mutt haie•been tired bt• the subjedtbad there been:more in' it

than - crew; and I remain herd iiithilf-r.', ndIt voluniesgeetAtrytorleitablIsh • against Sir James Brooke a- very aenk

ratlkitee rtineh tepay•forit.-' • ' ' : ' - the'ecisid,'Which 411 certain/Y:114 li4in'' it priede ' Modem* an

cited thisaionary enthiisiciam. The " commerce "was to be national paper attrapts 'attention; yoM'should Submit- it. WI' c'. ' ern Clerical.'

—British. ' The Rajah Ozer and over again atfirme that he never

humour after-they hare got the Property. ' nu go : 4y-at4 tic mbarked in 'commerce ; that although • about the'presa, though of coierse youwtalcapiVeglg',i` 4.144, " th' nit* Ing was-a trader ; that he never ea he sold various oommoditiesi-it was not even 'SS a merchant prince, ' tile body, though' neVeir moved by guenereiiii-or-diehaferea ' ' ineetiiee,. , 'are- butits a 'prince' "ant and out," and to raise a-public revenue. . This ' alive to their own.intereat, and. if they ece- an opening -1 fy to immease point is one of the qiilstioas at issue before the Commission; but trade, they will assuredly pour in and help with money. '.When.thi*rage- bonds are laying out millions in mining speculation/ in themountatos of the letters furnish :some very strange-looking passages hpon the subject,—as if amid the philanthropic siihemes he cherished "this SiLutulthalizencisiecannot we got them to supply our exchequer with one dirty great man did not omit to meditate on the best means of improving their ears ; and perCa attlye,ir fasatiTnaeggiaefe,wagilate, ding,ctong,i4noel Q.'s.; iota y in awake like an a Orman after his private fortunes." He laid in a cargo at starting ; long before a surfeit, and with a few grunts think that a penny may be turned.' Alt, he was Rajah of Sarawak, or had even seen the place, he was in- Jack, it is a hateful world-in detail. stituting inquiries that smack vastly of speculation. Thus, before The Rajah, how-ever, was not satisfied with urging his lawyer, he had settled upon any plan beyond a visit to the Sultan at but stimulated his family. This is to his mother; apparently a

Borneo, he writes from Singapore— very respectable old lady, with family influence.

"On my way to the capital, -I propose looking at the coast as minutely as • Were it not for other inducements I should hardly persevere on these circumstances will allow, and visiting Sarawak—the place whence small accounts; for never child sought bauble more eagerly than I do, but never vessels bring the ore of antimony." child cared less for it when won. You must think me very silly to ask to be

The Private Letters of Sir James Brooke, K.C.B., Rajah of Sarawak : narrating

the Events of his Lite, from 1838 to the Present time. Edited by Jahn C. Templer, it in England; but any honour conferred upon me in my present position is

Esq., Barrister-at-law, &c. In three volumes. Published by Bentley. an indirect recognition of this place, and honours here and in England are

carry 10,000 tone of goads a day ; so thak'whyaill_ ki'dills liiilklil tV' elitibi o My' intqnftop.ta, rit,toNieitSaraa:air,artrecWhenee they,get antimony only a small part of the goods can ' be cferriedOr additieimitislbrtaliso he Mid; ! or as yi4:ynkepwn anktniMgketti9hAltelelltatitk.: 41 kiamaatic4, hope to or it must be worked atone speed for all, bothlgemilaand passengers; and-that'. geehoiLl-atboAkiah of *rne,eXfointri. and-go,nprtsiChelsepigidi rejth him, a very looreat; 'any of which exp.edient, however, entirely overthOwing- ' and. if pomible, Make an excursion up tie river. I feeleanfaientteantething the ealculatmes of vent.

, . . * * -... .' is to be done, thengh the field -is One remarkably difficug..to gotett.!. 'From

