The Sun.
London, England, 1867-09-04 00:00:00

THE SUN, LON DON, WEDNESDAY EVE NINE, SEP rEmB ER 4, 1867.

tempt was made to board by either side. The Greeks,
it is said, disappeared from the deck and went be-
low, and the Turks were equally mindful of the
maxim that ' discretion is the better part of valour.'
Eventually the commander of the Izeddin (Hassan
Bey) ordered his vessel to be backed astern with the
intention of making a fresh rash:at his opponent,
which, however, took advantage of the opportunity
to make for the shore, then oisly half or three quar-
ters of a mile off, and she ran, aground among the
reefs, where it was impossible to follow her. About
this time the Mahmoudie and. Ertogrul frigates ap-
peared in sight, about four or five miles off. When
the Mahmoudie came up (about 2 o'clock in the
morning) the Admiral, Ibral im Pasha, directed
several shells to be fired at the Arkadi, and also
on shore, in order to disperse any insurgents who
might have come down to :assist theocrew. Soon
after flames were observed from the after part of
the ship, and explosions were heard from time
to time, on which account it was considered
prudent to defer boarding her until daylight.
As soon as day broke the boats of the Mahmoudid
and Izeddin were lowered, with pumps, &c., and the
Arkadi was boarded by the Admiral, Capt. Hassan
Bey, and a number of officers and men. She was
quite deserted ; but one wounded man was found
on board, and he was removed to the Mahmoudie,
where he received every attention. The bodies of
two or three sailors were lying on deck, several
limbs shot off in the fight were scattered about, and
there was a good deal of blood on the flush deck.
The aft part of the vessel was completely gutted by
fire, but the fire had not reached the coal bunkers,
and the engines were uninjured either by fire or
water. There were only four guns on board. Two
of the crew of the Izeddin were killed by the Arkadi's
shot, and two by the bursting of one of her own
guns, a splinter from which also slightly wounded
Capt. Hassan Bey in the face. A tomahawk was
thrown at him from the Arkadi, but did not hit him.
Eleven of the Izeddin's crew were wounded, and
are now under treatment in the hospital. A shot
passed through her funnel and her wheel, but did
not do any serious damage. A shell also passed
through the second engineer's cabin, and burst harm-
lessly on the other side of the vessel. The bulwarks
of the ship were pierced in several places by shot.
The French Admiral, who had left Aya-Roumeli at
half-past Bon Monday evening with a number of
Cretan refugees, and who was making for Souda,
seeing the chase, lay to for the night, and witnessed
the whole affair. In the morning he sent his offi-
cers on board the Izeddin to obtain a detailed ac-
count. At 8 a.m. on Monday morning the Turkish
Admiral despatched the Izeddin to Canea to report
the destruction of the Arkadi to the Serdar Ekreml
Omar Pasha, on learning the news, directed that a
month's pay should be given to the officers and men
of the Izeddin, and decorated several of the former
with the Order of the Medjidie. His Highness then
sent the ship on to Constantinople to communicate
the intelligence to the Sultan. His Majesty testified
his satisfaction by promoting the captain and seve-
ral of the officers of the Izeddin, and by the grant
of a sum of 2,500 liras for distribution among the
officers and men. His Majesty's mother (the Sul-
tana Validd) also presented the crew with a grati-
fication of three liras each, and the officers with a
month's pay."