of newroads, and of constructing anew harbour, first at Mem Bay, and afterwards
at MeraJc Bay, imposed new and unusuat burthens on tbe-pedple; and
so many deserted from the publicly orks, ^tbat an ordpi was issued to" the
resident, requiring'him to inform thé Sultan that his first ministéfc^Jïpuld be
he}d p-esponsible, for the due execution ofthe public task .assigned ' tojsïhe
SultanVsybj.ects. Thé deser-tion MB. continuing, an opder still morepefem-
fcWy was issued to'the Sresidéht^" re^iiring Kim 1 tb call upon^t^e Sultan to
^deliver up his first minister immediat^y/'1 In carrying these orders into execution;;^
© resident having imprudently risked his person, was murdered.
This fatal accident was the occasion-of sending a Considerable military force
to Bantam, by which an “iipfeeèiate and thorough change in the. native
government "vyas effected. The. feigning Sultan was removed fejmvïthe
throne §n,d banished to Amboina, and a relatiye was raised .49 the sovereign
ppyver. .
Tjiis pjringe was placed under.regulations, dictated hy the 'Dutch;; -for'SQ
fallen had .the sovereigns Of this once flourishing and powerful kingdom: now
becppne»: that the form apd-solemnity of a treaty was not deefaed;necesslry.
Thq JSiiltap - ceded part of his territories to- the ,westward, adjapenf ttg• th’è
environs of Batavia,; the! bad adminisSkation of.'which had frequently giveii
occasion to disturbances in the'Batavian districts! rThemew’Sultan waih al»
lowed: to administer; fch’e rpsfc'-of ;his. 'dominions, l under ;the’: superior' rule pf
the Dutch government. c;
The publie works to be carried on in Bantam, 'and-^èruhu'süal .burthens
they imposed on the" people, Continued however to excite, fronptiihe to titne,
disturbances and insurrections, ©n one‘occasion a consisting
pf a lieutenant and eighteen dragooons,- were surprised and. murdevediby
the inhabitants: ^Several: native Fomgêrans rand «hie&’.fell töctfpii' ito.Abe
same spirit of’.discontent and réveügcv and anothbrch'abge in. tbe-perspi.of
the Sultan -was thought advisable4 the new Sultan 'was. in consequence
allured fori board a vessel; and conveyed t® Batavia, iands in his place,; another,
chief was installed: Sultau ofiAhe high lands of Bantam, the Dutch
reserving to themselves the direct administfatioü’of the' low larids.
M The country,' however, remaining still iti a,disturbed state, uthe' Pangéran
Al-rnet united under his’barinerjthe discontented people of all descriptions,
in a-more Tegular opposition tö^tfie:European authority: Etoiri this time an
extraordinaty ■ military fofee was constantly kept in '-Bantam : all attempts;
however,’ te arrest the person.of Aéhrrtet'failed1. 1 His influence’ increased so
m much,
InucB?that M M o f the country:
B — M M determined^ abandon
inferior'to I I W M M P i i l i M M wearfed- ot;hlS
arbitrary'jffoceedings, might seek refuge wrih the Europ^n governmen^.
The. Dutch forcibeiug withdrawri from Bantam,- avaded himk^
dO pwp r eSenciTof the*1Britisl^C^^eiSj during the bloc a ® ™ 1..
I tW th e n his influenced by an in te rn e -w i th Ahem, which j H M PSjj
C t e i , B B H M W I i B W ptondered by him from the inhabitants:
By"th^craizere'hB-wp^pomsi^red.-««-asi!'''uufortunate prmce, m -
tabling hft ttdepemlerice,against the Dutch.; and when the British troops
landed, tfe Sultan was“ his prisoner;'and all Bantamunder his controul. , Ml theWonquest’ of- Java by-thg; British iorges^the ^xte^ive tracts of
tlj? fmM pl-oince werifttms iri ffie hanfis of a' lawless -e “ *
tants- were in a-state rofTrevoltr and universalyanarchy and-distrust had
.prevailed for'1 several yearis. . Ali i | ea^)f_l'aisin§, a fre':eliue ■ ■ ■ mB I ■
“government^hafbeen abandoned; anAth ej^£smtlement o£^e country
~7,underTluropeanicontt^ul, was the most- that could be hoped f o ^ j I .
1 E l 'fhe-year ISIS, -theSultan voluntanlyAesi^ned the administration of
the country into the hands ofthe British-government, I M M B
an annual: pension:.o£ten thousand Spanish dollars. With (ihe detailed
'system
made of allthe northern divisions ; and a settlement having been made with
> Caeh individual cuftivatof, die extent- of' population stated m-the annexed
• table, as far as these districts are:concemedrmayd^consi^ered as m general
' correct. The population ofthe southern districis is estimated ; and it may
"fee Observed, that the total population rather exceeds than falls short of what
is stated.
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