the Resident of Singapore, who will be requested to afford
you any information or assistance in promoting and facilitating
the success of your mission.
24.—You are apprised that the ship John Adam has
been taken up for the accommodation of yourself and suite,
and will be at your entire disposal ; the commander being
instructed to consider himself subject to your orders in
every matter, saving what may be connected with the immediate
navigation of the vessel.
25.— His Lordship in Council proposes to appoint Captain
Dangerfield, of the Bombay establishment, to be your
assistant, with a monthly allowance of six hundred rupees.
With a view to provide against the contingency of your
illness, or other casualty exposing to injury the special
service entrusted to your care, Captain Dangerfield will be
authorized, in such event, to assume charge of the Mission,
and act upon the instructions contained in this letter.
26.—A party of thirty Sepoys, under the command of a
native officer, will be attached to the Mission. Lieutenant
Rutherford of the 14th Native Infantry, will be ordered
to do duty with the escort.
27.—You will be furnished with a small supply of instruments
for surveying, to be used in the event of circumstances
being favourable for such operations. His Lordship
in Council is satisfied that you will carefully avoid
any use of them which can tend in the slightest degree to
excite the jealousy of the Governments to which you are
accredited. A medical officer will also be attached to the
Mission, and it will be the endeavour of Government to
select for this duty a gentleman qualified by scientific attainments
to avail himself of any opportunity that may
offer o f extending our knowledge of the natural history of
the countries which you will visit.
2 8 .—In conclusion, I am directed to desire that you will
report to me, for the information of his Excellency in Council,
the progress of the Mission from time to tim e ; and
that, in addition to an ample diary of your proceedings,
you will be prepared, on the termination of the duty now
assigned to you, which it is calculated will not exceed a
twelvemonth from this date, and your return to Bengal, to
submit a full and digested account of the transactions and
negotiations in which you have been engaged, and o f the
information on all points connected with the objects of the
Mission, which you may have been enabled to collect during
the period of your employment.
I have the honour to be, Sir,
Your most obedient, humble servant,
Council Chamber, t G eo . SwiNTON,
29th September, 1821. Secretary to'the Government.
APPENDIX C.
His Excellency the Most Noble the Marquis o f Hastings,
Earl of Rawdon, &c. &c. &c. Knight o f the Most Noble
Order of the Garter, Knight Grand Cross of the Most
Honourable Military Order o f the Bath, Knight Grand
Cross o f the Royal Hanoverian Order o f Guelph, one of
his Britannic Majesty’s Most Honourable Privy Council,
a General o f his Forces, Governor-General of the British
Possessions in India, and Commander-in-Chief of the
Troops of his Majesty and the Honourable the East India
Company :
TO HIS MAJESTY THE KING OF SIAM.
In token of the esteem and respect o f the English nation
for your Majesty, I send into your presence my Envoy,