Missionary operations were suspended.
Mr.Lanneau, whose eyes had failed him, left on a visit to the United States.Messrs.Beadle, Keyes, and Leander Thompson spent the summer and autumn at Jerusalem, and Dr.Van Dyck joined them there.
Messrs.

W.M.Thomson and Wolcott remained at Beirut until the bombardment, when Captain Latimer, of the United States corvette _Cyane_, who had come to Beirut to look after their welfare, kindly took them and their families to Cyprus.
In the presence of such mighty forces, the mission could only wait the course of events.

The brethren, before leaving Beirut, had done all they could for the protection of their houses, furniture, the Arabic press, and the library and philosophical apparatus.

They did this by hoisting over their houses the American flag and placing guards in them, and by an understanding with the admiral.

The pupils in the boarding-school were sent to their friends.