WAR IN THE EAST.

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GWMINCIMBNT or HOSTILITIES IN EYRIA. isostatic-non.” nsvaoo'r'. r

We have collected the following interesting details of these most important events, from the correspondence of the Chronicle. The first communication is dated September 10th. It states that at daylight on the morning ofthe 9th, the admiral was at anchor in the harbour of Boyroua He brought from Alexandria intelli- gence of the final rejection b the Paclia of the 0 er of the Sultan and the our Powers. As neither the Turkish Admiral (Walker) nor the transports from Cyprus had yet arrived, it was doubted by many whether operations would immediately commence. About nine o’clock her Majesty's steam-frigate Cyclops. Captain Austin, came into harbour from Alexandr‘ia, brin ing intelligence that she had fallen in with the eet ofl' Sidon, and that they were bearing up to Beyrout under a heavy press of canvass. Commodore Napier immediately waited upon the admiral, and a plan ofoperatioiis was then deci- ded upon, the design of an immediate landing being adopted, and throughout the evening the harbour exhibited all the busy and stirring signs of preparation. Boats without number passing and revpassing. signals flying, drums heating to quarters, the shrill whistle ofthe boat- swain—all gave to the scene an extreme degree of animation and excitement. The plan adopted, so far as it was known last evening, was this :— The Turkish force, consisting of about five thousand four hundred men, were ordered to be sent in three divisions on board the Cyclops, the thnix, and the Hydra steamers, and the mar- ines and artillery to be sent on board the Gorgon. This was understood to be preparatory to land- ing them in the morning. The boats of the difl'erent men-of-war commenced to take the men

(1,500) about three miles nearer to Beyrout, at: I am informed quite as safely. An attempt Wm made to detach a body of the Egyptian army re interrupt the landing, and they had made :01?“ advance ththe Zebra opened fire upon t'Ie;l - The fire was returned from the shore. v :11: Zebra is said to have sustained some sllg damage. rAt all-events. we could. see asfiwle advanced that .the Princess Charlotte had join in the fire,‘ Which was briskly kept up until We lost si ht ofthe town. . ' Upgn landing, the 'troops' formed it: excollené order on the beach, and immediately marche

hei hts in/the nei hbourhood. .

[gThe letter lllelgl goes on- to describe the com- ing down from the mountains of parties ofmen, who displayed the utmost enthuSiasm ’at the prospect of being delivered from the Pacha syoke.

aineers collected on the beach, to whom arms and ammunition were distributed]

About one o’clock, a. m., an alarm came to the temporary head quarters of our force that “the Egyptians were coming}: Boats were immediately despatched to the ships, and means quickly provided for embarkation, in case of necessity. The boats of all the ships put off to shore, and the guns which had been landed were carried by the blue jackets to the commanding position selected for the camp. In a very short time after the alarm had been given, Commodore Napier was ashore and hard at work forwarding mea'ns ofdefence. Indeed, the energyofthis gallant sailor is truly surprising. He is every where, and apparently at every hour. The alarm which had created so much confusion amongst our forces proved to be unfounded, although'it was perhaps beneficial that it was given ; for in the cool of the night the blue jackets were able to carry up the guns, in spite of difficulties which, even to some ofthe artillerymen, seemed

and took possession of the most commanding.

At nightfall there were about 250 of these mount- -

officer was wounded, Lieute laiit young fellow of lt‘hp by ’ ’ s in was s o I I . aArhlshl:p;;lf:a‘dd, that that intrepid oflicer himself escaped uninj wounded. I

-D'ibail, ed wdnder that our loss has been

our whole squadron,

nant Gifi'ord, a gal- Cyclops. Captain his side, thoughI

' d. The man is dangerously hid: written thus far before I had f examining the fortress of that I have seen it, Ionly I so trifling. The he "continuous broadside of the Only means of reltllucing ' bein ‘to bur the basement and first a cry in iiie ruiiis ofithdzupper and ,only pregnabfie .part of the building. The mountaineers conducted us into the large quadrangular apartment, which I; half subterranean, in which the Arnaouts be determined to hold out, and in which they might have done so until compelled by hunger to cap- itulate. It more resembles in its masswe con- struction one of the chambers~of the Pyramids than anything else I have ever seen. The chamber immediately above it commands the wooded ascent by which,the Marines were ap- proaching, and looking through ItSdOOp—hPlFS I can Well conceive the difficulty, the impossmility indeed, of advancing under a fire of musketry directed from them. V

Sept. l4.——The Cyclops steamer ended last night tbr the camp, 00' which the Powerful is lying, and returned at alate hour with 1,000 stand of arms, which were distributed to the mountaineers within six hours, leavmg' then more than 1.000 men unsupplied! The Princess Charlotte, the Benbow, and the Thunderer have continued to fire upon Beyrout, which I am told is now nearly a heap of ruins. One of the forts is said to have fired upon the Princess Charlotte, which returned a broadside and then sent two boats crews ashore, who entered and spiked the

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BOMBARDMENT OF BEYROUT.

