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chung Bay. As the water was known to shoal in
the bay, commencing 'from the western. point of
Chu-100-cock island and running south and westerly
to a projecting point in Lantoa, the Eaglet was
ordered to go ahead sounding, until she got into
three fathoms, when she was to hoist No. 3 pen
nant. Having felt her way into the required sound-
ing, she ran on until she was in about eight feet of
water, which brought her within the ranee of five
heavily armed kinks, when she anchored, and at
once opened fire on them. In about five minutes
the junli a and five batterieS surrounding the bay re-
plied. After about a quarter of an hour's firing, H.
T. Ellis, master, in command of the Eaglet, got his
two boats out, hoping :that the Auckland's boats
would also be ready to shove - off in support of him.
Unfortunately the. Auckland had got aground and
was not prepared to send her boats, and the fire of
the junks on the two bOats was so hot,. the water.
being dashed in the men's faces by the grape and
round shot, to which the b: ate, having no guns,
could make no reply, that it was deemed best to
return and wait for the assistance of the boats of
the Auckland. After getting on board, the Eaglet
resumed her fire, as did the Auckland, the latter
:vessel firing over the Eaglet at the forts and junks.
The latter vessel was hit several times, but no lives
were lost. After three quarfers of an hour's firing,
the ammunition of the Eaglet gave out, and with
only a few rounds in her magazine the anchor was
hove up, and the boat ',tasked out, keeping up her
fi• e, to the. Anckland. The causeiot that steamer not
sending beats is then a.sciertaritadeolt e was ard and
Last aground. As, however, night was approach-
ing ,n 0 time was to be lost, the boats were got out
and manned. A pinnace, two cutters, and the gig
of the Auckland, and the gig and jolly boat of
the Eaglet, were taken in tow by the latter steamer,
which ag in ran in towards the town. The boats
were cast off and pulled towards the j tanks, which
kept up a very but fire, mortally wounding one,'
and two severely. The fire was replied to by the
boats until they were half-a-dozen lengths froth
the enemy ; a cheer from them then sent all the
Chinese out of their vessels, and not a soul remained
to oppose the boats taking posession. The junks ,
were found to be aground, and their starboard guns,
pointing to the land, were manned by the boats'
crews and turned on the forts: the town, and the
flying enemy. After a shore time the beats re-
manned, and pushed for the nearest fort is the west
of the town. Qa approaching, it was found to be
deserted ; the guns, thirty in number, ivere spiked,
and the house and sheds in the enclosure set fire to.
It was now so dark that it was thought imprudent
totike the men against tho other forts, which were
situated at about a mile distant. They therefore
embarked, and pulled for the junks, Which were Set
on fire. Although this was done with as much pre:-
caution as possible, that the boats might have.timb
to pull off before the magazinei exploded, it unfor-
tunately happened that the last fired had some
ready communication with the magazine, and as
Mr. Ellis and Lieutenant De Benin of the Auckland
were descending the side into their boats, after
having seen the junk well on fire, the magazine
exploded. The two officers were thrown. over the
boat some distance, and were picked up stunned
and slightly bruised ; the men in the boat also suf-
fered, three of them having been more or less
wounded. The beats and the Eaglet then ran out
to the Auckland, and the two steamers lay together
until the morning, when it was seen that the junks
were burnt down to the water's edge. A boat came
off early it, the morning with a peace offering of two
bullocks and some pigs, and a letter fro n the elders,
begging the men of war to spare their town. As
the admiral had ordered that the steamers should
be back in Hong Kong the previctus evening, it
was thought best that the Eaglet should return at
once to take in ,coal and ammunition, and send
some assistance to get the Auckland off.
Having taken Mr. Caldwell onboard, the Eaglet
started for Hong Kong. In the Cup-suy-moon a
large boat filled with risen and heavily armed was
observed at anchor. Mr. Caldwell pronounced her
to be a passage boat, which it was unnecessary to
meddle with. As the Eaglet passed down the har-
bour with the Chinese admira: s flag flying at the
fore, she was lustily cheered by the merchant
vessels.:_
Having reported the state of affair 3 to the ad-
miral, ho resolved, to send the Niger to get the,
Auckland off, but with instructions to leave Toots-
chung alone, as no danger was to be apprehended
from that place after the destruction of the fleet.
The Niger got under weigh about one o'cloak, and,
steaming throng!). the Throat Gatee, met the Ansel-
laud coming in ; she then saw the boat under sad
which the Eaglet had pas.ed that morning ; it was
hailed by the Chinese pilot to lower her sails and
heave to. No reply being given, a few musket shots
were fired at it with as little &eat. I On this a gun
was fired through the boat, which heal the effect of
bringing is to, when it was found that one man had
been killed (cut in two by the shot) and 3 wounded.
After the latter were examined by the surgeon of the
Niger they were returned on board. Toe boat was
found to be what we have already stated—a ",pas-
senger boat.' From the Calcutta the two steamers
were at once despatched to.pick up a poi'tiou of the
pirate fleet, which it had been discovered were oA
the other tide of Chitag-yue, better knoWn as
" Pirates' Island," the next island to Stol'secutter,
The Auckland went round to the west and the
Niger .0 the east of the island, and. bet ween them
they hemmed in eight junks. The Auckland seems
to have at once gone at them, • and the crews of
three junks took to the land, where they were fol-
lowed by the small armed men, who killed and
wounded several, and took a prisoner.. The s une
dodge was tried on by the other boats with the
Niger as was done with Commodore Armstrong, a
Chinese coming on board dressed up in great style
to say that the junks were rebels. Mr. Caldwell,
who was on board, was not Commodore Armstrong,
and the Chinese commander was informed he was
a prisoner as a pirate.
As before stated, the Gaol brigade behaved with
great courage, and therefore deserve some remis-
sion 'of their sentences. The following are the
casualties •

