The Sun.
London, England, 1845-05-01 00:00:00

H MAIL
ALEXANDRIA, DUTCH
APRIL 6.—On the 21st. of last month a
4eadful affair took place at Darnietta, which has no
Parallel, except in the times of the most cruel persecu
lions of the Christians. I add a detailed account which
will certainly be read in Europe with horror and indigo
nation. This melancholy event has excited indignation
among the Europeans living in Egypt, and anxiety and
terror anion.. the Levantines and Christians. It is a
fresh Proof of the progress of civilisation in this country.
Let it not be imagined that the inhabitants of Dattlietta
alone are animated by this fanatic hatred of the Chris-
P!rat's ; the entire population of the country participates
inhis feeling, and
tadieshment. kept in check only by the fear of
&op- ean Governments,. which have
so many
which havpo-
"racrifices for the abolition of slavery,
selves t oncluded so many t.reati.es.
.among them-
in tie as .ould think of the Christians living in the Edge,
•O Turkish dorniniors, and secure them from the
tZPPression and despotism of the Mussulmen. How easy
lisicljt he if they acted in common to take all Chris-
Including the Rajas, under their protection. The
Chris-
Rajas shotild past the ordinary taxes, but not be subject
I:ertost cruel treatment by the barbarous and fanatic
because the are Christi.
Ihe
re, English Cony sul-General,ans and French and A.us-
4-rice-consuls had made representations to the vice-
NY andl th declared that they expected from his. justice
-seat he would severely punish the authorities of
larnti:ta. His Highness, on the first intelligence of the
Ifs--°e4'eg affair, which h received from the French
ealsulesent Achmet Pasha to Damietta te investigate
,41 affair, but without waiting for his report, sentenced
prig eY, the governor of that town to five years' iin-
-s,oo°Annient in the Castle of Aboulrer, and to a fine of
the piastres (500 florins), to be paid immediately, fur
uenefit of the victims, and for the confiscation of his
proftakerty, from w immunity fir them is to he
hich an .
Len the guilty shieks and ulemas are banished to
ttail, which is in fact no punishment at all. It is ex-
eeted that Mehemet Ali will set out from Craico this
Vt'for Lower Egypt, and then (nine to this city.
AainfXIETTA, Marren 21.—t take up my pen under the
Rhicul impression made by the melancholy scenes
ave passed before m) eyes, because I consider it
tedety as
a Cristian to paint to you in a few words
prlisgraceful scenes I have witne‘sed.
/tlussulman population of Damietta is the m .st
tietinltt itla and intolerant in all Egypt. Four or five
. as numerous as all n of different
tuition s
together, they see with -the bitterest ill-will the
oe E
ur ope flying on their warn, and commerce,. pro-
-141;"1, and wealth concentrated in the houses of the
their
rho
are appointed by Christian sovereigns to
notl
itu:2,epresentatires iee this town. The wretches do
po.l`y° venture die-ectly to attack the persons or the
kietliterte c
A (), Our agents, because they are under the pro•
the ce° flaes, but they wreak their vengeance on
vronic;"c'erbt defenceless Rajas for all the evil that they
the Willingly but dare not do to us, and favoured by
4Yy trleate hatred of the highest authorityin the coun-
104 Q ° everything that bears the name of Christian, they
1114;0'1° opportunity to make them feel the power of the
(14 'weitY Since I have resided in this city I have fce-
L 4 NLY itnessed the of the Governor of
lenietta towards all who do not profess the religion of
zits''s:, °let. In August last year, a schismatic Greek,
laild Zucharia, under the protection of Eng-
died, Lie was a man highly respected
eom_ well for his character as his extensive
distal connexion. On account of the great
beet ,e,e of the burying-ground, and the oppressi,
to relations of the deceased thought it their duty
W4t; the funeral procession accompanied by eight
to -carriers
, need • As soon as the Governor was in-
tanguap.: ;fiat he sent for these men, reproached them in
Karin°l- "in most insulting towards the Christians, for
%telt tarried water at the funeral of an infidel, and
to eceelekiled bdy ordering them to be bastinadoed (100 blows
the", an to their leader 200). As the Divan is in
leo !;!entre oe the Christian market, all those horrors
4„erne Perpetrated under the windows of the Consular
Veretites, it were in defiance of the flag of England.
