The Straits Times, 9 April 1850
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Title Section21 1850-04-09 1 THE STRAITS TIMES. AND SINGAPORE JOURNAL OF COMMERCE. VOL ()TII. PUBLISHED EVERY [TUESDAY, APRIL, 9th. 18*0] TUESDAY MORNING NO. 17 421 words
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Advertisement862 1850-04-09 1 Annually.. Sp. Drs. 16 Half- Yearly.. 9 Quarterly.... 5 f One Month... 14 i A Single Copy— One Rupee. MST OP ARTICLES FOU SALE AT THE COMMISSION BOOMS Of COMMERCIAL-SQUARE.-SINCAPORE. -I—^oOeHJ— J.icontt— White anil colored BOOU and slu.es. English nnd Frvnc'i Linen— Fine Irish Bonnets direct fr»m Paris, silk, satin862 words
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Advertisement797 1850-04-09 1 Have always on Sale an extensive and choice assortment «f the following goods, selected specially for their Stores. WIKH.Ks AI.K RETAIL FOR EXPORTATION. MLLINERY HOSIERY Articles for the Work Table i»erlin W <r oo of ll aBsorte r I J ;ol r flalzarine drewe* Caps, Cuffs, Collars- of English Maml797 words
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Advertisement522 1850-04-09 1 AGENf> (London— W. Thomas <t f-i Calcutta Tharker and Co < China— William Tustau C, Bauvia— Lange fif Co. THE LAW OF STORMS. 77ie Ff/itor of the Straits lima, irili f, I ureally obliged by Captains of Vesselsfurnishmy him with particulars (extracted from the Ships Log, including ob&vrrafions of Jiarometer522 words
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Advertisement326 1850-04-09 2 CHRONOMETERS WATCHES, CLOCKS and MUSICAL BOXES fiAREFULLY repaired and the performance I j guaranteed by the undersigned. v GOOROOWADONG. JUST IMPORTED. EX CHRISTIAN FROM CHINA. ANl> FOR SALE AT THE GODOWNS OF MESSRS. E- APUL CO-Commercial-Square. 4 N Extensive and choice consignment of China A and Jap;l n Goods, which326 words
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Advertisement633 1850-04-09 2 PRO3P2CTUS, SINGAPORE RACES, 1850. First day, Tuesday, llth May. First Race. The Governor* Cup value Drs. 150. For all horses, weights for age and inches 14 hands and aged to carry 9 Bt. heats R. C. Entrance Drs 5, h. f. Horses that have won a Race on this or633 words
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Advertisement500 1850-04-09 2 TRIESTE ROUTE. OVERLAND ROUTE VIA TRIESTETHK Austrian Lloyds Steam Navigation Company's Imperial Mail Steam Packets leave Alexandria direct for Trieste 21 hours after the arrival of the Passengers by the Peoinsular and Oriental Company's Steamers from Calcutta, on about the 1 lth of every month. The passage is usually performed500 words
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Advertisement522 1850-04-09 2 SINGAPORE BRANCH. OF THE INDIA A ND LONDON LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY REGISTERED iSf INCORPORATED UNDER VII X: Vi: r VICTORIA. CAP CX. Capital £250,003 in S.OJO, Shares of £oO each THE Undersigned have been appointed AgenU I for Ihe above Company and are prepared to grant Policies on 1. The522 words
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Article2569 1850-04-09 3 "Profits ok the First Voyage to California." A parapraph under this title was published during the past Summer in the Journal of Commerce, and extensively copied into the papers throughout the Union. The paragraph made its way out to California, and attracted the attention of one of our correspondents2,569 words
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Article216 1850-04-09 3 Mr Bland had heen elected a member of Council in the room of Mr Lowe, resigned. The adhesive stamps for prepaid letters were being struck off and forwarded t > the country post offices, beginning with the more distant ones, and ending in Sydney. The design is216 words
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Article384 1850-04-09 3 The friends of Mr Eyre in this colony will be rejoiced to hear of his escape from the most imminent peril. The particulars of his daring adventure are thus given in the Wellington Independent Previously to starting into the pass which is supposed to exist between the Wairan384 words
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Article801 1850-04-09 3 Strenuous exertions \vc% being made in Van Diuiueii'e Land to raise a fund for securing a con tinuanec ot Mr. Jackson's services to that colon). Subscriptions were pouring in, and Government officials were figuring in the anonymous columns. A petition also was in course of signature801 words
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221 1850-04-09 4 THE SINGAPORE: TUESDAY, APRIL 9 TH, 1850. We have to announce Ihe arrival of the following passengers: April S,p»r B»t*Tli from K .uaria, Mrt. O it S. Coloma and tkrac children. M.-asr». Louu Adeli, Strauss. Durttnn, Z >m Md W*h p«r Km ■:!>• from Adelaide, Mr. Orcj per Nrptnw from221 words
