The Straits Times, 3 April 1869

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    17 1 THE STRAITS TIMES VOL. 25 th PUBLISH* EVERY SINGAPORE, SATURDAY. APRIL 3°" 1869. SATURDAY EVENING I 234
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  • Domestic Occurrences.
    • Obituary
      DEATH.
      31 1 at Sin r«] mr*, nn t l c? '2ntii :r:■■•', a..\ Her. niETt v Ti op. the bell vc:l wife of Sal non, Scrseant Maj r, Royal irtillerv. lily and
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  • STRAITS TIMES
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      LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS.
      108 1 Singapore, April 3;: d iBoD. Oambier m*.... 5.05. to 3.10 Uhrk Pepper 6.70 White Pepper 11 Rajro Flour tJW IViirl Sago „2.00 to 3.00 Tin 30} 30s Mule Twist 117j 40* da '1 ISO to 132J 8^ H.-: Shirtingi > l to 9.M 7 <]o >lo 2.4-ij
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      FORTNIGHT'S SUMMARY
      1082 1 OCH last issue was dated the IGth in" ■<anl on which day the P. i). steamer Hi lor a v is despatched at '2 p. m. with the homeward mails. Since that date two msiil* from lime liav arrived. On the I7tii instant, tii*P «it-amer Hanqoon lifnachi the
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      THE CHARGE OF ARSON.
      2358 1 \Vi? yesterday briefly referred la the case Bjraiaot Yea Hong Ghee and Low Taaa Laahej which was heard in il.e Polios Court yesterday before F. H. Qoltlieb, E g Sitting M?gistratc. Mr. Aitkni and Mr. Dtvidsoii were for I the prosecution, and 31r. Atchison for the
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      FIRES
      584 2 Thk foUotriag papers wvre laid before I the Legislative Council at yesterchij's meeting by ooMMand <>l 11. I l the (inver- ncr, and afford satisfactory evidence that lie •abject of r'ires »s nol to be allowed to drop out of sis'.it and memory until practical »ea«arca are devised for
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      STRAITS SETTLEMENTS
      969 2 Papers laid before tho Locative Council by Command of His Excellency the Go- vtrnor. 81ft MARCL", 18C0. CurrwpOTiltimß on the subject of ihf provi(ioa '<> be made for the protection of Towns from lire Vemrs. liea'l, Poiday and Adamson to the Colonial Secretary. SiNiaronE, 8-ru January 1869. Sir.
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      Minute by the Attorney-General.
      783 2 Many of the rcjulaiions proposed by this letter are such as would be useful in praeiice, j hut the Governor has no power to mak« •nch regulations, say, for exami'*, such as No». 3, 13nn«l 16, nor Mich as those connected «»i»h the duiie* of the
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      264 1 -AIIVmTISEMfINTS. Trim? fur Advertisements made known nt At Office ContnicM entercl into for lor<> periods at rcd;iCf i lenti and nheeriptiou Trill h<» rpUi Timn OfTipe; a'«o n Lon- Air, \r, f.oin'nrd Stret. city in Calcutta Apcir nn.l i Advert^ri mn«t spe.-itV in tlie copy il,e I i irtioni required,
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    THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
    826 2 Pc obt of Proceedings of the Legislative Couucil held in the Council Chamber, Siugapore, od the 24th March 1869. F resent. His Excellency the Governor. His Honor the Chief Justice. The lion, the Officer Coimlg 11. M's Troops. m Colonial Secretary. Attorney General. Acting Treasurer. m Auditor-Ueueral.
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    THE AUSON CASE.
    896 2 Ora report i» yesterday* imiip o« Dillon ,f the rascally JNJ.SSSm col.c who has been tea origin. fining full reward in due tt»* nlm a coolie in Locke, Hon Z Gl.ec a •K and Lave bat* for il.e h* m?m.h !l was in their Matef at ill-
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    MUNICIPAL COUNCIL.
    1771 2 Minvtbs of Proceedings of the Muni, cipal Commissioners on the Bth J.irunrv, 23rd Februart, and IBtli March, ISC'J. C'omm^ioHtts Present. Ilonllc ty, Ifcepkcnoti, President, i Thr>8. DonnUMl, E^qr, R. C. Wood*. l>;r. HonbU W. II. lt'.'ut. J'roorexs Reports.- The fortnisjlilv reports from the Engineer ami Overseer were read.
