The Express.
London, England, 1850-04-22 00:00:00

PIRACY IN CHINA AND TER INDIAN
Al/11i I lileT .ran •

A return of RagßA vessels " captured. attacked,
pluodered, or is say way isolated by Malay or Dyak
pirates, es the meet or 'Wirt:" from August,
1839, to August, 1849, has extracted from
/..ists,aad tad to the Romeo( Commons.
Thirty-nee vemsls a s seamerated. Is sot One in-
steps, are the /ideates alleged to be Drib, thly one
of the muse k mid be ham occurred withia 300 mike
of Borneo, wed that is the came of a vessel " wrecked
cc ode of the Weeds. Qui the coast 1846;
of which the elliesre had bees Malawi sad
part of the arses sold es slaves Mat maim" -
Thirties of the 'hips are simply 'mid lb be min-'
Meg : of their fate seeking is loam. Three of them
are expressly said to have passed °Minx*, through
the Straits of Sande. Of See there is no evidence
thee they aye reached the lodise Archipelago. Oa*
disappeared between Musa sad MSOIIO ; one Map-
between Chasms and Penang; one Intense
ie and Calcutta ; one had sailed from Manilla to
Bestirs; sad or from the same port to Falmouth.
Poe BON of them can the Dyad of Borneo be sus-
posted.
Three of the vessels ere stated to have buss plus-
&rid in the Straits of Sunda and Lembeek.
Two of them were plundered at the Nicobar
Islands ; one in the omit of Acheia ; and one in the
Straits of Banco.

Four were attacked on the coast of China.
One was attacked near the Anarnbas (300 miles
from Borneo), but the pirate was obliged to *beer off.
One vessel" was passed as if burnt," 60 miles from
the Straits of Sunda; one "burned to the water's,
edge" was parsed in the Prllawem Straits.
In the course of ton years twenty-nine vessels have'l
been lost in and near the Indian Archipelago; the
manner in which fifteen of them were lost is un-
known ; six were wrecked and plundered, as they
might bass been on the west coast of Ireland or
Cornwall; eight were attacked by pirates (one an-
sisconsfoliy) ; four of them outside the Indian Archi-
pelago ; three in the Chinese waters ; and one at the
Anambaa. There have been six cases of" wrecking"
and eight of piracy in ten yea... In only one case
(a case of wrecking) was the outrage committed near
the cost of a 317110, end that case occurred at the north
end or on the east of the island. many hundred miles
from &resting, and was committed by Malaya of the
&oleo island'.

These facts are worthy the consideration of those
who hate been misled by It ijah Brooke's thcdomon-
Ude.

Ine Court.

The Chesil and Prince Albert toot a drive in an
open oarnage and four oat Saturday. Th. Equerries to
Waiting, L ird Charles Fitzroy, and Lieut.-Colonel F. H.
Seymour, attended on homebsek. His Royal Highness the
Prince Albert, attended by Lieut.-Colonel this Hon. C. B.
Phipps, presided on Saturday morning at the Craned for
the management of the Duchy of Cornwall, at the Dachy-
i.ffice, Sommer House. Prince Albert laspeted a bust of
Viscount G mob, oy Mr. G G. Adams, on flatus-lay, at
Buckingham Palace. Her Majesty sad Prince Albert in-
sp.eted, on Saturday, an advanced proof by Mr. Orestbach,
from Sir 'large Hayter's picsurs of " The Christening of
his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales," in St. Georges
Cnaml, Windsor; also the etching from Wiaterhalier's
picture of their Royal Highnesses the Prance Alfred
and Princess Helena, in Highland eastern.' en-
graving by H. T. Hy'''. submitted by Mr. Moon.
Tbe royal dinner party at Buckingham Palace, on Bstutday,
included the Disclose of Kent, the Duchess of Sutherlorid,
Lady Anna Maria Dawson, Baroness de Sostb, lb. Earl
Granville, Viseaunt Cantata', Lady Blantyre, Lord Portman,
and Colossi' the Hoa. Charles Grey.
The Queen and Prises Albert, the Printers Royal, the
ladies and gentlemen of the Court, and the domestic house-
hold. attended D-vine service Jr stcrday in the private chapel
in Buckingham Palate; the Hen. and Rev. Gerald Welles
Icy officiated Her Royal Highness the Deck's* of Kent
attended the service yesterday morning. The Roy Parody
took their gaud cairn.. yesterday in the garden of
Buckingham Palace.

HEM ESTT THE QUEEN.—The morning papers
state that at a late boar last eight the amoral members of
the Cabinet, the Lord Chancellor, the Archbishop of Canter-
bury, and principal members of the Queen's household, were
suddealy placed on the qui rem by an intimation proceeding
from the palace that symptoms bad developed themselves
of the approaehiog sod early ocroucAsusent of her Majesty.
Ir quirks meads at Sinking/gam Pslace, at two o'clock this
day, met with an answer to the effect that her Itilsj,sty
was Bever fa better health," so that it would seem the
happy event referred to is not se liar:nitwit% as reported.

