The Straits Times, 2 April 1850

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1 8 The Straits Times
  • 20 1 THE STRAITS TIMES. AND SINGAPORE JOURNAL OF COMMERCE. VOL 6th. PUBLISHED EVERY [TUESDAY, APRIL, 2nd. 1850.] TUESDAY MORNING NO 47:*
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 700 1 I; A TF.S OF SUHBCR,f T i O JI Annually. Sp. l)ts. 16 v Half-Yearly.. 9 1 Quarterly.... 5 One -Mciith U i A Sin^li 1 Copy One Rupee. LIST OF ARTICLES FOR SALE AT TEE COMMISSION ROOMS OF f|p#k (|^«^cfj(?C, (tub (|^o. COWIIVIERCIAL-SQUARE,--SINCAPORE. toot* kAiMIIS AjP3PA3ESIIi. Berlin wool of
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    • 706 1 Have always on Sale an extensive and choice assortment of the following goods, selected specially for their Stores. WHOLKSAI'B RM All, A KOFI EXPORTATION. MLLINERY ffiy HOSIERY Art,,,,, for the WorkTab.e M^i ■KSSS& -aST PMIB LJTiiSg: and Brusse, manufacture Miumisette. of th<: tincst quality, Muslin and Munlinet Dresses, Curtains. &<•.
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    • 538 1 AGENTS /London W. Thomas A <" Calcutta TliacJcpr and Co Chin,— \Vi".,..m fustau C< I Batavia Lan^c Jf Co. TIIK LAW OF STORMS. The Editor of tin- Straits Times, icit/feel great obliged by Captain* of Vessel* furnishing him mv particulars (extracted from the Ships Lo;/, eluding o/isenxttiotu of B<ironuter ami
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    • 735 2 CHRONOMETERS WATCHES, CLOCKS and MUSICAL BOXES fiAREFULLY repaired and the performance I Kuaranleed by the undersigned. GOOROOWADONG. JUST IMPORTED. EX CHRISTIAN FROM CHINA. AND FOR SALE AT THE GODOWNS OF MESSRS E- APEL <& CO-Commercial-Square. AN Extensive and choice consignment of China and Japan Goods, which are to be sold
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    • 634 2 'PROSPECTUS, SINGAPORE RACES, 1850. First day, Tuesday, Hth May. First Race. The Governor's Cup value Drs. 150. For all horses, weights for age and inches 14 hands and aged to carry 9 st. neats R. C. Entrance Dre 5, h. f. Horses that have won a Race on this or
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    • 499 2 TRIESTE ROUTE. OVULANSEOVTE VIA TRIESTE. THE Austrian Lloyds Steam Navigation Company 8 Imperial Mail Steam Packets leave Alexandria direct for Trieste 21 hours after the arrival of the Passengers by the Peninsular and Oriental Company's Steamers from Calcutta, on about the 11th of every month. The passage is usually performed
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    • 576 2 NOTICE. I LL persons having any claim upon, tlie Ettate f\ of Fin Minima: SonvBJRK, late of Singapore, merchant, deceased, are requested forthwith to send the amount and full particulars thereof to tlie undersigned, in order that the propriety of the same may be examined and considered; and in delault
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  • 3340 3 R markt on a recent Naval Execution.'" —By W. N. London 1850. 'HIS PRETENCE FOR MAKING WAR UPON HIS NEIGH" BOIR^ HAS THEIR PIRACIES: THOUGH HE PRACTISED THK SAME TRADE" Arbuthnot. Abjut three months since, there arrived ln this country accounts of a deadly attack by Gov ernor Brooke,
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  • 1207 3 On Tuesday the 12lh itist. the first session of Oyer and Tcrminor, for the present year, opened before Sir William Jeffcott, Xt, Recorder. In accordance with the public no tic; the Court met at 1 1 O'clock, precisely. After the preliminary business lud been gone through and a (jrantf
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  • 766 4 Sir Christopher Rawlixso.v, Xt, late Recorder of the Straits Settlement, left this on Saturday hist in the Mail Steamer Achilles on his way to Madras to succeed to the Chief Justiceship there on the retirement of Sir Edward Gnmbier. He »:anie here in August of 1847 and consequently his incumbency
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  • 137 4 THE Straits Times SINGAPORE TUESDAY, APRIL 2ND. 1850. We have to announce the arrival of the following passengers: March 2(» per Hoo«hly from Pinang Sir Win. Jerlrutt, A J. Kerr K-i). 1- ranks Es<j Dr. Scott, and the Hey. W. IV Wright; 27 per Sydney from Bombay, Captain Me.Knight 2H
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  • 29 4 The Hon'ble Sir William JeflVott lint. Recorder, arrived here on Tuesday last. On Thursday and Saturday his Lordship disposed of a great number of cases iv the Insolvent Court.
