The Straits Times, 7 August 1855

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    21 1 STRAIT S TIMES. AND SINGAPORE JO DUAL OF COMMERCE. VOL. IITH. PUBLISHED EVERY [TUESDAY AUGUST 7th, 1855.] TUESDAY MORNING NO 754
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      893 1 A ,aaally.. hn. Or*. 1 »alf-T»«i7.. au art«riy br Month 14 1 '.n«l*<'opv On* Kudm LIST OF ARTICLES FOR SALE AT THE COMMISSION ROOMS OF JOHN LITTLE A CO. COMMERCIAL SQUARE-SINGAPOR*. Outfitting iflfpartmtnt. mMgr show, ani .l.pper., I'arU and London made^ a rIT iU nd cotton Bnttons-Naval and „t.. K«dy
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      496 1 ay l.md, Ac, Muslin Glove. Frearh Kid, Wait* aa coloured, White and coloured .ilk. It thread Parasols —silk, plain, and figured Ribbon.— .ilk, .atia, bonnet .nd children's, a great assortmeat I Thread— enttoa on reels. Silk, tapes, bobbia Need!*., Pin., crochet Thrraed, and aerdle. Babies' Hooda and Hats ailk aid
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      777 1 M«™ WHAMPOA AND CO.'S ADVERTISEMENT. TMeasr*. WHAMPOA Co. luve tlwayt on Sale an exunsive and choice asaortnient of the following kuo<J«, oclected upecii.lly for i heir Store*. V% n«)LBAALB XX 1 All. FOR XX IMIR I A f KIN. ittillinrrp ffiooirri). Articles for the Work Table: fialianne dresses; Bonnets of
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      829 1 AOBMTS London— F.Alg»r Co Calcutta- Thacter *<\ (rene* Hongkong— Amist'ong A Law Bat a via Lang* Co, N OJTJ C E CURSETJEE FROMMURXE. HEREBY gives Notice that he has withdrawn from tbe firm lately carrying on Trade and business under the style of Little, CuRSET;kk Co.. and he has this
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      784 2 .-.<*•; «i cart, MamU No. I and 4 ciga u»m, Manila uni CMsm; colors, oil and watri, in tin boxes and c»l**»; om.pkor wood 'ranks; crowns, for naval caps; dmacr and ism services; dressiaf c»«e»; de»k«, traveller* ■wntinfi fowling {twees, kitifrta m 4 double barrel pistola, gunpowder and birdin; shot;
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      833 2 fHrDtcal, InbaliD. in GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, tttabtUhtd, 1 84 1. CAPITAL, £600.000. UIU.D OFFICES, 25, PALL MALL, LONDON. ENGLISH BRANCH. Ttiims. Charle* Hopkinson, Esq., Regent Street. Sir Thorna. Phillip,, Temple. Alfred WadJilove, D. C. L., Doctor*' Commons. DIBECTOBS. «»jur Houry Doveton, Edward Doubled»y, Esq. F. L. a., George Gun
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      587 2 P\ ttftttutm, containing full a*»«imiinn and instructions to parties desirimg to insure, «Mjr be obtained at, «r irt'W be forwarded free on application bring w ode to BOUeiXAD it CO., Agem. Singapore, 20th May, 1854. CALCUTTA MERCANTILE MARINE INSURANCE SOCIETY. THE Undersigned, having been appointed Agents for the above Society,
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      523 2 LEA ft PEBKINS CCLtIMTID WOKOWCBD.T B HT»U CT w. Lmi|| A COKKOUSBUBS. I o.^"^ TO BE THB to kit InKW^ t^ M OHYBOOD«AUCK" JB J 0 1 May, A»D APPUOABLE TO U 3 tt.t'uj^fcj I**1 1 EVERY VARIKTY B^3 PUU<W WORCESTERSHIRE SAUCE P erinsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company's Office,
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      961 3 -n Ann H RFS WITHOIT «t?IMCIM, W. M .«MMf COWEMFMEOREXmSE, BY KKVs drli.ious lIEVALESTA AKA.BICA I KOI), aaret 50 times itt cost in other meana of txlft and it the natural TPinrHr whirl, hat obtained v tes'imonials of cures front Ihe Unlit Hnn. the mrt de Decirs, Archdeacon Smart of
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      751 3 all the above parties will be happy to antwer aay inquiries. Mo. 51,482, l)r Wurser't Testimonial Bonn, 19th July, 1853. i!it and pleasant Farn a is one of the most excellent, nourishing, and restorative remedies, and supersedes, in many cases, all kinds of .nedicmes. It it particularly useful in c
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      1075 3 not VcT7 THE Shipwright Basiaess formerly carried on at Singapore, in the name of F. Badbhoce, will from this date be carried on under the style of Badkhoch St. Co. Badutoch Co. hare admitted Mr. William Such, Shipwright by profession, a Partner in their Firm. BADENOCH CO. Singapore, lit Mag,
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      784 3 NOTICE. JOHN AITKEX, late Master Mariner, MA NUEL FRANCIS DE SOUZA, for mfiiTHn Book-keeper and Managing Clerk Id \f«. TPbffi STEEL, and TERTULLIAN JORGE DfcSOtlJtA have associated theinscWe* in Copfirmarshilt is Ship-chandlers, Sail-makers, Auctioneers and General Dealers, under the Firm of AIT&EN DE SOUZA. Singapore, 2nd Jmlg, 1835. With reference
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    Straits Times. SINGAPORE: TUESDAY, AUGUST 7TH, 1855.
