The Express.
London, England, 1851-03-22 00:00:00

THE PAPAL BISHOPUICS.

TO THE !EXTON. OF TIE EXPRES..

A single pirate prahu was seen near the island of
Manuk, which, owing to the breadth of the reefs, could
nut be approached. Two armed boats were therefore de-
spatched, and were some time engaged with the pirates.
The latter had hauled their prahu so close to the beaekthat
they could only be approached on one aide over the reefs.
The pirates fired the tint shut, which was answered by a
' mart discharge of blunderbu-ss, swivels, and mitskets by
our people, but the enemy being well covered by the breast-
works of their prahus, received our attack courageously, and
kept up so heavy and well directed a tire that the people in
the boats had one severely and two slightly wounded. The
tide was now falling, and would soon have left the reef dry,
which from the superior force of the pirates would have
placed our people in a dangerous position, partirulaly as the
steamer was out of sight on the other site of the island.
The lieutenant in command therefore wisely detenuined
not to risk his men and returned on board.
In the meantime the commander determined not to waste
time here any longer, us his object was to follow up the
pursuit of the main laxly of the pirates. Ile therefore left
these pirates rentainiug on the reef, and after taking on
board the necessary pilots steamed with the two small
schooners and the cruise boat of the sultan of Sumanap in
tow toward, Kangeang.
Early iu the morning of the 10th January, they arrived
at a bay on the S.W. side of Kangeang, and discovered
fourteen pirate praltus lying in it. Lieutenant Milligan
took the steamer as far as possible into the bay, but was
obliged to anchor at a considerable distance from the prahus
on account of the number of reefs and shoals. The
only mode, therefore, of approaching was by means
of the cruise prahus and ship's boats. An attacking force,
consisting of the two prahus and two of the steamer's boat*,
reinforced by a detachment of marines and sailors from the
steamer, was sent in under the command of Limit. Collard.
Its course was directed straight for the pirates. Consider-
able difficulty wax experienced in piloting the flotilla
through the rocks and reefs, and they were unable to get
nearer to the prahus than 240 or 300 yards distance. The
pirates were 14 in number and appeared to be well armed
and manned, having strong breastworks on the exposed
side. They had an additional defence of large spars stuck
out in such a manner that it wax impossible to board them
in any other way than by advancing right in the face of
their tire. The artillery of the flotilla, consisting of a
4 pounder, a 1 pounder, and two swivels of the cruise
boats, the 12 pounders of the launch and four one pound
lelas of the Sumanap boat, now opened, and was unrue-
diately answered by a heavy discharge of round shot,
stones and grape. Fortunately it was possible to approach
the pirates so near that their shot passed chiefly over the
heads of our men. Two of our men and Lieut. Jordan
were slightly wounded, and the boats received several
round shots in their hulls. The pirate prahus suffered
much from the well directed tire of the flotilla, and many
of the enemy were killed.
The expediency of boarding the prahus was now con-
sidered, hut this purpose was abandoned, because it wax
generally considered as too reckless a deed. Indeed the
prahus could not be reached except by leaping from
rock to rock and wading breast high in the water; with
only 42 Europeans there was no chance of overpowering a
force of from 200 to 300 pirates; the more, because the
latter were protected by the breastworks of their prahus,
while our men were exposed, not only to a fire front the
prahus, but also to a moss fire of Mies from the shore.
he champions, arrayed in particolourell clothes. danced
and capered on the platforms and incited the men to fight,
aided by the wild war music.
The ammunition being all expended and the boats and
guns considerably damaged. Lieut. Collard sent to the
commanding officer for further orders, on which the force
was recalled.

The tame evening intelligence was received that 21arincil
boat., provided with four 1-pounders, 300 auxiliary
troop.; from liatapan the chief phase of liangi.angt were
on the road to attack the pirate on the land Mile. At day-
light the commander timk the aleanier further in. clime to
11 the edge of the reef, with thy view of milling off the retreat
of the pirate% iu the mail of their la Mg dnv,n „If Iron. the
Surely hail the Kaugyangera opened their tire,
about half-pan 11, when a few nimbi from the pirate. put
the whole firer to the rout. A ports of the privates landed,
and it wan aflrrwanhleond Ilut :hi of 11,,, Kmigennpiera had
been badly hal • I two of their pieta, of artillery
taken.
The Wight now opened a ar. from her large gun. and did
much iiiiwltief to the enemy hut the effect of the shot
would undouliteilly ham• lamoi ranch more marked had the
distance of the 'oohing (about fill..n hundred elit)
been smaller, and all of thyme prahus, two excepted, not
liven aituated out of night. The Mint Of these pmhus had
fallen back du.° to the island of and kept them-

