The Express.
London, England, 1863-06-13 00:00:00

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BRITANNIA.
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ROPR AND CHARITY , with Professor how s adaptation ol
Mr. Metas aPICTRAL ILLOSlON.—Thi*othwa Conrade.
And TUB ILALADITTA.—Comaiore at half-pwatd.

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LONDON, SATURDAY, JUNE 13.

Tin Imperial French schooner Gazelle, which
reached Sydney shortly before the Overland Mail
left, brought thither from Tahiti detailed and
documentary information respecting an outbreak
of piracy in a most atrocious form in the seas of
Oceania. The facts, which are contained in a
series of depositions and legal reports, have been
published by the Imperial Commissioner com-
manding in the Society Islands as " without
" parallel since the repression and destruction
"of the Barbary corsairs." It appears that a
fleet of seven or more vessels left Callao late last
year for the islands of Oceania, professedly to
recruit emigrants for the purposes of colonization,
but in reality prepared to obtain possession by
force or fraud of as many of the natives as they
could carry, and, returning to Pero, sell them into
slavery. An account of the operations of two of
these vessels will suffice to give an idea of the
common enterprise.

The barque Empress, of Lints, belonging to
Don FRANCISCO CARNAVARE, sailed from Callao
on the 22nd of November last with a ship's
company composed of persona of Spanish, Greek,
Chilian, Italian, Portuguese, American, French, Eng-
lish, and Maltese origin. The barque having arrived
in the Bay of Tipee, Noukahiva, by the middle of
December, a party of six was landed on the eastern
shore and collected the natives, with whom they
spent about two hours, making present. of looking-
glasses, calicoes, and necklaces. A number of
Ka•akas were enticed to the vessel, but the appear-
ance of a French agent, and the energetic protests
of two Englishmen on board, who then for the
first time learned the extreme course which the
captain was about to take, temporarily frustrated
his intention, and the Empress left the bay.
On the 21st December the barque was in
the Bay of Hakamoni. Here the captain
found an Englishman named Ham Jamas
NICHOIR, • resident on the island, whose
he endeavoured to engage in his project.
He told NICHOL; that they had come to get Indiana
and to sell them in Peru, and as they were unable
to obtain them willingly, they were resolved to
take them by force ; that if he would join
them his fortune was made, for in Peru he
would get from five to ten piastres per head
for every Indian landed, but that from three
to four hundred were wanted to make • cargo.
While on board Nicitme saw the two Englishmen
who bad protested against the scheme wounded
and in irons, and was told by the captain that
" but for those two rascals he should have got two
" hundred Kanakas at Noukabiva." NICHOLS
was also told that when the required number of
natives had been obtained it would be easy to
get out of all trouble by cajoling one of
them to sign a contract as chief of the
others. Perceiving in what a situation he stood,
as depositary of the captain's secret, Nicacma
feigned to be pleased with the offer ; but the cap-
tain distrusted him, and would not allow him to
leave the ship unaccompanied. In the end he
escaped with his Kanakas by seizing one of the
Empress's boats while the captain was asleep and
while the doctor, who was second in authority, was
drunk. Soon after this the two Englishmen were
set ashore, on a desolate spot, under charge of a
vagabond Kaneko" who was provided with four
bottles of whisky and a new glistening knife for
the occasion. On Tuesday, the 28th December,
fbe Empress was at Hikes. By the representa-
tions of a colonist named Arrow more than &hun-
dred Kanekas were induced to go on board. The
following account of what passed when the time of
action bad come is taken from the joint deposition

The Prises' of Wales hes:toured Mr. Hes& with
a sitting for his photograph yesterday morning at his rooms
in Piccadilly.
The Prince and Princess of Wales, attended by the
Counter de Grey std lieutenant-Colonel Koppel, went to
Twickenham to visit the Duke and Duchess d'Aumale, and
partook of a &reuses with their Royal Highnesses.
The Prince and Princess of Wales dined in the evening
with the Duke and Duchess of Northumberland, at North-
umberland House. Their Royal Highnesses were attended
by the Countess de Grey, Lieutenant-General Knoll" and
Lieutenant Colonel Koppel.

