The Straits Times, 14 August 1855

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    24 1 STRAIT S TIMES. AND SINGAPORE JO URi\ A L OF COMMERCE. \OL. IITH. published every [TUESDAY AUGUST 14th, IBS 5] TUESDAY MORNING NO. 7.J0
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    Qutfitting Department.
    906 1 ,ho«., .nl .lippfM. P.ri- «n.i Loinlnn niMr H-i'ii silk ami cotton. Button. -Na»»l and CjW f U<»<i» made dre»»-Suito.it«. Cndring offii-f SI..M. rm *.<>/ the inul and lightest I «ri*t I>M> of»«rinus »itc» Cordunn fur »w>-Sa*al. Military. Koraft. and plain V,«->up«-rtii.* l»la<k and Miie 'oai, l'«r« rJinMM, Sa.ony.
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      26 1 i.a.aUy.. »p On. U g»ir-V*arlT.. t U u»n*"» ytf Mcatß 1« AUTK LKS FOR SALE AT THI COMMISSION ROOMS OP JOHN LITTLE A CO. MMERCIAL SQUARE-SINGAPORE.
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      367 1 a. J- uahe co. IN returning their grateful ackn<»leilj{nientN for the liliernl |SBNM*gB and support I hey have received, 'rust by strict a'tention, |.roinptiiude iiiul liliernlity t<> merii h eoniinu*ne€ of the favor they Imve hitherto enjoyed hi the hands of their Friends and ihe Public. Singapore, Jan Ist, 1855.
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      779 1 M«r. WHAMPOA AND CO.'S ADVERTISEMENT. M«MN. WHAMPOA Co. have always on Sale an exirnsivc ;itul choice assortment of the following goodx, affected specially for iheir Siorts. WHOLEBALK RKTAIL Jt mil BXPORTATMIN. iHillinrrp *V i#ooim>. Articles for lite Wurk Table: fialzarine dresses; Botlliel. id'ilie Uti-sl uioden, from FifM f.'liviuiselle. uf the
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      832 1 London— F.Algar A B« Calcutta— Thacaer A Co. [ren** Uongkoag Arm.t ong A La* Bat a via— Lange Co. NOTICE CURSETJEE FROMMURXE. HKIU'.BV gives Notice lhat he has withdrawn from the firm lalely carrying on Trade and business under Ihe style of Little, Cursrtjkk Jt Co., and he has this
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      780 2 fcotla and j».ks«s; ctgars, ManiU No. 3 and 4,n(ra casts, Manila and China; colors, oil and water, in tin boxes and eak**; camphor wood trunks; crowns, for naval cap*; i'.ina«r »md tta services; dressing cases; 4mk; travellers wntini; fowling pieces, tingle and dnuble barrel pistols, gunpowder and birding sliot; gold
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      809 2 i«rDiral, fndaUD. GENERAL LIFE-ASSURANCE SOCIETY, tttablished, 1041. Ar M CAPrrALTicwaooo. HKAD OFFICES, 25, PALL MALL, LONDON. ENGLISH BRANCH. th»rl«» Hopkinson, Esq., Regent Stwet. Alfred Waddilove, D. C. L., Doctors 1 Commons. Directors. M»jor Henry Doveton, Edward Doubleday, Esq. m X 6 ***** Ha 7. Esq., Benjamin Phillips, Esq., as., C.
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      596 2 Prospeetutet, containing full particular* and inttruttiont to parties desiring to insure, may be obtained at, or will bt forwarded fret on application being made to BOUSTEAD CO., Agent*. Singapore, 20th May, 1854. CALCUTTA MERCANTILE MARINE INSURANCE SOCIETY. THE Undersigned, having been appointed Agenta for the above Society, are prepared to
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      478 2 LEA PEKEIKB MONOUNCtD BT 19 f i "TRACT of UTTri "01TLTOO0D SAUCE" lift* J 0 MMI EVERY VAKIKTY .-J WO \?£STERSHIRE SAUCE w-..,,..,. aCST Ji ...'f.;.^r2? rsaau.*. wxkUh.lmk. ■■—■■■4, aTiaii i>^ Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company's Office Battery Road— Singapore. MAILcHfIM\ 1.1 m™ OUTWARD MAILS. Thk Peninsular and Oriental
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      999 3 V (.Oil nRFS WITHOIT MEDICINE, W. 'r (OMKMrMI- OR EXPENSE, BY 0 \HRY's delicious RKVALENTA ARABICA r OOI), naves 50 t .nei its n>st in other mrans of iut* ami is llir nat ur I rrmt-dv which his obtained ."0 testimonials of rures from the Nicht H«'ti th* D An
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      735 3 all tbt »boy« partirs will tw aappv to answer any inqairiM. Nq. 51,4«2, Dr Wurser'i Tf ttimoniai. Bonn, 19th July, 1863. uint Farii it oue of the mott excellent, nouriflkiug, ami restorative remedies, and tvHerscdtrt, in many cates, all kinds of medicines. It it parucuUily utrfiil in c nfined babi.