Aaii;.:"'Y, two miserable men of bad character, an
porti;le,an and a captain, renounced their faith; these op-
the tntitica are eagerly laid hold of by the inhabitants of
the'rrl and the Turkish authorities, to give vent to
atred of the Christians. The latter completed his
reetae., L
kid in hardly a fortnight ago. He was of Manjurah,
gratiat order to excite attention had endeavoured to in-
e himself with his new associates, and for
who reasons to gain the favour of the Minister of War,
ekehn,"ts„then at Meinjurah, where he still is. But as
his eke„,t ratcha aid not show any inclination to favour
Plaitti;;,:' 'en came to Damietta, surrounded by an ap-
and ,s-ei multitude ; he has solemnly abjured his faith,
,;144-gr Mob paraded the whole day about the Christian
ken w'rs• It is hardly necessary to observe that such
the,elneVer. pass without a smaller or larger number of
wan:teals
being insulted and beaten ; even our Con-
tkee„attgents, with their families, are obliged, on 1:10-e to remain quietly at home, if they would
facts
themselves to insult. I could meutton many similar
the out I hasten to relate the unhappy affair which s
ponntnediate object of my writing.
Consul 'tbe time past the hatred of the Governor. toretahse_
4o!ular agents manifested itself by continually
rine w
„ exertione. Every day he brough.t. fosrwwa d
gar groundless groundless demands and pretensions
each re-
t° the prGteyes, and even subjects
the-
'ere' consulates. I believe that several reports have
keellehreed,e on the subject. Our agents opposed in some
ariee4e—re °Y the Vis inotice, but this only increased the
of the Bey, and the ill will of the people and of the
41)11;1,7 niereatr in the ssme. manner.
.Now came the
eyes rsarY el the Prophet', lar,ll day; this day in their
cola required_ a victim, and according to custom they
Lght for one, nut among those whom they most httted,
'fi,t anion.'' those who like the ass in the fable have no
protection except their innocence and helplessness. A oor Captain, above 60 years old, with a white beard,
worked in an establishment for peeling rice;
he
quarrel with an ass driver employed in the
same
i netso.
~tahlishment. After a short altercation
the latter went to
twi(.3rovernor and accused the other of having ridiculed
Caton and the prophet. Without further ceremony
f-o._h7 was immediately seized by Rewasser and brought be-
tthe Mehiseincle. This so called court of justice,
q'te President of which is Ali Cofasia, the
Shiek of Damietta, heard the evidence
}tiro. asssdriver, and of another fellow who had joined
first nt caused the unfortunate Captain to receive in the
I,olt.nstanee 500 blows with date staves, which were
with his own money—so it is said the law re-
chaioess' The poor fellow, so mangled, and loaded with
girths, \vas conveyed to the duneon. Yesterday, the
after eY of the Prophet, all the shieks repaired soon
tteweelin-rise to the governor in the divan. The elis-
tepogis Were then carried on with closed doors, and a
Arison was spread that the question was put whether the
too er should not be burnt alive. But fear of exciting
• laseebieeh the anger of the Viceroy deterred the as-
fro
theeefo In carrying this proposal into effect ; they,
lee% res resolved that the poor prisoner should receive
gagged thousand thousand blows with the staves, should be
/phased ' erni with two dogs bound fast at the sides, be
lettlipn°4 a buffalo, with his face to the tail, and so bo car-
etee Cugh the whole town. A frightful scene ensued. t
'11,4 f hough received 1,000 blows on his back and soles of
"Itek•ee-a,ll° Was placed as above stated on the animal's
ereag,to--,,n.t this was not enough; they tied_ a wooden
,rsa "Is back, and on his breast a tablet, on which
ilikainXerlbed the sentence, surrounded with threats
*tiro "I,_,the Christians. After covering his face and his
l'estrio% 7'Y with the most disgusting filth, the vile pro-
. the conaisting of several thousands of the refuse of
the rindation, Proceeded directly across the quarter of
Christi
street ans, then by the Bazaars through the chief
°f the town, amidst the incessant savage cries of
e took
the will sot attempt to describe the torments
eeSssia': ee•—aPny sufferer during the six hours that he
ey do 0,, -.tried about the town. I have not the courage
`led 1:;__ I only observe that the furious multitude only
ablionet..treating him in the most cruel and contemptuous
The Iwo .treating him
a shawl was bound round his neck,
aide -ende4af which were held by a man, one on each
hilt, ofa the buffalo, he fell off four or five times
tePs sea
body. At the harbour, about a hundred
1."410 i—era the divan of the Governor, a man
• )4e'unlslalarits, emPloye.d in caulking a boat. dipped his
the boiling pitch, with which he daubed his
enetu'iathe mob loudly applauding. The houses of the
the proe ets were attacked with showers of stenes as
ektees!ten passed by ; the windows of the Sardinian
i
71% Pa—net:can vice-consuls were broken ; the shop 0.
