The Sun. — 1850-07-13 (London, England)

PEEL. " Henry Wise, Esq., 34, Cornhill." He had waited in vain to obtain the dispatches under could hearths. understand which Captain Farquhar acted, and as fir as they had as yet any information, there was 2otbing to show that he had acted witnout orders. He held, that without any proof of acts of piracy, from 1,000 to 2,000 people had been destroyed; aid that not only on board their ' y prahus, but they had been followed up the rivers and h Sir, J. aßd r oboelseel withoutu owncou in the habit of carrying on these razzias upon en unil e d to n n death right e thatt their h e offending people since 1843, and he (Mr. Hume) felt bound to avail himself of every opportunity of r te t" p o s ing against such proceedings on the part of any representative of this country. If these prahus had interfered with our commerce, or alticked our vessels, he could understand that there might have been some justification for the course Sir J. Brooke had taken, but thus to follow up and destroy a people who were sound of fire-arms reflected anything but honour to this country. The Hon. Member concluded by • moving his amendment as above stated. Mr. COBDEN seconded the motion. Mr. PLO WDEN felt he should not discharge his public duty if he were deterred by private considerations from bringing before the House any information which his acquaintance with the Indian seas enabled him to furnish, and this he felt to be the more necessary when he recollected thet an honourable and gallant profession had been spoken of with extreme and entirely undeserved harshness, and that another distinguished individual had been charged with offences amounting to murder, although his exertions had been of the most praiseworthy character, full of patriotic zeal for the public service and of the noblest exertions to improve the commerce of England. Such a man must be regarded as a great public benefactor. He had himself, in the voyages which he made, frequently visited the Indian Archipelago, and he could of his own knowledge state that all those coasts were infested with pirates of the most sanguinary character. Nothing but the fear of European power restrained them from continued acts of the utmost enormity. Although the vessels in which he sailed were of that great size which rendered an attack of Bornean pirates not likely to succeed, they nevertheless found it necessary to maintain a constant watch during the whole of that which had, owing to those pirates, beets rendered a most intricate and dangerous navigation. If by any accident a vessel struck upon a coral reef, she was immediately attacked, and such would always be the case so long as .those men were allowed to exist. As to the conduct of Sir James .Brooke, he must say that nothing could be more inconsistent with the character for humanity which he had always borne than to suppose that he had sanctioned any acts of cruelty whatever. There were several papers before the House which showed clearly that these Dyaks were guilty of the most enormous cruelties, and if any further proof of this were required he might call their attention to observations and statements upon this subj-ct which appeared in a journal called the Frieridof where the writer complained of the proceedings of the Abarigines Protection Society, the members of which had endeavoured to get up an outcry against Sir James Brooke on account of the well-merited chastisement which he infixed on pirates, who, is allowed to continue their depredations, would soon put an end to the peaceful pursuits of industry. The Friend of Lelia further proceeded to say, that it was necessary for England to teach that pirivical community a lesson which neither they nor their descendants would readily forgot. The English were the paramount naval power in the east, and the commerce of that district looked to us for protection. England maintained the maritime police of those was; a distinguished individual had greatly contributed to the success of that police, and now, instead of crowning him with a wreath of honour, they were threatening him with a prosecution. If civilization and commerce were to be extended and promoted in the eastern seas, the best mode of effecting these objects would be by putting down with a strung arm the piratical tribes who infested those seas.—(llear, hear.) Away, then, with the sentimenta • lity which was enlisting the mind and feelings of Englishmen against individuals who, in the discharge sof a stern ann painful)