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lative to the objects of their mission, theonly d v e h i do f i
mportance w ith whomth e cammineionern p i t themrelvea in
com-munication. waa th e Raja11 B a n d a h m ofPahang. There does
not appea r muchaom of congntuhtion to result from theoonfemnce
with the Dutch a~ithori tieatWhio, as respects the prospects d
anyconcerted plans d co-opemtion with theBritish government for the
extirpation dp i w y throughout the neighbouring s e ~ .N ot only
was a pretext found for refusingth e mlicited aid of a couple of
gun-boato,lying in harbour unemployed ; ut, so farfrom joining in a
desire to call the Rajd~of Lit M n t o account, o r at leaat t o
obtainsom e explamtion pr t o his supposcd con-nection with
pirrtes, and Bome guaranteeor m u m c e for the future, the
commis-nionva w ere informed tlmt the Du tch go-vernment had
already coneluJed a treatywith that chief, d which no p u t i e u
bwere communicated, and that he m s nneeiptof a pension from them
of 10,000per m n n m I The A d d ill againh v e his in a few dep,
proceeding uptbe Strri ts dM d . a a , ud viniting themore impo
rtant native states situate alongthe west coast d th e peninsula,
and willthen pass over to the opposite a rr st ofS u m a t n , and
p m e d in th e lam e man-ner alo ngt hst line of cmet. T h e
Rebigsmeantime, remains hem, to crui~e mongthe neighbouring
places.-IM, hZy 28.-
QwuM-The ex-king of Quedah sue-ceeded his father (from whom the
E nglishobtained a grant d Penang aod Pro-vince W elledey) in 1901,
and th e arbitrsrgexactions of th e Siamese a p p u r to
havecommenced with his reign, and to havebeen the subject of co
mplaint and remon-strance, on his part, to the British until1881,
when Quedoh WIU finally invadedby a large force of Siameee, without
m yprevious declaration of war. TO t h e wbarbarians, taking and
destroying aresynonymous tenn s. T b e most fearful 18.ragen were
committed; the king, withmuch d ifficulty, escaped to P e n q ,
wherehe obtained protection horn Govenunent,and was maintained in a
style not unbe-coming his rank. T h e Siamese, however,dema nded
his person, bu t were refused.This was in the year of Mr.
Crawfurd'rembassy to Siam, who failed in aecuriugany terms for the
King. In 1% theBurman war broke out,and it led CO a p t .Burney'a e
m b y to Biam, two ar tic lesof whose tre aty with th e Siamcre
notonly for ever cu t off all hope s of hbo bm inin go ur s ~ i s t
l n c eo reetore him ,bntus on the side of his enemier th
eBiameite. I t tm ab Quedah as a S iameseprovince, ands tipul ates
tllot th e Britishwill no t permit the former goum mr ofQued .h
,nor m y of his followers, toat tack ,disturb,a n m y wine injure
the Qurbh
territory, nor any other territory mbjectto Slam ; and makea it
incumbent on theEnglish to prohibit the ex-king h.om re-mainir~gn
Pennng, Prye, Pemk, Men-gore . o r m y Burmeee te m to ;with
aprovision tha t, if th e J3ngli% do n o toblige him to live in
some other comb);th e Siamese m ay continue to levy an ex-port duty
upon paddy and rice in Quedab.In 1831 oeeunrd the unsuccesdul
at-temp t of Tuan koo Koodin, the king ofQuedah's nephew, t o expel
t he Siamese.I n t h e s a m e year, the ex-king was re-quired by
the Penang government toremove to Yalacca, in compliance withthe
provisions of th e article of the treaty,upon th e folfilment of
which the Sia me senow insisted. Since tha t time, he hasresided a
t M ala ce , in the enjoyment da pension of 10,000 drs. per
aonum,(wh icl~ ad been long previowly sti pu h-ted for), until he e
m bv ke d for Delhi.This last step, though it ph ee r him atInrge,
MWS the Company 10,000 dm rnyesr. We believe that a difference
dopinion has prevailed as to whether Que-dnh was a province of
1Ei.m. or not. Mr.Cmwfurd thought it uas. If this -nion be correct,
o w origind tide to2.nang was d a very questionable mrt ;and, if
true, the atte m pt of th e king t omgnin hi kingdom appears ho pe
lm . uthe stipulations of Capt. Burney's t r e b t ~render it
incumbenton our Government topreventany such.-Sing. F.P.,Mq 19.
BITLIOL A11D PPINDITOU.Absuarc Statement of tbe Revenue and
Expenditure at Malaccr, for the 08lei.lYear, from 16 May 1835 to
SO& April18%.Rmintr.
- ' - -Rdm Fumr f h R ............................. iamTanlh
onProduaoil.n& .............. 10.10V.......................vlt
Rant for lLl3b.Jydi, ..................................la9Feu.nd
Finee ma..................M h d h e o u
............................%
5 R Trn-i h ~ a .Civil lpLabIthmmt, Palslau, ud
Cootie-JIIgenclencl~i : ::: : 0.lrn
Rnenue ditto. ma6.........................Medial dlw
..........................Ydne dim ..........................ditto.
s!...........................................Y L d&cmriep.
!S.................................2%pat-offla
.............................. mcompslvalimfor
..................1LmIThe SSngqmm F m rrr, n t o m m -ing upon th
statement from rbicb rb.sforegoing i~extractd, o&uenes:"
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