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      1166 3 NOTICE. THE Shipwright Business formerlr rarried on at Singapore, in the name of P. Badihoce, will from this date be carried on under the style of Badexoch Co. Badinoch Co. hare admitted Mr. William Riach, Shipwright by profession, a Partner in their Firm. BaDENOCH CO Singapore, Ut May, 1865. TO
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      764 3 NOTICE. JOHN AITKEX. Ute Master Mariner, MA NUEL FEANCI9 DE SOUZA, formally jears Book-keeper and Managing Clerk to Ml. JOHN STEEL, and TKRTULLIAN JORGE DE SOUZA hare associated themselves in Copartnership as Ship-Chandiers, Sail makers, Auctioneers and General Dealers, under the Firm of AmtEN ft DE SOUZA. Singapore, 2nd July,
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    Strits Times. SINGAPORE: TUESDAY,AUGUST14TH,1855.
    51 4 Strits Times. SINGAPORE: TUESDAY,AUGUST14TH,1855. -iiiamWe have to announce ibe inivalof tlie following patnenger* Aug. 7 per Hooghly from Pinang, Hon'ble Sir Win. Ji-hVutt, A. J. Kerr and Kodyk Esqre,. and Captain Cazalet 12 per Mary Harrington from Calcutta, Mrs. Kidd. We have Io announce ihe departure of ihe following passenger*
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    116 4 The brig Yarmouth brings the following shipping report; some of the casualties have already been published in the Straits Times The American ship Whittler wns lost on the 27th May, on King's Island also the Maypo Of the Whiitler'i crew were drowned 2 men of the Maypo, were drowned 2
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    72 4 The ship Quentin Leitch, which vessel left this port on the 30th ultimo, with a full cargo for Liverpool, returned to Singapore on the 10th instant, owing to a leak, and will have to discharge. The brig Jessie Macfarlane from Glasgow for Singapore and I'inaug arrived at the latter port
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    46 4 The Thames from Sydney reports having passed through Torres' Straits in company with the ship Asiatic from Sydney to Madras, and the Phillip LaiiKj from Hoburt Town to the same place, ail wili 1 We have received Sydney paper* from Captain Griffiths up to 28th June.
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    253 4 We have received a file of Californian papers to the middle of May. In the Alta California of May 11th we find the subjoined ncatvoowef two Russian privateers: a report of these vessels being blockaded at San Francisco was brought here a month a^o by the Captain of* the French
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    25 4 The frigate Prtsidmt. Admiral Hnsoe, wiled on Wednesday, the I Bib, and the Britk in the afternoon of >be •mm day, bound to the northward.
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    324 4 In another column will be found the proceedings of a public meeting of the inhabitants of Si:igaporJ. It was aSi raits grievance Meeting all present joined in the demand for a general administrative reform. The long j>ent-up feelings of a community whose interests have been disregarded, their frequent memorials cast
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    72 4 Fbox the list Criminal Sessions to the open, ing of the Court on Friday, the Coroner tins been called upon to investigate die cause of death of 2 Europeans 23 Chinese 1 Malay 6 Inhabitants of India On these there have beeu returned verdicts of Wilful Murder 6 Manslaughter 1
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    189 4 Coronbb's Ikq-bst.— An Inquest was held by adjournment on the Bth lost, on the boiy cf Le» Ah Alien, whose body was f,uud fl ating in th^ sra i.ear Campong Java in the District of Tammu Merah Kit.bil, on the 6th lust.— F om the evidence adduced it appears that
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    186 4 On the evening of Tuesday last the Corps Drama ique, under the able management of Crumrnels and Co. gave an entertainment at the Theatre Hoyal. The plays selected were R. B. Sheridan's "Critic," followed by the farce l»id you ever send your wife to Camberwell," and the. clever burlesque Bombastes
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    794 4 On Friday, the 10th initant, the Criminal Session opened in the presence of the Hon'ble E. A. Blundtll, tsqie., <ioternor, the Hon'ble >ir Wm. JtflVott, Recorder and the Hon'ble Thomas hunh' Esqre., lietrdent t.ouvcillor. IW following gentlenuii were balloted lor the Gnuid Inquest: Wuliain Wardr p Shaw, E*qre., Foreman. S*ah
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    65 4 the humane provisions of the Immi 1 would become a mockery An *i' UtlU| tion of dealing in slaves^ a erl JTK W e th by a foreigner wuliin the jurisdietio j, Lo,d,h,p g;t ve a short outline o f ,K case, m disclosed in the depositions alter a lew
