The Straits Times, 14 May 1850

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    20 1 THE STRAITS TIMES. AND SINGAPORE JOURNAL OF COMMERCE. VOL 6th, published every [TUESDAY, MAY, 14th. IBoO.] TUESDAY MORNING NO. 479
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      728 1 I'.aTP.S or SUBSCRIPTION •Annually.. Sp. l> r 16 Half- Yearly.. 9 1 <Junrt<riy.... 5 I onf -Month 1$ i A Copy— One Rupee LIST OF ARTICLES FOIL SALE AT THE COSSasSSSXON ROOMS OF COWr«£RC!AL-SQUARE,--S!NGAPORE. Uerlin wool of colors Jacnoet White anil colored 15>ots Mid sines. BaslUh mid French Linen Fine
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      722 1 Have always on Sale an extensive and choice assortment of the following gooiis, selected specially for their Stores. WHOLESALE nKIAIL Jt FOH eX^OHTATION. WLLINERY *Mfa HOSIERY T ,i,, flurlin Woolof anortcd colon Art.cles for the Work Table Cuffg Co| arg of E Mani ''.ilznrtuu dresses "*7»»r.niM« bonnet, of tho hUa«i
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      520 1 AGENT* London— W. Thomas ACo Calcutta— Thicker and Co China— William Pustau Co. Uatavia— Lange Co. TOE LAW OF STORMS. 27te Editor of the Straits Times, trill feel greatly obliged by Captains of Vessel* furnishing him trith particulars (extracted from the Ships Log, including observations of Barometer and Thermowteter) of
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      344 2 CHRONOMETERS "WATCHES, CLOCKS and MUSICAL BOXES (HREFUIXY repaired and the performance I guaranteed by the undersigned. GPOROOWADONG. JUST IMPORTED. EX CHRISTIAN FROM CHINA. ANT) FOB SALE AT THE GODOWNS OF MESSRS- E- APEL CO-Commercial-Sfjuare. N Extensive and choice consignment A and Japan Goods, which are to be sold with Rn
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      632 2 CORRECTED PROSPECTUSSINGAPORE HACKS, I*so. First day, Saturday, llth May. First Race.— The Governor's Cup value Drs. 150. For all horses, weights for age and inches— l* hands and aged to carry 9 sr. heats R. C. Entrance Drs 5, h. f. Horses that have won a Race on this or
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      493 2 TRIESTE 2fiil^ ROUTE. OTEtIAND ROUTE VIA TRIESTE* THE Austrian Lloyds Steam Nuctgation 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 llth of every month. The passage is usually
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      526 2 SINGAPORE BRANCH. or the lIMDIA'AND LONDON LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY RKGISrERKDifr I.VCORPOrttTED UVDER VII fc V||( VICTORIA. CAP CX. Capital £250,000 M 5,000 Share* £oO each THE Undersigned have been appointed Agents for the above Company and are prepared v grant Policies on 1. The Lives of healthy persons residing in
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    The Straits Times Singapore : Tuesday, May 14th 1850.
    101 3 The Straits Times Singapore Tuesday, May 14th 1850. We have to announce the arrival of the following passengers: May 7 per Manislu* from Antwerp, Mr. Francis Stuvck; per Reliance from Comoro Ixlancs, Mr J. Ryleveld 10 per Futtel Ohib from Akyab, Mrs. Wilkinson; We have to announce the departure of
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    101 3 By the last mail from Europe we received two Parliamentary papers, comprising returns of the amount of Head-money paid since the pas sing of 6 Geo. 4 c. 49, and copies or extracts of despatches relating to the suppression of Piracy off the Coast of Borneo. The latter had been
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    129 3 Not any Bill* hive been drawn on the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Navy since the Ist of January IM'J for the payment of Head M >ney for the ''apture or Destruction of r'irutes, as provided in the 2d sect, of the Act 6 (ii-ii. 4 r. 49; these payments having
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    162 3 Wk regret to learn i lamentable accident occurred on board the Belgian Ship Due de Brar bant, on Friday last. It would appear that at alxwl half past eight A. M. eleven of the crew were employed in lowering the mam-top-sail-yard: they were on the yard, and h»d undone the
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    90 3 Her Majesty's Steamer Fury, Commander Wilcoi, from Trincomilee, arrived here on the 9lh. inst. and will remain a short lime on this station. We deeply regret to notice that, whilst at Maulmain, the first Lieutenant Darling eip red, his i/lness having been brought on by great exertions during the operations
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    30 3 The Portuguese Ship of war Donna Maria, from Goa, arrived here on the 10th. inst. en route 10 Macao. The customany salutes were exchanged between the frigite and the shore.
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    27 3 Yesterday morning the Hon'blc Sir William Jeflcott, Recorder, together with the Court Establishment embarked on board the Steamer Hooghly, and proceeded to Malacca and Pinang oo circuit.