Sir,—There is one point with reference to the ap-
pointment of the papal hierarchy in England which I have nut
yet seen alluded to by any speaker in or out of parliament--
though it is one which in a moot decided manner touches on
the territorial part of the question. It is this. If the present
new bishoprics were to be allowed, would they not lead, if
events progressed as those appointments lead one to suppose
it to be contemplated that they would, to the bishops of those
sees, as barons or lords," haring seats in the upper house
of parliament ? In such case, it would probably be said—
, "It is too late now to object; you should hare done so at
the time the sees were first formed."
I am, Sir, your very obedient servant,
F. 0. MORRIS.
Nafferton Ticarage, DriSeld, March 20, 1861.

e jars The
DESTRUCTION OP PIRATES BY THE 1".1""4 th. toed 4",
ll i" seethe grettalat ealk3ll.-a 111.11 tv, pirate., amounted to
DUTCH. •27 with the fin-pounders, 6 shah the mortars, Id with the
30-mnind camomile, ar..1.11 with the 12-miunders. About
Letters front llanillaof Jan. 23 have been received. suos....ttt. Ili.
...,I,r to p
hulls,.witirlZa „t* 4. poodhle thine praltud small
flotilla, went little Inr.
The Ditti•in of the 17th announces the anival of the o,r u
which had not been totally disabled by our shot, Loin
steamer Rehm de Castilla, with intelligeace from the making their evenpe.
On the following morning it was perceived that some of
expedition of the Governor-General. It was re- .
ported that the Governor-General had sent for large the pirates. with their prahus twldad the small islet Gai-
-1 reinforcements of troops, for the purpose of taking . Odli, bast catered the smell ehann:l lw wren that and Kan.
proceedings against Salo, in eonsequ.ence of what
net. outlet between the islands of and Solution.
occurred there on the occasion of bin rant to that Pt'
Lieutenant Ilinkoxa proceeded in that direction with the
place. The expedition had already been engaged fickle ; but could not get seas enough' to the shore, for
in operations agaihst the pirates on several of the which r,:coot he again despatched the small flotilla under
islands in the Salo group, an account of which, and .Lieutenant Collard agada,t the pints. Lieutenant Collard
the events which took place at Sulo, will be found nppnwched as roar flue sham s the coal hoed mad hanks
would permit, and disabledtwo prahus which wo n• at-
in the accompanying extract from a let ter tempting tn
escape through the. shallow water, by his deg.
written by a party engaged in the expedition. I The flotilla was obliged to pull out on the fall of the tide,
ZAsimAxna, JAN. 11.—I avail myself of the present that they might not he left dry and exposed to surprise
occasion to furnish a short account of our expedition. Those from the superior foree of the pirates. Much difficulty was
who rune in the steamer: arrived here on the 17th of last ' cape riene.d in reaching deep water over and betw.aat the
month, the sailing vessels arriving on the following day. bunks. The It ekla kept up the blockade of the bar.
On the 23rd we re-emharkid, and reconnoitred the islands On the 13th January intelligence was received that the
liocatuan and ('elan, which were laid waste, on account of forerno4t :prahus were deserted, and that the hay wan
the inhabit:tuts not having presented themselves to recog- entered with stools, boxes, 11,1,1 tiothes, which 113 d
Ire n
nise the Spanish flag. On this occasion, the sub-lieutenant thrown overboard be the pirates. A number ()Psi:lves were
Martins was wounded in the hand, and a soldier was also perecivi d on board, who, the pirates not being able to pre-
slightly wounded, four of the Moors who had the audacity serve them were mostly still hound with chains and
to resist being slain. From this we went to Sulo in the rattans, misused and driven aw,:y in a most pitiable con-
, roads of which we anchored on the 20th. A salute was dition. It took much tints to re-cue thi 44. poor
given to the Sultan, which 11.1111 responded to vigorously, wretches with boats from the swampy shore, where hungry
