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the scene which took place when the order was 

 given to weigh anchor ; the people felt that they had 

 lost the greatest friend whom Java ever possessed ; 

 and perhaps they anticipated, as too near, their rede- 

 livery to the Dutch power, and the consequently too 

 probable renewal of the scenes of misgovernment, 

 from which, under the administration of Mr Raffles, 

 they had been relieved for five years." 



After a prosperous voyage, Mr Raffles reached 

 London, on the 16th July 1816, and next morning 

 reported himself to the Directors of the East India 

 House. 



He immediately addressed the Directors, praying 

 for a revision of his services in Java, and a decision 

 upon the charges which had been brought against 

 him by General Gillespie ; but still an opinion upon 

 his government was refused, qualified, however, with 

 the expression of their conviction that they " had 

 sprung from motives perfectly correct." But not- 

 withstanding that they did not think it proper thus 

 publicly or officially to express their opinion of his 

 administration, in a short period he was rewarded 

 with as open an acknowledgment of it as could well 

 be made. It may be recollected that the residency 

 of Bencoolen had been secured to Mr Raffles by the 

 kindness of Lord Minto. The court of Directors, 

 on his departing again for the East, and upon his re- 

 gular instalment into his new office, thus expressed 

 themselves : " The Directors, in consideration of 

 the zeal and talents displayed during the period he 



