The Straits Times, 28 July 1877

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    17 1 The Straits Times. uil, XXXID PUBLISHED EVEHY SINGAPORE, (SATURDAY, JULY 28. 1877. SATURDAY EVENING No. 2.86 C)
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  • Domestic Occurrences.
    • Obituary
      DEATH.
      15 1 d tbe :21st instant. »U of Mr ALEXAHrs ;iud six months. his relatives and
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    STRAITS TIMES SATURDAY, JULY 28, 1877.
    54 1 STRAITS TIMES SATURDAY, JULY 28, 1877. >mo*r .r«. 2*th July, 1-77. *«ki« S 4.70. 755. 14.— 3.02 i :i.S5i, k.Bontjme. -1 50 10.15. l.<)_ 1.40i 1.15. l.:to. t lit 4/1. 14 >1" paid) $130. ■•Mrtoni D.,. Co. isloo paid; par. i to paid par. 2**aiu.'C«... -".paid) I Ld. par. n
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    THE WAR.
    915 1 I tbe war brought by -of the vaguest and character. The RusTurks and the war corres- 'laveall entered into keep all Europe in the 't what is going at the vie with such other *'uld wll the biggest and most l'W*eisil)l lies. The English m divided into Turks,
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    THE SUEZ CANAL.
    893 1 The out-spoken declaration of Lord Derby that if, in the course of the war between Russia and Turkey, there was any attempt made by either belligerent to interrupt the passage of the Suez Canal, England would interfere and consider it a eatns hell'i has, it appears, met
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    THE LATE SULTAN ALLIE'S FAMILY.
    713 1 A coitiiESi'ONDENT writes us regarding the late Sultan A4lie, his family, and H. H. the Maharajah of Johore. I He is evidently a strong partisan of Tunku Allum. We cannot publish all > his letter, but leaving out some irrele- vant remarks regarding the action
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    THE FAMANE IN INDIA.
    2297 1 THE FA MANE IN INDIA. The telegram from the Viceroy of i India to H. the Administrator, which we published yesterday, seems to require a comment or two by way of explanation. As all oar readers must be aware, a terrible famine has been prevalent for some time back in
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      140 1 -iMLNTS. rtisements made known 1 "*rv I ntofor long periods will be also in -HILL, St eet, city v Cal- 1, else all 1 '•Tinanded "1 I 'pne;t de* .^ns or other be attended to. in be in- m tin* name and in enolos.d at least isa fWWntee of their
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    THE CHRISTIAN BROTHERS SCHOOL.
    514 2 A> will have been seen from our i^sue of Saturday last, some dissatisfaction exists among the Eurasian community regarding the teaching of the English language in the Christian Brothers' School, and they have adopted a very legitimate mode of remedying matters by petitioning the headquarters of
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    The Christian Brothers' School.
    774 2 It appears that the report in this paper on Saturday last of the meeting held to consider the teaching of English in the Christian Brothers' School was too brief, and also erroneous in ma^ ny respects, and so calculated to convey wrong impression of the objects
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    JAVA ITEMS.
    1310 2 (Translated for' the Straits Times.) i It i« requested of our contemporaries that in reproducing th' -na tuii^llliiiiii their original appoanura* in the Kru ir Tinmt may be acknowledged) From Katavia papers to the lftth July, the following intelligence is translated "The British ship ChrW.ian MacAui. hmd, Cou
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    Pinang News.
    856 2 Th* following it#ms are extracted instant!— It is rUmoured tbtft the JTrenctt xvian uteamers, are to call <t Pinangfrom the let January, 1878.« On the 18th July, information was received in Pinang that the Dutch had attacked the stronghold ofTuku Mada Nia Malim, ex-Rajah of Simpang Olim, Panty
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    SUPREME COURT.
    3766 2 (Before the Acting Chief Jmtice and a Common Jury.) TI»: COUSTERFKIT DOLLAR CASE. Chan Ah Tye aud Chin Ah Soo, two Chinese women, v .ere yesterday placed in the dock in the Supreme Court, charged, first, with delivery of current coin posseted with the knowledge that it is
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    AUSTRALIAN NEWS.
    1108 3 UHUUfI IMMIOBATIOX. I'iik disallowance by Lord CanutrvMf the Goldfields Amendment Act passed last session by the Queensland Parliament with the object of checking Cl.inese immigration into Queensland his excited some discussion throughout all the Australian Colonies, and, upon the whole, the Secretary of State's action has received tlie
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  • Correspondence.
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      RUSSIA AND TURKEY.
