The Express.
London, England, 1849-10-27 00:00:00

SINGAPORE.

Our dates from Singapore are to the sth of Septem-
ber. From that settlement itself there is literally no
news. Her Majesty's brig Albltroes and the
Han. East India Company's steamer Nemesis arrived
there on the 4th with amounts of the proceedings of
Sir James Brooke on a naval expedition against the
Sakarran and Sambas pirate,. Sir James, with the
Sarawak flotilla, reached the mouth of the Moneta-
has on the night of the 24th of July, where they
found the following force already anchored :
Her Majesty's ship Royalist, Lieut. Everest, with twelve
12-pounder bras guns, and me 12 pound howitzer ; Eon.
Company's steamer Nemesis, T, Walls;e, Eq., Commen-
ter, two 32-pound traversing guns lour au-pound brim
Nuns and two 3-pound rocket tubes. Boats of Albatross—
Hit:Commander Farquhar (ia command of the squadron)
one 1i• pound swiva pea and 10 men; peruse., Lieut.
Brkkwell (eemed in ememand), one 12-pound howi•aer,one
1 kpound howitzer, and 29 as.; cutter, Lt. %Vile:sebum, 12.
pound light brass howitzer, me 3-p mud rocket tuba and 15
men Boats of Ntsmais—No. 1 paddle-box boat, Mr.Wiltimus,
3-oound brass pan and 19 aces from Albatross; No. 2 paddle-
box beet, Mr. Goodwin, 3-pound brass gun and 9 men ; cut.
ter, Mr. Alex. Baker, :one 3-pound brass gcn, and 8 men.
Royalist's cutter, Lieut. Everest, one 3 pound bras gun,
one 3-pound rccket tube and 15 men ; and Ranee, Mr. E.
W. Baker, engineer in dune, ae tpound rocket tube, ass
s vied gun, and 7 men.

On the 28th, Sir James Brooke, with part of the
native forte, anchored off Habits. The other detach-
ment was stationed at the mouth of the Seabee; the
Nemesis took up • station in the bay bttween the
two rivers, and the men-of-war's boats in line shore-
wards. They remained in this position till the
evening of the 30th, when word was brought that
the pirates, after threatening Palo had proceeded to a
river named 81 Mating, and anchored there. On the
atoning of the 31st it was intimated that the piratical
squadron was approaching. We give what ensued
to the words of en eye-witness:
In about 16 minutes all wen in me.i.n to meet them, the
Nemesis proceeding seaward to command them and prevent
their escape to sea. As soon as she was descried by the
pirates, they snide at unos for the Kaska river, where their
progress was intercepted by the native bolts, and those
commanded by Lieute. Wdlashurst and Everest. The
pirates then as a dernier resort made a dash to reach their
own river, when they came in immediate contact with the
men-of-war beats, and the action became general. It was
now dark., and the great danger was that of firing into each
other, or into cur native allies. The peas word seheted was
!Nall," and the M days screamed this out at the top of
their voices when they thought any of the Europeans
were mar them. Canmander Farquhar, who directed
the operation, was in the midst of the tulle,
giving orders, and exhorting the crews ci the
various boats to be careful, and not to fire into each other,
and several of thou present, from their age and service,
capable of giving an opinion, state that they never, in any
boat a lions, saw firing so rapid and destructive. Two large
prahus were seen by the commander escaping seaward, and
the steam-tender was ordered is chase; the nearest one
Laving barely escaped one of her six-pound rockets, made
ter the river, and snot a pirate's doom. The Nemeth, which
had been dealing death sad destruction to all around her,
ran her down, and the scene which took place as her crew,
above sixty in number, same in contact with the paldlc-
wheels, beggars all diessiption. A largc amities rocket
from the little menu r entered the mho that had continued
mkt. ma, sad r.ndcred her destruction cuplet,. A signal
wee row 'nada to close, and the scene as whitened frees the
bridged the Nemesis was scot exciting. It was evident from
the first that the day was oar own, but a rapid run.
nine fire was still kept up along the ensign of the bay. This
heti tg gradually auhilled, at 12 ZO, on the morning of the
lit JBl7, Commander Fatqahar ordered the boats of the
various vessels in tow, and having sent the Renee with de-
spatches to Sir Jams Brooke, then in some part of the
Kaiaks river, we commenced the ascent of the Bushes to
prevent escape by the Rushes branch. In doing so we were
deprived of a sight wheel' all state tcok them by sur2riste.
At daylight the bay was one mass of wreck, shields, apaus,
and portions of destroyed pnhus, extended as far as the eye
could reach ; whilst on the sandy spit which extends a con-
siderable ditt.nce seaward on the left bank of the Sambas,
wore upwards of 70 prattles, which the natives were busy
clearing of all valu blee, and destroying. The punishment
on these fine bubsrlacs Lad been must complete.
Of 120 pens which it is said started on the expedition, sad
all of which were in the bay the preceding eveniog, more
than 87 were destroyed, sad the loos of life on their side
must have been immense, indeed it hoc been placed as high
as 1,200 men. On oar part, saving a few C.1.44111iii, all were

uasesthaL
On the 2nd of August the expeertion proceeded up
the river. Oa the 4th it reached and destroyed the
town of Peke, and also an adjoining village. On the
7th Sir JaraC3 proceeded to the Sarebas territories,
and the Nemesis returned to the mouth of the river
and wooded. On the 11th the accent of the river
was recommenced, and on the 14th the Nemesis, with
her attendant naive sepadron, anchored off the
Kanawit river. The small steamer, the European
boats, and the native prahus, were °duel to continue
the ascent on the 10th. " The whole of the settle-
ments on both sides were destroyed." On the even-
in4 of the 18th the Ranee returned with several men
sick of fever. Oa the 24th the Nemesis landed Sir
James at Sarawak. The cases of f. ver on hoard the
Nemesis and Albatross were said to be numerous.

Dates had been received at Sikeapore from Batavia
to the 29th August. The Oovernor-Oeneral was about
to set out on n tour through all the Mitch settlements
in the A-chipelago. Smallpox had been committing
great ravages among the Chioese and native popula-
tion at Batavia. Few Europeans had been attacked,
and of thew moat had recover. d. In the Jaw Cou-
rant, for August 19, slaves aro advertised to be sold in
the course of that month.
Files of Manilla papers had been received to the
18th of August. The governor and captain-general
had returned to Manilla on the 30th of July from his
tour to the Bisryan provinces.
News from Bangkok (Siam) to the sth of August
represented the cholera as making fearful ravages in
the city and its vicinity.
Files of the Pulynes Ims, froml9 h May to 2nd June,
had been received. The volcano at Hawaii was in
active operation.