The Straits Times, 17 December 1870

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    17 1 The Straits Times VOL. XX VL PUBLISHED EVERY SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 17th, 1870. SATURDAY EVENING. X(). 1,323
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    STRAITS TIMES
    48 1 SATURDAY, DECEMBER 17. 1870. MARKET QUOTATIONS vpoke. December 17th. 1-TO. 0.10 White Pepper ]J 120 to l-_ iJ.'io t,. 2 2 10 to 2.12J 1 :i7i to 1 4o 2| to 1.55 1.80 lon* C 2. 10s. J617 >s I. ght, *IH to 4/4} I 5
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    THE SHORTHAND REPORT.
    435 1 to the shorthand report Council on the 24th h we publish to-day, it that the ordinance for the administration of the law introduces some new features concerning the -> in our criminal courts. One Ico changes made is which the Council in Comto as follows:—' 4 In
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    THE FIRE WELLS.
    664 1 A Qt k<tio\, apparently .if the most trivial nature, bat liable to prove of considerable importance to the general public from the action tliat lia> been taken in it, has arisen between the nnieipal Commiasionen and the Government This is, simply, that the Fire Commissioners haTing taken
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    THE CONTAGIOUS DISEASE ORDINANCE.
    964 1 l)iM\s|ini. as is the subject of a .nta-ious Disease ordinance, we should j be lacking in our duty as public journalists* were we to allow the bill which i has just passed to eniiie into operation without touching upon the poiati which it involves. The law,
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    JAVA
    1492 1 The following official notification of hitherto unknown nil's and of a new lijjht hones is translated from late Java papers The Hear Admiral, Commander of the Naval Forces fee. in Netherlands India makes known to those concerned that "the commander of H. N. sl.'l steamship Buri*am, when cruising in
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    MUNICIPAL COMMISSIONERS
    419 1 Mint tf.s of Pro< dinga of the Municipal Commissionen or Tuesday, the 22nd November, 1870. f bmmittion&rt Prt*enl. The Hon'ble W. H. Bead, ft. C. Woods, W. K. Scott. Gkmirmmn. In the absence of the President, the Hon'ble W. 11. Read was appointed Chairman. 1/ rulat. The minutes
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    REUTER'S TKLEGRAMS.
    577 1 Bi Btmsß Indian Cable. London', tSti November, (Afternoon). Consols, M{. The Homeward Mails Calcutta, Xoveinber 2nd, Bombay sth, were delivered in London thin morning. (By brno-EutOraal Tki.hiiaph.) L< mini!, i M/i Sniembrr 12: l."> m. The Time* publishes Karl (iranville's reply to Prince Goftsohakoff. It is firm and
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      132 1 NTS. 1 b known I into for long pi i'lis will be I >!li.-,'; also ill Mill I Street, city in j in the <«'i>y the required, «■!>.■ all U countermanded, >rdingly. C RRE8POHDB] il!\ r. [nested to nto the propri in the delivery of Timely notice of change «>f
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    GAMBLING IX THE STRAITS.
    692 2 Tmk Cku ihows a laudable seal against gambling houses, but it shows little practical acquaintance with the subject, when it declares that our law, a^ it stood, was "amply sufficient to meet tbe evil." And this i» all the more remarkable, as our law waa c
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  • Correspondence.
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      REVENUE OFFICERS AND THE POLICE
      916 2 REVENUE OFFICERS AND THE POLICE To the Edit Kmet. Si i: 'linir an article in the issue of your contemporary of the 22nd o, 1 was surprised at tl statements which it contains, and well knowing roar principle that justice and truth nrist prevail, I take the liberty of addn
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      JUSTICE.
      442 2 To the Editor of thr Strait* Time*. Si i::—Ia your issue of last Tuesday, I noticed a letter signed "Justice," in which tho writer remarks that he was sur- the wreet mitifatement* which ■stained in an article which appeared in tbe columns of the Straits (>■ -i -r" of
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      SHORTHAND REPORT OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
      2133 2 Siityiijiurc, MA Nowmher, 1870. PkeSENT: Bis Bxoelleney the < krrernor. inor the chief Justice. The Hon. The Acting ttnrnsjr OeiMiral Treasurer Auditor-General. T. W. K. t. W idassson. All Kuy Whampoa. of the last Meeting were tea I .m,l confirmed. Iks ArreaU Bill was
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  • News of the Week.
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      22 2 Monday i:2 m December! Tin: British steamer drrmtoon dpear, Capt. Miller, from Calcutta Sfd and Penany Kith inst., arrived here this morning.
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      28 2 Tiik Dutch steamer Minuter ran Stoat Roeituten, Capt. Buys, from Hatavia ">th inst., arrived here yesterday. Paaimowa,—Mr. a-id Mrs. Deinesanafl children, Said Boerjin aJhabov.lSaropaan and !"> native deck passengers.
