The Straits Times, 15 August 1854

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    20 1 THE STRAITS TIMES. AID SINGAPORE JOURNAL OF COMMERCE. vol. torn, published every [TUESDAY ALGTBT IVtii, 1864] TUESDAY MORIMIIMC NO. 701
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      949 1 TB OT SUHNCMI'TIOI* x s nuallT-- f>P- l»r». 16 J f.\>»r.y.. 9 I rt«riv.... ii Month 1* A Single Copy One Kupee LIST OF ARTICLES FOR SALE A T THE COMMISSION ROOMS OF JOHN LITTLE CO. COMMERCIAL SQUARE— SINGAPORE. -.MiHa: Outfitting department. shoes, ani slippers, H. t ri« and London
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      566 1 Ny Lind. *c Muslin Gloves— French Kid, White and coloured, White and coloured silk. thread Parasols —"ilk. plain, and figured Ribbons-silk, satin, honnet and children's, a ereat assortment Thread— entton on re-U, Silk, tapes, hobbm Needle, Pms, crochet I bread and needle* Babies' Hoods and Hat*— silk and satin' braided,
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      823 1 Messrs WHAMPOA AIVD CO.'S ADVERTISEMENT. j^jessr*. WHAMPOA Si Co. have always on Sale hii extensive :<uil choice afiKortmeiit of i he following g<,o(ls, selecitd si)eci»l!y for their Sioren. WIIIILKBALK niCTAIL Jt ml BXHOnrATION. itlilliarrp footer n. Articles for the Work Table; flalzarine drtssef Bonueta of the latest modes, from Hans;
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      871 1 AOtirrs (London— F. Algsr A Co (Calcutta— Thai tier *C. [renee Hongkong— Armxt ong 4 Law. Bktavi* Lange Co. NOTICE CURSETJEE FROMMURZi:. nEKEBV fji*es Nolire that he has withdrawn from the firm lately carrying on Trade and business under the style of LITTLB, C.imsitrJkr Jt Co.. and he has this
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      661 2 c oats wd jackets; cigars, Manila No. 3 and 4 cigar Cas.s, ManilA and Cliin«; colors, oil and water, in tin boxes and cakes; camphor wood trut.kf.; crowns, for nav.il caps; dinner and tea services; dressing cases; decks travellers writino; fowling pieces, Mng.c anH double barrel pistols, gunpowder and birding
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      1088 2 nnn cms wiTunrT Mnncrrc, re. OUjIIIU cetfEMEXCE OR EXPENSE, BY DU BAURY'a delicious KEVAt.BNTA AKAbIL'A tO )i), suves 50 times its cvii in other uu hi s oi cure and it the natural remedy whicL bis obtained 50,000 testimonials of cures from the Uiglit Hon. the Lord Smart de Decirs,
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      906 2 and bladder, such at stone ot gravel; inflammatory irritation and cramp of the urethra, cramp of the kid ii*>ys and bladder, strictures and bcmoriboids. This really invaluable remedy is employed wnd the moat satisfactory result, nut only in brunchial and pulmonary complaints where irritation and pain are to be remov*
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      624 2 allowed for payment of Premiums and under cert» I= conditions, Assurances may be revived within three months of the date on which Premium became due. Claims paid three months after proof of death or <iicounted at once if preferred. (9.) Rates of Premiuo for all kinds of Assurance, Endowment and
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      592 3 FCN^WLAR OHIEWTAI. STEAM fMVIO.YJCM COMPANY'S OFF3CEIia tlery Jluad Singapore. WAIt fW|i^\ LINES. OVTWatm MAZZ.S. TllK I'eniiisiilar and Oriental Steam Navigation Company's Steam blips IiANGKS, C.apt. Hl "K. Mith tho European Mails of the Bth July may he expected, en route to Hongkong and Sluinjtliai. on nr about tho 16lli /tlstiint.
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      650 3 TRIESTE ROUTE. OVERLAND ROUTE VIA TKIfiSTE. TIIK Austrian Lloyd* Steam Xucigation Company's Imperial Mail Stesm Packets leave Alexandria direct for Trieste after the arrival of the Passengers by the Peoinsulir and Oriental Company's Steamers from Calcutta, on about the 4th or dlh of every month and ho arrangement has now
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      793 3 THE I26TH FRANKFORT STATE LOTTERY. uarantted by the Government of the free City of Prank-fort-on-thc-Main. On tho 27ih S«tiicuitM* me Uttwing commence*, and will be co'iimued U.nly until the 19iu October, 1954. i'lie filinwiitf Ihix«i plittrS *iil bt .-tinea 1 Prsssissisr nsrisj 100,000 /8.350 1 Priss 100,000 8,960 1 DiMS
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      690 3 WANTED AN Experienced STEAM BOAT ENGI- fX NEER.for ihe Netherlands India Steam Company at Batavia. A liberal salary will be allowed. Apply to MACLAINE, FRASER CO. Singapore, 12th June, 18S4. NOTICE JS hereby given, that E. A pel, of the firm of E. Apel Co. Singapore, and G. Dawso.v of
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    Singapore:Tuesday, Aug. 15th. 1854.
