The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1835-1869), 16 February 1837

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    20 1 The Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. ,*v». tjt# vnsn.iY' .i/ob.v/.v«, i c» febr r.m r, i s y !"*>!. 2.
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    A VISIT TO CHINA.
    3839 1 (From the Calcutta Literary Gazette, Ja;iy. 1. 183"; Some men are apt to imagine that a trip to Canton •nd the outliy of a few hundred dollars, in China street, gije them a ri^Ut, if not a qualification, to dogmatize, on questions of the highest niutnent
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    72 1 The writer begs to be understood as not pretending to accuracy or even order. These slight sketches; are made from memory as they occur to him, ani if they convey a general idea of the place and serve in any degree to amtise his object is accomplished. He has made
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      460 1 -^-«i rg^Hi 1.1. Daiqve SIKCAJ v I I*n l.l < pt. 1 j Too», -mi j n:t cf \.*x c-nrpo ,-i- u to r( v. ill 1 1 I tlii -'Jiil. i freight or I'asll aIACIAINEa FRASEO Ik CO. ,7. li.C iH PM LIVERPOOL. -i^*2k ffflll. Km A. I. f:i>i-
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      108 1 NOTICE. THE Committee appointed at a Meeting held on Bth Ttrbv. 18:J7, having prepared Regulation! for theSiNOAPonE CiiAMur.it oi Commfrcf, hficbv raqueil a Meeting of the Commercial Community of the Settlement, to be held at the Heading-room on Monday the "Zoth inst., at 1 1 e'doct a. m for the
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    PRODUCE OF THE SANDWICH ISLANDS.
    462 2 I\(jim the Sj'uUlrh ttc r-.nH^i^n «>f our rrnd-- .4 abr;» >1, wr J' 1 t ..■i u .1 <..'.-.(:, lli .'..IliC" U'l.icil lU'l'. '„r .it I t 1 1 iiittjti we canuu yet for i~ 1 > > i>\ ipi t pi \a I inrni:
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    NOTICE TO FOREIGN EDITORS.
    336 2 Vs e take the liberty ot torwardm 5 a number of ouv > KJkoci la Bwape, ti»c United Btalu, Cliiui, C'.iili, Peru, Ncv So-uii Wales, anJ in WMMNH oJut direction* in *> Joi-i^ we are actuated by the desire to inci c t-c 1 the Udeuiliteas
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    Tranlated for the Canton Press EXTRACTS FROM THE SAN KWO CHE. "Annals of the three Kingdoms."
    341 2 Tranlated for the Canton Press EXTRACTS FROM THE SAN KWO CHE. "Annals of the three Kingdoms." In the village of CwSM mere liv-l QMwl brotiiers who \\-a- never Ulv from lirlnoer They one dty agreed to go and a>k Kwatduh MThy they v.vie thus severely visited. lie, on being questioned
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    MISCELLANIES.
    725 2 COCTBTAXU of Newspaper? Tire '.Ml to com•c.UdHtt ami amend the Jiv.s rclatil^ to the coMv«f tur<? of h«jws]>;i|*rs Ly the |Ki>t enact >.- -J hlt it Mwifmimi test by t;.e leMrd p<wt ivwl.iu the (Jaitol IWN^ithe gcueral pu.st, and delivered by tlu- n t -n >0 o« two|.»;u«j ro
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  • CORRESPONDENCE.
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      TEMPERANCE SOCIETIES.
      102 2 to the rnrroß of nil lIKOAPOftI PBES rr.i.-.s. Mir. Editor, Allow me through the medium of the /•>?- P/rs.i, to inform the writer of the letter •üb■cribed M Temperance Sod*ties* in last Chronicle, that I have by DM I varietv of interesting pttmoltleti on the subject of his
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      422 2 to t i i b ku i ro b or tiic tiVG pi n e r i&c i pit •j 7Jt«r Mr. EJit<tr y \our columns appearing open to commankatioM on any general subject, 1 hope you will oblige me by inferring this, as conceive the spirit of the three
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    THE FREE PRESS.
    359 2 Singapore, Thursrf-ay, February 1&A1837 By the arrival of tho Fattal Barry from Siam during the week we have received advices from Bangkok, Dp to 26ih u!t. The market with re*(*ct Ui iyiporti continued much fa the same, stale as reported in our last. Su^ar ■rat becoming more
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    394 2 Doth the Cowtztjee Family and Rob Roy li.t\ e arrived from Calcutta during the week, the former on tfie 13th and the latter *on the lltli in*t. We Uave onj; usu«l Bengal filea by the (Jotvitsjce from the 2Ut Deer, to '2-ircl n!t. Tiie Btncoolea frotn ti'j poit and Penang
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    300 2 In our numb rof2 ml iust. we mentioned th t the French barque Polotwis, CajH. Martens, bad j>tii back to thia port, having carried away her rudd< r by striking on a »!io3l near the Island of Balabuc. We have since been favored niih the Lit. and Lon£. of the
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    288 2 The fcU of the Bombay ihip John Banneraunt, Cap*. Wilson, for wbote safety fears t tve far some time part been entertained, is »t hst put beyond a doubt. Yesterday the second and third Officers, and forty- til ree bscan, belonging to that m.furt (mate vessel aittved here by the
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    MOULMEIN.
