The Straits Times, 15 May 1875

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  • 16 1 The Straits Times. 'L. XXXI PUBLISHED EVERY SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, MAY 15, 1875. SATURDAY EVENING 2,o'} 1
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  • Domestic Occurrences.
    • 33 1 Hill. Lend, n ..U tbe Ilth tat, Charles Brown Waller. K- ■i;deiit of Police Malacca, aged V PrJUBSpt Street. Singap .re. Uth May, i the l.el'.ved wife of Mr. Felicio fears. i
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  • 85 1 SATURDAY, MAY 15, 1875. LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS. :Sin<>apoke. May I">th, 18-5. (fombter .'> 17} i I<> 7-i Pepper I*l. r, Bai»wak til- Boatvas none. wist I". Sfl do 1 77 i m LM do 1 l~i 7 do do l (i -i Benarw Opiaa new m:' to anfcns. E\ Lomdob.
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  • 1162 1 Thk prolonged session of the Legislaun.il, which began early in I^7 I, was formally doaed oa tbe 7th instant, at the Town Hull, at which after Sir Andrew Clarke's dosing speech, be n is presented with an address by the memCounoil, which, with his repl\ thereto, will be
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  • 1347 1 THE REPORT THE COMMITTEE ON ESTABLISHMENTS PCBUC expectation will lie sorely disappotnted at the report of the Select Committee of inquiry into the condition of the various public offices, as outlined in the Report of the Council proceedings ><n the 6th instant, published in yesterday "s paper. Contrary to general
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  • 738 1 THE PRISON MURDER. Til scene in the Supreme Court yesterday afternoon at the close of the trial was certainly one of the most extraordinary ever witnessed in a Court of Justice, whether we regard the terrible i<sue arrived at, or the callous indifference to their fate of the condemned convicts.
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  • 551 1 ACHEEN AFFAIRS. (TruiinlulrJ/oi- t/f Sliuilx Tmtfs.J Tiik following is a translation from the Dutch, of a sketch of the state of affairs at pf**ent atlsteni in Acheen, dated the lyth ultimo. It proceeds from a most reliable, and highly respectable quarter, and i. <jruw'i up with an eyi t the
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  • 1625 1 (Trduts/uteil for Ihe Strait x Time*) Tin: following summary of Intelligence from Aeheea is from the B*4s#m //,/,/i/f/x/j/tn/oi' the *)tli instant Aeaordiaf to a telt-gr.iui dated the ultimo, received from the Military i-jnl Civil Couiiuuudiujf Officer at Acheen, the state of health there was slightly
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 248 1 A I made kn iwn i i into for long periods md •übacriptMaa will be I >•';. also in I > 001 Mill 1.. 1, ml «rd Street, dtj; Old Jewry in <'alI f_v in the 00by the required, MBS all invited till counter si amled cordiagly. IMP COBBEBPONDI 1
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous

  • 2921 2 Pabis, April 10. The dissension in the Reformed Church has been brought under the notice of the Minister of Pulilie Worship. His prededid not display in the treatment of this itnportant question, either statesmanship or impartiality: then the influence of the late mural .inter Cabinet" was acquired for
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  • 2669 2 May 6th, 1875. new member. Mr. Robert Barclay Read, having been appointed an unofficial member o£ the Legislative Council, was sworn in iv tbe usual manner. iJINQAi'OBK MARKETS. The COLONIAL ENGINEER laid upon the table the Report of tbe Committee appointed to inquire into tbe terms under which
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  • SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
    • 538 3 Saturday, >th May. M. M. ■taamer l)jemnah. tons, 2,423 Flambeau ei>mmauder. Marseilles !'ih April, eoiisijn.es Messagcrics Maritii;ies. M. M. steamer Neva. tU7 t ins, Ravin aosMaaader, Batiivia tjth May, G .!i.-i^nn Messageries Maritimes. Ainer siiip Nicholas DOVBtOSt, l. (|i >"> tons. Blanchard commander, Cardiff 7th Jan. Dutch schooner Hap
