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taking with him part of the fleet to winter at Marmorizza ;
the remainder, it is said, would winter at Malta, whither the

s camp was by the last accounts at Zac-
on the plain of Roccah, underthe Lebanon.

Soliman and HUssein l'.cha were both with him. Their
rifted forces amounted to 12,000 infantry and 2,000 cavalry.
The new Emir Bechir was in the mountains, hovering on the
of Ibrahim's army. Hebron and Legia had, it was
declared for the Sultan. The late commanding engineer
re, Cot. Schultz (who is now called a Swiss and not a
:moved on board the Edinburgh with the inten-
vino.

ca.. ~m to Constantinople, but owing to the state
of his health, it was necessary to land him at Beyrout, where

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From Malta we learn.that Sir Moses Montefiore and suite
ware still performing Quarantine there. Me. Joel Davis,
who accompanied Sir Moses thither, but did not proceed to
Alexandria. died of dysentery on the 23d ult. The Asia ar-
rived at Malta on the 21st November. The island suffered
;ready from severe drought.

.es from Constantinople are to the lith ult. There
a great fire at Therapia on the 14th, which did con-

'MASTER AT ACRE.
her, three days after the fall of this

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redoubt

6th of No
le fortress

and when the British were still rejoic-
ing at having achieved, in three hours, and with a loss on
their side of only 22 killed and 44 wounded, that which even
in its then inferior strength withstood 11 assaults of Napo-
leon, and was only taken on the 12th with a sad loss of human
a disaster, the origin of

—.wed up, though, in all proba-
.isen from the loose manner in which powder
ars to have been conveyed from place to place by the
during the defence of it against the allies, for it
he approaches to the works from the several maga-
literally one continued train of powder, requiring
..e,ilance to remove, so as to avoid such conse-
as the one we are about to relate.

A column, at least 500 yards in height, of thick yellow
noke and dust, with a loud and simultaneous report, sue-
-led by a white smoke and the bursting of as many as a
bells, spreading in all directions far beyond and all
ships of the fleet, some of which, and among them
g only about one hundred yards from the
i the explosion of another powder magazine

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within the fortress of Acre ! In five minuts after, the offi-
cers who landed from the shipping to the succour of the suf-
ferers, among whom there might be shipmates and mess-
mates, encountered on the road those who had fortunately
escaped carrying to the boats for conveyance on board, for
medical aid, the maimed and wounded, which, together with
the killed, are said to amount to 280, of whom at least 150
are native women and children. We have been unable to as-
certain how many are the sufferers in the British fleet, but

understand that as many as fifteen marines are killed, and
I it not been the hour of dinner, the number would have
considerably increased. Among the seamen there are
=tied, and of the officers, Brigadier General Sir
'elix Smith, R.N., very slightly ; Captain Collier,
he Castor, leg broke, and other injuries and bruises,
enant Johnson and the Rev. Mr. Kitson, both of
s Charlotte; from which ship Mr. Warre, mate,
sing party, were ordered to clear out a magazine
ler and shells, which was on fire from the explo-
perilous service was happily performed without
r, notwithstanding the doors had been shattered.
plying of wet bales and blankets, by dusk the
orther damage were considerably reduced, though
not entirely extinguished until a late hour of the
thing could exceed the intrepid conduct of the
nployed, who even mounted the burning roof, bra-
-11 danger, in order to introduce the hose of the engine,

Princes

flaying upon the fire. The Princess Charlotte had two of
ler marines killed and nine wounded, besides several sea-
elonging to her above-named.

men, and the officers

tiCRE, Nov

—On Friday the 6th, an explosion of a pow-
azine took place, and the loss of life on this sad oc-
ras indeed fearful. Captain Ford himself was on short
on the spot a few hours before, and reports that a number of
poor Arab women were there seeking among the ruins the
dead bodies of their husbands, and relations. These he supe
poses amounted to a hundred, and it is probable that all me-
a melancholy fate by the explosion.

Captain Ford hiinself escaped narrowly, for he had been
I Sir C. Smith a few moments before the ex-
mcused himself, having felt too much fatigue

s previous exertions

Teas of the explosion were very remarkable. Among
ch filled the air were perceived im-
rhich fell near the Tahiri Bairi, with-
itrikiiig her), shells exploded with horrible din,
s of men and women were hurled into eternity !
ping off to different ships were wet through by
d by the fall of stones and other heavy bodies
the Stromboli was struck, but providentially
?fit three o'clock signals were made
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