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  • SINGAPORE SHIPPING
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      ARRIVALS continued
      19 4 SBri«JS^ *-i 4 H yn rSo toU O,ton, B.ngk«k .9tu SSS. 1 0 1 5i clMl LIV
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      VESSELS CLEARED OUT.
      37 4 f B K boon,r KaUer IM», ef?r Bangkok. J. e ba-r^ue lljug^ io^u 1 llambulfi f un barque Nlu lu a Nac>) J,, »or Cot.c 3, BrfiVlvul. r«reiw. for Malacca and 1 cnau fc
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      SHIPPING IN THE HARBOUR.
      860 4 VESSELS IN DOCK OR LYING AT WHAK'ES *rar Victoria Dock. Taujong Vagar Wharl Romeo Co:npan\'s l.uued. P. O. Wnart I'atent Slip biiJ Dock umpivny Government Wharf. g I ton Accord Dock. Jardine, Matbcaon and Compaii} "s Wliari' At Johore. PaitalNS FW 6 A Ule Suir's Names.
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      ARRIVALS.
      265 4 Ham.lton, Gray Hndco. tll •28 Britfcb «tea..er Fair Malacca, 5G tons, Lazaroo, Malacca 27th ESJ; S^rSt^OO tons, Grant, Bordeaux 20th o« ttelmu Fuir C singapore, 248 tons, Cornelius, Tenang 26th March, Ivim -en^ -md co. 29 barque £asth«m, CSS tons, Atk.nson, Cardiff g' barjue Ocean Gem, MO N«e U
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
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      126 4 ADV KRTISEMENTS. £x Ooerland Mail. The undersigned have rcccivSH a choice selection of Ladies Tnnune.l Bonnets do do 1 1 it* Flowers anl Wreaths JOHN LITTLE ft CO I Singapore, Cth March 18C9. Notice. The ■■<«tU«dl mws now on hand a supply of Kiu!Sl JOHN LITTLE CO., Siiißarore, 29th Moicli,
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    CHINA.
    1388 5 When Hi" last number of Ait Rqwri teas itltmi, the latest dates from B—*p were </wsboujht via Calcutta by telegram; namely to February \*<th. Sinoe that data, the London Mail of 29/fc January arriced per steamer Emeu on Hie 12*4 instant, bringing, hmcever, only on* days later telegrams, namely
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  • Correspondence.
    • Letter
      ANSWER TO ADVERTISEMENT. Chap.E.
      340 5 It was about tho hour of 7 in trio even. ing, when a beautiful ereat.iro of tho male species might have been seen siting at hN t'rujal lural with tho woman of his clviie* by his m.li*. Tho tivipical moon threw its dazzling beams into the
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      THEN AND NOW.
      344 5 when people believed what tbsj prsash that notion nnd ■sereisa wen good tot .n?, bot since the old court was demolished ;d--.tbougb n new one has been bttiU, still its 1 glory has dei artcd and the new court will Boon become a homo fur bats and
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  • News of the Week.
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      MONDAY, 29th MARCH. STEAMERS.
      95 5 The British steamer Fair Mtlacstk Captain Lasaroa, from Malacca with date* to the '-7ili instant, anchored in the harbour yesterday morning. TBl Sarawak steamer Kxiyalixt. Captain Harris, from Sarawak, rith dales to the 2(iih instant, anchored in the harbi ur lust night. Till". Briti>h steamer Fair
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      EASTER SUNDAY
      115 5 Yk.sterDA>, being Easter Sunday, ti e asnal taster Anl he tn wassnng by the gentlemen forming the Choir in the St. Andrew 's Church, and we ;re inclined tn think that the congregation who attended D.vine Service there both morning sa4 evening, will agree with as in s.iyiMg
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      FIREWOKKS
      212 5 PnoressOß Gors gave hi.-i display of I irewmki on Saturday night, in the Botanical Gardens, before a largn number of spectators which included most of the European resident! in the place. The night was a brig'it moonlight one, and i his, although pleasant enough to the spectators in their
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      THE GAZETTE.
      585 5 2. Ordinal co No. XIII. of IS,S, is hercvj repealed. Thi* Ordinance may be cited a« the lrca<onal>'c Oircnccs Amendment Ordin•ii'ce, ISGf* Paaeed tho Legislative Coancil, this 10th day of March. 186». 11. F. PLOW, Clerk of Councils. On i,t tho operation of Section 3of Act V\V 11.