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    • 197 3 Sunday, i'tli May. M. M. steamer Djeuiua. Flambeau, for Hongkong. M .ii. lay. l"th May. British steamer Al>yssiuia. Hart, for Calcutta. Tuesday. 11th May. French barque Radauia. Boucher, for Batavia. British barqae Kingdom of Saxony, Cooper, for Boston. British schooner Our Annie. Eden, for New York. British steamer Pearl,
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    • 697 3 XT AD Ship's Names. Captains. Yu*4 and Rio. lons, or ar- Where From. Consignees }r Auents. Uehtination. RIVAL. MEN-OF-WAR Thistle Stirling H. M. steamer 446 April 20 Dinding Senior Naval Officer. L-ipwing Wimtmam H. M. steamer t>t>3 May 5 Bangkok Senior Naval Officer. Recent Richelieu Siamese
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    • 46 3 1 Tanjong Pagar Wharf. Z Victoria Dock 6 Jardine, Maiheson aud Com) any'i WLm f. ;j p. AO. Wharf 7 Bon Accord Dock 4 Borneo Con»piUiy'» Wharf H Government Wharf I Patent Slip and Dr»ck Company 9 At Johore
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 665 3 M. *****81 LICI CO, 1..1.1 MLV, E. 0 Manilla. •turer.s" A-.-nts. Import, is and -i .n M. r.l.ant BXSCUTE INDENTS, for the Indian, bias, An -iralian. Cap.-, W.-si Afii.ui. S-.nth Aniei-.an. Tinted States, and Canadian mark- ts. Par every deaoriacisai siOaatsaaatel aad Bntisii Goods, dire.t from the Alilis of their
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    • 197 3 Dorks. i THi: PATFNTSLIP AND DOCK CO Nkw Habboub. Tail C. li'.paiiy executes ships' repairs ptioßS in the most cflicient BMaaat «ad«r the superintendence of European Shipwrights andEngin. rs. hTo, 1 Graving Dock. i ,'th IU teet. >■'i th of water from 1 feet to foct at Batmaec IS feet.
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    • 210 3 iftiscTilattrotts. ENGLISH «OODS. (ViaSukz Canal AT CHEAPEST RATES. D. NICHOLSON A CO., MI.X, WOOLI.i N AND MANCHtMKK WAKE. HOUSEMEN, INDIA. COLONIAL AND FOREIGN I OUTFITTERS, Oto "..'.ST. PAUL'S CHURCHYARD CORNER OK CHEAPSIUE, LONDON, ESTABLISHED 1874. Invite attention to their Illustrated I2(> page Catalogue and Outfitting List li'l pages, s.-nt jio^t
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    • 197 3 iHijßrrllanroin;. £20 iv value, are conveyed from London to any Post Towu in India, at a uniform i charge of Ib. 4d. pet lb. Special Advantages to Hotel Keep»*r.< I and Regimental Ml D. NICHOLSON Jt CO., A VJ.St. PAUL'S CHURCHYARD LONDON. rtiagafori, loth Oct., 1874. (w.ly.) FRAUD On the
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  • 214 4 We copied yesterday from the 0 (•rumen' I notification of the retirement sf Mr. Christian Baum^ar- ten from the |x»t of th- Registrar of the Supreme Court, which he has held 1 tor upwards of eighteen years. At > 1 M the appointment was offered j to and accepted by
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  • 36 4 Tv k B. ft A. mail steamer Si,iyii/,nrr, ('apt. Daaabrsckj from Sydney, Huislunc, ami Npribern Ports of Queensland, via Torres Stouts, with the Australian mail, arrived at Tanjong Pagar wharf resterdav alien n.
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  • 1332 4 W i <\ti;ici t!u> following from the in. ml mammary of the ffritsWse Courier of I7tli April:— Ps ssil the in.. 11.-.. 'us which prevail throughout a portioa of tin- route taken by OWT Toriea Straits nnil steam, ts. all alter•'li'ii < ■■■•imicn. to li made thi> BMath the time
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  • 47 4 Wi. are reijuested to state, that, as many people may have been prevented from attending the levee held by His Excellency the Governor and the reception by Lady Jervoia on Tuesday last, they will be at home to-morrow, Friday, the llth instant, at kSOp.K.
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  • 38 4 Sii Axdmw and L\:»y Clarke will proceed t India by theOpiam steamer due here from Hongkong about the Zltth instant. The steamer will leave from the roadstead, and Sir Andrew and Lalv Clarke will embark from Dalhonaie Pier.
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  • 13 4 Tin. British .steamer tin mi, Capt. Thomson, from Hongkong inst., arrived this morning.
