32 OCCUPATION OF BORNEO. [1843. 







" TREATY 1824, 17th of MARCH. 



" Art. 6. It is agreed that orders shall be given by the two Govern- 

 ments to their Officers and Agents in the East not to form any 

 new Settlements on any of the Islands in the Eastern Seas, 

 without previous authority from their respective Governments 

 in Europe. 



" Art. 12. His Britannic Majesty, however, engages, that no British 

 Establishment shall be made on the Carimon Islands, or on the 

 Islands of Battam, Bintang, Lingin, or on any of the other 

 Islands south of the Straits of Singapore, nor any Treaty con- 

 cluded by British authority with the chiefs of those Islands." 



But the case assumes a very different aspect when 

 viewed under a gift, sale, or transfer, by the Power ac- 

 knowledged by the laws of nations to be authorized 

 in conferring part of his Dominions upon a subject 

 of his most ancient ally. Such a proceeding was 

 not attempted to be cavilled at when the Sultan of 

 Sooloo, a sovereign, not even of Borneo, conferred upon 

 the subjects of Great Britain not only the Island of 

 Balambangan, but also a greater portion of the northern 

 coast of Borneo (extending from Maludu Bay to Pulu 

 Tiga) than that now under discussion. Great Britain 

 had then a factory within the river of Borneo Proper, 

 within sight of the city of Brunai, and also the fortified 

 Island of Balambaugan, from which her subjects even- 

 tually withdrew, not by the interference of any European 

 Power, but by the continued depredations of the pirates, 

 and unhealthiness of the climate. 



Mr. Brooke, by formal Treaty with the reigning Powers 

 of Borneo, having obtained, or, for a consideration, pur- 

 chased, his estate of Sarawak, seeks for that protection 