    78 4 Singapore :Tuesday, Aug. 15th. 1854. We have to snnouuee the tn A of the following ps.iMt'iiprni Aug. 8 per Hooghly from Piuang. Hoa'ble Sir Win. Jeffcott, A. J. Ken Esq. and T. J. Franks Esq. 10 jut Madras from Calcutta, CapUio aoweu, Messrs. DsJey aud Higgins p«r Minstrel from Pinang,
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    33 4 Wk have been requested to intimate that the I 'utch steamer Java will sail for Katavia immediately after the delivery of the Dutch Mails trom hurope, instead of waiting 24 hours as heretofore.
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    47 4 Tub steamer Gang** from Ceylon, with the English mails of July Bth and the steamer PottinyT from Hongkong en route to l'.ui ope, were not signalled up to the hour of going to press yesterday evening being now folly due, they will probably arrive during the day.
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    35 4 Oaftain^Howen, late of the P. and O. (Vs. steam-ship Bengal, cume on in the Madras as a passenger from Calcutta, for the purpose of taking command of the Ganges, on the Bombay ami hiua line.
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    42 4 We hear the H. C, steami r Zmohia will leave Calcutta about the 20th inst., and bring on to Pinang Messrs. I'rinsep and Devereux, the Ho'iico Commissioners; from Pinang these gentlemen will be conveyed to Singapore in the H. C. steamor Hooghly.
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    52 4 The H. C steamer Il>ogkly arrived heTe on Tiusday last, bringing the Recorder and Court establishment on c'r cuit. The Hootjitly, on her passage here, cwveyed from Pinang to Malacca, Mr. Lewis, who will assume charge of the Residency at the last-mentioned p!m-e until permanent arrangements are made by the
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    33 4 The St. Helena shipping report of the 9th May mentions the arrival, per ship Moppet, of Captain Gilkison and crew if the bite ship Jhn Coot burnt off the Cape of Good Hope.
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    494 4 Captain HrocKsmit, of the Dutch ship Bato, arrived at Hatavia, reports having seen four wrecks on the great detached reef in Torres Straits, and two more on the Cockhurn reef. On ai rival at I'ntoliy Island, by the shi,i;>ing report at that place, he aseeriaiurtl thnt the liv can of
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    222 4 Ox the night of Monday the 7th inst. the crew ot H. M.'b sloop Lily gave a dramatic and musical entertainment at the Theatre Koyal, in aid of the funds of the Singa|)ore Sailors' Horno the net proceeds rx'i-edrd 270. The troupe has long borne a good character for theatrical
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    733 4 Calcutta papers have been received by the steamer Madras, to the Ist August. The steamer Ses<>stris reached Calcutta on July 31st, from Rangoon, having on board 129 captured Seihk convicts who escaped from the Claiissa. The Sesostris reported the discovery of coal near Meayday, and that no intelligence had been
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      683 4 FOR LONDON CALLING AT THE CAPE OFGOODHOPK. l-l\r r T HK A l>ar q ue ELIZA THORN--IAJ\ M. TON, 471 tons Register, Cap4|gfiTj^ tain Maxwell. K<>r frtinht of light tafQSQQf,^ L'uoJh, or for phscnue, apply to: MARTIN DYCE& CO. Singapore, 20th July, 1854. FOR MELBOURNE. jJK. rp H K fn<;t
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      1125 4 Eastern Archipelago Company. An extraordinary e^'**™! nteetin? of this company was held May 18th, 1854, at the offices, 34, Cunhill, to consider what steps should be taken consequent upon the recent proceedings repealing tbe compiny's charter M-. H. H. LimjsaT in the chair. The Chairman, in opening the business, obsenrsd
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      227 4 obscryed. that to telegraphic Despatches. h<>re. must be adjoined, Trieste," and the name o» the Consignee, so that remain only 22 words for a single, 47 word* for a double, and i' 7 words lor a triple despatch. Orders whick nro not accompanied by the amount of the respective charges,
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    Jaya—Bitavia.
