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MEMOIR OF 
the scene which took place when the order was 
given to weigh anchor ; the people felt that they had 
lost the greatest friend whom Java ever possessed ; 
and perhaps they anticipated, as too near, their rede- 
livery to the Dutch power, and the consequently too 
probable renewal of the scenes of misgovemment, 
from which, under the administration of Mr Raffles, 
they had been relieved for five years.” 
After a prosperous voyage, Mr Raffles reached 
London, on the 1 6th July 1816, and next morning 
reported himself to the Directors of the East India 
House. 
He immediately addressed the Directors, praying 
for a revision of his services in Java, and a decision 
upon the charges which had been brought against 
him by General Gillespie ; but still an opinion upon 
his government was refused, qualified, however, with 
the expression of their conviction that they “ had 
sprung from motives perfectly correct.” But not- 
withstanding that they did not think it proper thus 
publicly or officially to express their opinion of his 
administration, in a short period he was rewarded 
with as open an acknowledgment of it as could well 
be made. It may be recollected that the residency 
of Bencoolen had been secured to Mr Raffles by the 
kindness of Lord Minto. 1'he court of Directors, 
on his departing again for the East, and upon his re- 
gular instalment into his new office, thus expressed 
themselves : — “ The Directors, in consideration of 
the zeal and talents displayed during the period ho 
