The Straits Times, 19 December 1854
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Title Section20 1854-12-19 1 the STRAITS TIMES. HH SINGAPORE JOURNAL OF COMMERCE. VOL. lOni. published every [TUESDAY DECEMBER 19th, 1854 TUESDAY MORNING NO. 71920 words
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Advertisement932 1854-12-19 1 |UTE» 0' SUBSCRIPTION ■> A unually.. Bp. Urs. 16 1 Half-Yearly. 9 f Quarterly.... 5 ,me Month.. 1$ I A Sinele Copy One Rupee J LIST OF ARTICLES FOR SALE AT THE COMMISSION ROOMS OF JOHN LITTLE CO. COMMERCIAL SQUARE- SINGAPORE. .iDMIII..Outfitting Brpavtmntt. Foots, shoes, and slippers, I'arU and London932 words
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Advertisement545 1854-12-19 1 Ny Lind, *c Muslin Gloves— French Kid, White and coloured. White and coloured silk. thread Parasols —mile, plain, and fisrured Ribbons -silk, satin, bonnet and children's, a t;reat assortment Thread— cotton on reels, Silk, tapes, bobbin Noedlrs, Pin«, crochet Thread, and needles Babies' Hoods and Hats— silk and satin braided,545 words
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Advertisement775 1854-12-19 1 Messrs. WHAMPOA AND CO.S ADVERTISEMENT. jt|e B*T«.8 *T«. WHAMPOA Co. have always on Sale an fxlensive and choice assortment of the fallowing goods, selected bpecully for their Stores. WHOLESALE lUCTA I L Jt FOR EXPORTATION ittUUnm) Wooit rp. Articles for the Work Table fialzanne dresses; Bonnets of the latest modes,775 words
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Advertisement832 1854-12-19 1 f AGENTS. London— F. Algir A Co Cilcutt* Thicker Ce. [rencc j Hongkong Armitong ft Law y Bttavia Lange 4 Co. NOTICE CURSETJEC FROMMDRZE. HEREBY givei Notice that he has withdrawn from the firm lately carrying on Trade and business under the style of LITTLC, Conarrjke A Co., and he832 words
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Advertisement1042 1854-12-19 2 «oats and jackets; cigars, ManiU No. 3 and 4 cigar cases, Manila and China; colors, oil and water, in tin boxes' and cakes; camphor wood trunks; crowns, for naval caps; dinner and tea services; dressing cases; desks, travellers writittj; fowling pieces, single and j double barrel pistols, firnpiowder and birding1,042 words
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Advertisement768 1854-12-19 2 and Co. to send him another eanlster of their Revalenta Arabiea, it agreeing so well with his infant. This infant was six days old when it commenced living on the Bevaleata. Mo. 62.418, Or. Grles Magdeburg, recording the cure of his wife from pulmonary consumption, with Bight sweats and ulcerated768 words
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Advertisement1103 1854-12-19 2 HOLLOWAY^ PILLS. SURPRISING CURE OF A CONFIRMED ASTHMA AVTKR FIV* TEARS' *UFPBRINO. The following teitimonial has been sent to Professor Holloway, by a Gentleman named Middleton, of Scotland Road, Liverpool. Sir —Tour PilU have been the means, nnder providence, of restoring me to sound health after five years of severe1,103 words
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Advertisement1129 1854-12-19 2 lIOLLOWAY'S 01MEW. A MOST ASTONISHING CORE Of SCROFULOCt ULCKRS A CASK CCRTINKO B\ Tilt MAYOR «r BOSTON. Copy of a Letter from J. Nobh, Esq., Mayor of Boston Lincolnshire. To Professor Hollowat, D ar f r 7v.f "a S BA S Of Li quorpr,nd Street Boston, has thU day deposed1,129 words
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Advertisement693 1854-12-19 3 NOTICETHE UNDERSIGNED begs to inform the Public that he has opened an Auction and Commissioh Room in Commercial Square, and trusts, by care and attention to business, he will merit a share X>f their Patronnge M. F. DE SOUZA. N O x I C B- rpHE General Agency and Commission693 words
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Advertisement647 1854-12-19 3 gIMMONDS f ?oTcomm?B.ion Merchanu estHuirffr" 1 AgCnt8 5 B r K e -y»rt, London, established 15 years, continue to transact every desenpnon O f A K ei:cy business for residents in the Hast. Consignn.ei.tareceived, goods supplied; newspapers and periodicals forwarded, and commissions ot all kinds executed, on the receipt ofaccompa.647 words
