The Straits Times, 2 February 1861
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Title Section21 1861-02-02 1 THE STRAITS TIMES, AND SINGAPORE JOURNAL OF COMMERCE. VOL 17 ru PUBLISHED EVERT [SATURDAY, 2»d FEBRUARY, 1861.] SATURDAY EVENING. NO- 102321 words
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Article27 1861-02-02 1 Dam iki.v Kdition. P-r \nnum l»r«. JO. Annually Drs. 16. U. HMf Yrmrly Three la QWerty 5. fkut mitt an/<jr Subscription. *yall* t* advance.27 words
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875 1861-02-02 1 STRAITS TIMES SATURDAY, 2 FEB. 1861. Ambiciitv.— Ambiguity is a failing peculiar to modest, cautious, kind I .uttd and well meaning men such h* our woithy Recorder. Sir H. B. Mm CmmHumi has never been known v an unkind word, but in his anxiety to sj>e;ik truth gently, »liis re|.i875 words
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Article1326 1861-02-02 1 Opkn ordkk Lkcislatiov. That he could drive a Coach andfour through any British Act of Parliament, was a standing boast of the indefatigable but unsuccessful Repale" agitator Daniel O'Connel. By the judicious introduction of this too truthful boast, he generally managed to inspire his open-mouthed auditors with conrid nee in1,326 words
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Article520 1861-02-02 1 Thkatkk Royal. B\ far the most num. rou.s and fashionable audience of the season assembled at the Theatre Royal Tuesday night, to witness the performance of Shakspcarc's Merchant of Venice" by the Singapore Aniateurs, which had been advertised for the last M weeks, and which proved a MinVient auraeiion to520 words
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Article331 1861-02-02 1 Thk Sailor's Hornk Re-electionof a Superintendent. A general meeting of the Subscribers to the >ailor's Home »a< held at the Treasury, at 3 p m. on 25th ult., for the purpose Jof electing a Superintendent. There were 42 subscribers present. The Brigadier, who was unavoidably absent, voted by proxy. The331 words
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Article833 1861-02-02 1 Pin a so. The following is from our Pinang Coi respondent, dated the 26th instant. The Houyhly arrived qn the 21st iiist. from Singapore and Malacca, j blinking hither our new Deputy Commissioner of Police, Mr. Pluiiket, who, (judging from the zealous discharge of his duties during the short period833 words
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Article645 1861-02-02 1 China. By the Fiery Cross we have received the following news from thence. The Daily Press of the 16th inst. says: The Ly-ee-moon arrived this morning with dates from Shanghai to the Nth inst. We hare received the following important intelligence from Japan which we extract trom the North China645 words
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Article124 1861-02-02 1 Thb Hongkong Daily Press informs us that "Mr. R. D.Caldwell, Registrar General and protector of the Chinese, appears to be accumulating a terrible array of facts to be used against himself hereafter, and, as proof of his conspiracy against Sum Ahing must now be complete, we wonder the Attorney General124 words
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Advertisement109 1861-02-02 1 *AT«« Of SVB9TRIPTION Dm It OuarWTlr i\ O« Monti. I) t A B>a«l< Copy ..on« lUfec ADVERTISEMENTS. Terms for Advertisements made known at the office Contracts entered iota for long periods at reduced rates. Advertisers muit specify in the copy the num. ber of ih* insertions required, el*) sll notices)109 words
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Advertisement15 1861-02-02 1 AOENTS. Loafs*)— P. A. Alfar K.<j I Batavia l.Mf Co. I Caltutta— A^car ft Co15 words
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Article206 1861-02-02 2 4 We attended Urn Executive Coun -terday, which was it» twentieth sitting upon Hougkong abuses. Mr. (aid well's second and third witoeaMl were both floored by the convict Sum Aim:)?. The second witness had been >.im Ahing's accountant and contradicted all the testimony which the convict had given. Upon the206 words
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Article411 1861-02-02 2 KrhRPRRTKRs. In a recent issue we said that the cost of Chinese interpreters from King's College, London tor the Straits, would be about i.'tf.ooo per annum. In looking over a file ot the Hongkong Register of September, 1858, we find that the Staff of Consular Interpreters at the out-ports, and411 words
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Article216 1861-02-02 2 Nativk Mabriask and Divorck in nra Straits. We have been favored by a Native, with a long letter on the subject ot native marriages and divorce?. The let■mmences with '.be statement that the property of the wife is the property of the husband," and that many natives taking advantage of216 words
