The Sun.
London, England, 1852-03-18 00:00:00

EVENING, MARCH 18, 1852,

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

DEATH OF CAPTAIN SIR SAMUEL BROWN, MIL

The death of this gallant cod scientific officer has been
reported, at the age of 76 years. He entered the navy in
1795, and during his career, as noticed in " O'Byrne's
Biography," served afloat fourteen years during the war.
His first ship was the Assistance, 50, Captains Henry
Muvrat, John Okes Hardy, Rolacrt Hall, and Richard
Lee, in which ship he continued to serve as midshipman,
master's mate, and acting lieutenant on the Newfound-
land and North Sea stations until 1801. During that
period he witnessed the surrender, August 28, 1796, of
the French 36-gun frigate Elizabeth to the Topaze, 36.
He was confirmed into the Irresistible, 74, Nov.
6, 1801. On Jan. 30, 1805, joined, as first lieutenant,
the Phoenix, of 42 guns and 245 men, Captain Thomas
Baker. Oa August 10 following, Mr. Brown was
present in the brilliant ac!ion which rendered
the French frigate Ls Didon, of 46 guns and
330 men, a prize to the Phoenix, after a fu-
rious action of three hours and a half', which cost
the former a loss of 27 killed and 14 wounded, and the
latter of 12 killed and 28 wounded; yet were six years
suffered to roll away before ho was awarded that promo-
tion to which, as second in command on an occasion of
such heroic galhntry, he was so preeminently entitled.
After sharing on November 4, in the same year, in Sir
Richard John Strachan's capture of the four French line-
of.hatfle ships that had escaped from Trafalgar, he was
transferred, with Captain Baker, to the Didon, which
ship had been added to the British navy. Ho was sub-
sequently appointed to the Irererieusr, 38 ; Fiore, 36 ;
and Ulysses, 44; and was ultimately advanced to the
rank of commander August 11; on May 18; 1842, un-
able to procure further promotion, he accepted the rank
of retired captain. He was nominated a K. IL Jan. 13,
1835. Sir Samuel Brown obtaired considerable cele-
brity by his introduction, besides many other useful in-
ventions, of chain-cables, and suspension bridges and
piers. Of the latter it may be sufficient to indicate, as
standing monuments of his genius, the bridge across the
river Tweed, which was commenced in 1819 and finished
in 1820, and the Pier at Brighton. Ho married August
14, 1822, Mary, daughter of John Home, Esq., writer to
the Signet, Edinburgh.

