74 BRITISH BORNEO. 
rain were pluckily surmounted, it was found impossible to 
come up with the Royal fugitive. Negotiations were subse- 
quently entered into with the Prime Minister, Pangeran 
MumMIM, an intelligent noble, who afterwards became Sultan, 
and on the 1gth July, 1846, the batteries were razed to the 
ground and the Admiral issued a Proclamation to the effect 
that hostilities would cease if the Sultan would return and 
govern lawfully, suppress piracy and respect his engagements 
with the British Government ; but that if he persisted in his 
evil courses the squadron would return and burn down the 
capital. The same day Admiral COCHRANE and his squa- 
dron steamed away. It is perhaps superfluous to add that this 
was the first and the last time that the Brunai Government 
attempted to try conclusions with the British, and in the 
following year a formal treaty was concluded to which 
reference will be made hereafter. 
( To be continued. ) 
