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No. 80.
WAR OFFICE to COLONIAL OFFICE.
War Office, October 2, 1876. I AM directed by the Secretary of State for War to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of 27th September 1×76,* and to acquaint you in reply that the satisfactory report therein transmitted relative to the good service of Commissary R. Stanes during the late disturbances in the Malay Peninsula has been duly recorded in this Department, and its purport communicated to the Officer Commanding at the Straits Settlements
I have, Acc. (Signed)
The Under Secretary of State for War,
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&c. Colonial Office.
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K.C.M.G., C.B.
W. H. DRAKE.
The EARL OF CARNARVON to Governor Sia WM. JERVOIS,
(No. 229 )
Downing Street, October 2, 1876.
I HAVE the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch, No. 256, of the 9th of July, reporting to me the result of the trial of the 133 Chinamen who were arrested during the riots at Malacca in December last, and committed for trial.
Governor Sir William Jervois,
&c. &c.
&c.
No. 82.
1 am, &c. (Signed) CARNARVON.
The EARL OF CARNARVON to GOVERNOR SIR WM. JERVOIS,
(No. 231.)
K.C.M.G., ('.B.
Downing Street, October 2, 1876.
I HAVE the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch, No. 251, of the 6th of July last, enclosing a copy of preliminary evidence which has been collected by Mr. C. B. Plunket and Mr. Paul, respecting the complicity of several chiefs in the outrages committed in Perak,
I await the report, which no doubt you will make so soon as the result of the investiga- tions is made known to you.
Governor Sir W. Jervois,
&c. &c.
&c.
I am, &c
(Signed)
CARNARVON.
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No. 84.
GOVERNOR SIR WM. JERVOIS, K.C.M.G., C.B., to the EARL OF
(('onfidential.)
CARNARVON,
(Received October 6, 1876)
Government House, Singapore, MY LORD,
September 1, 1876. Is paragraph 4 of my despatch, No. 297, of 19th ultimo, I informed your Lordship that I had summoned Sultan Abdullah and four of his Chiefs to Singapore, with reference to evidence adduced against them with respect to the murder of Mr. Birch. 2. Abdullah and the Chiefs referred to have not yet arrived here, but I have been informed that they would probably all embark at Durian Sabat ang yesterday. They may, therefore, he daily expected here.
3. With respect to the examination of the Sultan, his position as such would not aunt of his being tried before a Court in his own country. I to treat his case as
propose, therefore, a political one, and to conduct his examination before the Executive Council, aided by the Chief Justice. Abdullah would thus be given the opportunity of explaining the evidence against him, and I would provide him with counsel, in case he desires to have legal assistance.
1. The evidence which has been already taken tends to prove that he was one of the chiet instigators, if not the prime mover, in the murder of Mr. Birch; that that murder was decided upon at a full meeting of Chiefs, held at Durian Sabatang in July last year, and that Abdullah gave orders for its commission.
5. I am of opinion that if, after a full and complete examination, the Executive Council is satisfied of the guilt of Abdullah, that he should be removed from the Sultanship. The question will then arise as to his disposal.
6. It would, no doubt, be an easy solution of the case if he could be sent to and detained in, Johore. The Maharajah of Johore, however, is a decided supporter of Ex-Sultan Ismail, and it will probably be found desirable to allow Ismail to remain in that State. It would then be out of the question to place Abdullah there also. Perhaps Abdullah might be kept in Singapore. Should it, however, he found undesirable to adopt this course, the question would arise whether he might not be sent as a political offender to India. I shall carefully consider this question in Executive Council, with the aid of the Chief Justice. Meanwhile, should your Lordship desire to give me any special instructions on the subject, I should be glad if they could be communicated to me by telegraph.
7. Upon the arrival of Abdullah here, I shall propose to him that he should appoint Raja Muda Yusuf to act for him in the capacity of Regent during his absence from Perak.
8. With respect to the Chiefs whom I have summoned to Singapore, I would propose, should the Executive Council be satisfied that they are implicated in the murder of Mr. Birch, which the evidence obtained by the Commission of Inquiry would seem to prove, to send them, with others concerned in that outrage, to Perak, there to be tried under the authority of the Ruler of the State, British assessors being appointed to watch the trial on behalf of the British Government.
I have, &c. (Signed)
The Right Hon. the Earl of Carnarvon, &c. Colonial Office.
&c.
&c.
WM. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS.
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No. 83.
CAPTAIN SPEEDY to COLONIAL OFFICE.
SIR,
I HAVE the honour to report, for your information, that I purpose proceeding, in the mail steamer which leaves Brindisi on 30th instant, to Penang, and will reach the latter port on or about the 26th November, in order to take up my duties as Assistant Resident of Perak on the 1st December.
Afton, Freshwater, Isle of Wight, Óctober 3, 1876.
No. 85.
CARNARVON.
GOVERNOR SIR W. F. D. JERVOIS, K.C.M.G., C.B., to the EARL OF
(Confidential.)
I have, &c. (Signed) T. C. SPEEDY,
Captain, Assistant Resident of Perak. The Under Secretary of State for the Colonies,
Whitehall.
MY LORD,
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‡ No. 50.
(Received October 6, 1876.)
Government House, Singapore, September 1, 1876.
In reply to your Lordship's confidential despatch of 21st July last, relative to the clerical error in the Index to the last papers presented to Parliament, respecting the
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