The Sun.
London, England, 1840-11-27 00:00:00

I.IIE .-41 N, LONDON., FRtnAY, NOVI:MI3I4:R 27. 1810

BELGIUM.

BRUSSZLS, Nov. 25.—We have announced the subscription
opened by the English residents in Belgium for the relief of the
sufferers by the inundations in France. We are happy to learn
that that subscription has been very successful. The Rev. Mr.
Drury, our English Clergyman, preached a sermon in the chapel of
the French Protestant Church, where Divine service is performed
at present according to the rites of the Anglican Church. His
sermon produced a great effect on the congregation. He endea.
voured to prove that the difference of nationality ought not to be a
reason for remaining insensible to such misfortunes, and that he
was happy to show on the contrary, and in the present political cir-
cumstances, that the English sincerely pity the misfortunes which
had befallen part of the people of France.

position ,but await the resolutions of the Powers; and he recommend-
ed them in the mean time not to promote in any way theconcluSion 0
a direct agreement, because it would place France In a state o
antagonisms with England, which it was well to avoid. On the
of April those agents acknowledged the receipt of the instructir us,
and said they would conform to them, and :11. Cochelet even ach el
bringing
as indulging to the about such an arrange.that such a negotiation offered no chance of success, as Mehen
g
mAelin. hadt M. exhaustedfThiers
teveryhendmesecarnibseodf
last the hope of bringing over the Conference to the views of
France. He wrote on the 17th of April that he was gaining
ground; that Lord Palmerston felt the danger of separating from
France; that the Members of Parliament friendly to the Cabinet
saw the danger of concluding the treaty between four Powers— ,
Prussia and Austria also reluctantly seceded from her, because the
insurrection in Syria had failed ; they could not see how the Pacha
could be coerced without her ; and finally, that Prussia and Austria
were at the time of opinion to grant the Pacha the heredi.
tary Government of Egypt and Syria. M. Thiers never
held out to the Pacha any hopes or promises of support.
On the sth of May the negotiators, in accord with Lord
Palmerston, notified to M. Guizot their resolution only to concede
hereditary Egypt and the life possession of the Pachalic of Acre,
with the fortress. M. Guizot was quite astounded at the proposi-
tion. On June 14, however, he wrote to M. fillers that the nego-
tiators again entertained the idea of granting Syria for life, and
added that if, after they had. prevailed on Lord Palmerston to ac-
cede to it, France did not subscribe to the arrangement, the Powers
would most certainly break off with her. M. Thiers could not
accede to these terms. The Consul of England, Mr. Hodges, had
irritated the Pacha to such a degree, that the latter had declared
he would not give up Adana, and would order his son to cross
the Taurus. Under these circumstances, he conceived that such a
proposition would be badly received; he, however, sent an agent to
Alexandria to see if he could be brought to such a concession ; but
he (M. Thiers) could not think of signing the Treaty, since he should
have been obliged to concur in the coercive measures against Mehe-
met Ali. It was true that after the arrival of the Turkish Envoy
at London M. Guizot had written that the Councils had been re..
sumed with fresh vigour, and that if the Pacha did not accept
Syria for life, he would in all probability lose all. " I think,,,
continued M. Thiers, " that it was dangerous to abandon the heir..
dom of Syria at once, without having obtained any engagement
from Lord Palmerston with regard to the life possession of Syria."
I wrote thus to M. Guizot Make no definite enlargements. I
have despatched an Envoy to the Viceroy in order to sound him.
If they insist on a decision, answer them ad referendam. —(Mur-
murs.) This wasuot a refusal.—(Fresh murmurs.) The Viceroy
Was overjoyed at the offer, and threw himself into the arms of M.
Cochelet. He told him that for the life possession of Syria he
would give up the fleet, and would submit. This is what was milled
at London an effort of France to bring about a direct arrange-
ment.--(Murmurs.) I sent M. Perier to the Pacha, not to confirm
him in his determination to give up the fleet, but to inform him
that if he once gave his promise to do se, he must keep his word.
(Fresh murmurs.) I feel convinced that this step was not the
cause of the treaty of July 15.—(Murmurs.) It might have caused
some umbrage at London ; but when M. Guizot affirmed there that
France had not attempted to bring about an arrangement, he ought
to have ken believed.—(Hcar, hear.) He ought to have been be.
lieved, not only only on account of his high character, but also as
the organ of the Government. There has been no intrigue or
manceuvre. But France has Seen grossly duped : a pretext has
been sought and found to break off her alliance. A treaty was
made without her knowledge and consent. Ido not accuse the
English people. Ido not accuse the English Cabinet ; but 1 do
accuse one man, and that man is Lord Palmerston."

