The Straits Times, 9 February 1861

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  • 21 1 THE STRAITS TIMES, AND SINGAPORE JOURNAL OF COMMERCE. Y(»L- 17 t.i PUBLISHED EVERT [SATURDAY, 9th FEBRUARY. 1861.] SATURDAY EVENING NO- 10->4
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  • 28 1 P«r Abiiu.h Dr«. 40 Annually Dre. 10. Sii MooUm *3 Half Yearly 9. 1 1 q^urtartj 5. Thut rtUrt .i fir auhnriptivHs jxigabl* i.> aJraner.
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  • 1412 1 STRAITS TIMES SATURDAY, FEB. 9, 1861. China— By the P. O. deaaMff China, wliirh iinivrdliere miTlmiMlav amralag. W9 have our u>uul Ht)ii«;ko: g Hrn up 10 the Ist current. On the l*.)lli tilt., the KiMvloon pcalt ml* was tiikcn formal possession of hy Lord Elgin, i;i aeeecAaajee «it!i the -tipnlatiinis
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  • 587 1 Thk Nmrik Vkmm Herald inform us that a party of Military and Scientific }>etiilemfti intend starling on an expedition from Shanghai to Simla in the Ilyiualayas. h is compua<*<l of two or three niHitur und <ml ccieniitic celeuriies. One of the |iutv liuB alrr-adv gained iitiovfl in North. t-ru Anienci,
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  • 1561 1 Minutes of the Proceedings of the M»ni cipul Commissioners on_the^2iili_Januarjf., lb(il Pkksent." T ne Hnn'ble Cap'ain Macpherson, Pri'pid<*in, Ma*. UuMinn. C. 11. Barrieun hi, d S. J. (i. J.liicoe, Ksqul-es. A lepitt on the proceedings of ihe Com- i asiaeaaaan Bn hM year, itajwa np b] rtw t'etnleij
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  • 253 1 M«rji*trat«—l\w Seereta'V reportathat the Magistrate i* so fully occupied with criminal C^se*. tint it is not posgitde for him t<> bear Municipal summonses until after the 12th Fehruarv and that had not J. C. Smith Esquire, obligingly offered Io deride these cases ilip ppnal'ie* arising under tliConservancy Act could n>jt
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  • 501 1 Malacca. The following isfiotn our own correspondent dated l&lh and SOth January IH6O:— A few day- ago a Maaaned liult'iloe atealer was hroaght la (rum Naaniiii,', to stand his trial beaWtftbe Bitting Ma 'isti-ate, and frwMJ liincelie was sent to H. M»'« Jail to await bis trial before the Recorder—
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  • 922 1 Tmk Position or Govbbmmbnt i m iuk Toomkv Cask. Our <:nrre*pondeiit Querist, whose letter ;t|>tieared in Tuesday's duily is-iie, is justly indijrnant at the action of his Honor tlie Gorernor, in having Jiamlxed Mr. ToMUCf fiom the Police force, witlmtit a word of cuiiiinciit or expiuHiduu. W iile we cannot
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  • 412 1 Tklkgraphs. An opinion is gaining ground that submarine Tele- £rit|»»t», though admirably adapted for M distance*, are iintrust»orttiy for long circuit*. Their line** v another and a powerful argument against their u«e in all places where they by any potcibility can be dispensed with. The Bed Sea cable it a
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 101 1 BbiHiil •4 t ADVEBTISEMENT3. Terms for A'lvrrti..eimi,w made Mi urn at the I'untreetn Mtered into lat long period* »t reduced r»te». .\.l»erti»eni muit ippcify in the copy the num. brr >>f il.o h.srrtioin r««iuire.|, elm nil notice* will 1 till launUriu iiiJoJ, and cliM-^eJ for ■coinlinclT. !-i for the ilwcontioaar
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    • 13 1 AOXI Il.nnJou— t A. Al|rmr Ft* Batavla— L m*» U Calaau* Apcu kCo
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  • 936 2 Constitutionalism. It is fast becoming a recognised principle in the lair of nations, that peoples ar<- justified in choosing their own rulcts and their own systems of (iovernmen'. The great powers of Europe stand aloof while the nations of Italy depose the despots who were fated to be the last
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  • 471 2 Intolkranck. The army authorities in India have taken it into tht r heads to dismiss from the army, a certain Lieut. Kennedy, on the strength of a common report, circulated iv Damascus, where Lieut. Kennedy had been sojourning, that he, Kennedy, had spoken disparagingly of the Christian religion. It appears
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  • 714 2 Public Opinion."— A paid organ ot Government published in Calcutta, defends the grant to the Mysore Famil>, and iv support of his views gives the following history '-Vheu Tippoo Sultan was s'nin ai Sering»p:<tan>, and 'lie Mysore county taken f'om his family, the Karl of Morri"tfton, alterwanl» Marquis WeHe«ley, snd
