The Sun.
London, England, 1858-07-16 00:00:00

THE JEDDAH MASSACRE.

By th e Yee t is, just arrived at Marseille?, we have
received Egyptian journals and letters which con-
tain details of this deplorable affair. A supplement
of the Progresso di _Egitto of Alexandria has the
following communicated, it says, by an eye-
witness :

" It was at sunset on the 15th, not the 7th, as
stated in the telegraphic despatches, that the event
occurred. The pretext of it is said to be this :
Two brothers. possessed a vessel, which being un-
der the protection of the English Consul was
accustomed to carry the English flag, but one of
them thought fit to replace that flag by the Otto-
man one. Thapther brother protested to the Eng-
lish Consul, Mr. Page, and that gentleman went on
board the vessel, at the head of 15 sailors, and had
the English flag hoisted. This irritated the people.
Another version is tho the outbreak was occasioned
by a slave having been allowed to take refuge in
the English Consulate. Whatever the pretext, the
movement had long been prepared, and it is certain
that the principal cause of it was the irritation of
the p; incipal owners of vessels at the new
Medjidie line of steamers having been esta-
blished. It is added that some Indian agents were
not strangers to it. The number of insurgents
exceeded 5,000 ; the Turkish Caimacan had only
100 soldiers. The English Consul was literally cut
to pieces ; two dragomans and an Indian domestic
were massacred. Tho French Consul was killed
by stabs from a sword and a knife. His wife
was killed by a stab in the breast, after having
killed a Hadramite and wounded another. Their
daughter received a slight wound in the throat ;
the chancellor received several stabs from a sword ;
the lady's na,tid was not-wounded. These three
persons have arrived in Egypt. In the house of
MM. Sava and Company, twelve persons were
wounded, and amongst them were the three bro-
thers of that name. The total number of victims
was 23 ; the number of persons received on board
the Cyclops was 24. The Paella, who had been
at Mecca, found, on his return, that all the Chris-
tians had left the town. Calm was re-established,
and the commander of the Cyclops, as a first
satisfaction, required the flags to be re-established
and saluted. • it is said that a number of arrests
were made. The houses and warehouses were
sacked. It is said that the brothers Sava had
more than 100,000 tartaric' worth of goods or
specie belonging to third parties. The person
from whom we receive these details accuses the
Okil of Mecca of having prepared the rising, and
he declares that all the inhabitants, great and
small, were accomplices in it. Our informant
escaped by miracle ; he was on a high terrace
with five companions ; the five ware killed ;
he jumped into the sea and remained there for a
long time,; when he succeeded in reaching the
Cyclops."
Another account says :
"The chancellor of the French consulate, M.
Emerat, defended himself bravely with a poinard
which he wrested from the first man who attacked
him ;be wounded several. The archives of the
two consulates of France and England were scat-
tered about or destroyed. The day after the event
there were rejoicings at Mecca, and a solemn
thanksgiving was offered up."

A letter from Alexandria says :
" The forcible substitution of the English for
the Ottoman flag was made the pretext of the out.
break ; but the real cause of it was that the popu-
lace had long entertained bitter animosity against
the Christians, and that it was kept alive by the
chiefs of the Mattometan religion. The house of
the English consul was first invaded by the sa-
vages ; after killing him they cut his body into
pieces, and threw the pieces into the street to be
devoured by dogs. Then the massacre and pillage of
Europeans commenced in all parts. The French
consulate was taken by assault. The consul, M.
Eveillard, was killed as, assisted by his chancellor
and the kavas, be was defending his house. In the
course of the conflict, MM. Eveillard was slightly
wounded, but it was not that which caused her
death—it was apoplexy, brought on by emotion
at seeing her.hasband AO. Mdlle. Eveillard, see-,
ing an Arab struggling with M. Emerat; bit him
so severely that he let go his hold. She was
afterwards rescued by a woman belonging to
an adjace*t harem, to whom she had shown
some kindness-a few days before. The Calm tcan,
having been molied to in the absence of the go-
vernor said, with apparent unconcern, that he had
not forces enough at his disposition to establish
order, and he did nothing. The governor on his
return appeared irritated, had 150 men arrested,
caused the English and French flags to be paraded
through the town, and then saluted by 21 guns.
Tho Europeans who escaped sought refuge in the
citadel, and amongst them were M. Emerat and
Mdlle.Eveillard. The captain o f tie:Cyclops, on learn-
ing what had taken place, armed two boats' crews,
and subsequently two others, and sent them to-
wards land ; but a number of armed men on shore
made signs to them not to approach. He then
placed his vessel as near as possible to the town,
with the intention of bombarding it, but the go-
vernor sent a flag of truce to beg of him not to do
so, in order not to punish the innocent with the
guilty, and promising reparation. All the Chris-
tiaus by w„., "Oiled Welt: cu. to p:(3,:k.5."
Anotherletter assert3that the number of the killed
was 45, and that of the persons arrested by order
of the governor 300. It adds that the latter gave
6,000 fr. to the Christiana who escaped. It states
also that the captain of the Cyclops before leaving
established provisional onion's.