TheeCoMmander-in Chief of the East Indies (Rear-
Admiral Austen, C. 8.) remained at Hong-Kong on
Jan. 30; his flag-ship Hastings, 72, Captain Austin,
with the Royalist, 6, Commander Bate, arrived from the
Straits. It will be recollected that one of Mr. Cobden's
bold assertions was to the effect that there were no pi-
rates in the Straits. To the many contradictions that
have been given to Mr. Cobden's statement we may add
that Commander Bate, when surveying near the Phil-
lipine Islands, had a very narrow escape of being cut off,
with his boat's crew, by eight large piratical prahus,
which chased him for five miles. Contest, 12, Com-
mander Hon. W. S. Spencer, and Sphynx steam-sloop,
Commander Shadwell, were at Ningpo; Salamander, 6,
steam-sloop, Commander Elliman, was at Whampoa;
Lily, 12, Commander Birch (acting), at Amoy. The
Sphnx arrived at Shanghai Jan. 15.
An expedition, consisting of her Majesty's steamer
Cleopatra and the Hon. Company's steamers Semiramis
and Pluto, had gone to the north-east coast of Borneo to
beat up the quarters of pirates. The Straits Times
states that it was understood that Commodore Lambert
had forwarded very urgent dispatches to the Admiral by
the Lady Wood with reference to the state of affairs in
Burmah.
Commodore-Suporintendent M. Seymour has left De-
vonport on leave, in consequence of the death of his
mother, Lady Seymour, widow of the late Admiral Sir
M. Seymour.
Masters—Robert C. Allen (1841), of the Magician
steam guard-ship at Devon port, has been appointed to
the Odin advanced steam-frigate at Portsmouth; John
Pyper (1846), to the Buzzard advanced steam-sloop, at
Devonport.
Assistant-Surgeons—James Wallace (acting), to the
Victory, flag-ship, Portsmouth; Patrick W. Dillon (act-
ing), to the Impregnable, flag-ship, Devonport.
Camel lighter, Faben, master, left Devonport on Tues-
day afternoon for Queenstown, with stores for Commo-
dore Martin's equadron.
St. George, 120, ordinary guard-ship, at Devonport,
Captain Niass, C. 8., has, before inspection, been found
to be so defective from rottenness in her bow timbers,
that the crew are ordered to be turned over to the Agin-
court, pro tem. ; and the St. George will be taken along-
side the dockyard for further inspection and repairs.
The St. George has never been to sea.
Vesuvius, 6, steam-sloop, Commander Barnard, left
Devonport on Tuesday afternoon for the Chops of the
Channel, to relieve the wind-bound merchantmen.
Vivid, Dover steam-packet, Master-Commander
Smithett, has arrived at Woolwich to receive new
boilers.
The store-ship of Sir Edward Belcher's expedition,
the North Star, Commander Pullen, came up to Dept-
ford yesterday, from Sheerness, to take her stores on
board.

PORTSMOUTH, WEDNESDAY.—The Arethusa, 50,
Captain Symonds, is fast completing her refit. Sho
hauled off from the jetty this morning. Captain Sym-
mends applied for the advance wages of his ship's com-
pany to be paid at Davenport, but the Lords of the Ad-
miralty have ordered them to be paid here. A shock-
ing and fatal accident occurred to one of her men about
four o'clock last evening ; his name was Jackson, cap-
tain of the foretop, who was knocked off the main-
cap by the topsailyard. Ho was taken up insensible
and conveyed to Haslar Hospital, but he died before
reaching there.
The Simoom, new iron steam-troopship, Captain
Kingcome, v./tilt out of harbour this morning for a
trial of her steaming powers at the measured mile in
Stoke's Bay. She rill start on a cruise in the Channel
tomorrow.

The Avon steam-vessel, Master-Commander Witch,
arrived to-day from Davenport, and sailed in the after-
noon for Queenst,nvn.

The Sr. Vincent, 100, sent up her main and mizen-
topmosts to day.
The Bulldog steam-sloop has been taken into the
steam-basin to-day to have her machinery overhauled.
The Arrogant, 4t3, Captain Robinson, has stripped
her foremast, which is to be taken out to be overhauled..
:ROYAL MARINES —The band of the Portsmouth divi-'
sion was ordered over to Osborne to-day to serenade her
Royal Highness the Princess Louisa to-morrow morning
on the anniversary of her birthday.
A detacbment from the Artillery companies is ordered
to proceed hence to Woolwich, to embark in the steam-
vessel Highflyer. The detachment consists of First-
Lieutenant H. B. Roberta, 1 sergeant, 1 corporal, and
13 gunners.

Woomnon, MARCH 17.—The Polyphemus steam-
sloop, Commander C. G. Phillip, was inspected by
Commodore Henry Eden on Monday afternoon, and left
Woolwich at 7 o'clock on Tuesday morning. She took
her powder on board from Purfleet on the same day, and
her compasses were adjusted to-day at Greenhithe, by
Captain Johnson, and she l(fc in the afternoon for
Portsmouth and the coast of Africa.

Captain Henry J. Watson arrived at Woolwich to-
day, and had his pendant hoisted on the Highflyer.

MASSACRE OF THE CREWS OF TWO
ENGLISH SHIPS.