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  • 30 4 Ybstkrday morning the 11. C. llooghly proceeded to Pedra Branca, and conveyed thither a number of workmen to commence the preliminary operations for erecting the Hors burgh Testimonial or light-house.
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  • 103 4 CHINA Accounts have reached us from Hongkong to the l?th of March they partake of but little interest. The China Mail ot the 11th contains a notification of the trade of Amoy for the year 1549 the total trade is set down at jf 3S 1,89(5, showing an increase over
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  • 54 4 Wk observe the Criminal Sessions are fixed for the 12th. instant. The Calendar includes we hear, nearly ninety cases most of which are of a light description, and mi^ht have been disposed of by the summary jurisdiction which it is proposed to extend to the Straits magistrates, if the Act
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  • 391 4 Tiie Pinang Gazette March 16th. contains some remarks (which will be found in another coiumn) purporting to be a critique on the public services of Sir Christopher Kawlinson, the late Recorder of the Straits and now Chief Justice at Madras. To the commendation bestowed by our Pinang contemporary we yield
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  • 504 4 CAPB OK Go« I) lIOPK. We have been f.ivorcd with the loan of Cape journals to the 2nd. of February, received per Cynthia. The parlies who committed a murderous assault on Mr. r .111 1 a m, a Cape journalist and leader of the anti-convict movement, h.id been tri**d ami
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  • 694 4 A feeling for some time past has existed at Sfasfamwtj inimical to the publicinterests, and not free from those of indideviduals, regarding the distinctions matlr in returns of the Grand and I'etty Jurors. Last year, Sir Christopher lliiwliuson, at tho opening of the Sessions, animadve ted on the subject, and
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  • 3060 4 .—In a recent i- sue we noticed the receipt <>t a lilllc work, miiilishcd at llaulmaiu in December last, from the pen of Captain Mayflower Crisp, whoM tilt ty of talent is marked bj giriaf M eoitoiinsed republican constitution to the Nicobars 1 11 descending to descant on
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  • 372 5 .—The following is the opinion of Judge Black recently alt—j l>y t'»c Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, per Coulter, Justice, Dowsy MMillan, Si. Uarr, 100. 'if a man offers to marry a woman, or promises to do it, he is not bound to comply with i', unless she
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  • 700 5 .—A cook at one of the colleges at Cambridge, at serving up dinner, gave to one of the assistants a neat's tongue to pul upon the table the fellow not having. firm hold of the dish, let it fall to the ground. so that it was not fit
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  • 4115 6 What is to be done with our convicts? When the doors of all our colonies were shut in their faces, it was believed that an asylum had been opened to them at Swan River. But, no The Western Australians have been thrown into a fever of indignation on
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  • 240 7 Match ~o Brit, brig Independence, Minard, Amoy March 9. Do. schr. Fair Barbadian, Griffen, Hongkong March 11. H. C. Steamer Hooghly, Stewart. Piantg March 23. J 7— Brit, ship Charlotte, Thomas, Hongkong March 15. Do. schr. Sydney, Wild, Bombay February 11. 28— Port. do. Dos Amigos,
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  • 98 7 Captain Hunt, of the Good Success, reports having spoken March 18th in the Bay «f Bengal, the Fultel Ohib 'mm Singapore to Akyab. Captain Little, of the Cynthia, reports having passed the following vessels in the Straits of Banka the Argtll, Neptune and Ann Lockerby, all bound (o
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  • 44 7 The following vessels arrived in China on the dates mentioned Match 7 Lady Peel, Fraser, ll'irnli.iy 8 Lady Mary Wood, Tronson, Singapore Earl of Chester, Blackstone, Bombay 12 Poppy, Thomson, Calcutta and Singapore. The M.illa Steamer was advertized to leave Hongkong on March 30th.
