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London, England, 1845-11-28 00:00:00

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1. SUN OFFICE, Seven o'Clvekt

QUEEN'S BENCH.:-L—(THIS DAN.)
(Sittings at Niai Priue, before Lord DENntc,..4 and Common
Juries.)
COBB V. SAITILL
This Was an action by the proprietor of•the Theatre Royal '
Brighton, against the defendant, Whb was lessee for a period
of three years, and'lt sought to redo-vetzabdut 401. for alleged
breaches of certain covenants in the- lean. The lease was
dated in 1841, and expired 13th April,. 1844; at a yearly rent
of 400 L, and the breathe complained of was neglect in keep-
ing the theatre itself, and. the properties belonging to it, in
proper and sufficient repair,. as covenanted in the lease.
Counsel for the defendant maintained that he gave up-the
theatre and Properties in a much better condition than he
had received them in, having expended a considerable sum
out of his own pOcket in repairs 'and 'embellishments.
A great dumber of witnesses were 6xanifned:on both sides
as to this point, but the evidence' wateit'mOst contradictory
character.
His Loansuir having summed up,
The jury returned a verdict forthe defendant.

THE LONDON. GAZETTE.

(THIS EVENING.)

THE BORNEO PIRATES.
ADMILALTY, Nov. 27, 1845.
Dispatches have been received at this office from Rear-
Admiral Sir Thomas Cochrane, C. 8., Cemmander-in-Chief of
her Majesty's ships and vessels on the East India, station, of
which the following are copies or extracts :
Agincnurt, off Pulo Luboan, Coast of
Borneo, 13th August, 1845. ,
Sir,—l arrived off the river Brune (Borneo Proper) on the
6th instant.
If their Lordships will be good enough to refer to a para-
graph towards the conclusion of the memorandum addressed
to me by Mr. Brooke, under date the 3d July, 1845, they
will find a statement of two natives of India haying been
detained as slaves in the capital itself for two years, continu-
ing under captivity in the presence of the British men-of-
war, and from which slavery they made their escape on
board the Honourable East India Company's steam-vessel
Phlegethon on her last visit there, only a few weeks since.
t7nder such a glaring disregard of the understanding en-
tered into with the Sultan in respect of slavery, I felt, in
conjunction with Mr. Brooke, that it would not be right to
permit thictransaction to pass without, in the first instance,
holding the Sultan responsible for it, and Paugerau Beduru-
deen having stated that Paugerau -1.160 p was the real of-
fender, everything should be kept quiet 'until my arrival at
the capital ; on the following day. I went with the steamers
visit this singular: capital—or what is, called city—being a
miserable collection of bamboo houses, elevated upon piles,
surroUnded by water, except at low tide, when under many
of theni you perceive the bare mud; the poverty of the
'buildings -being singularly and ine:xplicably contrasted with
the manners; dresses, and deportment of the higher orders.
• I visited the Sultan with all due ceremony, and, by pre-'
► Nious understanding with the Raja Muds I-lassien and his
brother Bedurudeen, the visit was entirely complimentary,
7. but after my departure on the same evening, and following
morning, Mr. Brooke had..several meetings with those per-
sons. ;The sllltell stated .he was quite ready to punish
:pagerrat Usop if T would afford my assistance in accomplish-
) • , it.. itapp.eared that ,I,Ts?p (I suppose from conscious
110 concluded beFas tfie ohject sought, and had, on' the
"i oY my visit, told"the" Sultan if called on to answer
' the Score ofpirao, he would 'defend himself to the last.
In answer-10 tny'adilress to the' Sultan; I received the ac-
companying documents• (Nos: 2 and- 3), one calling for as-,
sistance, the other fur personal protection; p. subaltern's
guard was aceOrdinglykeric to the Sultan's residence; and
it was settled, tkrmigh Mr.:lgOtke, that the sultan should
call on T.IsoP to,present himself before him, unarmed, to an-
swer for his conduct, anal if lie,,;(lld, not do so:, his residence
was to'be• attacked. - '
The Ailtan't• commands were accordingly conveyed to
rn, • *hid). not raving been repligcl`th 'within ,aigiven -time,
nshot ,wati"riTeerevii his hOush, to.volfleh he promptly re-
: plied WA se*e froth his battery, 'when afire in earnest-was
IL...opened uponthiin4 quid-iis a few,minutes"sent him and all 'his
adherents of 6 to the woods, and the marines landed and took
,„ posses.sielit of •bis house, whare4 among other things, twenty
handsome brass guns, of .various calibre, were found, and
ape hunfli•ed and fifty half harTela of gunpowder.
Thp"glina the *uitan.Te9n9iteljpe to keep; but reserving
4. 'two of sfiralleat;,for thetrirs of sale, to produce funds
turd two • Ve (nor serving on board the
Pfnio) for' their flitir',ye'ars°CaptYiiitt I sent the, remainder to
r rttheSdltaii, 'With leinesdnge, throkik 'Mr. Brooke, to say, that
pie travel accepted Any re•tilanerati6llll far the 'protection of
. friends-who -weft disposed-faithfully,to carry-out tke eng4ge.'
silents they had entered into.,
L., t. Ileatn,frosn Brooke, ,wholas been in conuntniic4On.
. Unda sinus
„lals„properpy, that the.,occurrenee' has
gjv en great confi,depc,to the lull-dissed party, and that
it Will- equellY,ldepreis rgOp',3 adherents the„ town, of'
•Iphoralteri were nota few,; and Ilook !or a double result
pnbishment, naively, that'White it assures the
timarefficrrerriment of at tiroper srt; 'they will eqnally.
'perceive theirod'ishat habesnYeti th.l should they be found
twanting in their,owneoncloct.—l.tiave, &c.
T. COCHRANE, Rear-Admiral and-Commander-in-Chief
To the.Seoretary of the Admiralty, London.

