The Straits Times, 21 May 1870

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  • 16 1 The Straits Times. VOL. XXVI. PUBLISHED EVERY SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, MAY 21st, 1870. SATURDAY EVENING. No. 1,293
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  • 21 1 SATURDAY, M \X 21, LB7O. MARKET QDOTATK kPOM, .M.vy 21st 1870. II SO 2.07J to -M" I I jJS.
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  • 798 1 which arrived on tbe ived a copy of I .cation in Karl Granville, which we the body of this journal, on f the.c of iovernmeiit Waterworks. 3 usual, very ably and and makes a very im ndatioo to Karl Granappropriatidn of I r the new steamer, to aterworks.
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  • 1177 1 Oi it leaders will remember thai about a rear ago the Hon'bte Mr. Head resigned the honorary offices of Police Magistrate and Justice of the Peace of the S. ttlemcn'. The eiretunstsMses which led to this roignat ion will perhaps also be borne in mind;
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  • 1110 1 Ix abolishing imprisonment for debt, the Home Government basset an example that we should like to see followed out in the Colonies. We believe there arc many who deem such a course (inadvisable, that it wotdd give license to unprincipled men to contract debts which they nevcrintend
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  • 698 1 1!k. \i;din(; tin- progross of the Kailway extension in Java, the K. B. Iliimlr/xU'i'l, in its overland summary of the 2'.Mh ultimo, has the following: It is a melancholy tact that the Railway from Samarang into the interior cannot bo completed, from the want of sufficient capital. If
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  • 1181 1 Tiik following is the China news to hand by the Ellora N. C. Daily Newt. The r nt d, feat of the Imperial troops is very generally known among the Chinese bent forms the chief topic of conversation. There is also a ruriour abroad that then an oSatbriMnees in
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    • 35 1 Down Ofl i II. 1.. nil luntennandtd, i i ildiv. s r led t... e iiiUU i'! be strictly a ill confer ihling us early Lutelli- a:!! ;il\v:i imptly attended uiuiii- of a 'i;. ignter.
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  • 1106 2 Tiik crime! committed in the Settlement by men already undergoing a luiitf penal servitude, perhaps under sentence «>t' traasportafeon for life, ■hoaU lead the Government to examine well the pretest discipline of oar eoovid establishments, with a view to remedy rfea patent defects. It should always be bOTDe
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  • 2020 2 Mnsjrnw of the Trustees of the Raffles Institution, held in their rooms on Friday, Oth May, lb7U, at 4.15 p. m. Present The Revd. J. Alleyne Beckles, Honorary Secretary and Vice President. The Hon'ble Thomas Scott. U. C. Woods, Esquire. George BusheU, Thomas Shelt'ord, I{. Paddav, The Hon'ble
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  • 98 2 A (JKIKVANCK To tin- Editor of tin- l)uihj Timer. Bib, <»n Monday evening last, the usually quiet neighbourhood ot Bpsch I load WSS ■disturbed by large crowd, consisting moftly of Tiiipofisini. "ho, beaded by band of music, made night hideous and disturlied the rest of the inhabitants. I trust
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  • 186 2 To the Editor of the Daily Times. MkarSik: I am not goin^ to take up the question mooted in your leader of yesterday, though 1 believe there it good deal to be said on both sides of tin* question in a place like Singapore, where a debtor
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  • 24 2 .MONDAY, 16th MAY. Tin. British steamer Fair Captain Sampson, from Penang 12th and Malacca l">th inst., arrived here 4his morning.
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  • 31 2 Tin B. I. S. N. I i amer Punjaub, Captain Starratt, from Calcutta 29th April, Rangoon 6th, Moulmcin Bth, Penang I I tli, and Malacca 15th inst., arrived here this morn
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  • 40 2 Tin: M. I. steamer Hooghhf, Capt De Bovi from Marseilles 17th and Sue/. tii April, Aden Ist and Gra.Ho 10th May, with the outward French mail, arrived here this morning, and will leave again for Hongkong ai 9 »i. to-morrow.
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  • 116 2 Tiik arrival of tbe If. I steamer Eoogklg, to-day, is an eveni of more than usual importance, she being the first steamer to bring out the regular Europe mail direct, via the Suez Canal. The Hoogklf, we learn, was some twenty-four hours ashore in the Canal, but sustained no damage.
