The National Register.
London, England, 1819-02-08 00:00:00

HOUSE OF LORDS.

noximv. Fn. 1.
er.sq()N OF BANCA.

The'(argniaot loistnotetil rose in move form e,dicess to
the Regent. praying that he uonld raii•e to he laid before the
ligtuise copies of the instruct;ons to sir T. Rotfies, late Liens.
GOVell oar of J•i a, it treeing the. Cessiun of IS Inca its the
Netherlands ; and far copies sit all correapontleirce with the
Dutch C. 111111 l issioners, refe. He would not now call in tress
lion Ire propriety o; ceding the coloides isiketi from tl.e
notch, dining tit seat wail to limo again; for whatevel
policy il:etated these ressions of colimies, becoming daisy
~are and more *saleable and important to as, it Intuit now he
eawaidered as hating received 111. sanction of Parliament.
But the papers lie was about to move for were tieerrsaary far
the viudieatiuu of the natioaal character ter honour and in.
terrify his the untinlimatice of our Treaties. It would be
recollected that an expedition was fitted out by Lord Motto,
Gus ernor_General of India, to eutijoi:otte Jav•, whirl;
tended. With much difficulty a Gavel 'intent was est n1)11411(41
riptide of drawing faith the whole sit the resources of thut
eniony. This seti dune with 1111101 labour, and ails wer.sl
tire •iewx of that great and eillight,lied Statrsuuus. Sock a
mode of Gas eranoont was coiculasen to eall lusts all the ail
ea It of that (!illany, Alpi of making it einiueritly useful to
tots couidry. Howes...Ts sviernioe the hopes that were enter•
tamed of producing these great edema, every one who nab •C_
rpiaitited wits the affairs of Java knew well that flies term
wore those fulfilled; and in seven years the island was hiesugit,
into a state or psi, perity which it had never es perienced tie
fare. T., the wisdom, anesgs, and 41:et-Innis of Sir T. llatit-a,
did the tiovertior-Getserel ascrtlie its a sudden and nouilei till
improveineut. aunts as our method of go% ethnical as a•
edablidied, it was foand that the population of the island
amoneted to five millions of persons, wilier pi int,. inusily
native, legititnate, and hillepentle.o, uhirh the Dwell hail
before concealed. Witit those 11.1111 e Pi totes out Govero.
sliest I entrieil into Treaties, hot no sere:Hifi.* were given I.•r
the fulfiliiieut ef them. This waa particiiiarly the eaae with
the island of lisocd, Whielt, from its situation, and harbours
eight base ueconse a valuahle depot for British merchandise
it: those sear. The. Gut el linleul ofJava did mit lake forcible
p oweuilon of Bence, but it was obtained limn the Sultan :if
ratent;,aug, whoIsdie sovereignty of ; acid in se_
tato we guaranteed tuns territories to him to the is lam it of Java.
ist the llt.A1:0 it was determined to restore to the Dutch all
titeir colonies, hut Ranee bad never been iu the hands of the
Dutch ; yel %war a sepal ate Treaty made by us to give to
Itiorind llama ter Cachin, without extending ashy protection,
vi air li is• were bound to Jo, to the baltan of
So T. 1: ifii a, f,..eling inteirested as an ladiviiirial who had
trained flimsy svPli the Salton, dish lur his COUlltry
honour. protested against the cession; lint the Ditch audit;
emirs turned round upon him, asked if lie had any airthosity
to make that pretest, a qUe•IlOil he could not :manta. Tile
Dutch then, acting Ott the alt ice letter of this unguarded Tie:S-
ty, proceeded to violate the neutrality of the Sultan of Palcm.
bang. This became the sahject of a second unavailing pro-
test eat the part of Sir T. Itafaes. It was far documents to
throw light on thesis transactions that he intruded to move.
lie reps tinaied in strong trains the iiicantions violation of
sacred Treaties. s speCialy with persons whom we could only
govern by showing them that the Diitish faith was the best
they could receive in the woild. He then moved au
Auelre,s to the Vlore Regent for a copy of the Treaty of the
cesetud ut (Baum to OLIO, and of the pi (oral of Sir T.
Itaffles on the Ail bit vt.
Earl Bartruesr hail no ohjectien to some of these papers,
Lilt Mist refire the correspouilence betwcru the 14cl:tenant
Goverirur tit. „ava and the Dutch Commissioners, bemire
they relate, to mantis in some respects not yet settled. Java
and Broca were tivea tip on All 11111k-10 that the
Dutch should not violate any Treaties which we had entered
into with the native Powers; be:, it they did violate them,
we had au sight to interfere unless by remonstrance. Om
Goverinuent *sad never math°. iced the making of any Treaties
with the native Princes, seem iiie to them, and gnat-anti:mg
to these, the possession of the lei silos-lea it we should deliver
np Java and Banea to the Dutch The Noble Lord was
inist•len whets he said the Dutch had no previous ibushe,hjuli
of Ralleit they had there a valuaole esiablishnicot, and it
was taken possessiou of oy a re tear extieditton sent by
Zed T. Battles. Tlllls it arose that ne gave back Banca to
the Dutch ; but we del not twill ourselves to protect the
Sultan of Palembang, not abould we leave lion entirely
itliout an pp or ; Poo Was a Whitler in iliPlatioat between
The two Counts lei. 7111* T. fiddle:ll 011 1141 gas pi eteired
agolaint Dint, was most liononraoly acquitted, and !Wilt oat as
/Stwield at liencoolen. He epieseated that, ha nig been
(nice a Lictitenaut Goveruin in that rat of the %%trill, if be
went hack as a mese Resident, it womil tie thought tliat t,e
11441 been degraded. He had, diciest:a is, the mit nl Lien!,
419sei mut confer' ed on him; out was at the sante rinse told.
that he must consider liimvelf solely as a e-,notioiciat, and
out at all as a poliitral ag'ut. For these seasons he COUI.I
not agree to giant all Ilse papeia on thin subj..esi.
Letd Debbie', :mid, the, object of his Noble was,
to disco% er wictiter the Treaty was such as oul.ged its
aialidon the native Ps Meets •I• not. Tilt, wa,, 11,1:1,8 siy, to
etieW Nllelll‘.l wr, wino went about teaching the world
mural il'AbUilb, bad •dtteied to good faith out selves. If we
Ira I agi cud tu support llie Suiian of P;u lens bang, and hind
slier a Ards ties:sited him, it 014 a must I.oul Isitaisaet.on
indeed ; and he hoped his Noble Friend would move fur the
lreitty between the Lieittenant Governor of Java and the
Sanaa of Palembang. 'l% gh the Dutch bad a 'riflemen'
to Bases, •et she sneer eively ass is the Sultan of Palen.'
bang. He tholight tins tr•osactiun was Niels as rrilittird the
British Pasha:neat to iss.piire strictly into it. It the Noble
Earl refused the doemat 11ta 1111 Ulla Sailjeet, he WOlllll head his
tiossraniatit with ablate. lie had said, some as iangenients
were going oil 1 eepectiag this loaner; but it should never be
said that we could enter into aline/dile adjustment with the
Dutch Govetimiciet eu a breach of our faith.
The Maryut.. tit LANsuowria's motion was altered to
Treaty coll.:Judea between the Sultan of Palembang and
fir 'lr• Rattle• for the ITA•11/11 of basica.
she inotios was then agreed to, and the House then
idiom tail.