Killed—Peter Aleman, 0. S.
Save! ely wounded—W. Harrison, A.B. ; J. Sul.
livan, 0, S.

Slightly wounded—Lieut. ; D. Johnson,
A. B. ; H. Smith, A. B. ; P. Sykes' 0. S.
Thy above belong to the Auckland ; 'in addition,
Mr. T. H. Ellis, commanding E %let, was slightly
wounded when blown from the junk.
The storehouse of Mr. Eluddell, the government
controctor, has been burnt down, with the destruc-
tion of some 700 barrels of flour, a particularly in-
convenient circumstance at the present time, and
entailing a most serious loss upon that gentleman.
A guard after the fire was placed over the ruins,
which we believe had been refused previous to the
catastrophe ; Mr. Duddell wisely thinking that, as
purveyor of bread to the troops., &c., and in the face
of th© poisoning case, be was entitled to some pro-
tection from her; Majesty's authorities.

SEIZURE OF THE STEAMER, QUEEN. AND
MURDER OF SEVERAL PASSENGERS.•
(From the China 11101, of Feb. 26.)
Another river steamer, the Queen, has fallen a
prey to the Chinese passengers and crew, through
the culpable negligence of the owners and captain
—the former in not having her properly manned
and officered, the latter in not adopting theineces-
sary precautions against such an occurrence. The
captain has, indeed, paid the penalty with his life,
but at the same time has sacrificed as well the lives,
of his passengers, and a valuable cargo entrusted to
his care. There is no doubt whatever that a very
little caution would have prevented the catastrophe,
for at the time the Queen was brought back by the
Willamette, a -Week 'or two ago, and since, Captain
Wynn has been warned of the danger impending
over him, and that there could be no doubt what-
ever of complicity on the part of his crew in a pro-
jected attempt to take the steamer.
The Queen left this harbour for Macao on Mon-
day at noon, and had arrived by 3 o'clock off the
south-west end of Tai-yu-shan (Lantao), when Cap-
tain Wynn, with his engineer, and Mr. Weir, also an
engineer, sat down to dinner, Mr. Osmond Cleverly,
a passenger, being likewise iu the cabin. The upper
deck was deserted except by the steersman, and the
armschest kept there was consequentlyat the disposal
of the Chinese, who did not fail to avail themselves
of its contents. What became of the steersman is
not known, but the steamer's gangway gun was
turned aft, and, with the muskets, was discharged
into the cabin. Mr. Cleverly has his thighbone
fractured by a grapeshot ; but though then se-
verely wounded, he was not entirely disabled, so
that with his revolver he/managed to shoot two of
his assailants ; then, having bound up his leg, be
threw a chair overboard, and took to the water,
supporting himself upon the chair until picked up
by a lorcha close by, and in which he was taken to
Macao.