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Advertisement798 1854-12-19 3 insuring Cos. R.. 80,33.354 »nd yielding annutl pwmiums Co.s IU. 3,98,969-0-0 Since Ist January 295 fresh Insurances h»ve been Granted for the sura of Co.s, Rs. 16,12,438. making the *«U1 annuAlpreminm upwards of Co.'s Rs. 4 70,000 ud exhibiting for the last three months an increase of 'ntome from premiums798 words
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Advertisement630 1854-12-19 3 OVEaLAWD ROUTE VIA TRIESTE. THE Austrian Lloyds Steam Navigation Company's Imperial Mail Steam Packets leave Alexandria direct for Trieste after the arrival of the Passengers by the Peninsular •nd Oriental Company's Steamers from Calcutta, on about the 4th or sth of every month and an arrangement has now been entered630 words
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205 1854-12-19 4 We have to announce the ariival of the following passengers Dec. 13 per Sidney from Lahuan, Captain Tavernor and Mr. Davis per Koningen der NederUnden from Hatavia, Mensri. Camperdan, Kencheniua, Harmsen, Endicott and Brat j 16 per Venus from Bally, P. E. Andreaen Eaq. per Hooghly205 words
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Article116 1854-12-19 4 Captain Dbiohton, of the Koningender Nederlandcn, reports the following: At 3 P. m. Dec. 1 It I) close to the First Point in the Straits of Banka, passed the British ship Northfleet steering to the South. Dec. 12th at 430 a.m. arrived at Minto; found there, hauled upon the beach116 words
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Article44 1854-12-19 4 Captain Browne, of the Sidney, reports that the steamer Paou Shun, from Calcutta and Singapore to Hongkong, was compelled by stress of weather to bear up for Labuan, where she arrived on Nov. 29th. and after coaling would sail for Hongkong on Dec. Bth.44 words
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Article70 1854-12-19 4 A friend at Batavia has sent us the subjoined shipping intelligence The "Golden Oate," Capt. Dewing Am. clipper, arrived here on the Uh Instant, 9} days from Shanghai*, in consequence ol having been run into on the 3rd. inst. off Erawang Point by the Am. bark Honer," carrying away her70 words
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Article35 1854-12-19 4 Captain R. Church, A. D. C. and Secretary to the Hon'ble the Governor, having obtained six months' leave of absence, Lieut. Cox of the 38th Regt. has been appointed to act during Captain Church's absence.35 words
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Article104 1854-12-19 4 Near the First Point in the Straits of Banka Captain Watt and a passenger from the bark Polka boarded the American ship Daniel Sharp, and requested some medicine for several wounded men. Captain Watt stated that he was from Bally bound to Singapore with a cargo of rice; that a104 words
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Article48 1854-12-19 4 We understand from an authentic source that the question of granting a new municipal constitution to the Straits Settlements has been referred by the Legislative Council of India to a Select Committee, to consider and report upon the measure with the view to final legislation on the subject.48 words
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Article44 1854-12-19 4 We notice with great pleasure the arrival here by the Calcutta steamer of Mr. Duff, who proposes opening at Singapore a branch of the North Western Bank of India," directing much of th* bank business to discounts— a great desideratum in a mercantile settlement.44 words
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Article24 1854-12-19 4 Th« Colombo Observer of Nov. 25th announces that the Governor of Ceylon has pardoned all the surviving Kandian piisoncra who were banished to Malacca.24 words
