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

THE DUTCH IN BCRNEO.

A very long resolution of the Governor-General of
Netherlands India in council, relative to Borneo, shows
the importance setaehed 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 ccilonisation 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 rt gulations, it has
been dt-emed advisable to unite tt e whole of the sepa-
rate and independent Dutch settlements under one
central Government to be established in the interior,
which will be able to put itself in immediate connexion
with the natives, whos'- protection and moral and re-
ligious civilisation is to be the aim of the proposed mea-
sure. The late Dutch mission to Borneo is said to have
thrown much light on the resources of the 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 Berne() 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 peri')d 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.
—Yeste,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 parish
of Birmingham. and formerly treasurer to the same body,
was charged with having embezzl-d various sums of money,
the property of the parochial officers. The amount of the
defalcations, as at present ascertained, is about 1,1001., and
although they havr been accumulating fur 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 last tour or five months, when, pleading

illness, he resigned his situation. Shortly after hisresigna-
tion, he was called upon to make up his accounts, when his
book showed a deficit of 4601., and the accused also acknow-
ledged that there was a further sum of 500/., 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 as, rtain corre, tly and recover the amount due to the pa-
rish, but while these were pending Welch left Birmingham,
but was accidentally seen entering his apartments in Norton-
street, New-road. Information haying been forwarded to
Birmingham, an inspec,or of police immediately came up to
London, 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.
TUMULT IN A CUURCIL—A letter from Jerusalem
says : " A deplorable scene occurred in the church of the
Holy Sepulchre, at Jerusalem, on Good Friday. The Latin
priests were engaged in the ceremonies of the day, and a
procession was pas-ing through the church of the Holy
Sepulchre, when a carpet happening to be placed in the part
of the Churcjt set aside for the use of the Greek schismatics.
gave rise to an extraordinary tumult. The Greeks insisted
that the carpet should be taken away, the Latins insisting
upon its remaining. An exchange of abusive words ensued,
which were speedily followed by blows. A tremendous
battle was the consequence, in which the wax candles were
upset, the candelabra destroyed, the banners pulled down.
and their poles turned into pikes for the use of the combat-
ants. A great number of persons were seriously hurt, and
some were killed; but at length the Pacha came with a
party of troops, and cleared the church of both parties. It.
was then found that not only had a great deal of damage.
been done to the church, but that some of the most valuable
and portable objects had been stolen by the pious and pugna-
cious pilgrims."
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 to 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 nothinp, 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 BAR.--A drunken afffrad has just taken place at
the fashintable watering-placecoornztattallVoltfilvern, Worcester-
shire, which has ended in the the parties
on the extraordinary charge of biting off anotheroneof
Thu circumstances of this affair are briefly as followma.anA37eawr.
nights ago Edward Thomas, Richard Burrow, William Bur.
row, William Pritchard, and others, were drinking at a beer-
house at Malvern, kept by a woman named Bough. Some
of the company had been quarrelling, and when they were
turned out at eleven o'clock, the two Burrows 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
them, and seeing Richard Burrow about, as lie thought, to
strike the landlady, he interfered, and pushed her away.
William Burrow immediatetooklyr him, and the blow was
quickly returned • a tight place, and both the parties
tell to the floor. 'While they were down Pritchard and Wil-
liam Burrow 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. Ile afterwards spat it
Thomasvvore .s
t ewas r
suffered
by
out of his mouth on the floor. The parted and shrivelled
by
his r
assailants a
member was produced at the examination before the
policeman.toget Afterp
when he fainted
from pain and loss of blood. William
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Burro
w has been committed for trial at Worcester on the
1 charge.