The Sun.
London, England, 1817-09-15 00:00:00

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" Towards the latter end of November last,
the Pitingee or Chief of the village of Chipamoon-
thong, in the district of Cbatsem, named Keysa,
observing dissetisfaction to prevail among the in-
habitants of the district, in consequence of some
unauthorised exactions of the Kapala Chootaek,
and other native chiefs in authority over them,
took advantage of the circumstance, and getting
several other heads of villages to join, prevailed
On a-number of the lower class to assemble, under
the ostensible plea of going to Indramayn, to lay
their grievances before the " Landrost," as the
President's assistant who had charge of the police
in those districts was ustkally
lj• Having thus collected together a body of
men in the first instance, small parties, under ac-
tive emissaries, were dispatched to .the neigh-
bouring districts to heat up for recruits, and
many cases occurred of poor people being actually
tied and forced to join;the party:
- '' ' As they increased in numbers, the party
Moved towards the river -ChimanOok, the boundary
between the Indramayo.dist.ricts and Cheribon, arni
in -their route were joined by all who had, or fan-
cied they had, any grievance to complain of.
Among these, it: is understood, that very few
--Were front Kandang-houseS, but some heads of-
villages, and a considerable umbel' of the lower
class, are stated to have joined front the districr of
Indramayo, and of the latter.a number from the,
lowland Crawang districts.
. 4" At this stage of their progress, it appears
to have been first circulated among them that
Pungaitan Kanooman might be expected from
the " sea-side," • to join them as their chief.
This l'ung-airan Kanooman, who understand
wa, banishd during the insurrection of Bagoos
Mantua, is represented to he a deiscendant of One
Seedan, who was the first promoter of the dis-
turbances in Cheribon formerly, and -Lis family

' The sentence here referred to, exprel!es the regret of
the Reviewers. that the Governroeot of the Island was restor-
ed td the linte).

'have always possessed great influence in the i7es
tern pit Of that district.

Whatever the real object or expectations
of the leaders of these deluded people may have
been, it is clearly-asceriained that not a single chief
'of rank above the head of a village joined them,
or appeared in any manner to give theta support
or countenance.
" By the time they arrived at Lobenar, a
'village situated on the banks of the Chimanook,
-seven palls from Indramayo, the party amounted
to about 900 men, which number it never ea-
deeded. It is a fact well worthy of notice, that
'in the course •of a desultoiy march of near fifty
palls, from Chasam to Lobettar, not an instance
is known 'to have occurred of property of any
kiwi having been itijuretWand although they re-
mained stationary at Lobenar for many days,
miuriug which the -ice, paddy, cattle, and other
property of Mr. Muntsinghe was most tempting.
ly in their way under she 'charge only of a few
slaves, not a single. article was touched, nor a hu-
man being molested.
• " Preparations were now in forwardness by
the resitlents of the Prianger Regencies and Clic-
ribou-to attack the insurgents, if they. may be so
called, and It was carried-into execution at Lobe-
-•' tar on the 20th of December. Previous to this,
;„. Avowever, they bad beep attacked more than once
by the assistant. resident al Indramayo, or under
ills orders, but he wavrepulsed, and on one occa-
- lion, I understaruf;Mith.ll4 loss of either four or
six European sobilers,..
" 1 cannot pretend, nor-is it. necessary for me;
-
to descrihe the operalions of,Mr.Matinan (the
Mitch resident) on the 20th ;- but, as lain in-
formed, his arrangements, however long delayed;
doubtless from unavoidable causes-, seem to have
_ been judicious and perfectly adequate to time ob.
ject in view.: and his conduct, as well as that of
his head assistant, Mr. Van de Poel, during the
'. contest, is represented on all sides as meriting
praise for con-rake 'end humanity.
" Is 'estiinated 'that 100 of the insurgents fel;
• in the engagement, and 594 were made prisoners,
Keysa, the Petingee who first commenced the in-
surrection, was observed to be very actively en-
couraging his men to repel Mr. Motman's attack,
-and this man will found among the killed.
" When the prisoners were disarmed, Mr.
Morn en delivered them over to the military, -in
Order that, they might be sechrely guarded to lir-
dramayn. On their arrival there, they were all
pot into a coffee storehouse within .the fort, and
"time storehouse was surrounded by sentinels. In
time course of the night it is 'slated that an-attempt
was made; on the part of the prisoners, to escape
1,„ from confinement,—.the soldiers on _guard fired
upon them, amid, horrible to relate, it ended in the
:massacre of about 300 souls, In cold blood, by
the military, under the orders and in the presence
of their own officers!
. .
" Mr. Motman, lam told, did all that was in
his _power to stop this dreadful sacrifice of human
• blood, but 'Without effect : no attention seeins to
:bave been paid to his representations, and he was
obliged to submit; as he himself-declares, otitis
feelings not to be described, to the spectacle of an
unarmed multitude of poor Misled 'creatures whom
be had vanquished and made prisoners in the
Morning, massacred by their. own guards; coin-
..Thanded by two officers, one biaring- his Nether.
land Majesty's ceammissloo of Captain, and the
other of Lieutenant, under the weak, Inconceiv-
. able, and inhuman pketext, that they could not
be other Wise responsible for the 'security of the
prisoners, or for their owirsafety, -as the prisoners
intended to run "Aniook !"
Will it be credited that antrinber of unarmed
Wretches, confined in a secure teak-wood building
imithin a fort, should ever thliik of attacking a
,luilitary force surrounding them As guards, and to
whom they bad but a few -hours before surren-
dered themselves as prisoners, -while they had yet
aims in their hands ?—He Mint be credulous in-
deed who can bring his mind to believe this I.—
If ever the truth comes to light, it will then, I
air convinced, be found that ar effort to give
themselves hest) air, quite natural to so large a
bedy of ,thett confined in a building of comps=
natively strotjl dimensions, the doors and windows
of which were fib doubt closed for security, was,
by the phsilldtiitnity, if not the cruelty) of their
COnsidered as an
,attempt to escape,—
and the- scene of blood once begun, the- pHs/i-
-nert apprehending *hat was tO- follow, made
such resistance as they had in their power, in
the vain hope of saving their lives.
" r But let this be as it may, those who re-
mained alive from the massacre Were embarked
in coffee prows, and ditpatelied up the river to
Canony Sambong,—and while on the river, the
second act of time tragedy took place. An at-
tempt is said to have been again- made by the
prisoners to escape, add bn this occasion many
More were sent tO the other world to join their
companicins in misfortune.. Indeed soimisatiable
tweets to have been the, thirst for Javanese
blood, that of 594 taken prisoners by Mr, Mot.
man -on clay of the engagement, but 113 arrived
at this place, where they are now in con-
- finettent !

