Star.
London, England, 1819-01-13 00:00:00

TO CAPTAIN SAL3IOIID.

"'Sat—Since r;ar departure, alerter from the
&him of Palembang, of which the enclosed is. a
trar.slation,. has been rescived.
" The Dutch having proceeded to actual measures
of aggression, I have 'deemed it necessary to address
the Chief Authority of stmt.:Cation at Palembang,
and as. circumstances have considerably changed
since your instructions were issued, I must leave the
rest to your discretion and judgment.
" I enclose a copy of the letter addressed to Mr.
Muntinghe, together with the Proclamation tlwrein
referred-to, for publication, if necessary.—l am, &c.
(Stgaed) " T. 5. RAFFLZS.
" Fort Marlbro% eith June, 1314."

" TO W. O. tivsmour, FSQ.

S:n—Tt is with the utmost astonishment and
surprise that I have just received information of the
inieasures pursued by you at Palembang, as Itepte-
sentative of the Commissioners-General.

" It is stated that you have taken up a warlike
position off the Sultan's Palace, and demanded of,
him to surrendcr one-half of his country to his bro-
ther, the deposed Sc.him Mahomed Budrudan, and
in the event of not doing so, threatened him with
dethronement.

" It is impossible, Sir, for you to be ignorant of
the circumstances under which the Sultan Najumudin
was raised to the throne ; and that his Britannic Ma-
jesty, having by an express article of the Convention'
ceded Banca to the King of the Netherlands, is bound
to protect the Sultan in his rights and dignity.

" The King of the Netherlands having further ac-
cepted and taken possession of 'that island under the
Treaty, has, by. that act, fully acknowledged the in-
dependence of the Sultan ; whatever, therefore,
shakes the authority of that Prince, shales also the
only title by which his Britannic Majesty could cede
Banca to the Netherlands Government.

" I can hardly bring myself to believe that this act,
on your part, is authorised by the Commissistiers-
C;eneral ; and much less that you, Sir, above all
men,- should have taken upon yourself to act in the
manner above stated, towards a Prince under the
immediate protection of the British Government.
" The Netherlands Government have no right
whatever, under the recent Convention, to claim any,
interference at Palembang; and all interference there,'
after the Protest of the British Government on leaving
Java, and in defiance of the authority of the reign-
ing Sultan, is an unwarrantable and unjustifiable ag-
gression on their part.

" As such I view your conduct, and hereby pro-
test against all your measures, holding you liable to
answer to the Authorities in Europe for every act in-
jurious to the rights and digr.ity of the Sultan.
" I do hereby further declare null and void all ar:
rangements that you make at Palembang of the na-
ture alluded to, and I require of you to lose no time
in removing from Palembang all military force of
every description now stationed. there.

" With reference to the little respect paid by the
Commissioners-General to the Protests of the British
Government on their quitting Java, -1-shall deem it

my duty, in the event of demur cn your part, fowl.
with to proclaim at Palembang, and thmighoutthe
Archipelago, that all interference of the Seth.. Ludt
Government in the politics of Rilemb.ing is ti.,iu.ho,
rized, and that your arrangements are decht.cd null
and void.

" I expect that the Government of littavit
an early period, receive instructions to withjraw fret
Palembang; at all events, an immediate
will be made to his Majesty's Ministers on the sub,
ject, and it will be for the consideration• of the Au.
thorities at home to decide in how far the rne.Nires
pursued by you shake the title on which Banca was
ceded to the King of the Netherlands.
" Until the affairs of Palembang arc satisfic.lrily
arranged, I shall retain the settlement of Pad.:. z,
this coast.—l have the honour to be, k.c.

