RAJA HAJI. 191 
Two Commissioners from the Government landed from the 
Riouw fleet last night, and also an under-factor, Reijnier Bernhard 
Hoijnck van Papendrecht, who confirmed the sad news that the 
small vessel Malacca’s Welvaren, on board of which, amongst others, 
was Mr. Arnoldus Franciscus Lemker, the Commander of the 
aforesaid expedition, had been blown up with a number of people, 
and that the fleet, because of this and an unsuccessful landing, was 
forced to break up the blockade and to sail away. 
Jan. 26.—Arrived in the roads the second part of the squadron 
from Riouw, consisting of the Company’s vessels Diamant and 
Hoop and the cutter Patriot. 
Jan. 27.—There arrived successively in the roads of the Com- 
_pany’s returning fleet from Riouw the cutter Ondernemer and the 
sloops of war Johanna and Ciceroa. The Commander of the last- 
named craft that the day before he had spoken the bark Gertruida 
Susanna near the Formoza Rock, since when he had not seen her, 
that they were out of drinking-water on board, but on account of 
their own scarcity he had not been able to assist them; consequently 
the above-mentioned cutter the Ondernemer, with the pantjalang 
Philippine, was sent at once to the south im search of the miss- 
ing bark, the Gertruida, to render the necessary assistance. 
Frs. 2.—Returned from the south the cutter Ondernemer and 
the pantjalang Philippine sent out on January 27 last, without 
having met the Gertruida Susanna, the missing bark of the Com- 
pany’s returning war fleet. 
Fes. 4.—The cutters Patriot and Ondernemer, cruising between 
Tandjong Kling and the Lazarusveld, together with the Handelaar 
andthe galwet Concordia, having approached the shore withtherising 
tide, began at 2 o’clock to fire at the enemy’s vessels which were 
hauled up on the beach, and soon entered intoa fight with the enemy’s 
batteries or stockades all along the shore, which fight lasted until 
sundown when it was observed that they were leaving the shore, 
and were in pursuit of some of the enemy’s vessels which had 
arrived on the north side of Tandjong Kling. 
Though no more could be seen of them because of the darkness, 
report of cannon was heard now and then until ten o’clock in the 
evening. 
Fes. 5.—A balo of the enemy’s, captured last night on the north 
of Tandjong Kling, was brought up by the cutter Patriot. It was 
mounted with two guns of 3tb., and loaded with two chests and 
some balls of opium, some pieces of blue and white linen, about two 
