The Express.
London, England, 1856-01-12 00:00:00

THE.. EXPRESS, SATURDAY -JANUARY 12, 1256.

beverney severely (6401) ; Traderleis Hommel% mambo, Dm, very
; Y. Wiliamhaunt. marine, Mara. very 'evenly .
Javan& Lawianeantan, bera,very severely ; Walla Taylor,
repeals aft. guard, lure, eery mserely ; Clads* Thvgirell,
seaman, elitism nosed.
(Biped) ALGA! 8421117111,
Mantua Bargees U.S.N.,
U.B. steam frigate Po whatan.
(Copy). (Signed) W. A. Fm.z.owas,
Cmisissiter ii.M.S. Raisin.

DOINGS OF THE BITTERN.

TIMM IMPORT/ PDX COMIWIDIR TANSITTART
OP CONFLICTS WTTI PIRATICAL PURRS.

Wisehastor, at Hoag Kcag, Now. 9, 1156.

have the pleasure to transmit herewith a report
from Commander Vansittart, of her Majesty's sloop
Bittern, detailing certain operation against pirates In the
Golf of Leotuag, together with a copy of my reply to that
officer in acknowledgment of the services above referred to.
1 have also the honour to forward the aaeompanying
reports from Commander Vansittart, in relation to a later
action between the Bittern and a greatly superior force of
junks, In Shiepoo Bay, on which occasion the pirates appose
to have commenced hostilities. I also forward my reply Pe
Commander Vansittart's report upon that service and I
maned recommend to the notice of their lordships in terms
toe high, the skill, gallantry, and malodor& displayed by
Commander Vaaaittarr, and by the oaken, seamen, and
emulate who were engaged.
I regret to add that success was not achieved without
serious loss, and I beg to recommend to the consideration
of their lordships the ease of the family of Mr. Turner, late
Master of the Bittern, who fell to the lest named cotton
whilst gallantly conducting the ship. towards the pints
junks. I have, dm, J. STIRLING,
Rear Admiral and Commander in Chief.
To the Secretary of the Admiralty.

Commander Vansittart, reporting the operations in the
Calf of Lasting, estimates the number of the piratical fleet
destroyed at twenty. Hs conclude* the report as follows:
I have troubled your Eleellenty somewhat full as the
strength of the armsments of thi es verily, with their
stews averaging not lee than 60 men each, and the typo-
reedy established fast that Estop's= have joined them,
proves the extent to which piracy has admen, and the for-
midable nelson which it is now conducted. I am convinced
• merchant vessel could only haws escaped nth a lest by
oat-sailing it, sad the frequent calms of this season would
have rendered her (ate more (settle, for theta pirates sweep
with we three rod four knots, and with 'lnd free, many of
them distanced the Bittern. That they would not has:tate
to attack merehaotmen is evident from the vigorous
they opened and maintained their fire epos ; their guns,
six or seven to fourteen and upwards in each, vary from
24 pounders downwards; perhaps an theasional 32.ponader
may be met with, but • nits sort of medium 18 is the most
common in ass. This fleet, all of which is called the west
coast build, and of from, I should sey.9o to upwards of 201
toss burden (incept two, which seemed considerably larger),
had • hide crow's nest (said to be musket ball proof) at the
math cad foremast heads, capable of sheltering nth who
sling the stinkpot to a considarable d inane!' ; vast quantities
of these were found, and en almost incredible supply of
auirsualtion, pikes, knives. &a, on board them captured.
It is impresible to estimate the arenas of Inds throw*
open for the present, if Cheotee are to be credited, fully to
the value of two or three millions of dollars; the prisoner'
talked of two hundred thonsead dollars having been amongst
the Hest, and assured us a considerable portion of it went
down In the largest of their vessels which had Gaetano,
their fire with suds spirit. It would have been well to
have brought away the heavier gum, but the delay would
have cost as some of the fleet. The eaten saw quantities
of rich fun and ether booty on board those vessels, which
they herrn.
I am happy to say sone of our people were wounded,
one only wee hurt in a trilling manner ; a resod abut took
an awkward mere between two and three bathes deep oat
of the bewspelt, bookies rending the emir. The earpeater
togs me ft sea be rendered permanently secure by • fish we
have prepared.—l have, Ise.,
(Signed) Z. W. Vaxerrranc, Commander.
Hiaßwaelleney Rear-Admiral
Bu James SWliog, It.

