The Express.
London, England, 1850-03-19 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 19, 1850.

36 ram These 3,600, or 4,660, bad no dre-arme.
"Blestald these pirates Weems powneesd of musketry,*
writes 3k Lunt Biome, "the result would bs de-
plorable." It is thentibre admitted that they had no
musketry.
It is stated in the report of Captain FAscuwAn
that the Litheness had attacked two villages on the
coast, and eaptared two probes. Oar madam will re-
ediest the abetraet of the depositions relative to the
eco
affair which we Noe time ago reprinted from a
paper—ah Be. organ. The
Maills"were lying Rejbeton one ofm the towns, which
the fialmeraas attacked unothoessfully, and bad
disasrypd Unbentgoes. It was also stated that the
oldest of the expedition was to procure salt. Now,
in sae of Ur JANza Bitooia's letters we and the
followbig pelage:

This Zeit be—dess by *unfitly of all 00•1111111 Wake
between the pintileal tribes end the Maley% who supply
thin with elk, loss. mil ether 114•Nleriel. - The desirable
end temperer, semelen of istereenres has already been
partially carried Ws stern, smelt to the dietiese et the
pirates, ospesisly is ohs peat artlele of salt, of whit* they
ue larp ersonaiera, and without which they cannot
exist.

Who can doubt that it was this merciless and wan-
toe deprivation of articles of indispensable necessity
that goaded these miserable wretches to the
attack upon the sea eout villages, where salt was to
be had. Rajah Beans starved them into the com-
mission of robbery, and then bad them =amend for
the offence which he had driven them to commit.
The offence for which they had thus been blockaded,
is stated in a previous letter. He begs to inform
Lord Pautniurrox of "my purpose of sending t!) the
River Saddong, in order to enquire into and expgee
an intrigoe which the Rajahs of Brand are carrying
on, through a few of their adherents, with the pirati-
eal chiefs of the Strobes and &karma rivers, with
whom they have bees holding a friendly communica-
tion for the purpose of acquiring power among them.
• • • lam endeavouring to make a marked die-
! Unction between the piratical party and the., who
live by oppression and plunder, and the party
which is faithful and sincere to the cause of
good government." In the language of Sir /AMU
BROOKS " pirate " obviously means a partisan of
the Brand government; a "friend of good govern,
meat," a partisan of the Rajah of Sarawak.
On the loth of April Sir JAMES reports to Lord
!Paull:mos the result of an expedition he had made
to the Kaiaks river. " From the interior of the
Kaiaks river I detached a considerable native force
inland, before which the pirates fled, abandoning
vil4es and large stores of rice and salt." No proof
is offered that the villages were the resort of pirates.
Rice and alt are the possessions of peaceful men;
and no arms are alleged to have been found in the
defenceless and deserted villages.
The character of the "native force" which Sir
JAMES is in the habit of hounding upon his
Dyak neighbours is curiously illustrated in one
of his despatches. An account of certain articles
captured in one of hie expeditions, and sold by auction
at Sarawak is enclosed. part of the proceeds is said to
have been expended in "rewards for capture of Dyak
women and children." In explanation of this item,
Sir JAMES remarks:—" The rewards given for the
capture of Dyak women and children will, I trust,
lead to a more humane system of warfare." Two
admissions are involved in this incautious sentence.
Sir James confesses that he is carrying on a war ; and
that his troops are so savage, that the only means of
living women and children from massacre is to pay
for every one that they bring to him alive. Lord
PALMERSTON his obviously been startled by this re-
lation, for he writes, in answer :—" I have to request
that you will explain the circumstances which led to
the offer of these rewards."
Captain FARQUHAR records complacently the ope-
rations of his men and these "native" allies in the
interior, as well as in the affair with the boats ran
down by the Nemesis:—

Pakoo being found deserted, was Alyea mil bust by
the 11Stifef, and marry villages in the aeiglthestleted were
also destroyed. Oa the 7th Iva maimed the NOM* hay-
ing sustained no loss of Eur,:peass Depth' see man, who
snot himself accidentally, and two or three utiles killed,
sod a few wounded. • • For two days we ecettlased to
ascend the scream (the lisaowit], destroying irftlythieg in
cur way, and only meeting with slight resissanse at ass or
two of the stror gest houses or viPages. The Dysk villages
,miog ens continued house, built upon high posts, are well
adapted hr defence • bat Ike Dyaks, being almost devoid of
tire arias, cannot Mind against a well-armed form.

. -
We have seen the system of starvation by which
the Sarebbans were goaded to their attacks on the
coast villages. They were beaten off in those attacks.
They were caught on their return, and " the piratical
fleet oompletely destroyed and dispersed." And these
burniogs and plundering. in the interior were exer-
cised upon those who had remained at home, without
any inquiry being made whether they were innocent
or guilty. The number of women and children saved
from the merciless hands of the " natives " may be in-
ferred from the fact that the rewards for their capture
only amounted to 211.6.. 4d.
Comment upon these disgraceful disclosures would
be superfluous. We trust that Mr. Hums will per- ,
severe and insist upon more full revelations of the '
proceedings of Rajsh BROOKE and his accomplices in
Borneo—upon the publication of the unmutilated
despatches and all their inclosures.