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    18 3 Wk beg to remind our local readers that the Races to-day will commence at 4 o'clock P. M.
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    27 3 We bear H. M. S. Cleopatra will, in a few days, proceed to Pinang and Trincomalee. After refitting at the latter port, the Cleopatra will visit Calcutta.
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    84 3 The Clipper Red Rover, Oliver, arrived here on the 10th. inst. having left Calcutta April 21st. No mail was brought by the Red Rover, but from her commander *»c learn that the Poppy and Arratoon Apcar had arrived the Eliza Penelope had been sold; the Barque Elisabeth Ainslie had been
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    34 3 We are happy to learn that the Barque Mary Ricketls, Wright, from this port to Arracan concerning which vessel many fears were entertained had arrived at Akyab prior to the departure of the Corcyra.
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    35 3 Captain Mann, of the Waterwitch reports the following: in LaL lotieg. 0 mm. N and Long. 110 deg. 32 mm. E. picked up a CochinChina Junk, half full of Rice but no one on board.
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    1713 3 One of the favorable signs of (he times is not only that Indian matters (properly so called) arc forcing themselves upon the notice of the English public, but the whole machinery of Indian jurisprudence appears at length to have engrossed the attention at least of some of our most eminent
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    97 3 .Memorandum of covers, inward and outward, by the late Mails Letters received for delivery at Singapore. Ex Dutch Steamer "Phienix" from Batavia Ijl Ex "Braganxd" from Hongkong 528 E\ a I'ekin" from Kurope 5,780 from other places 1,181 Total covers, 7,610 Letters despatched from Singapore. Per Dutch Str. '"Phoenix" to
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      564 3 ADELPHI HOTEL. SINGAPORE. IS consequence of the great patronage and support C. GOYMOUR has received, from", the Officers of H. M.'s Navy and others, he has' been induced to take the large d.id commodious premises in High Street next to the London Hotel, which will afford superior accommodation. Hot ail
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      179 3 NOTICE TO SHIP-OWNERS 8> OTHERS, Public Sale of Teak-built Luggers or Junks. To the highest bidders, toUhout limit or reserve THE UNDERSIGNED HAS BEEN FAVORED WITH INSTRUCTIONS. To submit for Sale by Public Auction To the highest bidders Ou Wednesday next, the 15th May, 1850, AT 1 O'CLOCK P. M.
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    CHINA.
    122 4 {Bttractafa lellnf j'rom Sltaijhat, daft 30f» April, i A distressing accident occurred lum on the Oth instant. Captain Tri^gs of tlie Sir Edward Ryan, and detain B uclay of ihe Trusty, lost their lives by the capsizing of the boat belonging to the latter vessel, just after starting from
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    HAP-NGS-TSAI.
    553 4 BREAKING UP OF TIIE PIRATE FLEET. La*t month we stated on thu authority of a Chinese Correspondent that Shap-ng;-tsai, the pirate chief whose name has become familiar to English readers, ha 1 given in hi* submission to his Government upon terms which secured office for hitns':lt' aad liis liontenentl.
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    402 4 At the time of the <;reat devastations in the Gulf of Touquin, a rep >rt iv current th;it mi our men-of-war coming in sifjiit, Shap-'ng-tsai executed an envoy from the Imperial '.'ommis-ioncr, and exposed another officer to be shot at by tgini him to the mast, under the persuasion of
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    CAPTAIN AARON SMITH.
    796 4 We observe that a certain Captain Smith, who is described as a "blunt soafaring man," h«s been exhibiting himself at a public meeting in London for the purpose of testifying to the desperata character of the pirates iv the China seas, and of expressing his belief th
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    1099 4 We have elsewhere had occasion to notice the Rratuitous assertion of the Times, that the Sylph and Gnijhound had been captured by the Hai-nan pirates, uiid that portions of their cargo weie found durimr tin-ex-pedition for their suppression. There is not the slightest foundation for such assertions. Several mtaditinni to
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    CALCUTTA
    723 4 The P. and Company, and the Xi rw. MiauoaT. We regret to lind, that we have dune the Peninsular and Oriental Compuii) an iajnoti< c by our version of the demand they had made for the conveyance of the NepaJeee Mission, and we hasten to repair it. Jung Bahadoor
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    European Intelligence.
