The Sun.
London, England, 1829-06-26 00:00:00

GERMAN PAPERS.

CONSTANTINOPLE, MAY 26.—The Turkish fleet
has appeared again in the Black Sea, and Olen in
with four Russian frigates ; being so superior in.
force it succeeded in capturing one of them, the
Raphael, of 36 guns, which was brought to Bujuk-
dere, where the Sultan has inspected it. A hundred
Russian soldiers and eight Officers have been set at
liberty by the Turks, and sent to Odessa.
BERLIN, JUNE 19.-114 e Commander of the Rus-
sian fleet in the Black Sea has sent the following re-
port of May 30 :
" On the 26th there was an action between one
of our small ships, the Mercury brig, and two of
the enemy's men-of•war. On the 27th the brig re-
joined the fleet. Its masts shattered by the enemy's
balls, and its sails-and cordage cut to pieces, are so
many proofs of the terrible conflict from which this
little vessel has escaped with extraordinary honour.
Captain Kusarsky gives the following details :
On the 26th, in the morning, the whole of the
enemy's fleet put to sea, with the design of captur-
ing our small vessels cruising at the entrance of the
channel. To escape the threatening danger the
Captain of the Standard, a frigate of the smallest
class, ordered the other vessels to take each its own
course. The Mercurn accordingly sailed N.N. W.
from the enemy, whom it left in the S.S.E. But
with all its exertions it could not get out of sight of
its pursuers. Two of the best sailors of the enemy's
fleet, thp Capitan Pacha of 110 guns, and another of
74 guns, under an Admiral's flag, approached nearer
and nearer, and at two p.m. were within one and a
half cannon shot of our brig. At this moment a
favourable circumstance seemed to give the iliercury
hopes of escaping. The wind suddenly died away,
and Captain K. endeavoured to escape by rowing.
This hope was of short duration ; the wind soon
sprung up again, the enemy drew nearer, and began
to fire with his nearest guns. The brig had no al-
tentative but to surrender or engage in the most
unequal contest that ever took place. Captain K.
consulted his officers, and the latter was resolved

upon. L. Procofieff, the pilot, was the first to pro-
pose to blow up the brig, and it was resolved to
make as long a defence as possible, and if the ship
should spring a leak that could not be kept down
by the pumps, to bring the brig as close as possible
to one of the enemy's ships, when such one of the
officers as might still be living should blow it up,
for which end a loaded pistol was placed in readi-
ness in the powder-room. The rest of the crew were
inspired with the same heroism, and each was impa-
tient to contend with their powerful enemy, and to
meet an honourable death under his own flrg-. The
Mercury then began the fire, but one of the
largest of the enemy's ships got round it, and
threatened it with a broadside, from which it was
saved by the courage of the crew. The enemy's
ships at length succeeded in getting our brig between
them, and amidst the increasing roar of the cannon
iewas summoned by the Capitan Pacha to surrender.
A hearty cheer accompanied by the fire of all the
cannon and small arms was the answer, which ani-
mated the enemy to greater efforts. Till half-past
four the Mercury was exposed to a constant fire
from bath of the enemy's ships, which it sustained
with the greatest firmness, endeavouring by all pos-
sible manceuvres to avoid its effects. One of the
enemy's granades even set it on fire, but the crew
succeeded in extinguishing the fire. About this
time the heroic resolution of the Mercury was
crowned with brilliant success. It had turned its
broadside to the Capitan Paella, and so much
injured its masts, sails and rigging, that it was
obliged to consult its own safety, and desist from the
engagement. The Admiral's ship continued it
obstinately. It had placed itself at the stern of the
Mercury, and in this advantageous position its
well-supported fire threatened to sink the Mercury.
But nothing could subdue the courage of men who
had devoted themselves to death. At half-past five
their efforts succeeded in silencing the fire of this
ship also, after they had greatly damaged its rigging,
shot away most of its masts, and done it other da-
mage, which at the moment was irreparable.
" During the action, in sight of the whole of the
enemy's fleet of six ships of the line (including the
two engiged), two frigates and three other vessels,
and which was above three hours' duration, the

Mercury had four men killed and six wounded,
22 balls in the hull, several between wind and water,
16 in the masts, and 133 in the sails. The tackling
is damaged in 148 places.
".Thus has a Russian brig of 18 guns silenced the
fire of 184, guns of the enemy, and a crew of 79 men
baffled the efforts of an enemy twenty times as nu-
merous.
" Immense damage has been doneln Silistria by the
sudden overflowing of the rivers, in consequence of
heavy and long continued rains."—Prassiau Slates
Gazette, June 20.
TEE HAGUE, JUNE 21.—The Duke of Norfolk,

Mr. Blount, and Sir James Mohnv, High Sheriff of
the county of Clare, lately arrived at Brussels from

London.
EXCHANGE ON LONDON.—AMSTERDAM, JUNE
19 07 5-10 ; two months, 12.—Ainsterdant Courant,
June 24.

