The Sun.
London, England, 1829-06-09 00:00:00

FUNERAL OF AN INFANT AT SEA.

The following account (extracted from a po-
pular novel) of the funeral of an infant at sea,
and the conduct of the mother, (a widow), is
given in a very feeling manner :—" Silence, un-
broken, breathless silence, was still reigning
throughout the ship. There were few of the
sailors, who were not attired in their Sunday
and best suit of clothes; the decks were cleared,
the ship's colours mounted half-way to the mizen
peak, and the bell at the fore-castle mournfully
tolling, in imitation of the knell of a church, every
thing betokening the approaching ceremony of a
funeral at sea. Near the starboard gangway,
supported upon a raised hatch, were the remains
of the departed little innocent, enclosed in a
decent, nay, almost handsome coffin, which the
zeal and kind exertion of the carpenter and his
gang had, during the night, contrived to make
for their deceased favourite. At the present
moment, the coffin was partly exposed to view,
for the ship's ensign, which was lying upon it,
and is always designed on these occasions to act
as a pall, was a little raised, that the many wist-
ful and anxious gazers from among the crew
might witness the respect which, even at so
short a notice, had been endeavoured to be ren-
dered to the remains of one so generally be-
loved by them, and one who had wrung from
their hearts so unusual a share of their rough
affections.

" At length, the bell ceased tolling. The
captain, and all the officers of the Indianian, ap-
peared in their full urliorms and side arms, and
approached the (gangway : the captain carrying
with him a iirayer-book of our church. The
head of 'every one was immediately uncovered,
and the first words of the commencement
Qi the funeral service were issuing from the lips
of the captain, the eyes of all were suddenly
turned, in distressing astonishment, to the after
hatchway, for, ascending from thence, with the
assistance of some weeping ladies, who had
vainly endeavoured to dissuade her, appeared
the widow herself! There was no seeming ef-
fort on her part to assume the firmness which
almost unnaturally steadied her step, and made
her wish to decline the aid they were feelingly
desirous of affording her. Her feet seemed un-
consciously, and yet Without a symptom of weak-
ness or failing, to move forward on the deck,
towards the spot appropriated for the ceremony ;
and on every eye being turned in intense and
wondering pity upon her, her's alone,—yes, I
may say alone, of all around her, glanced fixedly
before her on the scene, without a tear to moisten
it. She was in her usual dress of deep mourn-
ing, and the only sign of life or intelligence that
she betrayed, beyond the mere act of approach
towards our group, occurred when she had taken
her place beside the captain, and when, with a
convulsive shudder, she seemed first to discover
that, over her wonted dress, some friend, ere
she quitted her cabin, had thrown a shawl. It
was a faded shawl, of little value, but one lately
employed during the illness of her lost infant in
at times protecting its feverish frame from the
air, and any undue exposure. On perceiving
it, it's present use about herself seemed strangely
unpleasing to her, and she hastily attempted to
take it off; and on their removing it, she followed
it with a speaking glance of pain and agony.—
They now proceeded with the ceremony, but it
did not seem to touch her. Her looks were
frequently turning with an enquiring and fearful
expression towards the ensign, which by• this time
pall-like, completely- concealed the coffin, as the
hatch stood partly supported on the gangway
itself:—she startled, however, at one part of the
service, and her glazed eyes opened, if possible,
wider and more strangely, when they prepared
to move the hatch ; and when the word
was uttered to consign the corpse to
the deep, and they commenced lowering
it, her soul seemed to awaken to a sense and
full conception of the scene before her, and she
suddenly bounded forward to prevent the act.—
They caught and supported her, and never shall
I forget the sudden though harrowing look and
attitude of intense listening, which she then
wildly assumed, while her soul seemed to hang
for an instant on the noise of the descending
coffin. In spite of every care of those employed,
it sunk into the waves with a slight plunge—
then followed immediately a cry, or shriek,
piercing as horror itself, from the widow, as she
caught the sound ! They immediately conveyed
her below in a breathless and death-like swoon."

afterwards sent for her, but a refusal was return-
ed ; and matters at last arrived to that crisis
which led the relations to delay making any
further preparations for the wedding. But it is
an old saying, that " a little spark often creates
a mighty flame ;" and it is also said, " the
hotter war the sooner peace." On the day that
had been appointed for the wedding, the bride-
groom arrived with his friends at her father's
house, Lnd found she had proceeded to Glasgow
on some domestic affair: Matters were likely to
be retarded again, but " takin' a second thocht
to mend," he hired a noddy, and having met
her on the road, the pair were at length placed
together, and the knot was afterwards finally
and firmly tied by the Minister, in presence of
the relatives, who, a few hours before, had
imagined a final separation had taken place.—
Glasgow Free Press.

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

FRENCH PAPERS.
(From the Gazette de France, June 7.)

PARR, JUNE 6.—The Augsburgh Gazette an-
nounces, under the head of Smyrna, that the Rus-
sians have for the present raised the blockade
from the Gulf of Contessa to the Dardanelles, in
consequence of the remonstrances of Count Dan-
dolo, the Austrian Admiral. It was also reported
at Smyrna that an English squadron was coming
from Malta to cause the blockade of the Dardanelles
to be raised.

