The Straits Times, 15 January 1870

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    17 1 The Straits Times VOL. I. PUBLISHED EVERY SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, JAM AUY 15th, 187(1. SATURDAY EVENING No. 1,275
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    225 1 A DVKBTI for Adveiiisenients made known entered into for long period* menta and robacriptions will be !be Btl I 'lliee; ;ilso in I I ,U>h Ml 11.1 I. mK.ird Street. cit\ in ar mil t s|.eiifv ill the copy tin' if the insertions required, else .-ill ix i t.-d till
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  • DOMESTIC OCCURRENCE
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      DEATH
      15 1 r'a Hill. Penang, on the Ist Harriet, relict of the I rad 68 year.-.
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    STRAITS TIMES
    91 1 SATURDAY, JAN. 15, 1870. LATEST MARKET QDOTATIONB. >in<;apoee, January 15m, 1870. Gambii |S.o2| to 8.06 to to White Pepper 10.871 •Ml- J.lo „8.021 to 8.10 2&J to 29 Mts Uu 150 to IV. «J Iba Sliirtingt J.i'o 7 do do J,".0 do T. 1.60 to 1.621 6 do
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    THE Post OFFICE.
    1455 1 I in. l'o~t Office regulations here, give a great deal of dissatisfaction among the community, and not wholly reason. Within the past year, r of" notifications" have been issued, of yen material alterations in g established customs of the local lice, d< ranging the usual routine ■I
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    Till- LATE COLONEL RANALD MACPHERSON.
    3104 1 Tmk late Colonel Ranald Maepheraon, Lieutenant-(iovernor and Colonial Secretary of the Strata Settlements, was born in the Isle of Skyc on the 1 1th July, I^l7, and at an early aye entered the East India Company's Military College at Addisconibe, where he earned high honors,
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    NEWS OF THE WEEK
    31 2 .M()^■l)\^. ioth j \\i \i:y. 'I'm: British steamer Himalajfa\ Captain Atkinson, from Calcutta :21th December, via Port Blair. Cainorta. and Penang, arrived here Saturday afternoon. t. Deighton.
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    49 2 The M. I. steamer Capitole, Captain Ha\ in, from Batavia 7th instant, arrived here this morning. The following is her list of passengers: Buropi an Seamen, and \1 lm ■i Mr- Boogertnaard. i. M rs. s. ■.iiiirman. Van Spree, Van Swieten, Bora Liocama. Schurfhriburg, 1 Croef, l'a.-.|iic. and Zurhellcii.
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    56 2 The following cases were thrown out by the Grand .Fury Wong Ah Pow, wounding a bullock, no bill. 1 bang,— burglary and larceny, no bill. Wee Leang, alia* Qi Ceofa Neo, lar-c.-nv. no l.ill. I. mi Bin, Tan Kirn Tean and T^i j; murder; no bill against the tirst and
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    151 2 TiiEfollnwing cases have been die of by the Court, mi Thursday and l'ril la-t Week rlok Kou embezzlement; found guilty, and -<:l.nced to 1 h months im- .lit with hard labour. Long Cl Kirn burglary and bu f-.uiid ffuilty, and I 12 months in. i:t with hard lal.oiir. Lob i
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    23 2 Tl ESDAY, 11 mi JANUAEY. TllE Colonial steam- Peiio, from Penang Bth inst., arrived ben this tnornii Mr. and Mis. C. ft. WaUsr.
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    273 2 British steamer ine' t Capt. Mann, from Labuan <!ili inst., arrived here tliis morning. Ml. il MTlhsliaw. The Dutch steamer Batavia, Capt. Bitterlwrg, from Samarang 6th inst., arrived here yesterday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Borde and daughter, Mr. Sten The Veiho towed the lighi vessel from the North Sands, Malacca
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    135 2 We should like to know when the root-paths leading to Cavenagh Bridge will lie put in proper order. The "lie leading from Flint street should V put in hand, we think, if it is ever intended to l,e made, and a little latcrite thrown over the slippery clay forming the
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    133 2 ■fin; M. 1. steamer < iaptain Bourdon, from Hongkong Ith and Saiu r "H '-'lli instant, with the homeward French mail arrived here this morning. The following is her list of passengers S ngapore. From Hongkong: Messrs. Schiller. Pirn, Walsh, and Well.-. Mar 'll' i. From Yokohama Mine. Hercier and
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    120 2 We publish, to-day, some correspondence which has passed between the Institution ol Civil Engineers and the India Office, with reference to an official notification published in India casting imputation upon the Civil Enfrineers of England as a body. The Institution indignantly repudiate the charge laid at their door, of receiving
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    211 2 Tin: disgraceful state of our roads calls lor a little energetic action on the pail "f the .Municipal Commissioners. 'file Engineer has taken leave of absence for a month, but we suppose there is some one to look alter the work of repairing the V' ads, at WO see any
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    224 2 THE inns limn t lie north ot'Cliina by the French Mail i> very meagre. Tb* tun following items arc th" milv OBCt of any importance The Shanghai 8. C tutd C. Gazette notions that the French ship Vemu, accompanied Dnpleix and WlamtM, proceeded u]> nver on the 2lst December, aeoompanied
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    610 2 Commerce, and the other from a public meeting, to express the dissatisfaction felt with the terms of the new trcat\. 'flic Hongkong Daily Press {rives the following account of the interview: A. deputation consisting of a hiru'' 1 number of Members of the Hongkong Onamber of Commerce, and of the
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    38 2 THURSDAY, l-.ru JANUAEY. We learn thai 11. K. the Governor will not return here before the end of this month, at all events, if not later lie intends spending a week or so at Malacca after leaving Penasg.