and shortly iifterwards a boat left for the shore, with the and exhausted with fatigue they In onight lieW. Some of
Engineer Bentaldez, an officer of the marine named the pirates who were sticking in the mud weralso brought
Sierra, and the interpreter. They encountered a tur- on board and put in irons.
bulent populace, who maltreattgl them, and on Being brought on board, the slaves stated that our tire
several 11Ceild13114 would have slain them, had it had put the pirates in a state of an at confusion: that they
not been for the mediation of the Datus and the haul buried the greater part of their previously-acquired
Sultan, on which account they retired with much celerity. booty and guns on shore, or had thrown them overboard,
The Sultan wrote repeatedly to the general, informing him and wen: using all their efiltrts to effect a safe retreat in the
that he could not be answerable for the conduct of the pee- lighted and smallest of their prelim.. This they seems-41yd
pie, who hail come down front the mountains, and collected in aecomplishing on the night of the 13th witlisevot light
from the neighbouring islands, on hearing of the projected petite', through au unkutow n channel opening b Timid the
expedition. After 111111111 further correspondence, we retired hav, and lying further to the east, nr perhaps over o swamp
on the lit of January, his Excellency considering that the when the pirates bail emcee ard in making au outlet by in-
force he commanded was insufficient to authorise hint land- credible exertions. 'f he K. 11111,1111: guard, who were plated
ing on a shore defended by nine forts and 12,030 men, at the end of this outlet, eh:puts:l the passage of the pirates
armed with English muskets and spears, while the force he but could not present their retreat.
could land amounted to only 700 men. On finding that we On the morning of the 14th the Ilekla steamed in this
were about to depart, the Moors opened it fire of cannon, direigio.a, but it was nerevsary to liecry careful in this
which Wllll.O well sustained ;that it appeared to he the db.. reef-strewed sea, in order to es.-me shipwreek. Fiftiaix
chants ida single company. One shot 'entered the cook- bodies, sonic of pirates, but principally killed and murileml
I is of the Magallanes, killing the cook and a caraidneer, male and female slave-, were Mind in the creek, as well as
and wounding six others of the crew four of whom a great quantity of ahandoneul goods. T.ieut. Ilinlopen
are since dead. Another shot killed a seaman on quickly returned to his fonim.r anchor:lz •in order to pre-
boanl the Reyna de Castilla, and wounded an vent the 'values which still remained escaping from the hay.
European sergeant, and another struck one of the Lieut. Collard went on a nvonnaisance in the long boat,
beam-, in the (whin, close to the spot where General I This- and pereeived behind the isLmd of Ili siv prahus, all
tomb) nits. The other vessels were not uninjuncl, but no- of a very large kind, with double hanks of oars. flue
body was killed on board of them. A tire of ball and pirates hail not thought it est...di-lit to maintain a further
grenades was returned on our side, and the Villa de Bilbao contest with our lona. They had thrsaken these largo
threw 33 shells with great precision into the forts during the prahu,,ltaul taken to flight in tin. small prelims, or across the
half-hour in which she kept up her fire, which must have land. These prahus Wl 1111 a taken pass.-stmt of w i11•4111t,
mined great destruction. difficulty, and two 6-meind canon:des were taken from two
From Sulu, we returned to Bondman and l'elan, and on of them. In one of them were fuentil S corpses of pirates
the following day proceeded to Tonquil, where, after des mud '2 of women, and a gnat tuany other bodies were
straying everythmg, 24 of the Moors who had been taken floating in the bay. All the peahen hail eight uor nitto
prisoners were fusillatied. We remained here the following pound carronades, which w, re mostly thrown overboard by
day, and on the Bth proceeded to Baru, the inhabitants of the pirates. The largest Praha bad still a 12-pound cars