    595 5 Jaya Bitavia. —By th« arrival of the Java—TUtavta.—By I'uteh steamer Jura. I'ap'ain Curtis, we have rcreived advices from liatavia to the Bih injiianr and Dutch journals to th > sth. A report was current, and !»oth believed am! rrgn tted, that |i. Ms. fii^ate '•t/ljillit arid sloop Li'ij h.nl tall'n
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    605 5 Some misunderstanding and dissatisfaction appear to exi9t as to the summoning and service of members of the Grand Jury. For many years pa*t the practice has been for the sheriff or his Deputy, on receipt of a precept from the Court, to summon thirty gentlemen to serve as members of
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    1231 5 Latest News from the Seat or War in Asia ''he subjoined is a continuation of the translated items of news from late files of the Constantinople papers, part of which appeared in last Tuesday* Straitt Times Irthitonit, 13xA Junt. "Ihe Tuiki.h ttfarafr Eittri-Ktri. appropriated to th- postal smut- between Redout*
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    1093 5 Fl'iqoino in' Tlir AiwMT Cn Ji'ne 16h Mr. Him,, r«-uirf*"H< r übii^hed si 'lie rtiirrsber of B*ttaSMiofy«d ill 'i!»- i>ruiv ol Giear Hii. tain sud 1i«-!huU i,, iL* yir 1553. ni'€cif>ii.g ilie offmce, tlie rejjitQ<n", the jjJate «l wiaiicu, the lime, the seiitence, and the number of If lies ii.flicted.
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    1482 6 Homf Affairs.— The (iovynm. Nt lias appointed B Miniate? 6t War. and me office is to it-main in n.: bands of the Duke of Newcnstle. Influential provincial papers have pointed fo Lord Palmersioii as the til lin l; man, and in this have agreed vtitii the majority of the London
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    Arrival or English Engineer- from Russia.—
    1048 6 On June 22nd several engineers, who have been lately employed in the Kui-sian fleet and dockyards, and who succeeded in making their (-scope from St. Petersburg ou Mon ay, the 6th mat., called at the Admiralty by the instructions of Lord Bluomfield, the British
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    1237 6 On the arrival of the English engineers at St. Petersf burg they at once perceived, from tomt difficulties ,1 thrown in their way, that it was not intended to let them escape easily. At the public offices where it was nectttsary to apply they found that various subterfuge* were being
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    The Blockade in the Batic.
    486 6 h f I A L Li TfJi '^F Igfl Kr**!! J ot a which was formally ,5 tabli>ned by Admiral Napier along the o coast of Russia and across ihe Gulf of Finl; ll( j on the 28ih of May, mid notified in the Lmd
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    The Russians in the Pacific
    569 6 c—The followini; General Memorandum" has been issued by the English Admiral: "Her Majesty's Ship President, at Callao, May 9. "The Rear-Admiral Commander-in-Chief desires to inform the captains, commanders, officers, seamen, and marine* serving on board Her Majesty's ship*and ves-el< under his command tbat he ha*
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    81-MONTHLY MARKET REPORT.
    1116 7 Singapore, Aug. ISlh, 1854. Therk has has been move activity in our market (luring the past fortnight, particularly in goods suited for Siam and the Australian Colonies, in which a fair amount of bu^iiie^ lias been done. In Produce there is little change to notice: most articles
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    EASTERN ARTICLES.
    1705 7 Alum. No imports; a fair demand exists, and first arrivals will readily bring 1" to 1£ per picul. Arrack. Bdtaria in good demand, market cleared worth 13 to 13$ per half leaguer. Bees' Wax. Imports from 25th ult. to the 10th inst. 9$ piculs; good bright Yellow is
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    196 7 Memorandum op Covers received for Delivery at, .iiul dispatched from Singapore, in July, 1854 Received Per Steamer Macassar from Batnvia 231 Singapore from China 476 Ertn tinni Euiojie 5,451 Do. from other places JO 1 Java from BaUvia 210 Cadis from China 408 Pottmgei Iroin Europe 4,011 Do. from 01
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    Confessions
    89 7 .—A CVlio'icwas at young lady coiilessiou. The Priest, alter asking several questions relative lo her confession, felt tome curiosity lo know who was the fair penitent: he asked her name the lady not (.hoot-ing lo satisty liitu, replied, Father, my name is not a sin. Complication of Evils. —What
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      ARRIVALS
      173 8 Augt. 7-Brit. schi.r. Dido, Milnes, Sarawak Auk. t--8-H. C. S. V. Hooghly. Stewart, Pinang Aug. 4. —Am. ***** Bombay, Wilson, Whampoa June 13. —Brit, brig Kirn Y»p Soon, Nakoda, Pinang July 43. 9—Bally schnr. Venus, Haberbier, Bally Aug. 3. Dutch bark Annetta, Nakoda, Pontianak July 31. —ML bark Providence,
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      DEPARTURES.
