SIR THOMiW STAMFORD RAFFLES. 
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love for Java, and desire for tJje welfare of tli« na- 
tives, were puinL>; wliicli ftBsamed aii intere^^t of no 
ordinary kind. He accordingly remained until tbe 
arrival uf Mr TindaJ, introduced Idin to Buiteniiorg, 
to h\» own officers and atafff aiid to the tno8t worthy 
inhahiiants in the isiland ; doing every thing in tii» 
power 10 render the sitnation of hin succfssor a;;ree- 
able, and to bend his views to the ittiportauce of the 
prosperity and improvement of the natives, Ha- 
vinf^ done this* he resigned his office, and retired to 
the house of Mr Cronsent, with whom he remained 
until his endmrkaiion. 
When it became known that Mr Raffles had de- 
cided npon returning to England, the livelie!4t de- 
nionsiraiions of regret were exhibited by the [)opn- 
lation, both European and native. Addresses were 
prei^ented, accompanied with substantial presents, 
and a sinc^srity in tiieir grief was shewn, which told 
plainly that it was the Iangiia*^e of their hearty. A 
peango to England waa enga^eil in the ship lian^es. 
Captain Travers ; an(!, fwys hih blo|?rapher, " On the 
morning of Mr llaffles* embarkation, the roadu of 
Batavia were filled with boatJ>, crowded with peo- 
ple of various nations^ all anxious to pay the hiHt 
tribute of respect mthin their power to one for 
whom they entertained the most lively aifection« 
On reaching the vessel, he found the decks filled 
with offerins^ii of every description < — fruit, fiowers, 
poultry, whatever they thought would promote his 
couiforC on the voyage. I( 'is impossible to describe 
