The Straits Times, 7 May 1850

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    19 1 THE STRAITS TIMES. AND SINGAPORE JOURNAL OF COMMERCE. \<>!. (>TH. PUBLISHED EVERY [TUESDAY, MAY, 7th. 1850] TUESDAY MORNING NO. 478
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      710 1 Rate* or t»uhf.Cßip T i,, B -innualh.. .">p. Dr.. 16 Half Yearly.. 1 Muartnrly.... i »jne Meata... n i A O'tiy One Rupee. LIST OF ARTICLES FOIt SUE AT TH2 COZtfXXKXSSZON ROOMS OF CONJWI£RC!AL-SQUARE,--SINGAPORE. -->roo«^- lieriin wool of colors Jaconet— White nnd colorpd i; k>U ami suocs, Jsnslish and French
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      715 1 Have ftlwiyfl on Sale an extensive and choice assortment of the following goods, selected specially for their Stores. WHOLESALE RETAIL A Fon IMPORTATION. MLLINERY HOSIERY T .v U Berlin Wool of Msorted tolorg Articl..* for the ork 1 able c Cuffg> Co lars rf EnglUh M nnil flalz.irino dresses .l,,n.ifar»iir»
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      535 1 AORKIf* London W. Thoma* *To C»leutt» Thicker anri Cn China— William Pusfiu Vc Uatavia— Lange 4 Co. THK LAW OF STORMS. 77* Editor at the Strait* Time*, trill fee! /treat h, obliged b>; Cupta'iib nf Vessels furnishing hir.i with particular* {extracted from the Ship* Log, in eluding observa/inns of Barometer
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      348 2 CHRONOMETERS WATCHES, CLOCKS anu MUSICAL BOXES fUIEHJLLY repaired and the performance t" l c S?SSSSWADONG» "just imported EX CMUSTIA.N FROM CHINA. AND FOR SALE AT THE GODOWNS OF MESSRS- E- APEL CO-Commercial-Square. a N Extensive ami choice consignment o! f C h.na A\ m d J»p»n Goods, which are to
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      638 2 CORRECTED PROSPECTUSSINGAPORE HACKS, 1850. First day, Saturday, I lth 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. heats R. C. Entrance Drs 5, h. f. Horses that have won a Race on this
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      508 2 TRIESTE ROUTE. OVERLAND aOU YE VIA TRIESTE. THE 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 Peninsular and Oriental Company's Steamers from Calcutta, on about the 11th of every month. The passage is usually
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      505 2 SINGAPORE BRANCHor tub INDIA'AIMD LONDON LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY UEOISTKUED Jf I.VORI'OHATED ir.VDER VI vilt VICTORIA. CAP CX. Capital £250,003 in 5,000 Otmrm £'iO each TIHE Undersigned have been appointed Agenu for the above Company and arc prepared to grant Policies on 1. The Lives of healthy persons residing in Singapore.
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    ARRIVAL OF THE MAIL.
    4071 3 Tknm Office, May 3rd- 11 a. m. The Peninsular ami Oriental Company's Stc;im-ship Pc/wi, Captain Baker, rrived here this day, hairing left Gallo the 25th ult. We annex a list of pass ingera for Sn: i'iporc— H. E. Admiral Van den "Bosch Baron Melvill, Miss Hmapaden,
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  • DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES
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      DEATHS.
      81 4 At Singapore, on the evening of the 30th ult. after a short but severe illness Emma Agnes, the beloved wife of Charles, second eon of Thomas Grint Curties, Esq. of Reading, Berkshire, aged 36 year 8. Drowned By the upsetting of a boat in the Yantsze-kiang Iliver oa the
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    THE Straits Times Singapore : Tuesday, May 7th.1850.
    206 4 THE Straits Times Singapore Tuesday, May 7th. 1850. We have to announce the arrival of the folowing passengers: April 30. per 11. M. S. Cambrian from Ceylon, Major LoshiaftM, Dr. Knm'oast. Captain Mrs. McDonald. O;ti>tairi Fiirwick, Lieutenant* Dawsou, D ml'ord, Dickenson and (Jrey; pi Jo 1 i I'lightnian from Pinang,
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    48 4 11. M. S. Cleopatra from Bombay and Trincotnalcc arrived here on Saturday last, and shortly after His Excellency the Naval Commander-in-Chief hoisted his flag on board, under the usual salute. The Cleopatra will remain on the Straits Station until the arrival here of ihc Hastings Flag-ship from China.
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    49 4 We deeply regret to record the death of Captain Congalton of the H. C. Steamer JloojUy which took place at Pinang on the 19th ultimo. By onr next issue we will endeavour to make use of some materials placed in our hands connected with the subject of this notice.
