The Malta Times of the 25th ult., publishes advices from Tripoli of the 20th, announcing that the famous chieftain of Fezzan, Abd-el-Gelil, and his brother, Seif-el-Nasar, had been betrayed by some of his most trusty officers into the hands of Askar Pasha, and decapitated by his orders. Their heads, after being paraded through the streets of Tripoli, and particularly in front of the British consulate, were pickled and packed up to be forwarded to Constantinople. The three children of Seif-el-Nasar, and the son of Abd-el. Gelil, 14 years of age, having fallen into the hands of the Pasha, had been likewise beheaded, notwithstanding the interference on their behalf of Colonel Warrington and the commander of the Locust steamer. All those who made peace with the Turkish governor, and surrendered themselves prisoners, experienced the same fate. The remainder of the insurgents, 4000 strong, fell back on Sockna to join Sheik Sady, Abd-el-Gelil’s general, which, added to the garrison of Sockna and Mourzouk, will make a considerable force.
The Illustrated London News, London, England, Week Ending July 9, 1842
