The Straits Times, 12 May 1877

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  • 14 1 The Straits Times. ,01.. XXXffl SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, MAY 12, 1877. SATURDAY EVEIUNG ffO. 2,855
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  • Domestic occurrence.
  • 65 1 STRAITS TIMES SATURDAY, MAY 12, 1877. LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS. Si: 1 okk. 12th May, 1*77. Bkl «r J 4.50. It. J v Flour, Sar.. ■~foe,Bontjne... uone twist.. 100. 3» SLirtings.. JAk 1 *> d 140. T.u..th 1..J0 B «&rts Opium "cms E O N Lo Nl) n *nk bills m.nthn
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  • 1360 1 Overland Summary was "V 1 2Nh April. On the" morn■P. and O. Steamer L..ndon mails M-ir-h: the M. M. steamer de.spatched with the mwvar.l mails Saturday sth MM. steamer La, ar- ■< same day with the Houje- April. Tin P.&O. with the London 1 April, isdueou Monday, n\>
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  • 922 1 The publication by Government of the Acting Inspector General of Police's report on the late fire is a step in the right direct which, we apprehend, is approved T>f by the general public. We haveiong advocated* the propriety of an official inquiry in every case of
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  • 895 1 Thk Postmaster General's report of 1976 has been published, ami, we suppose, read by all. No. one will charge Mr. Trotter with being a lax Postmaster, and every one, we. apprehend, appreciates the energy and intelligence with which he discharged the duties of hw Office,
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  • 1855 1 The last home mail's papers contain full accounts of the negotiations which led to the signing of the Russian Protocol, which was expected to secure the peace of Europe, and of the various speculations that were indulged in as to Russia's real motives and dpnigna in
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 127 1 :i..ns wi >..,-■ i -tho >i! all ,1 till c .iint.Tina! ngly. In I Kia aUoii. I led inand .i j(oarant.-e ..f their ing vi'"ii thi ..lies or n ■:iilar- n li i strictly ,ii- will I 1 1 n iti on i pablic r confines himself ■f the matter
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous

  • 1406 2 We extract the following items from our China exchanges received by the Jraouaddy on the sth instaut The Japau papers contain little or no news of the Satsuma rebellion, and it is more than doubtful it the Imperial forces' an- making any progress iv its ippresstoi!. dieral Saigo^l
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  • 1153 2 (Translated for the Sireits Timet. J (It n reque«t«<l of our contemporaries that in reproducing the** truitlationi their original appaumne* in th« Str, its T»iiM», may-be acknowledged). The Java Bode of the 21st April gives the following particulars as to the general situation in Acheen "At this moment
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  • 1312 2 REPORT OF INSPECTOR GENERAL Of POLICE, STRAITS SETTLE. MENS, FOR THE YEAR 1876. I. The events which most seriously affected the tranquility of the Straits SetI tlements doling the year. 1876 were those connected with the traffic in Chinese coolies, and the bringing of the Chinese population under the provisions
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  • 607 2 Report of the postmasterGENRAL FOR THE YEAR 1876. No. 66. General Post Office, Singapore 17 th April, 1877. Sir, I have the honor to submit for the information of Government, my Fourth Annual Report on the Postal Department of this Colony. Though our receipts during the year 1876 do not
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  • 89 2 Approximate Returns of Plost OFFICE Business. wived. I pan a ars .r-.n; 3H6» I llt.ftJS :l,:; I 1,171 ■8 1 iv.ivr.l 7it',t;7l ;>■.. I atohed. 1875. 1876 891,02? crs Us Mao espat. I 654,.t5:t of PoeTii. E«v f IJITULi L) ITU Kb. IHi 18M i on unpaid 'i 85.312 K
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  • 800 2 Mi.^iii.s of proceedings <>f tin 1 M uiciiial\ Commissioners on Tuesday, 24th Aferil, 1*77. /<>■ ,JWl>lej W. 11. Read,— President. JPfjltain H. WaUhe. KeaUßtter from the Hon'l onial SeSUuv dated Hth forming' tBV Commissioners that Excdl.-.uv thY Administrator hw pica.,. I in ,L Captain 11. Ac-tins Inspect* the
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  • SUPPLEMENT TO THE STRAITS TIMES, MAY 12, 1877.
