Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1858-10-26
THE BoMBARDMkNr OF DIEpD..


the rOadsted Of Djedda her COMMANDED. Cant
Pulien, sent an officer shore with letters 10
Namik Pssha, Governor of the Province of
Hedjsz, and Of the city OF Djedda. In each OF
these letters he demanded, in energetic Ian
guage, the Immediate execution of the crimi-
mas iinPileated IN the massacre Of the Chris
uans, which took place on the 18th Of Jnps
last and threatened, in case his demands VI ere
not complied with, TO commence, forthwith, a
bombardment of the town, which would not be
suspended until satisfaction was granted or
every house in the place reduced TO ruins
10 this notification he received the reply that
Namik Pasha was absent, and, as there was no
one in the city who understood the English Ian.
guage, II was impossible to ascertain the iuupert
OF the dispatches he had sent This was evil
IDENTIFY subterfuge, rs there are number of
East Indians in Djedda, who are conversant
with English. Capt p. was now convinced that
MS mission would be successful only by the
employment OF force; but as he desired to offer
the authorities ample opportunity to escape the
consequences OF an attack upon the town, he
sent second message TO the Governor and the
officer who bore it was accompanied by an in
terpreter, IN order that the former excuse
might be avoided This was to the effect that
d hIs terms were not acceded to within tbirty
SIX hours, the bOmbardment would commence
The answer was similar to that previously re-
turned, VIZ = Nothing can be done untIi the
arrival Of Namik Pasha - -
At the expiration of the thirty-six hours. no
further communication having been received
from the shore, the Cyclops moved slowly and
anenored, with spring cables, with her broad
side bearing on the devoted town Her men
were stationed at the quarter guns which were
loaded and run out, and everything was pre-
pared for immediate action. Captain Puiien.
however: stiil desisted from proceeding to ex.
IRENE measures, and sent another message to
the Governor, asking him to point out the
buildings belonging to the Turkish Govern.
ment that they might be spared. The Gov
ernor declined to give any repIy excent IN
state that Namik Pasha would soon be in town
and until his arrival he could do nothing
Thus four more hours were passed, the men on
board, meanwhile, eha6ng with impatience, as
they gszed upon those walls 90 recently reek
ing with innocent blood Captain Pullen final
~ gave the order TO FIRE and the bombardment
commenced and was kept up slowly but stead
hy The instructions given to Capt p. were
executed literally, and he evidently main
10 ned slackened fire, hoping eyery moment
to receive signsof submission and acouiescencs
IN his demands. The Governor remained stub
born, however, and this unresisted bombsrd
ment was continued during two days. -
Capt I. had previously notified the authori.
ties that be would allow no boats to leave or
enter the port, but some hours after the botn-
6ardment commenced, a number of fanatics.
fully armed, crowded into some barpes and
pulled toward the Cyclops. The steamers
boats were Immediately lowered and remained
near her, awaiting the approach of the barpes.
but the courage Of those the latter contained
apparently failed when III y came within the
range oil the Cyciops guns, and they hurriedly
returned to the shore and scrambled mn RI.
beach Some fifteen or twenty large boats
moored near the shore were sunk On the seq
Ond day OF the bombardment a battalion of AL
oanlan BASIN Bozooks, sent by the Porte, ar
rived, and the G0yernOr sent to ask permission
To anil ~. ii -,
AS soon as they had reached the shore thew were
seen to rush into the town. among the fallen and
falling buildings, and pillage unfortunately
all they e)uldlsy hands upon regardless of "
ing bullets, bursting shells and erumbling walls.
HE whole population, together with a large
NUMBER Of pilgrims from Mecca, had left the
city Id were assembled on TIE hills in its rear.
witnessing, with yells of exesration, the destruc.
ton OF their houses, which they had no means
to prevent OF power even to resist
At the close Of the second days lombard
ment, Nsmik Pasha notified Capt. PuIien of
his arrival, but stated that he could not have
an interview with him until the mex, dav ON
account Of excessive fatigue On the folIoyiny
Jay, the LIST OF August, the interview was nc.
cordingly held on board the Cyclops. Namik
Pasha spoke French fuently and a little Enc.
hsh, but Capt. 2. knew not q word of any Ian
guage save his own. Mr. Calvert. III. n, Ms
vice Oonsul at Alexandria, was on board the
l0lerDret1r
Namik Pasha protested very energeticalIv
against the high-hsnded acts Of Capt p. and
stated that although he had the culprits in
prison, he must necessarily decline their execu-
ton inasmuch rs the Porte had not delegated
to him authority to order capital punishment.
Inc prisoners, would, he said, be sent to Con-
stantinOple for trial, &C.
Capt p. informed Namik Pasha in reply.
that the instructions Of his Government were
10 continde the bOmbardment until the crimi.
mails were punished On hearing this Namik
Pasha rose IN a storm Of wrath, and swOre by
tne frophets beard that it was a shame for
England 70 seek TO destroy an unresistipp
town; and that he felt justified in using the
means OF res stance he Possessed, which con-
sisted OF some sixty pieces Of artillery Capt.
=. s answer to this threat was to the effect that
the Pasha might do as he pleased as regarded
resistance Tor tho menace was known TO be
vain oraVade, as the guns on the walls of
DJedda were placed there in the early days of
Turkish dominion over those remote regions.
Most OF them were destitute of carriages and
those that were mounted were in such a diIap-
ldated condition as to scarcely bear handling
Namik Pasha landed, and the lombard
was continued, but the balls only spent them
selves IN crumbling piles of ruins for, by this
time, Few buildings were left standing On the
ID OF August, the Turkish steamer Gabari ar
rlVed In the port, having on board Ishmael
Pasha, Commissioner Extraordinary of the
Porte, and i've hundred Egyptian troops. The
hre OF the Cyclops ceased and Ismael Pasba
landed at the head of his five hundred troops
After short interview between him and Ma
max Pasha had taken place, the latter sent
Information to Capt. Pullen that be consented
to give him every satisfaction in his power, by
order the execution on the morrow of eleven
prisoners who were known To have been parti-
cIpants IN the massacrs Of the 18th Of June
On the ID Of August, the eleven prisoners
were led out on the beach and their heads cut
on IN the presence of the Egyptian troops,
BASIN B0Iooks, and fifty marines landed from
the CycloPs. 1hisdetachment was comma ed
by two officers, and four boats from the steamer r.
each having hOwitzer on board were moored
close TO the shore, their crews being fully
armed fhe guns Of the steamer were also
placed In readiness to FIRE on the first sign Of
foul play.
Wnen Captain Pullen carried from Djedda
IN June last, the survivors Of the massacre he
obtained from them the names of those whs
were foremost in the slaughter Of the Chris
tians; but he recognized the names Of only