Wilk+ CUM! mace to render satisfaction fur the affair of lama& mounted in front and two 3-pounders behind.
the firm ofMatiu, saying that it was not them, but Moors There appeared to have limn a cannon placed above the
of the interior. We arrived here (Zambeance;) today, mil first piece. Five of the prahus were burnt, and the sixth,
it is said that we shall send to Manilla for reinforcements. I being that of the COUIIIIIIIIIIIn lif the piratical fleet, was, by
take this opportunity of writing, for the purpose of uncle- orders of Lieut. [Unions brought away. The prahus
ceiving friends who may be led astray by the falsehoods mounted 61 oars. in double batiks.
that will be circulated about the affair. In the are rtaintv regarding the clireetim in which the
In the month of November last the island of Pia- pirates had taken their flight, and on :mount of the great
1,3 many slaves who were brouight on loam, the damage that
wean, on the coast of Java, was attacked by
the vessel hail sastained, and the diminution of the ;unroll-
pirates' prahus, who did much damage, currying
nition, the commauder thought it last to return to Sums
Su-
away many of the inhabitants., and a fruitless seam hava.
for theta was made by H. M.'s steamers Ilnano and In the whole, the Ilekla has brought, besides the large
llckla at the island of Sclombo and along the whole prahu, 11 pirates, 61 rescued slaves, mud 8 pieces of ord.
south coast of Borneo, the schooner Scaincw only name amongst whit, :„thmoettatlie.,,ingnninin,,ofytihnge
having fallen in with tire large pirate psalms under hull'''C'unl'lnl•
ill the mud,
anwets4;il.e.
igtuottn
the
kwha.t.kerr,
the ntgitulttnao flag, which, however, got away. It our allies,
appears from the following abridged translation of a rived at Surabaya ott the lfiiii JaiMarY.' • • • -
despatch for the naval commander-in-chief, which we The loss of the pirates is thought to have been very great.
I find published in the Jam Couront of the 29th Janu- They besides lost all the booty in goods and slat es which
ary last, that the Ilekla has at length suceeeiled iu they had taken at Ilaweatt anti Sapudie. This arduous and
falling in with the pirates: suceessful engagement was unaccompanied by any casualty
em the part of our fi irces.
Batavia, Jan. 26, Ifidl.—After having for a long time The greatest credit is iliac to Lieutenants Ilinlopen and
fruit'e ssly endeavoured to trace the Mallen pirates, who in Collard, and time other officers and men who took part in
the mouth of October last plundered some Kampongsun the' the affair.
island Of WIWC3II, and his Majesty's steamers Brume, and The Vice-Admiral, Cominsnder of WM. Flea Forms in
HALL with that purpose• bad examined the different islands E. &c. E. 11. VAN DEN DOriCII.
in the Java sea, and extended their cruise front Palo Bauwal
or Rendezvous island near time south west point of Borneo,
eastward ns far as Makassar, and going over more than a I
thousand Dutch miles, without any of the wished for re-
sults, it is mv agreeable duty to inform your excellency. that
it has been the fortune of the crew of steamer Ilekla
not only to fall in with the pirates, but also to inflict a very
, severe chastisement upon them.
On the 6th January inst. information was received at
Surabaya that 20 pirate prelim's hail shown themselves near
the island of &goodie, which lies not far to the east-
ward of Madura, that they had landed on the coast,
and were busy plundering and making captive the peace-
aide inhabitants. His .Majesty's steamer Ilekla, the only
available steamer at Surabaya at that time, was immediately
despatchisl, with a gun-boat in company, to Sapuilie.
Ilinlopen, commander of time Ilekla, departed early
on the morning of the 17th, and learnt on his arrival at
Saptidie that the pirates, after inflicting great injury on the
inhabitants, hail already departed, taking some of thent
away with them. The commander continent the pursuit,
and-learnt at Polo Runs that the pirates had also landed
there, but were bravely repulsed by the inhabitants, when
they proceeded to the Kangeang Islands, a little to the
eastward.