    • 8 3 SUPPLEMENT TO THE STRAITS TIMES, MAY 12, 1877.
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    • 972 3 h Oonwl Own! start a Company toerlanda 1-, 1 ny, ivith Km isiati employe*, to ofja«ag fell,, us, well eduar as the three |I ta^ e ventually of the estates and the plantations of the Company No because, like«Jl good thin^ in the Straits, to talk about it M
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    • 761 3 (By Nemo.) ClTLOa is greatly exercised and itu lea.ling journal, the Colombo Observer, much pat out on ttM subject of Chur&h Establishment and the iniquity of paying persons to preach to and pray for the pubUc. As ;i general rule, and one which applies to praying as to anything
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    • 189 3 (Mo. W tor of rat Is Tunes.) THE WAR. London, Qtfi Mat/, a. m. The transvaal has been aunexed by Great Britain. The Russians, having made two attacks on Kars, were repulsed on both occasions, suffering heavy losses and they have been compelled to fall back. the British
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    • Correspondence.
      • 226 3 To the Editor of the Strait* Times. A Letter of thank. Siu, —Although perhaps rather late in the day, it seems due that one should acknowledge, as it deserves, the zeal of those persons who during the recent tire, pitched the effects found within the office No.
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      • 90 3 To the Editor of the Daily Time*. Sir, As you have given insertion in your paper to a letter signed, "Argus." will you Toe good enough to state that th j MserwioM therein contained an 1 entirely untrue; that the Alarm Guns were tire. l under ten minutes
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      • 97 3 Jo the JLditor of the Daily Times. Dear Mr. Editor, Mr. R. O. Bryce's lamentation on the ruins of his desks ainl i office furniture, on the occasion of the I late tire at Cavenagh Bridge, is "ertainly a very pitiful one, and more so when he
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      • 186 3 mo me x.auor oj me uauy x imen. Sir, We all know how hard worked and how well worked is the Colonial Medical department. It is almost cruel to demand information at its hands con- sideriug how fully employed they are or should be. lam certain sure
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      • 111 3 To the Editor of the Daily Time*. Sir, The Bird in the Ivy bush must be an Owl to suppose that the Government pigeon holes are to lie disturbed for his information. Owls should not be inImisitive, and valuable information should not be lavished indiscriminately. If the
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      • 223 3 To the Editor of the Daily Times. Sir, Your remarks on the late fire in Flint Street, will I hone meet with KMQe attention from our authorities. I would, further bring to notice the following points 1st. The Marine police were stationed at Cavenagh Bridge, not thirty
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      • 246 3 To tfe Editor of the Daily 'Hint*. SiK, Formerly when a tire occurred, a signal was given by two quick blows and a slow one, on a piece of hollow wood placed in front of the police stations, and at certain points on the beats. The consequence was that people
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      • 90 3 To the Editor of the Daily Time*. Sib, Will you kindly, by inserting this in your columns, afford me an opportunity of RRHnring Nemo," that after what, according to bis statement, happened at the Hotel de l'Europe some days ago, his much rnhotl, favourable opinion of the behaviour
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      • 420 3 To the Editor of the Daily Time*. Sir, I will thank you to grant me space for a few remarks in reference to the report of the Acting Inspector-General of Police on the late tire near Caveuagh Bridge. Capt. Walslie, in his report, states that the
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      • 71 3 To the Editor of the Daily Times. My dear Mr. Editor, I believe you are from north the Tweed, but can you or any of the sons of St. Andrew here present, inform me what a mi vi.is is Yours faithfully, QUERY. 10th May, 1877. OLD SCOTCH SAYING.
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      • 78 3 Jo the JLtltfor oj the Daily lime*. Sir, I wish to bring to your notice the way some things are carried on amongst some officials who make themselves too officious in interfering or recommending shipmasters to owners of ships, so that other poor men that are not acquainted
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    • News of the Week.
