8 DISCUSSION. 



question, whether or not the vessel was a 

 legal prize to the Acheenese government, was 

 discussed by the native party with consider- 

 able force and eloquence. The Nacodar was 

 accused of having disposed of arms and am- 

 munition, under British colours, to the rajah 

 mudar of Sambalangang, against the treaty 

 concluded between the British and Acheenese 

 governments, the rajah of Sambalangang being 

 at war with the king of Acheen ; and one of the 

 articles of the treaty states, that any British ves- 

 sel supplying an enemy of the rajah of Acheen 

 with arms and ammunition, is liable to confisca- 

 tion ; and upon this article of the treaty, it was 

 contended that the brig was a legal capture. 

 The Pungarang* Ibrahim then produced the 

 original treaty, written in the Malay and English 

 languages, duly signed by the governor-general 

 of India, Sir Stamford Raffles, and Captain 

 Coombs. 



The Nacodar stated, in his defence, that he 

 having given, and not sold, the arms and ammu- 

 nition in question, the brig was not liable to 

 the consequences of a breach of the treaty. The 

 discussion concluded by the rajah declaring, 

 that if the commanders would return in one or 

 two hours, they should receive his final decision, 



* Pungarang is the title of prince. 



