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TUESDAY, JULY 10, 1860.


THE DAY'S NEWS.

We hive, appalling news from ' Syria; and news,
indeed, which- makes us rudely question the wisdom of
. _ ~.
our past poliey in upholding, by such a vast amount of
blood and treasure) the impotent, tyranny enthroned at
1l• . . .
ebliStailditittb• ' iteici bythe light of the massacres in
Syria, Russian ambition appears a virtue ; and -no-
sadder,
......
page in the world's history has ever been written than
that which
.it is the duty of the journalist, this day. to
record. Throughout the whole of that-beautiful province
the Christian population have been made the subject of
.
a furious -fanatical • assaulti•••••,not • only unchecked,' but
positi-VelV promoted by the Turkish ..htitio-titte.44-and„
thoilsands of peaceable and innocent inhabitatts halie .
been remorselessly slaughtered, in some instances
neither age nor sex beingssparod.: The blood positively
runs cold as we read the details. Whole cities have
been devastated by fire and sword. -. We may, how-
ever, confine our attention) as a specimen! of the out
rages tireiyile're aoriiruitted) to iiii Pninfill indidents of
the massacre at Hasbeiya.
Hasbeiya is a beautiful village at:the foot of Hermon,
and close to the source of the Jordan.: It contains, or
did, before the massacre,, contain a.populatien of 5,000
Christian souls, chiefly f the tfieek "orthodox" church.
To Protestant; ChrtsfendOm Itasheiya: should be a place
of the utmost possible interest, for it Was. here that the
preaching of evangelical fi•iithla.abbitie itioie frdit than
anywhere else in Syria. The Protestants numbered is
this yilltme Onwards of two hundred ; they bud a native
pastor end a regular. church of their own—the latter
haling betilitiiilt chiefly by theii‘oWii contributions. Cf
that Protestant community which 'a
-fortnight ago was
full of spiritual as well as material- life, two men now
live to tell -.Os taly of their butcbery,whilst of their 4,000
Greek fellow-Christians but 33 men. have survived, and
the fate of their wives and children is worse-than uncer-
tain. ....,
of BThe tillage was .tcttithed- Ily an tiiirMiebnitig body
raises, on Sittirday, the 2iid hist. The Christians
armed to repel them, and for ttlfd clays held their own,
On the third . ilriVing back the,. enemy.. Igtheito , the
commander of t-he, TutlEtsli, troops„ had stood, alcOf,
althbligh-=-Us was the case at Sidon; it Deit:el-Ealudruitid
Rasheiya--,he bad troops euliiigh at,h4.4oiimand to
repel and defeat the Druses, had• he -.iiti iiiihed. When
he saw that the .Christians Were' 'galliflig.-the day, he
called them back, and in the name of the Sultan ordered
them to retire within the seraglio (a tarp-building covering
nearly an acre or ground, and containing the residence
of the commander, as well as the barrack), and to.give
up their arms, as he, the local '!e resentatfve of the
government,. would, conduct thent A safeito.Patilasousi
i
wheie they Would be better than in asbetya-Whilst the
civil war lasted. The Christians obeyed him, returned;
gave up their arms, ...which were immediately packed
up, and sent ' towards -Damaseuff, but with so absurdly
small an escort,: that the :•Druses took • possesion
of both the muskets: and: the mules that cai-
ried them ':.within -an hour of their leaving the
place, ..The Chrlitiand, asked again and again to .be
sent with their families,, as Prornised, to Danlascus. Fa
nearly a week they-mere put off with some pretext cr
othdr, until, on the sixth day atter their being disarmel
. (during which time the Turkish soldiers had preventel
-aTiy of tHeni fiOnileaVifig the precincts of the seraglio:,
two'Druse sheiks of greet irifliiente afilielli'atid had t
conference of several hours with the Turkish commaada
!of the tidolSgetl.ATif;sooner: .iiria- this conference ender.;
than the Christians observed that the hdreem (wives,.
:ii,omen, and children), as well as the .propertY: if
the commansler, was ,remoyed from , the seraglit,.
Id lAA the Tallith slildieraullib fenibved their baggage
o taide... Susp*ting; treaaheryonany of the Christians
.01-tileg.tate k_I:17414:11•1§ Awe; but were 'prevented hy.
the -WyeieteNat-- the. 11.1 bops,• .Whilst .their wonieu Aid
children were ordered • and compelled. to . remove to.
the large - upper --Cliiinibeta of the 'buildings', `the D'ini
being forced to riiiiiir below. By this time it wis
known 444. 41.411L401.4..... di Of atriied Did ses lere. Giese
to the_low.t. : -• TO. lioeps: had: hardly made.the emit'
said: aiiiiiigeiflents;-'lthek the Drusesi.were...adinittid
into the seraglio, and rushed like hungry tigers upai
the unarmed -.• Mot; -i%—the -.l:omit-yard, • -No - man was -
spared. In 44 hi
Ot.ihutea-the veiritones were inch deg)
in human' h100d_..... flUittery.eter known) in histo:y.
equalled., thiti In .feredity: and :cowardice. • :In half'ai.'
hour nitviardirif .a thousand strong men itere' hickd
•to death. Some few tried agein to. eaciPii, but wee
driven -back by the liayb'nets .-6f ~ihe Tucking soldies
(regular troops, not Bashi..'Bazoalu),.:and this Drums
had:theit revel of, blood'..Midisturbicii mothers,' wive,.
daligh4ais, and your*::childret witneuink.f* abo'e
the Massacre of their relatives.
After such an 'Outrage-' neon humanity, distrustful LS
,- •-, • - = • • - - ' : ' •
.-we may be of -the: designs - of .touia, Napoleon, ,ve
rejoice: on hearing'by telegram that the Erinch ET).
,Peror has resolved at once actively to intervene. Tic
..desiafeh- *Says, the • TiiikiisTi authorities not being
•tapalle of protecting, the 'Sultan's own subjects;. Pratte
will' concert with. other .powers the • most efficaciot •
means for preventing the broody scenes of which Syr/
. .. —.
' his become the theatre.- 7,-: Engiand • cannot renian
l•. • .
behind,- and we learn with-satisfaetion that already-tio•
additiotial English and . two French - war steamers hire -
sailed. for the scene .of : the outrage.. ..Thue . nett
EurOpean " complication," and of a most perplexiq
%harac.'ter,. hai.suddenly arisen. . .' .
.. • .
A- few days since (says the Irish liines) was chroniclet
. the dismal case
sof a ragged: band of Papal yoluntees
ias they.ivere trundled from frontier to frontier, on ther.
way` haoit'. to 'lreland, ..by the Poor-law Guardians I
'Austria and Bavaria. • 'Very recently, the Pope ha
had an opportunity of 'seeing an Irish row per
formed-Vy those who are safely caged in Rome withot
a chanee of escape. Papal crimps promised all thing •
to' the recruits. They were to have not only roan
fowl' and claret daily, but splendid uniforms
;and corn
. .
missions. Every man who claimed honourable itirti •
1 *IS ; ittitibi ~ tO ' .btr.-afatla :.'an ',officer; ,:inct -ak ';eve):. . ....- . •
Irish peasant is a lineal descendant of Slide kings
the Pope's Brigade was likely to -consist-of all officers.