358 SEQUEL OF JAVANESE HISTORY* efthc Javanese from the Chinese alliance. — A mock baitVc Jbught bet'ween the Javanese and Chinese to hoodmnk the Dutch. — Specimen of the correspondence of two hostile Javanese Chiefs. — Character displai/ed hy the Chinese in the ivar which they conducted in Java.- — Reign of Paku' Imonothe third. — Bcbellion ofMangkuhumi. — Of Mangku- nagoro. — Character of these rebellions. — The Javanese Em- pire split into two separate monarchies. — Establishment of Yugyakarta. — A small j^rincipality bestorved on Manghu- nagoro. — Internal tranquillity restored in Java, which has novo lasted sixty years. J this chapter, which gives the sequel of Java- nese history, and which commences with the pe- riod when the Dutch power began to be felt in the Javanese counsels, and to influence the fortunes of the people, it will be necessary to premise a brief retrospect of the circumstances and character of the European connection, as it more immediately relates to the island of Java. The more general narrative of European affairs will be related in sub- sequent chapters. The Portuguese arrived in Java in the year 1511,* the same year in which they conquered Malacca, two years after their first appearance in the seas of the Archipelago, and thirty-three after
- Albuquerque sent embassies from Malacca to the princes
of Java, but neither the names of those princesj nor of their kingdoms, have been handed down to us.