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      WEDNESDAY, 31st MARCH
      65 3 v B undirstand tiial a char»e of perjury has been preferred by the Agents of me Phoenix, and Ijincashire Fire Insurance Companies, iigninit ttie Ilylatn Chinese coolie nanu'd Wtv Ah Tent:, who was the n former in the late alleiji'd case of arson Mr Mr*. Aitkcn Mid
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      GAMBLING WARRANT.
      110 3 A gambling warraol was executed last' night by Head Inspector Hay ward and i party of Police, in ROOM No. I^o .situate in Teluk Ajer Street, and 24 Chitted arrested together with a l their imple inenis lor gambli.u^. On the mat wri also found five dollars in
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      CORRECTION.
      54 3 The papers referred to in the Mines of the Legislative Council of the 24lhnstatit as laid before the Council, consicd of Lord Gr.mvillr's despatch relati* to Ihe Pilot gp bill and the resolution nyinst (he compulsory clause by the Lidoii branch of Ibe Straits Association, ani.hey were published in
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      A SUGGESTION
      131 3 TnF. Hun'ble \V. 11. Read lately .oved j in the Council f<»r a detailed stuleiuut of j tljc Irarelltag allowances ol ofieiai We hive to sngifeitt an item lliat sluld be iir.luded which wi'l likely othenise be overlooked. It is the value nf tmivict lau»ur employed by officials
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      LEFT BY POLICE PEON.
      304 3 en "f U r F" c hronght cnrollf m the r,. c 6 »P yest day I tlie Sl t ttll 1 l F,ve-Do\»r s lh r P r »p- p ;y v if t''« Hvlan Co h9 ame(l Uee Ah Ten*, w' s tlie Ill!or
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      PROVINCE WELLESLEY
      274 3 I-,orres|)oiidetit, under the norn de >,ol Proviuci I, writing to the Penaitg \te nf the 20th instant, says it is re* 1 that since Col. Anson assumed upwards ol B,r>oo Chinese and Maliuve Iclt the Piorince for good and they go. L Ijour is becoming ex.ugly scarce and
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      THE NEW ACTING POSTMASTER GENERAL.
      296 3 We are sorry to hear great complaints made by firms of the treatment received by them at the hands of the new Official at the head of the Post Office, Mr. Dculwell, whom we had occasion to notice i the other day as apparently desirous
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      THURSDAY, Ist APRIL
      38 3 XV a understand that the North German barque Maria Lnitisa, has lately been sold to a Chinese trader, for the sum of JP3,6(M>. She is now un^er British colours and is called the John Acuvr.
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      MAJOR-GENERAL CAVENAGH
      195 3 The portrait of the late Governor of those Settlements, Major-Geueral Cavenagh, we learn, has In en lauded in j|*od order and condition out of the Belle oj Southesk, and we presume will shortly be hung up in the Town-l.aH or wherever else it is intended to put it.
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      BIRTH-DAY OF THE COLONY
      190 3 To-ilhy i« the SMond anniversary of the transfer of the Straits Sl.-ltlements Irom the rule of the Indian Government to thai of llie Colonial Ollice. Exactly two years ago at noon on the Ist April 1867 this colony came into existence as a colony. From being
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      FRIDAY, 2nd APRIL
      373 3 The Mail and passengers which left tliis by the steamer EUora, on the 10th ulto., reached Ht Galle on the 22nd and were dispatched again for Suez by the Surat at noon on the 25th The Steamer Agamemnon had arrived at Penang, and was 10 leave lor
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      SATURDAY, 3rd APRIL. STEAMERS.
      233 3 TnE mails and passengers which felt I this for England nn the I9th Jan.iary last, per P. O. steamer Travancorc, arrived at Marseille on the 19th Feliriia- i ry, per P. O. steamer Delta, &ntl the heavy portion of the mails arid passeug rs were due
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      FIRE BRIGADE
      183 3 We have been requested to intimate that a meeting of residents who wi*h to join the Fire Hrigade will be held in tlic Exchange on Monday, if the Fiem h mail is not in, at 3 P. M. Should the Fiench mail arrive N Monday, the Heeling will
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      THE REGISTRARSHIP OF PENANG.
