The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1835-1869), 10 August 1848

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1 1 The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1835-1869)
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    17 1 The Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. ,Vo. *>>*- 13. TUMiSn+JY MORjrMJTG* lOth u£U€fUST 9 1848. JVo. »CXJLXXIX.
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    • Advertisement
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      665 1 FOR LONDON, TOUCHING AT THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. 'i^HK Kritish Ship LADY PEF.L, ■Jfc aptain Fraser, his the greater S2 cR part of her ca»«n engaged, and will have g2BS2fiS quit k despatch v,.r Fiei«»>« or Passage, apply to wm MA( LAINE, FRASER CO. roa FRtSXCHT o» CHARTER. Ilk
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      662 1 NOTICE. TO BE SOLD BY PUBLIC AUCTION. At the Auction Rooms of the Undersigned. ON MONDAY thb 14th INSTANT, AT 12 O'CLOCK NOON. THE HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, &c. belonging- to WIX.X.IAM KLR, Tsqre. Catalogues will be issued tomorrow. Terms Cash. LITTLE, CURSETJEE CO. Commercial-Square, 10M Auyt. 1848. Messrs JOHtf STL x*
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      765 1 NOTICE. THE Undersigned hereby beg to intimate that they have this day associated themselves in Partnership under the Style and Firm of G. J. DARE CO. As ship Chandlers, Auctioneers and Commission Agents. G. J. DARE. ALFRED G. F. BERNARD. Singapore, Ist Angus*. 1818. NOTICE. THE Interest and Responsibility of
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      565 1 Chemisettes of every description Cambrics— English, French and Scotch Collars, finely worked Corsets, without seam Corded Muslinet Dress Improvers "turning Drest Handkerchiefs Edgings, thread Figured China silks and satins for druses Jaconet— white and colored Linen— fine Irish La nuf7ctur a e Wl<> mi ImitaUon B Ladies Companions "Tu7TctTr O
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    PENANG.
    1484 2 I&riatt i* gain I -Rebellion. (From the Pinang Gazttt*, July 15.) In February last when the Indian Government gave Kiimi to Pera a curious littl- incident arose out ot the neijctiaticins which we at the time omit'ed to notice but we are now indued to do from circumstances which
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  • CHINA.
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      Session of the Court of Admiraity
      390 2 {From the Overland Regitter, July 2-,.) A Session .»f the Court of Admiralty w.s intimated to be In Id on tbe 26th iastaot and the due number of jurymen, witnesses, Bm., Kfi e hervrd with i lamra mi to attend, ao early ai the
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      Shanghai.
      537 2 By the Dart we h-ivc 1, tte>g fro-n Shm-hii »f the Mtb June. The trouble! of the graicjanka are by no metng yet at an end. After Kurtnountiuj the many •iiJfacu-'ies thej hid t<» contend with, they u«?e retched r-en tain, but hayi u< delivered their oar«oe«, there is
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      1043 2 C*pera and Olives > Cheeses, constant importations Dates and Prunes K.uits (Froaahl in syrup Hr.iuuUri Ginger (Coirn*; j)res«rY»-d in jars HatiiS Yorkshire and Westohnlian JiOQt and JulUts Loaf Mignr ICaaoavwn hi tins and boxes MtnntiUde a \sr« Mustard, to outlles and pots M«ld K a llii.ioi [the first houie r^serTr-d
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      802 2 liticd to esteem and msuact in Lis professional DUTauits, the utmost confidence sl.ould be extern-) cd. Dr La'Mehi h«9 obtained the higbest medical honours, as hi* diplomas testify, and the great extent of his practice for many yeais is a guarantee lor his jiofessional experience, which h^s reference almost solely
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      365 2 Tii.iv of the best kinds IJ-cklesl J -ckIes of i\rs« quality; SjoK U« aid Polonies fr,m bologna; Sauce, for LTSS and meat Sardine* .reel Irom Nantes Soap- white, yellow and Dacca long c* -pickled, sailed and smoked Vinegar in Lollies. and casks. Stationery. A great assortment of Paper, plain and
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  • CORRESPONDENCE.
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      TO THE EDITOR OF THE SINGAPORE FREE PRESS
      74 3 Y''ut las' week's eonwpoiidtnl Fye Wit. n r oi Uoad-maki- R VVoul i ii lltVt a i lu< lv l<l v -c petition diraetly to the )t when ihcii wi»hw wo«1d haw .complied with No, toitooih, he must ,1,. firmt >| t,
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      TO THE EDITOR OF THE SINGAPORE FREE PRESS
      93 3 :UT i ,-lw-A attention last week to the "cruelty a of macadamizing Bjoiuu on in I Ik ar it is considered treason to Hi m ilie P«p«n any 11.i.« «Uat rrquiros On .he Otficiol Hdeo» the Rim ihe tunded aJier hm«g maradamized,
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    DIED.
