The Straits Times, 9 July 1850

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1 8 The Straits Times
  • 20 1 THE STRAITS TIMES. AND SINGAPORE JOURNAL OF COMMERCE. VOL Gth. published every [TUESDAY, JULY, 9th. 18&0.] TUESDAY MORNING NO. 487
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    • 595 1 RaTEO OP SVWI'RIPTIII" Annually.. 6p. L»rs. 16 v half- Yearly.. 3 j Ouarteriv. I (^iie Alontu... 14 i A StllgU Copy— One Runee. MST OF ARTICLES Fllll SAIE AT THE COMMISSION ROOMS OF CO!VIIVIZRCIAL-SQUARE,-SINCAPORE. aooo*! L Lcilin wool of colors Jaconet— White and colored ..id shoes, Enzlish and French Linen—
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    • 696 1 Have always on Sale an extensive and choice assortment of the following goods, selected specially for their Stores. WHOLESALE BF.TAIL A rOR EXPORTATION. WILUNERY a§£p HOSIERY Berlin Wool of assorted color* Articles for the Work Tabl« Caps. Cuflto. Collars, of English A Maml lia.li4.THie dres.-ies manufacture BonnelH of the latest
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    • 689 1 (London— W. Thomas ACo Calcutta— Thacker aud Co China— William Pustau Co liatavia Latist- Co. JUST IMPORTED. EX CHRISTIAN FROM CHINA. AND FOR SALE AT THE GODOWNS Of MES?US. E- APEL CO-Commercial-Square. N Extensive and choice consignment of Chins r and Japan (ioods, which nrp to be sold with an
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    • 613 2 NOTICE. Inereby declare, that "l have appointed Messrs Frederick Lender A Co, as my Agents for Singapore and all the neighbouring Settlements, and that they alone are authorized to sell and to receive orders for my manufactures. Cologne, 14M Sept. 1848. JOIIANN MARIA FARINA. The Genuineness of Johann Maria Farina's
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    • 580 2 Ex "Carl and Hermann" from Hamburgh. Coloured Bavarian and Bohemian glassware, richly assorted. Ex Jeanette and Bertha "from Hamburgh. A new supply of D. H. Carsten's Preserved Provisions and various other articles. Ex Stanislaus," from Antwerp. Genuine Eau de Colongne and Lavender Water Ex Flora" from Hamburgh. Berlin wool, and
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    • 607 2 NOTICE. TO CAPITALISTS OTHERS VALUABLE AND EXTENSIVE LANDED PROPERTY, Belonging to the Estate of the late Tan Tocksing Esquire, deceased. THE UNDERSIGNED begs to intimate to the public, that he has been instructed to sell, BY PUBLIC AUCTIOM. I positively to the highest bidders, vcithout hmit or reserve. At the
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    • 583 2 TRIESTE sy^|||^ ROUTE. ?7=* l AWX> *OWTB VXA TRIESTE. THh Austrian Lloyds St mm Natigg. tion Company's Imperial Mail Steam Packets leave Alexandria direct for Trieste 21 hours after the arrival of the Passengers by the Peninsular and O.iental Company's Steamers from Culculta, on about the 11th of every month.