A poem, by Messrs. Barthelemy and Mery, in.
tended to recall to the attention of the public the
son of Buonaparte, has just appeared. It is entitled,
Le -Fils de l' Homme, and has just been seized, at the
instance of the King's Attorney-General.

(From the Messager des Chambres of Friday.—Second
Edition.)
EXTRACT FROM A GERMAN JOURNAL.

Count Fiquelmont, Ambassador from Austria to
the Court of Russia, arrived at Vienna on the 25th
of May. After a short stay in that capital he will
return to St. Petersburgh with his lady.
On the 26th a report was spread on 'Change
at Vienna, that there had been a battle in the Ar-
chipelago between the Russian and English squad-
rons. The funds immediately gave way. However,
the day on which the battle took place was not
mentioned, nor was there any indication of the
source from which the news was derived. It must
be considered as destitute of foundation.
FRENCH FUNDS.—PARIS, JUNE 6.—Five per Cents.,
109 f. 10Sf. 95c. Ssc. ; Three per Cents. 80f. 45c. 40c.
55c. 45c. 30c. ; Bank Stock, 1,870 f. ; Naples Stock,
85f. 10e. ; Royal Spanish Loan, 771, ; Haytian Loan,
430 f. Exchanges on London, two months (paper), 25f.
45c., money, 25f. 40c. ; three months, paper, 25f. 30c.,
money, 25f. 25c. Cours Authentique.

HAMBURGII PAPERS.
RUSSIAN BULLETIN.-(BY EXPRESS.)

