The Sun.
London, England, 1811-10-17 00:00:00

RUCT L'r OP

The following narrative is said to cloraded
from the papers' of a Gentleman who wai travelling
in Egypt, in the capacity' of Travelling 'Fellow of the
University of Cambridge, at the titu the massacre

took place.
Egypt had ever been considered by the Mama-
lakes as their. patrimony ; and so deeply was this
idea impressed upon their minds by long. posses-
sion and undisturbed enjoyment, t hat they complain
"ed of the infringement of their rights, when, upon
the evacuation of the English army, the roue.
was reinstated in its nriginal anthority. But had
it
,ever) been consistent Wida justice to restore to
the Marnelult,s- their usurped dominion, such con.
duet would scarcely have been ieconcilable to
sound policy ; since their numbers had been so
much reduced by the superiority of the 'trench
arMS, as to incapacitate 'them from defending the"
etlke:try against the attacks of a- a foreign invader,
or even from suppressing the languid erfoits.which
the native Egyptians might make against the fyran.
ny of their masters. Yet the Beys, though sensi-
ble of their weakness, still sighed for the pleasures of
unlimited dominion, of which they had been so lately
deprived; their obedience to the Turkish Viceroy,
except when enforced by arms,, was merely nominal,
and tl4O operations of his government were perpetu--
ally ethbarrased and' resisted by •Marrialuke intrigue
or rebellion. They were carrying on open war in
Upper Egypt against'Mohammed Ali, the present
Viceroy and Pacha,:and were even then on the eve
of extermination, when the news arrived of the
lending of the British. army under General Fraser.
Upon the receipt .of this intelligence, the Pacha im-
mediately concluded' a peace with the. Mamalukes
as his less dangerons enemies, and led his troops
against the British ; with what success is too well
known. In one of the-articles of that treaty, it was
stipulated that the whole corps should come and re-
side at Cairo; with this condition great part of them
complied k and, under the command of Sclaim Bey,
fixed their residence at Gizch,near the capital, but
on' the opposite bank of the le; the remainder,
under the command of Ibrahim Bey, continued in
Upper Egypt. The Beys convinced of the inutili-
tyof contending against a man who was their equal
in fraud, and their superior in force,, relinqUished,
for 'the present, their attempt to Overthrow the
Pacha's authority ; waiting until one of those
sudden convulsions to which Oriental despotism is
subject, should remove or epfeeble the object of their
apprehensions, and open a way to the recovery of
their former influence. •
About this period, the Porte entertained consider-
able alarm on account of the rapid progress of the
Wechabi; Mecca and Medina were in the posses-
sion.of these eecederis from the Catholic. faith of
and the heads of the Law at Constanti-
reple had asserted, that misfortune must attend all
their undertakings, so long as the cradle of their
faith remained in the hands of heretics. Jussuf,
rechts.of Damascus, had not been able to 'resist- the
numbers and the enthusiasm of this new sett; and
Suliman, Pacha of Acre, had in consequence been
Lommilisioned to seed the head of Jussuf to Con-
stantinople, and assume the command of the Pa.*
thalik of DaMascUs. The unfortunate ,Jussuf fled
to'Calio, where he was hospitably received by Mo.
hammed Ali, and protected froM,the attempts of his
live) ; and the Porte finding Stillman no better able
than .fussuf to support its. authority against its hi-
fide' impugners, at last ordered the, Paella of Egypt
to undertake the recovery of the holy eines, and
Promised to invest him with the govirmitents of
Datilasals and Acte. , _ _

