ACHEENESE TREATY. 



at the fixed price, unless they were rated extra- 

 vagantly high. 



I had an opportunity of obtaining a copy of 

 the treaty made with the Acheenese, by Sir 

 Stamford Raffles, and ratified by the Marquis of 

 Hastings, then Governor-General of India : it 

 was executed at a village near Pedir, which was 

 pointed out to me from the roadstead, the rajah of 

 Acheen being at that time obliged to reside there, 

 from political circumstances. I annex a copy of 

 the treaty,* the origin of which is stated in the 

 " Life and Public Services of Sir Stamford 

 Raffles," by his widow. (4to. 1830, pp. 396, 

 397.) And in a letter from Sir Stamford to Sir 

 Robert Harry Inglis, he says the Acheen country 

 ' ' at one period attracted more attention in Eu- 

 rope than most eastern countries, but which has 

 long declined in importance." '' For the last 

 four years, (1819,) the country of Acheen had 

 been a prey to disorder and anarchy. A rich 

 merchant of Penang, Syed Hussain, patronized 

 by the late Mr. Petrie, taking advantage of the 

 unsettled state of the capital, set up claims to the 

 sovereignty ; and, having expended an immense 

 sum in briberies and corruption, contrived, by 

 means of his superior naval force, and the advan- 



* See Appendix A, at the end of the volume. 