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Article36 1850-04-09 4 We hear the names of J. S. Sparkes, T. O. Crane, F. Cargill and Kimseng Esquires are about to be added to the list of Justices of the Peace in and for the island of Singapore.36 words
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Article25 1850-04-09 4 We understand arrangements have been made to lay the first stone of the Horsburgh Lighthouse on Pcdra Branca, with Masonic honours, on the 241h. instant.25 words
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Article1087 1850-04-09 4 Arrival of the China Mail— The Peninsular and Oriental Company's Steam Ship Malta, Captain Potts, arrived here on Saturday the 6th. instant at 1 hrs. P. M. having left Hongkong on March 30th. at 2. P. M. The news by this opportunity is not unimportant, although confined to two or1,087 words
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Article97 1850-04-09 4 Si AM. By the arrival of the Lion advices have been received from Siam to March 12th. at which date Cholera had considerably abated. When near Calantan on the 30lh. March the Lion was boarded by one of the officers of the Nemesis Steamer, which vessel was at anchor procuring97 words
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Article90 1850-04-09 4 A sad accident happened yesterday to the mail boat in its passage to the steamer, which, but for the great exertions of Lieut Lloyd and the boat's crew, had well nigh precipitated the whole of our letters and packets to the bottom. Just as the mail boat was rounding the90 words
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Article1188 1850-04-09 4 Colonial Gleanings We have received a weighty file of Australian journals from which we gather several items of intelligence. Accounts from Sydney to the end of January notice the severe destruction caused by bush-lircs, which extended far inland and had destroyed much property; several lives were lost during the conflagration,1,188 words
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Article4135 1850-04-09 4 Jaw-Batavia. The Dutch Steamer arrived here on the 3rd. April with adtice* and journals from Katavia to the 29th. ultimo. The principal news by this opportunity is the occurrence of disaffection amongst the inhabitants of Bantam, the insurgents having murdered the native functionary sent against them, and it is conjectured4,135 words
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Advertisement271 1850-04-09 4 FOR ADELAIDE DIRECTt < n^° leave on lhe 4 th instant B|»\ J. the British Brig MARTHA, ysfr Captain Longrigg, for the above port. For freight or passage, Apply to the Commander on board, or to Messrs. ALMEIDA SONS. Singapore, April 9th, 1850. RELIANCE MAIINE KSIKAME COMPANY OF CALCUTTA THE271 words
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Article108 1850-04-09 5 BALLY.— According to advices received through Ihe commissioners for the affairs of Bally and Lombock, the Dcwa Agoeng Poelra Prince of Klonkong and Soesaeiioenan of Bally died on the 21st. February. These tidings were made known lo the Rajahs of Badong, Tabanan and Geinjar, by She Dcwa Agoeng lstne, who108 words
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Article3396 1850-04-09 6 The Times of yesterday sings a Te Deum over the execution done on the piratical fleet on Ihe coast of Cschin China. But the Times has profited by our instructions, and no longer confounds China with the Eastern Archipelago, or Chinese pirates with Malays. That journal is silent on3,396 words
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Article425 1850-04-09 6 The total number of members of tiie Society <>t Friends in Great Britain and Ireland, is 18,7, ii, viz: males, 8,59*2; females. 10. HI. Them are twenty-five quarterly meetings in Kngland, three of them having from 2,000 to 4.400 members each the others are generally small— from 100 to 300425 words
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Article319 1850-04-09 7 \jnil '1 Brit. Brig Poppy, lboinson, llongk.xis? Mar. 20. Brit. Bark Rob Roy, Francis, Hongkong Mar. 23 Do. Ship Ann Lockcrby, Beverly, Liverpool Oct. 27 llainb. Bark Jeanctlc Jfc Bertha, KolIhu". Cape Town Jan. 20 Dutch Steamer Balavi.i, Ris, Batavia Mar. 30 Brit Ship Argyll, Stafford,319 words
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Article68 1850-04-09 7 Thk following vessels passeJ Anjer on the dntes mentioned Feb. 19 ItaKcUrin (Brit.) Shanghai for Cork; ■n Titania (Brit.) Manila for Sydney; 23 Empress (Brit,) Hongkong fiirSvMi Hiver; 28 Fhunebot (i.uonne (Vn-nch) Mac.o for BotdcMS) March Lintin (Am.) IJosiou for China; 7 L;i Cecilia (Pr.) Uinavinfor Nantes; tf Lynhcr(Brit) Nliatigliai68 words
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Article62 1850-04-09 7 We annex the latest advice of the price ot the drus in China. Al Cirilon March 29th. New Patn.i..$ 49 1 i I Benares. 493] Old do 493| ||Malwa.. 600 At ROBfkMf March 30lh. New Pntna. 50 5 Benares. 500 Old do. 307 Malwa. 605 lurkey 460 The Brig62 words
