A FUNERAL AT SEA.
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Extract of c Lctter from Grant Ihor- burn, dated at seq, Oct. -16, l833.-One of our steerage passengers died last night, about 9 o'clock, after being six days out:

 He was brought on board almost in the last gasp of consumption. ,Ho hoped his bones would mouldcr in his native soil (lreland J but his grave is in the deep. None of our cabin passengers knew of his situation, till some hours after his death. We. have on board the Rev., MT. B., an Episcopal Minister from England. He was m bed, and knew not that there was corpse on board, till 1 informed him in the morning. He seemed awfuily struck when asked ii he had his prayer book and canonicais in order, as there was to be funeral at 9 A. M. He mustered the materials, and ind ing all in order, said he would perform the last office for the dead, while l was to do my best as Clerk pro tenn, as he sad ne understood had been Clerk in Chufcn in New Y ork, for some years. informed

 the Captain of the arrangement, ana re-

 qucsted that he would order every thing 10

 be conducted with decent order and pro lpriety. After receiving my short lesson, we renaircd on deck. The scene was nov cl. solemn, and imposing. The morning was fine; the sun shonc bright and mild {; a gentle breeze was humming through our sails, inst enough to steady the vessel {; hundreds of sea gulls were sporting in the