      714 3 To the Editor of the Daily Time*. IH.ak Sir,- Can you, or any one in- form me in these atrocity days, the difference in degree, between the great and glorious victory of Navarino," and the so vailed massacre of Sinope in the I former the victors had
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      THE LATE SULTAN ALLIE.
      166 3 To the Editor of the Daily Times. Sir, Your correspondent of yesterday is no doubt right in stating that such differences as anak koofoo and atiak jareeha are recognized by Mahometans, but quite wrong in his application of the same in drawing comparison between the sons
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      192 3 To the Editor of the Daily Times. I ojiite agree with the remarks contained in the letter signed, Two Common Jurymen," published in your issue of 21st instant, about the scant courtesy with which Jurors are treated under the present system as compared with former days. On Wednesday, notices were
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      THE MAHARAJAH OF JOHORE.
      84 3 To the Editor of the Daily Times. Sir, —In your late issue you mentioned that H. H. the Maharajah of Johore is of the blood royal. lam afraid you have been badly advised in H. H's. genealogy, Princes of blood royal are styled Tunku and of
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  • News of the Week.
    • MONDAY, 23rd JULY.
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        57 3 The Straits steamer Bcumore, Capt. Augustin, from Pinang 19th, and Malacca 22nd instant, anchored in the roads this morning with the following passengers. Passengers. Messrs. C. K. E. Woods, Arthur J. Parks, R. V. Boswell. J. de Rozaiio, T. J. Minjoot, A. Sta. Maria, 1 Corporal and 1 Constable in
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        51 3 Mesmo. Apear and Cos. steamer ArraUxfn Apcar, Captain Mactavish, from Hongkong, with dates to the 14th instant, arrived alongside Tanjong Pagar wharf yesterday morning and left for Penang and Calcutta at 2 p. m. to-day. Pasbengbes. For Singapore.—From Hongkong: Mrs. Falconer, Mr. and Mrs. Skene and Mr. L. G. A
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        30 3 For Calcutta. —From HoDgkong: Ifsaan B. E. Patail and F Pe»tonj<»e. From Singapore. Messrs. T. Windsor, R. A. Gnbbay, A. Y. Onbbay and S. 8. Ezra and Mrs. A. Gubbay.
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        103 3 Th*" latest Ceylon papers contain deI tails oj the loss of the M. M. steamer M'ikon<h but furnish no new or interesting information that has not been published already in our columns. From our tefcjntphfc summary it will be seen that Cape Goadafui keeps up its pvil reputation for shipwrecks.
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        71 3 We learn that official information has been received from the Captain of the Coiherstone and Inspector Strugnell in charge of the Police Guard, dated Rhio Straits, the 20th instant, that the Native State prisoners and thoir followers were qnite contented with the accommodation on board that ship. The Coiherstone was
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        23 3 It is rumoured that H. E. Sir W. F. Robinson, our new Governor, will arrive here by the next Australian mail from Galle.
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        66 3 Mr. L'Estraxok, the Australian Blondin, proposes, as will be seen from our advertising columns, to give three evening performances on th Esplanade. The first will be given to-morrow evening and the other two on "Wednesday and Thursday. Lime light and rockets will be brought into requisition and the performance will
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        169 3 On the 16th instant we published an abstract, which appeared in the London, and' China Expres of the 15th June, of Sir William Jervois' Report on the Straits Settlements for 1875, with the remark that, according to the abstract, Sir William Jervois himself was the cause of the want of
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        355 3 An Englishman is a proverbial grumbler, and, whatever grievance or fancied grievance he may be labouring under, he deems it his inalienable right to write to the papers Our correspondents of Saturday, Two Jurymen,' seem sadly put out that they should be obliged to serve upon a jury at all,
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    • TUESDAY, 24th JULY.
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        86 3 The following passengers from Sin* gapore left per P. k O. Co's steamer J Cathay, last Saturday afternoon. For Pinang CapUun H. H. H. Walshe I and servut, Mr. Cbong Marcus. 1 groom, I Mr. Tooth, Captain and Mr». A. Bowers and •errant, Mr. Ritren and 3 natives. For Bombay.
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        30 4 Captaik Walsh k, Acting Inspector il of Police, left on Saturday last be P. and O. steamer Cathay for Pinang, which b will make his head quarters for some weeks.
