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in succession by the troops under Colonel MpLeod, thouirli not
without some loss, and, within an hour of the coiumenceujeiit of
the attack, the town and palace were in possession of the British.
The Rajah had effected his escape durhig the night, but in iiis
residence, which was couunitted to the flames, wcn-e found five
guns, a large quantity- of gunpowder, and arms of all description.
The strength of the enemy was three thousand men, and tlieir
loss in killed and wounded was very considerable. The Rajah
was deposed from the musnud of Boni, and it was consideri'd
that, by the arrangements made by General Nightingall, the
tranquillity of this fiue island was assured ; the sequel, however,
proved that this expectation was ill-founded. The ' Aurora
immediately afterwards sailed for Calcutta with one of the
chiefs, and the general staff of the army, including Mr. Craw-
ford, Resident of Samarang, author of the "History of the
Archipelago." Soon after Commander IMacdonald was made
Collector-General of Customs and Land Revenues in Java, and
Magistrate of the city of Batavia, as a reward for his services,
but was obliged, at the end of two years, to return to England,
owing to the wound received at Sambas, and, in 1820, he
retired from the Service.
Among those who also left the Service, owing to the effects
of exposure and hard work, was the gallant captain of the
' Malabar,' whose services deserve a brief record.
Captain Robert Deane entered the Bombay Marine in Novem-
ber, IT'Jl, and was em|)loyed as midshipman ou board the Hon.
Company's cruiser ' Morning Star ' until October, 17i>2, when
he was placed in command of the armed pattamar ' Deriah
Dowlut,' to cruise on the Malabar coast against pirates, and
prevent the smuggliug of pepper. In July, 171)3, he was
appointed Acting-Lieutenant on board the Hon. Couipauy's
cruiser ' Scorpion,' and, on her capture by a French fleet, in the
following January, while proceeding to England with the colom's
captured at Pondicherry, was taken to America; by this event
he lost the whole of his money and property, for which he never
received compensation. Ijieutenant Deane was released and
returned to England in 175»4; and, in May of the following year,
sailed for India. He served as a vobniteerat the capture of the
Cape of Good Hope; and, on his arrival at P)i)mbay, on the 1st
of January, 17i:h), was employed as Acting-Lieutenant on board
the Hon. Company's schooner 'Alert' until October, 1707, when
he was appointed Second-Lieutenant of the Hon. Company's
ship 'Swift,' in which he also served as First-Lieutenant and
Commander. In June 17i)9, while in connnand of the 'Swift,'
he was ordered by Mr. R. T. Farquhar, Resident at the Moluccas,
to cruise round Cerara, after two country ships, reported to be
smuggliug spices on that coast; while thus engaged he fell in with
the 'VeuuSj'countryshi}). which hadsailed from Amboynato Banda