Winchester, at Hoeg Hong, Oct. O.
Mr,—l hare the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your
letter of the 6:h September, in which you report that her
Majany's sloop under your command, secompanled by the
Confides and P irushin steamers, the former •as sod and
armed from the Milted Stases frigate Macedonia, and the
latter employed ►p the parties luterested la the object of
your intended espediticie, sad supplied by t►e Chinese
authorities with necewry castals, pilots, ■nd informen,
►d probeeded to the had of the Gulf of Lanus,.
and had accomplished the genre or destrustion of 20
junks, whose pirstleal outresse had for some time pie-
rionsly infested the coast of Cities to the north of the
Yeas to Xiang, and greatly obstructed the legitimate dun
nib of bode.

iot but express the satialactios I feel at your nport
of the gallant waduct of Lieutenant Brooker sod of )fern.
Tuner sad Todd, nor saw I silo. Ow protest omit= to
pass without wavering to you tie esorewicia of my high
°plaice of your ews pereemal merit I. use direetion of a.
eapeditioa, the emcees of which reflects the greatest credit
on all wrowned • and It will afford me great pleasure to
forward to the Admiralty • sopy of your maimmaimakm sad
of this replr—l have, like.,
(Signed) Jo. Brimaiso, Boar-Admiral,
Commaader Vansittart, Her Majesty's sloop Bitters.

Her Majesty's Sloop Bitten,
Elheipoo Harbour, S.ptecaber, 22.
Bir,-11 is my palefal duty to report the death, at 8 65
a.m., of Hr. Charlet Tuner, Late master of her Msjeety's
sloop ander say ciesamand. Belt,* in tow of the Parasite's,
Mr. Termer is board that steamer had sowiessfalty ;Muted
as into part ow O. 18th lament, and it was some rime after,
dories the beat of the settee, whilst shale, the position of
the stammer, he was led to pass outside of as into the direct
line of all Umpiratisal fire that went ever **Bittern, whoa
he revived hie death wooad from a round shot which tore
away part of his right side.
Your Reirelleney is well aware of the lees her Majesty's
*maim sustains fa the premature death of this vatuabi•
°Seer. A thorosah sailor and a first rate master, doubt's',
whoa npreseated by his comminderieshief, ais *raises
will be fsvourably considered by tha Lords Commissioners
of the Admiralty is awarding ease passim or msistanee to
his family. His slather, Mrs. Tamer, the widow visa old
liesteastat who died • retired ossamaader, resides la
Paraer's plass, Rmawittl, Devoe and with two &tighten
was, I ant Wormed, tibial depsiailmst is the support the
received from the late lamented cso.r and smother sea is
the merchant etrviee.-1 am, de.,
(Signed) B. W. VAXOI??A2T. Commander.
His Reoellency Rear Admire. Sir J.,. Stirlieg,
Xt., Commeader.ia-Chief do.. ita.

the *abbe bWrlss tubed • esereheat mmiel on her mined
side, Woo with and, ettida, Ate., seek deep somegh jest to
admit of their dries met her. • doable tier of balsa of
whoa en the dick seasplated Ude perfect feeder and bat-
tw7, Woos% wide! OW shot sovild Sot pssetratt A shell
had bed pert of her upper works. Two ether merchant
weft moored is like maser, bet not laden, had ;wooed
molar es hods's. Viet quaatities of powder, stinkpots,
'roe pointed mean mows, Le, were destroyed. sod about
100 gene to esslit sway, these mryieg from long 18 poesdare
dewowardo. Mae Wow sesta Set be removed, and map
was lost la med. ask es lbws up. From the poetry
pimple sad II pima, wise I Mee kept es he mlenteared
information, we Tura diet the bet bed 'best 200 one, wi.b
about 1,000 aces, dila, Ow destse ; that 12 of thew bad
set tee Is to fordtwerd, emit mist their chiefs bad gives
out use asps blame dig espsetedtic arrival of • war brig
and
uld storm s
;dil would be ma thew they, the pirates,
wo buda
_ _

