These proceedings becoming widely known, the result was, on the whole, favorable.

Mr.Abbott, English Consul at Beirut, learning of the occurrence, wrote to the Pasha at Damascus, and the governor and judge at Jerusalem received an official order to restore to the missionaries whatever had been taken from them, and to secure for them protection and respectful treatment.

The governor was shortly after superseded, for what cause was not certainly known; but many people, both Mussulmans and Christians, believed it was in consequence of his ill treatment of Messrs.

Fisk and Bird.
Mr.Damiani, son of the English Consul at Jaffa, had come to Jerusalem on their behalf, with a letter from his father to the governor.

In company with this young gentleman, the missionaries visited Hebron in February, going by way of Bethlehem.