We have received the followingeommunication in a letter from
Toulon of the 20th Nov.:—" The squadron, which has completed
its quarantine today is expected every moment. A telegraphic
despatch directs orders to be given for the ships to lay in a fresh stock
of provisions that they may be ready to put to sea again at the first
signal.

The Ministerial journal, the Jfessager, says "the Courrier Fran-
cais, which says that the absence of the French fleet had faralized the
courage of those who reckoned on our protection, ought to recol.
lect that the taking of St. Jean d'Acre must have taken place
at the beginning of November, and that the Cabinet of 29th Oc.
tober cannot be answerable for what passed at that time in the East.
The Courrier Francais ought to call to account the Cabinet of the
Ist of March, which it has so warmly supported. The answer
might be good addressed to the defenders of M. Thiers, but then the
new Cabinet should not have announced as the principal points of
its programme the abandonment of all our foreign interests.—Lc
Commerce.

CAPTURE OF
ST. JEAN IYACRE

FULL PARTICULARS.
An extraordinary express from Marseilles has brough
us advices from Malta to the 16th instant, and full detail
of the fall, after three hours' bombardment, of the import.
ant fortress of St. Jean d'Acre,

ALT, Nov. 13.
The Phoenix war steamer arrived yesterday ern efternoon, bring-
in. the important intelligence of the taking of St. Jean d'Acre,
which place she left on the 6th inst., and after cooling here,
proceeds to England with Sir Robert Stopford's despatches to
the Admiralty.
• On the 24th of October Admiral Walker Bey (now we be-
lieve a Pacha) left Berout, in company with the Talbot, for
St: Jean d'Acre, which place they reached at eleven Pew.
They hoie to until the morning of the 25th of October, when
they were joined by the- Thunderer, Revenge, Pique,
Gorgon, and Phceeix. .At ten Admiral Walker hoisted a
flag of truce, and Stood in With the Gorgon, the rest of the
ships remaining in the offing to join when called upon by
him so to do. On nearing he embarked on board the Ger-
gon, steamed clo!e in, and repaired in person to summon the
town and foi•tress to surrender, but the boat was ordered away,
and the letter containing the demard to surrender was refused
to be received. Admiral Walker then proceeded in the
Gorgon to consult Sir Robert Stopford on the expediency of
storming the town. The Admirals met off Sidon, when Sir
it. Stop ord determined upon postponing further operations,
sod recalled the Ilriti,h force off Acre. Admiral Walker, rt?t
aoi. lt , ether pleased :tt this movement after his summons, ga.-
enemy. lie accordingly run his flag-ship in right under the
Sanity determined upon st lotting in alone and braving the
fortresses, and fired a broadside; but notwithstanding some
two hundred guns might have opened their fire, not a shot was
fired. 'lbis unaccountable circumstance somewhat pealed
the Gallant Admiral, who feeling unwilling to fire again un-
less the enemy returned the compliment, stood off for a while,
then in the afterncem stood in again, and even closer than the
morning, but still the fortifications remained silent. The
Talbot now came to an anchor and sent in her boats to sound,
but although they approached within musket range. still not a
shot was fired at them, which can only be accounted for by a
respect which, even as an enemy, the Egyptians appear dis-
posee to manifest towards the Sultan's flag, for every English
vessel whiter has passed• Within the range, when unaccompanied
by or not close to an Ottoman ship-of-war, has been fired at
without ceremony
When it is considered how difficult it is to manoeuvre a ship
of the line manned ny Turkish seamen under such frowning
batteries as those of St. Jean d'Acre, which were well calcu-
lated to infuse terror in men of stronger nerve and courage,
the eonduct of Admiral Walker Pey cannot be too much lauded.
Oil the 2,1 of November, late in the afternoon, Admiral Sir
Robert Stanford in the Princess Charlotte, with the Powerful.
Bellerophon, Thunderer, Edinburgh, Benbow, Revenge, Gor-
g'
Wasp ; Admiral
nix'S
trian Admiral Handiera in the Medea frigate with the Guer-
dere, and a Corvette of the same nation, arrived off Acre. On
the al the wind being unfavourable, the ships of the Allies re-
trom bwolia
and , Vesuvius, Castor, Carysfort, Hazard,
iker,
in his 74 gun-ship, and the Aus-
manned at anchor in the Bay, leaving the steamers only in
activity, amusing themselves at throwing shells into the fortifi-
eations. Soon after noon,. a light sea breeze set in, when the
fleet got under weigh, and at about one r. et. bore up for
the town, in two different directions : those destined to
engage the sea face were the Princess Charlotte, Power-
ful, Bellerophon, Thunderer, and Pique, the Powerful
leading, and immediately following the Princess Charlotte,
and Bellerophon. On the other angle, the Benbow led in