"If the, gratid railways effect . nothing more than what them advocates the character 'of this riOrcy:I0 Rajah, I am leci.to believe, hkengy berm'inle, by state, they Will'ilifabilijag to . any pionee. , 'In the pa m phlets'and reports g.edmanagetnent fend .some presents,. subservient to ni.ypiege, _,., hut :la .case about the 13erigaland Bombay mike-ads, they talk of a charge Of littp. to 2 as.; be fail,,, ,I awl procoaaCcording to my priginalintentien to Malludu Bay, or Id. to ad..perton per mile. :If this is in that the most perfect railways ' and return by Celebes, tbus 'making ,the entire relied ef die Island." • , . baaceemplished, pur case weidd be hopeless indeed. y .14dia.. is to advance gam, arrived at.Sarawak,-we have omething like transit costs 9 pice (11-6d.) per ton; but tbieis more than double the real cest. . nially the governor of the vast country lying between Poitit,l)attoo; and the One et the.falfacies. in the calculation is, that interest is cliargeclon goods North of Borneo. . Reis a man of jIrst-rats ability, and very partial to the atiOL a ton; whereal the great bulk.of. the :traffic is grail, value 3/. A ton ; : Eligliib..- Sarawak or -Ktichin is a newlpastabliahed place„and one likely M salt, 31...•, sugar,- 121. or la ; saltpetre, 18/.;. iron; 101. ; and probably not Prtwe important Ma eommercial point of view.- .4ritingvfloo.rf is ,p,reduesci one twenlieth of the goode ie. worth 401. a ton.". . . in any guatality,;,,gold, tiss, raltams, .bees-wa,z,•nnd larela-naskietre.likely. procured, fl,_,:om rehesuri.Mouliny o.a ntry ; aml,at thaYlab .E ,itself is a white

And , yet again—" I need not say that 8,m-rah is eminen

rich in produce : amongst the most valitable.comodities is go treatment. Any .one who feelsinterested in the questions :should which is •proeurable in large quantities." -,Troktip,age 101. possess- himself of the book, anti master its -conteats, undeterred feet, the RajeliShip itself was the'reault of hfdiralistigion." by its repetitions and over-minuteness, and probably make an Ifassim that "man of first-rate ability," .goirldelifOrthe carp 'of

for t

W as tahen' set-off his ' batl. debt, .044 gt! Otie. sistance

in the conduttieri line. The Payment, indeed, iwas..trt;altogetlier

' , : take the law into his o*ii hands, and Make it'pretty,Strin t to:ie.,.

IF

was pretty well exhausted in Captain Keppel's .beek, -pabliehed in EPe'slie.", I "tshoMd be. snte le.wsated .0' 'deceive me; end r- b6i oi

friend Is false,. and thinks to weary rue, outi and thereby cheat me;;iiiall' 1846.=.(ptaiti Mundy's continuaticin Of the subjectii'. which:appeared me away in &spat : but is anistaken. 'T have taken my ineasurea."' et'l

in 1848,Mtvoured, of the twice-told, tale.- Rinse that titim, ,thei Rajah- . vessel partly lull of or • ' as Ye 'ect'tn213* pore fer'provisi ii iltui and his doings .bavelbeertsefreqnently before the worldthat people - , Royalist' has been 8sio t fikidid re&i. d arid

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there' is:, The nublicaticirt ,of , theeewletters; i -Init the motive' been , . my friend and Cred4thu. 'If I'onelude that hei iala .1 less ' queitionabie and the, letters 7themselvis possessed. a' great deal , . , the Cheat 111e too:-04: there aii. be no Sin** r. ifo