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Article169 1854-12-19 4 China The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam-ship Cadiz, Captain Roberts, arrived on the 17th instant at 5 p. M., having left Hongkong at 2 p. m. on the 12th. The Hon'bleMr. Me Lane, the United States Minister, is a passenger on the Cadiz, and proceeds home, it is said, on169 words
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Article61 1854-12-19 4 Calcutta papers, received by the Formosa, mention that Dhost Mahomed, the ruler of Cabool, has solicited an alliance with the British government. The Burmese ambassadors were at Calcutta, having arrived there on the 28th Nov. The Hurkaru mentions that the monopoly of the Pilot service was breaking up, and that61 words
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Article98 1854-12-19 4 Since their arrival Madame Cailly and Monsieur and Madame Frery have given three vocal and instrumental concerts at the Theatre Royal. The attendance on each occasion was unequal to what we anticipated, considering how rare is the ox,portunity of hearing operatic singing and music. On the first and second performance98 words
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Article105 1854-12-19 4 W« have been requested to notify that the annual competition for Scholarships at the Singapore Institution will take place on Wednesday next (to-morrow) at 11 a. m.. The subjects of examination for the scholarships are 1. Outlines of Aucitnt and Modern History. 2. Geography. 3 Arithmetic, including Rule of Three105 words
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Article5314 1854-12-19 4 Thk Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam ship FORMOSA, Captain Irzgkar, arrited oq Salurd«y at 1 p.m., having lefl Calcutta Dec. 6:b, and Heiung the 15lh instant. We annex a list of passengers: For Singapore. Mr. and Mrs. Duff, Captain Tingate, Mr. bourchier, Lieut. Walton, Messrs. Fountain,5,314 words
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Advertisement571 1854-12-19 4 peninsular and Oriental Steam, Navigation Company's Office, Battery Road— Singapore. OUTWARD MAILS. TDK Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company's SteamShip SHANGHAI, Captain Trkgk An, with the European Mails of the 25th November maj be expected, en route to Hongkong and Shanghai, on or about the 10th January. The Peninsular and571 words
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Advertisement488 1854-12-19 4 TO BE SOLD BY PUBLIC AUCTION, ON SATURDAY, 23rd INSTANT, AT 3 O'CLOCK F.M. The property of a Gentleman leaving the Settlement. A Dark Grey AUSTRALIAN GELDING, 15| bands, quiet in harness or saddle. A Bay AUSTRALIAN GELDING, nearly 16 hand*, an excellent Baggy or Riding Hone, and carries a488 words
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Article52 1854-12-19 5 STRAITS CHINA SHIPPING. AmivfcD.— Oct. 13. Myrtle, Singapore JavaanSingapore 15, Sumner, Whampoa \J, G. H, Whappan*, Manila Buitenzorg, Bntavia Mag, ge. Canton; 19. Catherine, China; Gravina. China. Departed. Oct. f, Lady Bruce, Baiavia and Singapore; 19, Lieut. A'lm. Stellingwerf, Singapore 14, Ida Elizabeth. Batavia and Singapore IS, Flying Cbildtr*. Hongkong52 words
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Article1659 1854-12-19 6 Th« Pbbsbict Cwsis.-The war with Bttsaia has attained its crisis-at least, for the present campaign. There is not an hour of the day or night in which intelligence might not be received of the most vital consequence-tidings of battles won or hopes deferred-of conquest, of slaughter1,659 words
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Article1139 1854-12-19 6 Pkogbess op the War. We have not gone through a generation of warfare, and even the oldest among us may almost have forgotten how the ever mixed and ever varying tiJinp* of war were once received in this country. The time may come when, in the heat of the contest,1,139 words
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Article1339 1854-12-19 6 The Hotels of New Yoik—Thtir Value and Population.— Then v no feature in our social system which is so peculiarly American as our hotel life, lhirty years ago there we re about a dozen hotels in New York, some of which were little hotter than man; of our large boarding1,339 words