" Many of these men have been examined beg.
the Commission appointed by his Nether-
land Majesty's Government, to investigate the
cause of the late insurrection ; and as far as I
can learn, they agree in 3tatings that their only
object was to go to Indramayo, and lay their
grievances before the Landrost. In generals their
conylaints are a;.,,ainst the Kapala Chootacks and
wher native chiefs in immediate authority over
them ;=—and this affords an obvious excuse for
their assembling in a body td complain to the En-
ropean local authority ;—which I believe in my
soul was the only object the lower class had in
view, whatever plans of a ?bore extended or dan-'
-germ's nature' may have actuated Keysg and other
of their leaders.
"' Chianchure, 2311 January, 1517:
" It is added, that the Dutch had _taken to
themselves great merit fdr the gallant conduct
dispiayed by their troops on this occasion.—poor
Javanese ! what a dreadful Change of masters have
you experienced !"

, Monday morning, about 8 o'clock; an immense
miss of earth; supposed to contain- about 4000
feet', fell into the New Dock in Chatham Dock-
3ard, which broke several of the piles;, and did
other mischief to the works,

PARIS PAPERS.

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Pali's, Selz. 9.—A letter from Bruisers Men-
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tiontithit Rioust, condemned by the Tribunals
of Path 'Mr a seditious publication respecting
Carnor, and who absconded from justice; bas
taken up his akae in a of Belgium. He
has lately published a new 'work upon the Pottier
of. Princes over the Churches of their States, anti
carefully put at the bottoin; " By Rioas`t, author
of-Carnot." Thus after having preached sedition
in his own country, be attempts, by way Of corS-
pensation, to give peace to' foreign nations.
PAnts'i SEPT. 11.s---The King held- a Council of
Ministers yesterday, which sat from one o'clock
till five.
The announcement of the' arrival of the Prince
of Orange at Paris is premature.
Amongst the Electors of the Department of the
Seine this year are 2,863 proprietors; 664 mer-
chants, wholesale traders; bankers, exchange
itgentss4tc. ; 3,516 shop-keepers and warehouse-
keepers ; 473 advocates, attoruies, notaries, &c.;
765 artists, painters, architects, engravers, corn-
posers, and mechanicians.; 131 military officers;
191 literary Men, physicians, surgeons, dentists,
aecoucheurs, occulists, &c. ; 390 public functbin-
aries, and persons employed in. the administra-
tion ; and 10 ecclesiastics.
Before-the Council yesterday, Lieut.-General
Donzelot- and the Conia de Montarby, appointed
by the : King to important funetious, took the
oaths in the presence of his Majesty. They were
introduced by Marshal Gouvion Saint Cyr, Mi-
nister of tbe'Marine and Colonies.
The population of Paris has ircreased to about
800,000 inhabitants, and adding the rural com-
munes, the whole amount is abtatt '1;269,000.
VieNNA, AUG. 31.—Their Iniperial Majesties
remained on the 23d at Clausenburg, from whence
they proposed to set out for Hermatistadt on the
27th. he Prince Gc;%iernor of Wallachia pro-
poies to send an Ern ,:issy to compliment the Em-
peror and Empress on their arrival atillernianstadt:
Msonto, Auo. 26.—The report that Russia is
to furnish us with auxiliary troops against, the'
American Insurgents still continues, and appears
to gain ground. •We should be less astonished at
this idea, if we knew better the Manner in which
the Insurgents make war, scattered in sinall bands
over that vast territory, and, partly •at least,
strong in light cavalry. It i 3 natural to suppose
that the Cossacks, accustomed to the same manner
of fighting, and habituated
.to passing from the
frozen regions of the Caucasus to the torrid plains
of Persia,. would obtain great advantages over the
troops of Buenos Ayres and General Artigas.
The death of General Lascy appears certain.-,-
He was landed at Majorca; under an escort of
some soldiers. It was not known whether, when
be arrived. at the fortress where he was to remain,
be would have undergone the punishment of death,