ieered ar--„esslrtti, an lonian under English protection, suf-
. 7-ente—„e‘ injury ; and, in the course of the day, above
"ndee- rvrsons were more or less ill treated. But enough,
sej,at.re than enough of the melancholy picture, to show
ised Pitch the shamele4s fury of these wretches,i
is
aree ,
• April reksk h ow, oy the connivaNce of the authorities, t
q.ued the highest paroxysm. —Augsbui g GazcW,
eluttiVlA.u., APRIL 27.—1 n the sitting of the Second
law of the States-General yesterday, the project of
eitreeerlistive to the collection of the direct taxes was
to t°, after some discussion, by a majority of 41
n.
"„t4tenACtTE, APRIL 28.—The Second Chamber of the
011"'—eneral in its sitting to-day, agreed to the project
respecting Tho the Mint, by a majority of 36 to 18. .
at
neee6tes on the law on expropriation for the public
It i was fixed for Wednesday next. _
said that th • tiche .ell. Royal Highnesses the Duke and
• land, le_ make a journey, during the summer, to ol-
,Aits`usEna, and Austria.
slightl'EdltDAM APRIL 27.—We regret to learn that a
tlein,in disposition of her Majesty the Queen has caused
tfight‘'lLded visit of the Court to be deferred for a fort-
Jests", • " c are happy, however, to add, that her Ma-
k.e Indisposition is not so serious as to prevent his
'jest)? from coming here for a couple of days.

•
- MRS. SALMON.
%/tr......0 THE EDITOR OF THE MORNING POST.
1/pectin Observing a paragraph in the Illionrny Post
eminenceau " destilute situation of Mrs. Salmon, formerly
. vocalist, I beg to state that, early in 1843,
)11,1,1 Cramer, Mr. Hawes, Mr. Catkin, Mr. Rovendino, andh
pl4lelr, undertook to get up a subscription for her, and
lacond Piress generally, both in town and country, kindly
acrir.eq our views. While we continued to receive sub-
norv`l°na from benevolent individuals, we paid Mrs. Salmon
\tea feere„igo weekly for several months, but when no money
ken fort go
We, after due consideration, thought it the
in Prudent plan to invest the surplus in hand, viz., 1201.,
ann
nrnuia nay for her, otherwise the whole amount received
43xfordsccm be exhausted. Messrs. Duff and Hodgson, of
tarid 'street, kindly undertook to pay Mrs. Salmon osntee
sre Per month (and not in weekly payments), 1,-
" "soi-
Ntrih Rulady received since December, 1842. The.sum
411.7(1 amounted to 175/., 13s. 6d., out of which Mrs.
(14°4 received 48/. 14s. 5d.,_ including a second donation
.11rom the Duke of Cambridge. The Committee, find.-
antti.- at no
vl more subscriptions were likely to be received,
Lue accounts and closed their labours, having done
to 41 their power to raise a sum sufficiently large to ensure
PI Salmon a comfortable maintenance.
f
skr.,.roUble you with these remarks in hopes that they may
or, the cause so laudably undertaken by Mr. Oxentord,
BalmreFret to say, that the distressed situation of Mrs.
Itrn:4 tmho is in her fifty-eighth year) has not bean too
'ltpainted by him. Your obedient servant,
Eusaellitpet, April 30. JOHN PARRY.