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  • 358 2 Rents. House owners in the vicinity of the Square" seem to be suffering from the effects of some strange malady. Tne disease has broken out violently since the beginning of the year, many of them have been seized with the idea that their Stores and Offices have very recently acquired
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  • 659 2 Tricks o> Opiu* >pkcim. atoms. The Bombay 7 T /m« anJ Standard U informed that a most audacious attempt was lately made by some of the opium speculators to lower the price of opium by false reports. A notice, falsely purporting to be telegraphic commercial intelligence from China, which was
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  • 345 2 Loss or i.ik Amhkican Bark Guide. Prom the Rvmhay Gazrtfe we learn that tin: Guide sailed trotu Zanzibar for Aden on the I I'll of September with a general cargo of balepnods and 15,000 dollars in spece. Meeting adverse winds on the way she was cast on shore off Ka«
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  • 159 2 Thk Daily Press says: At Hongkong there is news from -ui^on to the 3rd inst. Political mattei s seem to be impioving. Rice had become more plentiful, and was procurable at M per picul. It was hoped and expected that a considerable portion of Ihe French force would be dispatched
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  • 80 2 The MadruH Tunes informs us of the demise of one of the oldest of the Indian Join ti;ili~ts, Mr. E. A. Harley, who for upwards of v quarter of a century has been connected with the M udras press. As a w-riter, Mr. Harley had few equals, and though upwards
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  • 35 2 Thk (lovcrmnent intend erecting a New Market, on the Bank, in the Singapore River. This will he an admirable site, and if properly constructed may he made one of tin* ektMMl Market> in the world.
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  • 33 2 Tub absence of a Deputy Commissioner of Police from Malacca, is severely felt, inspector Baxter, the only European in the Police Force there, is overworked. Gang robberies are reported on the Malacca frontiers.
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  • 838 2 To thk Editor of tiik Daily Timis. Sir,— The despot lias *i length nude known his arbitrary will. His Honor Ibe Governor, finding that he could not itictati to our eomt of JiiHtice. as Hairy the Eighth to his bench of bi-hopg, determined on acting t lit- Actocrxt for
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  • 3522 2 BO UN HO. {From the Bomhay NaWI and Standard Jin. 5 Wk have receive I from an a>r 9ou.ee an account of recent transactions on the Wastan Cjast of Borne), which we earne.-ily KMatßMd to the n nice of our readers, and especially of tho morcauliie
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  • 1784 3 (From Ou China Mail of Jan. 21.) On Siturday last that portion of soil on the mainland of China of which we have for wimi tim« aaU lea<e waa loriually transferred into Ihe hands af the liiitinh autln rilie>. Iv our laat isnua we uotifitsd the
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  • 445 3 ARRIVALS. Feby. 4— Du'ch barque Jjcoba Correlia, 456 tons, lt<>o-eiib.K), ccmniundir, Hougkong 2.mi Jnny. Uri'ish sbip Celestial, 494 tons, Brail, cmmander. fiwatow 2.1., 1 Jtuy. co- svnees, Kirn Sen^ and Co. s— Krituh batque Hry O'Mon-. 2!)* Inns, Hiirdini;, cminandir, Kotn|K>ot2stli Jiinuarv, concignees, AVm. Spottiswoode and Jo. nieiii'ii
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  • 330 3 ANJER SHIPPING ARRI VALS. Jany. Bili the Dutch »hi,i Aiuazone, Abhink, from liatavia to Holland. J.ny. 11 Sweliih nliip Cithnrina, Olmdii, from Tatel lan to Ratariaj ■Uny. I2lh the Hamb. ship Sin Kr.ncisoi, storteiitiecker, liom Hfaiga|iaia tv Full outli. Jany. Itea :h« Spanish hark alaaaaWJta. fr. m M .nil.i to
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  • 657 3 BIETH. At Sanssaussi, on the 7th instant, Mrs. H. Dauelsberg of a daughter. MAKKIAGE. Oa the 6th February at Sjiugapore, by the Rev. A. D. Ni.o.»on, lltaid. ncy Chaplain, Mr. JaMBS Mi Lin fu to Ki.iza, eldest daughter of the Key. P. J. KK4bJttHRY, ProateaUnt' Malay Mission, Siugaport.
