An item dated Batavia
15 August reported the departure on the 10th of a private owned brig
to the East and the arrival coming from the East of a paduakang.
In the night of the 11th departed to the
East the government brigs Koppenhagen and Opregte.
According to tidings
departed the British frigate Drake and a schooner from the coast of Bantam to the East to sail via Java to Poelo pinang. The
ship of the line Belliqueux departed towards the Chinese sea just like the
Lijnx already did.