_ .
The l'acha of Acre was already highly exasperat-
ed against the Viceroy of Egypt on account of the
:ellen granted to his unfortunate predecessor; and
this order and promise of the Porte at once increas-
.ed his deii.e t2ir rtvenge, and presented an oppor-
tatiity of gratifying it, He listened with eagerness
to the proposal made to him by the Marnalukes of
joining Ws forces with their's, and of falling upon
l'Oehainmed Ali and the small remains of his army,
which would be lea in. Egypt after the departure of
the expedition against Mecca, nnder the command
of his son: The plan was matured, and the period
of its execution seemed fast approachieg; as the
Paella or Egypt had assembled .a number of boats,
nearly sufficient to convey his troops down 'the. lieu
Sea to Gedda, and his army was colletted rind en-
camped near Cairn, in readiness to march doWh'lo
the coast. But the jealousy .and vigilance or*
Viceroy were as great as the treachery of tits
spies. A person, in the confidence of Sciaith Boy
had bean Imbed to betray his master, and regularly
transmitted to the Pacha copies of the correspond-
cute carried en by the days in Cairo with those in
,Upper Egypt
,and Starnaw of Acre. The Porte
was duty informed of the 'clesigns.of. the conspira-
tors,, and when its definitive orders were received,
the Viceroy it prepared to carry them in-
to execution.
Mohammed All, on his return froth Suez to
Cairo, announced the appreathing completion of his
preparations against Mecca ; and that therefore on
the tat of Match he should celebrate 6-grand festi-
val on. the occasion of selemnly investing his son
Taisuri Peelle with the pelisse of command,
,pre-
Viotevto tilt! depArttlie.of the expedition, The Ma-
trialtikes in Cairo were requested to honour the ce
retool)), with their presence ; end accepted the invi-.
tatien. The procession was to pass through the
_private streets of Cairo up to the citadel,- where the
itivestitere was to take place. The TUrkish infantry
led the way, and were followed by the Mamalukes
far horseback, under the.coMmand of Sclaim Bey,.
who supported by two sons of the Viceroy
ibrahini Bey and Tussun Pacw ; the Delhati or
Turkish cavalry followed, and closed the procession..
The foot' had already entered the interior of the
citadel, and the Mamalukes were passing between
the inner and outer wall of the fortress,' along a nar-
row way itiolosed on both sides by high-Wills and
ruined buildings, when the gates at, each extremity
'of the passage were closed. The Paella had reveal-
ed his intention to no one until this moment, when
lie ordered his infantry to line the walls Which stir-
. rounded the Marnaluites, and to commence a heavy.
fire upon them; even his sons were still mixed
with them, and fOr a time exposed to the same
late. The Mamalukes, cooped up in a narrow space,
where their equeitriati skill, and their dexterity
‘in

the t'se of the set);', unaVaiiieg, , by
their own numbers; elicumbered by their dresses,
of ceremony, and surrounded on all 'sides by an
enemy superior ie knee and protected by his situa-
tion, matte but a feeble resistance, and' were soon
compelled to suireuder. The wicker of the inner
.gate was then opened, and the Turkish soldiers
dragged out their vitthns one tZy one into the court
of the citadel, where they were' fist stripped and
then beheade.L They met, their tate, it is said,
with the most uad4unted courage; regretted oft!),
that the Cowardice of their adversaries had deprived
them of an opportunity of displaying that braverY
and skill, Which the Turks had so oaten and so la-
tally experienced; and Menaced (heir execs tioners
with the vengeance of their brethren in Upper
Egypt. Sciairn Bey was brought Mitre into the prey
sense of the Paella, who 'reeroaClied him with his.
treacle:ly to himself, and with the assassination of
his adopted father, Elf Bey ; and then Ordered him
so be led away to execution. Some of the Mama-
hikes, whilst the .aventioti .of the Turks ware en-
gaged by the slaughter of their 'Companions snc-
ceeded to cliMbing over the walls wind) inclesed
them ; most of these, however, unable to escape out
of the precintis of the citadel, were taken -mid bes;
headed in the course of that or the following day ;
three of them contrived to Seciet themselves for
nearly a,week amongst the dilapidated buildings of
the fortress, and when almost expiring with hunger
were discovered, and shared the tate cat their com-
rades. Several who had concealed themselves until
the first fury of their murderers was overpast, were
suffered to live for aotne time in the dungeonS of the
castle ; and the-Paella, when his safOy required nu
farther bloodshed, was disposed to spare their lives ; -
but the Chi tjaßey, Viceroy-Lieutenant, hearing of
this intended clemency, and doubting the "pollcy of
it, immediately caused his prisoners to be privately
executed before theintelligenceof their pardon could ,
be officially announced to him. Of eight hundred
Mamatiikes Who were enclosed within the walls of
the citadel it is not certainly known that:any escap-
ed except a few boys, who owed their safety to.their
extreme: yotith and personal attradiOns. • During.the
carnage, the Delhini, against w hom the g rtes of the
citadel had been closed after the entry of the Ma-
malukes, by way of equivalent for their absence twin
the slaughter, began to plunder the houses,of the
Beys. Their women, their money, their jewels),
horses and arms, Wad into the hands of the spoilers.
This pillage, indeed, was contrary to the orders of
the Dacha,, who had no intention that so valuable a
booty should be lost to himself ; but he could not
leave unfinished the work of death in the citadel ;
and it was not until the bquses of the Mamalukes,
were already stripped of every thing" valuable, that
he sallied out at 'the, head of his guard, and by the
Instant execuriou of the most active delinquents, put
a stop to farther depredation, and delivered the in-
habitants of Cairo front the apprehensions of a,gene-
ral sack arid massacres.