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  • 279 7 From the Cape journals we learn that H. M. S. f'olumbinf, Captain Hay, reached Simon's Bay on Jan. 2lst. The Brig John Bags haw, hence lo London was at the Cape on Jan. 3 1st. On he 29th. 11. N. \l. Frigate Simbre, from ialavia to Holland, put into the
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  • 466 7 The Master of the Hamburg barque Burgomcister Jensen, while walking along the Queen's Koad about noon on Monday last, was seized from behind by two Chinamen, who threw him on the ground, while a third snatched a valuable gold watch from his waistcoat pocket; and no attempt having been
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  • 1420 7 SlNGA- Kxi'KRI.HKNTAL SBTTLBIICMTB—SINGAPORE And LABUAN. —We turn now to our settlements in Ihe Car east respecting whicha systematic notification is being played off with a view to shield one dreamy and unscrupulous adventurer jn these region The fundamental principle of these setllemcnlsis admirably expressed in a despatch of
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  • 54 7 Vessel's Xame Neptune K eliance Jcanette 4 Berth* Arg> 11 Coaxer Neptuue Ann Lockcrliy Fain* Caroline Amcl.e Kmperor J.iwn in <• Mincrra From Clyde do. Hamburg Clyde. Liverpool dv. 00. Clj.le London J.irerpn^il London Clfde Departure i Oct IS do. IS do. 27 do. 1 3
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  • 65 7 FREIGH TS TO LONDON LIVERPOOL Antimony Ore) 2 15. ntr 20 cwt. Tin l Satjo i-i Boxes 3. 10 per «0 nr? Sago in B<tgs £3. per 20 C*t Gambier in baskets .£3. 5 Ditto in bales £3. Coffee in bags 3. per H cwt. Black pepper £3. per 10
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  • 61 7 On London at (j Mouth* *i«!.t 4s. ti'J. j>tr dollar. Navy Kills at 4s. r 'cJ. j>tr dollar. Calcutta Treasury Bomb.iy fey« tight Its- 22G lo BO pc- dollar-, 1 0 Sycee Silver 5 t.» il per cent premium for largu Company's l(upc-s 141 centa. Java Rupees (new)
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  • 67 7 Great Britain America per cent 2J Continental I'oi uof Europe, South of the EiU- New South Wales Port Phillip and Adelaide 2 Cape of Good Hope and St. Helena Calcutta. 1} per cent. Bombay... a per cent Madras l\ Persian" Gulph 3J Labuan. i Ceylon
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  • 319 7 NATIVE CRAFT— BRITISH.— BuffaIo, Fatahool Mahasboly, Mahomed SanuUnny, Mahomed Bux, Kader Maidin Bux, Dulal Rahman, Aineena Rahman, Soli man Shaw, F. Nazareth, Good Success, Independence. DUTCH— Asia, Hoong Goan, Bintang Tujoo. Sautnanap, Lachatnado, Goanue, Bun Lee, Phoenix, Ingbee, H«p Hin, Aden»n, Sri Bintaiig, Fatahool Hair, Anna
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    • 601 8 A VERY WONDERFUL CURE OF A DISORDERED LIVER AND STOMACH. Extract of a Letter from Mr. Charles Wilson, 30. Princes Street, Glasgow, dated February, 18th 1847. To Professor Holloway. Sir, Having taken your Pills to remove a detease o the Stomach and Liver, under whichil had long suffered, and having
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    • 1174 8 A PATIENT IN A DYING STATE, CORED Or A DISORDER IN THE CHEST. Extract of a Letter from Mr. Robert Calvert, Chemist, Stokcsly, dated January 'IStth, 1847. To Professor Holloway. Sir, Mr. Thompson, National School-master of this Town, desires me* to send you the parti culars respecting a son of
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    • 664 8 NEW SHIP'S ARTICLES. lil> ft^ dale «at the Straits 4g»& U Timks Press, i j»j n oSSBm^ le Dollar tiirli) the new form ot' Ship's Articles n ucronhiiwe v ith the- Act of Pin lianient7& 8 Victoria. Cap. 1 k> VALU ABLE^HORSEST A COII FOR BIKSOTI. Extract of a Litter
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