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Agincourt,- '' ' fat, 84 "
at Sea, in eg. 14 min. N. lout., 116 deg.
•• -•.-- •• 43 min., E., Aug. 2V,1845.- 1
Sir,—Following out the intentions referred to in my dis-
patch from Lobos" (No. 14),:0f= the 13tH August, I left that
anchorage on the 15th instant, and reached the northern end
, .of•-Borneo on the 17th. • " •
- --Having beard-from various sources that Serif Housman
had, for tha last twelvemonth, been making preparations
against a probable attack, that he had strongly' fortified one
of the branghei of a river in' ldalloodoo Bay, and was of a
character, and supported by rmiiiite adherents not likely
to yield without a' sharps lit ale, rinacje correspond-
' ' ing arrangement§ fel' attack; and having anchored the
-Agincourt and frigates in a safe' position, in the hitherto
Ifttleknown fine bay of 1/nllo6c-too, I hoiSted my flag on
• board the ViXon steam sloop; and, attended by the Cruizer
•• . • and' Wetverine'brigs, and the Honourable EaSt :India Com-.
patty,s steam vessels Pinto acid 'Nemesis, proceeded to the
'head of the bay, carrying deep water until within a couple
of miles of the river's mouth, When, the Vixen and 'brigs
were obliged to anchof.„'and, not. fu within theta the Plato,
drawingonlysii feet, gl•ounded. on the bar. 1 - .
' ' It being hOpeles's to ittteMPt. to rtiAke'a further progress in.
these small vessels, I directed '.Captain Tilbot; assisted by
"Aeting 'Captain lyster; arid' COmminidera Fanshawe laid
Clifforid; t 6 takd Command of the --grin and ether boats of the'
• Ocinadrefi, tilled with Was Many' marines and smalli arm men as
, -- they could with propriety carry, arid proceed up that branch of
, .the 'Malloodoo, Stated by the pilots to be in the ohctrpation of
,Seriffllonsmanl and should their statements proVe correct, to
ascertain, as far as possible, the strength of- his position ' and
amount of force;
,either at tacking the
.Seriff on lie refuLl,to
surrender, should hp feel equal to Xhe epterpriza, or falling
back to some suitable position, Whilee Commuaicated with,
jnii me ip the event.of
.net.COli b
idering hi4'force nfficient to
guarantee his success.
• •TheaciPompany.iiig letter ands report from C tain Talbot
- will convey to their Lordships a gratifying 'nag tion of his
, success, and provethesountineas of my indgmen in selecting
this officer for the important duty'-confided to' hi ,
Their Lordihips will net fail to-unite with ein deep
. regret attbe heavy loss we have incurred; b when- the:
great Strength_ of the position is 'relined 'to,: d that :the.
force was for one hour exposed' to- the steadily sustained fire
• of eleven heavy gunt,• within little more than 2po .yards of
' - our own • position; it is' rather' astonishing than_ otherwise, .
and a source 'of thankfulness, the casualties. ware not more
'Their-Lordships.will -not fail to ndike the valorous eon-
, duct of Acting Captain Lyster. and those immed tely. under
• . 'him, upon this occasion; who, undaunted byte, tire with
1
i which they were assailed, steadily Worked at 'a ;remarkably
;•-iwell constructed boom for above an hour befo he could
effect an opening, and in the success 'of whoie exer one mainly
depended the advance of the force. who, in igno ante
... e of any
if
other mannerof approaching the forts than by thcriver, could
not he . brought . forwat d . until this object as accom-
plished; and while I .feel.persuaded their Lords ips will be
....
/
. fully ali,vato such Ineritorieus'conduct, I deeply ament that
death has removed •from Anil,' Lordships' power of reward.
that' promisincyoung officer Mr. - Leonard Gibbaird,. mate of
r. • the Wolverine, 'whO bravey- worked by Captiin Lyster's
... side;' the wound he received -on-that occasion flaying, tin-
.. ,fortuoately for biscountry,and, his, friends, proved fatal on
.::the following. day..-'.' 1 •
~ • I-sent up the same evening a small detachment of gun- boats,
under Commander Gifford, ter burn-such prahnes and boats ,
'• and pat& Of-the-forts 'or town; as might have , remained