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1 e full return iM. one •-month, and keeps Me BIT; 1 I more Of noreityi•-eariety;.arithinsiterithEta they do;,would have been preventing his people'woilcingif, as I say,• , lanq . Otatk. .77 , 11,3 an' experibasht • upon pablieL,Patieneei, As:their appearanoe is hint to his very bedclothes ; eilid.ff he resists,' Al giA :',..,.''' evidently' part Of n reguldirsystein to pnsli and puff' the' **Tiajah " ; Here is more determination, withpiesipeetalWerfiE iiilitfo;.au''' by ietiety: Mode, ili everY:i avbilable. _ channel, the beiik *Mucks "Tomorrow or, next day must decide one ,ef _thew, apse things,—first, tooAtrottilt of- the, ,retaine& advocate, . It is singular,: however, whether I have tliiiiibiblute and uucoritr011ed janier';- ' second, whether he that, vuilay:41ear ,Jetek,T4he. editor, ( should not, as . a " barris- makes- a•-teicavirmgement: to repay me all inynicmur imclairpenses; :atuil. telvati1tt4V'Lllee that the evidence, oeiasich ally " let-out " in thase - tbhir.d14.5•14f•h04-'1.8hifit-Fffar4 buie.and.tafro ga and'o.vefttlieff29:Ae -40E0Pd-A whenlitliee265.3iiisip'airtiaattlat11:rtnli:itii:viei..aosnUeinn acasa.atecttrei,, nne nectritk, high-handed indifference to human rightai -and MI partioadar ten- ceiving Me. I'give yoe wave, dearlaCk, to ask whatin% thgleagbiliti4e iiri deneyloikilsregard-.11kown!intereste, ,:Ttils deteetion 'Of real' ino- thirecountry, and hew I am to2seppert the expemas till theocalabilitiMetrita ties ebrangbyhigh..sniinainitinidessionvis ingeed..the Chief ihterest dersloPed. I think-I' have. before:told you, that antimpayore I iii. thb imaphilo ! coramodiy.of .thiti river. , The aiiritiony..ere I shall retain arkulawreiimaills,o1 of,the correaporideiala :I Ifor4ho eiresIth. know abont Mr. Brooke's quarrels and reconciliations with: his ()raw,. Or'aeCounte; of his per- :• annecs1;-4;f'citieni•CL,-j2,171-)Phti fal,",,,T„Ae 11:1724,,Foratirvbeill ft 100 1-Y4111') :toilet feelings or private' afilliti r: or his • lielf-dedeptien -and 'self- • thie ore ,l-shall'iderive'raii6ei6if 1.8-00Cei 2tibertiiitti1/41a&'`cirOr. 111 pataigymeal - er.to-read lorigt and tedious - extractalrAhe blue • of carriage, duty,-crininilesioni. &c. There is hesidesa.omisfdrablo :Meer' Woks; or-te reperam in a-feeblereliffuse, and yet M,Ore-diajeilited, of sold, and thwinunigration of Chinese will ;inane/se thateptamitypliele mauler; . what: has , already satiated ; him, in oti,jei„ s,ri..„;,;pu eiktw another branch of trade will be open, as waste email quaritities,Olilteesevmaja, thou& tinOoniseiona exposure is a laughable thing; three 'volume is-,- horat7en6eam„e,attdne hkg.:. By„theaaeftraprefita,I.propeae ..payi0 1, a my hough°. Wenttlye servant 4 :, a toAtie the A commission appointed by the present Government is sitting, - havirmy,'profipeets for the firetlear."`," il•'" - ' . ' ' . ' ' •••=',11?111L;'1 end. ttriritfat-Atigaperre, to inqUirainto various chit inatie , While-our philanthroAt W4lithetiring thus in the t,7, agaNd "Irtines Brooke; and the eliject of these letters 1$ to pre- "Christianity and Commerice 'ittlorneo, he did not'forget" 6' ' " pob.lUmhme public in the wrier,e favour.. .Whates-g, the re- ,." my:dear:Jack " to correSpindlig action at home, suit Asaybe as to theformalchargeii4-anclsomenf.thernseernto. be -., 2000/. a-yearlitim-the monopoly Of antimony had III established under the writer's own tand,the book appears expli- and " myeXehopier is -very flourishing." (VOL

Mb' enough. upttn two poirita.=the atithor's indifference I& blood- scheme, • it'arill We • seen, smacks of the . wisdonyn the )19

shedding. Iinfliis •olese attention,te,hiS Own interests. Service in - People who hate - met with :Panegyrics in all -iiitai rzi 91 the'Reethil impressed Jame '.j With the capabilities of the najah, and ratili'af his wonder'-ivorkings, will now fig' 10 Indian -Archipelago; and . in '1039. he sailed for that quarter in his how'much of these praises were spontaneous, and - ' in 'Zho fr own yacht: -, Aecording to a sort Of memoir upon the history, gee- to Vesiet influence. graphy, and predicts of the region, Which he drew up and got read-, "rvone dese§mlition Mrs. Fry is Most laudable, and I taiiifthe will at the Geographical SocietY,:" Christianity and Commerce," the all the,religionatvorld. ',,Oxford 'atid Canibridge -I have no lanim-freirwbe4,1-' staple pretexts of - modern .philanthropy, were the objects he : cause they are not interested.parties,and as lt. body they are blgota and hook.... ' worms, who.think more,ef .their .. own: sipialibies,thaMaaything that is.goiug prwesa - When he had. established himself. as 'Rajah of . Sara, -.on abroad. , Don t forget Sir Fowell Buxton, though thr rowel1- nat be dis- wah-phe took a sound enough view of' missionary . proceedings; ' but . heartened by. his African mip editioa; ' yet' for.'alt.h'eti-- "`t1" • ' '0 influence, - had that view been'preintilgatetr at firat, ' it Would hardly have eir-: alitl stands in the place of -Mr. Wilberforce.- With ' ''' "V rik, if the