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  • 628 3 \ATIOK ItlCl. VstntL't PirtlTT FaaSJ ll.'ti:>l AOCXTI. DkITIKATIOHt. I H. M. M-tr. S.iriiren "2S'i "tanton >uiveying H. M- slnir. N tnri'd BMAilaar Mritiao ataudSkandea 115 Anderson Syme co. M. Pinang Uritish mlh A(w 114 "i own I'i'ti lUcharging Kremh shir'Nlrtlabsr 814 Oouet Ditto ilo Hr'tidh b-».kic'ri»i-.
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 615 3 y lI X temporary relief ob<aioed by nieana of J. nstdioine* is purchased at the bigli prion of the az^ravati >n and of th* perpttuatiag trl* disease."— tiauiar, M. D. NO MORE PILLS OR ANY OTHER PHYSIC. FOR CONSTIPATION. IVP'OESTiOIf, (DYSPEPSIA) PALPITATION, SV.\-\ and LIVER CO .IPL*.INTi, DEBILITY. DROP<>Y, KI'ILEI'SV,
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 788 4 THS SimPORE Ulll TIMES ■übaeription to tha Daily Times. For one six montha' SMhCopw-7 Cental* Tb« Woakly Edition of th« STRAITS TIMES, will be published orsjry »»tui<uy afternoon. Subscription to tho Weekly Timesi Annually Half yearly j Quarterly One montn 11 Each Oooy c nU Si Adrerttsementa and »üba«riptiona will
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    • 1062 4 SUGAR liKIIG lACHIHERY. To Sugar Planters. Merchants), and others 10NNI1TED WTTB THI SUGAR COLONIES. O. BUCHANAN Co., EoKinccrs and Manufacturers of SUGAR MACHINERY And Apparatus, COPPEE, COCOA NCT, AND RICE MACHINERY (OF YORK PLACE IRON WORKS, ABERDEEN.) 15. BUGILEISBURY, MANSION HOUSE, LONDON, K. C. SUPPLY with the same N*ti»-faction ss
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    • 897 4 PENINSULAR ANO ORIENTAL STB AM NAVIGATION COMPANY. Offices Battery Road,— Singapore. MAIL ||f Ab|] LINES OUTWARD MAILS Osiofthe Peninsular and Oriental Steam Nutation Company* Steum Slnps, with the English M».ls of Jan. 10« b nay be expected at Sinirnpore sa route to Hongkon K on or about the 15th February.
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    • 809 4 NORTHERN ASSURANCE COMPANY, FOB FIRK AND LIFE ASSURANCES AT HOME AND ABROAD. ESTABLHED IN 1836.-INCORPORATED BY SPECIAL ACT OF PARLIAMENT. CAPITAL-£X.259 760. THE Twenty-fourth Annual Meeting of this Company was held on tbe Bth iusUnt, and the following is a sh^rt abstract of the transactions of the year ending .list
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    • 1112 4 KEATING'S PERSIAN INBECT DESTROYING POWDER. rpniS Powder is quite harmless to animal life, X but is unrivslled in destroying Fleas, Bugs, Emmets, Flies, Cockroaches, lieetles, (Jnats, Mosquitoes, Moths in funi, and every other species of Insects in all stages of metamorphosis. SroaTHMiN will find this an invaluable remedy for destroying
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    • 777 4 ;thi:oi)ork mavr. Fbom Winnkrl, ov Farm. HAH the honeur to inform the Public of 1 being established, for tbe re|.» Watches. Clocks, Jewellery. &c. J Chronometers and Nautical Inmrnmenis A profound knowledge mi experience in Brsnclies, having Un acquir.d in the K Houses of Paris, eniibles him to ezprtM fiJence
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