A meeting of aoommittes of the Lords of her Majesty's most
Honourable Privy Council took place yesterday morning in
the Commit Chamber, weitsbal. Present—the Lord Cher- '
tenor, the Lord President, the Duke of Somerset, the Duke
of Newcastle, Earl Rumen, Videount Palmerston. Lord
Stanley of Aldsrley, Lord Kinpdown, Sir George Grey,
Dr. Luiliagtoo, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Mil-
ner Gibson, Mr. Cardwell, sod Mr. Lowe.
The Queen's Advocate, ber Majesty's Attoreey-General
and Solicitor-General, end Dr. Twins, were in attendance
upon the committee.
Mr. Helps, the clerk, and Mr. E. S. Harrison, the deputy
clerk of the council, &decided.
Despatches were received yesterday at the Colonial-office
from the Governors :of Canada, New Zealand, Tserosnia,
the Australian Colonies, Ceylon, and Hong Kong. De-
spatches were sent to the Lord High Commissioner of the
lonian Islands.

THE VISIT OF HER MAJESTY TO THE IN-
TERNATIONAL EXHIBITION BUILDING.

(rims van coon crectrusa.)
WINDEIOR CASTLE, Jl7lll 12.
The Queen paid a second visit this day to South Ken.
"Meta.
Her Majesty left Windsor at half-pad nine in • 'paid
train by the Great Western Balmy, and drove from the
Paddington terminus to the western eatienes in the Exhi-
bition Building, in Prince Albert.raad. Her Majesty wee
here received by the Royal Commissioners of 1851, by Mr.
Bowing, secretary to the commissioners, Captain Fmk*,
who designed, aid Messrs. Kell: and Lucas, who erected the
building.
Her Majesty spent a considerable time in visiting the dif-
ferent parts of the building, and haring explanations as to
the mode in which, if purehaeed by the government, it was
proposed to appropriate it, in which her Majesty was deeply
interested.
Her Majesty then pared again through the Horticultural
Gardens, end by the Prince's raise to the conservatory,
sad left by the entrance in Kensington-mad.
Having paid a visit to Baron Maroollettre studio, where
her Majesty remained some time, her Majesty left London
soon after 12, and arrived at Windsor at 25 minutes before 1.
However trying these visits may be to the Queen, her
Majesty will be deterred by no fear of personal pain or
fatigue from airing every opportunity of marking the
warm interest she takes in works to which the Prince Con-
sort devoted so much time and labour, and of joining ea she
may in whatever tends to do honour to his memory.
Her Majesty was siccompanied by the Princess Helena
sod Princess Lana, and attended by the 3iarchionees of
Ely, Lady A. Brace, Lieut.-General lion. C. Grey, and
Major-Gene al Hon. A. Hood.
Prime Alfred, attended by Major Cowell, lett the Castle
this morning for Portsmouth.

THE ROYAL VISIT TO OXFORD.

OXFORD, FRIDAY.
The following programme has to-day been issued
by the University Commemoration DeLevey :—" Arrange-
meets for the visit of their Royal Highnesses the Prince
and Printer of Wass, Tuesday, Jane 18, 1863. Reception
by the university at Magdalen-bridge, at 12.30 p.m. Re-
ception by the Dean and Chapter of Christ Church, at 1
p.m. ; soon afterwards distributios of the volunteer prizes
by H.R.H. the Princess in the great quadrangle of Christ
Church. Reception of H.R.H. the Prince by convocation
in the Sheldonian Theatre, at 3 p.m. Bauer in St. John's
College gardens in aid of the Ratcliffe lalinnary, at 4 p.m.
Grand banquet in the ball of Christ Church in honour of
their royal highnesses, at 8 p.m. Ball given by the Univer-
sity Apollo Lodge of Freemasons. Wednesday, Juno 17.
Commemoration of founders and benefactors in the Shel-
donna Theatre, at 11.30 a.m. Grand Collation in All
Souls College by the university in honour of their royal
highnesses, at 2 p.m. Fete given by the University Apollo
Lodge of Freemasons in the gardens of Worcester College.
Boat race and procession of boats, at 6.30. Grand banquet
at Exeter College, given by the Vioss-Chanoellor, at 8 p.m.
Ball given by the members of Christ Church." In addition
to the above university programme, several other interest-
ing events will take place, mama them the presentation
of an address by the city, and the Royal Oxfordshire Horti-
cultural Society's show in Trinity College gardens on Tues-
day, when their royal highnesses will honour the gardens
with their presence.

THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION. —On the vote
being proposed for the purchase of the International RAIL
bition Building, oa woodsy, Mr. Gregory will move its re-
jection. Lord Elcho, ou the vote for the purchase of land
and buildings at Reasiogton.gore, will move that the vote
be limited to the purchase of land.
The will of the late Earl of Cottenbam bee been
administered. The will is eery brief, and is entirely in his
lordship's own handwriting, bearing date Jan. 11, 1252, and
°optioned in words to this West :—" I, Charles Edwd., Earl
of Cottenham, being in possession of my senses, do will all
my property, entailed or not entailed, and my personal es-
tate, to my next brother entitled to the earldom of Cot-
Mohan), and to hie heirs, executors, and administrators."
. .

VISIT OF THE PRINCE AND PRINCILIS OF WALES
vo Hass ra:.—Yasterday morning, at a meeting in com-
mittee of the Halifax Town Council, his worship the
Mayor, John Crossley, Fag., dated that his Royal Highnem
the Prince of Wales had been pleased to signify his jam-
{ion of being present at the opening of the Halifax new
Town-hall. It was further stated that on the ocauios of
the visit the Priam would be accompanied by her Royal
Highness the Princess of Wales. The council in committee
then proceeded to make arrangement' for the royal visit.
The Prince end Princess will, we believe, be the guests of his
worship the mayor, at Hance-heath, Deer Halifax. The
precise day of the visit is not yet fixed, but it will be in the
last week in July of the preeent year. The new Town-hall
which his royal highness will open has bear built from de-
signs by the late Sir Charles Barry, and is, we understand,
Sir Charism Barry's last public undertaking. The total cost
of the building will be from 40,0001. to 50,0001.
About the 20th inst. the Racoon will sail from
Portsmouth for a three menthe' cruise on the coast of
Socalasd, at the close of which Prince Alfred will own.
menos his courts of study at the Royal Palace of Holvrood.
The Crown Prince and Princess of Prussia arrived
at Idarienbourg on the 7th. The authorities end the
Weird council had resolved, by a majority of 25 to 1, that
L In consequence of political circumstances no fetes should
I take place. Some members of the magistracy and the
municipal council west to the railway station to receive the
' royal visitors, but no preeentatiocs took place. Their royal
' I highnesses were received at the palace by 25 young girls
dressed is white. _ _ _ .

The testator had only &traria:id the age of thirty-else whoa
be died. His lordship was formerly Clerk of the Crown,
sad was the eldest soo of the first owl, by Oarolbse, (laugh.
ter of W. Wiaeisid, Req., Master in Chummy. The first
sari waa twice Lead Chasesilor —1836-41 sad 184640.

His Royal Highness the Comte de Paris gave a
rood banquet at the Chi:endow Hotel yesterday evening in
oelebeatioo of the marriage of hie brother (his Royal High-
ness the Duke de Chartres) with her Royal Highness the
Prunes Francois d'Orisane. His royal highness, who
was supported by his Royal Highness the Duke de Moat-
palmier, their Royal Highness.. the Princes Philip and
Augustus of SiasCoburg, and his Royal Highness the
Prince Philip of Wurtssiberg, eetertaised (among °thole)
the following distinguished guests :—Count Roger, Count
de Flea, Viscount de Bondy, Baron do Challis, Viscount
Dam, Viscount de Sigur, Coast de la Redone. Coast de 1
Beauvoir, Colonel Solis (is attendance au his Royal High-
er& the Duke de Mentpeasier), Capt. Horhain (in attand-
mos os his Royal Menem the Count de Park), Dr.
Guesses de Mussy, M.K. Asseline, Inapt, Edouard, be.
The Countess Apponyi has issued cards for a
ball to take place at Chandas House on Tuesday, the 23rd
inst. _ ..._ .. .. .