      • MONDAY, 7th MAY. .
        • 13 3 Captain Ord, we understand, takes charge of the General Post Office from to-day.
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        • 27 3 Mu. W. E. Maxwell will, we uuderstaud, return from Pcrak by the end of May, and will at once undertake Captain Walshe's duties as Senior Police Magistrate.
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        • 65 3 It is stated that the appointment of Mr. Phillips as Judge of Petiang is due, in no small degree, to Mr. Bond's telegram to the Pull Mall Gazette, and which went the round of the press,' complaining of the delay experienced by ex-Sultan Abdullah, in his application for a writ
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        • 66 3 Two prisoners, one of whom was sentenced to death tor the murder of Mr. Dent and whose sentence was afterward commuted, and the other, a long sentence prisoner, who wa* tried at the present assizes for having endeavoured to escape, succeeded in making their escape from the Criminal Prison early
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        • 105 3 Thb A ting Chief Justice announced in Court this morning that the Summary jurisdiction side of the Court was adjourned until 4th June. His Lordship, after disposing of as tnany«Mvil cases set down for hearing as he possibly can, will leave here for Pinangonthe 12tn instant and will open the
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        • 85 3 The unpleasant ordeal to which those who live in Town are subjected on Sundays, through the spectacle of numbers of lepers begging at their houses and in the streets, is becoming so revolting and such a widespread nuisance that the authorities should at once have it put down. There have
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        • 69 3 We make room to-day for the Annual Reports for 1876 of the Inspec-tor-General of Police, and the Post-master-General, which were published in Friday's Gazette, and reserve comment for a future occasion. Appended to the Postmaster-General's Report are the usual returns of the business of the Office, but the returns referred
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        • 102 3 We are informed that the Treasury lately received from Calcutta 1,000 boxes of copper coin of the value of $50,000, of which iOO boxes, value $20,000, have been sent to Labuan. This supply of copper coin will no doubt prove useful to the trade of the place, and might, we
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        • 222 3 The fuller telegraphic intelligence, brought by the French mail on Saturday, still leaves the question of when the declaration of war was made by Russia against Turkey unsettled, and it is a matter of doubt whether a formal declaration was made at all. It seems as if the Czar simply
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      • TUESDAY, Bth MAY,
        • 42 3 Tut; O. S. S. Co.'s steamer AnUnor, will leave T anjontf Paggar Wharf for Penang and London early to-morrow morning, with the following passengers for London. From Singapore —Dr. Anderson, Mrs. Koek and children Mrs. Mitchell, Mrs. John Leigk, and Miss Brown.
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        • 80 3 VVk are informed, that, owing to a failure of some of the pipes, it has not yet been found possible to pump the water to the tanks at the waterworks, which must be accomplished previous to supplying the town. Effort* are being made to remedy the defects, and, unless some
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        • 159 4 Yesterday, about one o'clock, a flash of lightning struck a corner of the residence on Tanjong Paggar hill ocenpied by Captain Smith, Manager of the Dock Company. The lightning seems to have first struck a tree close to the house and then glauced on to the roof, tearing a portion
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        • 165 4 It will have Wen seen from the judgment in the Arab Extradition case by the Acting Chief Justice that the prisoner was discharged on the somewhat technical ground that the Indian Act of 1854, under which he had been arrested, had been repealed, and was no longer in force here,
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        • 430 4 Thb incorrectness, and consequent untrustworthiness, of the Import and Export lists, published here, is proverbial, and enthusiasts and statistic table framers have not unfrequently tried their hands at a reform, but hitherto without the slightest success. There are merchants in the place who delight in conducting their business in supposed
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      • WEDNESDAY, 9th MAY.