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Article349 1861-02-02 2 He askx why the Local Guvernment, as in I tidi. luiitiJava, dot. «>t appoint respaetabie men to adjudge the eerlesiastfcal affaire of the various classes of natives? Why are they content to leave the settlement of these fertile MM tt disputes to irresponsible people like he Cazee in Campong Glam349 words
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Article449 1861-02-02 2 In a recent issue we said that Mr. (Ji'ttlieb, the Marine Magistrate and Harbour Master of l J in.ui£, was by the trient length of his service entitled to pcrinauent promotion. This we are happy to observe was the opinion entertained by the I'i)iang Gazette in ISO 3. Our contemporary449 words
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Article1163 1861-02-02 2 Rkmrmbkr i hk Sabbath day to kkip it Holy." This was the text from which our worthy Chaplain preached, a few Sundays ago. Never was such a sermon from such a text more needed than at the present time and in no spot on the globe was it more applicable1,163 words
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Article198 1861-02-02 2 Loss or thk American Bahk Myrti.k Capt. C. P. Biitsford of the late American bai k Myrtlr has furnished us with the following report of the totnl los« of that vessel. The Myrtle sailed from Macao on the 3rd June 1800. She had on board 4,000 Mexican dollars and a198 words
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Article132 1861-02-02 2 Thk Englishman says the Board of Revenue has published its Report > n the External Commerce ot Bengal f<r the mi' ls.VMio, in less than >i\ months alter the conclusion of the. utlicial year. It states the total value ot Merchandize and Treasure imported and exported during the year to132 words
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Article123 1861-02-02 2 I lie vulne ol Exports, exclusive, of Tie.cuie. shows a decline ot Raped 1,'2,78.1-H la the tull.win^ artile- indigo, grain, gunny bags, liid< s, jute, opium, (Ueiini) seeds, sugar mi lac <>tl er hand, t tie sliipineiit-, peciallv totlie Tniied Kingdom, Frame and China, of cotton wool, drugs, opium (Benares)123 words
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Article10 1861-02-02 2 Thk Ktig/is/ivinii s«ys, the following is c inmumcated by Government10 words
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Article116 1861-02-02 2 The ship Comcay, chartered by the Emigration <'i>mmissi(inerg for the conveyance of soldiers families from Liverpool to Calcutta, was on the voyage found to be in a sinking st«tc, and was abandoned in L;it. 'Mi z Long. 19 c Happily no lives were lost. Crew and passengers vrere satrly conveyed116 words
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Article141 1861-02-02 2 From the Fnetid of India we learn that at the end of the first 60 years after the ascension, the number of living Chiistians was one million. Contrast with this fact the success of missions during the past sixty years ot this century. The Bible has been translated into upwards141 words
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Article152 1861-02-02 2 A Correspondent writing to the Free Press states that the Secretary t.» the Municipal Commissioners p'oposes to clear off tlic Municipil debt by a saving of fifty per cent on tli numbers for Hack C.tn iatjes. The Serretai y iscerlainU striving hanlto have his own salary increased, and to scenic152 words
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Article374 1861-02-02 2 Malacca. The following is from our own Correspondent, dated the 9M ri'imo. "As r lie fulhwin;; is a gent crying evil to the well 'i*p«'<eil Niiiay^ mid Kliit_s of ttiin o!d Ml, I 'huilc ii but ri_>ht to lay it MWt ■In- |)nbii<- a'ld I. ope H. 11. the (i374 words
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Article110 1861-02-02 2 Thomas Di nmav, Esqi irk, wh> h;is br a period of IS fear*, tilli -d altiinitely the situation of Siipcriutcndint ot Police, M i-istiatc, and Com-mi.»-ioner ol P< lice, in this SettlemeDt, emhaiked for E.i ope, an leave for li months in the RmnH Small >n the 28th inst. Wetru-t110 words
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Article42 1861-02-02 2 Thk ObW I of the Chartered Mer cantile Band of India London nnd China have been removed to the n< w and handsome edifice just erected by Mi s-rs. J. ze (Ie \lmeida and So;.s. at the South end of Raflfen I'lace.42 words
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Article33 1861-02-02 2 Thk and O. steamer OmtUM, witli the Europe mails of the iSth and '2(>th December arrived just as we were going to press. The intelligence will he circulated immediately, in our usual Extra.33 words