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    16 4 We beg to remind our local readers that the Singapore Races will commence on Saturday next.
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    278 4 Steam Communication.— An effort is being made in Calcutta to secure sleam communication with the Straits, and to remedy an evil of which the Calcutta folk have good cause to complain, namely, the receipt of advices from China and the eastward second-hand, via Bombay ,notwithslanding the very large amount of
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    242 4 On Tuesday last 11. M S. Cambrian arrived here with the Ceylon Rifle Corps for Hongkong. The troops which came on in the Cambrian were designed to arrive by H. M. S. Cleoputra, but by placing the orders for the latter vessel under the envelope addressed to the of deer
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    95 4 CIIIVA. The Peninsular and Oriental Compauy's Steam-ship Braginza from Hongkong arrived here on the 21. with dates to April 1 4th. Everything was quite at Canton. From a private letter we learn an attempt ha I be mi m.ide at C.iiitnii to squeeze one of the princip il Linguists, under
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    386 4 JAVA-BATAVIA— By the Steamer Phoanix, advices and journals have been received from Batavia to April 2Slh. The Javasche Co u rant is particularly barren of intelligence. The following are the only items of interest contained in the columns of our lt.it.iv i.i contemporary The following report hi* been sent tv
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    122 4 Cap. or Good noP X .-By the arrival of the steamer Hindostan at Galle, Cape journals have been received to March sth. Our Cape trethcrn's columns are still taken Up w j ln )ie convict question. The Ministers ofreligion on Feb. 19th publicity offered up thanks to Almi«hty God for
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    Return of the Chinese. Emigrants during the year 1849-50
    333 4 Return of the Chinese. Emigrants during the year 1849-50 M\Di»\s journals are to hand to April 12th. The Oriental Steamer, which ran on shore on the night of March 13lh, during a thick fog, fortunately gtloff without susliini'ig any injury; some of the cargo was tliDwn overboard -Several skirmishes had
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    253 4 Bjmbvy journals hive been receive 1 to the 19th ult.- 11. M. Steamer Medea arrived at Bombiy on March 30th. throe days prior to the departure of the Mnl to Europe, so lh.it such letters as were transmitted by that opportunity will reach England a fortnight in advance of our
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    228 4 CALCUTTA journals ti> April 9l!i furiish a few items of news. An experitne it mi a sm.ill scale w.is altout lo be made witli .m electric telegraph, under Hie direction of Hie government, and will probably lead to theadoptio 1 of (hit 111 t.ie of communicating witli the principal stations
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    SINGAPORE
    2934 4 H. M's Court ok Judicature: Admiralty Sidi:. In lie Pmnm Merchant. Claim for Salvage by Captain Troubridge, the Oificera and crew of If. |fl S>. Amazon. On Friday April 26th. the above claim was argaeil before a full Court, cousistinof the Jlon cable Colonel Batterwaru C. 13., Sir William
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      108 4 "ADELPHI HOTEL. SINGAPORE. IN consequence of the great patronage and support C. GOYMOUR has received, from the Officers of 11. M.'s Navy and others, he has been induced to take the large and commodious premises in High Street near the London Hotel, which will afford superior accommodation. Hot and Cold
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    JUDGMENT.
    3140 5 This is a claim (or salvage m;ideby C;ipt. Troubridge on behalf of himself and the oiher ollicers and crew of 11. M. ship Amazon, for services rendered in extinguishing a lire on board a merchant vessel called the Parsee Merchant, while at anchor in the harbour of Singapore, on
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    90 5 Queen Adelaide's invalid chair, described as a very handsome vehicle, was purchased last week by Mr. Moble, of Brighton, who intends to let it out for hire MCI season with his other vehicle*. In the Court of yuecn's Bench, on Monday, a person named Mahon was sentenced to twelve months'
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    BORNEO.
    724 6 TO THE EDITOR OF TIIK DULY NaWS. Sir,— Hie Times, although feigning to court inquiry into the Borneo massacre, seems il! at <»asc at the prospect of it, and rather sare with Lord John for the readiness with which he granted the necessary evidence. The Times asks that Sir
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    288 6 Sir, Your correspondent, v An Inquirer," is not quite correct in his account of the adventure of the Victor sloop-of-war, in 1803. The facts are these: Captain George Bell was cruising among the islands of the Eastern Archipelago, rather in search of French, Dutch, and Spanish cruisers and privateers than
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    623 6 TO T!IK I.IMTOa OF TIIK DAILY NEWS. SxR, I see that a Captain Alexander Campbell has been writing two different letters to the Times. The first, in the character of an illiterate seaman, very well in lintjined and the layt, in that of a truculent landsman, equally natural. Perhaps there
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    PENANG.