        • 78 4 Wj would remind our readers that Mr. D'Arcy Read's wonderful "Ghost," entertainment will take place at the Town Hall to-morrow evening, an 1, from the great preparations being madr, we are of opinion that a great treat is in store for the citizens of Singapore. Some idea of the vastness
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        • 154 4 Mr. Justice Ford has Iwcn engaged since Friday last in the Supreme Court in hearing an action, in which Messrs. .Sassoon of Bombay are the plantiffs, and Messrs. K. M. C. A. Chitty and M. V .A Chitty are the defendants, for the recovery of 327,402.80 aud interest, for wrongful
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        • 117 4 Wl learn with great regret that the lightning Hash which struck Mr. E. M. Smith's rcMdeme on Monday last, was more serious in its effects to Mrs. Smith than was at first imagined. Mrs. Smith was struck down insensible by the flash and remained so for sometime but recovered radar
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        • 248 4 Ox*, of the most sensational inventions of the da^ is considered to be the Telephone, whereby sound can be conveyed to long distances by wire like a telegram. By means of this inveution it has been proved tbat a conversation can be held between two persons twenty miles or more
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        • 252 4 The following is the telegram sent to the Pali Mi/I Gmzette by Mr. I. S. Bond, in his capacity of legal adviser to the ex-Sultan AMullali of Perak. which is said to have fright fed the Colonial Office into attending to the crying need of these Settlements for Judges, by
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        • 277 4 Thk Editor of tli.; Skangkmi Cuurivr moralist's in the following strain upon the difficulties of journalists generally and in Siian^liai in particular. It would perhaps be ra>li to s.iv that thu remarks are altogether apptioabai to the Straits Settlements, but it is possible some of them may be not wholly
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      • THURSDAY, 10th MAY.
        • 30 4 We are informed, that, since the raiu has fallen, cholera has been considerably on the decrease in town, and, in fact, may now be said to have almost completely disappeared.
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        • 48 4 Thk Commission appointed to make arrangements for the representation of the Straits Settlements at the forthcoming Paris Exhibition held a preliminary meeting at the office of the Colonial Secretary, who was in the chair, yesterday afternoon. The other members present were Mr. Read, Mr. Whampoa aud Mr. MacArtlmr.
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        • 44 4 We learn from our exchanges by the Brisbane, which come down to the 25th April, that H. E. Sir W. W. Cairns has resigned the Governorship of South Australia from ill-health, and that»a large fire occurred in Sydney ou the 23rd April, damages, £15,000.
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        • 49 4 A Brisbane contemporary says: "Sir Arthur Kennedy landed at three instead of twelve o'clock to-day, April the 10th, in consequence of a difficulty rais«d by the Health Officer. There was a very enthusiastic reception, and the largest crowd ever seen in Brisbane, as well as a large volunteer gathering."
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        • 130 4 Wb extract from the Rangoon Daily News, the following London, itifh Apnl. Russian troops pouring into Roumania have arrived at Galatz. Russian regiment of Cossacks are Hearing ou Kalalat, which the Turkish troops occupied. Roumanian army has withdrawn to interior. Prince Nikita at head of Montenegrin army is marching towards
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      • FRIDAY, 11th MAY.
        • 36 4 On Tuesday last the plant and machinery of the Chindrass Mining Company, Limited, were sold by Mr. G. Angus at auction for the sum of §1,510, the purchaser being H. H. the Maharajah of Join). c.
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        • 16 4 It is gratifying to note that the town h now reported entirely free from i holera.
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        • 49 4 Wb understand every effort is being made by the engineers in charged the waterworks to effect a larger supply of water for the town, and, notwithstanding the late unsuccessful attempts towards that end, owing to the bursting of some pipes, they hope to be successful within a few days.
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        • 100 4 The evidence in the case of Messrs. Sassoon versus Messrs. Chitty, in which the issue involved amounts to a large sum, ia not yet concluded and on tomorrow His Lordship is bound to leave for Penang. Thus, in the middle of a case, the Judge has to depart in hot
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        • 39 4 Thb latest intelligence from Acheen is to* the effect that all is quiet and no further disturbances have been reported. The Dutch treops are being moved occasionally from place to place but meet with no opposition from the enemy.
