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SWM JERVOIS, KOMG, CB to the EARL OF CARNARVON.
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Singapore, March 19.
Red into Quedali Verived mouth of Muda River, northern boundary Ismail and regala will be surrendered at Penang by Rajah of Wellesle's 2 udah, probably to-morrow
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GOVERNOR,
Singapore.
PARAPHRASE of a TELEGRAM from the Earl of CARNARVON to Governor Sir W JERVOIS, K.C M.G, C.B
March 20, 1876. THE military authorities are anxious that the 10th Regiment should quit the Straits in the
"Himalaya" and be replaced by the wing of another regiment, consisting of head-quarters and 500 rank and file
After full consideration let me know as soon as possible whether it is safe to adopt this suggestion
No. 19.
PARAPHRASE of 8 TELEGRAM from Governor Sir W. JERVOIS, K.C M G., CB, to the
EARL OF CARNARVON
No danger, I think, provided the half regiment amounts to 600 men
March 20, 1876.
SIR,
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British Agency, and Consulate General, Bangkok,
January 24, 1876.
I HAVE the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your Despatch, dated Penang.
December 30.
In reply I have to state that I have made the following arrangements with the Siamese Government: That they shall send a gunboat to Singapore with as little delay as possible; that a Siamese Commissioner shall be sent in her who will proceed to Patani and take charge of any of the Perak rajahs, who may be found within the neighbouring Siamese provinces that when found they are to be brought here.
Such of them as there are fair grounds for believing were implicated in the murder of the late Mr. Birch will be made over to me in order that they may be handed over to the British Government.
Those not implicated in the murder will remain under-surveillance until it be decided what should ultimately be done with them.
I will therefore feel much obliged if your Excellency will furnish me with copies of depositions sufficient to make a fair primú facie case against any of those whose rendition you may require in order that I may lay them before this Government.
I shall also be glad to be made acquainted with your wishes in regard to those who, though not implicated in the murder above alluded to, still may have given just cause of offence, or be likely to prove troublesome in the future.
As we have no extradition treaty with Siam, and the question as to the rendition of the Rajahs is, so far as I know, without precedent, for the offence with which they are charged was not committed in British territory, and therefore our right to demand their extradition might be questioned, I have endeavoured to arrange this matter without in any manner wounding the just susceptibilities of this Government.
I trust, however, that you will find the above arrangement satisfactory.
I have, &c. (Signed) T. G. KNOX.
His Excellency Sir W. Jervois, K.C.M.G., C.B,
&c.
&c.
&c.
NIR.
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FOREIGN OFFICE to COLONIAL OFFICE.
Foreign Office, March 20, 1876.
WITH reference to Mr. Lister's letter of the 4th instant, I am directed by the Earl of Derby to transmit to you herewith a copy of a further Despatch from Her Majesty's Agent and Consul-General in Siam, relative to the action taken by the Siamese Government in regard to the participators in the recent outbreak in Perak, and I am to request that, in laying this despatch before Lord Carnarvon, you will inform him that Lord Derby proposes, with his concurrence, to approve the course pursued by
Mr. Knox in the matter
The Under Secretary of State.
Colonial Office.
I am, &c.
(Signed)
TENTERDEN.
SIR,
Government House, Singape
February 2, 1876.
I HAVE the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 25th ult., and to convey to you my thanks for the action you have taken with a view to the rendition of such of the Malay chiefs as there may be fair grounds for believing to have been implicated in the murder of the late Mr. Birch.
The depositions which you ask for have been called for from the proper officers, and will be forwarded as soon as they shall have been obtained.
As regards such of the chiefs as, though not implicated in the murder of Mr. Birch, may still have given just cause of offence, or be likely to prove troublesome in the future, I think it may be desirable that, for the present, at any rate, they should be kept under such surveillance as to prevent them from finding their way back to Perak, or Indeed from leaving the Siamese territory.
I have, &c.
T. G. Knox, Esq.
&c.
&c.
(Signed)
W. DRUMMOND JERVOIS.
MY LORD,
British Agency, Bangkok,
February 10, 1876.
I HAVE the honour to forward to your Lordship copy of a Despatch addressed by me to the Governor of the Straits Settlements on the 24th of January last, relative to the rendition of fugitives from Perak, together with a copy of his Excellency's reply
thereto.
By the latest news received here the fugitive rajahs have not yet taken refuge in any of the States tributary to Siam.
The Earl of Derby,
&c.
&c.
I have, &c. (Signed)
T. G. KNOX.
No. 21.
GOVERNOR SIR W. JERVOIS, K.C.M.G., C.B., to the EARL OF CARNARVON.
(Telegraphic.)
Singapore, March 21, 1876.
ISMAIL surrendered at Penang yesterday. Have made arrangements to bring him to Singapore.
GOVERNOR,
Singapore.
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