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tlie ficeno which took place when the order waa 
given to weiirh anchor ; the people felt tliiit they had 
lost the preatesi frunnl whom .Tnva ever possesisetl ; 
flinl perhaps^ tliey aiiticipateit, as too near, their reile- 
livery to Uie Dulcli power* and llie conwquently too 
prohaltle renewal of the ueenes of misgovern men t, 
from whicii, uncU^r the administration of Mr HaffleB^ 
they hail been reiieved for five years." 
After a prosperous voyage, Mr RafReis reached 
London, on the Itith July IBIG, ami next morning 
reported himself to the Uirectoi-s of the East India 
House. 
He immediately addressed the Directors, praying 
for a reviijton of lii^ services in Java, and a decision 
upon the eharg-cs wfiirh had heen hrou|;hi airainst 
Inni by General Ciillespie * hut still an opinion upon 
his government wrh refused, qualified, however, with 
the expre^tsion of their conviciimi tliut they " had 
sprung from motive's perfectly conect." liut not- 
withsumdidir that they did not think it proppr thus 
pahlicly or officially to ex])re8s tlieir opinion of his 
adm:jiiMtrai]on» in a short period he was rewarded 
Willi as open an acknowledgment of it as cooltl weil 
be made. It may be recollected that the residency 
of Bencoolen had heen secured to Mr Raffles by the 
kindness of Lctrd Mirjto, The court of Dirt^ctors, 
on his departing apdn for the East, and upon his re- 
gular jnslftlnieut into hi^i new office, thus expressed 
themaelvea ; — " The Directors, in consideration of 
the zQsA and talents displayed during ibe period he 