Advices were received at Lloyd's yesterday, commu-
nicating the details of two most frightful events at see—
the massacre of the commanders and portions of the
crews of the British ships Victory, of London, and

Herald, of Leith.
The Victory was the property of Messrs. Cook and
Wilson, shipowners, of thickhead, Bermondsey. She
was a barque of 579 tons burden, commanded by Mr.
William Lennox Muliens; and, having sailed to some
Chinese port, was chartered to convey Coolies to Callao.
It appears that on the 6th of December she sailed from
Cumsiogenoon with upwards of 300 Coolies on board
and a general cargo. On the afternoon of the 10th, be-
tween three and four o'clock, the Coolies made a rush
into the cabin, and with little difficulty possessed them-
selves of the ships' arms. The slaughter then com-
menced. At that moment Mr. Muliens was walking
the poop, and, in order that he should have no opportu-
nity of defeating their object, a party of them was sent
to seize him. One of the crew, a brave fellow of the
name of Henry Watt, seeing the defenceless position
of the master, made towards him and endeavoured
to protect him. The effort, however, quickly ended
in his life being taken. Several of the wretches
rushed at him with merciless fury, and having dis-
pa:ched him threw the mutilated body overboard. Mr.
Muliens got up into the wizen rigging. He was
followed by ono of them, armed with a cutlass, and
eventually the master slid down one of the topmast
baekstays. The moment he had reached the deck, a
number of the infuriated Coolies began cutting at him
with their cutlasses, sod beating him with heavy,iton
bolts, and, finding that they hrd accomplished his death,
they dropped his remains overboard. 11.1SiStaDee was
useless. Mr. Fagg, the chief mate, had gone aloft on
the foretopsail-yard, looking out for land, but the second
mate, James Areas°, and the cook, Edward Baily, en-
countered the Coolies somewhere in the forepart of the
ship, and were murdered by them. Believing that they
had overcome all probable resistance they espied Mr.
Fagg, and beckoned him to come down. He did so, and
some of the Coolies who had taken an active part in the
measure led him to the wheel, and by signs directed him
to steer for the laud, on pain of being pat to death if he
disobeyed. The mate shaped a course for Point Kula-
beja, and on reaching the coast a few of the fellows put
off to the land, but reporting it uninhabited they returned
on board. They then endeavoured to beat up the coast
to Cochin China, but that being difficult, they bore away
for Pulo Übi, where the ship was ultimately brought to
an anchor. Daring this cruising they took every pre-
caution of avoiding detection. Obtaining the ship's
papers and the logbook, they tore them up, and finding
a convenient place on the coast where they had brought
up, they went ashore, carrying off with them a consider-
, able amount of the cargo. They then deserted the ship,
and, Mr. Fagg, subsequently obtaining some aid, eho was
got to Singapore in the latter part of January.
The Herald, under the come:and of Mr. Lawson, left
Shanghai for Leith in the course of last October
u,, andthe
in
addition to the master and his wife, lir
were on board two European mates, a r awr
ds
ter, a cook, a Portuguese aeztnan, 12 anill •emen, and
, carpen-
sst. e Lawson, r
a Manilla boy. Sumo four or five days after the Herald
had left Shanghai the crew were put upon the customary
allowances. This seemed to annoy the Manillamen.
They began to be dissatisfied, and
made Angeer they had gone to t
hbefore the vessel had
e captain some four or
five times,
and demanded more, which Rai refused. The
Manillamen then appeared to have
the purpose of destroying the planned a scheme for
board, and in the ho whole of the Europeans on
no of enlisting the Portuguese sailor
in their ranke,
a view no doubt, of more effec-
tually accomplishing
ac-
quainted him with their murderous design, they
their project. la order that the
might Europeans
adopt means of defence, the Portuguese
endeavoured to persuade them not to resort to such vio-
lent Weans, and offered, with a view, apparently, . of
pacifying them, to
Rim) in their , carry the Europeans off by mixing
food. This was Attempted, although in