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  • 2146 3 [From the Overland Friend of China, June 22] Monthly Summary.— The weather lias been seasonable; an audience of sunshine and rain, a hot .steamy atmosphere, <indvio|entihiiider storms with heavy squalls, have once more introduced a tropical summer. There is aVonsidenible degree of sickness in the garri.vjn, during the past
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  • 1814 3 "Some time la*t year, an elaborate analysis .isa charge delivered to the (Jrand Jury at Mad oi' by Sir Win, Burton, appeared in the Examiner Unfavourable opinions with regard to the quality of the law laid down by the learned Jud^c, were expressed by the Editor, and the population
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    • 605 3 JUST IMPORTED. AR ROII FROM CHINA EXPOSED FOR SALE. Vn assortment of Lackered ware, viz. Teapoys, Ladies work Tables, Chess and H.ickgammon Tables, Chess and Backgammon boards, Ladies work and Gentlemen Razor boxes, Ladies Cabinets, Tea catties, Segar boxes, Decanter stands, Joss-slick boats, Gloveboxes, frays, Baskets, Paper boxes &c, Sandalwood
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    • 112 3 IN THE PRESS. isj^K Mar.iyat's Code of Signals. The JLj4A\ Second Distinguishing Pendant correeled to April 21lh. l»50 f.No. 65;j;i.>— Price 50 cenls. each Copy.— Apply a: the office of this Paper. Times office, June 18th. 1850. FOR~SALE. BY PUBLIC AUCTION By order of the Administrator OF JOHN MANN, DECEASED
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  • 233 4 THE Straits Times Singapore :Tuesd ay, July 9th. 1850. We have to announce tbe arrival of the following passengers: July 2 per Braganxafrom Bombay, Ceylon and Pinang. see Tiroes Extra 3 por Magellan trom Glasgow, N. M. Carnie Esq. 6 per Fattle Wahab from Bombay, Mrs. Moyle, Mr. Wilkinson 8
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  • 42 4 Captain J- H. Cockburn has been appointed to the command of H. M. S. Rattlesnake, and proceeded home by the overland mail steamer for the purpose of meeting his vessel at Spithead the Rattlesnake having been ordered home to be paid off.
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  • 18 4 On Sunday, at noon, 11. H. brig Mariner arrived from Hongkong this vessel will shortly sail for England.
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  • 72 4 California The Paulino brings accounts from San Francisco to April 22nd. The markets there were very unsatisfactory, and wooden houses being used as firewood. There had been several seizures of contraband articles and confiscations in addition to those mentioned in our last issue. More than a hundred ships were without
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  • 40 4 Having little either time or occasion for inditing editorial matter we confine our present j$- sue chiefly to extracts from the papers received by the late Steamers. The latest items of intelligence from the Mediterranean and Calcutu are given below.
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  • 1144 4 Constantinople 15th M4y. The Sublime Porte sent a firman to the governor general .if Egypt bearing the date of the 29th Maich 1830, containing organical rules for two tribunals of commerce to be established i:i Cairo and in Alexandria, and .in institution o r criminal court in ihose two cities
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  • 1113 4 Thk Finances op India. In February last, we had uccasii n to review the comparative SUtemeut of the receipts and disbursement of the Bengal i'restdeiic.) for tUeotlicul year lalvl'J. and we stated, as the result of this examination, that the surplus revenue of the Lower Provinces, from which the Urtieieucies
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  • 154 4 NAVAL items.— l l. M. Brig Mariner will sail on Thursday next for the Cape of Good Hope and England. The Mail by this opportunity will close on Wednesday evening. The following promotions were nude by the Naval Commander-in-Chief, consequent on the death of Captain Owen Stanley, of H. M.
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    • 40 4 FOR SHANGHAI t>|^ THE A 1 Barque Favorite* Jgut^ Captain Leisk, will have quick desJ§gßSkm paleh bavln 8 a greater part of her cargo on board for freight or passage apply to A. L. JOHNSTON ft CO. Singapore Sth July.