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      57 2 Tin: Dutch steamer Boron Bleet van der Beele, Capt. Sohipper, from Macassar Ist, Sourahava tith, and Samarano; inst., arrived here yesterday. psra, tram Jiaoaaaar; ll < 1 Ohinase. From Sourabava: 28 natives. From Banuurang: *Messra. D. Meyer, 0. E, Andnaaea and 2 childn n. Abdool T-Im<li-maii and eliild. Kirn Heng
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      75 2 Kki'okt of barque Caili»tc t J. Winchester, master, on the voyage from London to Singapore Augt, r>. left th" Downs: erosssd the i- Sept. it, passed the Cape of Good Sops Oct. 8j 5t,.,,,l m for a.cheen Head in I.', F.. when in Lat. U" BOUth, gol the wind froiu
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      27 2 TUESDAY 18th DECEMBER The Brsi fine on the I wuv LZZ:; rsOril i: .ww inflicted 1, Magirtrate on Chinese nan* Kit uhu was iim M^;;r 1(l treetH
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      104 2 Som better provision, we think should be made to re Heve ourstr from the sad spectacle ofdi* starv.no; paupers, so many o f uh,, m die in the verandahs and in the,,,,,, about the town. A day or twi ago, soui(> one discovered a skeleton in the brushwood at the
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      17 2 WEDNESDAY Mm DECEMBER Tiik British steamer Capt. Hewat, I'roin Malacca I.Jth i, lM arrived here this morning.
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      404 2 Om Monday evening a p stable on duty went to the D. station and informed Inspect,,,- Baraam that four Javanese had been taken m,,]. denly ill a house inlHyde sr Barnum went at once to the place and found four men, named Assan Hooden HadjeeJamalooden,Nooreman,aDdHadjee Mohammed Tahar, —who !ia<l been
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      39 2 Thk M. M. steamer Cajritole, Capt Ravin, from Batavia 9th inst., arrived here this morning. Passkn,.! For ft'aaajuri.—Two natives and 1 'Ilillese. Wot Suss.—Mr. <!. K. van der Wijk and pupil*. Mr. T. Bchewil Fu,- aCsrssiSsSj —A. T. B. Anoam,
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      22 2 THURSDAY 15th DECEMBER Tiik telegraph cable between Sing* apore and Penang is oompleted, wo will, we learn, be open for traffic tomorrow.
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      44 2 Tiik French mail steamer D due from China is the L which was advertised to lesy. Kong on Tuesday, the 6th ii should have 1 n here on Tue« loth. She may, possibly, haw J detained awaiting one of the »teamer. from the North.
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      98 2 Wi: extrtd below a lead from the London the Itli November, taking except ■ome remarks made by us on the j,,t of gambling. Wean i to disagree with t 1 declaration thai the legalise gambling, ia objectionable to the U mind bui it is annecessar) I toexpoaethefallacyottheu* oar then exiating
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  • SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
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      Arrivals.
      130 3 Satunmy, "-in umwir, i,,i, tons, Ili.har.ls <•. mm;in«l.r, Swansea ni]>anv limited. Eaglo, :!"t tons, Naeosfch, Peaaag Ist Sunday, 11th Deceasi ptunns, 640 toi Lodeirijka commander, Sw ;l nl erg, Bchmidt < 10, ran Staat Rochnssen, '270 tons, Buys mber, eonsigneei Hamilton. Cray n .■.nnniMii.lor, Hosf--8 irkies an.l M Vander
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      Departures.
      259 3 Saturday. 10th DoromW. Mntisli ship Protnicr, White, for Hit .via Bnti ih barqae Madura, Brontoa, forSaison British barqoe 'IV k Sang, Ifflnes, for Peaans British steamer Sri Sarawak, Hewut, for Malacca British schooner K;u\rv Box, Nacodah, for Penans doauJ st.-aincr Peibo, F..x. tor Panaag. M' >n. lav, Ulh Pnflf
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    SHIPPING IN THE HARBOUR
    604 3 DAT* g tAi-iAiNs. iiJL.i and Bra. Tomb. <>k Wmmi Fbom Covnajran 01 Aaurm Destination \RRIVAI >v.\i: Hoove If M sif mrr 17"" S'<\. lsJHoagkoag Beaior Kara! Osaeer. Station Grey H. M. st.;iui.T 800 Dec. EEMsUens Senior Xaval OiTu-.-r. D*Almeida British steamer 52 Lpril II H TVAhnawh
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    VESSELS IN DOCK OR LYING AT WHARVES.
    38 3 1 Tanjong Pagar Wharf. v^t/>ri« Dock Jardine, Matheson and Company Wharf. PTo Wh«f 7 Bon Accord Dock 4 B^SK-^Whjrf J Gorernment Wharf 5 Patent Slip »ad Dook Company 9 At Johore.
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    324 4 the n itice of the pubto ua desirable nntry- the nation > England tli all lier heart. Slu^ oaa I'ut k her hyot no h er than ad can i hling one of these rob:nl down gamblingI race garni insf th" iti 1 a public opinion in Europe fa re
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    23 4 UU\)\\ 16th DECEMBER. Bteamer Willia igton, from Penaag l-'itb arrived here thia morning. iwak Bteamei Royalitt, Capt. Sarawak 18th inst, arri- this morning.
