fere in the affairs of Pahang, neither his boats nor people, and will not come to destroy me in the name of my friend, until such time as my friend gets the reply from Bengal. I hope my friend will live long and prosperously, and hold the appointment of Governor. I have no desire to become Bandahara; only I wish to keep what my father has given me in his life-time. Whilst he had enough for himself he was made Bandahara Mooda, though not a full Bundahara; vet, as he is being instigated by the Tumongong, who supplies him with arms and ammunition to beat me wherever I go, whether to Endow he beats me just the same as when I am at Quantan; of course I make my retreat, for I have not the power to resist him, but as long as I live I will have again my place which my father has given to me. Colonel Orfeur Cavenagh, Governor of Prince of Wales Island, Singapore, and After compliments, We have received our friend's letter and become acquainted with its contents. With regard to our friend's claim to Quanton and Endow, we deem it right to point out to our friend that, supposing the authenticity of the documents on which it is based to be substantiated, the claim even then would only extend to the receipt of the revenue, as those districts, forming a portion of the country of Pahang, must be under the orders of its ruler, and consequently could not be governed by any independent chief. Owing, however, to the continued disputes between our friend and his brother, the whole country has been much disturbed, and the trade between Pahang and Singapore having been interrupted, serious injury has been inflicted upon British subjects. Hence, for the protection of British interests, it has become necessary for this Government to interfere, and our friend must distinctly understand that he will not be allowed to make incursions into Pahang, or to take possession of the districts of Quantan and Endow without having previously obtained the sanction of the Bandahara, to whom, under any circumstances, even according to his own account, he must be considered subject. 2. We have referred to our predecessor's correspondence with our friend, and we find that, equally with ourselves, he did not fail to warn our friend against persevering in the course he has lately pursued, and to prohibit his disturbing the peace of Pahang. This being the case, if our remonstrance is again unheeded, we shall not hesitate to dispatch a force to the support of the Bandaharah, and to expel our friend from any position he may take up within the territories of the above chief, 3. Should our friend wish us to mediate between himself and his relative we shall be happy to do so, but as he omitted to avail himself of our offer in the first instance, we can no longer consider the Bandaharah bound by his agreement, though we might still entertain hopes of his being willing to agree to any decision at which we might arrive, and to allow our friend a suitable sum for his support. Sultan of Tringanu, to the Honourable Colonel Orfeur Cavenagh, Governor of Prince of Wales Island, Singapore, and Malacca,-(dated 17 July 1861). After compliments, BE it known to our friend that we dispatch these few lines, to acquaint our friend that Wan Ahmet has gone out from Quantan, and come to reside in our territories at Kamainan, though we intend to detain him afterwards; perhaps he will again make a disturbance in the territories of Pahang. We much fear that our name will be mixed up in the quarrel between him and his brother, and we are afraid to offend the British Government, because Inchi Wan Ahmet when he again resides in our territories, if he choose to go to Pahang or any other places he may wish to go, it is not in our power to prevent him, because he is a subject of another country; he wishes to return to his place; therefore, how can we prevent his wishes? Moreover, we do not choose to interfere with the affairs of another country; we therefore expelled Inchi Wan Ahmet, and did not allow him to remain at Kamaman; then he wished to go into Sunghy Packah, the place he occupied before. We expelled him also from that place, and did not allow him to remain there any more. But now Inchi Wan Ahmet has proceeded again into a small river to the northwards belonging to us, so from that place also we intend to expel him; perhaps that will lead to a quarrel between us and him, but we think that no quarrel will happen, because Inchi Wan Ahmet has done nothing to us, so we have no heart to ruin him, because we think that Iuchi Wan Ahmet and Pahang man, both parties, are relatives to us; but now we consider that our friend only has power to do proper justice to him, that