a small quantity. Some was mixed with the powdered
sugarcane which was used for the coffee, and
of which Mr. Lawson and his wife partook. They
suffered from te e effects of the poison, but they quickly
recovered. While this wan going on the Portuguese
had contrived to inform Mr. Lawson of the plot the
Manillamen had arranged. The master then directed
the chief officer to muster them every night, and to take
their knives from them. Ho also directed the officers to
always keep themselves armed, so as to be ready to act
at the moment of any sudden attack. About the 25th
day of the voyage, during the whole of which time the
European portion of the crew were kept in a state of
painful suspense as to the movements of the Manillamen,
Aneeer was sighted, but there being sufficient water
and provisions on board to last them, as it was thought,
until they reached the Cape or St. Helena, the Herald
was not brought to an anchor, but continued the voyage.
This more exesperated the men, and en the morning of
the Dith the Pertuguese sailor was alarmed by hearing
his name called in e loud voice. He ran on deck, and,
meeting some of the Menillamen, they told him that they
had plenty of water and provisions at their own pleasure,
as they had sent the captain and his officers to the other
world. The Portuguese was tent to assist in clear-
ing the cabin, when he discovered the bodies of
Mr. Lawson, the carpenter, and officers, who, with the
exception of the chief mate, were quite dead. Mrs. Law-
son, the wife of the captain, was s;,en near the corpse of
her husband, crying bitterly. The villains then attached
heavy weights to the legs et the bodies, sad, taking thorn
on deck, threw them overboard. The poor mate had not
breathed his last when brought on deck, and he was
heard to say " Good God !" Oae of the Manil!amtn, a
gunner, then took the command, and appointed two of
his companions as first end second officer,. In the
course of five or six days the wretches recommenced the
slaughter. The steward, the cook, sad the Portuguese,
were tied up and told that their last hour had arrived.
The steward, it would seem, made an appeal to them for
mercy, when the fellow who acted as chief mate split
open his head with a hatchet, and, to render his death
more certain, ran a long knife through his body. The
Portuguese and the cook, who was a native of the
coast, contrived to move the wretches to spare them,
and they were eventually released, but enjoined to keep
the greatest secrecy. On that day it was determined
to leave and scuttle the ship. The boats were got
ready, and Mrs. Lawson, hearing of their contem-
plated abandonment, appealed to the Manillaman who
had the command to take her ashore, and not leave her
behind. The villain unheeded all her entreaties, how-
ever, and stated that his companions would not permit
him to do so. She then implored them to allow her a
spar to cling to, but this was denied. Indeed, so de-
termined were the villains that she should have no
chance of saving herself, that before they deserted the
ship they secured the unfortunate lady in one of the
cabins, where sbe would have no chance of escaping:
About ten o'clock at night they, with the Portuguese,
cook, and Manilla boy, quitted the vessel in one of the
large boats, and shortly after she was seen to founder.
Early on the following morning the boat reached Java;
the murderers landed at Sjilankang, but, the authori-
ties hearing of the horrible occurrence, no time was
lost in arresting them, and, being secured, they were
sent on to Batavia to await the operation of the law.
The Portuguese seaman, the cook, and boy have also
been secured, in order to give the necessary evidence
against them.

—A
third vessel was likely to have had a similar
tragedy on board. The Corcyra, Mr. Paterson com-
mander, manned by a Javanese crew, was proceeding
from Macassar to Shanghai, when the men revolted.
The second-mate was reurdered, but the other officers
succeeded in overpowering the rascals, and the ship was
got into Hong-Kong.

