The Straits Times, 25 April 1874

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    15 1 The Straits Times. VOL. XXX PUBLISHED EVERY SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, APRIL 25th, 1874. SATURDAY EVENING ]/.)7^J.
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  • Domestic Occurrences.
    • Obituary
      DEATH.
      31 1 Ob tl. l".tli M;iivh 1*74, at London. met Curuniing, Esq., of Square, Baynwatcr, formerly of IM yoaageat surviving son of John Camming Esq., Banker, Fornd. Friends will please accept ..ition.
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    THE STRAITS TIMES SATURDAY, APRIL 25, 1874. LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS.
    76 1 THE STRAITS TIMES SATURDAY, APRIL 25, 1874. LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS. Singapore, April 2sth, 1874. S 4.92 J. Black Pepper m 9.35. pper 13. onr, Sarawak LUX 3.1". pie 20. MM 118. >lnrting« HO. do 2.00. I I :..thg US. do 1.50. d 1.68 Opium new MO. >■ London. Bunt bills
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    COLONIAL DEFENCE.
    1446 1 ONUL defence is a subject which ■n bee been treated either "ith apathy or neglect by the Inipe"al Parliament j but it is one of Vfljet ""I" the mother country and to every portion of our empire, fragmentary, Off how ra ved by distance" We quote It from
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    ANNEXATION OF FIJI.
    1893 1 Yet a little more delay and the Imperial Government would have allowed to slip from its grasp an acquisition which it was of the utmost importance to the prosjß'iity of Kngland's commerce to acquire. The Fiji Islands, as we learu by recent telegrams, have been annexed to
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    PROSPERITY OP PENANG.
    959 1 'I'll h: Settlement of Penan^, according to the last Blue Book, paMwbed at Home, a copy of which has lx-en transmitted to us, is in a condition of inereaeinjj prosperity. Its value to Great Britain an a Colonial ]Mis«K-ssiuii in Pit down as immense, which may be
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      242 1 taaaoone. nts made known .1 int.. lot long periods and ■abaci ij.tn.ns will be Office, also in CoKNHILL. .mbejrd Street, dtyi t OU .Jewry, in Cal\V o I ra nnurt si'i'ify in th.- coj v the mm ie.|iiire.!. cUe all j rted till countermanded Plingly. »D1 NTS. rally toqaeefci >1
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    ITEMS FROM THE JAVA PAPERS.
    869 2 (Tnmxhited for ike Straits Times.) Ol the 11th instant, the following tch^iim ap;»eared in the official jour- nal at liatavia A telegram from Lieutenant GeeCM* J. Van Swieten, civil Government Com- inissioner with and commanding officer of the second expedition to Achecn, dated the Ha
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    ITEMS FROM THE MANILA PAPERS.
    428 2 (I in asi a I til fur (lie Straits Tinitn.J Ol tin- lOlfc ultimo, (ieneral Alami11--, the Captain Qeoeral of the Philip* pines, left Manila for Kurope on account of ill health. By last accounts it was notyet known who isto^e his successor. The following
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    BENGAL FAMINE FUND.
    731 2 The following List of" Subscriptions received to date is published in accordance with a resolution of the Committee. Collected by The Honble Majoe McNaik. H. E. the Governor 8100.00 Lady Clarke 25.00 K M. M.I!- 15.00 Lt. Brackenbuiy, a. v. c. 10.00 His Hon. Capt. Shaw, k.
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    Reuter's Telegrams.
    254 2 London, &\st April. Swiss revised constitution voted 280 to 141 thousand. The Archbishop of Canterbury has introduced a Bill enabling episcopal authorities, cheaply aud expeditiously, to restrain clergymen from introducing irregular practices. The Agricultural Department states that the American Wheat Crop is unusually promising. The area planted has
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  • Correspondence.
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      MALACCA.
      377 2 (From an occasional Corretpondent.) Malacca, 19th Ai-ril. Tiik Straits steamer Sharpshooter, Captain Bradshaw, from I'enang en route to your port, arrived here last Tuesday night, and left again on Thursday afternoon.. The Malay steamer Telegraph, Captain Yalberg, arrived here from Klang, last Friday morning. The Straits steamer* Benmore, from
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  • Arms of the Week.
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      MONDAY, 20th APRIL.
