The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1859-08-16 00:00:00

BORNEO.

Additional intelligence has been received of the fear-
ful tragedy aided at Banjennaming, on the anttla coast
of Borneo, in the shape of • brutal inasaacre of the
Europeans. It appears that for some time past great
direontent exiated among the natives at the election of
the new maim, who was not the lineal descendant of
their late ruler, but had been adopted by him as • eon •
and a conspiracy was formed to depose him unknown
to the Dutch Hesidi ut, Count Hentheins Feoklonburg
Kited*. At the head of the conspiracy was • certain
Aling, a native of Mulling, who aspired to the sovereignty
of Itanjennassing, calling I • self in his proelausa-
tiobs by the style and title of Radja Kuning. On the
breaking out of the conspiracy, a general massacre of
the Europeans was to take place. The tlag of the eon.
spirators was unfurled on the Ist of May, and the Euro.
peso workmen employed in the coal mines of "Julia
Herr:dna," belonging to a joint-stock company, and
situated near Kalangiva, were suddenly attacked, over-
powered, and brutally murdered, with the exception of
two or three women who managed to conceal themselves
with their children. An attack was then made on the
establishment at Pangerae, but the assailants bad to
draw off with 0/1110 lose, having met with a very warm
rexption. In other parts of the island the massacre of
Europeans was general and Silfial•1410011.1. Aulongstthe
unfortunate viet,ina of this brutal and wholoale murder,
whieli, if not so numerous, was as deeply laid
as the revolting miaow:re of Cawnpore or
Imcknow, are five Genuan sunsuunaries, Messrs.
Hammer, Batt, Wiegand, Kind, and Hefuseister,
with their wives and children. The total member of
Europeans murdered and missing is between 70 and 00.
Most providentally, Colonel Andresen had arrived a few
44. peeeioualy (April 28) with a detachment of 150 men
of the 9th battalion, to relieve Count Benthenn of the
civil government as resident, and to take the military
amnia:id of the station. Thin probably preserved Titus,
th• ehief town of Banjennassing, from a simdar hOrribla
fate; but • party of 50 men, sent for the protection of
Palawan, were intercepted by a strong band of rebels,
and obliged to return. Orders were immediately after
diseatebed by the resident to send over the other five
entropies el the oth battalion, some artillery, and hall
• ••••Plau of Sappers, by the Dutch war steainen Kent-
sada and Azdlsao,to Benjennamaing, as a reinforcement

and protection. Later accounts have been received from
l'angeran, stating that the little hand of Europeans, shut
up there were defending themselves most heroically, and
had successfully withstood and driven back the assail-
ants ten different times. Great complaints had been
made against the Government, or at least against the
resident, for not affording the workmen of the coal min-
ing company the protection they were pnouised by their
cin.rter ; and the governor general hail ordered an oflicial
investigation to be made, with a View of escertai ll il ig
whether these charges lout any foundation. The follow-
ing also were among the victims of this cold blooded out-
rage :—Mr. Wij &len and family (except the three
youngest children), Mr. end Mrs. Motley and child
(English), Dr. hlinzrngvr. Meters. Van liercken, Eisen-
ger, Brood, and other European reLidents.