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Article21 1861-02-02 2 Thk French steam transport ff rezer, has been wrecked on a rock near Cape St. .lames. *»he is a total loss.21 words
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Article16 1861-02-02 2 Yrstkrdav's Government Gazette notifies that Mr. Tooniey Deputy Commissioner of Police at .Malacca has been dismissed.16 words
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Article1600 1861-02-02 2 THE THKATKE ROYAL. TO TUB K.DITOR OF TIIK DAILY TIMES. Sir. I cannot »t all mireo with your i-ri-tique on the |>eifonniince Ht the Town Hull on TuemlHjr hist more rnpecial y where tlie stll i» referred to. Thnt I w;.B considerably astonished, I w-knowledne, hiiil so was eve:y1,600 words
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Article3011 1861-02-02 2 RUSSIAN KNCUOAC IMKKT ON CHIHKSI XBBRITOmr. (From the Frund <>/ fttJNLJ With their u»u»l diplomatic skill, tli. weru not lonj{ in taking advantage of tbc Chine** •liflictilty nt the i.orth i i for Laid Kljiili left Peking, the Prince it" Kuiik w,i \i .iuced to c-Xtcute3,011 words
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Article1800 1861-02-02 3 fiuh <>/ Linn-fang. Th« f..lt«wi..e sk.u-1. .a'!-.!-..! MthNirN. I o-iv.-.l :> laori liaM »«k fc> <■'«' m'v-ji- 1 riiipa I in tlieCJultof 1.i.-U>'-' miy Ik- l.iuti-l iut-ro-t i f% „.t tl, ii fliore of tli.iiuif.if !.i n-r Ufa IaTS l! 'i- "K"? '»<• 'i IM :>'■! Sim1,800 words
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Article1002 1861-02-02 3 Tlie Mmssjssi SaswMH Oaasj Phun arrived from Sum on F. i-l-iv n^-ht The' ft -iv.-a-I ,l i.. r Hi mi I tli- -v.-n-ii,- ..t' tn.- l'Uli .i i !i n,'kok on t'.e la'i. L<-ft It ogkok, I. ,n. tak n i -i MrgO, on Ma 111 h, wli^n1,002 words
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Article39 1861-02-02 3 BIETH. At RrosdfieM. Sagapan, on thn 29th January, the wife of N. I!. Waisuu, Kxqr. of a s m. Wk announce the arrival of the fiillmviiiir passengers Per LancjUeld, from C-lcutU, Mr. and MrsOreig, and Mr. Mundy.39 words
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Article708 1861-02-02 3 ARRIVALS. Jany. 26 American ship Jnyne Cook, 1 39 1 j tons, J»yne, commander, iioogkoug 19th .l^niiHiy for orders. Hriiish Schooner Ann Key, 140 tons, Wilson, commander. Kongpoot i 18th January, for ordeis. If Hritiah brisj Kate Kearney. 22» tm s, Rangel, commander, Pinang 15th J .nu^iry. Hritish708 words
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Article540 1861-02-02 3 N»vion c Hiof. Vh.sl'i Namks. ,lom§. Captains. Aoexti. Dmtivatio**. ~Z~^ Mltr. Saracta 2SW»nfon S U 'Teying v, HMr.K-- H,.oir R. McClurr N itaj lury 11-oWilson diicharginf; 11 \l' stun -N m.°d SoOvitlu.r Kriti»h »tmr.Bh*»*» HsAi,der»on Syme A co. If. A Pinang s i. icki in 114540 words
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Advertisement1123 1861-02-02 4 SDGIR 11X116 lACHIMERY. To Sugar Planters. Merchant*, and others COMITKTED WITH Till SUGAR COLONIES. G. BUCHANAN Co., Engineers and Manufacturers of SUGAR MACHINERY And Apparatus, COFPEE. COCOA NIT, AMD RICE MACHINERY <OF YORK PLACE IRON WORKS, ABERDEEN.) xm BUmEISBURY,I»ISION HOUSE, LONBON, K. C. SUPPLY with the same satisfaction as hitherto,1,123 words
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Advertisement906 1861-02-02 4 PENINSULAR AND ORXLNTAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY. Offices Battery Road,— Singapore, MAIL fffij^jl) LINES OUTWARD MAILS. Ov* of the Penimular and Oriental Steam Narration Company's Steam Ships, with the English Mails o« Dec 10th, -nay be expected at Singapore tn route to Hongkong on or about the 30th Jnnuaiy. HOMEWARD MaILS.906 words
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Advertisement830 1861-02-02 4 NORTHERN ASSURANCE COMPANY, FOR FIRE AND LIFE ASSURANCEg AT HOME AND ABROAD. ESTABLI9ED IN 1836.-INCORPORATED BY SP ECIAL ACT OF PARLIAMENT. CAPITAL -£1.259 760. The Twenty-fourth Annual Meeting of this Company was held 00 the Bth instant, and the following ia a sh..rt abstract of the tmnuctioDS of the year830 words
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Advertisement1052 1861-02-02 4 K£ATXNQ'S PERSIAN INSECT DES TROTINO POWDER. rpHIS Powder is quite harmless to animal life, JL but is unrivalled in destroying Fleas, Bugs, Kmineta, Flies, Cockroaches, Beetles, Gnats, Mosquitoes, Moth* in furs, and every other species of Insects in all stages of metamorphosis. SroiiTSMg* will find this an invaluable remedy for1,052 words
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Advertisement883 1861-02-02 4 0 {THEODORE MAYR. From Winnkrl, or Pari«. HAS the honmir to inform t i le p ut) c of y. being e*Ublished, for the repairine of Watches, Clock* Jewellery, &c. and e«pecially o Chronometers and Nautical Instrument*. A profound knowledge and experience in tW. Branches having been acqoir.d in the883 words
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