ELECTION INTELLIGENCE.
LIVERPOOL.
At a meeting of the Conservative Association, held in
the Clarendon Rooms, Liverpool, yesterday (Wednesday),
it was resolved to send requisitions, numerously signed,
to Mr. Forbes Mackenzie, and Mr. Charles Turner, a
Liverpool merchant, requesting that they would allow
themselves to be put in nomination as candidates to re-
present this town in Parliament at the ensuing election,
The Chairman stated that Mr. Horafall, who had been
asked, but had declined to contest the borough, had
headed the requisition with his name, and stated his in-
tention to use his influence in securing the return of the
Conservative candidates. Mr. F. Mackeezie and Mr.
Turner have signified their willingness to comply with
the desire of the requisitionists, and a public meeting
will shortly be held in the Amphitheatre for the purpose
of placing their respective claims before the electors.
A counter meeting, on the Liberal interest, is also
expected.

PLYMOUTH.
A meeting of the electors of this borough, over which
Dr. Cookworthy presided, assembled last evening at the
Royal Hotel, when Mr. R. P. Collier, a candidate for
the rypresentation on the Liberal side, explained his
principles. Lord Derby, he said, was determined to in-
term them of nothing with respect to free trade, but his
Lordship and Mr. Disraeli had stated their private
opinion to be in favour of a countervailing
duty. The re-adjustment of taxation was a fraud on
free trade. If they submitted to a duty of ss. a
quarter, then they would get one of 7F., and so go
backwards. He objected to grants for religious pur-
poses. He also objected to Cardinal Wiseman's pro-
ceedings, end was equally opposed to the Roman Cs-
tholicibm which had crept into the Church. The educa-
tional measure of Lord Derby would throw too much
power late the hands of the clergy. Lord J. Russell's
measure of Parliamentary reform was extremely incom-
plete. Five years was long enough for the duration of
ParParncnte. Mr. Collier next said, the incotne-tHxas
now levied was most oppressive; why not distingual
between income derived from permanent end precarious
seurc,:e? Dissenters ouaht not to pa-y chinch-rate:.
The less we interfered with foreign matters the better,
and our colonies eh' nld ho providA with 'rce represeata-
live institutions. He preferred volenteer corps to the
system of militia. A great reform was aecess,ry in the
administration of the laws. He corsidered the prevnt
Ministers incapable of managing the affairs of the
country. Mr. Cohlen, Mr. Hume, and Lcrd John
Russell were shaking bAndri, and he hoped the advent
of a new Liberal Ministry would not prove the ief;tora-
tion of a few noble families. In answer to a question
from Colonel Campbell, Mr. Collier said it was his de-
sire to alter the liturgy of the Church. A show of hands,
which was called for, was decidedly favourable to that
gentleman.

SUNDERLAND.
Mr. W. A. Wilkinson, who has twice unsuccessfully
contested this borough, having declined on invitation to
come forward a third time, the friends of Mr. Wilkinson
held a meeting on Monday night at the Athermum, to
determine the course the Liberal party should pursue on
the retirement of that gentlemen.
It was stated that Mr. Wilkinson's reluctance to ha-
rird a third contest arose from certain false representa-
tions made to his friends in London by a deputation
from the Whig party, which the meeting warmly re-
sented, as they were satisfied that, from the growing
unpopularity of Mr. Hudson, the return of Mr. Wilkin-
son might be considered certain.
It was further stated that Mr. W. Digby Seymour, a
barrister, was in the town, and intended to come forward
on the principles of fa() trade and Parliamentary reform
as soon as Mr. Wilkinson's retirement was ascertained.

It was then resolved that a deputation be sent to in-
vite Mr. Seymour to the meeting. On Mr. Seymout's
arrival ho announced himself to be an " advocate of free
trade, and that he regarded a bread tax as the worst
development of commercial restriction. He was for an
extension of the franchise to every householder rated to
the relief of the poor, the ballot, and the abolition of the
property qualification."
After some discussion it was unanimously resolved to
support Mr. Seymour's return, and that he and Mr. Fen-
wick be invited to a general meeting of the electors to
be held this evening in the Athenaeum.

