The Express.
London, England, 1852-03-18 00:00:00

THE INDIAN ARCHIPELAGO.

SINOAPORE.
FEARFUL PIRACY AND MURDERS.
• Our correspondent, writing under date Bin/spore,
Feb. 3, furnishes the subjoined harrowing details
titter, cases of piracy and murder in these seas :
After the departure of last month's mail to
yurope, an expedition, consisting of her blejesty's
plop tk•opattu, and the lion. Company's steamers
temiremis and Pluto, sailed for the coast of Borneo,
to relish the pirates up the Kinibetangan river,
concerned in cutting off the trading schooner
Dolphin. and the murder of Mesons. Burns and
Robertson. It is probable this nest of Illanoon and
Noy pirates will be deetroyed—a step ve hick ought
to have been taken many years since. Two recent
instances of vessels being cut off have been brought
to our notice within the last few days; in one in-
stance the vessel was cut off by her crew, and in the
other by l'hinew coolies emigrating to South
America.
On January 27th the English barque Victory, be-
longing to Messrs. Wilson and Cook, of Bermondsey,
Leidon. arrived at Singapore, in charge of the chief
°deer. Mr. View. aith intelligence that tee meter
and some of the crew had been foully murdered by
the 'hin passeiee.rs on board, and that for several
weeks the mere complete masters of the vessel. It
appear-
the Victory left Cum-Sing-Moon with 330
Chinese. the very refuse of the streets of Cantou and
le,niele,ing. Four days after eddies, and when
new halo Supatu, whilst Captain Mullen. mss walk-
ing on the poop, at between '.. and 3 in the afternoon,
he was wiacil ley a parte of Chinese, who inflicted a
wore wound on his henel :he mail., his way up the
rigging, but was overpowered and brutally mar.
times The mate, named Animal°, endeavoured
to rescue the master• and was also murdered, as also
the woe and one of the seamen—the latter actually
cutting his way from the forecastle to the poop. The
crew „ere cbutlyin the forecastle, and were hemmed
by the theme.. The chief mate was aloft, looking
out for the land he was motioned to descend on
deck. and ,einmandiel to sail the vessel for the
nearest land. By this time the mutineers had pos-
sessed themselves of the arms chest, and were com-
plete riuwers of the ship. The ringleaders took pos-
se. ion of the cabins, and did whatsoever they
pleased. .1 per:ion of the Chinese landed at Pule
phi, a small island at the entrance of the Oulf of
Siam, taking with them plunder from the vessel.
many tights took place among the madmen;
themselves. arising out of their gambling tran-
sactions on board. and several were killed ;
ethers who were obnoxious were thrown over-
board alive. The ringleader, Ah•mang, a des-
perate charaece, and the winner of the principal
stake was tied hands and feet, cut at with cutlasses,
sad thrown into the era. Every day the European
crew were apprehensive that their lives would be
taken ; and on one occasion they all quitted the ship,
ander pretence of capturing native trading vessels
for the Chinese, but after being absent eight days,
with scarcely any food or water, and being repulsed
wherever they attempted to land, they returned to
their vessel, and navigated her along the coast of
Cambodia, where the remainder of the Chinese were
landed. On one occasion some of the Chinese at-
tempted to destroy the vessel by firing her. The
Victory is the fourth vessel bound to South America
which has been cut off by Chinese coolies proceeding
as passengers. These frequent occurrences ought to
teach those engaged in this eoolv trade a lesson;
indeed, it is high time the Englisli government in-
terdicted a traffic but ono shade removed from the
horrors of the dare trade.
"The circumstances attending the next cue are far
more revolting, involving the total loss of the vessel,
and the murder of all the Eampeans on board. In
this cue the parties implicated are in safe custody is
her Majesty's gaol, baring been brought on here by
the Dutch steamer a few days ago. fhe fact of a
vessel having been cut olf by her crew near the
Straits of Sunda was known here a month or two
sr, but the name of the newt (Arid), and other
circumstances, induced most persons to believe thin
It was mere rumour. From the confessions of the
pirates, made before the Hutch authorities at Be.
tarns, we glean the following particular*:
"The English barque Herald, Captain Lawson, LehShinghae. Aug. Leith. with a Tellable of MO%
silk, ec., fur Leith, with a crew ussis of
roman, Portuguese, and Manilla-men. The Herald
pared through the Straits of Sundaes Oat. 22, and
three or four days afterwards the untiny brake ent.