Admiral Walker's flag-ship, but the Castor got a- head of both,
the rest of the vessels taking up positions as most convenient,
and likely to do the greatest mischief. Shortly after 2 P.m.
the batteries opened their fire upon the Castor, which the Pow-
ful returned, as she stood in, from her bow guns and as soon as
she anchored and got her broadside to bear, the gallant Corn
modore set to work in style, and so did the Princess Charlotte
and Bellerophon. In a few minutes all the other ships joined,
and the action became general, throwing outside with astonish-
ing rapidity and effect their shells, over the ships, i the for-
tifications. Such cannonading was never
before hnto
eard, and
most certainly on no occasion on record were less shots wasted.
The firing •
was truly admirable, the Bellerophoe's palarl
50, and every shot told. The Princess Charlotte alone firedy .luring the three hours which the action lasted .4,508 shots, or
one broadside repeated every two minutes for 86 times. •
Sir Robert Stopford remained throughout the greater part
of the action on board the Phoenix steamer, which being to
windward enabled him the better to watch and direct the ope •
rations of the fleet, which owing to the dense smoke he could
not well do on board of the flag-ship.
At about 4 rem. a sensation was felt on board the ships simi-
lar to that of an earthquake, which was subsequently ascertained
to have been a tremendous explosion (no doubt from one of the
steamers' shells,) of a powder magazine ashore, launching into
eternity no less than 1,200 of the enemy. At a little after 5,
es the evening drew in, the fire of the batteries began to slacken,
trem, (as it has been since ascertained) the inability of the
enemy to sit hat
their guns, many of which were dismounted,
and the embrasuresand knocked about the heads of those
works who mann d them- At dark, the firing ceased on both sides,
and it was general! Ithat the Allies would at daylight
y supposes .be landed to storm the town but it would appear that the Egyp-
tians had had more 'h
' days f t
than enough, on t e previous ay, or a
About 2 A.m. a b
had oat came off to announce that part of the gar-
the evacuated the 'Lace, andas soon as the sun rose on
the morning of
dips 4th,
.
Ottoman
t e 4th, the British, Austrian, and
flags, were seen cl.
landing, isplayed on the citadel.
On the
known to be strong, was found even
still more se than whataeeeVas
_ri conceived, and thanks may be re-
turned to the Almi 6
gety, thatetehies stronghold of the enemy has
nat cost the Allies a fire test I f life. The town is one
mass of ruins ;
the
bagtteear er
and
dss o
most
of
the houses literally
riddled all over ; the
killed and
ad
.mno
dett
lying
about in all di-
rections, lifeless trucks can 'len r ; some without heads,
others without legs and
d cat ass. e
Hundreds dying from the
blood flowing from their wounds, and no one near to help them.
The scene was truly awful ! The defence of the place was
entrusted to a Pole, who
certainly did his utmost, he lost his
arm, and is among the prisoners' who are said to amount to
3,500, and those who have fled are said to exceed 1,000, but
these latter were being hourly brought in by the mountaineers.
The returns of killed and wounded on the side of the Allies
had not yet been collected from the several ships at the date of
our last advices, but the sane total is estimated at 23 killed and
50 wounded. Among the former w regret to announce the loss
of Lieut. Le Mesurier, of the Talbot,e lately promoted. Among
the wounded Commander Hastings of the Edinburgh, with
the Master Assistant Surgeon and two Midshipmen of the same
vessel, all by one shell. On board the Benbow, Mr. Telfer,
Captain's clerk (sou of Deputy Commissary General Teller,
in this Island), received a very slight injury from a splinter
which had like te have carried away both his legs. In Admi-
ral Walker's ship, five were killed and two wounded. This
vessel's mainmast was shot through, and ber hull and rigging
so injured that she will have to go to Constantinople for repairs.
She will convey 1,000 prisoners. Admiral Walker has left in
a steamer, for Constantinople to be himself the bearer of the
The of the victory to the Sultan.
Castor
The Powerful's main top mast is crippled, and the Cast°.
has suffered considerably. Only one shot struck the BelleF
Fhon which went through the forecastle, doing no material
'
of whom
in-
jury, and only slightly wounding one Turkish soldier,
ships. These
they had on board 300, and so had all the other
troops have been lauded to garrison Acre, where a vast
quan-
tity of materials were found, exceeding what has been expen-
ded
in the warfare along the coast of Syria, and estimated at
little short of 1,000,0001. value.
Among the ordnance_ a splen-
did park of artillery of 200 guns, in the first-rate order.
Thecon.. The Bellerophon, Thunderer, and Revenge were about
vcying the prisoners taken to Beyrout. Among the prisoners
are several French and Italian instructors.

