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Newspaper
Java Government Gazette
Location
Jakarta, Jakarta Raya, Indonesia
Date
Jul 06, 1816
Page
2
A bilingual notice announces a Harmonie Society meeting on Monday, July 1st at 6:30. F Bredero, secretary, fields the Allgemeine organization details. RYSWICK dated July 3, 16.
Fragmentary OCR notes describe a poetic invocation to Fancy and a seek for solace with imagery of smiling tracks and fairy land. The text shifts to a bureaucratic ledger mentioning the first part of the arrival of Java and references to ex-Residents, ex-Assistant Residents, eg-Collectors, and similar titles.
Amaranes and brigantines report cargoes and passengers: Ambrosina Margaretta from Samarang with coffee and sugar. Helena from Samarang. H C C Ternate from Macasser with passengers. Good Hope from Samarang. Johanna Maria from Bantam. Ganges from London. Mary from Port Jackson with passenger Lieutenant Dunlop. Albinia from Sourhbaya with cargo and passengers Meynie and child. Ocean from Indramayo. Matilda for England with Ramsay, Billips and 20 soldiers. Jolanna Maria for Pakkis. Mysore for Rembang with passenger Mr Wilson. Martin for Sourgbaya. Johana for Samarang.
On June 27 at Tjileboet a daughter was welcomed to Mrs C FE Wiese. At Goonong Sahrie on the 28th ultimo Mrs Janssens Rees celebrated a daughter. In Samarang the late William Bennett Esquire of the Penang Civil Service is noted in obituary notices.
The Lieutenant Governor in Council at Batavia on 28 June 1816 orders the publication of the extracted General Orders issued by the Government of Fort St. George. The notice announces the publication of these orders for official record.
Fort St George issues orders. Captain and Brevet-Major in artillery may take a three year European furlough upon relief from Batavia duties. Leury Thornton of the Bengal Establishment granted furlough on emergent sick certificate with pay and allowances provided. Deputy Paymaster General to disburse due sums and may advance to Captain A Camp.
Aid de Camp to the Commander of the Forces is authorized to receive his full pay and allowances since arrival on the island and continues monthly. Advances are authorized to the Town Major for arrears due to Supernumeraries and invalids of the Bengal European Regiment and Artillery arriving at Batavia, upon certificates of their last pay. May pay and June advance for Jura troops to be issued after the 15th.
The Lieutenant Governor in Council praises Major Dalton for anticipating and thwarting an Ex-Raja of Boni attack. He commends the small British force and Captain Fatwell, plus the crews of Benares Teignmouth and Derade for serving in batteries. He notes the energy of Major Dalton in Macassar, and honors corps and detachments under privations, urging notice to the Governor General.
The Othrs at Barrackpore consider erecting a cenotaph to Lieutenant Serrell of the 1st Battalion of the guih or Marine Regiment who fell in the fate attack on advanced army posts near Muckwanpore under General Sir D Ochterlury. The gesture would honor his gallantry and private worth and be warmly received by his England friends and relatives.
Colonel Loveday of the 20th Regiment directs the officers of the corps at Barrackpore to wear a mourning drape for three months to honor the late Lieutenant and Adjutant James Bates Terrell whose amiable disposition and manly virtues endeared him to his fellow officers.
Those who knew Lieutenant Terrell mourn his early death while noting his noble discharge of duty. His leadership on the 23rd inspired the Sepoys to greater devotion, aiding the day’s success. He died where he most wished to die, in battle.
A fragmentary antiquated verse recounts the grave of Lieutenant J. B. Terrell of the 20th Native Regiment. The poem laments desecration, praises the monument, and calls for lasting remembrance, with imagery of a sacred tree guarding the fallen.
The Right Reverend the Bishop of Calcutta reached Madras with Archibishopric rites on the 28th where he consecrated the new Church of St. Marys and confirmed upwards of one hundred persons. Dispatches report the death of Khodseed Begum, Akber the second’s mother, on the 15th alimo with 74 guns fired in salute. An Office for Registry of Seamen opened at Calcutta shows early benefits as seamen register and efforts curb calquities.
The Madras Courier reports His Majesty's Squadron including the Thais, deorn, Tyne, Termagant, Philomel and Sebra sailed from the Roads to Sadras for a court martial on Cornwallis. Trials began for Captain O'Brien with the defence to start Monday the 22nd inst. Two seamen face trial for mutiny and murder as the court adjourns. The Cameleon carried dispatches. Challenger delays to Bengal and the Dan, from Trincomalee, is reported well.
Report covers ships departing Trincomalee for England, details a squadron on the India station led by the Cornwallis as flagship, and lists 74 to 2 gun ships. It notes donations to the Waterloo fund by crews aboard Elk Leda Leac, and mentions Sayer's circular urging aid for widows and orphans. Legal notes discuss Goorkahs lands and treaty terms with Nepaul, outlining territorial changes, cessions, and potential trade gains with Tibet and beyond.
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