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        • 164 4 Me. D'Arcy Read's performance in the Town Hall Theatre was an unique exhibition and was well worthy of the favourable comments which have been passed upon it by the Indian Press. It comprised a representation of Goethe's Faust," including four scenes, and the three principal characters and the spectral illusions
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        • 328 4 In our issue of Wednesday there appeared extracts from the Java papers giving an account of the high honours paid by the Dutch authorities to the mortal remains of the late Italian General Bixio, who died of cholera at Acheen in December 1878. General Bixio, it will be remembered, took
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        • 373 4 Tjie following new notifications, under date 10th May, appear in today's Government Gazelle. Thursday the 24th instant, being the Birthday of Her Majesty the Quken. will be observed as a close holiday at all the Government Office**. His Excellency the Administrator has been pleased to appoint Dr. T. I. Rowell
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        • 470 4 The Hon'ble the Colonial Secretary lias forwarded to us for publication the following extract of a letter received by him from the Honorary Secretary to the Shantung Fanvne Relief Fund. The Local Committee here feels deeply indebted to the kiud friends who have so nobly and liberally Bubscribed to the
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      • SATURDAY, 12th MAY.
        • 74 4 According to the Brisbane Telegraph of the 6th April, a limited liability company has been formed in Brisbane to float and save the K. and A. Co's wrecked steamer Singapore, with a capital of £5,000 in '20 shares of £250 each. The hull and machinery of the Singapore is estimated
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        • 109 4 Among otfc« i tt ms )f Australia by the E. and A? mer Brisbane is the' note, that the ship y. Blanchard, left New y, rl ginning of February, with nil I steerage passengers, all Wfllt tisaus, labourers, an all emijjratintr oo account rfi* times" from the United Stat« ney,
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        • 83 4 Want of space precludes lication to-day of Major (inv J on the Singapore Criminal' P ri J. 1876, which appears in v v Gazette. It is a very full t^^" taking report which deserv,- pays perusal, presenting photograph, as it were, of life of the great Jail of th«- Three
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    • Page 7 Advertisements
      • 634 7 ar company. M> ORIENTAL PTFAM NAMGATION COMPANY Offices—- D' Almeida Street. O(.d«'W»»— At New Harbour. \IVTL LIKES. The fallowing ire the dM«* on which Mail M earners may r.. here in 1-77 i OCTWARD. HOMIVWAEI. :<th Jan. Wednesday l'»th JaS. 23rd 24th Feb. 7th Feb. 2lHt Mar. «th Mar. 2lßt
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      • 876 7 iHtttrrllnnrous. To THE QITF.ICM A.WO H">T I. FvMIT.Y To H. R. the Prince or W at.c« 1 .cial Appointment^ And to several Indian Potentates, ForeignG and Railway Companies EBTA»tI»HFD 1749. J. VT.BKVSON. Watch ani> Clock W a kfk. Goldsmith I K-BMITH, AND ARTISt'C MeIAL WORKKR. T'ju7i Medalist of the London,
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      • 865 7 iflisrrllaiifous. ENGLISH GOODS. Via Sckz At cheapest nites. D. NICHOLSON- O. si! K. WOOLLEN AND WANCHBSTEB WARK HOUBBMKN'. INDIA. COLONIAL AND FOREIGN OT T TFITTERS 50 to 52, St. PAUL'SCHURCHYARD CORNER OK CHKAPSIDE. LONDON, ESTABLISHED 1*74. Invite attention to their Illustrated 120 page Catalogue and Outfitting List 60 pages, sent
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      • 951 7 iHisrrllaneou*. HOLLOWAY'S OINTMENT. OLD SOEES AND OLD SKIN DISEASES. The seeds of these disorders «re affec tually expelled by this petfeUating UnI'lient, not only from the «op«-fic il parts, but from the intenal tissues likewise. Any case, even of twenty years' standing, specA CERTAIN ClTßlß^pbß BRONCHI TIP. DIPHTHERIA, SORE THROAT