not completely destroyed, 'and to render unserviceable any
Won guns, and to 'bring. down with, him any! brasserd•
nance that might.be there. ', , „; i . . .
1 :rye° .or _three zhiacs-are kticrwn to have fallen ton the, pre-
" sentioezasion, end there is every rezeon to believe that Seriff
'lons:nor,. -so formidable 'to' ail -the• neighbouring:;country,
and whose. =lone was worthy of a better cause is among
• '1 tbe • number ,slain-;- at ' least I. have certain information
that he was-carried off' badly I%:eluded ; but whether
.. de:ad 'or living, I Consider his influence fa) be en-
tirely annihilated, and his confederacy with . various
piratical chiefs in_the Archipelago broken up, for his poWef
-- as much. depended. upon his beingi4he encourager, of other
piratical tribes, and 'their sapplier-Witti 'gni:ids-in exchange
for stares;wiriistize force naturally at his command.' I
.May
add: that, among many other articles of European work Man-
- ship,a bell belonging to ship Guilbeten LudWig,, of Bre-
: • avert, wits found In the town. This v'es'sel was rpposed to
have 'been 'Wrecked 'on the Garsi bias,'about cMber or
November-Fast; but nothitighas been heard of.the crew.
•- • ' ' • - I have; &c. - . . ' • 1 . '
THOS.'COCIIItk.NE, 'RearJAdmiral,
"Ceennatider-in-Chief.
To the Secretary of the' Admiralty,, London.
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',t Itije4ty's steam-vessel Vixen, Maloodoo Bay, Aug. 9.0.
Sir;--4 have to report the proceedings of the expedition
you did ma the honour to place under my commancl.
Your Excellency's flag having been:hying on board the
d# Vixen, you are aware of its progress to the anchorage at the
• head of the Maloodoa Bay ; I commence, therefore, the details
from that period.- #
The force, consisting of live hundred and thirty Seamen and
marines (the details of which 1 •annex), conveyed' in twenty-
four boats, of which nine were gun boats, left the Vixen at
3 pi.Nr.- on the 18th inst., and, after some little difficulty in
hitting on the channel, was anchored off the mciixth of the
Sonny-bisar, a little after sun-set. ' Here we were. joined by
• a boat from the Pluto, carrying Agincourt's field-Piece.
The tide serving, about eleven P.M., weighed, Mid, passing
within it; at daylight, on the 19th, we
.ylhe
• VoC bar, anchored
eeded up the river in two divisions ; after proceeding
about two Miles, I was informed hythe Brune pilots we were .
the lOwn, I therefore 'Went ahead With Captain
nearing On coming to an abrupt
Lystei, to.reconnoitte.turn in the
f endourselves suddenly
river, about three miles higher, we _
' in front of the, position, which Consisted o two' stockaded
forts, of eight aril three guns each, commanding the reach.
.
About two hundred yards below the forts was a boom across
the river, apparently well constructed. The forts appeared to
us testand ou a tangos of land, from which we were separated
. by the river, which at that point divided into twobranches, o
i
and the pilots declared such• to be the case; that turn-
ing to the right we observed was • still further defended by .a
floating battery. There appeared, therefore, to,be no means
of Carrying the position but by forcing the boom.
On rejoining the rfoce, arrangements were made for the
gun-hosts to advance to the boom, to cover the party ap-
pointed to cut through it, the remainder of the force to hold
'themselves to act when ordered. - We had approached the
boom fa within one hundred yards, when a flag of truce was
observed to be coming to•vards. :Conceiving the.object of the
enemywas merely to gain time, I sent back a message, "that
# unless Seriff Osman came to me in half an hour, I should
013e1,&e.7 Via' being conveyed to the fort, the flag re-
turned with" offer to admit me with two boats, that I
might,visit the &riff. I declined, and the flag retired : the
moment it was clear of the line of fire, the three-gun bat-
- terir;olietied, and the cannonade became general on both sides.
The boom was composed of two large-sided trees, each sup-,
, -porting a chain cable, equal to ten or twelve inches, firmly