REPRESENTAMON 0E C.lltitlFF. OStetthibiy. at
least, little pmfress has Imam made in the matter of the
contest which is anticipated for this borough in the event of
a general election, or of the resignation of the present
molting% Mr. Coffin's eommittee have, kowever, we be-
lieve, lawn working quietly, and they have put forth en
adilmm which speaks with confidence of the result of a
contest, come win uit may. There are some here who look
to Dr. Diirliort rt,itituati"ii with no very pleasing felings,
as they calculate that thi. event will test the strength of
the " castle inttuence," and show it to not quite so over-
powering as it has hem supposed to bt..—Sertiost a Herald.

LAUNCH OF VIE SCREW LINE-OF-BATTLE SHIP
SANSEALLEIL.- -On Tuesday the launch of the Sanspareil,
at the Royal Dockyard, Ikvonpurt, took place in the pre-
settee of a great number of Sp-staters. 'flit! Port Admiral,
Sir W. 11. huge ; the Command-rin-Chief of the District,
General Murray ; and the Commodore Superintendent,
Lord John liar, ('.1)., were in attendance. 'I he ceremony
of naming the ship was Iserformed by Miss Sophia Gage,
niece of the gallant admiral, and at eight militncs before
four the Sanspareil went off in gallant style, amid the cheers
I,l' the multitude. The Sanspareil aas originally laid down
on the lines of the old ship that name, capita, al on the
Ist of June, 1791. In the British navy abe was a favourite
Ship, PS she was then as superior to our two-deck. rs as the
I tsCs arc to our 72's and bore the flag of Lord Hugh Sey-
mour. The old chip was a sheer hulk in Ilamoare for
mane years, and it W,el on lahat condemned to I.e broken
up that it was determined to take nir her lines, and to p. r-
petuate her fonn and dimensiens, as well as her name.
She has, however, been materially altered she was
61.4 laid down, ;toil since it was determined to fit her with
serew-propeller machinery of ;PA-horse power. Her
sions are now a.. follow ;—Length, 200 fist 6 inches; ditto
I keel for tonnage, P 35 het 6 inches; breadth, extreme,
52 feet 2 inches; HD.. for tonnage, dl feet 6 ine..es; difte,
moulded, JO feet 8 ; depth in holds, t. 2 feet R inches;
tonnage, 2,3.13. Iler unit:uncut is to he $1 guns, instead of
67 as formerly arranged ; the odd gun being a 19-iinit Si
cwt. pivot gun, to he lifted on her forecastle. The Sans-
pared is the most powerful screw two-decker afloat.
TILE; PENiN,ELAR AND ORIENTAL ComEANTs
Silty Ism's, ('apt. Soy, left Southampton on Thursiiity with
the Indian Mail. Amongst her cargo were nearly PICO
beefs of specie, weighing about 30 tons, and the value of
which was about 300,000/. sterling. The specie was prin-
cipally for India on inerehahts' account, and consisted
mostly of silver. About 110 par,sengers went oat in the
I Indus. Amongst them was the MOUILIII hero, Major Eat-
wards. The Dutch Gosernor of Jas a will join the steamer
that takes on the Inaba Mail from Suez. five of the pas-
wagers who went out with the India Mail by the Ripon
011 the 21E11 of last month were left behind ut Gibraltar,
and forfeited their passage-monney. They have contrived
Ito rues-edits far as Malta, where they will b, taken up by
the Indus, and sent on to India without charge, the Orien-
tal C puny hashm agreed in this iustance to tong., their
claim to fresh payment.
• THE DEATH OF SIR STAFFORD HENRY NoRTIf-
' COTE, BART, at the venerable age of 81), has just been made
known. lie is succeeded ill hi. title and estatta by his
grandam, S. H. Northeote, Eat., Secretary to the Royal
Commission for conducting the Great Exhibition—Sher-
bon•te Jorermal.

1/ItEtt/FUL AND 7.IIISTERIor4 nt:ATIL—A very
mysterious death occurred a fortnight ago, in the parish of
Cultcr, Lanarkshire. The particulars of the ease, so far as
we have learned, are the following:—On Wednesday, the
sth instant, as the shepherd of Culterellers—a fano situated
in the sequestered strath of Cutter Water -was pass-
ing a woad at some distance from the farm-house,
he discovered the body of a man lying on a
' large tire, which was nearly extinguished. The lower
part of the body was entirely consumed, anti on ex-
' &mining such of the upper part as remained, it was found
that the throat haul been rut, and a severe wound inflicted
on the hack of the head. Marks of blood were clearly
traceable on several places near the fire. On searching the
ashes the blade of a razor waS 1 cl, which had evidently
; been employed in inflicting the wounds. No person was
I able to identify the body. as the features of the- face were
entirely obliterated by the action of the fire, and the dress
! was all consumed except a fragment of the vest and coat,
1 which appeared to be tweed grey. The remains were in-
-1 terred in Colter churchyard, the same day on which they
were discovered. Sfareek a doubt can be entertained that
the deceased was nuirderea : and we are not aware what has
been the result of the investigation by the authorities, if any
has been undertaken.—Scoramon.
i,i'Mrs OF CALIFORNIAN Gum—Lumps of pure
Californian gab!, so rare only a short time since, are now
becoming plentiful in the shop-windows of the Li
jeweller*. Messrs. Roe and Jacob, of Waterlo=l s
IChurch-street, have hetnexhibiting in theirwinclowsdnring
the Inst few days three large lumps of the pure metal, which
they have received direct from San Pninciseo. Two of the
;pines are solid and of great purity, but the large at consist&
lof a number of pieces, which have been rudely hammered
together. The value of the three golden lumps is
about 1081.
—"rant NOLISII SCHOONER RELIANCE, of London,
we are told by the American journals just received. has
been carried by a prize crew from a Portuguese National
whooner, from Angora to liloiamhique, were she was de-
tained about; two months, and tined 2,300 dolt., for an al-
leged infraction of the revenue laws—all Portuguese ports
on the coast, excepting Mozambique, being closed against
American and British vessels.
WEXtlinn no' PEEN; RID OF BEGGAR& by a very
simple pmeess. The magistrates imprisoned the vagrants
for twenty-four hours, and had them well washed.
This discipline was found to act wonderfully well, for not
one substuncil to it tv. iee.—lrish paper.