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  • 16 4 Tin. British steamer Ckem Capt. Orton. from Soiuabaya '.•th iiist., anchored in the roads this niorning'
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  • 76 4 Sut Andrew Ci.auki; has presented the Zoological department of the Gardens with tin** finale two-horned rhinoceros. The animal is a magnilieeiit specimen, and is, besides, in call. She is receiving every attention under the superintendence of Mr. \V. Krohn. who has undertaken the care of the animals and birds, and
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  • 57 4 Wi; understand that the etna Birr I'/i'hi leaves to-day for l'aliaug with Mr. Swettenham or board, bearing despatehee from His BxeeHeney tbe Uoveraorto the Bandahara of tliat country, in which that prince is invited to visit Singapore and attend a* conference for the linal adjustment of tbe
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  • 172 4 lr never does to jadgeofan uulinished work; and we confess to have entertained considerable misgiving! aa to the architectural result of tiie addition, and alterations to the old Court House when they were lirst undertaken. Now, however, that the work is beiag unveiled, and the new ■tntetare presentelteeir to the
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  • 176 4 h Qeasrsl Msstiag ol the) Sporting Club was held at tffi Singapore Club Boons*, yesterday alfconioon. I'kksKNT: n Join Ciineroii. Ksn.— im the Chair.) J. Miller. F. C. Biaaop, Robert CasaabsU, .1 P. 0. M infoid, .1. Burkinsaaw, Alfred Bernard, A. Duff. A. S. Osmaaiasj R. I Harper. C. T.
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  • 305 4 AODOBJHKa to the latest accounts from Queensland, there has set in an unprecedented rush of Chinese to the Palmer gold diggOaJtl in the northern territory of that flourishing Colony, and serious complications are feared between the miners and John Chinaman in consequence. In the beginning of April, several steamers had
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  • 700 4 Tmk criininal araaM mutiny trial was ooododed yesterday eveniag in the Saprefoe Court. At the beginnilig of tbe trial the following prtaoaera pleaded guilty: 1. l'..h All Wall, alias Ah hfattg. Lee Ah .-am IS. Lee. Ah Kow. Lee Ah Tat ltW LeeKeagObeag i. Lee Ah Baag 17 lUm Ah
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  • 97 4 Tm: Yokohama community was recently startled by an attempt at a gigantic fraud upon the Comptoir d' Kseompte on the part of two of its trusted employes, who committed suicide when they found they could not escape with their plunder. The Hongkong community appears to have been
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  • 125 4 At the Police Court yesterday, before Mr. Russell, Mr A. F. Chambers wasa^ain brought up and charged ill with unlawfully litainiug the sum of SW.iWO or ther.;aboata, the money ot cauiplaiiiitnt i.the Hoii J. Whittall', during July. I87f» and at different times thereafter and 2) with feloniously embezzling at various
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  • 67 4 The QtiaM Mtii gives the following amended list of Tea-steamers," that will probably compete this year for the blue ribbon of the Tea Race." From Hankow Hankow Captain Symington, I'/fiirs Cut fie Jones, Liit".* (-ray, G/cnar/iity (iulland, <llr,i,uni, not cpuite fixed. From Fooehow (lleiijiiilas Captain Witcox, Oien/mUoei Ifeßsin, Brmtmtr Cattle
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  • 132 4 The following passenger! take their departure by the V. O. steamer 6V//</.i, to-day. From China. For Hoiubttij. Mr. M. Fukorbhoy. Jfar JfaaVaw.— -"apt. J. K. wjalah. For S 'i<tli<(i>i)>ton. Messrs, P»(i. Is.iachsen, H. Koi)]>, and G. Muuroe, 2 .Misses 1 Hutton, Comr O. S. Cameron, R. N., Lieut. T. W*.
