The Sun.
London, England, 1824-02-16 00:00:00

GREECE.

A Kee: OLICOIe (ETOLFA). JAx. Extract of a Private
Lett:r. )--Thc: siege of Missolongo and the Island of Anatoli-
eon by Moustapha, Pacha of Scodra, •lasted 54 days ; his at-
. tarits were directed almost exclusively against this island. Ac-
cording to correct information, the army of the besiegers
amounted to 20,010; their artillery was considerable, and they
tired 3,00 balls into Anatoiicon without obtaining any favourable
results. Our garrison consisted of 500 men only, mostly in-
habitants, and they distiguished themselves by their good
conduct and firm resistance. By an extraordinary chance the
• first ball fired by the enemy struck the church of the Arch-
angels, and falling on the ground led to the discovery of an an-
cient well, entirely unknown to the inhabitants. was very
convenient, as there was a great want of water during the
siege, owing to the well which usually supplied the town being
'on that side possessed by the Turks. The inhabitants, in fact,
Gran to bring water from Missolongo, and the people did not
'fail to attribute this new suppl to the favour of the Arch- '
angels, the protectors of this island and of our just cause..
increased the confidence of all. .Seven thousand olive
trees were purposely destroyed by the enemy, and his balls
--threw dos n a greet number of houses ; but the establishment
-of our independence will amply repay us both for our past
'losses, and those we may yet be called on to sufrer. The
Pacha of Seodra effnted his retreat with treat precipita-
tion, leaving behind him baggage and ammunition ; one corps
of his army almost wh.clly Perished in the difficult passes of
Valtos. The other corns; reachine• Epirus, were attacked
by the Albanians, who lave declared for the Ureeks, and who
caused the Pacha a eery considerable loss. Tho who have
escaped are making their way to t:
...x.uura across Albania.—
Cyzaitietion nel.)

pulls, FEB, 13.—A itatilcar. '.v.e.riT, which
has juFt taken place at Bordeaux, overwhelmed with grief a
*hots family of that town, and proves better than all rea;oning
the mischief and danger of convents. What a number of simi-
lar events were formerly buried in the 'silence and secresy of
'Cloisters f A citizen of Bordeaux, whose name we suppress,
Had a eon and a daughter, the former a,lvantageounly married,
and the father, anxious to secure him a good fortune, wished his
daughter to become a nun. .she Lad no taste for this vocation,
but she was willing to endeavour to get over her repupance,
and she entered a convent of Carmelites. After a year's trial
she felt that it would be impossible for her to ba comfortable in j
a convent, and she requested to be parrnitted to return to her
parental roof. She was permitted ; she then made her father
acquainted with a mutual attachment which existed between
her ant a young roan of the town who was quite a proper
match for her as to family sod fortune. The refusal was
podtive,. and from that moment her residence at home be-
came panel! to her. , At the end of some months, she offered
to re-enter the convent, and try once more to reconcile her..
self to her fete. The offer' was instantly accepted; and she
was received back at the convent with ;rear satisfaction, and
proniised,simprudently, to make her vriWs at se end of a year
'he fatal day arrived, the.young woman rosa early in the morn-
ing, and covered with along white veil, crossed the court-yard
of the convent, and threw herself into a well, the instinct of
self preservation was more powerful than her :Jespair, and she
int !red some piercing cries, that were heard by aome neigh.
boars ; the door of the convent was closed ; the nuns delibe-
rated before admitting strangers, so that the succour came too
late for the unfortunate girl-:-,she was drowned. The father is
naturally overwhelmed with anguish. May this terrible lesson
bean example for the future, and let us hear no more Of re-
efftt Wishing convents, when they have been the scen es'of mane
such -calarniwus events.

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