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    926 4 On Saturday last, at P M meeting tbe Inhabitants rnm'mSwZ the mmum which it llav b, ,i, ou rh ty ««'»l»t «>'l'K't,r eilce o^ proposed RltCMtiw in Ikt < -urrciicy ol th Settlement." The mmtium t v! ously attended. James Uuihrie was unanimously voted to the diai'i U trr HMWrildmuikl
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      262 4 I<> Bit. <£4s£aa«t rpHK BOUB* in Csmpoog O'ara siTi] 1 formerly occup ed by L. > R-iSiR ff I1 1 k» r-*q Apply to B MACLAINK, FRASEB CO. Sinfmpr*, M* Auyutt, IBJ.'>. notice NORTHERN ASSURANCE COMHANY. .AM.IMItU Kfc.J Incorporated by Act of Parliament. FOR FIRE AND LIFE UTSURAMCI vI'HOME AND
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    349 5 The frequent deaths caused by Tigers ought to induce the authorities to adopt «ome stringent measures to free the intei the ulatid from these savage beasts of prey. Scarcely an issue of our paper appears without containing coroner's inQMMta on the mangled corses found in the jungle, whiUt there are
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    88 5 Thf. Bind ot the 3sih M. N. 1., will I'iloiin tiie following: PItOOKAMIIR. At tlit Lines fur Wednesday. A Ibion AY;ilz r by Labitzky Ovenu.e La pan dv Dtabie" Auber t on from I>Ut.> JJo Q'lh Irille 'La Figliadel llegimento" (o incite J y liuy i Polka Jullien (^uiek Step
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    1558 5 In the British House of Commons, on June l^ih tlie subject of a decimal coinage wi-. brooght forward by Mr. Brown, the member for I^outh Lancashire, who reived Tli it, in the opinion of this House, the initiation of the decimil «v»tem of coinage, by the issue of the A
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    367 5 Borneo. The sulgoiued items are translated fiom tho Ja<a lifie, July 28th: For some ti no rumo ir« were circuU ing tliat a new sworn coul'oiliT.icy had been for n«a in iho western division of Borneo, under the name Saintjani foci. Thesi- rum mrs were prhoipally confirmed by tlie perpetration
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    1656 5 The project for cutting a cnnal through th« Isthmus of Suez begins to occupy so nvich the attention of the public, notwithstanding the absorbing interest attached to our operat ons in the Crimea, that it may not be considered out of place to ■ay a few words respecting it. It
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    European Entelligence.
    2679 6 What ib Ai>ministb4T;ve Reform Tbit is a question that ev erybody has been asking, and on which everybody expects the fullest satisfaction »ith the least poaaible trouble It is assumed that demand inunt be understood at leaat by those who make it, aad that a want must be
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    9054 6 Oi r Successes is the Crimea —The evacuation of Ai.apa by the Kussian. coinplet«s the series of brilliant successes which have rapidly followed the occupation of the Straits of Yenikale by the allied fleets. To surrender Anapa to the Circassian! was to abandon the last result of 'lo years' incesaant
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      ARRIVALS.
      123 8 Aug. 7— Brit, brig Yirmou th, Holland, BstaTii July 31. H. C. S. V. Hooglily, Slewarl, Pinang Aug. 4. Brit, brig Corcjra, Collins, Macassar July 28. Do. do. Tiang Hin, Bird, Kongpoot July 3. „-Do. do. Weraff, Burrowi, SanwA Aug. 2. B— Do. do. Gold Digger, Haddon, Madras July
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      DEPARTURE
      92 8 Aug. 7— Danish Ijiig John. L<>oft, B.iti«ia. DuMi do. Sice Bjnph, Nakoda, I'onliiinak. 8 P. and O. Co'j. S.V Sir J. Jejeebhoj, Huselwood, Honglong. Dutch b-ark Kmoy, Uamevell, Amoy Brit. schr. July, N.iloda. Sangora. Jt 9 Do. do. Miiria, HhsM, Sarawak. 10— Do. do. Ditto, NaUda. Sarawak. 11 l»o.
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      SHIPPING IN THE HARBOUR.
      405 8 NATIVE CRAFT. BRITISH— Mubabooly, A'iet Rahman, D.uloly, Juliette, Teang Hrn, AdeUile, Poika. DUTCH— Kirn T.k Senjr, Bnra San»ua", Noor Salam, J H dul Karim, BHtnvin, Pospah. Bonga, Chan Gilan, Lumber M ishoor, AUee Seg;iff. Denok. AIoMHMMT, Dug K»-<-, Adaor, Faiwhool M'""biirifk, Fa liool R.ichman, Teo Ahsoon,
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      Vkhsßl« ExfECTF.I) (HUM f^AI.CUTTA.
      167 8 City of I' alai.ru Hanur fb I in-iug irca-biau Uala*UMM >ia rinang C'ulibii Kn| |niii It direct Cuncorilim l-enn^n direct tieryCroi* (S V) Whit* direct Fatel il p.. itn.iii Nuk>da Ma i nai Gauge (Sard.) Mangioi d;iect 13 July Uuyun Jackxni Via rii.mig I! inui.ly 1
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      523 8 Matasran Colin sk.- v a: ess; VIMkXS JIMCTII) FHOM MaDKA." H.rpooner Morrie, via fSZ >lano> "'yee pil lUrtaban arown direct 1 nuce of Wales Puddicomb* direct VIUi B"«CTBI) »HOM M4MILA. SumbilU j RATES OP^Bjy^pHHS^, (w.s UUUUsi VOYAGES BY SAILING VBBBKLB To Great Britain Continental I'orti in hurope |J" CuiiiMiiiiinoon and
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