The Sun.
London, England, 1824-11-16 00:00:00

INDIA.

( Further Extracts from the Calcutta Papers.)
FUNERAL of SIR JOHN MACDONALD, K.C.B.

CALCUTTA, MAY 31.-Sir JOHN MACDONALD,
K.C.8., a 'Lieutenant-General in the Honourable Company's
service, died in Calcutta on Saturday last, aged'7o. His re-
mains were interred yesterday evening, between five and •six
o'clock, attended by his Excellency the Commander-in-Chief,
all the General Staff; and a large body of Civilians, who as.
sembled to pay the last tribute of respect to one of the oldest
Officers of the Honourable Company's service in India. There
is something in a Military Funeral so particularly solemn and
impressive, that callous indeed must that heart be which can
witness unmoved a Procession similar to the one it is our melan-
choly duty to relate, and few there are, we are sure, who return
to their homes without experiencing in full force those awful
and serious reflections attending so solemn a duty.
Every respect, which the Government is ever ready to shew
to a long life of meritorious public service, was evinced in the
funeral we witnessed yesterday evening. At about a quarter
past 5 o'clock the Right lion. the Governor-General's Body
Chinni, with its galloper guns, commanded by Capt. &eyed,
together with all the European troops in Fort-William, the
whole commanded by Lieutenant-Cul. Vaughan, Fort Major,
were drawn up opposite the residence of the late Sir John Mac-
donald. On the body being brought from the house, the fu-
neral party presented arms, the trumpets of the Body-Guard
Rounding a funeral dirge, the bands playing the Venetian
hymn. On the coffin being placed in the hearse, the party
moved off•in slow time, flanked by thousands of natives (many
of whom had been partakers in the deceased's chatity), to the
burial place in Park-street. During the procession minute.
guns were fired from the Fort, the trumpets sounded at inter-
vals, and the muffled drums beat their solemn rolls, until at a
proper distance from the gate of' the burial-ground, when the
cavalry and infantry halted, and were formed into a street,
through which the corpse was borne. On the coffin being laid
in the grave, the guns of the Body-Guard fired 27 rounds, and
the infantry three volleys, ending a ceremony as imposing in
appearance as it was awful and solemn in its drat.

The following is an extract of a letter from a Gentleman at
Rangoon to his friend in Calcutta, dated the 20th of May
We were the last ship that left the pilot, which we did on
the 19th April, and arrived at the Maiming on the 30th, the
sixth transport in the port. lire had barely aufficient time to fill
up our water, by working at it night and day, when the Madras
fleet arrived, and we were immediately ordered to sail, though
some of the ships had not more than three days water on
board. We all sailed from this place on the 6th of May,
under the convoy of his Majesty's frigate Liffey, the Larne,
a 20-gun ship, the Slaney, of the same metal, and a
brig of 18 guns; with these we made a dashing figure
across the Ray, keeping so close together that I am stir.
prised that there were no more accidents happened than actually
occurred ; we accidentally ran down the steam.hoat the night
after we lft the port, carried away her masts, and demolished
her wheel, so that she was obliged to be taken in tow by the
frigate. Ntre arrived in the river on the 11th, when the Slaney
was.acnt with a few ships to take possession of the Island of
Cheduba, which I hear is now in our possession. The frigate
took the lead up the river, and we all followed close in her
wake; the natives tired a few shots at us while going up, but
they did not prevent us from anchoring off the town, which we
did at noon the same day. The ships were brought abreast of
a battery of 18 guns, which immediately commenced a smart
fire upon the 'Jiffy, which-she was not behind hand in returning,
and with such effect, that she totally dismounted every gun in
the battery, and demolished several houses round about lt.
" There would not have been a shot fired on our part had
they not begun first. It seems by all accounts that they were
not in a condition to receive us, as they had no idea we should
have been so soon upon them, although they were quite aware
that war had been declared.We came just in time to save two
or three European settlers from death.; they were found in
irons, and had that day been taken from the prison, and
marched before a body of mops, they urging them all the
way, by pricking them with their spears, towards the place of
execution, where their heads were to have been struck off.
" Captain Snowball and family are all safe ; I do not
believe they offered any violence to his person. We landed
the troops at six o'clock on the same evening without
any opposition, and no wonder, as we found the town
completely downed: There was a grand •plundering
rnethately took place, in consequence of which a number of
men are in close confinement for six months. Some latscars
have been publicly flogged, and several soldiers are to be hung or
Shot for plunder and brutal assault, in a house belonging to a
European settler, of the name of Turner. Notwithstanding
our peaceable landing, I am afraid we shall have warm work
before they will submit.; they seem a desperate set of fellows,
and courageous too : the other day, at a slignt skirmish, in at.
tempting to draw them out of their stockades, which are strong
buildings, so constructed as perfectly to conceal them, they kil-
led two officers and wounded several others ; so that it appears
nothing can be done here on land, as it is a vile jungly coon.
try, and no one is acquainted with the roads, and the few troops
we have are but a handful compared with the numbers-they have
to engage with. It: is true, they dare not show their faecal in
the -open plain, nor can we follow them into the jungle; for
there their match-locks and spears, which are their only.
weapons, are more efficacious than the heaviest ordnance would
be. We are now fitting boats to go up to va with the mops,
as well as every vessel of a small draught of water ; all the ship's
long boats are also put in requisition for this service. We burn
all their bottbahat we can find, and have already destroyed some
very fine craft. The rainy season has just set in, anti very dis-
agreeable it is too, never ceasing from morning to night. All
our boats are employed in getting off the Hastings frigate,
which has grounded some way down the river."

c*IIOCILING Sul cm n.—Yestertlay morning an
elderly gentleman, who had resided for the last few days at the
Belle Sauvage-inn, Ludgate-hill, was found, by a waiter there,
lying in his bed with his throat cut •in a dreadful manner. An
alarm was 'immediately given, and medical assistance pro-
mired r. but it proved of no avail, as the vital spark•had tied.--
A razor, with which the fatal act issuppesed to have been com-
mitted, was found lying by his side. The deceased was a man
of very steady habits, and on Sunday evening retired to rest as
usual about ten o'clock, and on the following morning was foul
as above described. From some
_papers found-in his pocket, his
name was ascertained to he Lloyd but they afforded no clue as
to his con►►eaions. It is supposed the deceased was * diaconal.