The Sun.
London, England, 1860-09-08 00:00:00

TILE TU_RKS IN YEMEN.

At the present moment, when the Syrian mas-
sacres are still fresh in our minds, and when men
are beginning to ask themselves the question how
long the Turks shall be permitted to turn into a
wilderness that which the Creator declared " very
good," it may interest our readers to know how our
ancient allies govern the provinces more remote
from the observation of European statesmen.
The position of Mokha is well known ; it is popu-
larly supposed still to be the great emporium of
Arabian coffee, and the steamer passengers who ob-
serve in the distance a goodly array of tall minarets
and white houses, fill up the canvas with their own
ideas of a thriving seaport town. But the city is a
miserable ruin, the superior advantages of Aden,
and the blighting effects of Turkish misrule, have
combined to withdraw to the British settlement the
entire trade of the surrounding country.
Outside the city of Mokha there are several Arab
tribes who own the Turkish sway ; of these, the
most important are the Mushlahi (Pl. Mushalaha)
and the Mozai, or people of Moza. Not long ago a
feud broke out between these clans, and several were
killed on either side. The Pasha of Yemen, who is
at Bait-el-Fukih, with a considerable force, sum-
moned ten of therNehief men of each to appear before
him and answer for their misdeeds. The result of
the investigation was, that each of the tribes was
fined an enormous sum, far more than could possibly
be paid, and the chiefs were sent bainr. to Mokha
under charge of one Stiffer Bey, and a troop of
Turkish cavalry.
On their arrival at Mokha, Saffer Bey, to whom
the enforcement of the award was entrusted, threw
the chiefs into gaol, ironed the legs of each, and
chained them together by the neck. The poor Be-
douins brought all the money they could collect to
meet the fine, but it fell far short of what was re-
quired ; and the Bey had the chiefs publicly flogged
at the gates of the city. Among these was the head
man of each tribe, and several of their near relatives.

Their clansmen in vain implored for mercy on their
behalf, offering to pay all that was demanded if a lit-
tle time were only allowed ; but the Bey was obdu-
rate, and threatened if the entire sum was not forth-
coming on the morrow (Aug. 1), again to administer
the stick, hinting that this time he would not
desist while life remained in the bodies of his un-
happy victims. This was more than the Bedouins
could stand, and they determined to release their
chiefs vi et arm's. Several hundreds of them met
at night and attacked the town, or rather they
scaled the walls unopposed, broke open the gaol,
freed all the prisoners—upwards of sixty in num-
ber—and having effected their object without
bloodshed, were retiring to their villages they were
met and opposed by the Aghan Saffer and his
troop. These gallant men, though mounted, well
armed and disciplined, were no match for the Be-
douins, who, though on foot and but slightly ex-
ceeding their opponents in number, were urged to
recklessness by grievous wrong and oppression.
Twelve Turks and several horses were left dead on
the field, while the Arabs quietly retired, with a
considerable number of captured horses, and only
one casualty. The entire Mushlahi tribe has de-
serted its villages and sought refuge in the hill
country, where they have blockaded all the roads
leading to Mokha. Some have gone to their
neighbours the Hakami ; others have fled to Aden ;
but the main body remains near Moza, determined
not to permit a camel load of provisions to enter
IMokha.

A precisely similar affair has taken place in the
more western province of Yemen, the particulars of
which have not as yet reached us ; but it is
rumoured that not less than 40 Turks have been
killed by the Zanareet tribe, and that Hodaida is
in nearly as bad a plight as Mokha.
The revenues of Yemen have this year been
farmed to a company of Christian merchants at
Constantinople for 400,000 dollars, and they are
likely to make a I.ad speculation, especially in the
eastern parts, where trade is absolutely at a stand-
still.—li oineward Mail, Sept. 4.

DEATII6 FROM THE FLAMMABILITY

OF CLOTHING.

The public mind, so slow to be moved in all that
suggests the sacrifice of old habits, takes but lazily
to the idea of adopting any of the solutions recom-
mended for rendering ladies' light clothing non-
inflammable. Meantime a constant succession of
deaths occur due to this sole cause. The total num-
ber of persons who died in the United Kingdom
from burns and scalds during the year 1858 was
3,125. Of these no small proportion met their
deaths by their clothes catching fire. Neither
number nor rank is wanting to emphasize the sad
calamities due to the habitual employment by ladies
of light and combustile attire. This last week adds
to the list of victims the Countess de St. Marsault,
one of the Princess Clotilde's ladies of honour, who
has just expired at Paris from the effect of burns
which she had received while endeavouring to save
another lady whose dress had caught fire at a ball.
Not even royalty has escaped these perils; and the
severe burns some time since suffered by the
Princess Frederick William of Prussia, owing to
the ignition of her dress While she was in the act
of sealing a letter, led to the institution of
the latcst and most successful inquiries into
the means of preventing the ignition of light
textile fabrics. These investigations were under-
taken at the express desire of the Queen ; and it is
stated by Messrs. Versmann and Oppenheim that
the solutions of tungstate of soda, and other salts
which they recommend, may be employed without
risk of injury to the texture or colours of the fabric.
Granted that there may be a tinge of partiality in
the opinions of these chemists, so valuable an im-
munity is cheaply purchased by the loss of a creamy
shade of whiteness, or the variation of a tint in the
many-coloured gossamer robes of fashion. Let our
modern beauties shun the example as they would
the fate of the moth. Modern chemistry offers
them the means of decking their forms in bright
vestments which defy the flames that may in a
moment render those they now wear more fatal
than the robe of Dejanira. Steeped in these
chemic waters, their stuffs will crumble, but never
burn amidst the fiercest flames ; and decked in
these plumes, rivaling the feathers of the phoenix,
beauty may frolic secure from fire.—Lancet.

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