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the French consuls and their families At Jid-
dab on the evening Of the 18th Of Juns, BY
| = mob of Mahommedan assassins, has not
come to light. Many theories Of the anima-
ting purpose of the murdsrers are suggested,
but nothing definite is known. Nothing had
occurred TO show that the people Of the place
were animated by any extraordinary senti-
rent Of hostility towards the christian inhab-
itants. Her Majssty's steamer Cyclops had
been lying for about a week in the harbor of
Jiddah, and the officers Of the steamer had
made excursions in the vicinity of the town,
but never met with the slightest molestaton
| or insult, and even on the very evening of the
outbreak several had been walking about in
the bazaars until nearly sunset, without the
least apparent symptom of The approaching
storm. A correspondent of the London Times
writes from Alexandria, July 9th:
On the evening of the 18th ult., few per-
sons-Greek residents Of the town of Jiddah
came swimming off to the British ship
Cyclops, and stated that disturbances had
arisen, and that they feared conspiracy had
been entered into against the christian inhab-
itants. Every thing, however, continued in
appearance perfectly quiet; not q shot nor .
cry was heard, though the savage work was
even then already commenced; but the assas-
sins had taken the precaution to use cold steel
alone. The English consulate was the first
point of attack, and Nr. Page, the acting con-
sui, fell under the blows of . crowd of ruff
fans, who followed up the murder BY sacking
the house and tearing down the flag. The
unfortunate mans body is said to have been
found hacked to pieces. The mob appears
next to have poured down upon the house of
the French consul, NJ. Eveilard. Hero, how.
ever, the governor Of the town made some
feeble attempt to intsrpose; the force At his
disposal amounted to only eighty men, and,
whatever efforts they may have used, they
did not succeed in saving the life of either
| the consul or of his wife. Both were mur
dcred, and their daughter alone, though un-
der twenty years Of aye, appears to have pos
sesssd the spirit of heroine-was rescued
| from the hands of the asssssins, and, covered
with an Arab cloak, she was carried to the
house Of the kaimakan. Her face was laid
| open with a cash from sabre cut across the
cheek, but before being dragged forth she
had avenged the murderer OF her father by
the death Of the assassin.
| Early on the following morning Captain
| Pullen, still ignorant of what had occurred,
| sent two boats ashore. When they neared
the inner reefs Turkish soldiers were observed
warning them off; they continued, however,
| to advance until they found themselves sur
rounded by crowd Of about six hundred
men, who from the out jutting reefs poured a
shower of stones upon the boats. The crews
were fortunately armed, and soon forced their
way back to tho ship, not, however, without
having been compelled to pour vollsy Of
musketry into their assailants.
An interval of five days now elapsed until
the arrival from Mecca of Naamik Pacha, the
governor of the Hediaz, with body of about
eight hundred Turkish troops
The crew of the steamer entreated their
officers to be allowed to take vengeance upon
the city, if not by laying the place in ashes,
at least by being permitted to land, even
though at the risk Of finding themselves, at
most 200 men, opposed to population Of
10000; but the governor sent repeated mes.
sage beseeching Captain Pullen to desst
from all interference, warning him that his
own house was surrounded by infuriated IA
natics, clamoring for the surrender of the
christians, who they knew had obtained re
fuge in the house, and declaring that were
single gun fired, or one armed man landed
from the ship, not only the lives of the refu-
gees, but also his own would, to a certainty,
be sacrificed. This officer can doubtless not
have yielded without struggle, and no other
argument would probably have saved the city
from its well-merited DOM
On the goth Naamik Pacha arrived with
his troops, and some &semblance of order
was restored. Miss Eveilard and other res
cued Europeans were transferred on board the
Cyclops. In spite of the opposition at first
made by the Pacha, the crew and marines
were afterwards landed with the British and
French colors, and escorted by body of
Turkish infantry, they were led to the newly
made grave, over which the funeral service
was read, and the English and French flags
were rehoisted under a salute of 81 guns
On the Oath the Cyclops sailed for Suez,
where she arrived on the Sd, bringing home
"a refugees. The number murdered at Jid-
dah was 81, and at the present moment not
christian remains in the place.
Jiddah Is seaport town of some promi-
nence in Arabia, and lies on the eastern coast
of the Red Sea, nearly opposite the city of
Mecca, of which it is the port, some sixty or
seventy miles distant. Jiddah is within the
jurisdiction Of the Pasha of Egypt, has a con-
siderable transit trade with the surrounding
nations, and thousands of pilgrims arrive there
annually On their way to the city of the Pro-
phet. The place is cleaner and better built
than most of the eastern cities, and has pop
ulation estimated at twenty thousand.
The North Pole.-In discussing the prob
ability Of the existence Of an open Polar sea,
the New York Courier and Enquirer gives
the subjoinsd interesting paragraph:
If the possibility of reaching latitude 80
degrees north is granted, the next considers
ton is, the probability of finding an open sea.
The facts upon which such probability is
based are these: 1t is generally admitted that