SIR THOMAS STAMFORD TtAFFLCS. 27 
riofl ihi? revolutions and war in Enropp interfereil 
witfi the inneresls of tire Society ; it was found im- 
practicable ta complete the seventh volume, atid it 
was sngscested that, by a(]op(in<:^a m<>re limited mode 
of proceeding, the views of tht^ Society might still be 
ft>rwar<lt;<l. The Society waa placed under this new 
organization in 1800, and coniinijed in this state 
until t!ie change of govi^rnment In !B1 1, when it» 
interests were agfun actii'ely taken up, in the man- 
ner we have just seen, by Mr HafHe». 
In (sicli succeeding- year a new addretia waa de- 
livered by the president, *,^ving a review and account 
of the prngrrss of the different inquiries which had 
come undf r the notice of the Society, and of disco- 
veries which had been made. These a!l shew the 
imcommon pains tak'cn hy Mr RafHes in promoting 
its ohjects hut would occupy too much room in our 
preRcnt sketch, and could not he dune justice to by 
mutilation. 
Durtng^ the lafft few years whidi the island of 
Java n^mained in possession of the lirili^li, Mf 
Kaffles remained in much uncertainty, and often 
felt consldcrnble difficulties in (jiving his nrtters. It 
was unknowji ^vhether the ij.Iiui<l was to he given 
np to the Dutch, to he kept under the British crowi], 
or continue in the hands of the Company. In any 
change, however, it was possible tlmt Mr Raffles 
might he superseiled and lose the advantages which 
he waa now reap!n<f in hia high and importiint situa- 
tioD» He was however prevented from suffering, by 