    540 6 The "four sixth shares" of the Sugar es:ate advertised in our hist issue was sold by public out-cry on Wednesday last and fetched drs. 4,100. We deeply regret lo announce the death of Captain Conoalto.v of the H.C S. Hooghly. He had been in the Company's service in the
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    1151 6 Excmvu Liyuoß.s Nor nkckssvuy to STIMULATE THE l>TKl.i.KCi'.— l have never been of opinion that the use of exciting liquors has enabled a man to do more mental work. The brain may be ctcited to grciter activity by the quicker circulation of the blood, which is the consequence of taking
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    257 6 It is confident!} reported that the sick b-t the army in Upper Italy dooa not fall short of 80,000 men. Mr. Dillon Browne h.is booa appoiated <■ vernor ol the ralU.md Islands, at a salarj £1500 a year. Preparation* an: ln«ing i:i\le in France to jinn in the proposed general
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    SINGAPORE SHIPPING NEWS ARRIVALS
    239 7 April 30 11. M. Ship Cambrian, Morris, Ceylon April Brit, bark Ariel, Burt, Calcutta April 9 Do. Ship John Brightman, Scott, PiBBBg April 24 May I— Do. brig Kilty, Young. Pinag April 21 Do. Ship Mooltan, Townsend, Akyat) April 0 Do. brig Corsair, Dobie, Calcutta April
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    DEPARTURES.
    105 7 April 30— Dut. bark Mi licbroders, Swarl, latavia Sinm do. Lion, Liv, Siam May 1— Brit do. Ariel, Burl, China m _|)o. brig Corsair, Dobie, ditlo 2 11. C. Steamer Semiramis, Danieil, Hofigkvng Brit. Bark India, English, China Dutch do. ludrauiayo Hafcawa, Indraniayo M n u,it, Steamer Braganza, I.ovcll,
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    REPORTS &C.
    961 7 Captain Baker, <>f the Pe'nin, reporls Ihc arrival of (he P. and O. Steamer Ilindoslan (from Ewgjand) and the Fcroze Steamer from Calcutta at dalle. Captain Baker also reporls having spokcr DO Miy 2d. when near lite 2\ fathoms Bank Straits of Milacri, Hie Brig leak from Calcutta
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    CHINA.
    1310 7 The past inoiiih has been very barrcu of incident. Business rather dull. A BtgwMa a«4 taw balls have been the means of driving away the tedium vilee of our Canton neighbours one if the Balls was given by H. B. M. Consul J B wring Esquire, to 11. E.
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    LONDON MARKET REPORT MAR. 24.
    282 7 Ti* Mmiiter'i Kui<-t h>< ■!•> i■'i > wmmerw, »nd will IliU.- felt ur the pu I. i».-»cr v h*i «t *t re«t the anticlpaiMM wbirh wtrafrlt tint ni..n, urtu-IM of comam-muii w '">'• lipf r.o<u reduced utJUin, auJ uur h>;w< unut be a.-icrn- 1 UU
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    SHIPPING IN THE HARBOUR.
    413 7 SHIPPING IN T HE HA RBOUR. NATIVE CRAFT— BRITISH.— BuffaIo, Fatahool Ma,ua*b o ly, MalunW Samdanny Mahomed Buy Kader Maidin Bux, Independence, Fame, Kirn Ye*p Soon, Kitty, Kirn Keat Him, Pearl. Swallow, Stamford, Dido. DUTCH— Asia, Hoong Goan, Bintang Tujoo, Saunrwnap, Goanse, Bun Lee. Phoenix Ingbee, Hap Hin. Adenau, Sri
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      599 8 A VERY WONDEIHTJL CURE OF A DISORDERED LIVER AND STOMACH. Extract of a Letter fron Mr. Charles Wilson, 30. Princes Street, Glasr/ow, dated February, 18th 1847. To Professor Holloway. Sir, Having taken your Pills to removes dexease o the Stomach and Liver, under whichil had long suffered, and having followed
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      1189 8 ON SALE AT THE STRAITS TIMES PRESS, (Near ti« Armenian cncßCii.) New form of Ship's Articles, Cargo Books, Personal and Mortgage Bonds, Blank Powers of Attorney, Import and Export Manifests, Boat Notes, Bills of Lading, Bills of Exchange, Bills of Parcels, Promissory Notes, Straits Calendar for 1847, Ditto. Ditto, for
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      663 8 NEW SHIP'S ARTICLES. Aa&i v Times Press, (pn« ■ffliffliW n e Dollar each) the new form of Ship's Articles n accordance with the Act of Par Ijament 7 k 8 Victoria. Cup. 112 "valuable~h6rsesT A till FOX KIKSOTI. Extract of a Letter dated Madras, June 10, l.siti, from F. 11.
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