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Article409 1850-04-09 7 lowing from a trade Circular Hongkong March 29th 1850 Since our last respects under date of«6th Feby. there has been little doing in Imports. About the middle of ihe monih there was a considerable nominal decline in the prices of Cottun goods particularly in Shirtings, owing to the409 words
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Article244 1850-04-09 7 :—The following is from a private letter: A very fiir business his beta done in English manufactures. Tlie trade ho.vever has now, we are sorry to say received a check on account of of the great scarcity of rice, which now rule? very high, and we mush fenr244 words
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Article1156 1850-04-09 7 [From the Economist.] Nothing be marc satisfactory th in the results of the repeal of cur old Navigation Laws, so far as they hive yet been developed. It has been very truly said by a witness before the committee of the House of commons, that the evils1,156 words
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Article767 1850-04-09 7 Recently," says the Times, "it has been loudly declared that there were no such people as pirates, that the character was the pure invention of bloodthirsty officers, devised M gratify their own butcherly propensities, &c. &c." Now, thia fancied denial of piracy, anywhere, is a clum>y figment of the Times.767 words
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Article313 1850-04-09 7 NATIVE CRAFT— BRITISH.— Buffalo, Fatahool Mahasboly, Mahomed Samdanny. Mahomed lias. Kader Maidin Bux, Dulal Rahman, Independence, Swallow, Kim Keat Him, Stamford. DUTCH— Asia, Hoong Ooan, Bintang Tujoo, Sauinanap, Lachamade, Goanse, Bun Lee, Phoenix, Iagbe?, Hap Iiiu, Adonau, Sri BiuUug, FaUbool iliir, Anna Matha, Futtal Hair, Nation313 words
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Advertisement602 1850-04-09 8 A VERY WONDERFUL CURE OF A DISORDERED LIVER AND STOMACH. I'.rhnrt of a Letter from Mr. Charles Wilson, 30. Princes Street, Glasgow, dated February, \Bth 1847. To Professor Holloway. Sir,— Having taken your Pills to remove a dencase o the Stomach and Liver, under whichil had long suffered, and having602 words
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Advertisement1191 1850-04-09 8 ON SALE AT THE STRAITS TIMES PRESS, (Near the Armenian church.) New form of Ship's Articles, GWgo Books, Personal and Mortgage Bonds, Blank Powers of Attorney, Import and Export Manifests, Bout Notes, Bills of Lading, Bills of Exchange, Bills of Parcels, Promissory Notes, Straits Calendar for 1847, Ditto. Ditto, for1,191 words
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Advertisement645 1850-04-09 8 NEW SHIP'S ARTICLES. iy|£ U Times P*XM, (price afffltrtw ()ne JJollyx each) the new form of Ship's Articles n accordance with the Act QjfPar liament7& 8 Victoria Cap. 112 ~VALUABLE~HORSESr A CIRE FOR BIUSOTIExtract of a Letter dated Madras, Jui.c 10, 1816, from F. IL Scott, esq., Bth Light Cacalry,645 words
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Article937 1850-04-09 10 SIAM.-— Bjlbe airi\al (1 f n, c |j,, n advices been received from Siam to March 12th. uin, h <I;iic Cholera had rounder jMj abated. ben niur Calantan on the IJOlli. M.ircli the I i, w.i, boarded bj one of the officers of the l Steamer, which vessel was at937 words
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Article526 1850-04-09 10 iUd lL»; mtu England are not vet set ■f iS C UrtS f XlI siil :inil Fr: '"'-e ad unit the pending qaMdoa. Mcurhilc labour k ..commerce iu&n, m: ,ny gr.ek se andto.,ll these calamities may be addH, rfi. in uuiier U-t the greeks, who hare uivcii „r o526 words
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1217 1850-04-09 10 HUM IV, FEB 19 To-day the second conference for the conclusion of a definitive peace with Denmark has taken place, atthe house of Lord Westmorland; and the Prussian plenipotentiary, Von Usdorn, brings forward the counter-project of his government to the Danish proposition, I understand to-day1,217 words
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Article436 1850-04-09 10 LONDON MA RKET REPORT FEB. 25 wulLa »**•*>» <*lU'lld* hl^.i cSSSSS i ii in .«*>!<■ *c-^j«.;■ t .->£j» SsSjS on me wti, iv.i .*i,um jJ:JT .old at uii-KK-,*. lv. v.v. ZL/^ are .till Ma| l«.d,a»d br.,.. ii| imil„ oC^ST U,, h sas —s ysyrs ■—-< OUlhiJi.l, v.- «ulu jo uublii436 words
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Article41 1850-04-09 10 -Jan i*lh Monarth, and >orfar»hm. U,.. hanuan. and Aletto. cluna *ud »t,*li Jftiin ul vl >»«. B». port-, UtuMjrjaSoajue., China IMh l<Mu.,pui Jir MnJ.^"*' Bla«»--i*j-rlW ->eb. 4IU Jeuny Uud. bln»apore, ;ul St!^, pure, UtuUabelia, bllu(aDuK. loth Kiiiudcer China.41 words