The Express.
London, England, 1850-07-30 00:00:00

'mistimes'. Mr. BAUM; of raglan the
drainers of the committee is quads% hall riZt2
modified his views, and is new hvenrahisle
duties in certala awe. ?Rh may, dwell's., be Whim
as the polieg of the=uscommittaa, se that, let
hew Weems of a atiemege with a view
ler else each changes as would adidiset the main
elite smiling istig rat elteblee bean intro-
seed.Ber such a memare, W otheepsisesd. mast
now be peetpsited he imaLlsor esulem, whet it is
extremely probabk %bah sesessiL Bat should
anythieg hetbor them this be. attemolsd, there is in
the lower house, to say nothing of e Bente, a free
trade interest saffehiald, powerful %frustrate any at-
tempts of the kind. Indeed, a smaller party than the free
bane now master lathe lathe would suffice for this,
seeing that mut MIME is the sheet ems, when any
each measure weld be adesta by the ardimmy shifts
of obetrectioa and delay. Bo far, we see no danger
to free trade in Americo, until December, 1831, at
least—at which time the new congress, to be elected
a few weeks earlier, will meet. As to the complexion
of the new body, it is impossible to speculate with
any certainty ; but it is difficult to ses how, with all
their predictions so completely falsified as they have
been, particularly during the lastpwo the pro-
teetiomiste as wathge to were a wity In either
beers. The tismate we believe to be perfectly safe
until the close of the session of 1862-3.
Shedd it then enderso. a change, and
exhibit a 'big protectionist majority, there
would be but little wet then to apprehend, see-1
ing that the Presidential election of 1863 is almost
as. to transfer the sweetmeat sees more to the
democratic and tree trade party. Thee, should 1868
witness a decidedly protectionist:congress, the Union
will have in a tree trade executive $ guarantee for the
continuum of the bill of 1848, at hest until March
1837. As to what will happen afterwards, it will be
time enough for as to trouble ourselves five or
six years hews. In the meantime, satisfied
that moderate wancile will prevail, both as re-
spects slavery sad commerce, we await with more
curiosity than anxiety the completion of the new
cabinet at Washington.
We regret to see that the prospects of the cotton
@rep have not materially improved. Nothing but the
0060111111209 of the moat favourable circumstances can
now ensure an average crop. But this is scarcely to
be looked for, considering the nature of the season so
far. The prospects of the harvest, however, have
improved in America, as they have with seat home—
s omstanee which enabks us to contemplate with
more equanimity than we otherwise could a failure in
the cotton crop.

IT cannot be too often impressed on the minds of
all who feel an interest in Borneo, and the conduct

sag &meter of Englishmen there, that there are
theft &diet questions reelecting these matters at
losimint under discussion. The Bret relates to the coat I,
sad the efficiency of the government established at
Lehman ; the second to the character of the
proceed-
ings against the Sambas and the Sakarranak2;
the third to the personal character and conduct of Sir
James BROOKS. The last is only of consequence, in
so far as he has been the instigator of the numerous
extensive slaughters in Borneo ; as he is the most
costly part of the extravagant Lobos& job, and has
been allowed to exercise a wide discretion (or indis-
cretion) in his conduct them ; and as the reputation
established for him by the indiscrimieate puffing of a
portion of the rem, has been used as •diversion from
the other two subjects of inquiry.
We adverted on Wednesday last to the anxiety
shown by the Tines to exculpate Sir Jamas BROOKS
from the charge of complicity in the slaughter of the
Dyake, in July, 1849. .The Examiner of Saturday
last, in its most felicitous e'y'e of sarcasm, adverts to
one point in the allegations of the Times on this
head :
The Times, however, has brought to light a rare trait of
clemency: " When the pirates. 3,000 in number, had escaped
from the British fire to the shore Sir Jamas Brooke bad it
in his power, by taking possession of a very narrow neck of
land, to have vet off their maps to a man ; but, although
premed to do so, be refused, m) aft that • Bumph bad been
done." He might have slain them all, 3,000 to a man, and
he did not. What merciful forbearance !
The Examiner, however, takes it for g-anted that
the statements of the Times are true. In this it gives
too mush credit to the Brooke-inspired journal.
The 3,000 who escaped to shore are something like
Falstaff's men in buckram. Sir CHRISTOPHER
RAWLIESON (see Parliamentary Paper, " Piracy'
(Boma), Bth March, 1860), has certified that the
number on board the Sakarran prahus at the begin-
ning of the attack was 2,140, and that 600 were
killed in the action. According to this account only
1,600 escaped to shore. Of these Commander Fan-
QUHAR'S report states that more than 600 " perished
in the jungle. And these were cut off by the natives
under Sir Jamas BROOKE'S command, who, in his
letter to Lord PALMERSTON, of 2nd Feb., 1850, only
says that "the pursuit was stopped as soon as pos-
sible."
The attempt of the Times to exculpate Sir JAMES
in the and