    25 3 V C'aWM. on the 7th Ju'y. at the reeirtenre of \\m)»iuikck, Esq Thomas >c«w, Esq., ,-ore, aged 34 ye.rt, 3 monthi and I d,y,.
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    THE FREE PRESS. Singapore, Thursday, 10th Augt.1848.
    3045 3 THE FREE PRESS. Singa pore, Thursday, 10th Augt.1848. The P. O. Com any'a Steamer Pekm t arrived here on S»i'»r«inv ia«t f om Hongkong ultimo. AftYns in China seem to be i,r tlie present. Mi Bonhass liac* visited V ntMii uris We give extnw ts i'.om I liloa papers elsewhere
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    REPORT ON THE MARKET.
    218 3 Singapore, Ist August, 1848. The Crishna, Janet Wilson, Dulius, Berenice, and Panama have arrived from Great Britain since our issue of the Ist ultimo; the first and last only bring Piece Goods and not to any extent. The dullness in trade current for some months past
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  • SUPPLEMENT TO THE SINGAPORE FREE PRESS
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      12 1 SUPPLEMENT TO THE SINGAPORE FREE PRESS SINGAPORE, THURSDAY MORNING, 10th AUGUST, 1848
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    • CALCUTTA.
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        Mooltan.
        977 1 m the Frietid of India, July 6) CoPii^T ablp anxiety was cretted last week by the rr vHl of tbe Wpstern mails for iix d«ys. Many na ,i,e merchants in »hf h-z^r we learn from r "^..ornry. alarmed thero«elve« in-o 'he belief IWP h«d been expelled from the Punjab
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        Rustomjce Cowasjee and Co.
        203 1 We i—flj i.^rrt to hear U»al this Mi.iuei.i mm wl.i. h hai been (or tome time in difficulties bat during the la t wet k been compelled lorrn«lly to re'urn its MMptM«M unp-iid. There it a hope expressed that they wii: be met niter a lime,
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        Colonel Suthurland.
        136 1 We regret to ami >u-ue .be very unexpected d« ah of U«-ut. «ol Sutherland, the G >vern«r General* AiM.r |„r the R-jpo.taim States. He w-s mting tea •t the h. use of a friend at Bhu-tpore, on the eveuinu th« tltk, and complained of drowsiness and beada- He
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        Mr Curnin.
        166 1 ■We r^ret to liod the death of Mr Curnia announced in the papen. Though he had been for tome time labouring uuder the elFccta of diaeaac, his Jecetie waa unexpected; and tbe circumstances attending it were very melancholy. Hia too bad just arrived from England, but reached Calcutta
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        Law againt Gaming
        166 1 f- torn the Friend of lud a, July 13.] We »ire h*ppy to perceive that the dmft of an Act jm just been prornuigtted by our Legislative Council intended to discourse he'tin* and gumin^, by forbidding the Court* to entertain any action connected wi»h a W4*«r. It
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        Summary of News.
        612 1 June 30/ A. —The Sans JSouci Thentre \s to be offVrpd to public auction at an upset price of St 9 M#. It i* hiii yul-tr to remark h"w uniform'y u»lortunute every effort has be-n to establish a theatre in Calcutta on I permanent bn»is. After the
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      BOMBAY.
      784 1 1 he late If Charles ForbesIn our last we shortly intimated Ihe lamented death of Mr harles Forbes, ot the House of Forbes <V in., which took place at Malta on the IMb May. Mr Forbes had for years been suff-rin^ from *n affection in the chest, and about
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      43 1 *Mr Forbes, now no more,— the Ute distinguished Dr Mjlcolmson, who had retired on purpose from the Medical medical service,— and Mr J. Bowmnn, all joined the Firm in June 1840. More able, upright, or I descrying men, no bouse need boast of.
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      Latest European Intelligence.
      1357 1 General Summary {From the Home Newt, June 7 The trial of John Mitchel had already commenced whsn the last mail left London, and notwithstanding what occurred in the eises of O'Brien HndMagher, ho wag found guilty, un<l u r the new act, guilty of compassing to derive
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      France.
      491 1 {From the Shipping 8c Mercantile Gazette, June 2.?.) From the Paris intelligence of last night's date, reef ired this morning, we extract the following In consequence of the opposition of the National Assembly to the existence of the Ateliers the government bus determined to reduce tne number of workmen
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      Fresh Disturbances.—Collision between the Troops and the Populace.
      201 1 Fresh Disturbances.— Collision between the Troops and the Populace. At the usual time of going to press tbe ordinary French espies* bid not reached London. Intelligence, however, had bern received of the arrival of the mail. Our c >rr-»p .iidf nt at LSoulogne, in announcing the fact by rlectnc teles;raph
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      Italy.