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  • 157 2 Ot i: readers will be gUd to learn that a good-eervic* pension has been awarded t<> Admiral KeppeL The Armjf anJNarjf Qazettt observes Mr. Childers did not include this piece of intelligence "in his reply to Mr. Rylands. It may, however, be received by the bon. "gentleman as another proof
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  • 250 2 Thi Penang drgn» has the following items ■•Two boats, a few day's ag >. were sent re r the n (thi I WaterPolice, and it baa been found, that owing to a want of foresight or professional ignorance, on the part of the Singapore authorities, these boats, which are quite
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  • 39 2 Tiik Session of the Legislative Council will be opened on Monday next, the 23rd instant, at one o'clock, in the Town Ball, with the usual formalities. Lady Ord and other ladies will, we believe, be present.
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  • 26 2 Thi Volunteer Rifle Corps, aoootnpanied by their Band, paraded the streets of the town last eveaing, in preparation, we suppose, for review on the Queen's Birthday.
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  • 44 2 Vkstkhdw morning, the body of Chinese was discovered Boating in the water at Tanjong Pagar. 11. Ms. Coroner beU on inquest oa it at 1 1 o'clock. No one came forward who could identify the deceased. The jury rendered a verdict of found drowned.
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  • 57 2 Wk learn that Professor (iors, the Pyrotechnist, intends givjng s display of fireworks on the Ksplanade, on Saturday evening next, the 21st inst., weather permitting. The display is to be in honor of Her Majesty s Birthday, we believe, though t ime has been rather taken by the forelock in
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  • 141 2 We learn that the Bfessageries Imperiales Company have baa new steamer built, which they have named the Peiko. This vessel is of lighter draught than the present M. I. .steamers on^^Jside, but of greater tonnage. ShejJßK briii^; on tin- next outward X .Marseilles on the I'.Kh -May, and is expected
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  • 17 2 WEDNESDAY, 18th May. Capt. Kami:, of the A index, report- that he the ship Underlay, in Banka >
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  • 16 2 Tin-: Dutch steamer Nederlanden, ('apt. Ka\ ser, via 1 I tli instant, arrived i day afternoon.
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  • 23 2 The I', ft steamer Elector, from Hongkong [i\ with the homeward mail, arrii this morning, and will leai Penang, Galle, and B to-morrow.
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  • 199 2 As the registration oi to have escaped the notice lators, we think it our dut tentton to the Bubject. Mu< h rion and litigation won!:! I>\ establishing an office for tl try of all titles to land, and n| and other incumbranei s. pen of land only are at t-
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  • 255 2 Ax episode baa jusl feren Ling for the 1 in preserving the About a month i of China, a native landed here from lands, bearing with hin! of respectability from there. This Chinese gentleman doctor of medicine, and a priest lik Shortly after his arrival, he t > attend profet.sionalh
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  • 95 3 np from laal mcil 6tfa iy of March 1 •!;i,il Secret K DflrsX i QTCT. 1 1 1!1 the lawful for Boles rnal discipline IS in 'r.ler in Septem- by I tO I"' ill il that lied and the to re. ill iw nil reaa t«. ell Ullr their their
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  • 452 3 r s II >ngkong I nth i In re this their aer Ellora, toMr. and Mr-. Arm< rvant, Mr. r.o'] 1 urner, Bender- Bigmore, Sin lamberlain, idae. ihler'e Ifl .1. I'cct an. l ohild, Mr. E, Bhal i. \-.;in and four t'riciKlx, i ler, I Iren Cevloa
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  • 269 3 liik i!u-Man steamer Sia/tetiury, ('apt. Aitkcn, from Hongkong 9th inst., \ia Saigon, arrive! here this morning. The Sarawak steamer RewmiUt, Capt. Harris, from Sarawak 17th mat., arrived here this DsOming. H. I. M. steamer L i Creute, Capt. be, from Suez 23rd April, via Aden, arrived here
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  • 29 3 Tin: Colonial steamer Pci//<>, Capt Fox, from Penang 17th and Malacca 2uth inst., arrived here this Burning. -Sir Peter Henson and Lady ii. Mi. D. Logan.
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  • 26 3 Thbu will be parade of the Garrison and Volanteen on the Outlaw's Birthday oo the Esplanade, at 6.80 p. n%, to lire wffii dtjoUwoA march pant*
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  • 45 3 The Dutch •ekooner M«iy Goddaed reports thai in -Malacca Straits, near th« Torch li^M \c--el, she spoke the Swedish barque Condor, G i Shields, for Singapore] the British ship Howdsm, Penang to Singapore j and t lie Dutch barque Guurtje Mtria, from Cardiff for Singapore.