ACRE, Nov. 3.
Acre was taken to-day by the combined British and Austrian
fleets, after a cannonading of four hours and a half. The ships
opened fire yesterday at three p.m, and closed at dark, the
whole sea side of the town having at that time had its guns dis-
mounted or silenced. We ceased fire at seven p.m., with the
intention of recommencing at daylight, little thinking that
we were already victors, nor did we know of the surrender
till we saw our own union-jack hoisted on the citadel at dawn
of day.
The Lace of shipping employed is no doubt quite dispropor- I

tionate to the immense strength of this redoubted fortress ; it
was rebuilt in 1831, by French artizans, and defended by 4.60
guns of the heaviest calibre, which were on this occasion
Worked by French bombardiers. But knowing the customer
we had to deal with, otir guns were fought' in good earnest,
pouring broadside upon broadside intts the fortress with a ra-
pidity and steadiness not surpassed by anything we read of in
our naval history.
About sixty-five guns had been actually dismounted or si-
lenced by our fire, when a stray shot or shell found its way
into their powder magazine, which blew up with a tremendous
explosion, buried-1,200 men in its ruins, and covered the whole
city with its wreck.
In the course of the night the mountaineers came down and
commenced a straggling engagement of musketry with the
Egyptian artillery outside the town, which continued till the
enemy evacuated, which happened about two a.m., to-dry, and
sun-rise showed us the combined flags, British, Austrian, and
Turkish flying side by side on the citadel.
Two thousand. prisoners were taken, and the mountaineers
are hourly bringing in the fugitives.
Our whole loss is unaccountably small, 23 killed and some
wounded. The shot flew over head, cutting the rigging to
pieces, but hardly touching the hulls. They seem either to
have bad no idea of depressing their guns, or else could not see
from the thick smoke (which fortunately for us) blew in their
faces, the wind being westerly. The scene presented by the
town is indescribably horrible. The whole neighbourhood of
the explosion being a mass of killed and wounded, men and
beasts, tossed together indiscriminately.
It is ascertained that 2,000 shot and shell were fired into the
town in four hours. The ships engaged were the Princess
Charlotte, Powerful, Thunderer, Bellerophon, Edinburgh,
Benb'sw, and Revenge—the Turkish Admiral—frigates, Pique,
Castor, Carysfort, Talbot—the Austrial Admiral—brigs, Haz-
ard and Wasp—besides the steamers in the offing.
Suck is the account of the taking of Acre, written within 24
hours after the attack becr'an ; a city which baffled Buonaparte
and a French army, and has undergone, both in ancient and
modern history, more numerous and desperate sieges than any
other city in the world.

RETURN OF KILLED AT ACRE.
_ FIRST LINE.

Princess Charlotte
Powerful
Bellerophon ...
Thunderer
Revenge
Pique

SECOND LINE.
Admiral Walker's ship
Edinburgh
Benbow
Castor.
Talbot
Carysfort
Hazard

Wasp
Austrian Admiral Bandiera's ship
A ustrian frigate and corvette Unknown
Total killed . l7
Wounded 36

ANOTHER ACCOUNT.
(From the Malta Times.)
THE BOMBARDMENT AND FALL OF ST. JEAN
D'ACRE.