The following note by a correspondent gives a

pretty full, a,nd, wa believe, accurate account of the
affair

On Monday, the 231,.aa the Queen, steamer, was on
her way from hence to Macao, and when the ,fficers and,
European passengers were at tffin, the Chinese passen-
gers, with the crew, amounting in all to about thirty-
five, turned one of the cannon placed in the gangway
into the cabin door and fired its contents (grapeshot)
among he Europeans there, consisting of the captain
and engineer ; Mr. Cleverly, late marine surveyor of
Whampoa and Canton ; Mr. Weir, late chief engineer
to the. Sir Charles Forbes ; and also two or three Portu•
guese with their wives. The captain received a blow on
the head, and immediately jumped overboard. His fate
is unknown. The two engineers would not fi4ht, and
were killed by the Chinamen ; the Portuguese hid them-
selves under tte table. Mr. Cleverly's escap-, and the
indomitable courage and perseyerance he displayed, is
almost beyond ttlief. His thigh-bone was broken by a
grapeshot from the first discharge of the cannon ; not-
withstanding which he kept the whole band of savages
at bay with a revolver for about twenty minutes, and
shot two or three of them when they tried to enter the
after cabin, where he was. When he had no further
Means of resistance he threw a bamboo chair from the
cabin window, stripped off his clothes, and jumped into
the water, where be remained for an hour-and-a-half, and
was picked up a loreha bound to Macao, to which pl,ce
he was taken ; and though he may probably lose his leg,
it is hoped his life will be saved.
The Spanish steamer Magallanes left Macao about 7
or 8 o'clonk the following morning, in search of the un-
fortunate Queen. She took a peep into Cutu-sing-moon,
and a turn round the north end ef Lantan, and returned
to Macao shout three o'clock without having seen any-
thing. Not likely that she would ; but I suppose the
officers had to be bank in time for the evening's mas-
quera,le, and therefore could not spare leisure for a
further search. It is to be hoped that the Aucklind's
search will bo more fortunate. She has not returned
yet, havibg been absent,nor ,two,days.
The Queen. had on board about 120 chests of
opium, besides other cargo ; 37 chests more wore
to have been sent froin the John Adams, but. the
delivery order reached. Captain Roper so late, that
by the time the opium was put into the boat the
Queen was under weigh. The steamer has been
taken to Chun-Chum), and .is there at anchor,
surrounded by a fleet of fifty-seven mandarin juoks ;
her female passengers were 'reported to be alive
and well.
Several respectable Chinese were also passengers
in her, and the rumour of some of A-Bun's people
being concerned in the capture is entirely imagi-
nary—at all events. the most energetic inquiries on
the subject have been unable, to trace the origin of

the report. .
P.S. As we, are going to pros:, a note from a
friend ia Macao has reached us. It is as fol-
lows

Mr. Cleverly i 3 getting along favourably thus far, and
there is hope that he will not have to submit to ampu-
tation. He was sitting alone on the upper deck,,while
the other passengers, all the Portuguese, were at dinner,
when a Chinese passenger came np and asked him why
he did not also go down to dinner, and recommended
him to do so. Soon after he went towards the cabin,
at which time there was not an officer of the vessel any-
where on deck. Twelve or fifteen first-class Chinese
passengers had come on boarl at starting, and there
were several other natives, over none of whom was there
the least supervision, nor was a cautionary gusri placed
from the time of starting. The loaded muskets were in
the chest on the upper deck, and were all seized by the
Chinese, who then descended near the wheel-house, and
began to drive the others aft. They also fired Irons the
above into the cabin, where the captain and passengers
were at table, while some remained on the top, and kept
every passage forward closed. Captain Wyn❑ and Mr.
Cleverly; stood near the door, and the latter shot two
Chinese.

The captain was wounded.in the bead and jumped
overboard, followed by Mr. Cleverly, whose thigh-bone
bad been shattered by a ball—both of them convinced
that further resistance to the Chinese was useless. Three
others were also then in the ;cater, the steamer being
near the south-western end of Latium. After remaining
about two hours in the water, Mr. Cleverly managed to
attract the notice of the crew of a lorcha, who lowered a
boat and picked him up, and on reaching the lorcha,
hoisted the boat up to the davits, from which position he
managed t 1 haul himself over the taffrail and get do en
into the.cabin, suffering great pain from his wound all
the time. When he was picked up, he saw nothing cf
Captain Wynn or of the Chinese who had jumped over-
board ; some of them may have reached laud. The cap-
tain and mate of the lorcha treated him kindly, and he
reached Macao about 7 p.m. ; and in less than 3 hours
after the rescue was carried up to his own house.
The Queen had 150 (1120) chests of opium on board,
and it is reported that a passenger recently arrived from
California had a quantity of gold dust with him. Ido
n6t learn how many, Chinese passengera.were on board
besides the scoundrels, but with them it is supposed the
firemen were in league to get the property. There was
the most culpable carelessness, I am told, own to !ear-
mg the gun-chest unlocked, whiie the guns inside were
loaded and the caps on.
The Queen was seen passing north of Cum-sing-moon,
bound westerly, and has prJbably gAthe to Kaukong or
Fatshan, but-no further tidings have been heard of her.