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    • 202 4 NOTICE. 1 1 1 THE undersigned hereby gives .4*^l^l ot cc iat lie w ol >c answerable _mJ&S& for any debt or debts of any of the crew under his command. A. 11. LEISK Commander Barque Favorite Singapore July Sth 1850. AUCTION SALE OF VALUABLE. LANDED PROPERTY. THE undersigned has
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  • 672 5 Tub subjoined notice of two instances of murder afloat was in type and intended for insertion in our last issue, but gave place to more important and urgent news from Europe. These atrocities, unhappily of frequent occurrence, exhibit a sad state of insecurity, and ought to prompt the authorities to
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  • 223 5 About ten o'clock on the morning of Thursday last two CaMMM Convicts were discovered in one of the Huts ot the Convict Jail hanging by their neck, to the roof, quite dead. It appears that iv consequence of the lie n y r.iin the convicts were not as usual taken
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  • 98 5 We have received the July No. of the Journal of the Indian Archipelago, containing the following articles: An Account of the Origin and Progress of the British Colonies in the Straits of Malacca. Uy Lieut.-Col. James Low, C. M. R. A. S. and M. A. S. C. The Trading Ports
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  • 1953 5 Public Receipts asd Expknditcre. Wk published yesterday the official abstract of Receipts and Expenditure of the Government >• South Australia for the Quarter ended 31st. March, 18 jO, from which it appears that the total of receipts for the quarter was no less than £52,828 ss. The expenditure
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  • 283 5 M VRfU A'.KS, BiaTHS AND DEATHS. (From thx Home Jf«M Afai/ 7th. luiiiiMi n"iw nit] i en njti >. consumption, and coinages, births, and deaths supply a burer test of the condition of the whole population. It is gratifying to find that the general results of both classes of returns
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  • 238 5 Crimkof Colocr,— ln the House of Commons, in reply to a qneitiou put by Mr. Co< kblkn, wlio conunenfe.i in indignant terms upon the tact disclosed in h recent case before a police magistrate, that British subjects ol" colour might be seized on board a. Bnti-.li snip a t the
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  • 126 5 A New York journal stales that the Cherokee Indians design to apply for admission into the union in a lew years. The total number of students who matriculated at the University of Oiford, in 1»18 was 411; and in 1819, 440. Guano, of excellent quality, is said to have been
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  • 221 5 T LZZLrs FOR fore >over* He, make me some dumpling* of dou»h lhp 're better than meat for mv 2 Pray lei them be boiled tiil hot tl. rough But not till thej're heavy yr tough M«V I must be off to the plough, And the boys, when they're had
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  • 1835 6 SUPREMh COORT. Wednesday, sth Junk, ISSO. {Before a full Bmch) THE "GENERAL WOOD" INSURANCE CASE. Hajh Mahomed Tuckev bin Hajf.e Hoossein Ally, vs. SOONUERJEK NAMJEK. This was an action on a Policy of Insurance entered into between the Amicable Insurance Office of Calcutta, whose Agents here are Messrs. Kemington
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  • 1343 6 'Note.— "lf the mariners of any Ship" (and, a fortiori, parties on board not mariners "shall violently dispossess the Master, and afterwards carry away the ship itself, any of the goods or tackle, apparel or furniture with a felonious intention, in any place where the Lord Admiralhad juri*diction, this is
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  • 837 6 We learn trom the Edinburgh Rev'cic that the cost of a telegraphic line in England is £\5O per mile, in America under £30, and in Prussia under CM per mile. "The telegraph in Prussia," says our northern contemporary, in explanation of the wondrous cheapness, consists of one
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  • 197 7 I U V 2 Brit, ship Elizabeth, Rees, Sydney May 20. Do. bark Ann Maclean, Robertson, Calcutta June 5. Do. steamer Braganza Potts, Bombay June IS. Do. brig Loodiana, Marshall, Mauritius May 20. Do. ship Sa£off, Birch, Bombay May 25 Do. brig Foiluna, Sakoda, Pinang June
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  • 120 7 July 2— Brit bark Fleetwood, Richardson, Europe Do brig Laurick, White, Ihina D). steamer Aoliilles, Evans, Ceylon. H 3 Do. bark Junior, Lowthion, Liverpool. Brem. s'np Johan Smidt, Wierek, Ba. ,tavia an) Kreiuen. Brit. sir. Uraganza, Potts, FlongkOng. •i Do. bark Anne Maclean, Robertson, do 11. .V. .\I. sir.
