Rajah Brooke : $b the Englishman as ruler of an eastern stateSt. John, Spenser, Sir
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Rajah Brooke : $b the Englishman as ruler of an eastern state
St. John, Spenser, Sir
James, Rajah of Sarawak, 1803-1868; Sarawak (Malaysia) -- History; Sarawak (Malaysia) -- Kings and rulers -- Biography
_Charybdis_, H.M.S., judicious display of force, 191.
Chaufa Mungkut, 122;
friendly to the English, 113;
puts off Mission, 118.
Chinese attack Belidah Fort, 28;
establish village at Siniawan, 42;
removal to Labuan, 108;
influx of Chinese to Sarawak, 114;
offer prayers for Brooke’s recovery, 120;
conspiracy, 140;
secret societies, 141;
put down in Kuching, 142;
established in the interior, 142;
the Kungsi, 142;
ramifications, 142;
opium smuggling, 143;
Kungsi fined, 143;
intrigues, 144;
encouraged by Sambas, 144;
preparations for hostilities, 146;
surprise Kuching, 148;
clever combinations, 148;
attack Government House, 148;
attack stockades, 152;
burn buildings, 154;
their policy, 154;
aim at supremacy, 157;
their plans detailed, 158;
obedience sworn to them, 159;
recapture Kuching, 160;
driven out again, 164;
cut off in jungle, 164;
main body retire, 165;
establish stockade at Ledah Tanah, 166;
Chinese half breeds, 166;
fly to Bau, 167;
retire towards Sambas, 167;
brave girls, 168;
cross the Sambas frontier, 169;
‘sat down and wept,’ 169;
turn on plotters, 170;
disarmed by Dutch, 170;
deprived of loot, 170;
character of Chinese, 170;
insensate insurrection, 170;
not formidable, 170;
Sambas Chinese defeated, 172;
arrival of agriculturists, 175;
gold washing did not pay, 211;
Borneo not popular, 215;
low class, 215;
Chinese Christian settlement, 244;
only reliable workers, 247;
grow pepper, 248;
false weights and measures, 257;
Chinese in Borneo, 264.
Clarendon, Lord, instructions to Commissioners, 123;
Wise’s forgeries, 129;
cold approval, 137;
appoints new Consul-General, 137;
recognises Sarawak courts, 139;
expresses his good will, 139.
Coal, in Labuan, 68;
in Brunei, 70;
in Sarawak, 139;
successfully worked, 211;
in Sandakan, 244.
Cobden, Mr, 105;
his influence, 118;
attacks Rajah, 129;
unjustifiable language, 130.
Cochrane, Sir Thomas, 70;
attacks Pangeran Usop, 71;
attacks Marudu, 72;
proceeds to Brunei, 79;
fired on, 79;
captures the capital, 80;
destroys pirate communities, 81.
Coffee, increasing cultivation, 207;
in North Borneo, 248.
Colenso, Bishop, defended, 197.
Collier, Admiral, 90.
Commission to inquire, 118;
commissioners from India, 119;
inquiry ‘to be full, fair and complete,’ 119;
instructions to commissioners, 123;
the only two complainants dismissed, 131;
a threatened fiasco, 131;
notable witnesses, 131;
clear testimony, 132;
report favourable on all important points, 133;
findings on each head of inquiry, 134;
evil effects on Rajah’s position, 130.
Cotton in North Borneo, 248.
Council of Sarawak, 137.
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