    708 2 As European settlers have been and still pro resorting to Moulm stn since 1 1 ie mi si >', by the L3:i:ii!i, the following particulai >i I'e^tlng- the commercial nn*\ < A)I1 duiou and prospects of that country, not prove altogether uninterestin very circumstantial an minute, tij. ni lion
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    504 2 mhJ of its.iv I" c )uon in iiojilmein, e had fur »i i'l Vl Vety hi «*W NIX«Al» <> IS fe I'RE E PRfeS. S. ii of t'.,- native i i more i 1 ml t \>, ft mi, yet J I i, i s-v.t «>.»■ govern- t Kii if
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    PROHIBITORY REGULATIONS AT DUTCH OUT-FORTS.
    979 3 PROHIBITORY REGULATIONS AT DUTCH OUT-FORTS. ore Cbami ft of Coirin nn cess of formatu \w *,i »,-t iti ik|liii i! I >:! < yi in lon v id) re ipect to I -.li cottons tad wot lenient, m every one of tie I of ilic Archipelago irith a w !.i
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    592 3 A Report of t;. Malacca Free School for tin- ycara 1833 h*.k! 1836 h»s lately been publi*he*l lit? re l)y i lie Secretary of that I;»sti- j lution which give* 1 very pleating and en- rottraging view of the progre«j of education I at t:;.' sister Settlement. M Previous to
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    METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS FOR THE YEAR 1836.
    125 3 I V2 !l» i L»' *i» t>» 5? o yj? if »1 »J rX --1 05 H H M SI 5 -1 -~J -*J -1 -> I •'f C> C. -4 -vl CO C wi I I s« s *s^^r^s« g i I 7^
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    IMPORTS.
    817 3 H. f Hurrii from Heimttg 3 chests F?en i i < urn, ioO pis. j..i;ii,.i iron, 1.').) m!-:. brown su;i r h >r. iva lobaot i 12 cor. blue salemporc*, 7*> i .IV >pe rope, UiOOSp. drs. Malutcu 9 pb. /<. Hindi •n Si tut— 16 in no empty
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    EXPORTS.
    1086 3 B. brii: Harri€t t for Malacca and Penong 30 pis. gambier, -20 pis. raw sago, 1,500 m no. pa| er umbrellas, G bas'is China tobacco, 30 cor. l>u;is sarongs, ib basks, dried fruits 300 in no. iron (HUM, 20 pis. grape shot, 15 coys. Skm salt, 45,U00 in no.
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  • Singapore Free Press Price Current.
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      SINGAPORE, THURSDAY MORNING 16th. FEBRUARY, 1837.
      1422 4 No B>utics on imports Cx»orts and no Port Chargeg on Vessels. Urytn V > r r m^lV rMe rff n< tt l /Sj nhk Prided Me C<-uf,« The common weirjhtis the PlculcfVSn lbs. atoirdvyoise. divided info 100 Catties. Sai t a*d Ri CF are
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    FREIGHTS TO LONDON & LIVERPOOL.
    65 4 FREIGHTS TO LONDON LIVERPOOL. Tni Sc Antimony Ore £2. Os. per 20 CWI 0,, £4 {]q Do. baskets casks £4. lo.v. do "'^s £5. 55.«.£ 5 10.. do 'i\nibier in hulk, J>o in baskets, £o Pepper 5 J* >ngo in bags £4. prr SOCwt. )oin boxes £4. per oO Cubic
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    EXCHANGES.
    79 4 )n London Navy Treasury Billi, 10 a MO days Sight 4s, 6d. No»>e English, c Months sight is, Bid. per Dolhr An.encan. 6 Months .siyl.t, 4/. 8!r/. a 4.s.9 A,erDlr. On Calcutta, Oovt. ;jo days' St 2'2oCoy's. P^ P« H>o Sp. Dm. Noi.e. J rivote, "0 days' st. 2
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    PREMIA OF INSURANCE ON GOODS.
    80 4 PREMIA OF INSURANCE ON GOODS. To EtfBOM (not north of Grcalßritain) 2* per cent Do. (north of Do. aj Americas anb N. South Wales J Capk of Good Hope and St. Hli kka 2* Calcutta, Madras, o IiOMBAY, Persian Gulph, Ti Rkd Sea y tKvi-ox, jt« Mauritius, Oolrbox, ftX China,
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    REPORT ON THE MARKET.
    899 4 As all sales can now be effected far payment in Cash quotations in the Price Current are muff on thi* principle 7>"* turns for consignments can yeneraUy be made in Dills Spec Cold Dust, when Produce is not preferred. Or EUROPE GOODS. BEER, WINES SPIRITS. BEtn.-About
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    121 4 *ww>n i On J^ndon plentiful— and about f: «J t )T n BJrf. 1 month, and rt 9* Cash. On CVimj-about 10,000, at «0 davs si h% bave been jegocmtea at Par. On Valentin -a few small sum, at 2J 22 Co>s Rs io o ■«J 1 S O TS
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    CALCUTTA MARKET.
    211 4 (From the Bengal Hurkaru Price Current, Jany. 21, 1837.; f,™ P rh M IS i°.°, king d Wn win t0 the Mfarourable account, f.om China and the deposits of the purchaser* having become clue. Pafnn, Coys. Rs. 1,630 a 1,635. Benares, 1,485 a 1,490 Tin— Some sales of
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      498 4 VESSELS EXPECTED FROM LONDON, LIVERPOOL AND HAMBURG. FROM LONDON*. British barcj. Ju.it, 300 Tons, H. R. Wilkinson.. Singapore and Catavia. FROM LTVKRPOOT.. British hrig I.<aheUa IH.> Tons, Lowden TUtnvin and fffilgMmr ikkf MmJtmfiih, MA J.Scott, Singapore, Manila and Lintin Uvz Formidable, 335 Singapore, if anii.i and China bng llcbe, >37
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