The Sun.
London, England, 1859-08-03 00:00:00

TILE MASSACRE OF EUROPEANS IN

BORNEO.

The China Telegraph contains the following ac-
count of the massacre at Banjermassing, on the
south coast of Borneo, briefly mentioned in a tele-
gram on Saturday :

" It appears that for some time past great discon-
tent existed among the natives at the election of the
new Sultan, who was not the lineal descendant of
their late ruler, but had been adopted by him as a
son, and a conspiracy was formed to depose
him, unknown to the Dutch Resident, Count
Bentheim Fecklenburg Rheda. At the head of
the conspiracy was a certain Aling, a native of
Muning, who aspired to the sovereignty of Ban-
jermassing, calling himself in his proclamations
by the style and title of Radja Kuning. On the
breaking out of the conspiracy, a general massacre
of the Europeans was to take place. The flag of the
conspirators was unfurled on May 1, and the Euro-
pean workmen employed in the coal mines of Julia
Hermina, belonging to a joint-stock company, and
situated near Kalangan, were suddenly attacked,
overpowered, and brutally murdered, with the ex-
ception of two or three women, who managed to con-
, ceal themselves with their children. An attack was
then made on the establishment at Rangeran, but
the assailants had to draw off with some loss, hav-
ing met with a very warm reception. In other parts
of the island the massacre of the Europeans was
general and simultaneous. Amongst the unfortu-
nate victims of this brutal and wholesale murder are
five German missionaries (Messrs. Hammer, Rott,
Wiegand, Kind, and Hofmeister), with their wives
and children. The total number of Europeans mur-
dered and missing is between 70 and 80. Most pro-
videntially, Col. Andreson had arrived a few days
previously (April 28) with a detachment of 150 men
of the 9th battalion, to relieve Count Bentheim of
the civil government as resident, and to take the
military command of the station. This probably
preserved Tatus, the chief town of Banjermassing,
from a similar horrible fate ; but a party of 50 'men,
sent for the protection of Pan geran, were intercepted
by a strong band of rebels, and obliged to return.
Orders were immediately after despatched by the
resident to send over the other five companies of the
9th battalion, some artillery, and half a company of
Sappers, by the Dutch war-steamers Montrado and
Ardjuno, to Banjermassing, as a reinforcement and
protection. Later accounts had been received from
Pangeran, stating that the little band of Europeans
shauntguepratnh' ere were defending themselves most he-
roically, and had successfully withstood and driven
back the assailants ten different times. Great com-
plaints had been made against the government, or at
least against the resident, for not affording the work-
men of the coal mining company the protection pro-
mised by their charter, and the Governor-General
had ordered an official investigation to be made with
a view of ascertaining whether these charges had
any foundation. The following also were among
the victims of this cold-blooded outrage :—Mr.
Wijnmalen and family (except the three youngest
children), Mr. and Mrs. Motley and child (English),
Dr. Hinzenger, Messrs. Van Hercken, Eisenger,
and Brood,