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trinlsang is unputhoristil, and that Tottr arrangenirsia are
Go declared mill :Ind VOlll.
" I expel-vital the Go t of Batavia will, at ant arty
le riod, receive ioistruct • trilbilrawr from Paigtoihrtiez, at
All events, an unonedia es will he nhiste to his Ma.
iesty's Mooistts. on ilie,sihret, and it it ill be fur the con-
sideration of the Authorities at Muse to deride in liii,r far
the ineasiises pursued byyou shaky the title on whit It Banca
sod% cedrito the King of the Netherlands.
" Until the affairs of Palembang are satisfactorily arianz.
ti:, I•sliall retain ihesettle meta of Pailittrz, on this con.t.
f Ihpir the honour to he, he.
(S,Kliell) "T.S. RA 1.11.1:t.
" roil Marti's' 4 24th June, 181$. '
" rS. I itotrus , t this letter to Captain Allniotol, who is
elotigeil with a sPcial Iniesion from to. to the Court of Pa-
lenthen;;, and I Ore to request you will respect bun and his
suite accot,lingi)?

In cons qiience:Of the state of altairs dine ensainssuiraleel
to Captain lahnolid,•nd the iiit•irmation be obtained us his
route, lie deemed it advisable to proceed wittiest the eacurt
which had are ))))) tv.uiled him over the hill,, end to direct
that the party vhoirld not follow until orders were received
finis him, a retention taken Ly Captain galainwl, is order
to prevent the possibility of disturbance, or the tuisieterpre.
tation of his views, which, under the Change which had urli. n
place, were simply to deliver my letter, and to ascertain the
sentiments of the %than.

On the 21 instant • dispatet, of which the following is
an extract, was received from Curtain Salmuntl :
" I have the honour to inform you, that myself and stilly
arrived at Palembang shoot eight ts, m. ott the 70th just:mt.
and were received by his flightless the Snltait Aelnio
Mejeandia. who COlifilleteit et to 11111. small Foul or Palace
lately occupied by the Ex•Sultsu, whirrs was giten as for our
Scrormotlntion.

" His FliOncits immediately catered into ihe engagements
w hick you had Flietrroteri, with roach pleasure (and on 'dm+
I shutl further cam 1111 l nicate with you on my arrival at Fort
kl.telburunigh, as I am necessitated to close this triter its
h:sstel, mud as • proof of his alliance with the Csiiish Go-
',raiment, immediately hoisted the (Juices Jack to the walla
of the Fort.

" la the afternoon 1 received a visit from Captain baker,
of his Netherland• Majesty's frigate at aiirlior to ibis post,
siteompanied by Captain Yarider W”k, of the engineers
who brought a letter from Mr. bluntinglie, to which an on.
meshate sassier was estivate-A ; hat as the subject uf it ie.
paired some deliberation, the want of reel stride we bad
perierced some days l•nst, made me
reply until next morning; it however contained there
peo-
positions to which 1 immediately gave a verbal negative
•newer, tbst
14. That after receiving a reply to the letter you ail-
dressed to him, I world immediately fit my departure fur
Reaen.,lta the same day.

•• 2(1. That uu my Irian, home, f would accept of a ntili-
tJra safeguard (rum toutstolr as far as the !smith of Brucoolt ts.

a 341. That I would immediately withdraw the British
culuois hoisted 011 the Sultau's Palace.