MALTA, Nov. 15, 1840.
The Phcenix steam-frigate arrived on Thursday evening last,
bringing the momentous intelligence of the capture of St. Jean
d'Acre,-the far-famed fortress of the Levant, by the combined
fleets of the Allies. The action is the most splendid of all the
recent splendid naval achievements in these seas, demonstrating
to the staggering faith of the politicians of Europe that nothing
can withstand British genius and valour.
We cannot pass by the splendid action of Admiral Stopford
—an action which has covered the Aelmiral with immortal
honour. It was Admiral Sir Robert Stopford who left his flag
ship for the Phcenix—who directed the attack—who fired the
first shot upon the devoted fortress, who neared the formidable
batteries, and under the bristling cannon (the labours and ac-
cumulations of ages) stood up with coolness, daring, unshaken
courage, and commanded the whole operations!
The Admiral, however, was nobly seconded by General Sir
C. F. Smith, of the Royal Engineers, who was with him on
board the Phcenix, and by other brave and intrepid officers
under his command. Commodore Napier--the glory of the
British sailor—headed one of the two divisioas, and would not
cease his fire till every gun of the enemy was silent. Admiral
Walker behaved also most admirably, and took his flag-ship
under the guns.
The result of this grand action is 3,000 prisoners, an im-
mense quantity of warlike stores, accumulated for years in this
celebrated fortress, and possession of the entire coast of Syria.
The Phcenix steam-frigate arrived in port on Thursday
afternoon, from Acre, the 6th inst., with the important intelli-
gence of the fall of that fortress on the 3d.
The attack commenced at half-past 2 o'clock, P.M., and be-
came general at 3 r.ar. At 20 minutes past 4 a large magazine
blew up, by -which one entire regiment was sacrificed ; at 3
o'clock the southern division ceased firing, and at 40 minutes
past 5 the north-western. The batteries fired until the last.
During the night the place was evacuated. At 3 A.M. Walker
Bey landed with some troops and took possession.
British Loss-14 killed and 42 wounded.
Egyptian Loss-1,500 to 1,700 killed by explosion. 500
killed on the ramparts. Wounded unknown.
The only officer killed was Lieutenant Le Mesurier of the
Talbot, who received a severe contusion, of which he died on
the following day.
The British ships engaged were the Princess Charlotte,
Powerful, Thunderer, Benbo*, Revenge, Edinburgh, and
Bellerophon of the line ; Castor, Pique, Carysfort, and Talbot,
frigates ; Wasp and Hazard, sloops ; Gorgon, Vesuvius, Strata-
bob, and Phcenix, steam ft igates ; two Austrian frigates and a
a corvette, and a Turki:h ship-of-the-line, with the flag of Ad-
miral Walker.
Some of the ships were a good deal cut up about the rigging
and spars, and a prodigious quantity of powder and shot was
expended.
The Plicenix proceeded. to England yesterday with the des-
patches from Admiral Stoptord.
ACRE, Nov. 6.
On the 24th ult. the Medea.' Steamer arrived from Malta and
England; the same day the Turkish Atli:nit:el ( Walker), with
the Gorgon and Pitcenix steamers, sailed for Acre) and the dxy
haVinis reached their destination ( where they foatid the
Revenge and Pique), sent in a flag of truce, summoning
the town, which, howeVdt, vtae not received, and the
beat threatened to be fired on, it Wit immediately off.
The Gorgon and Phoenix, therefore, returned to Bey-
rout, but en the la tter's arrival there found ale
the AdMirel, with the Bellerophon and Edinburgh,
and the two Austrian frigates, bad sailed for Acre, to which
place she accordingly returned, and 14atntd that on the previous
evening the Gorgon had fallen in with the Princess Charlotte,
