170 RETURN TO SARAWAK. [1844. 



No. 1 of 1844. 



" From THE HONOURABLE COLONEL BUTTERWORTH, Companion of 

 tlie Most Honorable tlie Military Order of tlie Bath, Governor of 

 Prince of Wales Island, Singapore, and Molucca, To THE RAJAH 

 OP MALOODOO, Coast of Borneo. Dated Singapore, 4>t/t October, 

 1844. 



" (After Compliments.) 



(No. 4.) 



" It having been brought to my notice that an European female is 

 residing in my friend's country, I have sent my steamer, accompanied 

 by a man-of-war under Captain Sir Edward Belcher, C.B., in the full 

 assurance, that should such a person be at Amboon or Maloodoo, my 

 friend will do me the favor to allow her to come to Singapore on my 

 vessel. 



" Should any trading boats belonging to my friend wish to come to 

 Singapore, I shall be happy to afford them every assistance in my 

 power. 



(True Copy.) 



" J. W. BUTTERWORTH, Governor of Prince of Wales Island, 

 " Singapore, and Malacca." 



Mr. Brooke having ordered a gun boat to be constructed 

 here for defence against the pirates, and her builder being 

 anxious that we should test her abilities, before she pro- 

 ceeded to Sarawak, I took advantage of one of our exer- 

 cising days, with the guns in our boats, to try her ; after 

 this, she was directed to precede us to Sarawak, under 

 the command of Lieut. Baugh; hoping, also, that we 

 should be able to derive some advantage from her aid in 

 surveying the coast contained between Sarawak and 

 Borneo Proper. 



On the evening of the 5th of October, ' Phlegethon ' 

 was despatched with information to Mr. Brooke, at Sara- 

 wak, requesting his co-operation, and urging the neces- 

 sity of embarking his friends the Rajah Muda Hassim, 

 and followers, so as not to delay us when we reached the 