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  • 154 4 I*HK I. mail hteamer E*mbc»i, Capt. Cates, from Bombay -ird, GaJle Mh, and Peoang ISth instant, arrived at the I". wharf at half-past >S this morning, and will leave for Hongkong at S a. \i. to-morrow. PASSKNiiEIi.s. For Siiiyupot-e. From Southampton i Mr. and Mrs. Brennand aad infant. From Briadiaj:
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  • 243 4 Wi think it is high time that steps should be taken lo cany into ellict the resolution to present His Excel* lenev Sir Andrew Clarke with a piece of plate, as a memento of his*servieos as Governor of these Settlements, and as a token of the high appreciation entertained of
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  • 262 4 On the 30th ult., a policeman on duty in Campong Glam, Beach Hoad, saw a Chinaman trying to poll two Annainite women into a house; the 1 women, resisting, managed to drag the Chinaman into the street, when the constable arrested all three and took them to Roehore Station, [nspeetor
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  • 119 4 Holloway'* Pills. Enfeebled Existence. This medicine embraces every attribute required in a general and domestic remedy' it overturns the foundations of disease laid by defective food and impure air. In obstructions or congestions of the liver, lungs, b .wels, or any other organs, these Pills are especially serviceable and eminently
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 315 4 ADVERTISEMENT. "Berkeley. Sept. 1569, Osatlauias, 1 feel it a duty 1 owe to y.u to SZptwU my gratitude for the great beaMaV 1 bave derived by taking 'Norton's Camomile Pills. 1 applied to your ag.;iit, Mr. Bell, :'erkelej, for the above named i'ills. for wind in the stomach, from which
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    • 860 4 itt;3rfllanojus. TilK DBOAI OPTfll TSatTrJ Arise* from neglect, an 1 the BM of fcxitb powsVsra, paatea and waebes, wbi< tainiag miaeraJ and other deleteri acids utt.'llv ruin tin- eiiaind. ROWLAND^' ODDNTO I, tir.lv free from all injliriotiH elsßßSaits, wbitena and preservea the to 'li arsveata and arreatc theii deoay, itreng
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  • 107 5 h i i •lobial waa mI~ XVe i-nr. :'.t on, i Eon the lav and ivem- -iggesi lh.it In- must have 4^b I the origi.i Hit impreasioa had 1- titioa «< nt in, it i.y the I id 111, vein ii ird of uo putiti n bom there had 1
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  • 425 5 M o i \>'K. I .hi -lice. iindiii:,' the A. ting i loloaial i»tereta« i laarer. > General. over. ing Auditor>GeoMr.*L fineer. H. A. K. Whan I T Shelford. 1 Boot*. EL Lutl.. M D 1 M. H. Vermont I ■be last an eting m re mcd. ;:i
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  • 877 5 M.m ras oi Urn hrinseilia|s af the Municipal Commissioner.-, on Moiidav the 111!!. May, 15?.",. haMMaWfavre Present. K. J. Wells, Itq. Chairniiin. Captain Dunlop. W. Oldbam, hW Tan Seng Poh, Kan,. In the absence of the Prestdeajt, V.. J. vTsjUs, Esq., was appointed Chairman. M,n,,irx. T|,e Minutes of
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  • 55 5 MONDAY, 10m MAY. The hfesaageries Maritiee steamer Ujeiiiitah, Capt. Flambeau, from Mar- ■eilles 1 lth April, via Naples, Port Said, Sues, Aden, and Galle tad instant, ar- I rived at the Borneo Co'e wharf on Saturday evening, and will leave for Saigon, j Hongkong, and Shanghai,
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  • 53 5 A Government Oaz*tte Extraordinary of to-day.- date, after nottfj ing that Sir William Jervois had jirescnted liis commission ;1 |,,l beca sworn in as Governor, aniiounoeo the appointment of Lieut. Henry Edward MoCaUum, K. be I><- Acting Private Secretary to 11. K. the Governor, and Ci»|>t. George l'at n,2lth Ragi.,tobe
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  • 277 5 His Kxcclleiicv Sir William Francis Dnmiinond .Icivuis, the new Governor of the Strait.s Settlement!-, was formally ■won in at the Town Hall at noon to-day by His Honor the Chief Justice. There was a very large attendance of the public, the Hall being fairly crowded, and the seats reserved for
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  • 479 5 An exciting mm wa» witnessed yesterday morning, in the new chapel for ChineM and Natives that has been recently built on the slope of Port Cniiniug Hill ia Stainloid Road. Tins cbapel is allaclnd to the English mission l.i re, ami is prvfltded over by the Hcv. hit. Qkhdcs. There
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  • 516 5 Tiik following Addreee, nnmerooelv ■i^ned, was preeented to 11. K. Sir Andrew Clarke, on Friday last, by Hi< Lordahip Bishop Le Turdu, on behalf of the Roman Catholic members of the community Vol-k Excellency.— lt is with the deepest regret that the OathoKo Community of Snsapore ha> learned the approachlag
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  • 616 5 A (.ki.at awtitm Imh beet eaueed in Yokohama, bj the discovery of an extensive defalcation in the IJanking HoBM of the Comptoir d-EeeOßDte, on the part of Mr. CouteUi, the Cashier of the Uank, and Mr. Swahey, the Sub-Accountant, who had stolen from or defrauded the Hank of a large
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  • 691 5 The following PrnfilaßMtiff e «ii No* tilication? appear in last Saturday's (iovernmciit Gtuette PROCLAMATION' By His Excellency Onload bir Aadnra Clarke, K.E.. c.b.. k.c.m <i Governor and Couunan.lei-iu-CUef of the Straits Settlements, and Vice Admiral of the siuie Whereas under the Indian Act No. XXVI. of 1861, entitled "An Act
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  • Correspondence.