4, T. S. 11.irFLET,

(Signed)
" Fcrt 'Mehra', Nth June, IS:P,
P. S. I iirrurt this letter to CaptairlSalmcl
who is charged with a special mission fromme to;,,t
Court of Palembang, afid I have to request you
respect him and his suite accordingly."
In consequence of the state of affairs thus tom.
municated to Captain Salmond, and the inforraatim
he obtained on his roote; he deemed it adviiiabl: to
proceed without the escort which iuld accompanid
him over the hills, and to direct thac the pasty ;„,.4;1
not follow until orders were received from him, a
precaution taken by Captain Salmond, in order !,)
prevent the possibility of disturbance, en the
teapretation of his views, which, end:r the ccaaFe
which had taken place, were IT : y deliver tuy
letter, and to ascertain the sew:tire:lts of the Sultan.
On the '2d inst. a ,iispatch, of which the foilowi,
is an ear acts was received from Captaia :almond :0
• " 1 have the honour to inform .yoa, that mry:!,
and suite arrived at Palembang about eight A. u. ot
the sth inst. and were received by his
Sultus Achrried Najuraudin, who conducted us t.,
small Fort or Palace lately occupied by the Ex-Sul.
tan, which was given us for our accommodatioa.
His Highness inimediately entered into the e$
gagements which yon had suggrged, with nu::a
pleasure (and on which r shall further con:mimic!:
with yo.s on my aniviii at Fort Marlborough, as I
am necessitated to dcse this letter in haste), and
a proof of his alliance with the British Goverzmeii:,
immediately hoisted the 1..7i0n Jack on the irath
the Fort.

" In the afternoon I received a visit from Capta:3
Bakker, of his Netherlands Majesty's frigate at anew r
in this port, accompanied by Captain Van,ier AVyez,
of the Engineers, who brought a letter from 317
Muntinghe, to which an immediate answer was
quested ; but as the subject cf it required some do
beration, the want cf rest which we had expvtienc(
some days past, made me desirous to postpone a
ply until next morning ; it however c,intamed
propositions to which I immediately gave a vete,
negative answer, that is—
" lit. That after receiving a reply t> the lettcr
to him, I anuld immediately Ex my depu:;:re
the same day.

" 2d. 'Tat en my return hone, I would accept •••:- a 317. t .
saftptard from outside as far as the limits of Bvne, c:r!.
'l3. That I would immediately wit!:d:.s::• th•:
hoisted on the Sultan's Palate.

Shortly after sunset in the evening, a nut&
of the natives who were in the Pa!ace with us,
formed me of the Lirzumstanee of an armed pl.
laving surmunded ire sarne, and prevented
ingress or egress ; and they were represented to i
the partisans of the Ex Sultan andriniehntAbili,
Siak. I immediately directed enquiry to be ma,
at the outer gate by whose orders they were piaci
there? to which they replied, Mr. 3lontinghes,
that they would
_oppose any one that attempted
pass them.. I then wrote to Mr. Isfuntinghe or. t.
subject, and was infurined in reply, that not hay..t
acceded to the above-mentioned requisitions, he w.
called upon to take these measures to maintain to
rights of his Majesty the King of the Netherland,
and that, in addition to the former requisitions, I
now added that of demanding our arms and antml
nition, and putting myself and suite under the sal
guard of the Netherlands Government, or it woul
become unavoidable to repel, what he was pleased
term, our hostile measures; to which, of course
refused to comply.,

" I sonn afterw. ards received another letter fro
Mr. Muntinghe, principally from political points,
which it was unnecessary for me to reply, and con
cluded upon insisting upon his last offer. In:Laiwe
I referred him to my former letter.

" At half-past three ,v. at. on the sth, I was nwokt
and found that three Officers with an armed parr
were come to the Palace, and, upon their entr vc
they presented a letter from Mr. Muntinghe, to sup
render myself and suite. I objected to deliver ov
the arms, but told the Officers that" would parat
the Bugguesses, and if they thought proper, tho
might take them, which they did, when an arm.
force of Europeans .were brought in front, and v.-
were immediately escorted to the water side by
armed party of Europeans and. Natives, and co;
vexed over here. The side-arms of myself and 13t:
guesse Officers were left us. w " •
" My political functions being at an end, I ha•
written a private letter to Lieutenant Haslam,
commendin? him to return with the escort to 'Aka:
Bulliti to wait your further orders, and beg to
form that I consider it as impossible for them
land here, or even to proceed down the river, if f'
posed, which it is most probable they would be,
the vessels of war of his Majesty the King of •
Netherlands, now at anchor off the Fort."
(To be continued.)

