The Sun.
London, England, 1827-12-22 00:00:00

and star shot in every direction ; several guns dis-
abled, and all the running rigging entirely cut to
pieces.
The two Turkish line.of-battle ships which had
been partially engaged with the Genoa and Asia, pre-
sented after the battle the most deplorable spectacle.
It is said that each of them had on board 800 men,
and very few escaped being killed or wounded. The
Albion was at one time ordered to destroy the ves-
sels, but the order was countermanded in conse-
quence of the wretched state in which the survivors
of the crews were found. The state of these ships,
at that time baffles description. Beams in two;
decks falling in, and not a space two feet wide any
where to be seen free from shot holes.
The scene after the battle is described by one of
the officers with whom we have communicated, as
being truly awful and imposing. At twenty minutes
after six in the evening, the enemy on all sides
were cempletely beaten ; and with the exception
of the two line-of-battle ships above alluded to, one
frigate, and a few small vessels, they were either on
shore, sunk, burnt, or burning. The firing then
ceased. Night threw her sable mantle over the
bloody scene, and served as a pall to hundreds of
dead or dying victims. The wind had totally sunk,
and left a perfect calm, and not a sound was heard
save that of a few random shots tired at intervals from
the guns in the forts, and which rather added to
than diminished the solemnity of the scene. The
harbour, which had but a few hours before presented
the most animating picture imaginable, was now
covered with darkness, and filled with desolation,
which was rendered occasionally visible by momen-
tary bursts of light from the burning vessels.
A few days after their arrival at Malta, the Allied
squadrons were admitted to pratique; and the Go-
vernor, in honour of the late achievement, caused a
feu de joie to be fired from the lines and by all the
troops in garrison. By the sanative laws of the
Mediterranean, the island of Malta is now under
quarantine, having admitted the squadrons before the
regular probationary period.
Two ring doves, which were purchased in Smyr-
na, and were on board the Genoa during the battle,
have been brought home as a present to a lady in
this town .

Extract of a letter received by an officer in this
town :—" The Turks were quite prepared,--the
Dartmouth fired first, and, I believe, the little Phi-
lomel next, who very soon blew up her fire-ship,
and then sunk a 12-gun brig ; she then opened her
tire on a frigate and two corvettes, and it really was
a miracle she was not blown out of the water, but the
Turks fired very high. A Russian frigate which
was standing in, seeing the perilous situation of the
gallant little Philomcl, ran in between her and her
powerful opponents, and silenced them. Captain
Davies, of the Rose, seeing one of the Turkish fire-
ships entangled with one of the French ships, and
whose head sail she had set on fire, went with boats
belonging to his ship, and in the most gallant man-
ner towed her clear of the Frenchman, and laid her
alongside one of the Turkish frigates, which very
soon after blew up. His dashing behaviour excited
the admiration of every one in the Allied squadron.
It is supposed, that the Turks lost at least ten thou-
sand men. They chained their men to the guns,
and as their wounded became useless, they threw
them o v erboard."