or have obtained a 'commutation ; but, finding
himself-on the beach with only his escort, he en-
deavotutd. to. escape by flight : the soldier pur-
sued him, sword in baud; he strove to defend
himself, rind wriS
Ao 0, tB.a-With respect to the finances, his Ma-
jesty has Scribe maniple. He has atinooneed in a
deem.; that the property of the R.Oyal patrimony,
notwlthitanditig their privileged nature, ought to
be subjected to the general.contribution, like that
of gall otberpersons. Accordingly it is to be as-
sessed in proportion to its value.
,Rorie, AVG. 27.—Friday the 22d, after two
months of drought, a violent storm took place
here. .10 the miost. of the rain, widen fell in tor-
rents, the lightning struck the cross on the belfry
of the Church of Saint Marie des Graces, heat
down the bell and penetrated through the Church,
leaving several traces on the walls. In the vine-
yar
Yersani the water formed a torrent, which
carried away.,a -great number of vines and thirty
large ireet. The lightning also greatly-damaged
the Palace. Several other parts of the country
were likewise ravaged.
They write from Fiumicitlo, the 22d instant,
that after 1143 ring some firing to the westward,
they distinguslied a Barbary galliot chasing a Ro-
man felucca. The letter defended itself for About
an hmir, but was compelled to strike its flag.
The Princess of Wales is much pleased with
Caprili, where she gives fi..teS to ,the Noblesse of
that neighbourhood.
HAARLEM, 'SEPT. 2.—The disasters to which
our provinces were a prey during the last year in
conselpience of the badness of the season, have
led to a great mortality among the cattle.--;-The
province of Over-Yssel has lost 10,372 horned
trestle, 16,683 sheep, and 360 horses.

FLANbERS MAIL.

A Flanders Mail arri'ved last night, frbrn which
we extract the following lirticles :
" lIRUSCLS, Seri. 9.—Lettcts frbm Spain say, that Gene-
ral Lascy; before he suffered his punishment, delivered to the
Dominican who atteudtd tim in 114 last moments, *ouic sealed
papers, begging him to send themdirectlY
the Monk pioinieed to do.. He toil his Confeisor that be nir-

rite& diath for his rebelhous attempt against his Sovereign,
but that he had, truly served his Country, and that his see-,
vices ought to make his fault forgotten. Lascy had reetircci
many honourable wounds in battle.
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" B/I:I33ELP, SrPT. 11.--The affair of his Grace the Duke of
Wellington against the Editor of the Journal of East and
West Flandern which has teen decided in the first instance
at Ghent, is.loing o hi tried in a Court of Appeal. '
" His Majesty t e King of Prnilia has left here various
marks a his muni cene)e-; several persons hare received rich
presents cl snuff-boxes and other valuable trinkets. His
Royal Hisinsess the Hereditary Prince did not accompany
his fatbkr, and it scents will remain some time at the Palace
of Sackers. . . ,

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" The Prince of Orange, vtho was said to be gone to Paris,
is still at his aim Palace.
" The Earl id Aylesbury is wired here front Paris, on his
way to London.
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‘i We karts from Vere, that the Russian merchafot frigate
Nadeschila, Captain Kiwi, Coming from St. Thomas on the
coast of Africa,_ with a cargo of dyeing wood and elephants'
teeth, stranded on the-2Sth August, at two in the morning,
on Noordlandt At. five the pilot went on board to erttploy
every means to save the vessel; but at one o'clock the tide
rising, it was find its a tew minutes with nine fret of water;
'the pilot and Crew, consisting of 26 men, were forced to
abandon lice, aid to escape on board a fishing boat, Which is
now under quarantine in the roads of Vert.
",Gurar, SEPT, 13.—r-Tbe last market of St. Nicholas pre-
sent} a great rize in the price of corn, which is worthy the
attention of the magistrates. The market of ,Lockerin bad
the same result. Such, in the midst of abimdance, are the
rffucts of speculators, which place the public subsistence
the-I:4hit of a few deal#.l%,"