'lgor:Kt from all participation massacre,
throw the: whole blame upon the English sailors, is
preposterous, as a few quotations from the papers
presented to parliament will show.
In the letter to Lord PALMERSTON, already quoted,
Sir Lutes states that he invited the late naval com-
mander on the station to attack the Serebans as
early as the 6th of March, 1849. SirJhurs adds :
TIN necessity was so pressing at that time, it became so
urgent a duty to my. the lives of 'ascent potpie. and to
pretest the trade, that I went out in native boats till I was
nepportad by the steamer !retsina, when I siwprised the
people of Saab's through the Reinke river with the object
of keeping them in cheek till a larger force should anive ef-
fectually to punish them for their recent depredations.
Commander FARQUHAR, in his report to the Ad-
miral, dated 25th August, 1849, mutes the following
statements :
I retched the anchorage off this town [Sarawak] on the
28th of Jane, and immediately made his Excellency Sir
James Brooke acquainted with my instructions. • • •
In order to give security to the friendly tribes on the banks
of the Ling* during the 'booms ef the fighting men' at the
svggestices of his Endless, I determined to place a vessel at
the entrance of the river. • • •
On the 27th, hie Ezeellenc, arrived with the native force,
sow Increased to 70 pram, Malays and Disks • • •
On the 28th, laformation which odd be relied on was re-
ceived by Sir James. • • •
Acting on the advice of his Excellency, &c., I determined
to await their return, guarding well use entrancrs of the ,
Kaiak& and Sarebu rinn,the only avenues to their country.
For this porpoise I arranged with his Racelleney that Ise
should remain 'maids the marrow eutrenes of the Kaiaks
with the largest dickies of native beets. • • •
Ins about ten anodes the arranged signal ofa rocket free
his Excellences division ansiosuiced the approach of the
~ay to the worth of the Kauko. • • • A fire of puns and
rockets new coressesesd at the entrance of the Kslake,
which proved he be from the cutters of the Albatross and
Royalist, who, oe the enemy being observed off the HMV,
had proceeded enhesitatioely and unsupported out towards
them. • • • • •
To Sir Jaws Breaks I feel deeply indebted for his veie
oak counsel and assistance dieing the expedition.
The statements of Sir Lutes BROOKE and Clow
mender FARQUHAR utterly contradict the stsertlas
the Tones, that" at the time of the action Sir JAMES
BROOKE was stationed op a river far removed from
any. control over the progress of the fight" His
division were the first to use the Saruban flotilla; he
by a rocket gave notice to Commander FARQUHAR to
attack them ; the action was teen by boats
stationed within the Kaluka river, where
Sir JAMES wan. Sir JAMES was a material
link in the circle of armed boats into which the Se
reheats were decoyed. He gave the signal for attack,
and the men of his division began it. 'l'his is not all.
The mode of attack was adopted at his " suggestioo "
by his "advice." All the Information the admiral
-4 Commander FARQUHAR had about the Sarebana

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