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his followers, to attack, disturb, or injure, in 

 "any manner, the territory ofQuedah, or any 

 " other territory subject in Siam, The Engli^^h 



engage that they will make arrangements for 

 " the former Governor of Queda to go and live 

 " in fiome other country, and not at Prince of 

 " Wales^s Island, • or Prye, or la Perak. Salan- 



gore, or any Burmese country. Ifihe Eng- 

 " Hshdonot let the former Governor of Queda 

 " go and live in some other country, as here 



engaged, the Siamese may continue to levy an 



export duty upon paddy and rice in Queda. 

 ** The English will not prevent any Siamese, 

 " Chinese, or other Asiatics at Prince of Wales's 

 'Msland, from going to reside in Queda, ifth< v 

 " desire it." 



1 purpose to offer a few obsen^atioos upon this 

 Article, previous to placing portions of the Trea- 

 ty uf Siam in juxla-position with the then, and 

 5till, existing Treaty ofKedah. By it we find 

 tliat the first stipulation insisted on by the Bri- 

 tii^h Envoy is that the Siamese shall " engage to 

 the English that the Siamese shall remain in 

 Queda," The subjugation of our ally of Kedah by 

 Siam tvas therefore made a matter of favor by Cap- 

 tain Burney. It is true that it is also stipulated 

 that they shatl " take pif per care of that coun- 

 try and its people/' but, as to the manner in 

 which that care has been exercised, let smoking 

 villages, and torture and violation amidst their 

 ruins, answer. 



The second point of favor demanded by Cap- 

 tain Burney was that the ^Siamese shall levy 

 no duty npon stock and provisions/' &c» As 

 Kedah did not belong to Siam until the British 



