The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1841-01-02
FOREIGN.
From the New York Evening Post.

The steamer Acadia, Captain Miller, ar
rived at Boston about two o'clock yesterday
bringing dates from London to the 4lh Of
December, inclusive. She touched at Hal
flax on Saturday. after encountering, for
nearly the whole voyage, continuation OF
head winds and boisterous weather.
The mos, important intelligence is the
continued prospect of peace, the taking OF
an important military station in Syria, and
the birth Of a daughter TO the young Queen
Of England.
The taking OF ST. Jean D'Acre was fol-
lowed by the most awful loss Of life--the
magazine within the fortress having been
blown up, killing, it is supposed, abou. two
thousand.
A report was circulated in Paris at the
last dates that most perfect understanding
has taken place between the allied powers
and Mehemet Ali, with the appreciation of
France; bu, no arrangement has been off,
cially made public. The viceroy of Egypt
is said 10 have acquiesced in the ultima,uR
of the allied powers; being content to pos
sess Egypt, and to surrender Syria to its
allegiance 10 the Sultan.
The London Globe Of December Sd,
says: IA second edition of the Malta Med
iterraneo contains news from Alexandra.
which confirms the report prevalent at Pa
ris Of the submission of the Pacha."
The New King of Holland was inaugu-
rated on The 2Slh Of November, with great
festivity.
BIRTH OF A Princess RoYAL.-Her Ma
jssty was taken unwel at an early hour on
Saturday morning November 81, and the
medical gentlemen were in consequence
summoned to Buckingham Palace.
The EAsT.-ALExANDRIA, Nov. IL
IMPORTANT FROM SYRIA.-TAKINo OF ST.
JEAN D'AcRE.--On the 9th inst. the Eu.
pirates returned from Syria, bringing the
news of the taking Of ST. Jean d'Acre on
the Sd, after bom5ardment Of thrss hours
only.
The principal fire was directed agans,
the powder magazine. which was blown up,
and the fortress Immediately taken by the
assault. The loss Of the Egyptiaas is e.
normous-l200 blown up with the powder
magazine, 400 wounded, and 1000 prison.
ers. About 1000 more escaped with Nah
meud Bey, the Governor OF Acre. Ibra.
him Pacha is SO hemmed in by the allies,
that there seems great doubt if he nay be
hoio w ssCdPe' ~ WAS UOt huOWu WST6 IoOi-
imam Pacha was.
The following graphic and spirited sketch
is given by the Devonporte Gazette, from
the letter Of an officer of her M,jesty's
steam frigate Gorgon:
"On the last day of Septsmbsr we were
despatched from BeyIout, with three steam.
ers under our command. to lombard this
devoted place for three days before the gen.
eral attack was made, which we commen-
ced on the lst of October, by standing in
within range. and firing shells as fast as we
could pelt, and they returning two for one.
They fell around us like hail, but, strange
TO say, not shot struck US; our lombard
ment was net very successful, as more than
half the shells burst before they reached the
shore, owing TO the fuses being badly bored;
all the shells from the steamers failed alike
circumstance Ne. very credltable 10 shese
who made them, and sadly Disappointing
to US. Its not likely they were ever tried
at such distance before, 1000 yards. At
half past 4 o'clock, (how shall describe
this as II BY one consent, all firing ceased,
and oh, Heavens what sight The
whole town appeared as iii was in the air.
SO awfully grand sight TO one can de-
scribe. We saw nothing but one deviIish
cloud extending thousands of yards into the
air and on all sides, and then we felt an aw-
ful shock which gave the line OF battle ships
a heel Of two degrees, SO that you may
Judge from the moment Of the explosion, all
firing from the town ceased. The Turkish
admiral, Walker Bey, was boarded at one
o'clock in the morning by an Egyptian
colonel, who informed him that they were
evacuating the town as fas. as possible.
"Walker Bey Immediately landed with
400 men, and took possession of the town,
making 5000 prisoners. Thus fell this tre-
mendous fortress, which has no. been over
rated by report, for / really think it is the
strongest place (next TO Gibralter) in the
world, and think we should never have
taken !. but for the explosion. which was
caused by one Of our shells bursting in the
main magazine Of powder, by which, to
speak within bounds. 1000 souls were
blown 10 atoms, besides beasts of burden of
every description. In all, the loss of the
Egyptians is computed al 5000 killed and
wounded. At daylight wha. sight was
exposed to our view ! The s,upendous
fortlfcatlon. that only twelve hours before
could boast of being among the strongest in
the world, was so iddled we could not find
a square foot that had not shot. On The