    1766 4 Poum Ai, lU.vikw 1 he differences !>etween Great llri!.iin and Greece, whicli lhre.it-imi.-.I a serious Km oit.-.m conflict, are for the moment accommodat.il hy the rni\lii:i >n which has licoii acerpfed by England, rhere are various opinions in l£i:gl;i:id upon tins ioctdeot I h Fn;!i>li journals tAc an
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    ASULTERTION OF COFFEE
    2239 5 [from the Uamck T &«H»UMr] We leirn by advices from Ceyloa by the last Overland mail, lhat a meeting of the priadpal Merchants and coffee piantei^af that btaadwas to have been held on Um2M January, for tin; purpose of taking into consideration the best Means ofabatiagao eul
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    3173 6 The Earth and Man Lectures on Comparative Physical Geography, in its relation to the History of Mankind. By Arnold Goyot. Translated from the French by C. C. Felton. Bentley. The circumstances under which this work has been produced are peculiar, and deserve mention as exemplifying at once the universality of
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    573 6 The Constantinople correspondent of iheTimet says that mo>l of the Italian relumes ho landed at Constantinople have become Aluhoininedans. By a stroke of his imperial pen the Russian Emperor ha, converted tlie Alexander Lyceum and me School lor Jurisprudence, both of them civil institutions, into military schools. The feturns of
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    SINGAPORE SHIPPING NEWS ARRIVALS
    303 7 May 7 Brit. schr. Lightning, Bin<j, Amoy April 12 Port, brig da Luz, de Jesus, Maulmam April 7 Dutch bark Mercurius, Yceneman, Newport Nov. 22. t| Belg. burk Stanislas, (iombeer, Antwerp Dec. 7 Brit, schr, Evergreen, Morton, Swan River April 4. Dut. do. Reliance. Finlayson, Comoro
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    DEPARTURES.
    143 7 M,,v G IL M. ship Cambrian, .Morris, Esq. Trincomalee 7 -Am. ship Lucia Field, Smith, Boston Brit, bark Samda;iny, .Vaktda, Piuang n British bark lid. Mirquard, Pike, Do. B— Brit, ship I'cazer, 8011, Pinang and Madras M n Brit brig StanTord, Nakoda, I'inang |{rit. brig Z. I'a.meah Tow le,
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    COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. Feb.6.
    1656 7 COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. Feb. 6. Brrnxo* it NutPmftfi it Ooildb tu» dbvou LaaoilHißi-'Jo-nort Wii.;i::a: \Sp;'.ci vr. Juiiv. Bold v. Ulaxtos.— Acnov upov a Pjlicy op Making Assurance. This w?s an action brought upon a policy of -is,urancj Acted by the plaintiff upon part of the cargo of a ship
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    MONEY MARKET
    57 7 Un London at 6 M<iinlis sight U. 7.1. perdollar. Niivy Bills at la. M. jut dollar Calcutta Trrmury Bombay 10 fcyidgM IU 226 10 23) p.-r dollars 100 Svci'.' Sili-.-r '1 to :>\ m r cent premium for large Company',) Rupees -Itj cents. Java Hupees (MWj HO. per
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    FREICHTS TO LONDON & LIVERPOOL
    66 7 FREICH TS TO LONDON LIVERPOOL Antimony Ouj 2 15. per 20 cwt. Tin i Sago in Hoxes 3. 10 per «0 c-;t Sago in Bugs £3. j>er 20 Cwt Gambier in baskets 3. 5 Ditto in bales 3. Coffee in bags 3. per 18 cwt. Black pepper £3. per 1(5
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    PREMIA OF INSURANCE, ON GOODS
    69 7 Great Britain America per cent 2: Continental Ports of Europe, South of tbeiElbe 2J New South Wales 2 Port Phillip and Adelaide 2 C;u>e of Good Hoid; anil St. Helena 2 alcutta. 1 4 per cent. iadras IJ iabuan. I lauritius .2 latavia l[ 'enang
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    SHIPPING IN THE HARBOUR
    579 7 NATIVE*CR\FT-BRrnsH.— Buffalo, Fatuhool Mahasboly, Mahomed Samdanny. Mahomed Bus. Fame. Kirn Keat Him, Pe.rl, Dido. Johanna. Good DUTCH-aSH? Hoon* Goan. Bin.ansr Tujoo. Swmanap Goaiwe, Bun Lee Ph «f x p J^ eC^.; r i Hin, Aderan.Sri"Bintang,Fat a hool Hair. Anna Matha. Vutul H«u, lanjonjj Pipm* hool Kh»ir,
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      594 8 A VERY WONDERFUL CURB Or A DISOIIUKREII LIVBH AND STOMACH. Extract of a Letter from Mr. Charles Wilson, 30, Prince* Street, G/asgoic, dated February, 18th 1847. To Professor llollowat. Sib, Having taken your Pills to remove a deceitse o the Stomach and Liver, under whichil had long suffered, and having
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      1184 8 APATIKNTIN A DYING STATE, CURCD Or A IMSOIHIKH IN TIIK CHKST. I Extract of a Letter from Mr. Hubert Culvert, Chemist, Stokesly, dated January '2'3th, 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 his,
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      678 8 NEW SHIP'S ARTICLES. IK AN Sale at the $TRAITS 4g»fr II Times Press, (prn One Dollar eacli) the new form of Ship's Articles v accordance with the Act e€Pai liaineiit 7 8 Victorii. Cap. 1 12 VALU ABLEHORSEST A 6111 FOIt BI'KSOTI. Extract of a Letter dated Madras, June 10,
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