only, about 250 rank and file, belonging to the 14th de-
pot; and about 600 of the sth, being the remainder of
those off duty belonging to that regiment, followed by
the sergeants, sergeants-major, and other non-commis-
sioned officers of both regiments. The mournful train
was closed by an imposing cortege of officers of various
ranks, military and naval, all on toot, In full uniform and
in reversed order, beginning with cadets, ensigns, mid
shipmeu, and other junior officers, and ending with the
seniors, the last of whom was Major-General Suther-
land, formerly Colonel of the sth regiment, who was sup-
ported by two aides-de. camp. As the imposing proces-
sion, with measured step, debouched from this formidahle
fortress, and extended its length along the Citadel-road,
its warlike appearance was finely contrasted by the more
quiet attire of the large concourse of civilians who hed
assembled outside the lines, and partly covered the green
slopes of the fortifications. All business was suspended
es the funeral moved through the town by Saltram-place,
Lockyer-street, george-street, and 134'prd-street, tp
St. Andrew's church. Here the firing party, under
Colonel Johpson, halted, and allowed their comrades to
pass between them, and proceed by the eastern' entrance
into the venerable fabric, where they were received by
Messrs. Bone and Hingston, the chareliwardens, and the
other church fonetionaries. After the first portion of
the solemn service had been read, the body was removed
on the shoulders of eight mea of the sth Regiment, by
the northern entrance into the adjoining burying place,
in the north-west portion of which the remains were to
be finally deposited. The sons of the deceased, two
little boys, were led by Colonel Oldfield from the church
to the side of their father's grave. On the completion
of the funeral service, Colonel Johnson's party
fired over his grave three rounds of three hundred
small arms, the report of which reverberated from
the centre to the extremities of the town. The military
then returned to the citadel. To secure good order
Major-General Murray, Commander of the Forces for
the Western District, had previously communicated with
Mr. Bulteel, the Mayor of Plymouth, under whose di-
rections the police of the borough were in attendance.
The imposing spectacle bad• attracted to the spot not
only the inhabitants of the three towns of Plymouth,
Devonport, and Stonehouse, but great numbers of well
dressed persons from the surrounding country. Colonel
Macgregor served in Calabria in 1806, and was present
at the battle of Maida and taking of Catrone. In 1807
he served in Egypt, and was present at the attack on the
forts and heights of Alexandria, siege of Rosetta, and
actions at El Hemet, where he was taken prisoner, and
kept in close confinement for five months in Cairo.
Served also in the campaign of 1814-15 in Holland and
the Netherlands, including both the actions at Merxen
and the bombardment of Antwerp.

THE REU ÜBLIC OF ECUADOR.
The notoriety which has been given to this republic
by the late breaking up of the Flores expedition, and
the disclosures which have since been made at the
Thames Police Court, may render the following account
of the republic of Ecuador, to the Presidency of which
General Flores now aspires to be restored, of some in-
terest to our readers:—
Ecuador is one of the three republics which, before
1831, constituted the republic of Colombia, but since
that time has become a separ ate government. It com-
prehends the ancient kingdom of Quito with the plains
extending east of it, between the Amazon River on the
south, and the Uaupes, the principal branch of the Rio
Negro on the north. The Rio Negro separates Ecuador
from the republic of Venezuela, and the Uaupes forms,
in the whole length of its course, the boundary between
it and New Grenada. The Pacific forms its western
boundary. On the south, Ecuador is separated from
Peru by a line beginning near Tambez, on the Bay of
Guayaquil, and running in the south-west direction to
the Rio Amazon. Ecuador extends from 5 deg. 50 min.
S. lat. to 1 deg. 12 min. N. lat., and from 69 deg. 40 min.
to 80 deg. 40 min. W. long. Its surface is vaguely cal-
culated at more than 537,000 square miles, or more than
four times and a half the area of the British islands.