they shouldsliy-they were neglected,- and T besides; theyindiht beim a i good made a knight : it is not that I care about knighthood, or that I would seek

very different. Ffere,Abittlis 'at SingdPore, tit a 'knight, I should heroic) equal' and innonget theimtiree It would be' important indeed, for it would proclaim ree a chief; ieater' than the .Goveriter of Singapore, cir any other omthis aide Calcutta. If; spite of all these good reasons, your pride' or your' prejudice, my dearestm amnia, dislikes that year -sonsheittld be a paltry knight,' sevto and 'make me a baronet or a 'peek:• and rementhei, •now, I shall-be'a- Tony knight : I an glad the Torms'lla've conic in; because .you will be pletused; and Anthony's oeetiPation Is gone' Of abusing the Whigs. At a dis- tance; I view those partyieltraggles'witli all the indifference of philosophy, and I only cletilre.thegirodiaf the Maim:rind a firm erernment."

'It t *Yard ' seem'' that .Mrs..'iBroblee really-took an 'interest in Christianity ; or at least that somebody in the 'family did: 4l.intist.t4 to write to dear 31-n1-g:tilt this time, though may time is croaftflakerimp by publie affairs. She will delight to hear of so fine afield for,theipread of-Chrilitidehitff : a finer field cannot be imagined; a people se Iginimit and So lihuted; - with no religion of 'their own, and hardly any pre- jutlitiet; offhrthe best opportiinity for eonrction to the truth. * * * -"My,readings are Varietal; but chiefly t eological„ and the stock in My libr i ary s netiiipekbaiisted,- as I have now got to the Sixth volume of Lard- n works—thattrionnment of leat-ding and candour. I have not written' nntelt,: and eitept'a brief answer to the' Tract of the Ttines, No. 90, nothing oif theology: ' That:I:Met:it a-disgrace to Mr..-.—, arid all .whorti it 'may eon-. ectitTsitiltrintbe werst jesuitieal spirit, false, subtile, and hypocritical." ttAitlY tlis crttm may apply to others than the writer of T • ,;sfl.,,qo, . . ,ce,1,rfught, go furflier into these family letters; but our readers hile Irobably seen enough of llajult Brooke's "Christianity and, Cgrn1 rce." J3elbre, we leave him, however, we must exhibit a, toell 4f.liis 11 it4tisre. The Wise of t 'opening was his

b'isiim of W a I triiis'e's, d'. to Wise fal folloWs. Get government

ea ,ege8t, w o 'he gt0Turtts quarre 0 witlt, - !, re2aari biriiiiirte ifi Ii4Obaii • Niith ii'elipiliii tfrota $`00;6015/.10500,i500/. Litt/ism hayed . plantationq • Itimand • matinee; ■ 8,:. . and . a ihonopoly -of ...a- moayland.apiwuy to help their capendittiretill.thlihountry -.11ii arniv'enab.,-

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89f,tua , 1-14 f factk., 1r reiTIVia 909/44 i-rkho,e4Peutiessieed.net ba, F348,,0 , 'haw • Jil., ..€11„.!Iff, P/Sfriands„.oeght new to. make.a FL OPKUP, r,u4.1 /1.7,f14f0 -.done or, neffirgiuse I have other , et hw,rapy,1,1 me, pm ,pel ;nitre country, ,,t, shall certainly- use. ,ffi v a xo lui setlinon. Other nations_ are, matt. desirous to Re 9;9; and from what as heen,said"to•me b)..., ir pf,fl votild accept Sarawak ; and nix; influence inb., nrSIIM ommant sway over that kingdom, which ww Y,Arniliff. titkr/Pue.,..., My object is to secure to the na- ties a permaiaen, syfie 'the Chances of my life. Of courst, in the first place, I applz (3,7 pal Government, to the merchants„ to tic re- ligious societies.; .At ali.are dafor indifferent, it is then I propose applying to others pixéri1pp, and,:.hlciwise able, to carry my views into effect. I sal; not t* la ,Tfity, 0 threat or from any feeling of annoyance or mortified vanity; butes an. alternative which it will be my duty to adopt, and which, cannot., after the hare declined; affect the interests of my country:men.'" i

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