The Straits Times, 6 August 1850

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    20 1 THE STRAITS TIMES. AND SINGAPORE JOURNAL OF COMMERCE. VOL 6th. published every [TUESDAY, AUGAUST, 6th. 18.30.] TUESDAY MORNING NO. 4.01.
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      564 1 &4TBI OP hUBHC-KIHTIOK Annually.. Sp. Drs. 16 Half-Yearly.. 9 <Juar»erly .5 I <)ne Month lj i A v*Jin«le Copy— One Rupee LIST OF ARTICLES FOR SALE AT THE COMMISSION BOOMS Or COMMERCIAL-SQUARE,--SINGAPORE. ii scootr Kerlin woo of <:olots Jaconet— White and colored R,.,its and shoes, English and French Linen— Fine
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      696 1 jgg^' £bßßj Jtr^K*? cmß^ ffl^ffr. j^^F uFlbt^ r^w^^- n^ir -^^9t% vd^ Have always on Sale an extensive and choice assort inent of the following goods, selectttl specially for their Stores. WHOLESALE RRTAIL <ft FOR EXPORTATION. MLLINERY HOSIERY fitrlin W.,0l of assorted colors Articles for the W ork Table Caps, Cuff*,
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      688 1 mbm London— W. Thom«s *Cs I Calcutta—Thaßker and Co. > China— William Pu»uu St Co Batavia— Langr A Co. JUST IMPORTED. EX CHRISTIAN FROM CHINA. AND FOR SALE AT THE GODOWNS OF MESSRS. E- APEL CO Commercial-Square. 4 N Extensive and choice consignment of China fX and Japan Goods, which
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      611 2 NOTICE. 1 Hereby declare, that I have appointed Messrs Frederick I. fade i 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, iUh Sept. 1848. JOIIANN MARIA FARINA. The Genuineness of
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      591 2 Ex ''Carl nnd Hermann" from Hamburgh. Coloured Bavarian and Bohsmian glassware, richly assorted. Ex Jeanette and Bertha "from Hamburgh. j A new supply of D. 11. 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,
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      548 2 FOR SALE. £lS2X£ißfctiL fIiHAF commodious House si- •£S|S**|a2| tinted in Ili^lt Street at Ufa *m* BH7 present occupied hy Mrs. Ncornt. The Ground is held, under lease from Government for 999 years, at a Quit-rent of only drs. 20 per annum. Apply to. GUTHRIE A CO., Singapore, 18/ A. March
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      649 2 FOR SALE. FREIGHT Oil CHARTER |2\i THE Clipper bark Sarah, CapAjjjMX tain Skey, 185 Tons burthen. gjS S^ Apply to Captain SKET, or. WALTER SCOTT DUNCAN. Singapore Ibih July is.iO. FOR SALE. CW. THE C»PP«" Schooner Poi.KA, \jWt^^ burthen 160 tons, well adapted for i**mmSnt ihe Country trade. Apply io.
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    ARRIVAL OF THE MAIL.
    4723 3 Times Office August lsf.9 a.m. ISSO The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamz. ship Pekin, Captain Hiker, arrived here this day ■t 8£ A. M. havinglcft Bombay July 19th, Galle in- 21th and Pinang the 30th. We annex a list of passengers For Singapore. Mis. Miles, Messrs.
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    LABUAN.
    1468 4 Mr. Hd.ves replied that Mr. Napier the lieutenant-governor of Labuiu, was at present suspended froia his functions, and the causes of thai eiutpetisioti were under investigation. Pending inquiry he deolin^to enter into tlie faots of I cisc, or lay ou the table the papers which hal btW asked l'«>r
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    CAPTAIN AARON SMITH & MR. COBDEN.
    617 4 CAPTAIN AARON SMITH MR. COBDEN. The fallowing correspondence has rUen out of Mr. Cobden's recent speecii on thu llorneo Pii;v cies: (No. 1.) 16", Camden fIwUBJIt. Caiiideu Town May 25 1 8.50 £ir,- My Iriend C.tptain Anruu Smith, ha* requested me t<> wait upon you in reference to a speech
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    GOVERNORSHIP OF LABUAN.