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        88 4 The alarm of fire given this morning about half-past two o'clock by the signal gun was due to a mistake. It appears that three Junks lying at the entrance of Qualla Kallang near Sandy Point, were having their bottoms cleared and burned. About 20 men with torches were at work,
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        36 4 Mii.i.ar, who is arraigned under two sections of the penal Code for voluntarily causing hurt to his wife and adopted daughter, is being tried to-day in the Supreme Court before His Honor, the Acting Chief Just:
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        65 4 It is expected that Mr. Justice Phillips will arrive here from Penang about the end of this week, and, i t is probable, the American seaman, Smith, will be placed upon his trial for the murder of the second mate, Welsh, on board the American barque Mohican in the harbour,
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        40 4 In order, says the Madras Timet, that there may be uniformity in practice of using the Imperial titles, the Governt of India have decided that the following shall be the proper way of styling Her Majesty Queen Empress of India."
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        124 4 Bombay, it appears, has suddenly discovered that, of all the large towns in India, it alone has no Volunteer Corps, and, as it claims to be the real capital of India, and its Municipality has just chosen for its motto the proud one of Primus in India, it has resolved
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        228 4 ■KUi.vt. to the Bombay Gazei'e, the Government of India applied some time back to the Secretary of State for the services of a special officer to arrange torpedo coast defences for India, and it is said that Captain G. M. Collings, R. E., is the officer selected, and that he
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    • WEDNESDAY, 25th JULY.
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        41 4 Kl'hk French war steam transport (Jvrrrzr, from Saigon with date- to > £Oth instant, anchored in the roails ■nday night, j>rocee<led alongside fie Borneo Company's wharf yesteriy morning, and left for Toulon this orning via Anjer with French naval and military passengers.
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        47 4 Tut B. 1. S. N. Co.'s mail steamer Himalaya, Captain W. Loutit, from < alcutta witli dates to the Mh instant, j via Rangoon, Maulmain, Penang and Malacca, anchored in the roads yesterday morning with the following jia«sengers R«vd. W. H. Uomes, aud Mr. N. P. I reveuea.
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        35 4 Ex-Ikspwtor Millar was yesterday found guilty, on the. second count of the indictment uuder which be was charged, of voluntarily causing hurt, and was sentenced by the "Acting Chief Justice to six months' rigorou* imprisonment.
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        43 4 Ax adjourned inquest was held at the Coroner's office on the 24th instant, on the body of a male Chinese, named Chia Ah Phak, who hanged himself by the neck to a beam in a brick kiln at Rochore. Verdict Suicide by hanging.'
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        118 4 Mr. L' Estrange, the Australian Blnndin gave the first of his evening performances on the Esplanade yesterday before a large assembly. A very attractive display of fire works and lime lights contributed to add to the interest of the performance and lit up the tent very brilliantly. Mr. L'Estrange's feats
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        245 4 Private advices ot yesterday's date, received from Malacca, state that there are at the present time thirteen cases awaiting trial at the Special Assizes to be held there on the Ist proximo. Of these, two are for perjury, one of forgery, two of gang robbery, two of house breaking by
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        55 4 The best shooting regiment, says the Englishman, in the army, tor the year 1876-77 was tlie '26th Canicronians, with a figure of merit of 208*90, Capt. Phillips' being the best shooting company. The best shot with the Henry-Martini was Corporal F. Prattinton, 80th Regt., and the best judge of distance,
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        182 4 The following paragraph from the Rangoon correspondence of the Knglishman is of some local interest here, the Fitzpatrick being a regular trader between this port and Burmah. A suit brought by a Chinese firm, Chin Hong and Co. who have also a branch house in Calcutta), against the firm of
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    • THURSDAY, 26th JULY.
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        42 1 the reo pta and the Malacca Muni.i- eoflßpacativt m 1875 and I^7'.. 1 atfad for both Tot«l i u> <•! the Fund was I 187.'. 14,198.741 I m in the (..n-.Tvan W> m I have been d the Bf*wp < >f v an(l I
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        166 1 j tdcgnoM of a late I the BrUbane Tettftmpk, a I, ,i,|h in- to tin- <-tr.vt that a nr.il in the Sydney tmemblj? betw*ea Sin X..C.M.0., the Premier, X.C.M.d., i i aitioo, ax to the the Kussiaii Fleet, tht U that it was at San and the other at New
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    • FRIDAY, 27th JULY.
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        The Government Gazette.
        210 1 Thf. following new notifications apjiear in to-day's Gazette: The Secretary of State has confirmed the leave of absence to Dr. A. F. Andkr--BON, for two months with full s ilary and six months with half salary also to the Hon'blb H. Plcnikt, Superintendent of Police, Penang, for
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        472 1 One of the most prominent items of news by the last mail from home is the conviction of Mr. Brad laugh and Mrs. Annie Besant for selling a book entitled Fruits of Philosophy," written in support of the Malthusian theory of population. The defendants employed no counsel and Mrs. Besant
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    • SATURDAY, 28th JULY.
