The Express. — 1847-09-27 (London, England)

SINGAPORE, A.llO. 6. Tho governor, Colonel Butterworth, C. 8., still sojourns at Penang, bat will return to this settlement with the new recorder, Sir Christopher Rawlinson. The state of the criminal gaol here is truly shocking ; many prisoners (chiefly for trifling cues) have been confined from December  last, awaiting trial. Sir William Norris, the late recorder, no sooner Is, and • successor was appointed, than he went home, leaving the gaol crowded, instead of holding a seldom before his departure. There are now more than ltd prisoners awaiting trial, some of whom will h tva suffered eight months' imprisonment before the criminal seukma commence. Within the last few days the researches of the police have been crowned with SUOMI in treeing old the lair of a hordeaseage roe% who carried ctk 0. Piracy, murder, and destruction, that, bat fof prompt checking, would have threatened the safety of every inhabitant of the country. The scene of operations was beyond the island, chiefly in the territories of the Dutch in the vicinity of Rhio, fit the &e. At these latter places the members of the rival Huey), or Chinese secret so icties, used to kidnap or murder each other. At the head of this coated., ration was a Chinese named Nio Yang Kwan, an old offender but wealthy man' who defrauded his creditors at Rhin, de. camped, and purchased several large plantations at Singapore. About four years ago this Nio Yang Kwan committed an offence against the excise laws, and a party of police were sent to apprehend him; this party was fired a*, and made their escape with the exception of one peon, who was taken, secured to a tree, and there left to perish. A large number of police surprised the Chinese confederates, and released the peon, who had been four days without food in the manner described. Having recently received information of their doings, a party of police was sent under the direction of Mr. Simonides, a police coatable, which succeeded in penetrating the jungle to the month of the &late river, to the residence of Nio Yang Kwan. The police surrounded his dwelling. Mr. Simonides under pretexce of asking to light a cheroot, entered and seized Sio Yang Kwan, threatening at the same time that if any signal was given, he, the constable, would shoot hi, captive dead. In tho ltoneo was found an immense number of gans, muskets, pikes, poles and shields, which were takes with their prisoner to the police office. Six prahns were observed in the river laden with munitions of war.  Captain Grey had contracted with a Mr. Miles to supply 200 tons of coal from the seam near the point. The mel was duly delivered in a short time. The quality and value of the coal will be best estimated from the official vport or the commander of the Hon. Company's steamer Nemesis, who rods: " I have no hesitation in stating that the coal received at Labnan is equal to any English coal I have seen, and decidedly better than any coal worked in India for steam purposes." Two wools lately left Singapore for Macassar, but from private letters it would appear this new emporium of trade was completely glutted with European manufactures by the Dutch Company at Batavia. Thera was a great scarcity of money, and the place overrun with the Java Bank receipts.