COLLISION BETWEEN THE CHINESE
AND RUSSIANS.
(From the China Mail)
The Peking Gazette of the 22d November last
contains a notice of collision between the Russians
of Omsk.and the people of Tarbwb ratai, or Tashtava,
th 9 most distant portion of tie Chinese empire in
contact with the Siberian frontier.
The large pzovince of Ili, at the east ern extremity
of what the maps call Independent Tartary, is
divided into two parts, Ili Proper, to the south,
and Tarhagata;, to theinOrth. Thu latter is the

country of portions of the three tribes of flassack
Eluth, and Chahar, and also of certain Chinese
descendants of some hundreds of fainilies carried
thither in the middle of last century to form a mi-
litary colony.
From a memorial of Chalafantai, the Chinese
resident Minister, published in the above-men-
tioned Gazette, it would appear that the Russians
(throughout styled barbarians) have frequently had
occa, stun to drive back the:r neighbours, who per-
sist in crossing the frontier to dig fur gold. This
has produced discontent, and some Chinese and
Mahometans, so trelfted, avenged themsAves by
firing a Russian barn, or warehouse, one or
more buildings. On being seized by the Chinese
authorities, they defended themselves by a
counter allegation of murder against the Rus-
sians. This was found to be without any pr. of,
and they were sentenced, principals and acces-
sories, to what the Resident insists was a sufficient •
punishment. His decision had, however, been
revised at Peking, the Superior Courts assuming,
from the evidence, that the delinquents had berned
dwelling-houses as well as magazines. His memo-
rial is to disprove this, and to defend the orieinal
sentence, on the ground that it imposes a penalty
legally commensurate with the offence, no intent
being proved to do bodily harm ; also that it serves
the two great ends of maintaining the dignity of the
state and assuring the peace of the frontier. He
lays stress withal on the fact that when the barba-
rian (Russian) commissioner came to Ili, in 1851,
" to discuss regulations of trade," he, the commis-
sioner, peremptorily refused his consent to a pro-
position that life should be given for life, in case a
Chinese were killed by a Russian.
The Resident's station at Sui-t sing, otherwise
Tuguchuck or Tarbagati, is perhaps 2,000 miles
from Pekin. His report was sent off on the 19th
May, and on the 10th July, that is in. 58 days, a
note from the Great Council reached him, to the
effect that the Emperor would further signify his
pleasure concerning the • case. The Board of
Punishments' minute eventually arrived on•the
20th September.

THE SLAUGHTERsAT SciRA.WAK.
(From the Straits Times of March 21.)
On Tuesday last we issued an Extra giving an
outline of the recent outrages committed by the'
Chinese at Sarawak, particulars of which were
brought from that place by the schooner Good Luck,
which sailed on the 21st ultimo and arrived on the
10th instant. Although rumours ha'i been current
that the Kungsi contemplated resisting the authority
of the local government, the latter appear to have
treated the matter with indifference. Suddenly how-
'ever, a large body numberinc, about 200 Chinese,
came down the river, on and before the 17th Febru-
ary, and atmidnight commenced a most determined
at tack o n the Government people and property. They
first secured posiession of the two fort, one below
and the other above the town of Kuchin (the seat of
Rajah Brooke's authority), which ,were only gar-
risoned. by 12 men, and having furnished' them-
selves with all the arms and amunition in the forts,
they proceeded to the work of destruction upon
which th'iy had ventured. This was at midnight,
when all were asleep. One party made an attack
on the residence of Sir James Brooke,
whilst the
remainder assaulted the houses of Mr. Crook hank,
the magistrate, and Mr. Middleton, also aGove,rn-
ment official. For some days previous Sir James
Brooke was unwell, and was about to proceed to
Simunjang, on the Sadong river (the seat of the
Borneo Company's operations), for change of air.
On the. night in question his servant was sleeping
in an adjoining room, and under the same roof wai
residing a young and very promising gentleman,
named Nicolets, who had joined the RLI,) a WS circle
as a guest within the last 12 months. The surprise
and co/lA=4ton was so great, and the measures