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8,000 to 12,000 of the mountaineer, supplied with arms. . I The Bellerophon and Revenge are ofi'the Bahr-el-kelp, or Dog River, " Admiral’s position and Beyrout, with v 'r shotted, ready to “ annihilate the r._ a! they show themselves.” The ships“ springs out, ready to‘cover “ V . ‘ the steamers keep their_ es guy.“ day, and the guns shotted. a Operations had been'confined ‘ V between Sidon and Tripoli—a di miles. A cordon of signals elite . ships from point to pomt.

A PREDiCAMENT.—Cromwell’s youngest ter—married to Robert Rich, and ' decease, to Sir John Russell—a liv~ A lady, is said to have, brought one of ,; dignified of her numerous suitors into 1 ing predicament :——" But the most not i of Frances Cromwell was Jerry White, facetious chaplain. . doubt whether the joyous lady were me; sing herself with the amorous protest the reverend puritan, or whether she- ally infected by him with the tender"; That Cromwell entertained some anx if on the subject is evident from his c w I to be carefully watched by one of his « V’ The person tlins employed one day ' the protector’s presence, With there that the Lady Frances and his Spll’li' were together in the private apart Cromwell hastened to the spot, V luckily for the parties, discovered Jerr ,,

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Beyrout, Sept. 20—Intelligence having reach» ed Admiral Sir Robert Stopford that in addition to the already large garrison of Beyrout, 1,000 of Ibrahim Pacha’s cavalry were about to enter it, he resolved at once to make the place unten- able for them; and having first withdrawn the English residents on. board the British ships, and warned the other European residents, who retired to the country—on the 9th some shells were thrown in, and on the llth, at noon, he despatched a flag of truce to Soliman Pacha, with an order that he should evacuate the town forthwith. An answer was returned, that Soli- man Pacha was not there; but about 4 p. m. the governor returned for answer, that'he (the'go- vernor) was then otherwise occupied, and had no time to attend to the ndmiral’s message. Ac- cordingly, at about 5 30 p. m., a signal was

dy's woman, and 1 cannot prevail; I w. ' fore, humbly praying her ladyship to for me.” The protector turned to the " maid, and demanded the reason of« v, duracy. As she was far from being d

with the opening prospect ofimprovin'g dition, she answered, with a courtéa Mr. White intended the honour, she had to oppose him. Cromwell, in his pr instantly sent for a clergyman; and, > , too late for Jerry to recede, they were, 1 married on the spot! The protector . , the dose to his chaplain by presenting i v, with a dowry of £500. Oldmixonx, who, ‘ ‘ quainted with Mr. and Mrs. White, he anecdote related in the presence of them The lady, he says, frankly admitted tit" . The familiar ni’ "'

from the transports immediately after sunset, and about twelve o'clock the whole was accom- plished with the utmost order and regularity, and without a single accident.

Again, at sunrise this morning, the whole harbour may be said literally to have been in motion, and it would be difficult to imagine a scene piore strikingly beautiful. The harbour of Beyrout is formed by a range of bold moun- tains; the Anti-Lebanon range rising about a mile from the shore, and running in a crescent from north-east to west. The town itself lies at the southern extremity ofthis harbour, and seen from a little distance embedded in deep verdure, has a very picturesque effect. As a place of defence you might as well think of defending ‘Broadstairs from the Channel fleet, as Beyrout from a single ship of the line. It possesses, how-

insurmonntable. The daylight of the 12th showed us nearly the whole valley to Beyrout, still unoccupied, and the men were enabled quietly to proceed to mind their work.

OPERATIONS acams'r DJIBAIL.

On the morning of the 13th, orders were despatched to the Carysfort, Captain Martin, the Cyclops, Captain Austin, and the Dido, Capt. Davis, to repair to Djibail, a small town about ten miles along the coast. The vessels got under weigh about 10 o’clock, the Cyclops having on board 200 marines and 200 Syrians, to whom muskets and bayonets were distributed. These mountaineers were a portion of those who had joined at the camp. We arrived at Djibail in about an hour. This is a small but very strongly built village, commanded by a castle of