and, strange to sty, received orders for all the ship, excepting
the Pique, to return to Beyroot, to which place we all accord.
ingly proceeded. On the 29th the Vesuvius steamer arrived
from Malta and Engl.,nd, and the same day an Austrian steamer
from Constantinople bringing troops, and despatches from Lord
Ponsonby. On the 30th tilt, a general order was issued f y Com-
mand of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, thanking
the fleet for th sir seal and exertions, and on the same day a
council of war was held, at which an immediate attack on Acre
was decided on. The same evening the supernumerary Marines
were embarked, and on the following day about g,OOO Turkish
troops, each ship taking a portion according to her sill.
General Sir C. F. Smith, R. E., accompanying them. In
the afternoon the steamers Gorgon, Vesuvius, Stromboli,
and Phoenix started for their destination. On the morninff
of Sunday, November the Ist, the steam division arrived og
Acre, where they found the Pique, and in the forenoon
commenced throwing shot and stall into the devoted town,
which was briskly returned, but fortunately without effect.
This amusement continued at intervals during the day, and
must have harassed the enemy a good deal, as a number of shot
and shell were seen to fall and burst in the very centre of the
town. In the evening the steamers anchoted just out of
range, and the Talbot and Wasp joined. At dayl ght oh the
2d the Turkish and Austrian Admirals made their appearance,
and at eight o'clock the steamers weighed and resumed their
work, which was continued at intervals throughout the day,
the batteries returning the fire as yesterday, and with the like
harmless effect. In the afternoon we had the satisfaction of
making out the Admiral and squadron running cloven before a
fine breeze from the northward : shortly before sunset the
whole anchored off the town. The forces now assembled con-
sisted of the following vessels :—Princess Charlotte (flag),
Powerful (broad pendent), Thunderer; 'Bellerophon, Revenge,
Edinburgh, and Benbow of the line; Castor, Pique, Carysfort,
and Talbot, frigates; Hazard, corvette; Wasp, brig; and
the steam-frigates, Gorgon, Vesuvius, Stromboli, and Phcenix;
the Austrian frigates Gueriera and Medea, and a corvette,
and the Turkish Admiral and cutter Tender. The night was
spent in sounding, laying down buoys, and making the neces-
sary preparations. At half-past nine, a.m., all being ready,
the signal was made to weigh, with a light wind from the
south-west. The Admiral and Sir Charles Smith went on
board the steam -frigate Phcenix, from which vessel they con-
ducted the attack ; the flag however, still remained flying on
board the Princess Charlotte. At fifty minutes past one the
Phcenix opened her fire. The Powerful, closely followed by
the Princess Charlotte, Thunderer, Bellerophon, and Pique,
stood to the northward (it would be as well to state here that
the town presents two faces to the sea, one to the west and the
other to the south), and then bore up, and anchored off the
north-west angle of the town in the order named above.
The Castor, Carysfort, Talbot, Benbow, Edinburgh, Turkish
Admiral, azard, Wasp, and Austrians, stood in for the south
face ; the Revenge was ordered to keep under weigh as a re-
serve. At a quarter past two o'clock the batteries to the south
opened on the Castor, as she mostgallantly, and to the admiration
of the whole fleet, took up her station within about 700 yards of
the batteries, where she and her consorts opened their fire, as
had also by this time the northern division ; the steamers were
placed between the two divisions, under weigh, and thus the
action became general. It would impossible to attempt a de.
scription of the scene at this moment, but had those who have