6. Oa teailk ultimo, the Miming after the adios, I
landed • alma poky. leader Me gentad lisaMeast, to die-
help diem IMO the gesegod pirates that bad este-
dismeekee k a geggu overlooking the tow@ of libei
pas, wink they threateeed. Themsaderine, greatly alarmed,
were pitweritts, and explained through Mr. Inter.
MOM firelfdr the sulk that must befall all holiest
Pm* 43 the nolghbonehood, should I leave these
11114 then Maw deoporate, at large. 1 desired the dB
elab to be 4 attending' to receive prim:tams, and the forte
turning the pirate flank romped a fire of gigging which
were pasted down a esaseway leading into the town, sad
overpowered them without say serious casualties. The ex-
cessive heat, however, told on. marine hie tines died from
its effects, and the mooed lieutenant is suffering. This town
of Sheila* is about a mile further south than the village
off which the pirates wate moored, and ia which many of
than nodded. I mush btu the village is thoroughly
piratical; het eking ervards of children, WOlllllll, and old
men about duds" as armed asps ition, I agreed with Mr.
Sinclair that it would be fropcosible to deal severely upon
the doubtful evidence collected, so warning them of the
risk all iscarred who had scything to do with pirates, we
required them to deliver up all guns end munitions of war,
and eontinaed the searett of suspected spots on either aide
of the harbour.

I. WI received throe European ,nelson, the smallest
fitted for an iron stock, of about 16 ewt., without mark,
and the two 'then of from 25 cwt. to 28 owl. each, ore
marked "Tom Bowline," Newcastle, the other 8,185,
this latter confirmiog the statement of an American, Eli M
Boggs, Gamy of whom depositioa wee enclosed in my letter
of proceedings to your Bacellesey of lb. 11th ultimo.
Beside, three merchant camels, we re•capturod the Ningpo I
Wet taken from Mr. Russel, bat could God asthiag of the
lost property beyond an umbrella and a letter addressed to
• Mrs. Mania, Potoo ; so, with the boot is tow, we pro.
meded direct for the charnel of Biakesmoon, when the
outrage had taken plea, and sending armed boats to ex-
amine it and Potoo, saw ambles of any mans pirate craft,
and leant that the ladies, hearing the most was clear, had
escaped three days before, and I am happy to rey we toned
them the following day in safety at Niagpo ; indeed, news
of the complete mass of her Malesty's sloop at Bbelpes led
already reached the Chases archipolego, and doubtless
frightened many smaller villains into good behaviour for
the time. We should find great diMenity in dealing with
tbis class of boats, generally with white sails and the Niugpo
rig. legitimised *se; the (Hoer could fad nothing European
on bard, and we bed no informatics agaiast her. The
Chino's oSsial seat with as from Mineola° proacianeed her
a pirate at first, then thought her basest. Within S. hour
of allowing her to pressed, fishing beats pulled alongside
and declared alto was a pirate.
7. I beg to bring conspicuously forward for your Baal.
leaq's tanensalde eansideretiou the name of the flooondl
Lioutormat Mew /I. C. Brooker, who was slightly wounded
on the 18 th altimilsomerted the heights the following moraine,
and orbs. Was a laborious and hasardons work
in donna inn fist of piratical craft, within':
musket of ties rase, as which seam hundred of their
crew bed was again employed in the boats in Sin•
kaainoas obasnal:aad at Potoo on the 24th ultimo. Ms.
Todd, sed•evaaaa, and the assistant surgeon, Mr. Newton,
wan wad Mr sea ad lieutenant oa Mom crosesions, and et
mass Me npaskstrahly. Mr. Isterpreter &eclair, from
811assbal, asses d the eapirdid
on,and wee of the
MOM sinvies mug/lout, osessiossally at personal risk;
sad heckles that of the same John E. Matisse (who wee
a boy is the lizoollest), it becomes me to bring forward the
same of Henry Iliaralayman, quartermaster, captain of a
gao, a good mad soot abet, and at when gun the men's
legs were takes off. The enclosed liat of wounded is large,
and painfully dietreming to wan, as including the death of
a valuable oxen—tha master, alnady reported to your
Idasollemsy from Ilholpo Harbour, where he wee baried. But
teasiderang the number of guns bearing upon us, and the
deteresimid way the pirates served them for the first halt
ho sr, it is wonderful the casualties were not much more
nameroas. The greater part of the Are passed over as, and
the rigging, sails, its., were cinch eat up; besides twenty-
five shot in the ball, the boom boats, fore-yard, fore•
topsail yard, Ha., were shot through.—l have, to ,
(Signed) B. W. VANSITTAZT, Commander.
His Esoolleasy Eau Admiral Biz James Stirling, Et.

