STATE PAPERS. 



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"the following is a comparative 

 view of our exports for three years, 

 ending the fifth of January in each 

 year : — 



1811. EXPORTS. «f 34,923,573 

 1812 ... Ditto ... 24,131,734 

 1818 ... Ditto ... 31,243,362 

 The real value of British pro- 

 duce and manufactures exported, 

 as estimated at the Custom-house, 

 is 43,657,864/. 



Besides which, the amount of 

 foreign merchandize exported, is 

 given as follows : — 



1811 o£'10,946,234 



1812 8,277,937 



1813 11,998,179 



The following is a comparative 

 view of the principal articles of 

 which these exports consist :^ 



COTTON GOODS. 



1811 ^£18,033.794 



1812 11,715,501 



1813 15,972,826 



WOOLLENS. 



1811 £5,773,749 



1812 4,376,497 



1813 5,024,921 



COFFEE. 



1811 £1,445,427 



1812 1,418,034 



1813 4,382,730 



SUGAR. 



1811 £1,471,697 



1812 ];215,119 



1813 1,570,277 



The following is a comparative 

 view of the shipping and naviga- 

 tion of Great Britain, and her de- 

 pendencies, for three years, ending 

 the 30th of September in each 

 year : — 



1810 NUMBER OF SHIPS 23,703 



1811 Ditto 24,106 



1812 Ditto 24,107 



Which, in the last-mentioned 

 year, were navigated by 1 65,030 

 teamen. 



Proclamation, published by the 

 Lieutenant-Governor nf the Island 

 of Java, dated Djocjocarta, June 

 13, 1812. 



The sultan Haraangkubuana 

 the second, has, by his crimes and 

 violation of treaty, shown himself 

 unworthy of the confidence of the 

 British government, and unfit to 

 be farther entrusted with the admi- 

 nistration delegated to him. But 

 a few months have elapsed since 

 the sultan experienced the utmost 

 measure of forbearance, clemency, 

 and generosity of the British go- 

 vernment. He had violently seized 

 upon the government from wiiich 

 his want of faith towards his late 

 sovereign had removed him, and 

 in the execution of his purpose, 

 put to death the first minister of 

 his government, an officer, whose 

 office and person were solemnly 

 protected in all the existing en- 

 gagements, and, until his time, 

 had been held inviolate. The Bri- 

 tish government, with a tender re- 

 spect for his advanced age, his 

 high rank, and supposed mis- 

 fortunes, were willing to make a 

 new trial of his conduct, and on 

 his expressing a contrition for his 

 past offences, even confirmed him 

 in the throne he had presumed to 

 usurp. 



Scarcely, however, was he re- 

 stored to power, when he caused 

 to be assassinated the father of that 

 minister with whose blood he had 

 recently stained his hands — a 

 blameless and inoffensive old man. 

 He shortly thereafter ordered to be 

 strangled seven of the higliest and 

 most respectable chiefs of the 

 country, without even an alleged 

 offence ; nDen,^who8e persons were 