peace may be restored and a place for his residence, where he can gain his livelihood, be seitled on him, and there may be no more quarrels between brother and brother, but we do not like to see those disputes between both parties; however, our friend knows best the circumstances of all the territories of Pahang. We have only to add that there is nothing we can offer to our friend in token of our regard, but our best respects to our friend. Now we desired our men, named Katabe Ahmet and Inchi Mamood, to receive the answer of our friend. Colonel Colonel Orfeur Covenagh, Governor of Prince of Wales Island, Singapore, and Malacca, to the Sultan of Tringanu,—(No. 445, dated 5 August 1861). After compliments, WE have received our friend's letter of the 17th July 1861, and are glad to find that he has determined to withdraw all support from Inchi Wan Ahmet; if he will also warn all his subjects from taking any part in the dispute between that chief and his relative, the Bandaharah, we have little doubt that the former will abstain from making any future incursions into Pahang, as, without assistance from others, such incursions can lead to no beneficial result, and, indeed, must ultimately tend to his utter defeat and ruin. As we are quite prepared to exert the means at our disposal to put a stop to the disturbances that have so long prevailed along the Pahang coast, and interfered with the commerce formerly existing between that country and Singapore, we shall be always glad to receive good accounts from our friend. Bandaharah Moodah of Pahang to the Honourable Colonel Orfeur Cavenagh, Governor of WE beg to inform our friend that we arrived at Pahang with safety on the 9th Mohorrum 1278 (the 17th July 1861). At the time we arrived at Pahang, we found that Wan Ahmet had left Quantan on the 30th Dulhadje 1277 (the 8th July 1861); our brother, Yon Abdool Raheman, desired a man to watch, and he reported that Wan Ahmet had gone to reside in Kamaman; for that reason we complain to our friend that Wan Ahmet has three times now gone to Kamaman; 1st, at the time we attacked him in Pahang he ran to Kamaman and Tringanu; afterwards, the second time he came out from Kamaman, and wished to attack Pahang, when we heard of it and put a watch over him. He proceeded to Endow; we sent our people to follow him, and from Endow he ran to Kamaman. Again, the third time he came out from Kamaman and entered Quantan. We desired our people and Quantan men to follow and attack him, so he ran from Quantan into Kamaman again, For this reason we complain to our friend, and our friend must know best about Wan Ahmet's affairs. Moreover, we have no other in whom to put our trust; only we hope our friend will assist us at once about this circumstance. Datto Bandaharah Moodah of Pahang, to the Honourable Colonel Orfeur Cavenagh, Governor of Prince of Wales Island, Singapore, and Malacca,—(dated 29 July 1861). After compliments, WE have now to communicate to our friend that, at the time when we arrived in Pahang, the same day also our brother came to us and said that Wan Ahmet had gone into Kamaman three days before we arrived at Pahang; this we make known to our friend, and submit, for our friend's consideration, how the Sultan of Tringanu stated to our friend that he did not mix or interfere with this matter at all; our friend may think of that. When Wan Ahmet ran from Endow and proceeded to Kamaman; also Wan Ahmet made his force ready and complete with Tringanu men and Kamaman men together, and again came to attack Quantan also, but this time he ran again from Quantan to Kamaman. Wan Ahmet stops in Kamaman to make ready a force and again a tack our country; our friend will consider if the Sultan of Tringanu did not like; of course Wan Ahmet cannot make ready such a large force in his territories; therefore we inform our friend that we must attack Wan Ahmet in Kamaman, because of his daring piracy. When he had completed his force and his provisions. he then came to attack our country; we were greatly surprised at this; how the Sultan of Tringanu could have acquainted our friend that he did not interfere at all in the affairs of Wan Ahmet, and now our friend will easily conceive from whom Wan Ahmet obtained supplies, and whence he obtined money to buy powder and shots, and for his people's expenses; we think of course he must have the assistance of Sultan of Tringanu, and therefore we make this known to our friend, and we beg for a reply as soon as convenient, because we cannot trust to any other for assistance except our friend. Our best respects to our friend. Colonel Orfeur Cavenagh, Governor of Prince of Wales