      63 1 Surrrvder of Padua.-— letter from Venice, of the 13th, B*ys Tlih Government of Venice Las applied to the French Rrpublic for itg intervention in the combat with Austria, what Charles Albert baa hitherto so carefully avoided. I'n.Ju 1 has surrendered without a blow. The- whole of the Venetian territory
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      Austria.
      89 1 We lenra from Vienna, under da*e of the 15th, that the government had accepted the mediation of England on the Italian question, and the negotiation were to be entered into with the Sardinito government, on the terms of the abandonment of Lonoturdy and some o'her territory, on condition that
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      Denmark
      187 1 RUSSIAN INVASION OF PRUSSIA. [From the Electric Tehgraph Company— T/ti*-day.] The Transit steamer, which left Hamburg on Thursday, at 8 m arrived it Hull at 7 o'clock Ikil morning, with tli« f.>liowitu» important intelligence i he editor of tbe Oorsenhulie writes that tbeßusmn. minister, Camphausen, has resigned, and lint
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      Bohemia.
      147 2 I Letters from Dresden ol the 17th gi re the foUowiog We learn from travellers who huve arrived from Prague, that the bombardment continued with great energy 80 pieces of cannon were directed »g*inat (bat city and 18,000 mm were concentrated in and around it. The insurgents bad proclaimed
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      The risturbances of Prague.
      480 2 The r isturbances of Prague. The accounts from Prague are still of a very uncertain character. The Provisional Government has been dissolved. Count Thuno, who had been arrested by the people, has been set at liheny The bridges were occupied by the troops, who have received strong reinforcements, tut the
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      Official Salaries ThreatenedHavoc
      95 2 O fficial Salaries T hreatenedHavoc (From the Home Neva, June 7.) The special report 01 the committee on the miacellaneou estimates will not be communicated to the public for some time but we are enabled toiiiionu our readers that the rt forms which it [imposes aie or' th:) most sweeping
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      Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company
      473 2 On the 30ih ii»ay, thr liall-)*- rt i i, MMHtog of proprie lors was litld at the orhces, I ft, Leadenhall-slrrt'!. Sir J. Pilie, bt piesided— when a Dividend at ihe rale e< 8 per cent per annum, free hem income-tax, vms declared The
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      Peninsular &, Otiental Company's Steamer.
      288 2 Peninsular Otiental Company's Steamer. The new iron «tearo-*i.i k i me Can/on, built for the service ol the Ptinunular and Onental Steam Navigation Company, lo run between uon^Kong and Caulon, has »mved at boutliainpton iroin the Clyde. Thw MsMM is commanded by Capt! Oosson, and is 550 tons Luiden and
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      Six T.Turton.
      263 2 Six T. Turton. In the House ot Commons on the Ist inst Viscount Jocelyo asked the President of the Board ot Contiol if great deficiencies hau not been discovered to exist in the accounts of the chief orhcer of the Ecclesiastical Courts in Calcutta, amounting, ii was said, to no
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      Law Intelligence.
      1711 2 Court of Bankruptcy. Before Mr Commissiv nor Fane.— Exibnbivk Mbrc&ntub Failvhk- The second raeetiong in the baukiuptcy of Messrs. Lackei>ieen and Liake, merchants, of Moorgate street, took place on the Ist, for the bankrupts to pass their last examination. At a foimer meeting, it will be lenieinbeied, debts
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      VARIETIE.
      410 2 Waggkry Rrrwarded— Two Be.if,>,d X lately .trolled o,er to K.I Bt ,w. s e J'"*" bod fire and „ark bav.n* I.* .hWr h r J went int., the Lion t quench if. There the* 1 some friend._on« of whom baring h Uh day, confided hi* gun to the c,r
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      442 2 SHIPPING M THE HARBOUR. Tj r "<M.,"^ f ribs«fi«*f|.,ii« H. W S. t iitf'J«ddr 12 20 j IJuu. K-,^l Vli (i C felemner Auckland J Yu«n| Ld >uh-i U. r,. sieamer Hourly j Con^dlto n Ltbuaa li. barq Vr*km 275 Spmca D B barq «ftH^rj Ml Fun, s gJIS CWm
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      190 2 DEPARTURES. Dntt ir ay FW/', AWT Wam j JSS^TK^ Au,t. 3 Bn«i.h M« H t>(m C^i Mac,, Amoy I r u br^ rte J »y«'^« BrHbim S«m,r»ng 6 Bnn' h G00d '<"<*. n<* Malarc* Pioa O 5 u u q Auriga srries Hon^konu 6 B.ifish «chor Mischief White China u-u
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