    1158 4 Mr. O. Lushinotox said Mr. VV. Napier, the Lieuteiiant-GoveriK rof Labuan, and who performed all the duties of governor during th« habitual absence ai Sir James Brooke, had been suspended from bis ofiice. The consequence was that the administration of the internment had fallen on adi uugbtsman
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    THE Straits; Times SINGAPORE: TUESDAY, AUGUST 6TH.1850
    118 4 THE Straits; Times SINGAPORE: TUESDAY, AUGUST 6TH.1850 We have (o announce .he arrival of the following passengers: July 31 per Sliah Jetian, from London, Mrs. Johns"; August 1, pcr a l'ekin from Ceylon, ftc. seep;ig<!3; 3 p«r Hr.i;Miiz.t from China, for Singapore, Messrs. Sluar! Bad L> ividson for (ialle.Capt mi
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    19 4 We have been too much oi-cupiedwithm.nl business to engage in editorials (his week, anl confine ourselves chiefly to extracts.
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    34 4 11. 11. Sleamer Sphynx left (his on Friday last for Siam. having on bo.nd 11. K. Sir J.mu^ Brooke and suite. The 11. C Steamer Nemesis also proceeded to Siam, towrd by the £phyn\.
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    13 4 11. M. Steamer Fury left this port on Saturday last for I'm in.'.
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    THE VOTE OF CONFIDENCE
    84 4 -We learn fro n two of the passengers, arrived l>y Ihc Pekm. ami who travelled through Franco, that on the il.iy they quitted Paris lor Marseilles itritgKphic despatch was received, announcing the result of Mr. Roebuck's motion for .1 vote of omfidence in the English Ministry,
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    106 4 Bombay journals to July 18th notice th.v government had issued an order prohibiting thf distribution of spirituous liquors to Europe 1 soldiers before the dinner hour.— Very sever 1 weather had taken place at Bombay during the middle of July— the ship Mvaram Dyaratn »•< forced to put back, partially
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      141 4 JUST RECEIVED. Ex OMSSA Fkom London Messrs. Whampoa have just received Urn I following choice selection of Goods, wbi i are now on view. Shirts Cishmcre Muslin Shirts Alpaca Flannel Handkerchiefs BUckets Lawn do. Iluckabuck Cambric do. Corduroy Muslin Dresses Turkey lahie Covers Quilting Embroidered do. Gent. Socks Toilet do.
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    PINAG.
    193 5 -We have received l!>c Pinang Gazette to the 27th nit. The subscriptions for the Congalton testimonial had not reached higher tli.in 103, and would dose on the 30lh. .Mr. J. llogan Junr. has been appointed official ■issignce of the Insolvent court, vice Ross resigned and Mr. llobert Wilson has
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    21 5 11. M. S. Hastings was signalized entering the ■North C.li.innH, as the steamer I'ekin was leaving l'iiiiing by tin* Soulh Channel.
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    40 5 The Clipper brig Lanrick left Hongkong July 2iii for Calcutta, and was passed by the BragMd near tlie island of Hainan the Sir Herbert Com). ton, sailed for this port on July 21th to be followed by the Water. viteh.
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    53 5 Wk are glad to observe that the barque James Turcan (which must have pissed through Sin— g pore at night) from iioinbay, arrived at Hongkong on July 16th. In our last issue we noticed that some apprehension was felt for the safety of the James Turcan, which, it would appear,
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    CHINA.
    1337 5 1 in 1 steamer Hi um:i/;i from Hongkong July 2 lilt nrriv etl here on tlie 3rd instant with advices *uid journals Id the first in Mitioned date. Governor and Mrs. Uouli im had returned to Hongkong from Shanghai, the health of Mrs. li nili.iiii being mucii improved by
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    554 5 Jaya Batavia By the Dutch steamer Borneo, we received a tile of the Javasche Courant to July 21th which is very barren of news. The following are the only items worth translating: On the first of July a merchant prahu coming from Batavia and bound to Indramajoe on board of
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    THE 14TH LIGHT DRAGOONS.
