The Sun.
London, England, 1859-02-07 00:00:00

latter alone would be empowered to confirm the
decision of the tribunal. In the instructions held
by Mr. Walne, the British Commissioner, the
eventuality of any subterfuges or opposition on the
part of the Turks seems to have been wholly unpro-
vided for, but those of his French colleague admitted
of a wider interpretation. After exhausting every
other argument, M. Sabatier finally hinted to
Naamik Pasha that the Duchayla had not come to
the Red Sea pour prendre l'air ; and at length he
distinctly declared that unless his demands for
justice were at once complied with he would place
the matter in the hands of the French naval com-
mander, who should be instructed to open fire upon
the town, and that the frigate would not withdraw
from the place until either the town was laid in
ruins or every round of ammunition on board the
vessel expended. This threat produced the desired
effect, and Naamik Pasha at length found himself
compelled to yield, but at his earnest request it was
agreed that the Kaimakan, who is a Turk, and it
appears holds some title or post of dignity in the
household of the Sultan, should be sent to Constan-
tinople under sentence of death, commutable t o
perpetual imprisonment.
On the 12th inst. armed detachments were landed
from the Chesapeake and Pelorus, and from the
Duchayla, upon the wharf, close to the Custom-
house, where the conspiracy was first organised.
The British Marines and French sailors, with the
flags of their respective countries borne aloft in
their front, were drawn up in a line facing the sea,
and close under the walls of the town. Turkish and
Egyptian troops, faeing each other, formed the
lateral sides of a square, which on the side of the
sea was closed by a line of boats from the French
and English vessels, with their guns pointed to the
spot. Close by was a gate leading from the town,
through which the two prisoners were shortly
afterwards brought forward. As a characteristic
incident I may here mention that up to the very,
last moment the wretched men were kept in ignor-
ance of the fate that awaited them. They were
brought to the ground under the belief that they
were to be embarked for Suez, and it was only
when they were actually in the centre of the square
and in the presence of their executioners, that they
first became aware that death was about to atone
for their crimes. Both, however, bore their doom
with the fortitude of Oriental fatalists.
As on the former occasion, the executioners were
selected from the ranks of the Bashi-Bazouks.
Again a scene of mutilation ensued, the description
of which is too horrible for repetition, and to the
thought of which the mind can, inded, only recon-
cile itself by the remembrance of the stern necessity
there existed that the demands of human justice
should be satisfied.
The Europeans immediately afterwards with-
drew from the ground, defiling past the Turkish
troops, who presented arms as they went by. On
the same day a public proclamation was posted on
the walls of the town notifying that, in obedience
to the orders of the Sultan, an inquiry had been in-
stituted into the origin of the riots which resulted
in the massacre of the Christian inhabitants of the
town,. and among them of the consular representa-
tives of England and France ; that the leading mem-
bers of the conspiracy had been convicted by a tri-
bunal composed of the highest authorities of the
country; and calling upon the people to respect
the will of their Sovereign Lord, who had com-
manded that the guilty should undergo the punish-
ment justly due to their crime, in testimony of his
high displeasure and as a warning to others.
M. Sabatier arrived at Suez by the Duchayla,
and has resumed his post at Alexandria. The
Kaimakan and his fellow-prisoners are shortly
expected from Jeddah by an Egyptian steamer. It
has been stipulated that they shall undergo their
imprisonment in a fortress situated in some one of
the towns of European Turkey possessing a consu-
lar residence.
Mr. Walne is expected to return to Cairo at the
end of the month. With regard to the question of
indemnity, each of the three Commissioners will
address a separate report to his own Government,
and the final settlement of the question will be
effected at Constantinople. The claims admitted
by the French and British representatives, I am
informed, amount in the aggregate to £200,000.