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    72 2 GOB Pat,' a Teo Chew Chines.' hawker, while entering a sampan at Clyde Terrace on Tuesday afternoon, was assaulted by five Chinese and robbed of between live and six dollars in money and some ii catties of Java tobacco he had just purchased. He reported the matter at once to
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    431 2 A Kay Chinese woman came t<> the I) station on Tuesday niyht at about 1 I r. m., ami asked protection, stating that ■he was seventeen ,-ars uf aye, and was a throe, having been lxmylit in China ■OHM years ago. She had ran away from her master's house a
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    192 2 FRIDAY, Mtii JAMAKY. 'I'm; Rnsmn steamer Ortoff, Captain Winsor, from Hongkong 8rd ana Saigon lltli instant, arrived here tliis morning. Passenger. Mr. John Pearson. Lkk CnoMi Qm, a Chinese, was passing along Circular road aboat 7 o'clock hi-t evening, when a nag s c in Chinese came behind hint, heal
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    77 2 Tiik B»»rmbmy* < 'ourmmi ofthe27th Dec. says: "The S/ntilx Tinn'x of the 11th inst. contains, underthe title ntjuttiet in Jiirii, a very severe criticism on our administration of Justice, ehietly with reference to the preventive imprisonment system. It would not surprise us if this article should Im> derivable from the
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    190 2 Wl have more than once had OCCasion to draw attention to the incorrectness of the Friend of India oa Straits matters. In that paper of the :2."}rd December, we find the following concerning the opium farm, purporting to he gathered from a local cbntemporary. The Friend appears to have begun
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    398 2 Sir Harry Onl has rather sacrificed his dignity, if we bmj trust tin- strait* dewnx r. in tin- letting of tin- c'liiuin farms of StBg>apon and .)..h..i«'. Tin- Maaanjah of JoMH has usually leased his ojiiuni slottg with that of Singapore, to prereat nugu'lin^' and oilier difficulties. In 1m;7 t£e
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    116 2 Tiik disgraceful state of our roads is a subject at present in every mouth, and no small decree of Maine is attached to the Municipal officers. So far as we can learn, however, the difficulty has been to procure carts' to convey laterite into town. The Commissioners employ a cart
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    116 2 Ob Thursday afternoon, two Chinese coolies at Bukrl Timah quarreled, and from words came to Mows. One of them struck the other a blow in the side with a carrying-stick, and the poor man called out for assistance. A neighbour came and separated them, \vh«>n the one who had heeii
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    129 2 Wk take the following from yesterday's Qoveruwteut Gazette: Account of the average amount of Notes iv circulation at the Branch of the Chartered Mercantile Bank of India. London and China. Singapore, for the month endiiiL.' Sist December, 1860, rendered in accordance with the terms of Her Majesty's Royal Charter of
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    431 2 Ai>\ ht.s from Saigon inform as that a panic prevailed among the Annamite women in French Cochin China, 1<» such an extent >' l:| the supply of rice (torn the rice districts had wholly ceased. The work of cultivating and cleanniny the rice is, ill the first place, entirely carried
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    911 2 INDIAN OHBISYM Ai the year rejmbrij bring! round I -in-.- betwei u tli<- i iiiniiti.)iih under irbiob the batira] in tin'., oooatej and oar own land gr iiinl ten, ;iinl ..uly the i imon ckamcterutic* utuud furtL. We OMBOt Otlebnta t»ur Christmas with bolted doom and windows. The cheerful glare
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    PUBLIC WORKS. INDIA. AND CIVII ENGINEERS
    1030 2 I. Estmrt fnm Hi,' Miwtrfsi of At Con Tli>- Tnttitution of Civil Engine* Tkmn&ay, October 21«t, 1809. Till! C'Hincil proceeded to take |i sideration the following eztracl tron Gazette of India.' September t. PUBLIC woKK.s DEPASTMXNT. NOTIFICATIONS. KsTAIIUsIIM, Simla, the ;sist august, Ist;:*. No.
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    THE INDIAN HORSE TRADE AS IT IS AND AS IT MIGHT BE.
    1153 3 A fiokmirt who lias, so to spaas* bean bora and wwi among stock, ratamwd re cntlv from ;i trip to Ceylon as supercargo of consignment of horses. 11. was* so much pleated with the yi»| he diamver- <■■!
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    Vessels Expected from Europe.