Island, Singapore, and Malacca, to the Bandahaiah of Pahang,—(No. 447, dated 6 August 1861). After compliments, WE have received our friend's letters of the 20th July 1861, and are glad to hear that, as we originally anticipated, Inchi Wan Ahmet was unable to retain his position at Quantan, and has been obliged to retire from our friend's country. We have recently received a communication on the same subject from the Sultan of Tringanu, who assures us that, although he should be glad to learn that a reconciliation had taken place between our friend and his relative, he will not interfere in any respect, or afford any assistance to the latter; we therefore entertain a reasonable hope that no future incursions will be made into our friend's territories, and that his subjects will be allowed to remain undisturbed; under these circumstances, we should hardly consider our friend justified in pursuing any course likely to embroil him with the Sultan, nor would he receive our support in so doing. We shall always be glad to hear of the welfare of our friend, and of the prosperity of his country, which we will never fail to exert our influence to secure. Syed Owmer, of Pahang, to the Honourable Colonel Orfeur Cavenagh, Governor of Prince of Wales Island, Singapore, and Malacca,-(dated 22 July 1861). After compliments, WE beg to inform our friend, we have received a report that a person has brought to our friend's notice that all Pahang men do not like the Rajah Bandaharah, but prefer Wan Ahmet; now the Pahang people did not make such a report at all that they liked Wan Ahmet; we could say, all Pahang men did not like him at all; they like the Rajah Bandaharah; but now we beg to inform our friend that there have been four years since Wan Ahmet attacked Pahang, and ruled at Pahang River about four months only. We have been informed that all the great men and dattoos and the subjects of Pahang did not like Wan Ahmet, so the Pahang men expelled him; then he ran from Pahang to Kamaman, but our friend will think and take into consideration all the circumstances; we all in Pahang now make this true letter of complaint to our friend; but we in Pahang, and all subjects, cannot live like this, for Wan Ahmet's proceedings in the country of Pahang and its territory, are like those of robbers; this is our complaint to our friend, and we all hope for the assistance of our friend. Lieutenant J. N. Protheroe, Officiating Secretary to the Governor, to Syed Owmer, of Pahang, (No. 448, dated Singapore, 6 August 1861). After compliments, I HAVE been desired by his honour the Governor to acknowledge the receipt of your representation, dated 22d July 1861, and to inform you that his Honour is most anxious that your country should enjoy the blessings of peace, and that the dissensions by which it has been disturbed for some time past should cease; he is quite prepared therefore to exert his influence to secure this satisfactory result. Datto Bandaharah Moodah, of Pahang, to the Honourable Colonel Orfeur Cavenagh, Governor of Prince of Wales Island, Singapore, and Malacca,-(dated 8 August 1861). After compliments, MOREOVER We make known to our friend these circumstances: we have to inform our friend about the Sultan of Tringanu, who has addressed us a few lines, mentioning that he wishes to send his brother to Pahang, to take his relative, Tunkoo Besar, to Tringanu; for this reason we complain to our friend, because at the time when we met our friend in Singapore, our friend informed us that the Sultan of Tringanu wished to send his people to Pahang to take his relative to Tringanu, and our friend advised the Sultan not to allow his subjects to come up to Pahang to take his relative, as, if she wished to return to Tringanu, the Pahang people would escort her. This our friend told us, and we are happy to receive the favour and assistance of our friend; but now, if our friend will order us to send his relative to Tringanu, we shall send her at once to Tringanu. Moreover, we inform our friend regarding his relative, Tunk oo Besar; she does not like the Tringanu people to come and take her away, and she begged us to send her, so we begged her to wait till we inform our friend first; if we receive our friend's order and sanction to send her, then we shall do so at once; thus we promised her, if possible; we hope that our friend will let us send her. Colonel Orfeur Cavenagh, Governor of Prince of Wales Island, Singapore and Malacca, to the Bandaharah of Pahang,—(No. 455, dated 19 August 1861). After compliments, WE have received our friend's letter of the 8th instant, and in reply, we advise our friend to forward, as he proposes, the