251 



of being able to regain it; an'l, being driven 

 back, planted the road with ranjows. 



6th Dattoo MaliUi, and the Hadji, who was 

 the messenger uii tlie part of Duel Syed, return- 

 ed with the reply of Government, which stated, 

 that the Panghooloo must appear at Malacca • 

 and bring the guns with him, in which case, his 

 life would be spared, and he be permitted to reside 

 in N aiming as a private individual, but the prof- 

 fered mercy was to be at once accepted, no de- 

 lay being allowed. 



On the 7th June, a brigade of 6prs. was mount- 

 ed on Bell's stockade, and Lieut. Stevenson 46th 

 K. 1. appointed tu command. 



8th. Intelligence was received that Dool Syed 

 did not intend closing with tlie offers, and the 

 following day, the Head Quarters of the force 

 moved on from Bell s stockade to Tanjong Pur- 

 Ling. The boats of H.Ms S. Magieienne and 

 the H. Ca Schooner Zephyr were now employ- 

 ed in blockading the Moar, Linggy, and Cassan 

 rivers, in order to prevent any further supplies of 

 ammunition and provisions fmding their way into 

 the interior. 



Utb- The detachment of artillery at Bukit 

 Seboosa, under Lieutenant Begbie, joined the 

 Head Quarters. On the evening of the 10th, 

 Endika approached within a few hundred yards 

 of Tanjong Pur- Ling, and sent to enquire what 

 treatment he would receive in the event oi hia 

 surrendering, in reply to which, it is said that he 

 Nvas referred to Government* 



• Had ibe AtHliortltHn dontented lo meet Dool RytA halfwjiy at* the 

 latter proposed, it ^mhi have ceiife«sedty been a DeiociatiaD bctweeo 



