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titles of the two ranks of nobility next to the Rajah 

 are, first Goosti ; second, Dewar. The head of a 

 village is called " Dayen." In their habits and 

 customs and respect to superiors, the people pre- 

 cisely resemble the Javanese. The Rajah of Lom- 

 bock is independent. 



Some short time ago, the Dutch East India Go- 

 vernment sent a commissioner in a man-of-war to 

 Lombock, to persuade the Rajahs (of whom there were 

 then two) to enter into a commercial treaty. Chiefly 

 by the advice of Mr. King, the Rajahs declined this 

 offer : they said they wished their trade to be per- 

 fectly free to every one ; that the Dutch were at 

 liberty to come and trade if they chose, but they 

 should certainly enter into no treaty to exclude the 

 English, the Americans, or other nations. The 

 same commissioner went also to Bali, the Princes of 

 which island were persuaded to enter into the treaty. 

 When, however, they fully understood its nature, 

 that it was intended to bind them to exclusive com- 

 merce with the Dutch, they repudiated it, and 

 denied that they had intended any thing of the kind. 

 For this offence the Dutch were now fitting out 

 an armament against Bali, which thev intended 

 shortly to attack.* 



* I confess I had at the time some doubts as to the correctness 

 of this information; but time has proved it true. It is at all 

 events true that the Dutch have attacked Bali and defeated the 

 natives, and destroyed one of their towns. After reading their 

 published proclamation as to the cause of this war, I could find 