    73 4 Straits Times. SINGAPORE: TUESDAY, AUGUST 7TH, 1855. We have to announce the mini of the following passenger* Aug. 2 per Chusan from Chusan from Calcutta, Messrs. dough toa and Andrews; 4 per Chilena from Liverpool, Mrs. Wakeham 5 per Lightning from Macassar, Mr. Acthony de Grave. We have lo announce
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    56 4 By the American ship T. W. 'Sears letters have been received from Batavia announcing the arrival there, per French ship Cecrops, of the Captain, Tassengors, and Crew of the Steamer Phoenix, wrecked in Torres Straits. The Phoenix was a vessel of 500 Tons and 150 horse power, and left Sydney
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    140 4 Report from Booby Island by Antillet, up to the 26th June. 1863 May 29th, the Barque Simla k passed, bound to Maulmain. June 24th, Ship Jannet, James Chalmers, from Sydney bound to Calcutta, reports having seen a Brig on shore to the Northward of Raine Island. May I lth, Barque
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    46 4 From a notice which appears in our advertising columns it will be seen that the celebrated New York Serenades intend to give a performance bere about the 12th instant they are expected to arrive ny the Circassian, which vessel lefe; Calcutta on the ISSth ultimo. s**^
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    273 4 The Band of the 38th It N. I. will perform the following PBOOUAMIIR. At the Linen for Wednesday. Marien Walser by Gung'l Duetto "La Muette de Poftigi" Auber Morceaux Obligato pour Cornet a Pistou Sunpe Fandrich Wilnelms Quadrille Bilse Polka Jenney L'Hirjudelle" Laclmer Bloomer Galop friUe At the Esplanade on
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    120 4 Calcutta journals were received by the steamer Chusan to the 24th. ultimo. The chief intelligence by this opportunity relates to the insurrection at Berhampore, particulars of which appeared in our Extra of the 2nd. instant. In to-days Straits Times such additional items will be found as we have been able
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    Malacca.
    29 4 —We are indebted to thcourtesy of the Hou'ble the He»id Pl Councillor .t Malacca for the Bubjoin^ Abstract btatement of the Receipts a v expenditure at that station:
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    93 4 Statements <tf the Proper Receipts and Di^h* ments at Malacca during the > /ffr,,,/ }>,„■ |s, st ,sT Kkckifts. Judicial Revenue *f Postal 61 2 Marme Z""Z."Z:";. 56y "j Miscellaneous -ic^i m......:::::~:~ Js j i Company Uapee... 151,151 1 > Malacca, May 1st. I8.>5. Cuaboks. ft Revenue JJ_2 Medical %f.\
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    Straits SETTLEMENTS CHARGES.
    681 4 l*eneral 17 655.3 08 Judicial 22,277 008 Marine 11,889.0.10 Total of St-ait* Settlements Charges 51,821 05 •> Military Charges) paid at Malacca.. 41ig<U5J 7oi. CliarKeß vmm Local Charges N7.ft11.W7 Total CompanjV Rupees. 2:W .861 0)8 Loci Receipts lJl.lol.lj; Charges over llece pu 87./J9 0 4 We observe
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      926 4 Tm Let. rw rpHK HOUSE in Carapong Oiam L fonnorly oriup ed by L. Fbasir 2i>Lilk AC A L P A P ]^E, FRASEE CO. Sinf^ore, UM Auyut. IBMMARINE lift ano eaeualtp MUTUAL Ai^SUBANCE SOCIETY OAces 137, l«adenh*ll Btreet. T »"UITEES Sia Jamei IIATHBaow, Bs.rt., M. P. liiios, Mooaa, Director
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      671 4 The Scale of Assurance approved of by the Directors of that Company, together with Talile showing ths amount of the monthly deductions, can be had on application to CAPT.H.T.B ffAB HAXI SE Frosn whom also any further information desired can be obtained. PREMIUM FOR THE ASSURANCE OF «ioo BACCACE ANP
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    PASSED BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL OF INDIA.
