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No 67.
GOVERNOR SIR WM. JERVOIS, K.C.M.G., C.B., to the EARL OF CARNARVON.
(Received 16th September 1876.)
(Telegraphic.)
6th September. With reference to my telegram of yesterday the mode of pro- ceeding in Sultan Abdullah's case has been discussed in Executive. The case is not within the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court, and in the opinion of the Council the Executive Government has no power to deal with it without special authority from Her Majesty's Government, either as political or criminal question. Would propose that case should be dealt with as political by Governor in Executive Council, Abdullah being furnished with a statement of charges and permitted to clear himself before Council. this proposal authorised by Her Majesty's Government? I urgently request an early reply.
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2. It has been represented to me that there is another Commissariat Officer-Com- missary R. Stanes whose services are deserving of special mention. This officer joined the force in Sungie Ujong at a critical time, when military operations were undertaken there, and, by his laborious exertions and commendable zeal, succeeded, in spite of great difficulties, in supplying the requirements of the expedition.
3. I have much pleasure in bringing the name of Commissary R. Stanes to your Lordship's notice, in order that, should your Lordship deem fit, his services may be brought to the notice of the military authorities.
I have, &c.
(Signed) WM. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS.
The Right Hon. the Earl of Carnarvon,
&c.
&c. Colonial Office.
&c.
No. 68.
The EARL OF CARNARVON to GOVERNOR SIR WM. JERVOIS, K,C.M.G., C.B. (Telegraphic.)
19th September. I have received your telegrams of 5th and 6th.
Proposed inquiry into political charges against Abdullah may be held before Council, then report result, and wait for instructions."
No necessity for Chief Justice to be present at this inquiry, but will attend to your request as to sending out new Judge as early as practicable.
SIR,
No. 69.
REVEREND JULIAN MORETON to COLONIAL OFFICE.
91, Hemingford Road, London N., September 19, 1876.
HAVE the honour to state that I have examined the accompanying Malay writings with the purpose of altering them according to the instructions conveyed in your letter of 2nd August."
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Being dissatisfied with the composition of the writings, I have taken liberty to detain them till I should have submitted them to a Malay scholar more competent than myself.
"Having laid them before Bishop Macdougall, I have received to-day from him the annexed letter, which I beg to submit to your consideration, and refrain from any attempt to make the required alterations.
The Hon. R. H. Meade,
&c.
&c.
No. 70.
I have, &c. (Signed)
JULIAN MORETON,
No. 71.
GOVERNOR SIR W. F. D. JERVOIS, K.C.M.G., C.B., to the EARL OF
(No. 297.)
CARNARVON,
(Received September 25, 1876.)
MY LORD,
I HAVE the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your Lordship's Despatch, No. 135, of the 1st June,* conveying to me the instructions of Her Majesty's Government as to the policy to be pursued with regard to the State of Perak. I assure your Lordship that I shall endeavour to give effect to that policy to the best of my ability, and as cheerfully as if it were precisely in accordance with my recommendations.
Government House, Singapore, August 19, 1876.
I believe that the occurrences of the last few months have tended to remove some difficulties, to which I have referred in previous despatches, in carrying out the views of Her Majesty's Government, as indeed they will much facilitate the adoption of any other policy which may hereafter be determined upon.
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2. In the Despatch under reply five points appear to require 'special notice, my part
1. The retention of Abdullah, or the nomination of a new Sultan; med que vd
2. The establishment of a Malay Council, with the assignment of allowances to
the chiefs;
3. The functions of the Resident;
4. The withdrawal of British troops from Perak and
5. The substitution of an efficient Police, for the protection of the Resident, and
to provide against sudden outbreaks.
3. Your Lordship remarks in paragraph 16 that in my telegram of let, January I advised that Abdullah should be retained as Sultan for the present, and, that your Lordship is, under all circumstances, and supposing him not, to have been directly concerned in Mr. Birch's murder, prepared to adopt my recommendation.
When I sent to your Lordship the telegram referred to I was sextamly under, impression that Abdullah was not directly concerned in instig
GOVERNOR SIR W. F. D. JERVOIS, K.C.M.G., C.B., to the EARL OF
(No. 287.)
CARNARVON.
(Received September 25th, 1876.)
Government House, Singapore, August 11, 1876,
MY LORD,
In paragraph 7 of my Despatch No. 89, of 24th February last,‡ I brought to your Lordship's notice the name of Commissary W. Robinson in connection with the good services which that officer had rendered during the disturbances in the Malay Peninsula.
Sent in original to the Governor,
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murder of Mr. Birch, though I had little doubt that he, na Perak, with the exception of Raja Muda, Yusuf, and perhaps, cognizant of the fact that the murder was contemplated; but the evidenc by the Commission appointed to inquire into the wikit would, seet prtywe not only that Abdullah counired at the mainder of the Resident, but probably one of the chief instigators of the crime, and that, after the murd perpretators were shielded by ex-Sultan Ismail and his party dres
4. I will not now go in the question of the different degrees of guilt of thes concerned in the murder of the Resident, as that will form the subject of a fore Despatch, when I receive a report from the Commission of Inquiry, búa, as Linfentie your Lorthship by telegram on the 5th instant, I have sent for Abdallah and his Chic
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