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Article9 1854-12-19 7 /from th" Bi-Monthly Circular and Singapore Prices Current. J9 words
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Article1036 1854-12-19 7 Singapore, Bee. ISth, 1854. Since the date of our last Circular (2nd inst.) a moderate amount of business has been done the Bugis traders who noW remain have nearly completed their purchases, so that much improvement in the prices of staple manufactures cannot be expected at present.1,036 words
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Article1309 1854-12-19 7 Alum. No imports a fair demand exists, A first arrivals will readily bring to 1$ per pel. Arrack.— Batav.a worm 12 to 13 per balf leaguer. Bws' Wax. Imports from 25tb ult. to the 10th inst. 73 piculs; good bright Yellow it in demand at 33 to 351,309 words
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Article307 1854-12-19 7 Exports —Dec. 2ml. To Boston by the American bark Merit* 6« pb ftud 24 ctys rattans, 207 pis and ■>i ctys black pepper, 1,519 pis anil 68 ctys gambier, 210 pis tia, 54 pis and 8 ctys nutmeg", 21 pis and 6 ctys mace Deo. 11th. To London by the307 words
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Article785 1854-12-19 7 Th« Americans om ths Paraguay.— One ol the most remarkable pioneers of the preseut day, in connexion with the developmeot of the river navigation and of the upper provinces, is an American citixe Air. Hopkins, who, wuh all the characteristic ardour aod discerning forethought of his country, in seizing upon785 words
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Article390 1854-12-19 8 wak Nov. 29. t Do bark Samdanny, Nakoda, P«ang Dec. 4. 13— Do. schr. Sidney, Browne, Labuan Dec. 6. Do Corcyra, Collins, Bally Not. 21. Dutch bark Adenan Nakoda, Banjar Nov. 7. Do steamer Koningen der Nederlanden, Deighton, Batavia Dec 10. 14— Brit, ship Cowasjce Family, Dando, Calcutta390 words
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Article344 1854-12-19 8 Anna Paulowna Hek Liverpool 30 Junt Antilla Garry Liverpool 26 Aug. Bland (S.V.) Glasgow Bangalore Turner \)o 15 Aug Cornelia Larmond Shields 7 July Commodore Clyde 3 Oct. Conrad Hcnrich 6 Oct. Duke of Argyle Jones Shields 15 .Sept. Drie Vrienden 28 Sept. Flavio Gioca Falthorp344 words
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370 1854-12-19 8 lON GOOO.S) VOYAOKB BY SAILING VKSSELS I'er cent To Great Britain 51 to Continental furls iv Europe 2i to J Macau, Cumsin«moon and sailing between JOtti June ilongWong or and Ist March 14 \N hawi-oa Amoy, during the above period respectively 2 and370 words
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Article121 1854-12-19 8 On England b Months crediu at 4s 81«1@ 4s 9d dr. Private B \U 4s. 9d. On CHlcuiia 234 per XX) d.-llars. Bombay M days sight Ks. 235 per 100 dollan. Sycee Silver 8 to»i per cent premium fur large Company's Rupees i 36 per 100 dollars Java121 words
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Article1200 1854-12-19 8 Xi sm»k PuiaONERS in Australia- -The suggestion that the Russian prisoners might be sent to Australia, as such an arrangement would be a positive boon to themselves, ami one of unquestionable advantage to the colonies, is, we hear, likely to be adopted by Government. The privilege will, of course, be1,200 words
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Article794 1854-12-19 8 Mincing Lane, London, 23rd October, 1354 The last mail s new. from.China proved fully corr^ ft rat.ye of the previous ones, which spoke of a prS.' early and ent.re stoppage oftradeatCant Jn but a^3 inents were actually going on (however 9 1 OW M ih P I794 words
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Article495 1854-12-19 8 NATIVK CU\f 1* Hli' l'l^il— fun vli.rnr.jK Ju iiiivin ii S 1 1. 11 A 111 1. t> )li>iiiu. Fni K .B B IX Si.leris M \l, ihi.lv A«iet R.th nan Johanna. July. Aci.'l'iJ-N Jolia""*Mydin Bjx, C. MBi x, *1>,.» I, .\i'.iiro«. Fatty M.ui:un, T. U-495 words