The National Register.
London, England, 1817-05-05 00:00:00

TO TILE EDITOR OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

SIR,
The impartiality with which your paper is conducted,
induces me to trouble you with a brief' statement of an
extraordinary grievance that needs only to be generally
known to produce redress.
Soon after the conquest of Java intelligence was re-
ceived by the Supreme Council of Batavia, that the Dutch
residents at Palimbang, on the Island of Sumatra, bad
been mesmerist in an inhuman manner by orders of the
reigning Sultan, and at the instigation of the hereditary
Prince, who was a person of the most abandoned charac-
ter. The circumstances are too shocking for recital, but
from the relation subsisting between the Sultan and
the Batavian government, prompt exertions were ne-
cessary to arrange the insult and to preserve the other
settlers in Sumatra from destruction. Accordingly, an
expedition was sent in May, 1812, against Palimbang.
under the command of the late General Gillespie, who,
by almost unparalelled energy, succeded, at the personal
risk of his life, in preventing a inure extensive massacre,
and, after demising the Sultan, placingh is brother on
the throne, and securing public tranquility, with the
cessicM of the valuable Island of Banca, the great mint
for the supply of tin, returned to Java, where the Stt-
preme Government voted thanks to the naval and mi-
litary services fur the successful termination of this at-
duous mission. _

Now, after this, trill it be re lily believed, that while
the Civil-Establishment at Batavia took possession of the

captured property, converted the brow; ordnance into
coin, deposited in the public treasury the money stipu-
lated tube paid by the rei;.,ming Sultan—no distribution
ham ever taken place for the benefit of the captors ! but
what is worse, will it be credited that the Com-
pany at home should have refused to allow, either.the
soldiers or the sailors, a shilling out of the proceeds of
what was procured by their labours ins burning climate,
and at the expense of their blood ?
Such, however, is the fact, and to aggravate the hard-
ships, they who hold the property in their own hands,
and apply it for their own benefit, havehad the as-
suranee to censure the manner in which it was ac-
quired, though it was done under their authority, by
virtue of their command, and honoured with their
public approbation.
I am, Sir, your humble Servant,
April 30, 181 7. A BYSTANDER.

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