The Express.
London, England, 1847-07-23 00:00:00

Accounts front the River PlatenMonied the arrival
of Lord Howden at Buenas Ayres. To a deputation
of British merchants whish waited upon his lord-
ship or: the 12th May, Lord Howden delivered the
folle,wing address:
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SINGAPORE, Jens 3.
Rear-Mhinhtal Ueda/4 the commander on the
statism, addhei brae M.8.1a71. Vernon, on the 21st of May.
Tim ffilhamaddeally toakinprovnions for three months,
but bar diethialka remained unknown. Sint* the arrival
thisiessenne,the admiral ham determined, in consequence
of the sham ifif affairs in China, to proceed without tom of
time to Haag-Rom. He has given orders to have the Ver-
non reedy to sail immediately after the arrival of the mail
from Europe, which is expected to-morrow.
Trade is at present completely at a stand here. The junk
season has proved to be lass than half the importance of last
season, and consequently a large amount of British fabrics
remain undispoeed of. Money is very warm. There will be
no improvement tiE the return of the Bogie traders in Sep-
tember neat. Maley of the junks brought slam, silk, tea,
whisk ma was tow unsold. and will-probabl be takes
tdiem heat.= ye. It le
worthy ef selleelhat warty tratpiss• • m iffid ear-
marks have bees hoopla up by the lank traders ; but at
this we need hardly wonder, when in one day the English
spiked 872 guns at the Bogue forts.
Col. Butterereeth, the governor of our combined Straits
settlements, left us on the 11th of May for Malacca and
Penang. He h not expected back before August. Mr.
Churcb, the resident oouncillor, is his locum tenens here.
We have had nothing of an exciting nature lately, save the
daring conduct of the Illanun pirates, who attacked several
villages on the islands Lingin and Sinkep (about 100 miles
south of Singapore), carrying off nearly 200 persons of both
sexes and all ages, to be sold at Sulu. On • requisition from
the Dutch authorities at Rhio, the H.C. steamers Nemesis
and Haigh], proceeded in search of the pirates, but the
latter managed to avoid being discovered. Some went off
direct to Sulu (they were teen off the coast of Borneo by
Capt. Durham, of the clipper Cowasjee Family, in the pea-
sage from China); others went up the Sinkep river, where
they continued secreted until the steamers left. In this
lurking-place they were afterwards discovered by a
Dutch cruiser. Information was then sent to the
Dutch resident at Rhio, to the rajahs of Lingin and
Sinkep, and a large force collected near the mouth
of the river. It was ascertained that the pirates num-
bered 7 prabus, each manned by 100 to L5O men. The
blockading force consisted of a Dutch war schooner (6 guns),
2 gun-boats, and several war praline belonging to the princes
above-mentioned—in all about 2,000 men. As it is well
known the Manton never surrender, preferring to sacrifice
their lives at the dearest rate than be taken and hanged, the
blockading squadron were hut little disposed for an enco inter,
and allowed the pirates to escape during the night! The
Java Courant admits that the Dutch cruisers several times
encountered the pirates in the Straits of Banks, but were in
every instance beaten off.
On the 10th May, Mr. Brooke proceeded in the H.C.'s
steamer Nemesis, to Borneo Proper, carrying with him copies
I of a treaty to be signed by the Sultan of Borneo. The treaty
contains 12 articles, intended to secure to the people of both
powers, free commercial intercourse on terms of reciprocity,
and likewise the suppression of piracy and the slave trade—
the two chief sources of his highness's revenue. Whether
the Sultan will sign the treaty remains to be seen. The Ne-
mesis is daily expected. Before Mr. Brooke's departure he
was sworn in consul-general of Borneo, and saluted as such
on embarking.
From Libyan I have letters to May 15. N.M. brig
Columbine, Captain Grey, R.N., remained Is gusrdsbip,
strictly interdicting any one from settling on the island.
Several cases of fever had occurred on board the Columbine,
and some three or four deaths. Captain Grey has contracted
with a Mr. Miles (of Singapore) for working the seam of
coal on the north-east point of Libman, to the extent of 200
tons ; operations were in active progress. A stream of fresh
water passed over the ream of coal. The Numancia, Ariel,
and Amelia, have just returned from trading voyages to
Bruni, the capital of Borneo Proper (situate about 22 miles
from the island of Latium:l), having dispo-ed of their argots.
Oar latest advice, from Batavia are, per Dutch steamer, to
the 25th May. On the arrival of the European mail at Sin-
gapore last month the greater part of the Dutch letters were
refused to be delivered, end carried on to Hong Kong. This
circumstance clamed • great deal of excitement at
Batavia, and the Jaya Courant remarks:—" It would
require much argument to make one believe that
those orders, emanating from the English postal
department, are entirely of an administrative nature ieoes
geheel administratieren acrd zijn). The Dutch letters sent
rid Marseilles cannot be prepaid, and as there is no Queen's
or Admiralty agent at Singapore to recelm the postage,
her Britannic Majesty's dovernment adopted this step as the
only means of securing the amount of portage, instead of
letting it go in the poets' treasury of the East India Com-
pany as heretofore. The Dutch Governor-General has di-
rected that two steamers be employed in future to carry
mails, one proceeding to Ceylon with the mail for Europe,
' and one to Singapore with letters fur India, China, &r.