During the chief mate's wane at night be weio
seised, murdered, and throws everbeard; the sesseg
mate and carpenter shared the map fate,
being secured to the feet to prevent their allele
is from the deep. The .deeds, with Ms wilh.llllll
asleep below one of the mime, with a hatehet, wont
down and despatched him, and Mrs. Lawn, pier
treattue, after prim up every little articled veins
to induce the AWN, no erns her Mb. was meet
brutally violated, and, mast the send ereihnent
which she woe isaldmessk haw =ed. The
gunner took coneand if the mot was thee
about Use miles gym the coast. At daylight an
We scene of slaaglisr wee bellbird. bat their ap-
petites for bleed were set apposed. gene Eve or sax
days elapsed whim the steward awl the Mingeles
innate were Wiwi. The vllhdie aew rushed to
ewe the seen in the ben& Alter fres
the ship all sang artistes if valve they mUW bar.
mil in the deed if nigh! she Wald gown. Mo.
Lunn begged the menage le wee G
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td
• la vein ; they mimed her ben, i/ thesoll
the was carried dews with the med. The
bat, containing the wink of the andenere, mast
the coast of Bantam, where they landed with the
pleader taken from the Tense On beimg integre-
pud by the Dutch Reddest, their seesint of the
km of a Spanish vessel, te which they alleged they
belonged, and the fact at thidr
shauZenes.ntesh bag-
gage, excited the Regales Mk a
abort time three of the wain may they. meted
from compalsion and nat shies, einhand that=
had cut off the vend sad inviderig these an
The Resident this ant this in ohne
to Batavia, hens whines they wine sailtit
here, and the whole Admen we new laid
in her Meaty'. gird awaiting trial.
the Itaident at Bantams the grew nib& bee
they had been induced to aeon& theme 1111111•11..
rages in censegesace of their being diesivedie be the
nature of the voyage. They saw that they blipped
in Sia Francisco on board the Herald for China er
India ; that the ship loaded at fiheeshan
understood, for Calcutta ; that after gelds,
the Straits of Sunda, and finding that the —ll
wasprooeeding to Europe, they drAnnined to edge
the ship, and to reach the neared shore. On their
examination at Batavia, another dicey appears to
have been set up, in which' they allege that they
were insufficiently supplied with rood five days am
leaving Shangiuse ; that, aided by the
abosementioned, they endeavoured tetCP=
captain and his officers by poises, but the yew
City of poisoning matter mixed with "Pr
candy. to sweeten the tea, was not sotiheissl to sense
more than temporary sickness."
JAVA.
BATAVIA, JAN. 24.—A sad sadist occurred kit
week, by which four Englishmen mat a
gran. The barque Rajah of Sarawak, 1014.711614
rmerly of the Royal Tar), arrived duns
but could not communicate with the shits. there
being a heavy surf at the bar, and the Was Ilewith
signals nut to approach ; after three deye bog I
and no sign of the weather abating, Mr. Bell deer.
mined to make the attempt, although several shi
master, tried to dissuade him ; lie had set gained
pier when the gig broached to and turned over is the
surf. The captain, second mate, and two sans
were drowned ; the boatswain and one seaman IMO
raved.—A shocking murder was committed on board
the butch steam-frigate Ardjoeno,on her passage from
Palembang to thin place, and shows in what manner
a native servant will resent personal insults when
off, rid by Europeans. A military officer, a passenger
on beard, occupied part of one of the midshipmetee
cabins, and had a native servant with him. The
middy having a watch on deck until hue a.m., re-
tired to deep; about an hour afterwards the military
officer rose and went on deck : requiring something
hem below he desired his servant to bnng it, who,
making a noise, awoke the middy, and was rewarded
• tp on the face. 'flie servant armed himself
reamed to the cabin, and inflicted four
,uoils in the young (Sib r —Numerous
ashaistank.t,untf eannrtlii!.uak.e wire felt in the to:,whbourbood
ticutv
fin
astn6etavltia.inst., and extended their in-