    842 5 -We regret u» lejrn from the Lahore Chronicle July 6lh. that Colonel J. W. King, of the above Regiment, committed Suicide, caused, it is believed, by the extreme mental uneasiness felt at the remark* of the Commander-in- Chief on some recent proceedings materially affecting the discipline
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    CHALLENGE TO FREEMASONS
    355 5 The following nonce is exiratfeu Horn the uombay Tcleyrnph and Courier July 17th. to which we subjoin the remarks of the Bombay Times. The undersigned, a Pensioner, having lately arrived in Bombay, is anxious la prove in the M.isoii'.s own argument, that the mode and Custom at
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    CALCUTTA
    545 5 CALCU TT A The following decision by Mr. Reddie in the Small Cause Cuurt is so important to residents in Calcutta, that we extract it entire from the Hur. karu IMPORTANT TO FAMILIES. VHI V KHAN Hll is I Kt. CS. MR. T. 11. LLOYD. Plaintiff, who had been in
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    42 5 The daughter of the Queen of Sweden, who is about to marry Louis Napoleon, has a dowry of £4,000,000 sterling. During the summer 3,520 dogs were killed in th« streets of New York, and 6,760 dollar Paid u> prtuaiuoi w Iheu destr
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    CALCUTTA.
    1449 6 The ColomV) Agents to the Austrian Lloyds Steam Navigation Company, Messrs. Wilson, Ku«:hie an.l Co., publish in the Ceylon Times ot the S Ist of May, t translation of n Ministerial Rescript, OHted Vienna the 7th March, with hii account of the new postal and other arrangements, with reference
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    POLITICS IN FRANCE.
    1089 6 -li'mJiius, a robber, II tried at Urn Court of thu (MM last week said, tli.it when I was taken to prison, and s ripped naked, I was again searched and more gold was t. iu-iil on oie. And, what you will think more strange, I have at
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    EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCE.
    202 6 I pcUeatrians that were passing by Trawler Miuare ©I w9 O I lie ilUl c&slOIllaflcll I'j lit C l l* s li> I help proceeding from the b tsm MMM Char ingcrcai. It appeared tb.it tlie assistance was required by a young man who was standing up to
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    THE LATE ARCTIC EXPEDITION UNDER COM MAND OF SIR JAMES C. ROSS.
    582 6 THE LATE ARCTIC EXPEDITION UNDER COM MAND OF SIR JAMES C. ROSS. •Wilh ikk a plr;iaure we observe that a handsome imtral tablet has been recently created in the northern transept of j Christ Church Cathedral to the memory ol the late j Henry Maihius, Esq. AttuUat Surgeon of her
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    IDEAS OF ENGLAND.
    252 6 IDEAS OF ENGLAND. "The natives" (lo ■I u»c uic buiwiui cipressionj Inow little ali'iui old England, and care le>>. They generally suppose that it is the head quarters of a larce convict population, judging Irom the number <>( those gentry whom it annually casts forth. "Are ticket-ot-leave holders good servants
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    MARRIAGES OF PRIESTS
    128 6 -The question I I the legal capacity of priest to contract mam- age has been brought before the Belgian Courts, and decided in ihe affirmative. M. Poulet formerly Ticar at Mamur, aftep wards priest at Floree suddenly renounced celibacy, and solicited the hand ol a young girl.
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    THE ARMY WORSTED BY THE CHURCH.
    174 6 What is the difference, my lor. said a pert subaltern to an archbishop, wh.it is the difference between an ass and an archbishop A. pain? ensued. "Do you give it up.'" "Igwe it up, quoth the dignitary. Well, then," quotti young llippant, it is
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    SINGAPORE SHIPPING NEWS
    292 7 ARRIVALS July iil Dutch bark I'iebdes, Perry, Balavia July 25. Span, brig Oqucndo, (.uillena, Manila July 2rj Malay schooner Young Queen, >fakodt. Linga July 28 British bark Ann and Jane, Smith, Liverpool April 1 Urilisli ship Shah Jehuti, Johns, London March 28 Angl. 1 British steamer PeLin,
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    LONDON' MARKET REPORT JUNE 24TH.