    251 3 From London. •He-peful Thornton 11th Augt. •Belle of Southesk Stioiiach 25th Sept. ■Henry QreafeD Pindon 7th Oct. t Antij>.«les Dobson 3r>l Sept. Barton Vale •Kinir Harold Murray 25th Oct. EUenboroagli •SirH Havelock Pickthall 6th Nov. •Frances HiU •Volunteer Arabia From Liverpool. •Copernicus (s.) Markwell Jan.- Hhthe
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  • SINGAPORE SHIPPING.
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      ARRIVALS.
      296 3 Saturday, Sth January. British stettiner Himalaya, 911 tons, Atkinson commander, Calcutta :21th December, consignees Hamilton. Gray &Co. Sunday, f>th January. Swedish ship Louis de Geer. 700 tons, Damber commander, Batavia tfth December. British hanine G«'den Dragon, 305 tons, Hock commander, Amoy :50th December. Dutch barque Mary Goddard. 312 tons,
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      ARRIVALS.—Continued
      110 3 ARRIVALS.— Continued British ship Asiatic, 1150 tons, And -ews commander, Bangkok 3rd January, consignees Borneo Company Limited. N. German brig Amazon.-. 218 tons, Bellstedt commander Amoy 2nd January, consignees Behn, Meyer Co. Friday. 14th January, French barque Cosmopolite, 394 tons. Dubreuilh commander Amoy 9th January, consignees Tan Kee Soon <fc
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      DEPARTURES.
      160 3 Monday, 10th January. Swedish ship Louis de (Jeer, Damber, for Akyab. Tuesday. 11th January. British barque Stivers, Darling, for Rangoon. British barque Golden Dragon, Hock, for Penang. British ship Oceaucbief. Rennie, for Penang. N. German brig Margot, Volquardscn, for Hamburg. French ship Esperance, Boju, for Penang. Wednesday. 12th January.
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      SHIPPING IN THE HARBOUR.
      791 3 i Date Ship's Names. Captains. Fuia and Rio. Tons. or Where Feom. Consigners or Agents. Destination. larrival MAM-OF-WAR. Stanley Enemy Chaser STEAMERS. 5 Mob* Bnterprisa 5 Bangkok Capitole Vine Telegraph 1 Orloff SAILING VESSELS. Ali.ia 5 Ascendant Asiatic Klwvn H. M. steamer 310 Phillies Siamese W.
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      VESSELS IN DOCK OF LYING AT WHARVES
      46 3 1 Taiijoug Pagar Wharf. i Victoria Dock '.rime Mat li.s..u and Co. upany's Wharf 3 P. O. Wharf I Boa ii id Dock •i Borneo Company's Wharf 8 Government Wharf 5 Patent Slip and Dock Company 9 At Johore.
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      399 3 [Advertisement.] Goldsmiths' Work.— The progress of fine art manufacture in this branch of trade is strikingly exemplified in a little work publish.d by j. W. Benson, of J5. Old Bond Str.- 1. aud of the City Steam Factory. Sand 90, Ludgate 11,11. h is enriched and embellished with designs by
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      147 3 ittisfrrllanroutf. YARROW AND BXDLITB SMALL STEAMERS AND STEAM LAUNCHES. Steam Launch complete with Machinery 23 feet long, to seat 8 persons f 1 45. 30 1] ei«S. 37 20 £245. 43 30 £3CO. Machinery to suit hoata built abroad Of about 23 feet long BBS. 30 L| 15. 37 £140.
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      169 3 intimation. i.IIDK TO ROMANISED MALAY. Part i. MALAY GRAMMAR. Price jmt copy one Rupee. JOHN CLARK. Pinang IVea School. Singapore, 18th October, 1869. (2J m.) NOTICE. Mr. G. B. FENTUM. Organist, ChoiriiiaaUir. fll a nflum'a Ohiunk 1 O.MMUNICATIONB addressed to the car* of Messrs. John Little t Co., „r forwarded
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      220 3 Inttinationg. NOTICK. THI undersigned has received instructions t<> inform Shipmasters, that the following lights will Ikj Mhewn from sunset to f wrist 1. On the Island Noordwaehtrr. a white Katadioptric revolving light of the second class, on an iron tower painted white. The light is4X.5 Dutch yards, say 10ft English
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      405 4 8c Coinpnnp. T SULAB IND ORIEN VI llarliour. MAIL o~ LINKS. i iiv.il of one of the Mail St.-; in Ships at n with the sen ice proved by Her Ma- iein i.i 1 will be as folI HoMI WAI: l>. :I Monday January 3rd 17th 31s 1-1 I Fel..
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      839 4 }J. O. Compnni). NOTICE. A Written Declaration of th" ntenta and value of Packagea for the'Overhuid BjOUU is ie.|iiired 1-. the I','ypt ian Transit Administration, and must be deliveted by the shipper to the Compsay'a Afjeat with the Bill of Lading, or with the Paroek;aad the Company do aol hold
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      840 4 iHi{Jrrllnnroi!s. THE PERPECnON OF PREPARED COCOA MAHAVILI.A <<„ Sol Pro] rietoi Tatloi Bxm I T1 f Maravilla is th« true Theobroma ..f Linneua. Cow digenoua to South America, ofwhi. villa is a favoured portion. Taylor Brothers havins secured the ezchisive supply „f t i. unrivalled Cocoa, have, by the skilful
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