    449 5 I lUctivtd Ou atteut of the Gwentor General on the 2»«A Map urn.) An Act to improve the Uto rt'ating to tk* Copper Currt*ry in the Strait*. WhlkXah tbe Coiupaoy'* Rupee is by Act XVII. of \hii a legal lander in .atiaUction of
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    1694 5 To Captain Coulson, of the Himalaya, we are indebted tor Sydney tiles to the "Oth June, from we gather the following items of interest. The American dipper ship Whistler, Captain Brown, from Melbourne to >ingatioie and Hongkong, was lost on Ihe Wllll May on King's island, at the eutrance to
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    EUROPEAN INTELLIGENCE.
    1990 5 —On arrival of the steamer Chutun, from <akutta, on the 2nd. instant, we issued two Extra* containing on epitome of the news overland, and embracing every word received at Calcutta by the electric telegraph from Bombay. The strange manner in which the news was jumbled together induced M
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    SINGAPORE LOCAL.
    2285 6 Tan IViksmo's Hospital. The adjourned Meeting of the Subscribers to Tan Tocksing'a Hospital was held in the V us Commercial Square, on the i.'kh of July, 1854. Mr. W. H. Read wu requested to take the Chair, in the absence of the Hon'ble 1 Church, £»q. who was
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    BENGAL.
    5236 6 Th« Santal RisiNo.-We have received the following report* of the Santal insurrection from various correspondent* The Sanuis or Hill tribes of Rajmahal are ud in arms to upset the Company's ..way. The? al li-ge Kivi.ie revelation far their attempt and their trst 8U >p was to call ou the
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    European Intelligent.
    1259 7 fiIFOBM Thi Administration. Every night consum >d in the inconclusive discussion of foreign affairs by the House of Commons has furnished new evidence of the unsound and anomalous condition of that Assembly. After months of unexplained, if not unjustifiable, abstinence from all approach to free debate on the
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    Commercial Intelligence.
    192 8 SYDNEY MASKETrf, JUNE 19TH, 1855. From the Sydney Empire of the 20th June, we gleau the subjoined market prices of China and Straits produce s. d. to s. d. Hysonskm, per chest "4100 „000 l*er box 016 0 0 It 6 Congou, per chest 6 5 0 5
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    CALCUTTA MARKET, JULY 21ST, 1855.
    748 8 Cottox Agra and Furrackabad at 8 Rupees 12 aanas to 9 Rupees 4 annas per maund. sanda at 9 Rupees 8 annas In 10 Rupees 4 annas, stock moderate. Saltpetre. Refined 6 Rupees 8 annas to 6 Rupees 12 annas per maund. Rice For Rallara
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    SINGAPORE SHIPPING
    315 8 ARRIVALS. July 30— British ship Rojal Stewart, Tulnian, l^allu July 6. n »i Dutch bark Anoo< Sally, N.ik 1 1, Sauiarang July 17. Augl 1— Siain brig Sirius, Morrison, Sum July 2. British sclir. Dido, Milnes, S.irawak July 21. M ti Do bark Courser, Day, Hongkong July 4.
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    FREIGHTS TO LONDON & LIVERPOOL
    49 8 FREIGHTS TO LONDON LIVERPOOL Tin* Antimony Ore.. isa. per 20 wf Gambier £4 Pearl Sago 4. 10s. Sago Flour A. Sugar 4. ss. (iuim 4. 10* per^Ocwt. Coffee in bags £4. 10* p.t 18 cwt! Black j<c|>jier 4. 10* per 16cki.. Measurement Goods 4. 10s per 50 cubic »i.
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    MONEY MARKET.