A Dublin letter says :—" Yesterday (Thursday)
a marriage occurred in Clouted Church which is regarded
with interest by the prat/Moot public as a very suitable
one. The bridegroom to the Rev. W. Cothegham Molest,
nephew to Lord Plonket and heir to the peerage; and the
bride is the only daughter of Mr. Benjamin Lee Ccissess,
►eed of the firm of that DUO., and so wealthy that be can
afford to spend more than 100,000 f. in restoring St. Patrieles
Cathedral."

The following communication dated " Marl-
bccough-bouse, Pall-mall, S.W., June 11, 1863," has been
received at the London offices of the Alliaooe, 335, Strand ;
Lieotemurt-Oesend Knollys has rewired the omissands
of the Prince and Primes, of Wales to express to the mem-
bers and executive committee of the London Auxiliary of
the United Kingdom Alliance, their thanks for the addrese
of congratulation they have presented on the occasion of
their royal highoeseee =Maim Their royal highness.,
have at the seine time deemed Lieuteeast Gemini Koollys
to convey to the executive emulates their dm a
of the sentiments embodied in the addicts rela=cttit

The Earl and Countess of Cardigan entertained

at diaper on Wedmoday the Countess of Glengall, the Earl
of Rosalyn, Lord and Lady Breast Brum, Lord (Midair,
Admiral sad the Hon. Mrs. Roos, Captain sod the Moo.
Mrs. Vivian, Hon. Henry Forster, Hon. Leicester Canon,
air Henry Edwards, Captain Beauchamp Seymour, Mr. sad
Mrs. Baring, sad Mr. Cecil Boothby.
The anniversary dinner of the Royal Caledonian
Asylum Charity took place at Willis's Rooms last night, his
Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge in the chair. This
charity in established for the mamas of giving support sad
education to the children of soldisn, sailors, sad mariass.
MUM of Boatload, who have died or have bees dirtied le
the wervios of their country, sod also children of iodlynt
Scotch parents resident is London, not »miring parochial
raid. The company ournharod upward. of iSO.
To-morrow, at 12 ezlock, a To Damn will be per
famed at Me Greek church, Loadoo-wall, for the maim.,
sacs sad election of Priooe William of Denmark, Mod of
the Greeks, nadir the name of Goons L, sad a similar
cursomay will simoltauccusly take place to the Omsk
eloarslase of Liverpool sod Manchestor.

4117:2FINCY FAIR ILT GUILDHALL. —Notwith-
Oman the very eafavourable state of the weather yes-
terday, the somber, of visitor, to Guildhall to the Faacy
Pair,ll aid•of the foods of the British Orphan Asylum.,
showed so apparent dimioutiori sod we wan neared that
the labours of the mosey sod ticket taken, up to Put 5
o'clock, were as beery as duriog the prosiding day. The
gpisa ballfloch of Masora Albert sad yston stbseted
the gteetioo of a mist coscoune of persons, red the whale
=.4lp of the day in every respect ware highly silk-
.in The lady rtelLholders pursued their laudable
temperory racupstios with characteristic seal and °our-
:2l,pia:d seemed perfectly ready to undergo the addition!
whisk Quo day's business mod of ass ssity eaten
spas Ursa
The British steamers Hankow and Nankin, the
British brig Lerwick, and the Amerkaa schooner Winding
hare been purchased by the Janus. vestment.—
Amsrinsupepsr.