" WARSAW, MAY I.—The following bulletin has
ust been received, dated from the Camp before Si-
istria, 10th (22d May). The preparations for the
siege continue to be made with the utmost activity;
the enemy remains quiet, and seldom disturbs even
our outposts, which are stationed at only 300
fathoms from the counterscarp of the place.
" Despatches have just been received from Ge-
neral Roth, informing us of important advantages
gained over the Turks led on by the Grand Vizier
in person. The latter had left Shumla with the in-
tention of attacking Pravodi. General Roth had
given orders for the concentration of the various
corps, at the head of which he intended to march
into the field ; but the battalions did not all arrive
in time at the place of rendezvous on the road to
Eski-Arnautlar, five versts from Pravodi. Only six
battalions, with twelve field-pieces, and one hun-
dred Cossacks, were assembled, yet the Grand
Vizier, not venturing to leave this feeble force
on his flank, determined upon attacking them.
On the .sth (17th) of May, at half-past three
a.m., he advanced towards Eski-Arnautlar, at the
head of 15,000 men, infantry and cavalry. The
handful of brave fellows stationed there were in a
moment surrounded and attacked by an enemy four
times their own number. The regiments Selen-
guinsk, Ochotsk, and Yakoutsk, baffled, during five
Mourn, every attempt by the Turks to break through
their lines. Towards nine o'clock Major-General
Wachten arrived to their assistance from Devno,
with four battalions, four pieces of artillery, and two
regiments of Cossacks. Their appearance dis-
persed the enemy's cavalry, and the Grand Vizier
seemed disposed to abandon his enterprise, falling
back two versts into the valley of Nevtsha. The
affair appeared at an end, when the Turks receiving
a reinforcement of 10,000 men, Redschid Pacha
resolved once ' more to attempt the fortune of
battle. At about three p.m, 4,000 Turkish cavalry
advanced towards the heights, situated between our
corps and the city of Pravodi, it being evidently
their intention to pass round the flank of
Roth. The latter thought it his duty to oppose this
movement, and advanced against the Turkish cavalry,
at the head of the Ochotsk regiment, the 31st Chas-
seurs, and six pieces of artillery, supported by a bat-
talion of the Yakoutsk regiment, another of the
A blooming, youthful pair, whose banns of 32d Chasseurs, and four field pieces. In an instant
marriage had been duly announced in a parish the Ochotsk regiment arid the 31st were surrounded
church not 'many miles distant from the city, a by the enemy's horsey whose numbers appeared to
few days ago proceeded with their friends to increase, and the whole of the Turkish infantry ad-
town, and after having purchased " the braws" vanced, supported by the fire of ten pieces of artillery.
for the wedding, before the party returned
oThe enemy,
hencouraged by their immense superi-
., furiously aed our suare, an
home, at the bride's suggestion, they adjourned
mrilgYl'it easily have destroyed ttacthek Ochotskq
regiment
to a tavern kept by an old admirer of her own. if Colonel Lischin, hastening to its assistance, at
The landlord's attentions to her, and his re- the head of the 32d regiment, had not rushed upon
marks upon the approaching happy event, did the enemy's masses, which were at the same time
riot seem entirely to meet with the approbation taken in flank by the Yakoutsk Regiment. The
of her intended, but rather created an unusual combat was kept up for some time longer with on-
palpitation, the effects of which he was not alto- exampled fury ; but, notwithstanding the dispropor-
ther able to conceal from the observation of the tion of force, our troops did not yield a foot of
company, and which at length came to a crisis,ground. At length, at about eight in the evening,
..
his.
the Grand Vizier abandoned plan, and retired
which afterwards occasioned considerable anxiety into the valley of Nevtsha. The loss f the enemy
to both. The fair one, as might be expected was immense : 2,000 remained upon the field of
from all in the same situation, had omitted to battle. We have also to lament the loss of Major-
purchase, with her other articles, a few ribbons ; General Rinden ; and our loss in killed and wounded
and having left the tavern for that purpose, amounts to nearly 1,000 men. During the night
she was only a very few minutes absent when our little corps was reinforced by two battalions and
her intended became very uneasy—every n--.i.- four field-pieces from Devno, arid six battalions and
nute seemed an age ; and remembering the 12
h field-pieces d fromlr . Ba zr
ba rljj i kn,
abandoned
and i
son l the following
altogether,
attentions that were paid to her by the landlord,
who was also absent, he abruptly lifted his hat,
adnaay' rteteirGe ton Shumela. Thuso eended ptoanthe enemy's
discomfiture, an enterprise the success of which they
and hurried out of the apartment as if he had seemed to consider as certain.
been setting out on a voyage of discovery, but " P.S. A courier has just arrived from Admiral
whether he succeeded in making other observa- Greig, with news that the Turkish fleet which had
tions or not, has yet to be ascertained; he was, entered the Black Sea, had hastened back to the
however, afterwards seen walking on the road to- Bosphorus, on learning hat our fleet was going to
wards her residence at a most amazing rate, meet it. Immediately aftefr the hasty retreat of the
Russianthe Channel
faster than any foot-post in the country, talking enemy,force
u adrcommanderon
ti'eino-f
incoherently to himself occasionally ; and to an thtehes sts t? o n theed off
Constantinople,i and ordered some ships to cruise on
old acquaintance whom lie happened to meet, the coast of Natolia. About 20 Turkish trans-
he said in reply to " what was the matter ?" that ports fell into our hands, and a new frigate was
he " had a great deal of work to do," and setting set on fire by our squadron near Schilli, not far
off again at the same speed, he shortly after- from the Bosphorus. After this, Admiral Greig
wards, we understand, arrived' at home, (won- retired to Sizeboli, from which place this report is
derful to relate,) in perfect safety. The good dated."
folks in the tavern, during the interim, were not ALEXANDRIA, APRIL 23.—A short time, ago
a little surprised, nor was the situation of the an English man-of-war sailed to St. Jean d Acre,
bride, who was only about fifteen minutes ab-
months ago to another English ship of war. The
to demand satisfaction for an insult offered two
sent, to be envied ; for, after waiting nearly two Pacha, however, prohibited all communication with
hours endeavouring to ascertain the occasion of the enemies of the Porte, and even offered fresh
her lover's absence, she at length proceeded insults. The above man-of-war is now gone to
homewards ; but the circumstance had so affected look for Admiral Malcolm at Corfu or Malta, in
the fair one, that she fainted, and had to be car- order to give him an account of this affair. Every
ried into a house on the road, and instantly re- body hopes that the barbarian will at length receive
tiring to bed on her arrival at home, for several j the chastisement which he has long mTerited from all
days continued in a state nearly bordering upon . the European Powers. The Pacha 's fleet still lies
distraction. Her brother, in order to be at the in oursß3t
yport. ,
MAY 3.—The Courier contains the
bottom of the affair, waited upon her intended, following article from Constantinople, of the 26th
but did not succeed in obtaining. any satisfactory of April :—" Preparations are making in the palaces
explanation. The groom, on the othet ban ~ of the French and)English Ambassadors, which

CROSS PURPOSES.

satisfy the public that they will soon return. This
will be a real blessing for the whole population of
Constantinople ; for the Turks, the Rayas, and the
Franks, will consider it as a security for the future,
and hope that a state of things will then cease which
threatens gradually to ruin all the public and private
interests which have taken root in the East. Peace,
which is so much desired, would be welcomed here
with enthusiasm. As the time approaches which is
to put an end to so many storms, public gratitude
carefully inquires after the names of those
prudent and enlightened men to whom the re-
sult may be justly ascribed. It particularly
distinguishes M. Jaubert, the diplomatic agent of
France, whose moderation and dignity in the execu-
tion of his mission have caused tranquillity and for-
bearance to take the place of irritation and dissen-
sion. M. Jaubert goes from time to time to the
Porte and it is generally believed that he has already
negociated with the Reis Effendi several subordinate
questions, which are likely to occur in discussing
the concessions to be made to the Greeks."
VIENNA, MAY 28.—Bank Shares, 1,109.
Allgenteine Zeitung, June 2.
BERLIN, JUNE 3.—The King, having a slight
intermittent fever, could not go to Sybillon-Ort to
meet the Emperor, his son-in-law, and sent Prince
William to inform his Imperial Majesty of the cir-
cumstance; but his Majesty being now happily re-
covered, the interview may perhaps still take place,
if the time will allow.