The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
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e said to amount to 280, of whom at least 150
men and children. We have been unable to as-

e sufferers in the British fleet, but
nd that as many as fifteen marines are killed, and

hour of dinner, the number would have

rably increased. Among the seamen there are
ded, and of the officers, Brigadier General Sir
Smith, R.N., very slightly ; Captain Collier,
Castor, leg broke, and other injuries and brnises,
mt Johnson and the Rev. Mr. Kitson, both of
Charlotte; from which ship Mr. Warre, mate,
ing party, were ordered to clear out a magazine

lerlrid shells, which was on fire from the explo.
perilous service was happily performed without
y, notwithstanding the doors had been shattered.
plying of wet bales and blankets, by dusk the
Further damage were considerably reduced, though

; not entirely-extinguished until -a
late hour of the
)thing could exceed the intrepid conduct of the
Toyed, who even mounted the burning roof, bra-
iger, in order to introduce the_hose of the engine,

a the fire. The Princess Charlotte had two oe
killed and nine wounded, besides several sea-
officers belonging to her above-named.

12.—0 n Friday the 6th, an explosion of a pow-
)ok place, and the loss of life on this sad oc-
;ed fearful. Captain Ford himself was on short
;w hours before, and reports that a number of
nen were there seeking among the ruins the
their husbands, and relations. These he supe
1 to a hundred, and it is probable that all me-
e explosion.
if escaped narrowly, for he had been
a few moments before the ca-
lf, having felt too much fatigue

is exertions,

of the explosion were very remarkable. Among
3f dust which filled the air were perceived im-
(many of which fell near the Tahiri Bairi, with.
striking her), shells exploded with horrible din,
a and women were hurled into eternity !
is going off to different ships were wet through by
!wised by the fall of stones and other heavy bodies
r. The Stromboli was struck, but providentially
wounded. At three o'clock signals were made
rincess Charlotte (flag ship) for all the boats to go
id render assistance. At four it was painfully
t many were killed and wounded. Among the suf.
• the Castor. who Karl K;o 10.

flag-ship and twelve marines badly

rounded and several missing
,ed and wounded, and abou

, oxen, asses, sheep, mules, horses, camels, &c.,
iminately with mutilated human bodies. Although

employed to remove the dead, the work is one of
pur, on account of the heavy stones with which the
covered. There is no supporting the dreadful
it arise from the putrefying masses.
is scarce and bad. At the time the Tahiri Bairi
rere dying in the streets for want of surgical aid ;
ns of the fleet were too few in number to do what
ed, though their individual exertions were highly
-Ll-

ad Bey, with 2,000,000 of piasters, made his escape,
: 20,000 people, during the night ; many of them
day seized by the mountaineers, or voluntarily

Liultz, a Swiss engineer, after being badly wounded,
.!d to Sir R. Stopford, by whom he was sent on
Edinburgh, with orders to be well treated.
afterwards embarked on board the Tahiri Bairi,
intinople ; but ere he reached Beyrout, he was suf-
severely, that Captain Ford landed him at the Eng-
:al there, where he will receive the very best atten-

ps in general. except the rigging, are little touched.
[ Walker behaved nobly, bringing his ship in close
s, with only two feet water under her keel, and in
posed place. lie was raked by a battery on his
rid exposed to the fire of batteries on his beam.
7 lost four men killed and eight wounded. His
ouch injured, and sailed yesterday (sth) for Con-

for repairs, and carrying 1200 prfsoners.
stance rendered by the two Austrian frigates were
Ile, and called forth the thanks of Sir R. Stopford.

EGYPT.
mmerce publishes the following letter, dated Alex-
11th ult., 3 o'clock p. m., without, however,
for its correctness :

;et is not to quit the harbour ; 8000 men have just
1 from it, who are to be marched to Rosetta and

to defend those two points. Several convoys of
aden with ammunition, and some batteries of artil-
e been also sent thither.
r the breaking up of the council of war, held this
it was said that Said Hey was about to leave, for
)se of. surrendering the Ottoman fleet into the hands
al Stopford, and that the latter had been invited to
Alexandria, where he was to remain until the final
nt of the Egyptian affairs. Orders have been for-
) Ibrahim Pasha, enjoining him to return immedi-

ALGIERS

aphic despatch, dated Toulon, the 29th ult., an-
'at the expedition to Medeah had succeeded, with-
lg any opposition from the Arabs, and that the
re-entered their cantonments on the 22d. The
f Algiers was tranquil.
despatch, of the same date, states that several
s had been severely chastised by the French, who
)st five killed and 62 wounded.

SPAIN,

ye received intelligence from Madrid of the 27th
Duke of Victory, entreated by his colleagues not
adrid at so critical a juncture, had postponed his
the north. It was hoped that the differences be-
government and the Basque provinces would be
ily adjusted. M. Olano, the deputy for Guipuzcoa,
-;ved by the duke and several other members of
Pageot, the charge d'affaires of France,

.rrived in Madrid