The Sun.
London, England, 1856-05-05 00:00:00

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JERUSALEM, APRIL 9.
Oh, sir, the honoured,
may he be preserved ! marespe.cted priest, John Bowen—
We wish to inform youyo tlfil the
spresent all proper respect.
strange and awful evils
which havebeen inflicted by the ravenous
upon the weak sheep, the miserable,
wolves of Nablous
, despised Christians of
the town, and upon the consular
agents.
On the 30. h of the past month t
Gobat, English Mutram, came, undo Lord Bishop, Samuel
we went with him to
Nazareth. A post came and informed
and terrible things. We went by way us of great es,ents
of the plain toJern-
alem, and after we understood allh
informing you that nd
it may erstbe pnblishednews we
purposed
known to all who inhabit Europe the 4 d thus make
anarkness that has
fallen on the Christians of the E ,st, and
kingdoms allied with the King of Islam, especially on the
for we know that
it is not understood what the government of this country
really is.
On Friday, the 4th of this month, an English
Mr. Lyde, who lives amongst the Ansyrii, inthe
neighbour-
clergyman,
hood of Latakia,
came to Jerusalem, and
returned, that he
might meet the bishop at Nablous or Nazareth.
A
going out of N;tblous a Moslem followed him gads he was
deaf and.
dumb man—perhaps you know him, Ya,sm.,‘,
El-
Abd, of evil form, utt-rly untrained, like the 1307 of e
of his
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country), and began to shout with unintellieibreeep sounds
if he wanted money, and laid hold of thehoreends, as
with one
hand,
bac and with the other the muzzle of his gun, drawing m
k towards the town, preventing him •
going on his
way by folly and insult. But you are not ignorant of the
people of Nablous, great and small, how they despise all
Franks and Christians, according to their nature, formedin enmity to the whole Christian race. Mr. Lyde pulled
the gun and the horse from the man ; the lock caught in
some of his clothes, and the charge entered the heart of th
dumb man ; and in a few minutes he died. The clergymane
returned to the town, and wished to enter the house of on
of the English consular agents. The Moslems seized him hie
the way, and took him to the judgment. He said, " I
killed a man, but not by my intention, in spite of me ' ,
and one of the Ulema, Mohammed Tirforha, went down
with his brother Amer, and began to cry in the streets,
"Allah Akbar ! Allah Akbar! (God is great)—oh, religion
of Mohammed, art thou dead ? (or, it is dead)." As so o I
Mahmoud Beg Abd el Heti heard of it he arose, and bengaline
to collect men, for there was an alarming tumult in the
city. Some of the Mejlis (council) came ; others did not,
they could not form a council ; and it was determined to
hold one after the prayer (the Friday's prayer). In the
meantime the Sheick Sulah.el- 'acane collected about 12
persons of the Uletna. It is uncertain as to the presence of
three Ulema, who were members of the Mejlis. It is said
they had agreed together before the Friday, and waited an
opportunity when the Muezzims should ascend the minaret
to call to prayer as usual. Those Ulema stopped them as
soon as they began, and said, " What is there in our prayer?
Islam is dead !" Soon all the Moslems were assembling in
the mosque to prayer, and the Ulema and lunaums said to
them " Go, pray behind the (Christian) priests and consu-
lar agents; the religion of Mohammed is dead." They ex.
cited the people by such words, sent them out, and pre.
vented the prayer. The people said to them " What shall
we do ?" They answered, "If you are Moslems, manifest
the religion of Mohammed," and began to tell them what to
do. The crowds shouted, "God is great ! Oh, religion of Mn.
hammed !" and the women began to shout and urge them on.
They attacked th 3 house of the French consul, Mohammed
Ameen Effendi El Cassim, stole what they stole, and
burned the test. They took down the French flag and
dragged it through the street, but the Osmanli flag they
took in honour to the palace. (The cause of hoisting the
flags was the birth of a royal infant of his Majesty Napo-
leon, the Emperor of the French. They had made a feast
of rejoicing for three clue in the .41u°, of the eousul,