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anxious to acknowledge the distinguished merit of this excellent
magistrate, and that o f Mr. J . C. Cranssen, President of the
Bench of Schepenen, both selected by the late E arl o^'M into to
be members of the British Council in Java.
The English came to Java as friends. Holland had ceased to be
an independent nation, and for the time there could be but two parties,
the one English* the other French. The emissaries Of the" late
ruler of France had perverted the minds of thé majority : many
were doubtful on which side they should rally. At this critical juncture
these two gentlemen declared for England Ritfd the abcient o'rdèr
of th in g s; and to the influence o f their decision and Conduct is to' he
ascribed, not only the cordiality and good understanding ‘which soon
prevailed between the English and Dutch, but in a ! great measure
also that general tranquillity of the country, without wbifch ’the retransfer
of it to the rule o f its former masters' might have beèü
impracticable.
Of the wisdom and benevolence 'which determined' the late E a r l
or Minto to place two members of the Dutch' nation at the Board
of the British Council in Java, it is TMtóeCessmfy'tw Speak. The
measure was in the same spirit which* uniformly actuated that enlightened
and virtuous* statesman, my revered patron gnd ever • lamented
• friend. The selection of the two gentlemen whom I have
mentioned, was no less advantageous. To theircountrymen it was
peculiarly so, and I am happy to have this opportunity Of publicly
expressing my acknowledgments to themVFdr the góód coünsëi; firm
support, and unwearied exertions, by which they wêi^ : diliiingidstóëd
while members of the Board.
ORTHOGRAPHY.
The principles of Orthography, recommended by Sir W illiam
Jones, and adopted by the Asiatic Society at Calcutta, have been
adopted in this work, with some slight modifications. The consonants
preserve the same sounds generally as the same letters in the
English alphabet: the.,vowels are used as>in Italian. Tu avoid confusion,
the emphatic syllables are alone accented, and the inherent
vowel a has invariably been adopted.