      78 8 Augt. B—Brit, ship Crest of the Wave, Mccl, Shanghai. 9 —Do. brig Weraff, Burrows, Saiawak. 11 —Dutch do. Eng Bee, Nakoda, (irrssee. Brit. do. Panama, Wentworlh, Manila. 12—Spanish ship Keina de los Angelos, Tulon, M.mil.i. 13—Brit, bark Thomas Chodwick, Richardson, Hongkong. —Do. brig Louisa, Ilislop, Adelaide. H —Do. do.
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    Vessels expected from Australia.
    227 8 Uua A1"1M urns Nortbumbria Bland Melbourne. Sarah Ann Dick Melbourne A. L. Johnston Shepherd *ia vacussar Allamiale Dauson Sydney June 24 Ann (S.V.) W*Uh Sydney Ju y Norna (S.V.) Down S)dney J"l) Sir H. Hardinge Sydney June SO Lady Mona Melbourne Juue 15 Fair Barbadian Taylor
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    FREIGHTS TO LONDON &LIVERPOOL
    47 8 Jin II 5 j)tr2ocwr. (lamliier in Mm 3. IJ> Ditto in Laskcl» niMie Si,g.. Flour 3. 15 \Jttili t- in bugs none lilark je|.|.er 4. 5 \*r IG cut. Mea>iiienifni (it^Oil.t 4. 5 |>er 50 ciiKic f< (iuiia Tubiin £4. vvr 20 cwl.
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    MONEY MARKET.
    58 8 On Kngtan(!6Moiitli>crtilit.<Ht 4s. ll|d. ty dr. On CaJcvtta 2*2 Mf KM dollar*. Honi»>iiy 30 imflfW I* -42 per dollars I(M> Sycee Silver 8 to Hi pal cent |>r« iiuimi for imge Ci>mp!iiiy' s B«fMM "^35 \>vt itH) dollura Java llyiN (iit-w) MU per JtlO dullam Jav;i Kii|>r(S (elM
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    1171 8 THK IKEATV BETWEK.V h.NGI.AND, FRANCE AMI Turkey. 'J he follow ing is a translation of an imperial decree published in ihe Moniteur: Paris, May 23. JJapoleon, by the grace of God and the national will, Emperor of the rench, To all present and to come, greeting On the report of
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    Reverse of Fortune.
    86 8 -We regret to learn regret learn that a well-known cavalry officer, whose extraordinary fortune on the turf within the last two or three years has been the subject of general comment in sporting circles, has lately as much experienced the frowns of Fortune as he formerly basked
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    The Peruvians and the French.
    75 8 The Moniteur 5..).> Iv OMMQMMt ol ihe differ, encen which bad mimm between the Frmek coiiBiil-<ientri.l at Lima and ihe IVruiian ifo»en.iiienl. M. de Uiiiiu Mentun lliou>:hi ii k»4«lf iv retiie on bonid >-■ Pafl* Crifate. in CaJko Koadn. under the |_y u| R. ;ir
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    Bad Painters make good Christiang.
    123 8 Chri-tiaxs,— O!il Jolnifoii ibe pla\tr. who \vi.s i.ot only a very anui, but ;i jiood j i»«l _i»- <,|' painting" ai,(l ,v. Murkuble tor linking n,»i,y dn j. k. g, was »hewn a pitiuie.doi.e ly a \t-t\ 11 ditf'.-r in |i;.i.d, bm iiiiiih ci.ii.inendrd, ai
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    A Regular Jack
    274 8 —A tar ol the genuine Briii.-.li UieeO, htowed cliotk-lull ol r—>fci_g xiroi yt 1 ilihii tdrre waur giokf, inn.le di h m one eiei.injf inlo ihe il of llie HawiiMikei l-CMlt, HHCtKIiMy 10 wiIMH llie «ell Mm Mirer, 'Iht I'ilot 'Ihep^i'or, who was ]>iul>»t>ly for the diet
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    SHIPPING IN THE HARBOUR.
    487 8 NATIVK DRAFT— BRITISH -Putty Mo nlwck, J'nl.il Kirim. Shival Ami I. Dolphin, Faize 1 _Mf, Knttaßar.e.K. C frit. Side i<. Bully P.cket, Tian,: Hin, Suhan, Samdanny. UUTCH-Si-r.i.,. P,,5,,«h. Fo,,vH.k^n,. Fu.tl- U-y.niu. Fi'tal H .ir. Ori -mi. F.itul Hur. B k-nauHn. C..rnelia, Uul _Mr t T*-J«* I
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