      355 2 At a Meeting of the Committee of the Bengal Famine Fund, held at the Exchange Room this afternoon, it was found, from the liberal donations already received, that a remittance of Rs. 10,000 might at once be made to the Central Committee, Calcutta, and this amount it
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      TUESDAY, 21st APRIL.
      1909 2 TUESDAY, 21 st APRIL. Thk Eastern and Australian Mail Company's chartered steamer Stntmm. Capt. Moppet, from Sydney aud Brisbaine via Northern port* of Queensland, and Batavia lSth inst., arrived at Tanjong Pagar wharf this morniug. Ix illustration oi what lias been written, time without mind in this journal, regardiug the
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      WEDNESDAY, 22nd APRIL.
      330 2 Tiik Principal Civil Medical Orti(^ ha> forwarded us a table of meteorolH gical observations during the month I February, of which the following is M al)stract. HiifLest i-eadiuK of Barometer iv the in.iuth. ■> Lowest do do L Height <.f i-isteru ul.ivo Ma lerel about t'l'-V In
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      THURSDAY, 23RD APRIL. THURSDAY, 23rd APRIL.
      692 4 THURSDAY, 23RD APRIL. THURSDAY, 23rd APRIL. Tii> M M. -tcanuT Am<i:i>»r, with d French mail, left (ialle _r. and ma\ U' expected han W .Inesday, the IMk iust. j assengers proceed by t .i-day Fivin Hongkong: 1 Euro- From Hongkong: Capt. Pi .111 Hongkong: Dr. A. Oliveria and R. Se—FlOM
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      SATURDAY, 25th APRIL.
      883 4 liik Spanish steamer firny m, fSiM. Klizalde, from Manila 18th April, arrived at Tanjong Pagar wharf this morning. ThJI following telegram was received at the 11,I 1 and O. CVs office this morning:— I'iiKiii,/, Mil. Mil* arnvc.l. Rcver- end Molet, Chaplain Cadmux, pot over- board off Cjrene
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      227 3 [A UYKRTIBKM EMT.j Berkeley, Sept. 1869.— Gentlemen, I f el' in a duty 1 owe to you to express my platitude for the great benefit I have aarivad by taking Norton's Camomile Pills. I applied to your agent, Mr. Berkeley, for the above-named Pills, for wind in the stomach, from
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      310 3 iHisTfllanronsi BEWING MAGHIKI3 THE HOWJSKEWIVG MACHINE COMPANY. 23, Lodgate Hill. London, Baglaad, beg to direct the attention of tlv PUBLIC AM) MBBCH&HT3 To their wail-knowa Maaafaotarara. Their List oMßpriae* tlio ORKHNAL AND ONLY OBNUINE AMERICAN H<)WE Maohsaea adipte! f..r nil auaufaetnring purp <- ii 1.!■ < ti li Ily* ma
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      334 3 TO BE LET, Ist MARCH, 1874 That Convenient family dwelling boaae in Oxley Road now occupied by Mr. 1.10y.1. the ground i« well auppliod with fi in full bearing, good onl beaeea and st:ilile. aud only five Biaafea drive from town. Apply at the Union Hotel, High SI to •T.
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      294 3 #otires. Aii. Chun .f thr late Jaji „f Labou, t.. i. „t to r th.■aaWaigaed without d. J. H. McCLOSKY, Administrator to the K. 1873. NOT; H. BcHCKia's r M,, Mr. 11. Bcht ren, thankful for the pal upon him, begl to inform liN an aa and the pnbli he
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    119 3 Hnlli'iC'ii/.-' Uiitlment and PUU. Dangerous Chest C .m plaints. The enumeration of these diseases is scarcely neceßsarv, as, unfortunately, most Engiisln.v-M know them to their cost. Coughs, common colds, influenza, bronchitis, asthma, iv- lla mutation of the lungs, aud eveu consumption in its early stages, are successfully treated by rubbing
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  • SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
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      Arrivals.
      348 3 Siiturday, 18tu April. P. 0. steamer Columbian, J.JS3 tons. Stead commander. Bw*< tow 13th April, consignees P. O. Company, fc'undaj-. 19th April. British steamer Paknaiu. oii!» tons, Black commander, £aigon 15th April, consignees Guthrie Co. Monday, 20th April. British steamer Beninor..-, 3-0 t jus, Guan Hiil commander, Penang 16th
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      Departures.