It is calculated, we hear, that at least five years
more will expire before the New London-bridge and its
approaches be entirely completed.
THE FUNERAL OF MISS HERNIANDINE
BoTil.-0° Wednesday morning the remains of this hap-
less young lady were consigned to the burial ground of All-
Saints, Poplar. Though it was intended that the funeral
should be conducted with the greatest privacy, and at the
least expense, yet crowds of the sympathising inhabitants
of Poplar assembled in the church-yard. The corpse,
which was conveyed in a hearse, decent, but unostenta-
tious, was followed by a mourning coach, in which was
Miss ANOLYHINE BOTH, accompanied by Mr. RAMSEY,
the parochial churchwarden. On its arrival at the north-
west gate, adjoining to which the grave had been dug,
Miss BOTH, assisted by Mr. RAarsEY, left the coach, and
proceeded to the church, in the aisle of which the corpse
was placed on tressels. To describe the feelings and agony
of ADOLPHINE would be impossible. The funeral service
was performed in an impressive and feeling manner by the
officiating clergyman, the Rev. Dr. HALL, and at about
ten minutes before eleven o'clock she was interred. Miss
BOTH, the eldest sister, from extreme debility, the conse-
quence of the melancholy catastrophe from which she so
fortunately escaped, was unable to attend the interment of
the deceased ; but so grateful did she feel for the kindness
of Dr. H rt., that in the evening she sent him a message,
returning him thanks, and expressing her regret that it
was not in her power to evince her and her sister's grati-
tude in a inure marked manner.

LONDON,
FRIDAY EVENING, JUNE 26, 1829.

Despatches were this morning received at the
Colonial-office from Major-General the Hon.
G. H. COLE, the Governor of the Cape of Good
Hope, dated the 19th of April ; they contain no
intelligence of importance.

The French Journals contain little or no in-
telligence of moment. The Gazette de France
states, that letters from St.yetersburgh, received
on the 23d at Paris, " announce that his Ma-
jesty the Emperor of H L'SSIA, who on leaving
Berlin, went to the head-quarters of his Guards,
is expected in the capital about the 12th of
July." The same Journal, on the authority of
letters received at Nantes, and dated the 3d of
May, reports that the Treaty of Commerce be-
tween France and Flayti has been concluded.

German Papers, under the date of Constan-
tinople, May 26, report that the Turkish fleet
has appeared again in the Black Sea, and fallen
in with four Russian frigates, one of which, the
Rap!wet, of 36 guns, it succeeded in capturing.
A hundred Russian soldiers and eight officers
have been set at liberty by the Turks and sent
to Odessa. The Prussian State Gazette puts
forth a flaming account, on the authority of the
Commander of the Russian fleet in the Black
Sea, of a naval engagement that took place on
the 27th of May last between the Illeycury
Russian brig and two of the Turkish men-of-
war. According to this account the Mercury
achieved wonders. Though only an eighteen-
gun ship, it silenced the fire of two vessels, one
the CAPITAN PACHA'S, of 110 guns, and the
other of 74 guns. Its crew consisted of only
79 men, yet managed to baffle the efforts of an
enemy twenty times as numerous. The same
authority gives the following details respecting
the conduct of this sturdy crew, when they found
that escape was impossible :—" The brig had no
alternative but to surrender or engage in the most
unequal contest that ever took place. Capt. K.
consulted his officers, and the latter was resolved
upon. L. PROCOFIEFF, tile pilot, was the first
to propose to blow up the brig, and it was
resolved to make as long a defence as
possible, and if the ship should spring
a leak that could not be kept down by the
pumps, to bring the brig as close as pos-
sible to one of the enemy's ships, when such
one of the officers as might still be living should
blow it up, for which end a loaded pistol was
placed in readiness in the powder-room. The
rest of the crew were inspired with the same
heroism, and each was impatient to contend
with their powerful enemy, and to meet an
honourable death under his own flag."
In reading this high-wrought account, we
must not omit taking into consideration that it
is a
Russian description of a Russian naval en-
gagement—a species of warfare on which from
of PETER the GREAT, down to the
present, the Muscovites have always piqued them-
selves.

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