The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware register., 1824-08-12

M;pucl del Riego, canton OF tne Caehreuiai
of Oyiedo, in which city he resided, and they
or 0n the 18th October, 1921 she was mar
,ied by proxy, according to the custom OF the
,cuntry, at Cangas de Iimco, tot the General,
70 whom she was known from her infancy
In February, -, they fixed their residence
in the city Of Madrid, but the political confu-
sion and continual alarms of the time having
an,,cared to effect her health, the General
nrncceded with her in the month of Scptem-,
her following to Grenada. with the view OF
cHccting the establishment of her con-
.t;tution by a residence in more southern
climate.
The conyocation of the extraordinary Cor
tcs for October 1922 obliged him to return to
Madrid, and he parted from her--ncvcr to
meet again! lie placed her only Tor a short
time. as he than fondly hoped, once more
undcr the guardianship of his brother the
canon. who conveyed her to Motril, place
m the coast of Grenada, eminent for the salu-
nritv of it's atmosphere. Being advised to
ycniove to Malaga the Cannon accompanied
her thithcr, in March 1928.
A gradual improvement of her health had
become pcrccptible, but here again she was
destined to endure fresh affections, being OBJ
l;rcd to seek shelter in Gibraltar in the month
of June, to avoid the French army then ad-
yancing to the south of Spain.
The General, ever anxious in the midst
of his public cares for her comfort and Sc
curity directed that she should proceed to
England. and accordingly she embarked
together with her attached sister Donna
Iucic, and the Cannon, on the 4th July, but
owing the unfavourable wind and weather
did not reach london till the 18th OF Au-
gust.
now, at least, her suiierings would find some
rest, but the visitation that irnpcnded over
her was still more calamitous than ali that
had preceded it. Bercft Of parents, sepcra-
ted from her relations, fugitive from her
native land, her anxietics still found stay i'll
,he consolng hope, that she one day would
eniov the society of her husband as the re-
ward of her mortal fortitude. Never was
there disappointment more terrible or over
whelmng. 1t is not necessary to detail the
prosecutions of her husband or the cons,lm-
nation which concluded them. Suffice to say,
that within three mouths after her arrival in
London, the sanguna,y act wasperpctrated,
which extingishcd every present consolation,
and future hope. The account OF his death
reached her on the 18th Nov. Her poor
frame could no longer rally or resist she
wasted and withcrcd daily, under the corrod-
ing influence of tedious decline, and at
length closed her unhappy courscin in the en-
braces of her sister, attended by her devoted
protector, the estimablc Cannon, and sever
ii distinguished and faithful Spaniards, who
had, to the latest moment, enjoyed the conf
dencc, and adhered to the fortunes, of her
husband. and never failed i'll proof of res
pcct, attention and regard toward the wi
dow.
Some few days previous to her dissolution,
she intimatetl to those around her, all anxious
desire to execute testamentary document,
and on the 10Th inst she duly made her last
will-In this instrument she not only ar
ranges her private affairs, but furnishes ad-
ditional proofs of unabated attachment to her
native land, and solicitudc for its happiness
She does ample justice to Great Britain,
and directs her executor, the Canon, to as
sure the British people of the gratitude she
felt towards them at her dying moments, for
the sympathy and support which they eX-
tended to her in the hours of her bitter atl-
vcrsity, but what makes the will peculiarly
affecting is her solemn and impressive, tho
supernuous attestation to the purity and sin
cerity of General Riego: for she states that
she estccms it to be her last act of justice
and duty to the memory of her beloved hus-
band, solcmnly to declare in the awful pre-
scnce of her God, before whose Judgment
scat she feels she must soon appear, that all
his p ivatc feelings and dispositions respect
his country, corresponded with his public
acts and professions in defence of its liber-
ties.
Thusperishcd, in her youth, this amiable
and accomplished lady, the story of whose
life abounds with incidents of melancholy in
terest All those whose feelings or opinions
are worthy of consideration, will readily cx-
tcnd to her memory the tribute Of respect
ful sympathy.