The Express.
London, England, 1850-04-19 00:00:00

PIRATES '. HEAD MONET " REPEAL BILL.

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leg of the Pirates Head Mosey Reseal Bill. It was of
isteaded to d• prim parties espied in the septum or die.
Mrsetios of pivotal vessels of all reward ; but it was thought
better to give to the crows the power of rewording these
assordies to the mature sad est. st of their envious.

Lord COLCHESTER defended the present system, and
thesght it would be highly iscouvesiest if captors were
compelled to apply to the crown or puliament for rewards
Is Imre sem in which they were engaged with pirates.
Lord ELLENBOROUGH di:ought the peisciple of the
bill by which the Admiralty was to adjudicate oa all such
shims 'moldiest, Ins advised that the rewards should be paid
by that department of the public service. The bible mil
peceeded to comment severely an the resist MUM with
pirates is the coast of Borneo, which he stigmatised so
military @licentious, and gums sorties that when the bill
rattela committee he should move to eubstitate
of the present clause a new clause, the effect of whist'
would he to give the sane power of content°, rewards es
those angeged with pira.se se shore which wee sow granted
to the Asuralty with regard to those gigged with pirites
at sea.

—lce Earl of ELLESMERE roan to defend Sir Jallllll
Brooke, whose conduit in Borneo bad been each as to ',Weie
him to rank among the heroes of civilisation. He (Lord
Ellesmere) had dune all that he weld to obtain from the
government the es•ablisbment of Lehi in, and he had little
doubt that under the seletary super tones if Sir lames
Brooke, with whom, however he had no peroaal ac-
quaintance, it would sour become a thriving and fl mrishing
settlement

The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH reiterated his state-
ment respecting the satires of Borne), SW: declared that
what woe termed piracy only amounted to international
was. If Lord Ellesmere had dons all he could to establish
the oolocy of Libman, he (Lord Ellenberugh) had done
utmost to oppose that establishment. It was utterly useless
to England, or, indeed, to say but those who were speculating
in Bunco. . . . . .

Earl GREY denied moat positively the amortise of Lord
Ellenborough, that the natives of Borneo attacked by Sir J.
Brooke were enpged in international warfare, aad read
extracts from the depositions made before the Hiatt Court of
Admiralty at Sioppon, which proved irrefragably that those
natives were determined pirates. whose expeditions were a
term to all who traded in the Indio. Archipelago. Whit-
est wishing to elevate Labia to the rank of a colony, it
could not be doubted that it was an advantageous position
for the prat/mien of oar commerce in those nu, and a va-
luable station for the supply of coals to war stamen. So
far from being a failure, at had progressed in a peer and •
half more tepidly than could have been expected • and hr
the last advises itt appeared that 120 town alloteants had
bees disposed of; while the entire amount of
mated for the current year soder that head had been realised
during the smouth of January alone.
After some further observations from Lord ELLIKIIIO-
- who doubted whether the coal referred to, though
nominally cheaper, au not actually dearer than Englielt coal,
the bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed
at Thursday next.
Their lordships then, at twenty minutes after six o'clock,
adjourned.

ROUSE OF COMMONS.—THCRSDAT, Arm 18.
The STURM took the chair at 4 o'clock.
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