" Shortly after sunset in the evening, a norther of
the natives who were in the palace with as, informed me of
the circumstance of au armed party having surronude.l the
mime, and prevented farther impose or egress; and thi-y were
reprrientea to be the partisans of the En4altan and Rajah
:Cid., n, di, I imrardiately directed imptiry to be snide
nt ilw vast r ante by whose orders they were placer! there;
to whirls they feistiest, Munlinghe's, nod that they
would oppose any line that attempted to piss tlett I 'Owls
wrote to Mr. Mmalisighe on the subject, edit wss Wormed
in reply, that not having acceded Id the above-meat' I
requisitions, he was railed upon to take these meassires to
nisintain the rights of his Majesty the King of the Mettler-
lauds; and that, in adaitiou to the former requisitions, 1w
now added that 14 demanding our arms and ammo 'lli ion,
no.l putting myself and Suite under the safeguard of liar
Netherlands Greenwood, ur it would become misavuViable
to rcpt.!, what La was pleased to term, our Itu.tile measures;
to which, of coarse, I refused to comply.
•s I soon afterward.. received another letter from Mr.
Mrsotioclie, principally front poiilltal points, to which it
we, siniscers.sary for me to reply, and roncludrd upon M-
-014611.4 ripun his last utter. In answer I referred him to my
(newer letter.

"At half-past three a. as. on the 511 i, I was nook°•, and
fottiol. that three Itffietwa with an armed p trty were come
to the Palace, sad, opera their entrance, they presented a
Leiter (ruts Mr. klnsitinglie to aurrioler iiiyarff and suite.
I objected to deliver over the inns, hot told the Officers that
I omelet parade the Stigguearea, suit if they t►uuebl pro.
per, they might hike them, which they slid, when ata armed
force of Europeans were brought is (rout, and we nem im-
mediately escorted to t►e water-rid, by an armed molly.?
Europeans awl Natives, mid conveyed over twit'. The able
aims of myself and Boggitesse Officees were left u•. • • •
" My ',Admit functions being at as roil, I have written a
p, irate letter to Lieutenant Hudson, rt.*, ttttt Drlllll/1g him to
remit wills the escort to Muarro Ilnlhti Is wait your fur-
ther orders, anti beg to inform that I consoler it as imps-
ruble for them to land beie, or even to proteetl slows. the
river, if opposed, which it is must probable they would he
by star vessels of war of his Majesty the Kin of the lic-
thc now at anchor off the Foot."

Captain Srlsuinsil having ascertained that the Sultan
had in nu way committed himself is the Netherlands
rreurrotist by any legal ad, the following ard the Artiel.l )r
the Treaty entered into on the 4th of Jely, 1818 :
" This is r mole Treaty this day entered
his Highness Raimu Achased Najeaundin, Salton of Palem-
leiig, sin the one side, and Captain Francis Sala I, as the
repr.sessiaiive of lb. Huss. Sir Thomas Slamfurol Raffles,
Lieuivoian t•Guvrrour of Fort Marlbrie, on the other
'• AnTILLF. Fin•T.—His Highne►s briul desirous of the
protection ui the !Sottish Government, and oof exrhooloaz all
•.Uur European (.0111 his dUIIIIIIIOIII, the 11.-uo.
naut-Governor of .irt Nlarltairotegh lire►hy agrees
•ueh military e-t.dolt4loroseut as shall be ad. yotate.
ARTtCLE Stew vo.—The Sultan, on his pal I• ;;r• re to
we've the 4.141 Cstablixhnicall, to uvo:e fur
thr espettsys thereof.
'• Sigma, !waled, mad d..livered in ilia-
ploralr, at Pm'.,•mhauG, this 4th day
ru July, 18111.'

It may loot he stunecesiar;" to remark, that the first appli•
IC3IIIIII Of 16C Sullau b.r Ole advice and a,sutuace ut 111;
Lientenatol.Gurcessor of Itroroolen was reeeir.d on the 1711 i
of hours Ihiot ow the '2 1s t June his nodules; was ittrOl flat:
that the British Gtiveruntent would tender hint the politist-
r (rued; 11141 to the inlet los, soil %!ole olforoar.l of
the lorhillosit.irs La:lra-en Palembang awl 11,nroolro, 111..
jfoich Cu 11111 l a. 41.111, rollul.tsteel hi. 111C:12.111t trl ro.rclo11;

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0I lhat tos the 411. J uly the eugagete,lit bi I•rrrn the
Cutts'. ur Paleuibini ;gad the Leutetiant•Guvra Hui a Bti,.

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