The Sun.
London, England, 1817-12-04 00:00:00

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The Mint°, which we, nnderstand is ennveyiniz
detachment of artillery by sea Co _Cottack, has
not yet arrived.

MADRAS, JULY 22 —We hecr from public re-
port, that his Excellency the
.Most Noble the Go-
veynor (;enteral will, early' in July, leave the Pre-
iidencv for the Upper Provinces; and tliat Sir
John Malcolm is to embark, in a few days, in a
pilot schooner, and to proceed on a mission to the
ant :hwatti •
EXTRACT (IF A LETTFR FRoM AMBoYNA,.II_,Xti.
17 On the 17th May, the Commissioners of
his Netherland Majesty at, Amiboyna received a
letter front the writer at Saparona, dated the 13th
of that month ; it was sikned by Mrs. Van-
denberg, the wife of the- Residant. This com-
munication, written in great haste, merely
stated, that her husband, Mr. Vandenberg had
beers seized at the Negree of Harju,
,or Porto,
by the natives, and that she bad in consequence
taken refuge in the Fort : the letter finished by
requesting that assistance might be sent from
Atuboyna without delay. Accordingly, on the
iiioraing of the I Bth, a party of European sol-
diers from' the garrison, and of European sailors
front the line of battle ships, Nasau and Admiral
Evert, in all about 150 men, to which were.add,
ed 50 Javanese troops or upwards, making to-
gether a total of 200, or 210,men, including of-
ficers, left Fort. Victoria, under the command of
Mojor Batjes,. for Saparona.
The small party.went in boats furnished by
the Avaugkya of Baroomira, who, with the Rajah
Sing sooty,
,accompanied the expedition ; in the
passage when off Hatvoko, they fell in With tivo
or three berant prows, and taking thepeople com-
posing the crew for, enemies, they fortwitit shot
five,or six without semblance of a tria ; sabse-
onent. information has proved that these men Were
not foes to the Dutch Government.
" The party artived at Saporana on the 20,h of
May, and Major Batjes came to the determination
of lauding at that part of Saporana called the Ne-
gree Teeanw. The beach at Teeautv is rotten
ground, covered with Salaro trees, and amongst
them the natives skulked with their muskets ready
loaded ; un !,pproaching the shore,, they were fired
at by the people of Saparona, who slimed them-
:selves to be good marksmen, by killing a Litittte-
nant Monter, and wounding a Lieutenant Seim-
drag, both of the It, N. in the boats : the N, hole
Harty appear
,to have been in great.confosion; the.
natives permitted them to "advance without in itch
resistance to a place called' Kayleeo ; they
'there made a stand, and firing from behind the
-trees; killed a number of sailors ; and Major
.finding that nothing was to be done
against a hidden enemy, who dealt destruction on
every side, retreated precipitately to the beach;
no people having been left to look after the boats,
they had drifted off to a little distance in deep
water, and Major Batjes was shot In endeavour-
ing to get .to one of them. A party of European
Hors, amounting to between 40 and 50, got into
one of the orangkys, which swamped in conse-
!pence of its being overladen, and they were all
drowned. Of the.,whole party sent to (pia the
insurrection, only two officers, a doctor, twOmid-
shipmen, and ten or twelve Europeans; reached
the Residency. of Harookay 'in safety. One of
the Officers, Lientenant-Schndrus, is since dead,
haying been wounded in the boat he slid not land.
" It appears that the Rajah of Sing Soory
landed with a white flag upon his stick, with the
hope that the rebels would listen to him : as he
advanced, however, lie was ShOtAhrOtlgh the hear t
from behind a salato tree : his slave boy took tip
the body, and brought it,unmalested, to the beach,
where a boat belonging, to his master teas in
Waiting ;'the crew expressed the most savage sa-
tisfaction when, they saw the dead body of the

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rtajAh rif Sing So6ty, and refnced to take it into
the boat, although pressed by the slave boy to do
so ; they seized their palhiles, and vociferating
execrations to the Dutch, inatte the best Of their
way to own Negree.
"The causes-assigned for his unhap'y insur-
rection are, the paper money, 'requisi`tious of men
for Java, the i'resident's ornering a woman to "be
flogged naked in the bazAar, his. flogging the
Lieutenant Btirgher without just cause, his mak-
ing the pi!ople turnish fish and sago gratis to the
troops., and his trufsting too much to Mr. Orneck,
his writer.

" The names of the Officers killed—Major
Ratjes, of the Engineers ; Captain Staltvan, of
the Infantry'; Lieut. Munier, of the It. N.; Lieut.
ne Voting, It.. N.; Midshipmen Anemah,,R. N.
Lid de Jeud, R. N ; Lieutenant Schndrus,
wounded, since dead. The heads of the
European Officers and men have been stuck
upon the-end of poles. It has been since ascer.;.
tained that the natives killed the .Resident, his
wife and children, together with his writer, ?Jr.
Orneck, and that they were determined neither
to give Gr receive (platter ; they hoist the English
flag, and have aheady made two at tempts against
Hartvoka, where there are 200 troops. With the
exception of the •Negree
,Harooka Proper, the
whole of the naives of Ilarooka have joined the
people at Saparona ; the whale of the inhabitants
at Hik are likewise understood_ to. be ready for.
revolt. The soldiers discharged from the Elfglish
service are reported to be ringleaders ; the
Burghers of Saprona likewise take an active pan
in the insurrection : the rebels are said to be'
greatly in want of ammunition, anti have sent for
supplies from Ceram ; but it does not appear that.
the people of Cerani have joined the rebellion.','