Letter from Singapore about satisfactory news from Sarawak, the end of the plot to murder all Europeans, 6 Apr 1860

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Shelfmark: MSS. Pac. s. 90 Vol. 5, fols. 316-319

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the behaviour of an imposter, an enslaved Dayak man calling himself the Sultan of Brunei, at the instigation of Sheriff Musahore
action taken by Charles Johnson and Robert Hay
Musahore's escape to Muka (Mukah)
the arrest of the Datu Hadji at Pontianak, and his shipment to Batavia (Jakarta)
John Brooke Brooke's determination, upon arrival, to assert firm authority and execute all ringleaders
the need to reduce the Rajah's quarterly sum to £150 temporarily, because of the engagement by Charles Johnson of the men of 12 English men-of-war
the activities of St John and Charles Grant
John Brooke Brooke's belief that if anything were to come of the French negotiations it should be an absolute transfer
the numbers of soldiers in Singapore
[his brother] Fred's appointment to Sir Hope Grant's staff as Naval Aide-de-Camp.