' of the attacking party so well organised,
,that all
communitatien between the different European
members of the community was irepwsible. While
the Chinese aet Icked the front of the house, Sir J.
Brooke succeeded in effecting an extraordinary
escape ; be passed clown the bath-room and swam
across a creek near his house, by which means he
succeeded in gaining the Malay village ; thither alSo
others of the European residents happily reached
sheitly afterwards. The assailant-I filed into Sir
J. Brooke's residence, killed Mr. Nicolets (whose
body was buried in the ruins), plundered the place
'of everything of value in their estimation, and
then set fire te the building, ruthlessly destroying
Sir James Brooke's excellent library and the
valualde collections of his whole life—a loss which
friend or foe muss equally regret. At the house
of Mr. Crookshank the assailants met with
a firm resistance, but that gentleman was over-
powered ; be defended his amiable and recently-
mairied lady wish the utmost gallantry. Mrs.
Crotdesbank was brutally wounded before his eyes,
end dragged away when he was no longer able to
defend her.. Trrrs. Crookahank was believed to have
been killed, hut happily next morning she was
found in' the jungle. Her wounded body was co-
vered with co';oA-nut leaves. She was removed to
the Mission-house, where, under the skilful treat-
ment of the Bishop, the Right Rev. Dr. McDou-
g-ill, she- was at the date of the latest advices doing
well. Mr. Crookshank, after passing the night in
the jungle, by some means reached the Mission-
house next morning in an almost insensible state.
The house of Mr. Middleton (also in ths service of
ISir J. Br :,olie) was attacked ; la,s house was fired,
and two of his children unhappily perished in the
'flames. Mr. Wellington, a metallurgist, in the
sterviee.-pf flee Below.Dwnpvl34A.lP..a,t,pf 24r.
Mid Wet on's was killed and his head cut off,fro.-
hably under the mistaken supposition that lie also
was in the service of the Sarawak government, as
the head was given up on the following day. The
government treasury was plundered of everything
it contained, which we regret to hear was consider-
able ; nearly every European had placed his money
there as the most secure place. About 10,000 dots.
belonging to the Borneo Company was carried off.
In the course of a few hours a large amount of go-
vernment property was destroyed.
Next clay the. Chinese Kungsi stated that they
had no hostile intentions against any one but per-
sons connected with the government ; indeed they
expresseda wish that Bishop M'Dougall and Messrs
Ruppell and Helms should act as their chieftains,
whilst they unreservedly declared their determi-
nation to destroy Sir James Brooke and every one
in his service. During the day negtotiaions were
opened with the Chinese, and it was arranged that
they should depart, unmolested by the Malays,
with the plunder they had obtained; at 4 p.m.
they started up the river in their boats.
The immediate cause of this frightful attempt to
destroy the whole of the Government European
authorities at Sarawak is stated to be the stringent
measures which Sir-Jas: Brooke has found"it expe-
dient to adopt to prevent ophim smuggling.% Some
heavy fines had been levied on the smuggler?, the
amount being paid
,by the Kungsi ; and latterly
seine of the offenders bad, been imprisoned. But
these seem scarcely sufficient to account for such
ruthless slaughter and destruction, not sparing age
or sex.

Sir Jas. BroOke is stated to regard the affair as
trifling and soon to be retrieved. The Government
gunboats and the Malays were iu eager pursuit of
the Chinese, and if the latter are overtaken the re-
tribution will doubtless be severe. The Malays
everywhere expressed their confidence in Sir Jas.
Brooke. The arrival of the steamer Sir James
Brooke, belonging to the Borneo Company, was
anxiously looked for, and as that vesiel left this on
the 21st ult., she would most likely reach Sarawak
on the 24th. The European ladies had, we hear,
quitted fur the mouth of the river, where they
would be safe under the protection of the Malays.
,on the arrival of the news here the Singapore
agents of Sir J. Brooke and the Borneo Company
lost no time in chartering the schooner Waterlily,
and loading her with arms arid ammunition, as also
some volunteers for service. The steamer Inflexi-
ble, which sailed for Hong Kong, took the Water-
lily and gunboat in tow, and we hear that the Star-
ling will look in at Sarawak, on her way to China.
Sir James Brooke, by latest advice, had departed
'for Simunjang, en the Sadong, . the • scene of the
Borneo Company's operations, and where a large
num.bez of coolits are employed, wiih the hope,
no doubt, 'that his presence would'proveut any ris-
iug on the part of the coolies in that quarter.
In our hurried Extra of Tuesday last we stated
that the Chin se authors of the above rad outraoas
were refugees from Sambas ; in this particular we
were in error. The Kungsi comprises the Chinese
settlers Sir James Brooke found at Sarawak on his
arrival there. The formidable character of these
Chinese is given in Mrindy's first volume, p. 289
et sequel., an I to resist their then demands Sir Jes.
Brooke(p. pal) says he was prepared to push the
aff dr to extremity " if they did not yield to the
terms demanded," whilst he prophetically observes,
" I look forward to future trouble in that quarter,
but by just government and fair trade they may be
brought to good temper, and at any rate the chances
ar3 we shalt strengthen in a greater proportion than
they will be able to do." The re-cent outrage has
clearly shown that the strengthening means have
been overlooked, with a fearful result too.
( Prom the Straits Times of March: 23.)
The British steamer Sir James Brooke, telonging
to the Borneo Company, arrived at Singapore yes-
terday (Sunday), having left Sarawak on the 19th
inst., by which opportunity we have received late
and important news, which we hasten to lay before
our readers. _ _ _

