The Sun.
London, England, 1846-06-03 00:00:00

THE DUTCH IN BORNEO.

A very long revolution of the Governor-General of
Netherlands India in council, relative to Borneo, shows
the importance attached by the Dutch to that island,
and the efforts they are disposed to make to maintain
their footing there. This manifestation has no doubt
been called forth by the late proceedings of the English
there, and may be taken as a sign that the most careful
watch will be kept upon all our movements in that
quarter, and every opportunity taken to thwart our
efforts at colonisation in Borneo.

The following is a precis of the:most important parts
of this resolution :—lt commences by setting forth that
the exertions used for more than twenty-five years to
raise the native population of Borneo from their ne-
glected state, and for the effectual prevention of piracy,
have no unity in these efforts, and because they were
principally carried on at the coasts where the. Dutch
functionaries reside, and where they were often impeded
by adverse interests.
It is further stated that an unsuccessful attempt to
promote industry and civilisation by abolishing impedi-
ments to trade and establishing free ports, had been
made ; and for the purpose of facilitating, and, if ne-
cessary, increasing those liberal regulations, it has
been deemed advisable to unite tee whole of the sepa-;
rate and independent Dutch settlements under one
central Governm,,nt to be established in the interior,
which will be able to put itself in immediate connexion
with the natives, whose protection and moral and re-
ligious civilisation is to be the aim of the proposed mea-
sure. The late Dutch mission to B wilco is said to have
thrown much light on thr? resources of tY..e country,
which it is hoped will be more and more developed for
the general good. The information so obtained likewise
affords the means of defining the boundaries of the Dutch
territory, but it is specially declared that this naming of
boundaries shall not in any way be held as a renunciation
of any claim the Dutch may have to any territory not
therein claimed.

It is accordingly found good and ordained that all the
separate residences and divisions under Dutch authority
on the south and east coast, and also the west coast of
Borneo, and all their dependencies, are in future to be
united into one general government of Borneo and de-
pencies. Mr. A. L. Weddill is named Governor, who
is to fix his residence at some central place in the inte-
rior, and all the residents, &c., are placed under his
orders.

The notification then goes on at great length to fix
the boundaries of the Dutch territory, and enumerate
the islands and other dependencies which are to be in-
cluded in the new Government.—Overland Singapore
Free Press, April 7.