The day after this butchery, the heads of the
Beys and principal Cachets, to the number of twen-
ty-four, were forwatdcd to Constantinople. An ol-
der was given at the same time for the slaughter of
all the remaining Matuelokes in Egypt. In the
course of the month, seven or eight hundred were
destriayed in the towns and villages; and the heads
of such as had been taken in the neighbourhorid Of
the capital, .were brought on, camels to Cairo, and
daily exposed beforethe- gates of tle- citadel, A
large body of troops marched immediately against
the Beys in Upper Egypt, whO were encamped near
the Cataracts, at the head of
.eight 'or nine. hundred
Mameluke sabres, with a considerable body of Ne-
groes and Arabs, under the command of Ibrahim
Bey. This Chieftain is, with the exception of Os-
man Bey HaSSall, the only leader of note who bur.
vives,'and is well known as such_to every English
and French commander who has served in Egypt.
But both he and Osman are now incapacitated by
age from ading wick energy proportionedlo their
difficulties, and from supporting the 'fatigues inci-
dent to ths'ir trratic mode of warfare, indeed, a
report has lately reached England,: that the Pacha's
troops had. surprised the Marnelukes of Upper
Egypt,, and succeeded in de,troying the last remains
of this singular people, which had subsisted with
such varies tortorre.frOm the da)s of Saladdin to
the
,present pet ioo.
The Bays who periihed on the Ist of March last,-
were :

Scidim Bey, Elfi, Achmet Bey, Muted Bey, lichia Bey,
NPITIAti Bey, Ennui Bey,,liussein Bey the cider, Hussein Bey
the younger, of the house of Elfi Suliman Bey, Roschwan
fity, I breitint Bey, Aclunet Bey, U the house of Eibuan
I ussut Bey Abuctjah ;. Marzue Bey, -son of Ibrahim_ the
Great'; Ali, Bey et Fajumi, Achmet Bey Chetengi with
live or Six other Beys of less note. •
Emir» Bey Elfi, rtncl Achmet Bey Elfi (two who
accompanied Elfi Bey to England), were reported
to have escaped. It was that, an seeing the
Toner gates of the citadel closed,
,they immediately
suspected treachery, and, being in the rear of the
Nlamaluke piocession, ltad. time. to turn round and
escape before the outer (gate was closed upon them.
it is not probable, hoWever, that they were thus
fortunate, as.the Officers of the Paella asie,rtzd that
their heads were amongst the number of those sent
to. COnstantinople.
The principal Beys who remained in March last
in command in Upper:Egypt were, Ibrahim Iley
the Great, Osmirri Bey klassan, Seliin Bey Nla.
chrairti, Acliuwt Bey-Mainland), Ali Bey Ajub.

Many prime ideas were suggested at gregson's
the other evening, by Messrs. GUlly, Dutch Sam,
nelcher„ Gregson, and several other gentlemen of
theft:writ/1,0.ra, respecting an emblematic device
for the crest of Crib. The umpire, who, was
chosen todecide on the most appropriate one of
those they had named; happening to be a of a
poet, as well a an,arnateur of the fancy, wrote doWn.
his decision in chalk. on one of the tables in thp
tap-toom, as follows

I owns for Crib, the Champion's crest,
. `Cragson's device is fir the best;
tor what his talliiitg-fancy OWns, '
II a raw bead and blc,o4y bmet
,The carriage of Mrs. Hansel, in Baker:.street,
was Overturned on Tuesday by the wheels coming in
contaa with those of a Bath -coach, which met it.
Three ladies were in the chariot; one of whom, a
Miss Beason, bad her shoulder dislocated, but the
other ladies escaped with but trivial injury, and that
sustained by alarm.

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