      82 3 THE REG IST RARS HI P OF PENANG. Wg are given to understand that the Colonial Office has decided not to reinstate Mr. Maswell in the Re^istrnrship of Penang out of which he WU ousted so cavalierly by the Duke of Buckingham. He has been offered instead, M jippointment in
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      THE GAZETTE,
      193 3 Thu following Notification 11 extracted from yeslerrtay'a Govr.mmtnt Gazette Unler tho operation of .^covon 7 of Ac* XXVII. of 185t>, HuEneneneytheGkvW' nor has be c n pleased to apiKtiot A. T. <J\i. michacl, aTnauie, to ho r. Municipal Cbmnrissionor bt Singapore, w;o F. R. Pereira, lifqniro, reaignoo. By
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      THE SUEZ CANAL
      196 3 IHK rranait Agents in Bombay of tiie Suez Canal Company have bern authorize:! to book good; nml passengers through lli" Cinal from Suez to ort S*aid. In reference to this advertisement the Bombay Gazette writes, the Suez Canal is already playing n part in the commerce ol
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      TUB LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
      197 3 Retort of Proceedings of tho Legislative Conneil, held in the C.uncil Chamber, Si:i -an->re, on 'he 8l«t March. 1869. Prcsbst. Hi* Bxoelleoey tho Qovwnor. His Honor tho Cliicf Justice. Tho Ilou'ble the Officer Com'J H. U'cTroopi Colonial Secretary, Attorncy-Gcaerul. Acting Treasurer. Auditor-Goucral. Colonial Engineer. W. Jl. Read.
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      TELEGRAMS.
      426 3 TiiK following are the latest Auslinlia Telegrams to hand by yestei -lay's MAil. MAlournt, March, 2nd 1889. The Overland Mails by tho Arocz arrived in Molbonrno ou the 17th Febv., being 1 delirerel within contra't time. Telegraphio ititellijfpnce to tho 20th January from L*ttdon was received Tia Adolai lo
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      WIT AND HOMOUR IN THE EASTERN-SETTLEMENTS.
      715 4 WIT AND HOMOUR IN THE EAST-ERN-SETTLEMENTS. Tlie fi.mii and Judy family hasincrea ,1 nurftiplird ncwdingly »t late u-»r*. PumcA— the g'vat ori»in»l— who •u,l long a«o reigned sole and siii-miie, baa now numerous imitators lo c«ni|M-te wth in f««, Jmdy, Tomahawk, o-the-ft'itp, and hali-a-i1../-.. ethers. Melbourne l.as long b«d its
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      620 6 peninsulah and oriental steam NAVIGATION COMPANY. Omen —D'Aln I irbour Ll n i:-s The exoaeted date of arrival of one of Ihe Compa^rCoKMai. Steam Ships at^Sin .pore ta connection with the »erv for the yeai U W9, at SJrtvribv H« --or Cicncral will be as follow;. Outward Horn >» .\Rf«.
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      851 6 V- &O- ©ompanj. ITofco. gneaa of en rgo I>\ tl.is Comp nny's stcs-m herein- in(< rmed that no claims for damage can ne admitted after the gon.U have been removed fiom the Oodoinu at Hew Har- j lour. .1. B. CALUISECK, Agent. Singapore. 19(h Novr. ISG7. Notice. 'I'iiE following attended
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      1035 6 D. NICHOLSON 4CO M PAN Y. S=ll-K, WOOIJ.KN. AND MA.\t:ilE.-T|R WaRBHOUSRMEK, COLONIAL k l()lil-.l'.:\- AGENTS, 60, H, and fit, ST. PAUfg UHUBCH \*nD, LONDON. Invitp the I tlPiilion of M- n h.inls and Trader* tlrmitliont liiiliaarl clisi.ii to iho fact tl.at Iliey luiv c had year*' «perlfnc« ns SHI i'l'Mls
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      800 6 Lea Ferrir.s (elebrateii Worcestershire Sauce. Declared by Connoisseurs to lie The Only Good Sauce. Caution Against Fraud. 'Ihe success of this most delicious ai d unrivalled Condiment having caused certain dealers to apply the name of Worcesteishiie Sauce to their own inferior compounds, the I ul»hc are hereby in'onned that
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      988 6 iilisrcllantous. THE MOaT BBLIABLE FIU^ND. HOLLOWAFS OINTMENT. Its Search inir anil Heating Properties nrr* known and recopnised throu.hout the world. The Dumber of years this in valuable Ointment has stood the test of public opinion (nntl the kmger known the better appreciated is a testimony of it«elf more convincing than
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