EARLY HAY-MAKING —Hay-making commenced in
some of the upper parts of this country in the course of last
week; and on Saturday a scene seldom witnessed at this
early period so low down the country, occurred at Thaxted,
when Mr. T. Newell, the landlord of the Cock Inn, carted a
field of fine meadow hay, producing two tons to the acre,
after which he spread a hospitable table, and his friends and
assistants spent a merry evening after their first labours of
early " haysell."—Essex Herald.
EXTENSIVE EMBEZZLEMENT BY A PARISH OFFICER.
—Yestel day morning, at the Public Office, Birmingham, a
genteely dressed man, named Joseph Piercy Yeomans
Welch, late clerk to the guardians of the poor for the pariah
of Birmingham, and formerly treasurer to the same body,
was charged with having embezzled various sums of money,
the property of the parochial offiers. The amount of the
defalcations, as at present ascertained, is about 1,1001., and
although they have been accumulating for some years past,
it is only within the last few months that any suspicion at-
tached to Welch, whose first appointment under the pa-
rochial authorities took place in 1822, and who was,
after the lapse of 'ten years, elected treasurer, which
office he held until about twelve months since. ' Welch
continued in the office of clerk to the board of guardians
till within the lak four or five months, when, pleading
illness, he resigned his situation. Shortly after his resigna-
tion, he was called upon to make up his accounts, when his
hook showed a deficit of 460/., and the accused also acknow-
ledged that there was a further sum of 5001., which he be-
lieved was due to the parish, and which he regretted his ina-
bility at once to pay over. Steps were taken to endeavour
to ascertain correctly and recover the amount due to the pa-
riah; but while these were pen,;ing Welch left Birmingham,
but was accidentally seen entering his apartments in Norton-
satiseet, New-road. Information having been forwarded to
-..n iorra Ingham, an inspector of police immediately came up to
1-dan, and apprehended the prisoner on Friday, night, and
conveyed him to Birmingham, where he will be brought up
for examination on Thursday next, a remand to that day
having been granted.
TeMOLT IN A CIIIIRCII.—A letter from Jerusalem
says:" A. deplorable scene occurred in the
Holy Sepulchre, at Jerusalem, on Good Fridacyh.ur/'rh of thee h Latina
priests were engaged in the ceremonies of the day, and
procession was passing through the church of the Holy
Sepulchre, when a carpet happening to be placed in the part
of the Church set aside for the use of she Gre.k .chismstics,
gave rise to an extraordinary tumult. The Greeks iusisted
that the carpet should be taken away, the Latins insisting
upon its remaining.
An exchange of abusive words ensued,
which w re spee.ily
followed by blows. A tremendous
.•
battle was the consequence, in which the wax candles
were
upset, the candelabra destroyed, the banners pulledcorndobwant:
and their poles turned into pikes
,fowr
sltyhehurt, and
ants. A great number of person et hr
ee us
es io euf
some were killed ; but at length the
ofrcboath
party-of troops, and cleared the church parties. It
h a
was then found that not only had a great deal of damage
been dens to the church, but that some of the most valuable
and portable objects had been stolen by the, pious and pugna-
cious
AN ANCIENT EMIGRANT.—A Limerick paper, in
noticing the departure of the Sarah, the last of the spring
vessels, for America, with 350 passengers, says—" Amongst
the emigrants we noticed Mr. O'Neill, late of Cratloe Castle
in the county Clare. He, with his family, consisting of
eighteen members, has found it expedient io abandon the
home in which he and his ancestors were located for the last
190 years." We wish this patriarch a pleasant voyage and a
happy location. The emigration of the "Pilgrim Fathers"
was nothing in comparison to this voyage across the Atlantic
by a gentleman who has reached his 190th year! We are
not told whether- Mr. O'Neill's "ancestors" have taken
passage in the same ship.—Dublin Evening Post.
A MAN COMMITTED FOR BITING OFF A COM-
PANION'S EAR.—A drunken affray has just taken place at
the fashionable watering-place of Great Malvern Worcester-
shire, which has ended in the committal of one of the parties
nn the extraordinary charge of biting off another man ear.
The circumstances of this aff,ir are briefly as follows. A few
nights at Edward Thomas, Richard Burrow, William Bar•
row, William Pritchard, and others, were drinking at a beer-
house at Malvern, kept by a wom in named Bough. Some
of the company had been (laurelling. and when they were
turned out at eleven o'clock, the two Blirrows and-Pritchard
proposed to return and "give it" to George Bough, one of
the landlady's sons. No sooner said than done—they burst
the door open and went into the house, Thomas followed I
them, and seeing Richard Burrow about, as he thought, to I
strike the landlady, he interfered, and pushed her away,
William Burrow immediately struck him, and the blow was. •
quickly returned; a fight took place, and both the parties
fell to the floor. While they were down Pritchard and Wil-
liam Barrow also struck Thomas. The affair terminated by ,
Richard Burrow taking Thomas's left ear in his mouth and
biting it completely off at the roots. He afterwards spat it
out of his mouth on the floor. The parted and shrivelled
member was produced at the examination before the
Worcester magistrates by a policeman. After this act,
Thomas was suffered by his assailants to get up off the floor,
When ho fainted from pain and loss of blood. William
Burrow has been committed for trial,at. Worcester- on the

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RAILWAY COMMITTEE.

(THIS DAY.)

GROUP I.
HOUSE OF LORDS.

would involve an additional outlay, as the line Would be
17 miles longer than originally intended.
Mr. TURNER said that he should like to have some
information from the Chairman, directors, or engineers,
as to the desirableness of going forward wits the pro-
posed Bills. Since the last report of the directors the
shares had fallen in value, and he for one was, therefore.
of opinion that the schemes were not approved of by the
public, and would not prove profitable.
The CHAIRMAN having explained the reason of the
fall in the value of the shares (observing at the same
time that the very same circumstance had happened to
every new railway company in the kingdom), • and made
other statements,
M. r. TURNER said he was now quite satisfied of the
desirableness of prosecuting the schemes with vigour,
and he should therefore move the resolution proposed
by the Chairman.
The resolution, having been seconded, and a few desul-
tory observations having been made by some shareholders,
was put and carried, there being in favour of the schemes
1,289,250/, and against, 3,2501. '
Thanks were then voted and unanimously passed to
the Chairman, which having 13.‘en acknowledged, the
meeting separated.

GRAVESEND AN 13 ROCHESTER
RAILWAY.-(THIS DAY.)

A general meeting of this Company was called for
this morning, at the George and Vul•ure Tavern, but it
was only held pro forma, and the business stands ad-
journed till the next general meeting, which is to be
held on the 17th inst., when business of importance is
to be brought forward.