ever, an amazingly strong fortress, which might hold'ont when the whole town is in ruins. At daybreak I was enabled to see for the first time at one glance the whole forces collected for ' operations. With British pennants—there were, the flag-ship the Princess Charlotte, 110 guns, the Powerful (with a commodore’s broad pen- nant). 84 guns; the Ganges, 84; the Bellero- phon, 80; the Thunderer, 84; the Benbow, 74 ; the Edinburgh. 76; the Revenge, 76 ; the Hastings, 74; the Castor, 36; the Pique, 36; the Carysfort, 26; the Zebra, 16, War steam- ers—Cyclops, Gorgon, Hydra, and Phcenix. Under the command of the Turkish Admiral

great strength. The Carysfort and Dido imme- diately fired upon the castle and the buildings which surrounded it. For more than two hours a tremendous fire was kept up, which laid the upper part ofthe castle incomplete ruin. The base of it, however, being covered with an im- mense clifi', seemed to bid defiance even to the heavy guns and steady firing of the Cyclops, which also opened as soon as the marines and Turks were disembarked. When it seemed that the castle had been sufficiently cannonaded, the boats of the Princess Charlotte, Bellerophon, and Hastings, under the command of Lieuts. Thom- son, Johnson, and Hallet, left the Cyclops, hav-

made ” to open fire upon the town”, whereupon the Ganges, Bellerophon, Edinburgh, and Ben- bow, as well as the, Austrian admiral’s ship, commenced throwing shot and shell, broadside after broadside, for an hour and ten minutes, the Austrian ship throwing Congreve rockets with admirable precision. From this date, to the 16th, shot and shell were occasionally thrown in, and particularly whenever any troops were seen assembling. On the last-mentioned day, the Egyptian troops having all departed for the mountains, the firing upon the town ceased after causing considerable injury; and as many as l,000 individuals are reported to have perished,

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was something in it. Jerry, and his ministry at the fanatical may, perhaps, lead the readerrto for I temptible opinion of the hero of this Jerry White, however, was in' tremely handsome, and he had nothin puritan in his manners, though be pro fected it in the pulpit.—Jesse’s Neuron-r Court of England. ‘ - '~ "

RELICS A'I‘ Aix-LA-CHAPPELLLéThePet _‘ Reliques are displayed by the less hallowed v' , , of the sacristan. Amongst these "Matthew? locket ofthe Virgin’s hair, a cross, a nail of the same.

piece of the; ’ Christ’s‘leathe‘r" ’

(Walker) there were—one line-of battle ship; three frigates, 50 guns; two corvettes, 20 guns; one brig, 16 guns. Besides these there were two Austrian frigates, 50 guns; and one corvette, eighteen guns. The transports of all sizes amounted to twenty-three. Shortly after day- break a signal was made to the steamers to get under weigh. The Cyclops took the Turkish Admiral’s ship in tow, besides a number of boats - which were attached to her, as well as the other steamers, for the purpose of landing the troops. While moving down to the south-western-most point of the harbour, we could see the Egyptian troops passing over the crest of the hill and falling into position. As the steamers neared ye shore they moved down in immense force, d in a short time they were so securely posted that we could see only here and there the red fez or their bayonets glistening through the copse wood. In the mean time a detachment of the nadron was bearing down due east, followed the commodore’s ship, the Powerful. While we were every moment expecting a signal to land, the Benbow received orders to open fire upon the Egyptian troops; shell followed shell in rapid succession, and although the range was nearly three miles, five out of every-six shells fell with the precision of amusket ball; with what efi'ect, however, ‘I could not ascertain, all communication with the shore being most rigidly cut of. During the firing of the Benbow a signal was made for the steamers and boats to‘follow the commodore, who was rounding the north- eastern ppint of the harbour. It was now clear that the __ move was only a demonstration, and that the ’nding would take place at some point on thecoast between Djibail and Beyrout. As

impressed with the seal ofCharlemagne,th8 a- ofthe rod that smote him, the spongew" the vinegar; the arm of Simeon, on w bore the infant Christ; some manure f Wilderness, some bits of Aaron’s rod, and ' of the blood and bones of St. Stephen. , too, in strange companionship, are the s Charlemagne in a silver case—his hunting: 1. formed of an elephant’s tusk, and a treme -

bone, called his arm, from which the good. 2‘ infer that the Emperor was a man of well as metal; unluckily for this theory“: . imperial greatness, the arm is no arm, but!“ " ‘ as any anatomist will easily find out for Id The Grandes Reliques are not shown in’ more than once in seven years, no doubt- the wise maxim that too much familiarity b contempt. I They are then exhibited fro 15th to the 17th of July, and thousands ' grims resort to Aix-la-Chapelle on the 006 At other times a fee of ten shillings is 1’ IF. to unlock these wonders, which were preseii i Charlemagne by the Patriarch ofJerusalam. by Aaron, King of Persia. The about. ' swindlers;—they should have been sent td‘, .. . Old Bailey; that is, if any such tribunal '8'! ~ .

