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made to the Dutch nation for the outrage, .committed against the Christian
religion, and the barbarous treatment of tb&, garrison *®f. Kérta. Sira. He
.fl^reforeifeqiBtired that dip-two principal ringleaders should be .delivered up
•and punishfed• and ito ensure .compliance,,. measure _w§re taken for seizing
upon the Stfsfepan .and,bis,son, and .bestowing.-the throne op the-eklest-son
olBangérm Mmgfoi Kagara.. But the Susunan. thought. it prudent to
comply, and delivered over, two priests: tojthe ©utoh.; and ia-neWtreatywas
on this.b.ecasi#ii cóncluded with the Sustinm. ÉI
.: .sEresh disturbances soon.succeeded. The Bangéryw of: Mttdtira, Chakra
Denmgrat, a man.of. :a,sbiêsh and haughty character, consider ed'bim^elfj in
consequence of the part he had taksen,- so;faikex&tted above theother.chiefs,
thdt .hè neglected to make,.his annual appearance at.court. Of jbMs the
Sw&nan complained $o the Dutch, whQ:interfered>.but withoutïeffect« lEhè
P angêran, who,j.as ^before stated^.fiadt.ltóBa pös®WOKÉ#'^epEfiwiiiGiS.i'jeif
fjSiddiyu, Tuèa/iï, Jtypang, -and IMmtingan, now-refused ■ tolfëstoie.'them either
..togtlie Sustfcnan or -fhevDutch,/ to whom, they, had' been- cededp' claiming
.them, as well as all the plunder he had obtained, at K'êrta £zb:«,uis (conquered
properly. Determined to keep them by .force, be engaged-in-, hi&.service a
naimher iif men fraia,.Jkf£, and fortified the islapd Mertdri,: s® as’ to, command
the harboucsof Surabaya.
. He now commence*!, .open. hostilities .by attacking a Dutch .wessd^Êüd
putting to.death several .European seamen. Two thousan d ?MadHresp. en.
dered.thé districts. o£Surabaya, burnt soine villages, and daidr thei-cohntry
(Waste, j and five, thousand Bdlians wem posted.on- the -.frontiers: ;®f Pama~
Jcasan, After having been, twice'for thrice defeated}.-, the Bangérm .made, a
sudden attack -upon Simenap and Pamctkdsan, ~a.n& gairied a Hntnplefa* victory.
óver the natives fighting under a Dutch . command er,.iWlu>jslQst six
afrriaSaml men. on the. occasion,, the chief being, obliged to: fly the country. :
I t was not; long (before the Dutch regained possession of^-Miyaiewap and
■ Pamak&safii? on .which:occasion a brother-jri-law of the Pangéran, - with two
chiefs,. submitted,.to them.} hut thé Dutch.-troops: werer.no /sooner, withdrawn,
than Ithose provinces again .fell under:the authority of .the P.angéran,
who laid them waste with fire and: sword. The Bufefr triedi in. vain to
dislodge him. Bémbang was now besieged by an army of- five- thousand
Madurese and Javans,:. Ldsem, Pdjang-hungung, ■ and all the villages as
far as Paèdêém, were in possession of the Pangéran, who made, himself
master also of the fort of. Bémbang, and of the building-yard- established
there;
•fcherej hut his fortune (suddenly-changed. -Th^'-prince was, in his turn,
defeated -several -engagements,arand at’> length! coidpelled^o fly from *-p- t742-
Java ;. -and theDhtoh forced-landing;*». Mudir-a, took the capital-, Sdnt-
fey. storm; and in a short timte mMie’themselves masters of the whole
island. -
li/.dn tMs"extremity}Hthe prince -©frMdita'Still refused to come to terms,
and went 'With- hisrisoms?J($risra and Edna. Befiingmi yt&-Banjepmism on
Jg^neo, wh”ei#he*eftgagedchi3 passage on board an* E ng lish^ ?' bound to
©eaoooleh’; to'Wbibfr plaCe he had previously, on .his- aflair taking an uti-
ftyourable tifr-ri, .'OCnf his -son,’ Sddm Tumtingguhg TPitA Dmihgrat, to
assistance from g | Driglish, add procure men caild-Warlike stores.
His'vplah, however,^ of proceeding’ to BencO^iei^ was- feiMratedfor the
S^tanofi-'^ffl^e^^'^appHcation-from. the - D W t c h , « g g with hra
son. M<sPa, It® -Batavia, > WhCni^ the'father'Was banished to the Cape °*
©ood'Ha^^'mid'ttie sori^o^Ceylom ' ' r ' 1 \
?■ In effed£iflg%'settlement’ of .the country, -the Dutch were compelled tb
appoint another 's^h^F -Ms1 pfi-hee, Sira Diningr.at-,‘ toysm&ftfl* as "<&mS of
MiMva, todef Uie^me -’-r f-'^»»'Henhtgfdt' In the year’1758; this
ehiOf Was hlso appofnted»JFi«ftto, or 'Uhifef, of (sfeveral’-df1 the eastern districts,
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''Hiit;' hoVevW'these successes’ on the part of the Dutch' might tend to
tbehuth^ity-offhe ^ t o n h a d
been'Sefiotisly 'shaken.' The prince'possessed neither the esteem or attachment
of -bis~sifbjeets. To his evil star it was attributed that the empire
had riot blily tost much -Of its ancient grandeur, but was brought to the
The^hlsfs^® longer placed an y^ffleU ce is ’ him>; they
despised the-man- Whi) had granted -such humiliating terms -t'O the Dub*;
arid to obtain their temporary aid, had hhus (sacrificed the permanent
integrity of'the[empire’: 'they, therfefofe,' were' dndlmed to make an efiort
fjg regain lost. _
- Xto character aM ^ to e trioVer in this ^ « § n was ite P<m-
During the Chinese
Wat M M j M cOnsMerable ekperifeuee,’ and . was difetingmsbed for
b'dldness-aM eiffeprizemr^haraetef.' Oa' die <DhiheSe .’being feven from
KMU Sira, he-had thrown himself tori'-the protection* of the Dutch, and
was now residing with -his brother rit Kerta Sira. Next to Mangkubum,
the most promirient eharaeter in the -war of Java Was Pdku Nagrfra, PH
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