Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1858-09-14
THE COMPARTMENT OF JEDDAH.

I The London Times publishes tie following &C
count of The bombardment Of Jetdah:
We publish the account which wa have received
by telegraph of the Bombardment Of Jeddsh, hut W.
are bound to add that, as far rs our present lnforma-
lion ex,ends, We know not what 10 say OF tha pro
ceeding. Thus much is perfectly clear, that il at the
time the msssacres had occurred, or Immediately afte-
their occurrence, e. plain Pullen had turned his guns
upon tue offending town, and had thus caught the
murd-rers, as il were, red handed, the opinion OF the
civilized world would have sanctioned any extreme
measure to which he might have resorted. a BON
bsrdmert of Jeddsh at the very moment when the
hops.s of the English aud French Consuls were yet
red with the warm blood o. their inmates wouid nave
bsen a most ineligible and j%ustlhael. proceeding
Captaip Pulleu might thus nave esrned Tor Diin
s.It ths character Of an energetic and Vigorous
officer. But Whit was .he real course pursued!
The British steamer bO:e away, and when the matter
was brought under the cognIzance OF Inc Rome Gov
ernment appeal was made TO C1h'lahtinopie' lne
Turkish author ties met our demand Tor redress III
the most straitforward spirit. They instantly a.
pointed a Special Commissioner 10 proceed 10 J7ddah
Tor the express purpose OF bringing tne rioters auu
murderers to condign punishment. What rore coniu
they dot What more had VS. a right to ask ! Inc
officer selected tor the purpose OF carrying out the re-
solutions Of the Turkish government was no l;:signil
cant man-but Ismsil Pasha. the hero Of kalaf,t.-
There can be no kind OF doubt that the Turkish Coy
ernment were thoroughly in earnest, and would glad
ly have hung all the Jeddah murderers on whom they
could lay their hands. They despatched q steamer
with some 500 Egyptian troops on board, TO support
the authority OF their Special Commissioner, and did,
in short, all that men could do. The end of all this
WAS that Captain Pullen, with ths Cyclops, arrived
| off J.ddah on the 23d of July. Hank Pasha, whom
w.. take To he the Governor of the town. WAS at Nice.
ca. Captain Puilen then rent i'll a despatch TO The
Kaimnkan, announcing that II within 50 hours he aid
| not receive a satisfactory answer Ia his acquisitions
he would proceed 10 buinbard the town. The Turk.
i,h Special Commissioner was expected from day 10
day, If not from hour 10 hour; but liiai appears 10 have
made but little difference. Four hours after the limit
OF lime announced the bulnbardment began, and
was, We doubt not, a irulnpery affair enough. The
hnmbardment continued until the evening NJ The
10Th. The next day the Turkish troops arrived. The
Pashs sunt on, to say that Ia had arrested and con
fined the murderer-. but could not execute them until
the arrival Of The Special Commissioner. ~ hc hal
not pow-rsnf i- and death. This an-wer WIS not
deemed satisfactory, aud, alter various small phasrs
ot pesotiation, on The 9TH OF The present month thu
bOmbardment was resumed. The same day lsmail
Pasha arrived with ISL Egyptians. The next morn =
ing eleven If the murder ,.rs were executed IN eight
OF the town and shipping. and Tour others were sert
uf 10 Cuu-tsntnopie. Now. what The E'gIsh pub
he will desire 10 know is this,-NhJ '.'ou.d the
who'll. tenor aud object of our negotiations with Cen
stantinople have b--n stulriiiud by 81 violent u pro-
ceedjuy rs thai Either We were 10 take the law INFO
our own hands. or not. II We were, VT Should lrvr
done 90 AT fret; if not, We should have awaited The
action OF ne Turkish G~pv-rnmeni, who We're Ger
rsiuIy not harg,ns back in the matter. Captain Pal
len mu-t hav- Decn acting III obedience to Orders
IT. III home. On what ground. were these dispatches
framed, aud what wrre th-y