The Duke of Cambridde attended Divine service
yesterday morning in the Foundling Hospital.
A Cabinet Connell was held on Saturday afternoon
at the Foreign-offiee. Tb. Ministers present w.re Lord
John Remelt, the Merquis of Lansdowne, the Bari klinto,
Si, George Grey, Visconnt Palmerron, Earl Grey, the
Chancellor of the Eaebequer, Sir Francs Baring, Sir Jetta
Hobbes'', the Earl of Carlisle, the Right Hoe. H. Labou-
elute, and the Hght Hoe. F4:l Mauls. The emend sat two
hours and a half._

Mr. George Henderson and Mr. Allen Gilmour, a
deputation tr„esa the Glasgow Shipowners' Association, on
tae Merchant Service, Adenessurenen• of Snips, and Sea-
men's Fund Bills, bad as interview with the Right Hon.
H. L 'Wacker, no Saturday, at the °See of the Baud of
Trade.

Mr. Gurney and Mr. W. Tags had an interview
with hit 0. Orvy on Saturday, at tae liontivoffice.
Sir T. Freemaotle, Chairman of the Comeau, hael'en
interview with the Chancellor ad the Erearguer en Saturday,
at Ids dada residecco fa Dow, iiic-etreex
_ _

A deputation, immolating of Joseph Neatby, Samuel
Bturp, and George Stacey, bad an interview es Saturday
with Sir George Gny. Sr. H. Verney had also an inter-
view with the right hon. baronet on Saturday.
Lord John Remelt had a parliamentary dinntr
party os Saturday, at hie residence is Chnhaaa-piese.
Despatches were received on Saturday at the
Colmial•ofilite from the Lord High Cownssioser of the
[alias blonde. _ _

Dmatcbes for the Governors of Van Diemen's
Lrad, B,ita and West Australia, were mat of ea Friday
cueing from the Colonial-aim
Th Duke of WellinAton attended the early service
yesterday, is the Chapel Reysi, 81. James's.

—F. R lacks? Is, !.1, has received

the imp utast appointment of Presidia or .-.. Motel Order
Department in the General Pat-e/se, in the room of Wan
Barth, 8.q., deadwood. Mr. William Nmera. the Aristotle-
Sweetasy to the Bards( Culimm Mahan appointed Secre-
tary of that dilatant on the ram of Mr. Small, who
has been plead spot the retired Hot ; dad Mr. Gardner, a
mtlestampienzrz of tom
the rook of Ark4nt ,
is ttte
roam of Mr. Maclean. Mr. J. Arida, Ladingßarveyor at
Damao, hue bon promoted to the odla Lerag Surveyor
of Hoe Casual at C irk, valiant by the demise of Mr. Hart ;
mad Mr. G. Arnott, Comptroller at Lynn, to be Comptroller
sad Leadlag Surveyor at Dundee. Lieut. Edward Griffiths,
N., le appointed Superintendent of Liberated Atrium at
St. Helena.—Observer.

IiAIitrFACTURING DISTRICTS.
MANCHESTER, Aram 20.
no Mayor of Manchester has been eminently one-
oessful is bis endeavours to get Ike nucleus of • fond for
11•1111Mhilig • public library and readins-room for the week-
due here, similar to the one in Salford. Sixteen,
, or more, firms is the tows, have subscribed each
towards this excellent dodo& ; aad, altogether, the
Itoss
fonds promised will be little lees than double that amount—
say 3,0001. The Hall of Selena is Cempieli:evoloyigthally
built (not many years ego) for the floolobsie, is to
be the depository of the library ; sad Sir Oswald
Bart. (till nanny the lord of the manor of Mencheeter),
befog the owner of the beading, as well as the
lead, is prepared to sell them for the purpose.
The hall wee • failure ea a socialist speculation, and has been
little used of late. Attemps have been made before It us
into Big Oswald Moeley's hands (who wee not the builder) to
let it for public exhibitions, but the situation was sot Inf.
!laically central. It has a population of 40,000 to 50,000
working people around it within a moderate tirade, and as
the deviatory for • public library for this class of the popu-
lation it will be coeveniaatly placed—that is to say as a
district library. To reader the work othiplete,l4 woald be
desirable to establish another library of similar extent to-
wards the western extremity of hornets, which would be
near the centre of another of the largest districts of the
workieg population of the borough. Should the funds coins
la well, probably the mayor will attempt something of the
kind.

One of those pleasing reunions of workpeopl• and em-
ployers, for which this aeighbourhood has lately become
Ron T.-makable, took Vacs to day at Mottram. In the
heontifal vale of the river Gait, and not far above its jun.:ion
with the Ittherow, an situate the extensive calif.° and
MUSH!' print works of Mr. Motley, whose handsome fen-
dense is in elms proximity. This was the kftietnanniverear
of Mr. and Mn. Matley's wedding day, and they detarmteed
to celebrate it by a least to their workproVe. A spacious
marquee was erected, and coven were laid for between 600
and 700 gwate, who, after a procession headed by a band of
music sat dose to a plentiful repast at 2 o'clock. Mr. and
Mrs. Malley and a camber of their friends wen present,
and the procredieri were rendered more gratifying by the
presentatien to Mr. Watley of a handsome piece of plate,
sulucribed by his workpeopik, without his kaowledge to the
last moment, bearing an icseriptign teetitying their love and
grateful recollection of sassy peat kiedaases. Mane and
dancing followed the certainty, and all present appeared to
partake of the utmost enjoyment.