Sultan's relative to Tringanu, under the charge of his own people, an arrangement that would deprive the Sultan of all excuse for dispatching any of his followers to Pahang. We trust that our friend's country is now enjoying peace and quietness. Bandaharah of Pahang to his Honour the Governor,—(dated 14 August 1861). After compliments, I WRITE to inform my friend in all friendship, that Inchi Wan Ahmet has sent some people to my country to fight with me, and one man, whose name is Wan Doot, came from the direction of Tringanu by land, and visited the Rawa tribe for the purpose of making mischief 13 mischief in my country. At the time of my writing this letter, Wan Doot and the Rawa people are fighting within my territories, and have killed six or seven men, and seized 30 women with their property, and about 500 buffaloes. I have received intelligence that these people intend to sell the buffaloes in Sungey Ujong, and of all the Chinese trading boats, eight in number, which were in the interior with merchandise; Wan Doot and the Rawas seized three; they killed the crew of one boat and the crews of the other; two escaped; the boats were plundered; the other five boats got away to Pahang village. The merchandise on board of these boats is from Singapore, and on this account I complain to my friend. I consider that the property lost in these boats amounts to $. 5,000, and I have also heard that Wan Ahmet, when the mouth of the river is closed, intends to come and attack me by land; and I inform my friend that one of my men has brought news from Rambow, that Rambow men are coming to fight against me; the forts are all ready, and they are only waiting for the son of the Rajah of Rambow, who is coming from Singapore, because the son of the Rajah of Rambow has been taking counsel with the Sultan of Johore to attack my country. This is what I complain of. I have no one else to look to for assistance, except my friend. I hope my friend will assist me. Datto Bandaharah of Pahang, to the Honourable Colonel Orfeur Cavenagh, Governor of Prince of Wales Island, Singapore, and Malacca,—(dated 15 August 1861). After compliments, WE acquaint our friend that we have received safely our friend's letter, brought by Datto Mattah, and understood all its contents. We therefore have much pleasure in receiving the favour and assistance of our friend; for that we can offer nothing, but the Almighty will return the kindness of our friend to us. Moreover, we inform our friend with regard to Wan Ahmet; we hear he is out from Paka and has entered into Kalantan; as the interior of Kalantan and the country of Pahang are near each other, surely he will be troublesome to us. Under these circumstances, we therefore beg the assistance of our friend not to allow him to go out from Tringanu, if he does not wish to remain at Tringanu. The Sultan of Tringanu should properly order Inchi Wan Ahmet to proceed to Singapore, or perhaps our friend will prevent him, and not allow him to come out from Tringanu; but we now hope for the assistance of our friend to us, because our subjects are all in great trouble, and find it very difficult to get their livelihood; and all traders also are in trouble to carry on trade in our country; but now we have no other person to complain to, and we only hope the favour of our friend upon our children in Pahang. The Honourable Colonel Orfeur Cavenagh, Governor of Prince of Wales Island, Singapore, and Malacca, to Bandaharah of Pahang,-(No. 459, dated 23 August 1861). After compliments, WE have received our friend's letters of the 14th and 15th instant, and regret much to hear that his country is again in a disturbed state, owing to the incursions made by the Rawa tribe. We, however, entertain sanguine hopes that, through the exertions of his own followers, these plunderers will soon be expelled from our friend's territories, and peace will be restored. We are certain that Inchi Wan Ahmet will receive no support from the Sultan of Tringanu; at the same time, in accordance with our friend's wishes, we will shortly address his Highness on the subject, and the commander of the steamer by which our letter will be forwarded to Tringanu will be instructed, in the first instance, to visit Pahang, and to ascertain from our friend the actual state of affairs, in order that he may report to us on his return. We shall always be glad to hear of our friend's welfare. Colonel H. M. Durand, c. B., Officiating Secretary to the Government of India, Foreign Department, to the Governor of the Straits Settlements,-(No. 5298, dated 13 September 1861). Honourable Sir, In reply to your letter, No. 146, dated 23d ultimo, forwarding