in those days. The principal of the reliq “ —-the robe worn by the Virgin at the na cotton dress five feet long; Christ’s sw clothes, of yellow cloth, and well nigh as V I as sacking; the towel on which was laid, “ head of John the Baptist; the scarf W0" - Christ at the crucifixion, duly stained With ' " doc. Hand-book up the Rhine. ' -5 ~ How TO MAKE Lucrpea Ma'i'tillltsj-“E‘.l

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ing on board 200 marines, commanded by Capt. Robinson. They disembarked safely and well, and immediately formed into four companies, under the command of Capt. Searle, Lieutenants Searle, Harrison, and Adair, the whole snperin- tended by Capt. Austin. The space between the point of disembarkation and the castle was covered with fig and mulberry trees, intersected by stone walls breast high. The guns from the launches fired several rounds into the plantation, and, when it appeared to have been well scoured, the companies of marines advanced. The Syrians immediately upon landing dashed into the wood and scattered themselves, advancing without much order. The marines, however, moved on through the wood, crossing over the stone walls, meeting with no obstruction till within pistol shot of the castle. Here a sharp and destructive fire was opened upon them. Placed as they were, it was impossible to form; nor yet could they return the fire with much prospect ofeifect, as not one oftheir opponents was visible. The firing came apparently from loop- holes in the very basement of the castle; indeed, a considerable extent ofthe ground seemed to be undermined and loop-holed. The marines were immediately drawn 00' under cover ofa stone wall. A sergeant of marines (Brundellr) and four men volunteered to move forwardto see if there was any possibility of effecting an entrance. They had scarcely advanced, how- ever, when’ a heavy fire of musketry was again opened upon them, and the sergeant fell under it. Upon the closest inspection it was possible to make, it seemed useless to again attempt to carry the fortress. The marines accordingly retired in excellent order, and were all embarked

by the combined effects ofthe fire and the falling of the ruins. Only two shots were returned by the town, without, however, causing any damage. The flags of the American, Danish, Spanish, and Greek consuls continued flying on the ruins of_ their respective consulates, on the 26th, riot- Withstanding that these functionaries had with drawn themselves. The American \consulate had suffered most by the bombardment and the subsequent pillage ofthe valuables and furniture by. the Egyptian troops. The stores of the British merchants have likewise been ransacked. The British consul is in the British camp, with Commodore Napier. His lady, with the lady of the American consul, and Mr. Kilbie, a British merchant, have proceeded to Cyprus, in the United States corvette Cyanne. Messrs. Black Watson, and Herald, British merchants, are ori board the Powerful and the Gan es.

On the 19th of September, the Edinburgh and Hastings were the only ships at Beyrout, station- ed. there to prevent communication with Alexan- dria by sea. The Princess Charlotte, with the Powerful, Ganges, Thunderer, Wasp, Cyclops Gorgon, Hydra, Phoenix, the Austrian admiral Bandiern, in. the Medea, with the Guerriere \Valker aey m a Turkish ship of the line, with an Ottoman frigate, an Egyptian frigate and yacht, With some store ships and other small prizes, wereIat anchor at Djouni or Anouratta Bay, about nine miles from Beyrout, as also two Austrian steamers just arrived with 800 Ottoman troops from Constantinople, unde Izzet Mehe- met Pacha,the newly appointed viceroy ongypt.

The allied troops are all on shore at Djouni under the immediate command ofCommodord

' . . Na ier wh ‘ ' t - . . wemoved along the shore, we could discern by sunset. b p ' ose camp '5 d'Slmgu'ShEd by his young married lady to her husband I “ofthe mountaineers on the hills, but not a The conduct of our people in this little but ’Ihii‘lil pennant' The Standards Of Austria and weeks all" the" nuptials. and Wilh’le'b‘l'rl;

soldier on the beach north Zebra was anchored closei shore, to prevent any advance in this direction ; and to her effect- ive fire, aided by one of the Austrian frigates, we are indebted that no Egyptian force was able to _ move down.¢ About eight miles beyond the ' harbour ofBeyrout the Powerful, the Pique, and ‘ers cast anchor, in an hour after their ’ They were soon joined by the miral's ship and frigate, the Castor

ey are fiyin from their res '

the town. The Breastworks andg entrenchmentspati‘teufiii'riizggil round the British lines. The entire force con- :sts of 6,500 Turks, 1,500 British marines 250 hustrian' marines, 3,000 mountaineers he’sides :OSEtlzgitish arltillerymen, sappers and ’ miners s s I ' a r . I ’ ‘Alt dag-brink this morning intelligence came out three scpgfriatlcy ll'ii‘ehesethare pOStEd m ‘hat t e rnaouts had escaped in the course of nearest the enemy is com 8d— f8 lower one