m A VISIT TO THE IKDIAN ARCIIIPELAOO. 



perception and ability, fairly examined with reference to 

 tlie merzLi of tlie case. Nothing new conid "be advanced ; 

 but I am not aware that the old story haa ever yet been 

 put into this tangible and systematic shripe. May it tend 

 to confirm, and to uni versa lise the confident verdict of 

 that more distinguii^hed defender of my friend and of the 

 truth, Lord Palmerston : — 



" Sir James Brooke retb-es from this mYCStigation \rith 

 an untariiished character, and with unblemished lionour : 

 and I am pei'suaded that he wQl continue to enjoy the 

 esteem of his countrymen, as a man who, by braring 

 diffioilties, by facing dangers in distant climates, aud in 

 previously unknown lands, has done much to promote the 

 commercial interests of his country, and to difibse the 

 light of civilisation in rcgions, which had been before in 

 tfic darknesa of barbarism*" 



