The Straits Times, 19 March 1870

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    16 1 The Straits Times. VOL. XXVI. PUBLISHED EVERY SINGAPORE, NA'ITRDAY, MARCH 19th 1870. SATURDAY EVENING No. 1,284
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    THE STRAITS TIMES.
    12 1 I no*. num. $16 H .If V.m.-Iv I*7 r >
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    STRAITS TIMES SATURDAY, MARCH 10,1870. LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS.
    38 1 STRAITS TIMES SATURDAY, MARCH 10, 1870. LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS. I March 19th, IS7O. 11.80 to L&25 150 3.05 to 3.10 1.60 t i ..2.10 t .2.15 t «"i sad i .ilOs. S4BS -o4»0. -i :>;} to 4/7 t 7]
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    FORTNIGHT'S SUMMARY.
    768 1 fortnight has been more than i daj tor opening the ii lias not yet been is do question of poliFore the public The reneral went home by the nl. on leave of absence, and ■11 be filled in the meantime Whether the i the Vttorney-Gcn-anj thing to do
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    TELEGRAPHY IN THE EAST.
    969 1 Tin practical aii<! j>«tiHii;ir\ success that lias attended the SUHWSSfIII laying of the Atlantic cahle, has a SBTprising impetus t<> submarine tekgiaphv, and sclieines that, a tew xcars ao-o, would have been considered visionary and hazardous, art- now set 00 toot and the companies undertaking them
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    JAVA ITEMS.
    1007 1 Tiik //./W^/A/y/WoftheSro 1 March states: "The Javanche Con rant informs us of the appointment of Mr. H. Netscher, Resident of Rhio and its dependencies, to Ik- Governor of Sumatra, West Coast. We applaud this appointment as one of the l>est and most important which hat lately bad made.
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    THE SUEZ CANAL
    938 1 The rather unfavourable report of the paamge of the Suez Canal, by the steamer Chniitmg, which we published yesterday, is so at variance with those made by other vessels, that we may be pardoned for believing that, either through inctlicient pilotage, or Ironing too near either bank,
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    THE RAFFLES INSTITUTION.
    546 1 A Meeting of the Trustees of the Raffles Institution was held in their Rooms on Thursday 10th inst.at 4:15 p. v. I'hkskn i. The Revd. J. Allevne Bookies, Vim President and Honorary Secretary. The Hon'hle Thomas Scott. G. Bushell, Esquire. Thomas Slielfonl. Ks^uire. The Hon'ble Whampoa. Major
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      122 1 Ai made known for long i ill be 1 1.M111.1.. city; in Id the copy the na re [uired, 11 countermanded, lingly. ;i) Co folly requested to be proprietor! i in the delivery of ••f change of fill. No nn ■i-. or other venal attended to. faeU can be mii
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    CHINA.
    1433 2 Tn v following is the China D«wi to hand per steamer Ellora: iKOiro. The dippi made the downwar from Shanghai to this port iii M hour-, hftfng the usual ■team running by some Mr Uarauea Pereira, of Macao, hi acquitted. t>y the Junta da Justica, of the crimes of
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  • Correspondence.
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      REVELATIONS.
      1061 2 1. St. Extinguisher unto the people of Singapura greeting: Peace l>e ain.ni; jre, and good will twixt St. Qsorgs and thv2. And it came to pass after that 1 had ye for a long period, that I went down to the I in a ship, and departed from among
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    News of week.
    344 2 .MONDAY, 1 I in MARCH. Til K Russian ltfl»1T Orbf, Ca]>t. Winaor, from Hongkong 7 1 1» and S;iigonllth iiust., iivrivi'dln'rctliisinorninj,'. Tiik Dutch steamer Baron Bentiuek, Capt. Kotiingsfeldt, from Hatavia i'tli inst., arrived here on Saturday afternoon. CaTT. Koninysfeldt, of the BWfwM Bentimek, reports thai in Banka
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    TUESDAY, 15th MARCH.
    699 2 TliK British steamer luiiigkuk, Caj)t. Hatieiideu, from JJan^kok 11th inst., arrived km this ii!oiiiin<r. Tiik following passengers take their departure by the steamer Ellura, today From China. Marseille*. From Hongkong Mr. M. de Colarte. For Si'iillhiinj/lon. From Yokohama, Capt Brydges, Lieut. Dashwood. From Hongkong Xl r. and
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    WEDNESDAY. 16th MARCH.
