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

rect returns of the number of
that
mounted have not been
recei'ed, but I should suppose that there are about 120 on
the sea faces, and about 20 mortars, chiefly brass, 13-inch.
Vast quantities of munitions of war and provisions, together
with specie to the amount of five thousand pounds, were found
in the town, Youssouf Aga (Colonel Shultz, a Pole), the
chief engineer of the army of Syria, was taken prisoner
seriously wounded in the arm—the defence of the place had
been intrusted to him. Mabmoud Bey, the Governer, effected
his escape, but has since been taken by the mountalnoers.
The wonderful 'recision and rapidity of the fire are best ap-
preciated by Youssouf Aga (the Pole) declaring that no men
could possibly have stood to their guns in the batteries—the
Princess Charlotte alone tired 4,400 shots. Little damage has
been sustained by the works on the land side, which are even
now very strong, but which a few months more would have
rendered almost impregnable. Some hundreds of sick, and a
number of dead, were found in the hcspital, many having been
killed in their beds during the bombardment, and all appear to
have been sadly neglected. Ibrahim Pacha is reported to be at
a place called iehle, between Lebanon and Anti-Lebanon, with
a force of from 15,000 to 20,000 men. The prisoners taken
at Acre are embarking on board the English .hips, which are
shortly to proceed to Marmorice for the winter, leaving a squad-
ron of frigates and steamers under Captain Collier, of the Cas-
tor, on the coast of Syria. The Phasnix, with the despatches
for England still leave this morning. Reinforcements from
Constantinople continue to arrive, but the campaign is sup-
posed to have finished for the winter. Mr. Gennys, mate of
the Carysfort, is promoted 'to the Talbot, vice Le Mesurier,
dead. Admiral Walker is to leave in the Vesuvius with the
despatches for Constantinople ; he has been made a Pacha.

Another letter, after giving an account of the operations,
states t—At daylight we found the place had been evacuated
during the night; the troops were immediately landed by the
small ships. The Turkish flao. was hoisted on the citadel, and
on either side a small English 'and Austrian flag, thus terminat-
ing the siege and fall of Acre. The enemy certainly had been
expecting os to land in the bay, having barricaded the gates on
that side, and made it very strong. We commenced by going
round the other walls, and were truly surprised at the strength
of the place; almost every gUn was new—every carriage quite
so; but the quantity of ammunition, shot, and shells of every
sort and description, by the side of each gun, astonished us,
certainly sufficient for a six month's ordinary siege. In the
town there is not one house without many shot holes in it, nor
one habitable. 1 could not have imagined a city so completely
destroyed, and was really glad to find myself again on board.
The Bellerophon, Revenge, and Thunderer, are ordered to
convey 600 prisoners each to Beyrout, and there tranship them
into transports for Constantinople. It is said that much specie
has been found in the city, and 300 pieces of field artillery. I
yesterday heard the value estimated at 200,0001., this fortress
having been the grand depot and arsenal of Mohemot Ali. It
will be a great blow to him; the garrison was supposed to
amount to near 6,000 at the commencement of the attack.
The next ships for Malta are the Edinburgh, Hazard, and
Wasp, the two first having their mizenmasts, and the last her
foremast shot through. The Bellerophon in the 3i hours find
away 160 barrels of powder, and 28 tons of iron shot.

NEWS FROM CONSTANTINOPLE.
MALTA, Nov. 15.
By the arrival of the Minos this mottling we have advices
from Constantinople to the sth inst., from Egypt.to the 6th,
and from Smyrna to the 9th.
The news is not important. At none of these places was the
capture of St. Jean d'Acre known. It is said that there is a
strong fermentation in Damascus in favour of the Sultan.
Some Tatar couriers have arrived at Constantinople, bringing
the confirmation of the evacuation of Tarsus, Adana, and the
defiles of the Taurus by the Egyptians. Troops continue to
be sent from Constantinople into Syria. The Sultan's army
now, with the troops just sent, will amount to 20,000 strong.
Orders have been sent to the Emir Bechir, now in Malta, to
go to Constantinople. He is at liberty to go or refuse, as he
is under British protection. (He may thank God for that !)
The Sultan has had another daughter, and promises to have a
large family. The late Austrian, Prussian, and Russian Con-
suls-Generals in Egypt arrived at Smyrna from Beyrout, on
the 3d instant. Sir Moses Montefiore and suite arrived here
to-day by the Minos. Hosref Effendi, despatched by Mehemet
Ali to search out for Ibrahim, could not find him, or, at least,
get near him. He had a particular mission.
The French picket agent In Malta, and the Russian Consul ,
had a regular tight with sticks, owing to the arrival of the
news of the fall of Acre. Thii is i moat disgraceful busi-
ness—a farce, if you will, after the tragedy of St. Jean d'Acre.

THE lONIAN ISLANDS.

CORFU, Nov. 11.

An awful earthquake took place at the ill-fated island of
Zante, on Friday, the 30th ult. Sir Howard Douglas and
suite are still there, and have during the last week felt up-
pards of 100 shocks, and some very smart ones. The country
has suffered severely, but providentially not more than seven
lives have been lost. The inhabitants are all in a state of
the greatest alarm, and the damage done is estimated at
1,500,000 dollars. Fortunately the weather was, up to Friday
last, remarkably fine, or the sufferings of the poor would have
been tenfold ; a subscription has been opened for the immediate
relief of the poor wretches whose houses are utterly destroyed.
Gentlemen who have come from Zante say, that after the first
tremendous shock the town had the appearance of a place that
had been bombarded for month, and only fancy what it must
losk like now that they have had 100 and more shocks.
which it is said have crumbled down those buildings which
the first shock rent. A small island in the harbour of Zante
has disappeared ; there were a few fishermen's huts upon it,
but we know not whether any poor wretches were on it at the
time.