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  • 79 3 i extract the following notififrom \«-t >-rilav's Oo9«mmm>i Gazette The following Notice is pulilishcl for general inform By His Excellency's Command, .-HAW. Artinij Colonial Secretary. Colonial Secretary's Office, > Hith May 1870. j 08 is hereby gfrCß that Her Birth-day will 1,,- kept on Tneeday .m 1 immaad, K. W
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  • 433 3 The Qorenior in Council having granted the prayer of the petition of the undermentioned person for the prh Qeges of Naturalization, un.ler the M-ovisions of Act No. VIII of 1887, and the Oath of Allegiance having been duly taken liy the same person Mie Lieutenaat-Goveroor of Penang. I < 'crtificuto
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  • 878 3 The Chinese are a historical nation. Th -v are. as we are frequently reminded, constantly going back to former ages, and regulating all their actions by precedent. Now, Carlyle somewhere says that we should l>e ■hll to understand the present far 1 setter, had not the past be.>n
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  • 119 3 En;/"* Oiiituiiitt awl Nk Rheum 1 Neuralgia. Though the former remorselessly attacks the young robust, and the latter ruthlessly s vintnus from tin- weak Bad <1«---!i.-;ite. tlii- HUM m.'di.al treatment will infallibly core l>"th ooaplaiata. After the affected J>:irts have Keen diligently turnouteil with hot I'line. :uiil the wkin lias
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  • 154 3 Our re.iders will not have failed to notice n?i ;mn"iiui-f>inriit entirely new to our columns, in which a description is piven of various Dental preparations, tome for beautifying and preserving, < ithers for stopping the teeth. These various articles are accompanied with directions in detail, for personal use, an event
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    • 383 3 [Advertisement.] Sciench and Act. A striking instance of the immense value a small piece of steel may acquire by the great power of skilled mechanical labour is the balance-spring of a watch. From its extreme fineness and delicacy 4,000 weigh not mere than one ounce and exceed in value £1,000.
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    • 692 3 other Cocoa in the market. Entire Mttebility, a delicate aroma, and a n tion of the panel elements of nutrition, distinguish the Maravilla Cocoa above all others. For bOBMSOnathS and invalids we could not recommend I more agrsaahls or valuable beverage.'' Bold in packets only )>y all Grocers, of whom
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    • 706 3 ittitfrrHanrotitf. sVSAPABILLA. WILKINHON'B fLATE BRIDOE8.) Jamaica Saiisatakii-I/A. 101 0* Fluid Extract of Rei. Ih appreciated for Its parity and marked superiority, daily prescribed liy the Faculty for [mpnrities of the Blood, Affections of the Liver. ('ollKtitntioTl.ll Dehilitv. Att*!nuntion of Ixxly. -,\h an Altertive Ksdicms at the nhsnges df the season!,
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    • 854 4 <&i Companp. NOTICE. A Written Declaration of the contents and value of rsnisuaa for the Overland Route is required by the Egyptian Transit Administration, and must b>- delivered by the shipper to the Company's Agent with the Bill of Lading, or with tM Parcels and the Company do not hold
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    • 908 4 iHidrrllnnroud. THE MOST RELIABLE FRIEND. HOLLO WAYS OINTMENT. Its Searching and Heslins Proper! known and i throughout the world. The number of years this in valuable Ointment haa stood the test of public opinion (and the longer known the better appreciated) is a testimony of itself more convincing than anything
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    • 752 4 iKi^rcllanroucf. OAKEY A SONS F.MKHY BLACK D MILLS. BlackfairB Road, Loan) Oakey'h Sii,vi:i:smi ins So LP noti-mer-curia 1 1, for Cleaning Eleotroplato, Pkte Gl as, Marbles, Ac, Tablets C,l. Oakkvs Wh.i.in.,mn Kmii I 1 Packets 'M. each; Tins (id.. Is.. ±s. 84, and 4s. each. v's Imii ai:viii:ki: CaTin HOAKDB
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    • 360 4 THE P RD MABATILLi The true Tl having of hon but 111 trial, D." I have attempted to attain their prepared Cocoas, bul d any thorough soo 1 until Ifesi ra. Taylor I extraordinary qua] C. a. Adapting th. ir preparation to thi I the Theobroma, tl tide which the
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