vered with wounds, on a heap of dead himfelf had immolated. Sheik Lebi, the valorous son of the Prince of Acre, long defended himfelf, with his Arabs, and fell combating. Sheik Crim, cutting a paffage through the Egyptians, galloped, full fpeed, to the tent of Ali, and conjured him to fly to St. John d'Acre. Mourad, Ibrahim, Soliman, and Abderroman, arrived alfo, and made the like remonftrances. Ali anfwered, fly my friends : I command you: as for me, my hour is come. Scarcely had they quitted him before he was furrounded by the victorious troops. The Mamluks, who guarded his tent, defended their mafter to their laft drop of blood, and all perished with their arms in their hands. Defpair gave ftrength to the unfortunate Sheik El Balad; he rofe, and killed the two first soldiers who attempted to seize him: they then fired, and he was wounded with two balls. The Lieutenant of Abou Dahab entering, fabre in hand, Ali, firing his pistol, ended him. Bathed in his blood, he fought like a lion; but, a foldier behind bringing him down with his fabre, they fell upon him, and carried him to the tent of the victor. The traitor, perfidious to the laft, fhed feigned

feigned tears, at beholding him thus, and endeavoured to yield him confolation. - Ali turned away his eyes, and spake not a word. He died, a week after, of his wounds; though fome have informed me they were not mortal, but that he was poisoned by his infamous brother-in-law; if fo, this was the completion of his atrocious acts; nor can we reflect, without fhuddering, on the horrors which ambition will impel men to commit.

Ali was above the middle fize: his eyes were large and full of fire, his manner was noble and winning, and his character frank and generous. Nature had endowed him with unconquerable fortitude, and an elevated genius. Far from that barbarous pride which leads the Turks to contemn foreigners, he loved them for their talents, and liberally rewarded their fervices. His defire to obtain officers, to difcipline his troops, and teach them European tactics, was great; he fell the victim of friendship, and his misfortunes were the confequence of having nurtured a traitor, who profited by his benefactions to embitter and rob him of life. Had Ruffia accepted his offers, and granted him engineers, with three or four thousand men, he

would

would have fubdued Syria and Egypt, and yielded the commerce of Arabia and India into the hands of his ally. He perished at the age of forty-five; the Egyptians wept his death, and faw themselves again the victims of miferies from which he had delivered them.

When Sheik Daher was informed of the death of Ali, and his fon, he abandoned himself to affliction. The unfortunate fire fell proftrate on the earth, covered himself with duft, and fhed torrents of tears. It was foon neceffary to defend his life and his country. Vain of his victory, Abou Dahab wished to revenge the protection the Arabian prince had given Ali, and marched for Syria with the whole force of Egypt, leaving Ifmael governor in his abfence. Jaffa was the first place attacked, and courageously defended by Sheik Crim, which lengthened the fiege. Unfortunately, a European, whom the promises of Abou Dahab had gained, funk a mine, by which a great part of the walls were thrown down; and the Egyptians, entering the breach, put the inhabitants to the fword. After this barbarity, they marched for St. John d'Acre, which Sheik Daher,

who

who loved his people, and dreaded they might find a fate equally cruel, after advising them to open their gates to the conqueror, abandoned; flying to the mountains, with his fons. Abou Dahab, finding no refiftance, fpared the effufion of blood; but, imagining

the monks of Nazareth were entrusted with the treasures of the prince, he fent for, and commanded them to deliver them up, immediately. In vain did these poor people protest they had no knowledge of any treafure; he beheaded three of them, and, not fatisfied with this, put Mallem Ibrahim Saba, the receiver of Sheik Daher, to the torture, under which he expired, that he might force a discovery of these imaginary treasures. Some of the fons of the Arab prince underwent á fimilar fate, with no better fuccefs.

Here ended the crimes of Abou Dahab; he was one morning found dead in his bed. Some pretend he was poifoned, by one of his flaves; but this is uncertain. When the news was known, the Egyptian troops returned to Grand Cairo, and Ifmael was elected Sheik El Balad. The prince of Acre immediately left the mountains, and again entered his principality, where he was re

ceived by the people with fhouts, rejoicings,

and folemn feasts.

While these things were tranfacting, a Turkish fquadron caft anchor on the coast of Syria, and the Capitan Pacha, having obtained the Sheik Daher's permission to visit him, brought a firman from the Grand Seignor which, pardoning the paft, confirmed the fovereignty of Acre on him and his defcendants. The joy of the aged prince was exceffive. Now near the grave, he faid he fhould die without regret, having the power which he had purchafed by fixty years labours, and wars, made legitimate. The Turkish admiral was magnificently treated, and loaded with prefents; and, after teftifying his thanks, entreated the Sheik Daher, before he went, to come and dine on board the fleet. After the firman he had received, the Arab prince, unfufpicious of meditated treafon, accepted his invitation, and, as he came on board, being firft faluted by a difcharge of the artillery, was, the moment after, fhewn another firman, which the admiral drew from his bofom, that condemned him to death, and he was behead

ed.

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