UNDINE.—This is the most entertaining tale
Germany has produced for many years, and in
country it is popular in proportion to its merits.
France also it has appeared, and with equal
plause, in the translation of Madame la Barenze
MONTOLIEU. The Chevalier MossAnu, in a .:et!
to the Baroness, prefixed to the French trandstic
speaks of the work in the following terms:—" 0
my arrival in Germany, every one without excel
tion, to whom I spoke on the subject of Gerraan •
terature, asked if I knew of Outline, (Undiee) ;
testified their astonishment at my not Laving rev
that delightful work, and entreated me to peruse .
" Oudine is too beautiful not to be every w!:eir
mired, and the success which it has met wiin •
Germany is too general and too continued not
been.deserved.". ••

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111 E L.V LNG STAR .

LONDON.

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 13, 1319.
THE FUNDS.
tr,ICE OF STOCKS Tills DAY AT TWELVE O.CLCCK:
744-3 per Cent. Cons. 77i 73 ex. div.
Co;,.ficluced ,
for Account, 7:12!:-31 tier Cent. s7.;Z
per Cen,. 96.1.3,-5 per 't. Navy 19611 ex. div.
Bonds sf., SS pre.-o:uliiwn
.11 pre.
Bills (‘24.1.) 'A ire.

7.. e (inventor of Fort 7.l,triborough and its de-
~adencies, in the Island of Sumatra, has, as will be
;:,:n by another part of our pa3es, formally protested
ra inst the asTessions and arrogant pretensions of
a
the Put,:h in the Indian A.chipelago. The zreat
1:1i..;.',1 of th:s document, and the press of other im-
ra.i.lat icrellizence, prevents our laying the whole of
it btiorc cur Readers this day. Te-morrow we shall
rstum L. The :uh;ect in of great importance, and
re carsot doubt, has rece!ved, and does receive,
much atiCation from Government.- Indeed we con-
Oct the opposition now making to the rapacious
procce.lings of the Dutch, as emanating from their
C?Lisic,as idati‘ e to the important commercial inte-
tcts that are in,olved in the consideration of this

s,..l)ject.
Letters from .7Jva, dated 27th September, mention
3 st•rions had broken out at Sama-
••• 7. Abcut 01-.3 hundred Dutch troops had beta

• be..v.-:Tn three and four hundred inhabit-
:ll;:ssacted by t!ic soldiery. Very high
c.aties wete to be imposed ea foreign shipping. The
wat; to take placc Ist: November.

11:e Satu:day and Sunday arrived

The precccJings in tlie tro Chambers have not as
bum tikinguislied by any matter of public interest.

A from INladri,l, of the ‘29th December, states,
•z.traordinary Courier has been dispatched to
m order to have the marriage deferred of the
.Ptracess LOUISA CII A R LOTT E ith the Infant Don
V3ANCIS DE PAUL, the celebration of which, in vir-
rae of IL:: powers given, was to take place on the
Y2th of Immtry. It is possible, adds the French
Journlist, that the Courier mal not arrive in time
a \.:l ;.:e.‘ eat :he cornpleti(.;n of the ceremonr.
iZo re:Lon ws;gned for this change of intentiz.n.—
Can it be tht FIADI NAND is already looking out
anoiher F prtre for himself?

The Gaulle Fr4:;zee affirms, but without men-
.,'rnity its authority, that tie Prol ince of Khorassan,
:ae finest and most opuleut of Persia, has
.dated the standard of revolt, and declared itself.'
;a3ere..l.lcta.