hertofore doubted the bravery and constancy of the Egyptians
then witnessed the animated fire kept up by the batteries they
would no longer be sceptical as to their courage or endurance.
At about 3 o'clock the Revenge was ordered ha to support the
Powerful's division, and took up an admirable position a-head
of that ship. At 25 minutes past 4, the action being at its
height., aterrific explosion took place in the town, which for a
time wholly concealed it and the southern division from view ;
its appearance was truly awful, and I can compare it to nothing
but as if a huge yew tree had suddenly been conjured up from
the devoted town, it hung for many minutes a mighty pall over
those hundreds it had hurled into eternity, and then slowly,
owing to the lightness of the wind, drifted to the southward.
It proved to be the explosion of the principal magazine of the
place, one-third of which it has destroyed, and from a whole re-
giment having been quartered in a khan immediately adjoining,
it is supposed from 1,500 to 1,700 soldiers perished in the ruins,
besides a number of camels, horses, bullocks, and donkeys.
After this fearful event the fire from the southern batteries
nearly ceased, but the western'one still kept it up with anima-
tion, and was answered broadside after broadside with redoubled
vigour and tremendous effect. Shortly before fire the Admiral
made the signal to discontinue the•engagement, but from the
smoke it could not be seen for some time by the Powerful's divi-
sion, who continued until half-past fire to fire at the few
guns that still maintained the action, after which not a shot
was fired either from the town or fleet. This sudden silence
immediately succeeding such a dinning uproar had a very
peculiar effect. In the early part of the night the Prin-
cess Charlotte and the Revenge shifted further out, and the
Benbow, the Edinburgh, and the Castor were hauled
further in, far the purpose of breaching the south face in the
morning. Admiral Walker made one or two unsuccessful at-
tempts to land some spies, but happily about 30 minutes after
I a.m. a small boat came off from the captain of the port, to
say that the Egyptians were leaving the town, and that if a
party was landed at the water-gate it would be found open ;
this was of course immediately done, and three hundred Turks
and a party of Austrian marines took unopposed possession at
daylight; the remainder of the Turkish troops and a con-
siderable number of marines were landed and quietly marched
into the place. Thus has fallen the far famed fortress of
Acre, after a bombardment of only about three hours' du-
ration ! Any attempt to describe the awful scene of carnage
and destruction that presented itself would be impossible.
I shall, therefore, not even attempt the task, but confine
myself to giving you the numbers supposed to have
perished, and the damage done. From 1,500 to 1,700 are
supposed to have perished by the explosion of the magazine, and
about 300 were killed in the batteries. 3,000 prisoners were
taken; 700 of one regiment, who had evacuated the town in
the night, marched clown to the beach with drums beating,
and quietly laid down their arms. The batteries are awfully
knocked about, many guns upset, and several burst, Cor.