    1975 7 I'll uicr. until.; worll tin. bcin poiiig on >tcjilil.T, and without any !i ii ii •>■■ 1 ii jidii -ii.i-. i.i-t n.iiil. but evriv nuw ami tin n wi i «i i un 1. on gar arriml in me lily, that MiuUtrr* were outvoted tli*
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    RATES OF PREMIA OF INSURANCE AT SINGAPORE
    389 7 RATES OF PREMIA OF INSURANCE AT SINGAPORE (ON GOODS; VOYAGES BY SAILING VESSELS Free of Average a deduction will be made ol 20 per Cent on ill following rates Per Cent. To Great Britain 24 Coiiiiucnt.il Ports in Europe -j| Macao, Cumsiiwmoon and suiting between Ist August Hongkong M itnu
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    FREIGHTS TO LONDON A LIVERPOOL
    68 7 Antimony Orel 2 15. per 20 cwt. Tin I Sago in Boxes 3. 10 per 20 cwt Sago in Bags £3. per JO Cwt (iambier iv baskets £3. 5 Ditto in bale... .£3. Coffee in bags 3. per 18 cwU Black pepper £3. per 16
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    MONEY MARKET
    63 7 On London at 6 Months sigkt 4s. Hid. j>er dollar. Navy bills at 4«- &d. per dollar. Calcutta Treasury Bombay 30 day* »ight Us- ->'i 6 lo 230 per dollars 100 •Sycee Miver ■> 10 i» pur OHM pruiuium lvi Uigv Company's Rupees 44) cents. Java Hupees (new)
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    308 7 Wit take the following from a recent numb er of the Daily News. It is "curious if true."; ''There is an interest attached to all Hint relates lo (he great poet ami ihe unsuccessful ploughman which extends over the whole Anglo MM me* Tne little tact which we are about
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    475 7 Gun Cotton Steam Engine and Artificial. Lice Fish. Among other things to which gun-cotton is lo be applied we now learn that to mil de Werdinsky has patented a locomotive which is to be worked with entire freedom from explosion by igniting siiull portions <>l this substance underneath the piston
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    MADRAS.
    265 7 We read with regret the f..!lo'ving announce ment in a Tostcript of the Madras Spectator of June 17 Pojdichbbhy.— After our present issue hal gone to press we received tli<3 following melan choly tidings from a fiiend a. Pondich^rry, who-<--letter bears date the 1 4th instant. "I am sorry
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    190 7 The exact velocity of electricity along a copper wire is. IXB.OOO miles in a secohd it v calculated accordingly that we could tek'grapb u> ojr antipodes in rather loss than the 500lh part 01 one Kccond of time! There is a man down east, rather a facetious chap, whose name
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    SHIPPING IN THE HARBOUR.
    359 7 NATIVE CRAFT— BRITISH,— FatahooI Mahasboly. Mahomed. Saindanny, Mahod Bux M»idin Bux, Independence, Fattel Kanim, Fortuna, Kirn Keat Him. DUTCH— BintangTujoo. Saumanap, Goanse, Bun Lee, Pinunix Ingbee, H*p Hiu \denai? Bintang, Fatakool Hair, Anna Mttha, F»t-bool Khair, Faid Allum, Zephyr, Fathtl Sai Fatbool He rmun. Damiao. LINUIN—
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      1028 8 HEALTH WHERF TIS SOUGHT HOLLOWAY'S PILLS CVRE OF k DISORDERED LIVBH AND STOMACH, WHEN IN IN A MOST HOHELKSS STATK Extract of a Lctttr from Mr. Matthew Harvey, of Chapel Hall, Airdrie, Scotland, dated the \sth of January 1850. To Professor HollowaySir.— Yonr valuable Pills have been the means, with
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      482 8 NEW SHIP'S ARTICLES. tjuv AN Sale at the Straits Aj||& Times Press, (price One Dollar each) the new form of Ship's Articles accordance with the Act of Par liament7& 8 Victoria. Cap. 112 ON SALE AT THE STRAITS TIMES PRESS (NKAR THK ARMENIAN CUURCH.) New form of Ship's Articles, Cargo
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      569 8 SINGAPORE BRANCH. or the INDIA AND LONDON LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY REGISTERED INCORPORATED UNDER VII VIII VICTORIA. CAP CX. Capital £230,000 in 5,000 Shares of j£so each THE Undersigned have been appointed Agents for the above Company and arc prepared to grant Policies on 1. The Lives of healthy persons residing
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      1123 8 CURES FOR THE UNCURED! minim us onniiTi AS EXTRAORDINARY CURB OF aCROPULA, OR KIM. Kwr Extract of a Letter from Mr. J. 11. Al'ulnu, 20J, Street, Cheltenham, dated the 22nd January, 18 JO. To Profes»or Holloway. Sir. My eldest Son, when about three years of aj{r was afflicted with a
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