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      • 938 7 i&fcrrllanroug. Protected by Royal LeO- ,■>■ Potent, Dated October lltb. 1S69. U.VDKK Dl8TIH<jTTI8HgaPAT»OW\GE. DR. BRTGHTS PHOSPHOPYNE < Oionir Oryaen The 'mm Curative Aoe^t, ant ovvt Reliable fok Nrkv»cs AlfD LrvRE COMTIAINTS. J,hia Phosphatio combination is proonunced hv the rr.ost eminent .meml^rf of the medical Profession to bo uneoualled for its
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      • 655 7 I>K- JCrSo^v' IS TBE ORIOIWAL AND Oxiv Pw Thk Pul.lir areCA! m,, imfoi.n.ied statement* f, flint "the Composition „f M known to Chemist Hand tho M.'; sion.".Tlie fact is. Chi ve¥edaTTdrnv.-nte.ll>vl>r..J C 01 1 (ex Army Medical Staff), him. and it has bafll.-l nnalysiß by the first Cl The method
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 653 4 Holloway Pill*.— Excellent PiUi-.% resourceH of medicine and chemutn long and fruitlessly tried yielded a reme \j which c.iuld oteitj disoders of the stomach «n Professor H<>l|.<way discovered I ing and tonic Pills. They are and sure»t correctives of ii heart-burn, flatulency, t irpi live-, twitching, nervous fancie*, dap* dency,
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  • SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE
    • 538 5 Saturday, sth May. H. N. M. steamer Curacas, I.IOJ tons. Bower commander, Sourabaya 2»>tli April consignee H. N. M.'s Consul. M. M. steamer Emirne, 727 tons. Pichat c •miuander, Batavia. :'.r«l May. consignees Mewsageries Maritimes. Snnday. 6th May. Dutch Hicamor Banda. tons, 697 Van Loenen commander, Sou- rabuya -ml
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    • 188 5 Monday, 7th May. British steamer Ban Yong Seng, Dark c, for Bangkok H. M. steamer Emirne. Pi hat fur Batavia. Tuesday, Bth May. British steamer Pyah Pekket. Joyce, for Malacca Penang. British brijf Joseph Brown. Williamson, for Gibraltar f. o. Wednesday, 9tb May. British steamer Antenor, Jones, for London.
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    • 679 5 Chip's Namks. Captains. M.AO Si x OF AKRIVALS Where From Wbebk Lying Consignees or Agents. MEN-OF-WAR Growler Boni Draak Ouracoi BTEAMERS Pilot Fish Weazel Paragua B. Sloet v d Boele Ophir Hroin.. Spaitan Pluto W. a d<- Vries Edinburgh Petrel Far £ast Royalist Vidar Jeddah Indau
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  • 9 6 lli' of the W;:i will I i M iy,
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  • 384 6 h KICK i the '—The si It? j nigles an I e.juire I tli- b..: the owt vrill PI I r il toon f .How. -are rt, traflo. ill,' at- RT ROADS. The road i* closed for -<»'■< shewing level* atractor has coin—The Hth in 1 with laterite; pat hin,'
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  • 2126 6 IIhk following i-. the judgment lutely Acting Chief Jubticc, the k Uradi- iu w.ii :h lli" i Tf tV :it n ■ind.ji- an I t*« ttropg jjMH -,n!-J.i upon that ii liority might be Mr. <ltrke's -in which it was 11 Ex I aditioa Act A
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  • 1729 6 t^" 1^ Juttice.J *''^jfil ljq«*' important decision £vriW by tbe Actin- Chief I Jag^otrm t, case of alleged gambling, I \ft fch if wilt b« seen that bis Lord- sbin ha« taken' a broad and comaiua •east view of the tact* of the cas*, ;i:i.|, it is t
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  • 1750 6 {From our own Correspondent.) Paris, 7th Apbil. I', ml ile Cassagnac, the fighting tionapartist editor, who raves, rather than writes, in Le Pay*, has been sentenced to two months 1 imprisonment and fined fr.tt,()<X). His misdemeanor consisted in a chronic abuse of .the republican institutions, in the choicest
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