    75 8 On England 6 Month* crediu at 4s. 7id. to 4, Bd if d On Calcutta 224 to 225 per lUOdullur*. On China 1 1 per cent discount. Bombay 30 days tight Ks. 225 to 227 per 100 dollarsS/cce Silver 6 to B^ per cent premium Tor Urge Company's
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    "RATES OF PREMIA OF INSURANCE
    368 8 RATES OF PREMIA OF INSURANCE lON tilKlli-i VOYAGES BY SAILING VESSELS I'er ceul To Great Uritain 2 tv H Continental I'orts in Euro;. t 2 to 3$ Macao, Cumsinjcmoon sod 1 sailing between 30th Hongkong or June Ist March 14 to 1} Wharjpoa Amoy, during th* above period respectively.... 1-uctiow
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    186 8 Vessbls Expkctbd raoic Ephopb Betty and Johanna I'etcr.en H-mhur^ 16 Jan. Berw.ck Walls Darlington Liverpool 22 May tclestul Sooit Lo n ,l, n 2 6 May Commerce Bevan Cardiff 21 May. Charles Holme* liowll.y LiverDool 17 Mar Childer.di.M.S.) Hickley V.hTd Uu.Jbrook Mill- Gl...go«T v V A TooKood do 2-5 April
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    89 8 Vessils Exr.cTtD mom r« LoonA SSL f 1 Concordi. Fensnn dir»». ■A, SBBT M i'z:: tsr* f°P hl Bt.vers lin. n Spiritof.he Deep 11.->,it dirrct f S.r.h Arniitane Woltou rli'ect Wadi.tool Ri>h.man Page direct Vessels ixpecifd vrum Ciiin«. Bald KaitLe Kranee &muh »K 28 Une •c-»»ee M ale fc.-per.ui. XT
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    133 8 Memorandum of Covers NMiMd f,,, r, in the inonih of Jujy, 1^55. d lore ™«i Olfict Received Per Steamer Koningcu d er XeJerlanden from Bttatifl 2,9« GuK^e< from Hon K ki)iig 75 o Singapore from Euroi, e mm u». f.o,,, Mbtt S.*: l( *s £nn from Bmubav, Ceylon x<"l PiriHi.g*...
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    74 8 UollowaVs Ointment and Tills tl.e best romHio, fleet tU>e have u|.-n .11 c. mnlaii.t, motUwlv i>, ci.lental to lemale,, w.. u ld appenr Sncredil 1, if j not eonfi.me,. dally by the w,,,,!l. r f,,l cure, thov „ff, ct 7n l.idia. It is unquestionable fact, that tl.rre i« not any
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    SHIPPING IN THE HARBOUR.
    388 8 SuTCr E S. R AfV BRITISH -affuh.lH«. yi Anet tta,,,na,.U,.,0, > Maria, L» Kehc, 1;, DUltr Kirn T,k Seng Barr.b..n^an,N ,K>r S.lam, J.ulul K;r Chhn tari"' tTh "i Mnshoor, AJwee Seg,,ff. Denok. Almnnsoer, Ong Kee, Adao", Fataho^l M-m-RAI LY-Fattr v Ten A J l 8 On
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      9 1 SLFPLEMEJNT TO The Straits Times Tuesday, August 7th, 1855.
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      The Mail of June 26th, by the "Sir J. Jeejeebhoy."
      339 1 The Mail of June 26th, by the Sir J. Jeejeebhoy." An officer writing from Sebastnpol Jtiiie I Ith, makes the following remarks on M.tlakotF, and tlie result of the attack tt the 17th and 18th June, proves that titftli of that fortress was rightly U d cc between the M.'ndon
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      (From the Home NEWS, June 26.)
      3117 1 Tug chronicle of the war falls prope>ly into a,;li i-al ImsMM Sebjst >p the silo es I ti \i ill', a id lh» Baltic -I'rjiu Mth of wliicii intelligence is daily looked for with a »us.iicu, rt'.ii in. llic Ust wee», his become iu-ixpre-is
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      THE BALTIC.
      1771 1 Till. MAS! CRB AT UaNOO. Dispatches have been received at the Admiratty from Admiral Dunclas giving an account of ibis most, atrocious outrage. The facts, derived from these and o.her sources, may be gathered fron the lolljwiug uarra ive i On the morning of the 26th of May
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      FRANCE.
      1499 2 The Bullttin de* Lois publishes a decree openng a supplementary credit of 14,375,000 f. beyond the sum fixed by the budget for the payment of the interest on the floatiug debt and the service of the Treasury. Another decree opens a rredit of 1 ,000,000 f. to the Minister
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      POSTSCRIPT.
      2237 2 •Thb Sisot.— We give ia a subsequent column the tel gr iphio despatches containing all the authentic particulars th.it have retched us resjcvtng tUe assiuli and repulse of thj Hth I.lst. It u>w appeirs ttiit altiou^ti oir km was heavy, it is nos 8J great as at first rjported,
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      LONDON MARKET.
      492 2 REPORT, Junk 2;™. 1 lit lurthrr augmentation of the bullion of the Rink of England to 18 million*, while thi- ;u live circulation r.imaius uuder JO million*, tlms MaWMg a large amount of unemployed apilil, are ciroutu italic* calculated to iucru.ne m» WHM of tie money marke and
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      STRAITS & CHINA SHIPPING.
      39 2 STRAITS CHINA SHIPPING. ARRIVKD.— June 9 |«MC of Ki..iue, Mdiiila; 11 Royal KsetMHge, M tma Portia, Manili M WiMtiower, Sim i^li .i 15 F'Htiiule. Shanghu 18 Ssnl-iUgH, F»o-chow-f.io 19 Ann, Shanghai. DhPARrt.D. June 15 Co'croon. Hongkong 19 West, Hongkong.
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