TUE EXPRESS, SATIFRDAY EVENING, • JUNE 13, 1863.
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of five Indians, certified by M. DE Kesifix,reisident Obt aka.
LATEST INTELLIGENOIL ADDRESS OF THE BISHOP
TO THE LAM OF THE
at Marquesas : LONDON.
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A little before the departure of the wow! Antoro re-
turned to shore. Ten Kanakas having gone to eat and drink
is the captain's cabin, the doctor shut the door on them,
and placed himself armed between them and the door.
About ten others had descended to the between decks,
where victuals and drink were given to', them. Whilst
thus engaged, a signal was given by striking on the bell,
when some of the crew endeavoured to clap on the hatches,
but the Indiana who were on deck p tad them from
doing this, and eight Kanakas regained the deck, two others,
who had been seized and bound, being left below. The
Indians on deck, about a hundred in number, seeing that
the vessel was under way, threw themselves into the sea, in
order to gain their canoes ; and the crew being unable to
seise the Kanakaa, who defended themselves vigorously,
some being luckily armed with tomahawks, got posartion
of only seven women or children. The Indians, whose
names are given below, complain that their relatives, to the
number of nineteen, have been bound and carried off by this
vessel ; and bear witness to the fact that violence only had
kept them on board.—Da SISHEL, Resident des hthrquiaes.
Here follow the names of the Kanaku carried
off, being eleven men and eight women.
But the most atrocious acts in prosecution of
this enterprise were those which were con-
certed between the captains of the Peruvian',
barques Carolina, Rosa Carmen, and Rosa Patricia,
the brig El Castro, the schooner Cora, and the
ship Guillermo. Those vessels having been as-
sembled at Easter Island on the 22nd December,
it was resolved by the captains of them to un-
dertake a grand expedition on shore. Accordingly
the next morning, at half-past seven, a large body
of men from the several crews was collected on the
beach under arms. The captain of the Rosa
Carmen took them under his command, and
having addressed them on their duties, posted them
on the rocks and bushes around, himself remaining
on the beach with the other captains and a few
men, pretending to open packages, and displaying
gaudy trinkets of small value. The natives, as
usual, attracted by curiosity and a desire to pos-
sess these objects, soon came down in large num-
bers. While they were admiring the bead., neck-
laces, mirrors, and other articles, and hoping for
presenta, the captain of the Rosa Carmen dis-
charged a revolver in the air. The signal was
answered by • simultaneous fire from the sur-
rounding rocks and bushes, and ten Indians fell. A
scene of the wildest confusion, which is thus described
by an eye-witness, ensued :—" The greater part of
" the Indians fled in all directions, uttering
" grievous cries. Some threw themselves into the
" sea, others scrambled over the rocks and con-
cealed themselves as best they could. But
" during this time about 200 of them were seized
" and securely bound. The prisoners were Mime-
" diately carried on board the Rosa Carmen,
" filling the air with their cries and groans, and
" were the next day divided among the vessels,
" according to the number of men which each
"had furnished for the expedition." One
of the crew of the Guillermo, which had
thirteen Indians for its share, deposes that when
the ship was about ten miles out at sea the cap-
tain and supercargo began to take stock of their
acquisitions, and finding a boy too small and a
woman too old to be sold, threw them both into
the sea. The ship's carpenter, who offered an ob-
jection to this way of disposing of them, was si-
lanced with a threat that if he did not hold his
tongue he should be thrown after them.
It is satisfactory to know that several of diesel
YAWS, are in the hands of our French allies, and'
that they will certainly receive the righteous re-
ward of their deeds. The Inreaut Comae-
mos as commanding in the Society Islands on hear-
ing of these occurrences sent the steamer Latouche
Trevino to warn the natives of the neighbouring
islands, and to encourage them to resistance. While
performing this service Lieutenant Ds ST. SHILMIN
captured one of the ships, the natives of Raps
obtained possession of another, and a third was
seized after her unsuspecting master bad taken
her into harbour to water. It appears that
before the vessels left Callao the French Minister,
on learning that the object of their expedition was
to obtain immigrants, warned the captain of at
least one of them that if any force were employed
to get possession of the Indians, the consequences
to all concerned would be serious. The captain of
the Empress, however, told NICHOLS that he cal-
culated upon eluding the vigilance of the French
and English Ministers by disembarking his cap-
tures at Reecho, a port about 69 miles from
Callao. The ill-fortune of this first expedition,
and the measures that have been taken by the
French authorities in Oceania render it unlikely
that these misdeeds will soon be repeated. It is
to be feared, however, that for some time to come
the natives of the islands, in whom the passion of
revenge is strong,will retaliate these outrages indis-
criminately upon visitors from the various Spanish-
speaking States, whom they confound under a
common designation, and that thus the innocent
may suffer for the guilty.