      168 3 atoadajr, Mth Apt il British ■teaafter Sharpshooter, Bradahaw, for Mai. and Paaaaaj. British barque .Meridian. Strickland, tor Liverpool. Dutch barojae OnHiaa. Bmhns, lor Ifarnaaar British bar.pte Don Pedro 11. Carpenter, for MSiamese battjoe Enroy, Reyaolda, tor Bangkok. (ieruian steamer Sylvia, Jouann-ieii. for Songkong. Italian bar.mc Lugia. Madre, lor Rangoon.
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    SHIPPING IN THE HARBOUR.
    616 3 Ship's Names. Captains. Flag and Rio. Tons. Datk of as- Where From. rival. Consignees ok Auknts. UKBT I. NATION. MEN-OF-WAR Charybdis Smith Teazer Digby STEAMERS 1 Surprise Hansen Khiva Daniels Bertha Hazlem 5 Penang Johore Barker Martaban Buxton Coliunliian Stead 1 Fenelon Boucher arsgua Elizalde CSAIMMU
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    VESSELS IN DOCK OR LYING AT WHARVES.
    45 3 1 Tanjong Pagar Wharf. '2 Victoria Dock 6 Jardine, Matheson and Company's Wharf. 3 P. AO. Wharf 7 Bon Accord Dock 4 Borneo Company's Wharf 8 Government Wbai f 5 Patent Slip and Dock Company 9 At Johore
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    Grtrarts.
    4322 4 THE CHESTERFIELD LETTERS OF 1«73. By Lord G H LETTER I. My dear Boy, Your father asks me, a* one of those dignified beings yclept men of the world, to instruct you in the art de plaire,' or rather the art of extorting from society the admiration which makes
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    LETTER II.
    3415 4 My dear Boy, I promised in this, my second letter, to give you some hints as to your behaviour in ball-rooms and I now proceed to fulfil that promise, begging you to remember, en paitsant, that one of the characteristics of a gentleman is to keep hit promises,
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      953 5 vV <P. £cnvpam>. LAR AND ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY. Offices— D'Almeida K Godowbs At New Harbour. Thk pMfOMi "'ate* f "nival I utraet Mail Steam Ships »t in connection with the service for the first half year of Ife74, will be as U""dnwAKP. Homeward. Tuesday, 10th Mar. Wednesday, Hth Mar.
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      871 5 Sc £>. Compann. P. A O. S. N. COMPANY. Passengers can obtain at the Company's offices in Suez, Brindisi, and Venice, First-class Railway Tickets for Paris via Mont Cenis at the following Rate*. From Brindisi £J). 7s. Od. Venice 6. lls. Od. and from Paris to London, via Newhaven A
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      830 5 iT-ltsrrllnnfotts. LEA AND PERRINS' Celebrated WORCESTERSHIRE SAUCE. Declared by Connoisseurs to be THE ONLY GOOD SAUCE. CAUTION AGAINST FRAUD. The success of this most delicious and unrivalled Condiment having caused certain dealers to apply the names of Worcestershire Sauce to their own inferior compounds, the Public is hereby informed that
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      808 5 iHidrrllcinrousi. THE ROAD TO HEALTH. AND LONG LIFE. Secured by HOLLOWAYS PILLS. Impurities op Blood. I N selecting the most appropriate medicine foi a particular ailment, there may be some difficulty unless one can be found to purify, regulate, and improve the quality of the blood. These Pills possess and
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      1018 5 ittisrrllanrous EBTABLIBHED IN 1 1 C. LAZARUS A CO., Incorporated with Sheabwood Co., Cabinet makers. Upholsterers. Billiard Table Manufacturer*. Carvers, Gilders, Decokators, and General Furnishing Contkactors, By Appointment To His Excellency the Viceroy of India, H. R. H. th*- Duke Edinburgh, Ac, Ac, House, Landjind General Commisbion AOENTB, Appraisers and
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      771 5 ittisrrllanrotw. <.<><>[>Al.l/s QUININE \vi\k iiil with II Is an invaluable and agri to all suffering from General I). I, gestion, N<TvoneneM, and Lnan R«commend«<l >,„■ Ut P( Founwl.the Anti-Adulteml (JUr EM Ha-aU, M D.tl worth L<ucell>.< Scott, 1 F.RS.SA.,Ar Bold Ac., in large Bottle*, Prepared by GOODALL, BAOKHOUBE _Singapore, 2nd
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