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        971 1 Trade within the last six months, has hoen good and of a steady nature, it haa i«-c.-ived a slight check in the last month on account of the epidemic which has nnlortn at*ly viniud us, but the returns which we publish today, disclose on the whole a wholesome and healthy
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        114 1 Holloway'i Ml* and Ointment —Unfailing Restoratives. When clim%te. ag* or hardship has undermined the he iltb, skin diseases are prone to arise and augment the existing weakness. Hollowny's melicameuts daily prove most serviceable, even under the most untoward circumstaaces. His well-known and highly-esteemed Unguent possesses the finest (balsamic virtues, which
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      907 4 ißisrrilawous. DR. J 001^8 BROWNES' CRJLOfcODTNE. Is the Owonna. andohlt Gbnwih« Th« Pnblic s*e Catttiohbd againsttho unfounded statements frequently made that "the composition of ChlOboDTW* known fco Chemists and the Medical Profession." The fact ml Chlobodywb was Discovered and Invented by Dr. J. Coilib Bbowwe (ex Aaar,lfaaio>l.Btiiff). and so named
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      977 4 iKtfceitimrou*. HOLLOWArs OINTMENT. OLD SORES AND OLD SKIN DISEART3S. Tbe »cci» of tb««e dialers are affec tuallv etpdte& hj Aie penetrating Un> I I invent not «»Uy *K>m **>c superficial parto, bXfroro tbJintenal tissues likewise. Any fflbie, even of twenty years' standing, •peeany rieldt *o its in4wM» o Jt>nV f!HT
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      696 4 ittidrrllanrous. [a consequence of gpnr LEA* PERKINS which are calculated t beanngtheirSiifnuMr. L«a Perbins, which is placed on every I, WORCESTER^FIIR! and without which none Ask for Lea Pkrrin Bee Name on Wrappor, Lal, c i R Stopper. Wholesale and for Export l. v .1 r> prietors, Worcester; (V lr
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  • SUPPLEMENT TO THE STRAITS TIMES, JULY 28, 1877.
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      8 1 SUPPLEMENT TO THE STRAITS TIMES, JULY 28, 1877.
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      HOLLOWAY COLLEGE AND SANATORIUM.
      103 1 ird of Holloway's Pills Mid who hits not tried both Ii personal acknowledge Probably, however, there are anything about Mr. Hol r illy, or that he is alive and :ind good work. Our may be interested in particulars. Mr. Holloway ra: (33. Oxfoed Street. fniiiT. 11th
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      193 1 g ii the circular referred to Mr H,,;;,,wav:— I'm. ls and Ointment. bar, LBS7, was the first day si inents appeared in any I'ills and Ointment for a conobtained little or no favour. 1 ,wn to the docks to see capi .nJ passengers sailing to all i iM, collecting from
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      HOLLOWAY COLLEGE AND HOLLOWAY SANATORIUM.
      253 1 HOLLOW AY COLLEGE AND HOLLOWAY SANATORIUM. .t* lntd ll ™y duty to make some to the public for the throMh them, I possess. t tkM intention I hare A -;'""J t1,., building of a College for «l the middle and upper middle of ninety-five acres. '-ii. mile of Egham. and
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    • SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE
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        Arrivals.
        645 1 Saturday, 21st T uly. British steamer Far East, 120 tons, Armstrong commander, Rhio 21st July, consign' es O. Schombur(jk ,V Co. Dutch barque Suwa, 600 tons. Van Venwger commander, Batavia. 17th .July, consignees Syed llohamed. British steamer Carrisbrooke, 986 tons, Wharton commander, Swatow, 13th July, consignees Bun Hin Co.
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        Departures.
        250 1 Saturday, 21st July. British steamer Atholl, Th tmson, for Hougkou^. British steamer Paknuui, titrattoo, for Saigon. Sptnish steamer Salvadora. Hormachea, for Manila. British steamer Thales, Coles, for Penang. Dutch steimor Kon. Willeui 111, Hoffmann, for Hatavia. Mouday, S.Wd July. British steamer Carisbrookp, Wbarton, for Penang. Spanish ship Augustiuo. Acordagoicochea.
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        SHIPPING IN THE HARBOUR.
        1068 1 Ship's Names. Captains. Klao A Rio. 4 Dati S5 OF AEZ. KIVAI..A'HKIiK FKOM Where Lying onsigneks O> Agent-. Dkstinatiow I MEN-OF-WAU Aart Van Nes Wellekins Growler Willcox STEAMERS Pilot Fish Weazei Tijger van Cotie Moore Telegraph Valbeig Somerset Torrence Murtakiu de Padua Pinto Huddle Edinburgh Worsley
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