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THE.
BURNEY PAPERS.
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Vol. IV.
PART 2.
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BANGKOK
1913.
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(I ndla and Bongal l)olitical 'Dep:lI I m el iL.
lJ.ett ... s Received,
VOl. 28. , To t Ile Hon ol'a..l>Ie thf> Cou rt of Directors
~f the Ea~t Jw li.a Cowpan r •
,Honorable Si rs,
Case of Tuanku
~ rMlj.homed Saad.
1. W e now rep ly to Y0ul' politi(!ul le tters dat ed
* See Ind. and 18th March i~ and 9th May~ 1841, respecting the case
B enga l Lettm's of'ruanku Mahomed Saad.
R ece-i'l:ed, Vol . 28.
'" Not DOpierl. 2. This individual, a nephe w of t h e Ex-Kin g of
K edah, w.as t he l E'ade~' of the ex ped it.i()n Il'hi ch in 1838
t emporarily expell ed the Siam \~ se fl'om th a.t pI ace. Aft t' r
his expUilsio ll fl'om K edah, 'rnank u Mah onJ \:'d t::laa<1
engagud in a COU I'se of depl't'da-t ioll by Eea, which
t erminated i n hie f~llillg into the haud" uf th e British
Authorities, and being brought to Pellallg, Illwu Oil
the prosecution of a n illhabi.tant uf Pelll1l1,g. wltes e
boat he had plundered, he was put Oil hi" tl'ial fol'
p iracy before th e n ecurder, but wu s .apquittec1 U11 tl ltj
g round that h e \\'[IS an al ie n, in n stat.e of WII r ll ct
-only with 'Siam but wit h the Brit,ish Govel'lJmt'1l t, all(l
'in committing depredatiolls on Britieh s ul)j ~c ts hacl
-exerci sed the ~:i.ghts of uclmowledgeCl I\,adtwe ,
.
Iiltall he :.I lI x i ou;; t. u 11 ij3.1' your j'u rth e'l' p}'oceedings Olll
1. lli ;; Imbject.
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8. W e feel 111uch surprie ed that you should not
have required Mr. Bonham to call upon hi s subordi-
nate Mr. Salmond , the .Resident Coun cill or at P ellan g,
for an expl anation of th e statement thu s mad e 'upon
oath by Cnptain Stewart, which is calcul ateCl t o give
t he painful i mp re!:'sion thnt at, least a constru ctive
breach of faith has been committed t owards '1'uan-
1m Mahomed Saad. Th e assurance whi ch Captain
St,ewart rrp resellts himself to have given by Mr.
Salm ond's aut hor ity that th e Governm ent would" pro-
t ect " 'J.'l.lan,kn Mahol1l ed Saad " from all his enemies"
wou ld have been most improper even to an avowed
b t>lligerent and wns in the lli g hest degree censurable
when given to a person who was regarded as a pirate.
It was by no mean s an easy question what was th e
least objectionable int.erpretation whi ch could unde r'
t he circum stances of th e case be put upon the geneml
jj0 1'11lS of su ch a ])l'omise, but we have Ca ptain Ste-
W e are
Sir,
• See tid)! Advertin g to my letter of the 30th of July!\< 1838,
~e l'ie."1·a.nge 194, and to the reply received from your office und er da te
Vol. 75.
th e 20th September lit following I have no w the hon or
• ? 26 Sept.
to advise you that Tuanku Mahomed Saad was cap-
tured by a gUll boat on the 2nd July last and brought
to P emmg.