VALE OF NEATH RAILWAY.
SPECIAL MEETING.—(THIS DAY.)
A special meeting of the proprietors and shareholders
of this line took place this day, at three o'clock, at the
Company's Offices, 449, Webt Strand ; Louis Vigors in
the chair.
Tne meeting was called in pursuance of the ses-
sional orders, and it was unanimous in assenting to the
further proceeding with the Bill in Parliament.
The CHAIRMAN observed that the Bill had been read
a second time, and would go into Committee on the
15th of the present month.
There were 10,796 shares present and the whole
number of shares issued 275,000, so that the meeting
was perfectly legal.

THE FUNDS-(CLOSING PRICES.)
BRITISH FUNDS. ONE CLOSINtI
•
O'CLOCK. PRICES.
Bank Stock .. 205% / 205%
Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities 9530 % 95%
Three per Cent. Consols Annuities 96% 97
New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Anns. 97%%% 97%
Long Annuities, Expire •lan. 5, 1860 .. 104 34 10%
Ditto, 30 years, Oct. 10, 1859 .. l 0 1-16
India Stock .. . .. 266 266
India Bonds, 1,0001. .. .. 27 27
Ditto, under 1,0001. .• 23
Consols for Opening .. .. 97% IA 97%
Exchequer Bills. I%cl. 114 d.
1,0001... 16 20 pm. 21
Ditto, Advertised •• • • 16 12 pm. 12
ONE CLOSIN( •
FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES.
Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent .. 29% 29%
Ditto, for the Account 304 3014
Ditto. Deferred 16 15%
Portuguese Four per Cent 525{ 54 52%
Ditto, for the Account • • • • .. 5 i
Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent .. 24%
Ditto, for the Account • • .. 24%
Ditto, Three per Cent .. 37%
Venezuela Bonds, 2 per Cent .. 42
Dividends on the above payable in -London.
French Rentas, 5 per Cent .. 120 f. 50c. 120 f. 50c.
Exchange 25f. 75c. 25f. 75c.
Dutch Tim-and-a-Half per Cent .. 603 6038
Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certifloates .. 923814 91% 91%
PRICES OF PAID. DONE A BUSINESST
CLOSING
RAILWAY SHARES. ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES.
Birmingham and Gloucester ..100 .... . 126
Birmingham and Oxford Junction 2 .... 2 % 2%
Buckinghamshire 425. .. par %p • • lB p
Caledonian .. .. 10 .... 11%
Ditto, Half Shares .. 2% .... %
Churnet, and Blythe .. 2 .. • • 1% 1%
1%
Cheltenham and Oxford -
Derby and Crewe .. 6% .
Direct Manchester (Rastrlck's) .. %
Direct Northern .. 2% .... 1% % 1%
Eastern Counties .. 141. 165..... 231 A % 23%
Ditto, York Extension 105..... 14 ........ • • 14
Goole, Doncast., and Sheffield, &c. 425..... 3g dig..... • • 34 dig.
Great Southern & West. (Ireland) 20 .... 23
Hull and Selby' .. 50 ....
Ditto 34 Shares .. . 123¢ .. •• .. 2134
Leicester and Bedford .. 225..... p p
London an Birmingham . ..100 ..228 229 227% 229 229
Ditto Quarters -. .. 2 .... 29% ........
Ditto Fifths 2 .... 26 25
London and Croydon • • • .13/. 158 9d... 22 A . ..... 2234
London and Greenwich .. 12/. 15s. 42. 934
London and South-Western • . 411. 6s. 10d... .. .. .
Ditto, New Consol. Eighths .. 34 ....
London and York .. • • .•
Lynn and Ely .. .. 15 .... 13 ..
Manchester and Birmingham .. 40 . . .....
Ditto, Quarter Shares (B) .. 4 .... •• • • .... • • 13%
Manchester, Buxton, & Matlock 425. •• .. 1 p p
Manchester and Southampton .. 2 .... 13% % %
midland ..100 —.14834
Ditto, New .. .. . 18 .. • • 31% 32
Newcastle and Darlington Jima. 25 .. •• .•• • • • —
Ditto, New, Br:mating .. 25 •• .. 4434 .. •• .. 444
North British .. •• 22% .. ••.. •
Ditto, Half Shares .. •- • •• 83¢ .. • • 11%...... • •
North Staffordshire .• • •-• 425. .. • • 374 4 p 4 p
Scottish Central . .. 10 .... 10% 16 ••.. • • 16
South Devon .. 35 .. .. •••• • • .. 343%
South Midland 425. %% dis % cis
South Eastern and Dovor .. • . 33% .. • • 3'..13 .. •• • •
Ditto. New (isa. at 32/.) No. 1. 16 ... 20 ••• • • • 20
Do., New (do 331. 68.8 d.) No. 2. 10 .... 14%
Do., New (do. 301.) .. No. 3. 15 .... 184 • • 18%
Do., New (do. 15/.) .. No. 4. 21/x 2% %•••• .. • • 2%
Vale of Neath .. 2 .... 1.114
West Riding Union • • • .. 425. .... 23y p. • . • • 2% j•
York and North Midland .. .. 50 ....
Do. E. and W. Riding Eaten... 1 •• •• 11% .. ••..• • • • 1136
FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
Central of Spain .. . 2 .. .. 2 ..
Dutch Rhenish . 6 .... 7% ••..• • • •
Eastern Belgian Junction .. 2%
Louvain and Jemeppe .. 4 .. . 11,; 13b
Luxembourg 1%
Namur and Liege . 6 .... 334
Grt. North. of France Constituted 5 .. 13 4
Orleans and Berdeaux . 6 .... 10 3 a 9'4 . • 934
Paris and Lyons Constituted .. 5 .... 6!-,2 34 IA

