The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1858-07-27 00:00:00

THE MANS/Mtn AT JEDDAH.

The Atinalrite putilishee an amount if the relent
MAssseru it Jeddah from the nen or M, Itilietet the
dragonish and Vlnineellor of the ?NMI' UnnetW,
whose it/silent behaviour Inui earned hiin the crime 0 the
kitioh Of llononr—Wis have wily room to ippon the
following eatery% I
AtltkAttittltAi July D,
Monsieur le Minletre,--Ori the evening of thp Ifith of
June the town of Jeddah wee the theatre of terrible
Mulles of slaughter Vii 'Winne were murdered by an
intimated populaim, and among them, I am grieved to
soy, rev the ()unsold of )ranee and of Itnglend and
Hellions Itveillard, Having °Reaped, by the merey of
Providence, the blowe of the assailing, I lose no tints In
giving your tseellency the details of this sanguinary
drama,
Pot some (line put e revival of fanatleisin wits visible
at Jeddah, hot no one euspeeted that so fearful a deed
wan contemplated against the Chrletiane who have in-
habited tint city for many years. Neverthelese, the
plan was secretly hatched. A pretext MN found he put
It Into eseaution.
Cries of "Death to the Christians I" now emu on all
sides, and the mob, thirsting for more blood, hastened
towards the French Consulate.
At about half-past air M, Eveillard end myself were
just returning from our evening stroll. We had scareely
entered the drawing•room, where the Consul's wife and
daughter were sitting, when the Consulate wee our.
rounded.

The Omens closed the door, and kept outside to repel
the attack. The Carcass Ahmet alone offered resistance,
was wounded In his head, and thrown beck into the
street, where he remained for some time insensible.

As soon as the Consulate was attacked I went down
stairs to defend the entrance by the staircase. Sup-
ported only by my servant, an Algerine, Hadji Mehemet,
formerly • soldier in the native Rifles, whosedevotion
on this occasion was most praiseworthy, I was aware
that it would be impossible to make a long resistance;
but my object was to gain time, in hopes that • detach-
ment of troops might be sent to our aid. My only wea-
pon was • cane with • hammer to it, and Hadji-Mehe-
met had a club. With the courage of despair we at.
tacked the assailants, who feud um in bodies of never less
than 90 or 40. After knocking down the foreniost
we were obliged to dodge behind the stairs to avoid the
shots fired at us. A hand-to-hand 'true° ensued, and
three times the assassins reached the first story and
were driven back. At this moment cries of " the Kenna.
kin is coining " was raised, and the mob for a moment
remained quiet in the court below.
I did not think that any one of the assailants had
reached the second story. I went up to make sure. I
found Madame Eveillard lying dead on the door, the
Consul wounded, and his young and courageous
daughter wounded in the cheek by a sabre cut received
while defending her father. The second story had been
reached by tho balcony of a neighbouring house, and
having cut down the Consul, Ins wife, and daughter,
the &Pitmans retreated.

Onleaving the saloon I beard Hadji Mehemet crying
nut, "The flag is attacked ; let us defend it I" I ran
up the ladder, but was hurled down. Hadjl Mehemet
then ran up it, and suoceeded in throwing down two of
the anailants. We could not ascertain whether they
were
.killed or not. .

This unequal struggle had now lasted nearly • quarter
of an hour, and we expected to succumb every moment.
A can armed with a dagger came forward and asked ale
if the Kaimakan had &nivel ; I thought he was • Caw's&
in authority, when I heard Millle. Eveillard cry out
"Take care I that man is going to stab you l" I rushed
upon him to disarm him, but I received at the same
moment a gash serail my left arm with • sabre, a blow
which broke the thumb of my left hand, and • dagger-
stab through my right arm. I should inevitably have
fallen without the ilesistanoe of kfdlle. Eveillard, who die•
played the most extraordinary courage and presence of
mind. I filially suuceoded in disarming may aasailant,
and killed him,
. .

At thia moment the Kahnakan arrived, followed
by two Cawasa, end informed me tliat Colonel
1410411 R, who commanded the artillery, had refused to
collie to our aid, under the pretext that he bad no
orders, and could only receive them from the Governor-
General.

The Kaimokan and myself had only the two Cawass
and my servant to support U.; it wee becoming
possible to hold out much longer. I, therefore, re-
quested that official to endeavour to calm the mob ; but
it only made them the more violent. "We want to
have tile Consul and his Chancellor," they 'shouted;
" hand them over to us that we may put them to death,
if you don't we will kill you I" The Kaimaken began
to falter, and wee only prevented from °mislaying by iny
threats. The mob continued to swell ; the attacks of
the asuilante became more fierce ; the Kaimakan was
knocked down by a blow from • club. While Ivu
picking him up I received • sabre out and a blow from •
club on the head, which stunned ins and I fell. The
/111111111111, then rushed into the saloon and put IA.
Eveillard, already wounded, to death.
At the moment I reoeived the lead two wounds the ser-
vants of the Kaltnakan were carrying off their master.
Hadji Mehemet raised me up, concealed my face under
the Kahuakan's robes, and we were taken to the house
of the Colonel, who had refused us hie aid. I was trn-
medietely sent to the military hospital, where I did not
recover my senora till after I hod been there above •
quarter of an hour, and where I received every at-
tention.

At the moment M. Endllard was being murdered and
his house pillaged, the wife of a military official called
Mehemet Effendi, to whom some days previously
Madame and Mademoiselle Eveillard bad shown great
kindness, sent one of bar slaves to save them. Made-
moiselle Eveillard wits carried off by the slave to the
house of her mistress, and thence to the Kaimakin's
harem, where she received every attention. I must
also return my thanks for the care taken of myself at
the Artillery Hospital.

Prißnleidnzannd pAnTblishiNs.edaforrotrtunthe PronprietuirpothJesuoiirtf,
Printer, at the 05666 of The set 610,17 32Pren
Church Street, Doroliester.—Tn..y, .1517 MD,
1659.

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