FRANCE.

PARIS, MoonAy. 6.30 r.rr.
The 31weedour publishes the decree of the President
of the Reputes appointing M. Rover, late Advocate-
General of the engirt of Apprals in Pads, to be
Attorney-General, in place of M. Bareche, who has
been invested with other functions.
A rumour having been circulated that the Mu.
quis de la Roshejaequelia had voted for the socialist
candidates, the marquis has addressed a note to the
mem,
and
the met i be voted for MM. La Hitte,
Billow, and D'Arbouville. Two awe lettere have
been addrewnd Milts Journal rks Dibage from trades-
men in Paris, dsa;iag that they Dave voted for the
socislists.

It is also denied on the part of the Duke de Levis
that he has revisited the legitimists to vote for the
socialists. It had been stated that the duke had not
Only vuted himself, but had induced others to do the
game for the socialist list.
The Monsieur du Soar rays troops continue to be
gent to the trosser. It is stated that several regi-
ments of infantry in garrison at Paris have received
orders to be in readings to march this week for the
north.

The same journal says that on Sunday morning the
greatest activity was perceptible in the different bar-
racks of Paris. All the regiments were passed in
review before their consmandiog officers.
It is amusing to see the reactiooary press, in chorus,
proclaiming the hollow alliance that is said to exist
between the President and the majority ; but I have
reason to believe that Louie-Napoleon and the ma-1
jority are not nearer to agreement than ever they
were; ani the restrictive laws which have been
announced, and which it was even to-day supposed at
the Bourse would be presented together, with a presi-
deatial rasmage, are not even in embryo. The
Chamber to-day wall at any rate not moved by any
communication of an astounding character, but prosily
debated a project of law on stamps.
"It is stated (says the lifonileur du Soir) that the
departure of the Grand Duchess of Baden, Stephanie
de Beanharnais, aunt of the President of the Republic,
is fixed for Friday next. M. Louis Bonaparte, it is
said, intends going with her as far as the frontier,
and will afterwards visit the garrisons of the depart-
ments of the east."

The President of the Republic has named General
Piat officer of the Legion of Honour, in testimony of
his long and brilliant eervices,which commenced with
the campaign of ypt.
M. Baroche bEgas taken up his residence at the
Ministry of the Interior. He received yesterday the
different chiefs of that department.
The members composing the parliamentary club of
the Rue Richelieu aaeembled on Friday, and discussed
the political situation of affairs created by the elec-
tions of Paris. All the speaker. were agreed u to
the necessity of strengthening the action of the autho-
ritT, and of tightening the bands which unite the
majority of the Assembly to the executive govern-
ment. They have protested their respect for the con-
stitution, but in constitutional order. They will sup-
, port all he propositions of the government that will
guarantee the maintenance of order and the repres-
sion of all ant social attempts.
The committee for examining the bill for according
an extraordinary credit of 2,829,040 k. for the expe-
ditionary corps of the Mediterranean during the first
six months of 1850, has nominated M. de Corcelles its
president, and M. Anoel secretary.
Yesterday morning, at eight o'clock, the greatest
activity was perceptible in the different barracks of
Paris. All the regiments were is review in
the yards by their commanding ofressr:d
The Mundeur du &Ur says : " Troops continue to
be sent to the frontier. It is stated that several
regiment, of infantry In garrison at Paris have re-
ceived orders to be in readiness to march this week
for the north."

The marriage of M. Will with Mlle. Guizo',
daughter of the ex•minis'er, took place to-day, at
two o'clock, in ths protestant church of the Oratoire.
M. Coquerel gave the nuptial benediction, the wit-
nesses being the English ambassador and M. Francois
Dalessart.

The daybcfore yesterday the officers of the octroi
of the barrier of Piny, in examining the contents of
a cart, found a cue containing twelve fowling-piecee,
eleven pistols, and twelve bullet-moulds, of musket
calibre. The carter, on being interrogated, said he
had received the comsat Viroflay, from a person whom
he did not know, with instructions to deliver it at a
waggoireffice in the Rue Neuve Saint Laurent, in
Paris. A commissary of police put seals on the cue
and sent it to the prefecture of police.
In the Vosges, where a representative is to be
elected on the 21st inst., the democratic-socialists
have chosen u their candidate M. Guilgot, the com-
mandant of the national guard of Epinal M. Turck,
an ex-member of the Constituent Assembly, has re-
signed in his favour.
Two hundred and twenty-four of the insurgents
from Belle-Isle landed at Bons, in Algeria, on the 3rd,
under an escort of gendarmerie. They were placed
in the Caabsh. On the bth another convoy arrived.
Five or six of the insurgents, on landing, set up a
shout of " Viva la Republique Democratique et
Socials."