A list of min who haw tweived weeds or harts on
board bee Majesty's ship Bittern, Sept. 18, 1835:
Y. 3. C. 20. William Balmy, egad 24, private, RM.,
wound of right leffirbhuzed shot, amputation below the
knee. S. Co. 74. BUIL aged 21. ordinary seaman,
wesnd of left leg by round @hot, amputation below the
knee. B. tad C. 33. lenses Brownlee, aged 16, boy god C ,
wound of left leg by a splinter from round shot, automatics■
below the kw*. let list 2. Mr. Charles Termer, aged 32,
staster,*. wry severe lacerated wound of right side of
abdomen, by a owed shot; tiled on the 224 September. 1.
Mr. 0. A. 0. Brooker, aged 25, lieutenant. slight splinter
wound of right shook. 8. Co. 18. John Ridley, aged 28,
A. 8., blight watered wooed of right heed. 43. John
Flynn, aged 13, AB essitesion of scrotum and testicles
B. 1 C. 16. Chew Sam, aged 19 boy let C., slight splinter
wooed of right ifeet. M. 3C. 6. }Ojai Mordey. aged 30,
corporal. R.M., eentneed wined of left ski.. 16. John
Claw, aged 23, private, R.M., siontesed wowed of right Wei
by a shot. M. est C. 1. Benjamin Matthews, aged 42,
mrpteant,R.M., splinter wooed of scalp, beck of hood.
19th September.—Wounded on shore: S. Co. 72. Robert
Fennell, aged 82, A. 8., Wanted wound of left cheek end
fees (slight). Andrew Carfral, aged 21, indium Sea-
man, sostsa•d wowed of loft band (slight). 8. L. W. sad
V. 1. Robert Livingstone, owed 22, ordinary seamen, eow
tamed wound of lagers of left band (51 gbt). 8. Co. 66
John Beeson, aged 28, AB., contusion of left arm by
ballet (.light). 19. Henry Fordhan, aged 26, A.B, molted
of left foot (slight).
Men who suffered from the Ben whist on Shore, Sept. 19
--S. Co. 27. Jmes James., aged 24, A. 8., eeeeee headoeho
sad fever. B. 1 0.18. William Woodley, aged 19. boy, Ist
C., severe headache sad fever. 8. Co. 8. Peter Potteries,
aged 21, ordieary *emu, severe headache and lever. Y.
3. C. 21. George Tweeds., aged 23, private, !LK , severe
headache end fever. 18. Thomas Stevens, aged 30, private,
R.M., very greet peke of head, and fever; died on 24'b
September. 19. :ohs Wallis, aged 28, private. It M..
severe headache sad fever. 8. Co. 14. Obtain Wsebelo,
aged 24, A. 8., severe heedaehe and fever.
(131 geed) °Dozes (loans, Aldine Semen.
Approved,
(Signed) B. W. VANSITTAIT, C 010211111141117.

Wiaeb , at Haag Hoag, October M.
Sir—l haw the beans to acknowledge the rreelpt
Jour lotion of the 22nd of September and of the 6th October,
la minim to year operation satinet the pintos la lb,
asighboarbood of Bbeipoo ; tbe wane of +Web, id*
the aid of pear well-trataed sad sillenot ship's oostreay,
you appear to bar* sooomplisistd one of the won toast
exploits within my krowlody.
It will afford as the greatest Oman to bring to the
soda, of the Lords Consaiwireen of the Admiralty pow

traassietioss altos* mestiseed, sad to point their 'Metals to.
the excelleat 'oviduct of all who were ..gaged in the caw
noose referred to, and more especially to the eases of Lieu-
tenant Brooke, and of the late lamented Mr. Turner, and of
Messrs. Todd, Newton, end Sinclair, sad of the captains fit
gnu, Matins sad Horneysnatt.
The satiefectios missed by the good conduct thee *IWO"
would indeed be without alloy, if it were not acoompeabed
by deep regret at the losses sad injuries sustained. altheeab
personally bat little known to me, I as well aware of K..
' Turner'. merits, and I trust the Admiralty may, with its
usual liberality, oessider the position in which his family ors
left by his death. To the other oases reported in lose
return of casualties I shall give my earliest ettaatka so No
arrival of the Bittern at this wort, with the bey' of ens-
vistiog in some small degree the fate of dame severely
wounded, by an early transmission to their native soantry.
With reference to the part which fell to ynur owe shone
io these operatfose, it will be highly gratifying to me M
bear testimony to the seal, skUl, and intrepidity you have
displayed is this, se well aa es two previous ocidoioas wliYa
the preset year, sad I feel assured their ',edibles will /sal
as mush pleasure in receiving, as I shall have is ssomissi•
sating so favourable a represeotatios of your conduit layout
present eoleasad.—l hays, As.,
(Signed) Js firfause,
Beer• Admiral and Commander-is-Chief.