TILE STN,
_LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JUNE 35 1640.

on seeing it. and in othef respebtS he cliA iiot shake tho
evidence of Dixon.
The SECONDARY said that as a matter of law it was
not necessary that the order' should be given in writing,
although it was better to have it as a matter of pre-
caution; the main question in this case was whether a cer-
tain order had been given by Mr. Hughes for the inser-
tion of a long advertisement or by one of his clerks by
accident, but that the draft or copy had got into plaintiff a
hands was quite clear, and also that they had inserted it.
The Jury, after a short consultation, gave a verdict for
the plaintiffs.

- -
THE BELGIAN CORN LAW.--The Belgian Govern-
ment, who suspended the corn law of that country before
our Ministers had begun seriously to entertain the question,
have now, we learn, determined to continue the admission
of grain and rice duty free till the Ist of October, instead of
closing th ports on the Ist of June, as had been intended.—
Manchester Guardian.

LAW IN TELLI6EN.CI3,
t URfi oF QUEEN'S.. BENCH, Jzine
(Sitar* 14 pinCo:)
The Court at its sitting delivered scii2ic judgments ;
but they were devoid of any special interest calling for
a particular report.
The Court then proceeded to hear arguments upon
demurrers which stood over for discussion.

EARL; POTATOES.-A dish of early potatoes was dug
on the 27th ult., in the garden at Castle Toward, Argyle-
shire, which had not been forced in any way. The largest
measured between six and seven inches in circumference, and
two and a half dozen weighed 2lbs.—Glasgow Herald.

TUESDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE.
BUCKINGHAM PALACE, MAY 29, 1846.
His 'Royal Highness Prince Albert has been pleased to
appoint Surgeon Major W. J. Judd, of the Scots' Fusilier
Guards, to be Surveon in Ordinary to his Royal Highness.
' COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH.
Trinity Term.--9th Victoria.
2d June, 1846.
This Conrt will, on Saturday the 13th, Monday the 15th,
Saturday the 20th, and Monday the 22d day of June instant,
and the five next following days, hold sittings, and will pro•
ceed in disposing of the business in the Special Paper and
New Trial Paper, and in giving judgment in cases then
pending. BY THE COURT.
Commission by the Queen.
Argyle and Bute Militia—Brevet Major C. A. Campbell,
to be Adjutant, May 4.
Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Somersetshire.
Second Somerset Regiment of Militia—D. Williams, Gent.,
to be Ensign. vice Perrott, promoted, May 7 ; C. G. Homer,
Gent., to be Ensign, vice Johnston, promoted, May 8.
Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Mid-Lothian.
Edinburgh Regiment of Militia—G. Thomson, Esq., to
be Captain, vice Foulis, resigned; Ensign T. S. M‘Call, to be
Lieutenant, vice Hunter, deceased; Ensign A. W. Shaw, to
• be Lieutenant, vice Grieve, deceased ; C. W. Wright, Gent.,
to be Lieutenant, vice Sommerville, deceased ; J. W. Orr,
Gent., to be Ensign, vice Stewart, promoted; F. Kennedy,
Gent., to be Ensign, vice Reid, resigned, April 25.
Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Lancashire.
Duke of Lancaster's Own Ye,.#manry Cavalry (Worsley
Troop)—G. G. F. Egerton, Evil, to be Captain, April 10;
G. Loch, Gent., to be Lieutenant; J. Jacson, Gent., to be
Cornet, April 11.