teoletchteomrs
hisof Chatham
evening Sir Frederick Smith CHATHABL—On Tuesday
atni etth ea Smoot: tlnn tin
m,
i'n"our'd epra tr?re xopf atihne
sentiments. Ho avowed himself a supporter of the pre-
sent Administration, but with respect to the re-imposi-
tion of a tax on corn, he should adhere to the policy of
the late Sir Robert Peel, and if returned to Parliament
would most certainly oppose any attempt that might be
mad• to re-impose a duty on the food of the poor, whose
comfort he should consider it his bounden duty to pro-
tect, having, in the cottage of the labourer, had ample
opportunity of witnessieg its salutary effects.
Cnteentirum.—Mr. Neeld and Captain Boldero, the
present Members, are sure of re-election.
COUNTY KILDARE.-011 Saturday, after the return
of Mr. Cogan, a meeting was held in that gentlemsw's
committee-room, the Right lion. R. M. O'Ferrall,
M.P., presiding, when a resolution was adopted pledging
the meeting to support Mr. Cogan at the next general.
election.
EAST GLOUCESTERSTIIRE.—WO have authority for
stating that the Marquis of Worcester will, at the proper
time, again solicit the suffrages of the freeholders, in
conjunction with Sir William Codrin
Chronicle. gton.—Gloucester

FORFA.RS
this county, in
it in contemplation to
lIIRE —The Protectionists, it is stated, have
bring forward the Hon. Claude
Lyon, brother to Lord Strathmore,_ as a candidate for
burs- opposition to Lord J. F. Gordon Haliy-
.on; but it is not believed the former will have the
least chance, of unseating the present Member.
HARWICII—Mr. Bsgshaw, M.P., has issued an ad-
dress, in which he states his intention to offer himself as
a candidate. Mr. Waddington (M.P. for Malden) Las
also issuel an address, in which he declares himself a
candidate for the suffrages of the Harwich voters. It is
, said that Mr. Attwocd also intends to stand,
HULL.—Mr. Baines, one of the present Members, h:s
positively declared that he will retire, and a declaration
has been put out by the Tories, setting forth that it
would .‘ conduce to the peace of the town, the interests
of trade," itic.e., that a contest should be avoided by the
unopposed return of Mr. Moore in conjunction with the
present Whig Member, Mr. Clay. Mr. Clay's seat is
considered quite safe.
POOLE.--Mr. Slvage, a member of the bar, who lost
the last election by a majority of twenty, is again be-
fore the constituency on the Protectionist interest. Sir
George Phillips, one of the sitting
Members, retiree,
and Mr. Kirkman Rodg.on, a director of the Bank of
England, is brought forward as his successor, upon free-
trade principles.
SALISBURY,--AL second Protectionist candidate has
jut: made his appearance in the field, in the person of
Mr. Pownall, the Middlesex
magistrate. The Hon.
John Ashley had been applied to, but declined a con-
test, which his personal knowledge of the borough con-
vinced him was hopeless.
Both candidates adopt the
guarded language Of the Ministerial chiefs.
SIITIIERLANDSHIRE AND ROSS-SHIRE.—No contest is
expected for either of these counties, and the re•election
. of Sir David Dods); for Sutherland, and of Mr. James

11ia►theEon for ROSS and Cron arty, may therefore be con
sidered all but certain.

TRALEE.—The Tralee Chronicle of Saturday contaisn
an address from Mr. Maurice O'Connell, denying that
he intended to s,baridon she representation of Tralee.
There are three candidates now spoken of:—Mr. O'Con-
nell, Mr. Blennerhas:ett, and AOrniral Sir T. Herbert.
WICK Buaoas.—No opposition is anticipated to Mr.
Loch in this district.

Vv IGTONSHIRE.-A rumour has been current in this
county, since the dissolution of Parliament has been
talked of, of Captain Dalrymple, the present Member,
meeting with opposition, either from Captain Lisy,
or Mr. Stewart, jun., of Glasserton.