—Our laiest advices by the Steamer Good Luck
‘vere to the 20th Feb., at which date Sir James
Brooke had retired to Simunjang, on the Sadong
river, the head-quarters of the Borneo Company's
opeerations. Messrs. Crookshanlr, Crymble, Steel,'
and..Penty accompanied the Rajah to Simunjang ;
the object of the Rajah's visit to that quarter being,
as we now learn, to collect forces in the neighbour-
ing rivers, with the view of returning to Sarawak.
We previously 'announced that the Chinese Kungsi
people (the insurgents) had evacuated the town of
Kilobit), and retired up country, and that the Ma-
lays wore preparing to start in pursuit. We now
continue the narrative of events.

It appears that on Sunday, Feb. 22, Sir James
Brooke received intelligence of the retirement of
the Chinese, whereupon he returned from the
Sadong to the Sarawak river, but before he could
land the Chinese Kungi had a second time ventured
clown the river it great force (between 500 and 600),
and with feelings whetted, as it were, by their late
partial success, and yet chagrined at their fAilure to
overturn the Rajah's authority. The return of the
Chinese with so large a force somewhat surprised
the Rajah, and compelled him to retire or venture
a collision with an inadequate force. In the mean-
time) the Kungsi people availed themselves of the
time to commit further depredations on the Govern-
ment proper y. It now became apparent that most
extensive means were needed to suppress the ad-
vance of the Kungsi people, whose object appeared
to be to secure for themselves the entire paramount
authority, alike indifferent to brute force, base
treachery, or the vilest measures. Under these cir-
cumstances Sir J. Brooke proceeded to Linga, to
secure the co-operation of the cnief and the people
of that district, but on his way the steamer Sir
James Brooke, from Singapore, hove in sight most
timeously ; her arrival was not merely opportune,
but the site of her anchorage formed the base of all
subsequent operations. Sir J. Brooke and his party
at once proceeded in the steamer to Kuchin, and.
soon succeeded in driving the miscreants out of
the town. On inquiry and search it was found that
the Datoo Bandar was defending elf against the
Chinese, amid a cluster of prahu,. The Datoo suc-
ceeded in recapturing nine sampans (boat,) and one
of the Government prahu* (vessels) containing
stores, gunpowder, and opium, &O.
The body, or main force of the Chinese, driven
from the town, were finally either cut off by the
Dyaks, or were starved in the jungle. At the outset
about 100 ,of the Chinese were killed. The warfare
assumed a mode of irregular attack. The Dyaks
were let loose, who from a large circuit, ba'tue-like,
drove the Chinese into their fastnesses, accompanieel
by great loss to the retreaters, where they were
hemmed in ; in other words, there took place a kind
of guerilla warfare of the most harassing character,
grievously thinning the number of the rebels. Still
the Chinese were undaunted; from tbeir stronghold
they ventured an•attack in five prahus, and com-
menced ravaging the banks of the river. This was
on the 9th March. The Datoo Bandar was sta-
tioned in a single prahu at Tangah Lidah (the
junction of two rivers), about 15 miles above Ku-
chin ; meeting theleKungsi in their boats, the Datoo,
in his single prahu, offered battle, which the Kungsi
declined. Thinking this to be an excellent site, the
Kungsi lauded, and constructed a stockade, which
they armed with four guns, and garrisoned by about
250 men with musket., &c. Believing themselves
to be secure, the Chinese very foolishly nieglected to
secure their boats, which were captured by their
opponents. Leaving his' war prahu near the stock-
ade, the Date° chivalroudy proceeded to Kuchin in