    529 2 TllK case we reported yesterday, of destruction of property in a Portuguese man's house in J?eneooleii street, came on for hearing before the Police Magistrate this morning; the prisoner, who In-longed to the Royal Artillery, and lately arrived in the Ellenhuruntjh was fined $15. We observe that
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    THURSDAY, 17TH MARCH.
    657 2 The Austrian corvette Friedrich, Captain Chevalier If. de Pitner, from Bat a via 10th inst., arrived here yesterday afternoon. Qrf the Parorlar Hill, the drrmtoon Apcmr spoke the British ship Canada, bound to the northward. The British steamer drratoou A/nun-, Capt -Millar, from Calcutta Mb, Sandheads 9th,
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    FRIDAY, 18th MARCH
    883 2 Tn steamer Ck%kia%g t Capt Warden from London :2 > 1 1 i January, via Suez Canal, Colombo, and Penang, arrived here yesterday evening. Capt Warden reports that although his vessel k< as near as possible to the middle of the channel, she grounded many times, and
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    THE COLONIAL CRISIS.
    1222 3 _t.t. there is mnch in 1 he discoaeiona that .1 affairs. •■•> n itat If, aa usual, i» idea, and the selfI he colonies have noi >nduct '>f ther hand, ad per- col nies lx> it': 1 tatesmen nnpatriotism of Ameri- is al* iys a misforttera fall
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    FEMALE SLAVES.
    1192 3 Mr Ruaael haa I n engaged for the last two or three days in investigating the charge tw.> Chinamen (alluded to bobm Cor having illegally detained fire young in hcuaa ia Queen'a with the aOe^ifed poxpoee of exporting them ai proetituteß. The oaae waa settled yesterday but our
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  • SINGAPORE SHIPPING.
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      Arrivals.
      258 3 Saturday. 12th March. Dutch steamer Baron, Bcutinck 208 tons, Koning3feldt, Batavia i>th March. Sunday. 13th March. British ship Crimea, 47^ tons. I)e Souza. Bangkok Ist March. British schooner Borne... IV71 V 7 tons, Le Cain, Labuan 7th March, Monday. 1 Ith Mar. h. P. 0. stcunur Ellora, l.">7i» tons.
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      Arrivals.-Continued.
      89 3 British brig Kirn Quang Hong, 218 tons, Wilson commander, Bajaran Bth March consignees Cheng Tee, Wat Bsng A Ao. Russian ship Tfoahila. 886 tons. Durkitl commander, Saigon 12th March, consignees Bantenberg, Schmidt Co. P. O. steamer Emeu, IK)7 tons, Babot commander, Bombay ia < ialle and Penang 4th March,
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      Departures.
      169 3 Monday. 14th March. British steamer Albion, Dunn, for Saigon and Hongkong. British haiqag New York. Monnich, for Bangkok. British barque Mary Tatham, Tallaek. for Boston. British liriir (how Fa, Babekost, for Bangkok. British schooner Kirn Teat Hem. NaoodaS, for Assahan. Tuesday, 15th March. P. O. steamer Ellora, Murray, for
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    SHIPPING IN THE HARBOUR.
    603 3 Baxp*a Names. Captains. JJATE Flag and Rio. Tons. of Where From AKKIVAI. Consignees or Agents. Destination. MAN-OF-WAR SI in. y Flwyn 11. M. steamer 801 .T;mv. 14 Penang Senior Xaval OTicer. tion E. H. Fredrick Pitnar A mtriaa fmrnrttf 12t>" March 16, Batana Austrian Consul Mi.ajIKRS.
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    VESSELS IN DOCK OR LYING AT WHARVES.
    45 3 I Taujong Pa^iir Wharf. 2 victoria Dock <• Jardine, Matheson and Company's Whar/. 3 P. i 0. Wharf 7 Bon A. .nl l)..ck 4 Borneo Company* Wharf 8 Government Wharf 5 Patent Slip and Dock Company 9 At Johore.
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      154 3 aftbtt'ttirmfitt*. CAUTION. STEEDMANS SOOTHING POWDERS, for Children ratting their teeth. Purchasers are requested to BEWARE OF IMITATION'S of this Metliciue, and to observe, in every case, that the words JOHN STEEDMAN, CHEMIST, WALWORTH, SURREY." are engraved on the Government Stamp affixed to each packet, without which none are ejonuine. Sold
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