_Gorgon_—None killed or wounded. _Wasp_—Wounded, 5 seamen severely, 1 private royal marine. _Stromboli_—None killed or wounded. _Phœnix_—None killed or wounded. _Vesuvius_—None killed or wounded. _Hazard_—Wounded, 1 private royal marine, 1 boy slightly. Turkish flag-ship, Rear-Admiral Walker—4 killed, 3 wounded. _Medea_, Austrian flag-ship, Rear-Admiral Bandeira—1 killed, 4 wounded. _Guerriera_, Austrian frigate—1 killed, 2 wounded. Total killed, 18—Total wounded, 41. CHAPTER XVIII. Second Explosion at Acre—Prisoners sent to Beyrout—The Author ordered to Alexandria with a Squadron—Letter from the Emir—Neglected State of his Troops—English Commissary-General appointed—Excursion to the Mountains—Padre Ryllo—French Priests in Lebanon—Visit to the Wife of an Emir—Bad conduct of the Turks—Letters to Lord Ponsonby, Palmerston, and Minto on the subject. A day or two after the surrender of the ill-fated town of Acre, another severe explosion took place, but fortunately few suffered. Captain Collier had his leg broke, and Sir Charles Smith received a contusion on the foot. The prisoners were sent in the ships-of-war to Beyrout; and I was directed to proceed there also, complete my water, and then take the command of the squadron off Alexandria, which was to be increased to six sail of the line. I had gained so much influence over the mountaineers that I did not think this a wise measure; and the Admiralty seemed to have been of the same opinion, for orders were afterwards sent for the Powerful to return. The Admiral had decided to winter in Marmorice Bay, and leave the Benbow at Beyrout, Pique and Zebra at Acre, and the other small vessels and steamers on various parts of the coast. We arrived at Beyrout on the 9th of November, and a few days after were followed by the Admiral who, with the rest of the squadron, anchored in St. George’s Bay, with the exception of the Bellerophon, which remained off the town. The anchorage at the latter place in winter is far from safe; the former is quite open, but the holding-ground good. We found things in the same state; Ibrahim was concentrated at Zachle and Malaka, and the Turkish troops divided between Tripoli, Beyrout, Sidon, Acre, and Tyre. About this time they must have amounted to 12,000. The Emir Bechir had been left to himself to watch the mountains the best way he could, without either forces or provisions, and why Ibrahim did not attack him, and march upon Beyrout, is to me inexplicable. The Emir shall tell his own story. “Ammanah, Nov. 11, 1840. “Sir,