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ACHEENESE THEATY. 



at l^e fixed price, unless they were rated extra- 

 vagantly high^ 

 I had m 4>|^osirtutx% of 4>btalui!tg ^ copf of 



the treaty made with the Achtn-iiese, 1>y Sir 

 Stamford RafRoSj and ratified hy the Marrjui> of 

 Hastings, then Governor-General of India : it 

 was executed at a. Tillage near Pedir, which was 

 fqdiQitei} dut to im ^^m. the toadstead^ the rajah of 

 Acheen being at that time obliged t0^7«sldath«i]^,; 

 from political circnmstances. I annex a oopy of 

 the treaty,* tlie origin of which is stated in tlie 



Life and Pnblic Services of Sir Stamford 

 Raffles,** by Ms ytidtm. (4tty. 1880, pp. 390, 

 397.) And in a letter from Sir Stamford to Sir 

 Robert Harry Inglis, lie says the Acheen conntrv 



at one period attracted more attention in En- 

 rope than most eastern countries, but which has 

 long iWMd in imperiisiJi^*" tke last 



fam yt^Hi (1819,) the country of Acheen had 

 been a prey to disoi-der and anarchy, A rich 

 merchant of Penang, Syed Hus^ain, patronized 

 by tlie late Mr. Petrie, takiiig advantage of the 

 mm^l^ ^ta^ (st the capital, set up cMnm ^ the 

 80Tm%aty ; aiid» hamf ^pmded an hmmm 

 mm in briberies and corruption, contrived, by 

 means of his superior naval force, and the advau- 



* See Appendix A, at the end of tlie vuJume. 