further papers on the subject of the disturbed state of the country of Pahang, owing to the incursions of Inchi Wan Ahmet, I am directed to inform you that your proceedings with respect to the offer of the steamer "Hooghly" to convey the sister of the Sultan of Tringanu, are approved by the Governor General in Council. Colonel Orfeur Cavenagh, Governor of Prince of Wales Island, Singapore, and Malacca, to the Secretary to the Government of India, Foreign Department, -(No. 100, dated 24 July 1862). Sir, WITH reference to my Despatch, No. 135, dated the 7th August 1861, I have the honour to enclose, for submission to his Excellency the Governor General in Council, copy of the correspondence, noted in the margin,* on the subject of the recent visit of the ex-Sultan of Linga to Tringanu in a Siamese man-of war. 2. Although the information I received, which embraced that contained in the 3d paragraph of Sir Robert Schomburgk's Despatch of the 18th instant, was furnished from a source in which I was certain that I could place perfect confidence, it was not one that I should have felt justified in quoting in a public correspondence, and I consequently contented myself with addressing Sir Robert demi-officially, so as to enable him to take measures to protect our interests in the event of their being threatened. Subsequently, however, this information was corroborated by the contents of a letter from the Bandaharah of Pahang to his highness the Tumongong, and I should have consequently considered it my duty to have written officially on the matter had not Sir Robert himself rendered any further action on my part unnecessary, by promptly acting on my first communication. 3. As the contemplated visit of the ex-Sultan to Tringanu had already formed the subject of a remonstrance from the British Government to the Court of Bangkok, his recent despatch to that state in a Siamese mau-of-war steamer, without any communication being made to Her Majesty's representative, was undoubtedly an act of discourtesy, regarding which I have every reason to believe that an expression of the sentiments of his Excellency in Council might be attended with beneficial effect. 4. I trust I may be pardoned for observing that, with a large European settlement in Cochin China, the maintenance of the peace of the Peninsula, so as to afford no grounds for foreign interference, is daily becoming a matter of increasing importance. 66 Enclosures. EXTRACT from demi-official Letter, dated 27 June 1862, to Sir Robert Schomburgk, Her Britannic Majesty's Consul at Bangkok. I WRITE these few lines to mention that a report has reached me that it is the intention of the court of Siam to appoint the ex-Sultan of Linga Governor over the tributary states of Tringanu and Kalantan; and that with the view of assuming charge of his new duties, he is about to leave Bangkok in one of the Government steamers, named, I believe, the Conqueror." Of course I cannot vouch for the accuracy of this statement, but the quarter from which I received the information leads me to think that the story cannot be entirely without foundation. Now, in the first instance, I do not think that our Government is at all prepared to recognise the right of Siam to exercise over the two above-mentioned states a protectorate of this nature under any circumstances; and, in the second, there can be no doubt that the appearance of the ex-Sultan on the coast of the Malay Peninsula would immediately give rise to disturbances that would be extremely detrimental to our trade, and consequently that his appointment, even if warranted by the relations of the two states with Siam and with ourselves, would be contrary to the terms of the treaty. Should I hear anything further I will address you officially on the subject. In the meanwhile, however, this information may perhaps suffice to enable you to make the requisite inquiries, and prevent the adoption of any measures likely to disturb the peace of the Peninsula, and consequently to be prejudicial to our interests. Either the "Scout or the "Beagle" will leave this in a few days for your part of the world, and I will request the officer in command to touch at the intermediate ports en route. The presence of a man-of-war on the coast will probably be beneficial. *No 1. Extract from demi-official letter, dated 27 June 1862, from the Governor of the Straits Settlements to Her Britannic Majesty's consul, Bangkok. Letter, dated 9 July 1862, from Fer Britannic Majesty's consul to the Governor of the Straits Settlements. Letter, dated 18 July 1862, from Her Britannic Majesty's consul, Bangkok, to the Governor of the Straits Settlements. |