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    9 4 B Capi from Bangkok l^th inst, bere this afternoon.
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    20 4 Ii Lordship the Bishtrill be installed at 1 rch "ii Sunday next, morning service, when Ukill be declared converted into
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    55 4 SATURDAY 17th DECEMBER. Bxcellencj Chung-how was wc'iigers bj the bome'i mail Hteamer Labourdon- an unbassador to n In- conduct with the '1 lentMn Duwsacre. ii g Kxed upon for the i; I op Qhamben, tin-re a full in St. I v h. After the installsPreUte, the Rev. Mr. Colonial Chaplsinj
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    40 4 I in: M- M. steamer Ut^mnk Capt Poache,from Bongkong Oth and Saigon 18th int., with the homeward Ircnd, mail, arrived bere yesterday afternoon, nnd left again forQalleanJ Marseilles at noon to-day. ary ftobb and W win. rrom Baigon eight Chiuese.
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    60 4 I hi. ilrt,.nti.ni »r the UiourJomuaii li- hi Hongkong was oooasmncd l>v the delay arrival of the />-///./ from Yokohama. The latter steamer, it appears, had been in collision with a sail«>g ship, and had sustain, ,l severe damage bo her Pore compartment, which filled with wat.-r. The other compartments,
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    98 4 Information lias been received bere of the plunder of the schooner Bree Sin- in Kalian- Straits, by three boats fall of armed Malays, the Bi*gapura, regabw trader betweeii this and Penang, was in ballast, bui bad a number <if passengais, who *rere robbed <>f their money and faloables, The master
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    115 4 A bowling match :it th.- TangUn Club, between b" Bnglish ami ti Scotch members, was played on the alley* lasi evening. The; contest was ■evere one, bat the "men fne th<> north" (.•aim 1 off victorious, winning 2 rubbers out of three played. Wr may remark that though the English
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    412 4 THE "MHO." We r rred to the introduction into Australia thai despicable institution known in America as the ring" not the prise-ring, but something even more -i'.:u' than that half-exploded l':i^Lmerican ring" consist number of rogues, political, commerci d. or otherwise, whose nefarious tr re carried g lative cham- •■ni^.
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    217 4 The Sikgk of Paris.— Very curious bom Paris have been received m Melbourne (says the Jbrgma) by those mar* ,-antilc bouses which represent Parisian interests. One of these was written l.y A .1 Caillaux. for A. liord and Co., pianoforte manufacturera, to their Melbourne a. 'cut Mr. W. 11. Glen,
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    349 4 The Goldfinder. We have r '-••■I. shown a rough working model of ;i reoently invented sluicing machine, patented by Mr. Char! i V7al Smart, the bland christened by the abort The principle upon which the machine is worked m that which baa 1 n repeatedly declared in t 1 i-
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    125 4 Jzoßotpoy's Oi,ilnieit amd Pil!.< arc anfeignedly the remedies upon which all may rely wh> are suffering from ili eases of the skin, scrofula, scurvy, uloerations, and bad legs. When the warmth of the weather unduly determines 1 i >od to the skin, all these complaints astnwui s worse appearaace, and
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    75 4 Our readers will notice with pleasure. that the renowned preparations of Messrs, ial-riel. the w.H known Dentists. re now easily obtainable. These charming productvms, which have stood the test of half a eei.tury. need BO iv.-,,i!imendatioii from our !>en. If once used we led assured they will 1m- always purchased,
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    [Advertisement.]
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    139 4 Makvyili.a Cocoa. ibr BrattS/asf.— The Glob* says Various importers and 1 manufacturers have attempted to attain a reputation Cor their prepared Cocoas, but we doubt whether any thorough SUOOCSS has l v achieved until Hessrs. Taylor Brothers discovered the extraordinary qualities of Maravilla' Cocoa. Adaptinu' their perfect system of preparation
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    112 4 A Pocket Doctor Let our readers imagine a small, neatly made chain, about the m/c of a ladies' necklace, that can be put away in a jewel case, and nf>t look much out of place, that can be handled and tested with perfect impunity, and yet contains all the galvanic
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    125 4 [Advi:i;ti -i.mi Berkeley. Sept L 869. QenQeaien. 1 (eel it I duty 1 owe to TOU to Siptwai niv grstitilde for the gTSBj DeßSit 1 have deriveil by taking 'Norton's Camomile Pills. 1 I applied to your agent, Mr. BeO, Berkeley, for the abore-named Pills, lor wind in the. li.from
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      825 5 \h ft 6i Companp. N( >TICE. A Written Declaration of the contents and value of Packages for the Overland Route rs required by the Egyptian Transit Administration, and mu-t be delivered by the shipper tothi Agent with t' c P.ill of Lading, or with the Parcels; and the Company do
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