    • 168 5 PRESENTATION PLATE FOR SIR ANDREW CLARKE. I'o the Editor of the Daily Times :mr, -1 believe- there is a Committee for raising lahssiintium to purchase preeeoUtiofl plate for Sir A. Clarke, from the people of the BtraitN Settlements. Became I Uave neither heard nor seen any aaaree of thai Committee,
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    • 225 5 Tv the Editor of the Dttily Timm. Sir, I am sure the appearance of K. I/s letter in your i<sue of yostcrdav nm-t have given satisfaction to many tbe very unanimity of the good feeling towards our late QovanMT, seems almost to dispense with the n* -cssity
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  • 257 5 By His Excellency Colonel Sir Andrew Clarke, R.E., b b K.O Governor and Comniander-in-Chief of the Straits Settlements, and Vice-Admiral of the same. Whereas by an engagement entered into at Pulo Pangkor on the 20th day of January, 1874, at the instance of and by tho Chiefs of Perak,
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  • 430 5 The following is published for general information Whekeas by the Harbour's Ordinance of 1872, it is declared to be lawful for the (iovernor in Council to alter the limit s of any port, uaviguble river, or channel to be made subject to that Ordinance, and whereas it has been
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  • 202 5 Wh are sorry to find that we omitted to notice thr notification on the back of yesterday's Uu:ttle Extraordinary, announcing the Levee and Keecption to be held at < mvernment House to-day by His Kxccllcmv the Governor and Lady Jervois, us we are afraid our omission may
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 726 6 j). vV Company. ranmuLAß and oriental STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY. Offices D'Ahneida Street. GoDOWwa— At New Harbour. MAIL ft^'j LWUSTin prefeaal dates of arrival of the ,n>V Contract Mail Steam Shipß at n niDn" tion with the service, will W as follows <v iwA in Homeward fteadav l.'h .lan. Wednesday 13th
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    • 858 6 iHisfrrllanrous. To the Queen and Royal Family To H. R. the Prihck of Wales (Special Appointment) And to several Indian Potentates, Foreign Governments, and Railway Companies. Established 1749. J. W. BENSON, Watch and Clock Maker. Goldsmith, Silver-Smith, and Artistic Metal Worker. Prize Medalist of the London. Dublin, and Paris Exhibitions.
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    • 928 6 i&isutllanrotis. PERUVIAN GOVERNMENT GUANO, Dissolved by OHLENDORFF CO., at their Works, Plaistow. Victoria Dock. London. by virtus of a special concession granted by THE PERUVIAN GOVERNMENT Under Mess. J. Henry Schroder Co.'s ControL General Agents for and Sole Consignees of The Peruvian Government Guano in the United Kingdom. GUARANTEED TO
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    • 807 6 iflisrrHanrous. THE ROAD TO HEALTH. AND LONG LIFE. Secured by HOLLOWAT'S PILLS. Impurities of Blood. In selecting the most appropriate medicine lot a particular ailment, there may be sonic difficulty unless one can be found to purify, regulate, and improve the quality of the blood. Thoße Pills possess and exert
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    • 1005 6 ilfltcfrrllanroud. Established in 1820. C. LAZARUS CO., Incorporated with Shearwood Co., Cabinet makers, Upholsterers, Billiard Table Manufacturers. Carvers, Gilders, Dlcokators, and I General Furnishing Contkactors. By Appointment To Hie Excellency the Viceroy of India, H. R. H. th- Duke Edinburgh, Ac, &c, House. Land and General Commission AGENTS, Appraisers and
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    • 888 6 iflisrrllaiifous. DR. J. COLLIS BROWNBB' CHLORODYN-R* 0 RIGINAI. AND uNI.Y Og«Vt*| Thk Public are QaMWM unfounded st.it.-nients fre jii.-ntly au 1.Itai "the uaaauailiiwi nf Cki known to Chei.iists.iiid th.- Hedioal sion." The fact is. OBLoaOOTWi WM I) vered and Invented by Dr. J OOLLU Browni (ex Ariuv afediea] BtafD, sad
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