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  • 821 7 The disadvantages attendant on the arranqe-•in-iil. liv which we are bound to have our Mails ready for the uncertain arrival of Steamers at a I'ort 72 miles away, witli no telegraphic communication, were never more apparent than on this occasion. In order to take advantage of the Coach to
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  • 503 7 Duty reduced from 3s. to Is. per lb. from Ist June of this year. f Duty reduced from Is. to 4J. per lb. from Ist Septembem of this year Banki.no ix CKYLON. Krom some mistakes in the local management a couple of years ago, it is well Lnown that the
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  • 608 7 the i.wiiw.ird tendtiir/ of win. h w« ua«e kad 100 nu>k reaaon to to quote r^.ner ul.hrr (.ikea. tuimt baa autaiiced la, apon tKe late luwiHi'iiut. 1 dlKu>li..w>aa aJ»a n>- 01 2.1 to lv up.v tn« pri »i.ua quuU. l> tilr. s, .n-.-» Ii»y« aIM
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  • 64 7 O:i London at 6 Months sight 4s. BJd. perdullar. N<tvy bills at 4s. 7J. at 4a. 7)d. per dollar. Calcutta Treasury Boiii'jity 30 days sight Us 226 lo 23'J per dollars IUO Sycee Silver 5 to .">! pir ct?m premium for large Company's Kupeis lit cents. Java liupeei
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  • 61 7 FREIGHTS TO LONDON LIVERPOOL Antimony Ore) 2 15. per 20 cut. Tin Sago in Boxes 3. 10 per «0 cwt Sago in Bagg .£3. per2oCi?t Gambier in baskets 3. 5 Ditto in bales.. £3. Coffee in bags 3. per 18cwt. Black pepper £3. per If! c \vt. Measurement Goods o.
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  • 66 7 (ireat Britain America percent 2\ Continentnl Ports of Europe, South of the Ellie '2\ New South Wales 2£ Port Phillip atH Adelaide 2 Cape of Good Hope and St. Helena .alcutta. 1 4 percent. Bombay... 1 per cent, ladras Persian Gulph 3} .abuan. ..J l.'eylon
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  • 397 7 NATIVE CRAFT— BRITISH,— FauhooI Mahasboly, Mahomed Samdanny. Mahod Bux, Kader Maidiii Bux, Independence, Fattel Kanim, Zeelust, Fortuna, Dido. DUTCH— AMaßinUngTujoo. Saunaanap, Goanse, Bun Lee, Phoenix In^bee Hap Ilin Adenan Sri Bintang, Fatthool Hair, Anna Matha, Futtal Hair, Fat-hool Khair, Faid Allum, Zephyr Fathal Raman, Fatbool H«
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    • 1041 8 HEALTH WHERE TIS SOUCHT HOLLOWAY'S PILLS Ct'BE OF A DIKHUnOB MVER AM) STOMACH, WHEN IN IX A MOST HOHELKSS STATE Extract of a Letter from Mr. Matthcio Harvey, of Chapel Hall, Airdrie, Scotland, dated the 15th of January 1850. To Professor HollowaySir.— Your valuable Pills have been the means, with
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    • 411 8 NEW SHIP'S ARTICLES. iJi AN Sale at the Stkaits J^fe> Times Press, (price One Dollar each) the new form of Ship's Articles *n accordance with the Act of Par liament7& 8 Victoria. Cap. 112 ~ON SALE AT THE STRAITS TIMES PRESS (NEAn THK ARMENIAN CHURCH.) New form of Ship's A
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    • 571 8 SINGAPORE BRANCH. or thk INDIA AND LONDON LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY RKUISTKHF.D INCORPORATED UNDER VII VIII VICTORIA. CAP CX. Capital £250,000 in 5,000 Shares of ,£5O each I!HE Undersigned hare been appointed Agents for the above Company and are prepared to grant Policies on 1. The Lives of healthy persons residing
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    • 1133 8 CURES FOR THE UNCURED! HOUIWAY'S OIOTMEIT AN EXTRAORDINARY CURE OF SCROKIT, V, OR KIXO P.vir Extract of a Latter from Mr. J. H. Alliday, 209, Street, Cheltenham, dated the 22nd January, isiO To Processor Holloway. Sik.— Mv eldest Son, when about thrco ye:ir< ,f wag afflicted with a Glandular Swelling
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