The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1835-1869), 5 April 1851

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1 1 The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1835-1869)
  • 26 1 THE OVERLAND SINGAPORE FREE PRESS g.nontMy Snmmar,, of general ana Commercial Intetiiaence from me Straits, J at, o.^ianita, *c BINO4PORE, SATVIIDAY EVEMNG, the sth APRIL, 1851.
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  • 724 1 Saturday Erenhtg, March 5. Piirinc: the past month Singapore lias furnislted no local iw\rs«of tlie slightest Mfftffc The disturbances in the jungle liave ceased for tbfl time, and nothing else B nrrurred to disturb the ''even tenor'* of our little Settlement. From abroad the most, stirrincr
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  • 123 1 "emorandunj of Loveis Keceived and DesraiclitU al t e Singapore P(»8t UlHie, hy the vtciUml Meumtra, Uuung the Mou.li ol BUfik, vu;_ p Received. frit ""»'r Batavi* liom Uaiavu ike... 3ii (1 tr M.lta from hma <»r. J* m Avtiiltei lroi»turo|<ii .S.B^7 I* fromoitf, I'Uni,, 1,| 7 1 L'nty
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  • 50 1 For about a week past our Island has been visited by very heavy showers of rain. On Monday Bukit timah Valley was partially overflowed, and some damage was done to those parts of the roads adjacent to the canal which have not yet been raised to a sufficient height. Ibid
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  • 77 1 jii uur issue 01 me zist February last it was stated, on the authority of native information, that an epidemic very similar to that which had prevailed for some time at Singapore, had made its appearance at Etbio, and had carried off several of the inhabitants. We are glad to
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  • 263 1 Our readers geuerally will he glad to perceive irom the papers received by the lust Hail, that there is every prospect of a new Steam Company takwig its place in the Eastern Seas in competition with the Peninsular and Oriental Company. The latter Company has hitherto enjoyed the monopoly of
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  • 281 1 On the 21st instant, seven Chinese arrived here from Sidili in a native boat, who, according to the account g,iven by them, had suffered shipwreck and been exposed to considerable hardship before they embarked tor Singapore. They state t at they formed part of the crew ol a Siamese junk
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  • 336 1 The barque Neptune recently brought here a cargo o( 350 tons ot" Coals from the Eastern Archipelago Company's pits at \j ibuau, ami slie proceeds immediately to t..e same quurur tor another cargo. These Coals are tor the use of the i\ O. Co.npan\ IV h dl has a contract
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  • 1158 1 The disturbances in the Jungle would Mem for the present to be at an end, a compromise having apparently been effected, by wl.ieh, while on the one hand the Pagan Chinese pay to their Christian countrymen the sum of fifteen hundred dollars, as compens »tion for the injury they have
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  • 1064 1 Circumstances have hitherto prevented my noticing an article in|r.he Daily News of 20th Deer, last, regarding the recei.t Mission to Siaiu. Under ordinary cin uinr-un' ,:cs I would have passed it over in silence, contenting myself with the reflection that From sime
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 24 1 NOTICE. MR Ml N'IIKKJ tK KHA M.I RR is authorized in »ia»i our Ktrm *>V P">ruf»nor» ITKAMJCI HOKMU.'JtE, CAMA CO. MajaygM, i7th March. 1851.
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  • 198 2 By the Schooner Good Luck, we have dates from Sarawak to the 16tli instant. There is little or no news from this quarter, everything being prosperous and the greatest tranquillity reigning in Sarawak and the neighbourhood. The .supplies of sago had been scanty of late, owing to the rough
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  • 948 2 By H. N. M. Steamer B« facia, Captain Van der Moore, we have Courauts to the 29th uW. The news this month are of vety minor importance. On ll e sih February a levere storm was experienced at Batoor, in the residency of Banjuinaas, by which twelve large native
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  • 703 2 Admiral Van Den Bosch.— The last mail irom Batavia brought us intelligence o the death of this able officer, which took place there on the 11th of February last. His eminent services to his country and to allied nations were rewarded with many honorable distinctions:— Commander of he Netherlands orders,
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  • 766 2 Below vre insert (lie copy of an address wlwcii was lately forwarded to Sir James Brooke by a number of the British and other Merchants resident in Java. It is valuable as an expression of opinion on the part of a number of gentlemen, whose position and means of knowledge
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  • 823 2 By late arrivals we have PtDLj i up to the irith ultimo. The Amen' cun barque San brancisco which arrive,! m!k C £"u tlle l<th from California th, 11th Peby., reported having net the American ship Cynthia, w.ich left Ma mla on the Bth for New York, mrroa^ on
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  • SUPPLEMENT TO THE OVERLAND SINGAPORE FREE PRESS.
    • 14 1 SUPPLEMENT TO THE OVERLAND SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, EVENING, the 6th APRIL, 1851.
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    • 738 1 Commandant General, f^iving reinf to hit enthusiasm, ran in to clo«e as to be able to fire at half range, in proof of which she received two shot in the lull, hut which fortunately did not pass through the side of the vessel or they would have reniered the michinery
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    • Page 1 Miscellaneous
      • 322 1 SHIPPING NEWS' The P. O. Company's Steamer Malta, Captain Potts, arrived here on sth inst. having left Hongkong on the 27th ult. Mie left on the afternoon of the 6th for Ceylon. Ibid, March 7. The wreck of the Ann and the goods remaining in her were sold by auction
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      • 1426 1 hearing that the Royalist was in the 18 Romp Sourabaya neighbourhood. AtDjmarran Island, near »J8 Red Raver Hoagkoag the north end of Palawan, a small Spa- Jji^ G'"«ow nish settlement was met with, apparently „18 Arratooo Apcar "akutt'l a missionary establishment, in which l Bi'M^th Arracan there were two schools
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