Straits Times Overland Journal, 29 March 1870

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  • 23 1 FOR DESPATCH PEB P. fc o STEAMER BJZSBTTR STRAITS TIMES OVERLAND JOURNAL. VOL. XI. NO. 185 SINGAPORE TUESDAY 29th MARCH 1870. Pri nts,
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  • 24 1 STRAITS TIMES TUESDAY, MARCH 29, 1870. LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS. 9 11.80 to 12.25 i-J.l 150 to U7J 7 •".7 7 I 2 I 71
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  • 731 1 I Journal was pubon the 15th inst. The V ton Mail of the 1 lth February, arrived here on I mi inst., and t!;<- M. I. steamer t with the French mail of the and London letl rs to the l?lii I' ruary, arrived here on the :l:l\n\
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  • 337 1 during the past fortraea^re; and rd with v of another Mi jsionary out- which is of importan< showing the persistency of the Chinese m offering It m a direction m which they have had r j t h inity. T I hapel built Canton, >n and destroyed I 1
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    • 132 1 ollowin^ i have ar- I c fort' t. From Prom i mpton ford, Bf< Per si cell, Tjic.it. 1\ i Hinard. Per M I. Bteam.4 r and I I] .Mil-'. r. From I child. —From Baulenas, tizac, RodGrimau and, Krummenacher, t>'. and n. ghai. From Marseilles Mr. V ignier, Rjer,
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    • 26 1 pre. i -a Hon^co m v T. r From f 15 men It N. v. m and l i Sing.! (>] „i!i. \f- From Si .Mr. Thog.
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  • Topics of the Day.
    • 941 2 From the Straits Times, March 19th. THE SUEZ CANAL. The rather unfavourable report of the pawn .it* 1 of the Suez Cmnal, by the steamer Ckukiang, which we published ig so :it variance with t! made by other vessels* that we may be pardoned for believing that, either through inefficient
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    • 552 2 From the Straits Times, March 19th. THE RAFFLES INSTITUTION. A Meeting of the Trustees of the Raffles Institution was held in their Rooms on Thursday l<»th inst.,at 1:15 p.m. Prksejtt. The Revd. J. Alleyne Becklea, Vice President and Honorary Secretary. The Hon'ble Thomas Scott. J. Bushell, Esquire. Thomas Shelford, Eaquire.
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    • 1259 2 From the Straits Times, March 19th. THE GOVERNOR'S DESPATCH. Wi received by last English Mail, from the Straits Settlements Association m London, a copy of their "Remarks on and Reply to" the despatch which His Excellency the Governor had addressed to the Secretary of State for Ihe Colonies, on the
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    • 579 2 From the Straits Times, March 26th. THE MALACCA LAND CASE. i "publish, to-day, a very interesting judgment delivered last week by His Honor the Chief Justice at the Civil Session at Malacca. The facts of ■0 fully stated in the judgment, that it is rm Vv]tl l{ l!u m ,{ut
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    • 2690 3 Sipukme Court. Before Sir P. Benson Maxwell, C. J. March 17, IS7O. This case was tried at the late Malacca Sessions;. Hie facts are rally stated iii the judgment. s.uiuii' v. Mitchell and ajtothkb. Tiik Cimr JUSTICE. This is an action of trespass.
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    • 607 3 From the Straits Times, March 19th. JAVA ITEMS. The 11. HandtUbladofttieZrd .March slates: The Javatchc Con rani formi us of the appointment of Mr. EL Netscher, Resident of &hio and its dependencies, to be Governor of Sumatra, West Coast. We applaud this appointment as one of the best and most
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    • 327 4 The :th March has the following remarks on the last la of Johnny < on the Oni r> fee "Mr. Johnnv Groats'* hei omncd for the second time, in Times, of the action of the Government ards the ship Dili which co not b re] aired in the < mrusl
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    • 936 4 From the Straits Times, M arch 26th. JAVA ITEMS. 1 1 if. following official Report on tl I r cultivation m B >rableweatl is mentined m I -t, did not change unl I the middle of as tid lantai ibly well. Fro 1 on nued m 11 very bac dition,
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    • 628 4 The Mini the Municipal Commissiom r>. which we publish to-day, are rather 1 g made public than lias been customary of late, owing 1 we berule which has been adopi by the Commi -that of submitting them for approval at the
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    • 6258 5 From the Straits Times, March 26th. GOVERNOR ORD TO EARL GRANVILLE. Stbj ttlk- 7 196. j lea s. My Lord. I have had the honour to ae* knowled your Lordship*! patch, No. 95, Ist June. 1869, m continuation oft that No. »'>t. 3rd April, enclosing for repor >f further communications
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    • 4509 7 From the Straits Times, March 26th. STRAITS SETTLEMENTS. 1.. 3] itive ouncil l.y Command of His Excellency the w Di:< i:.Mi;i:i:. 1- < vitli 1 /or Magi Sinoapoks. 24A 1^ Sim.— An A. t passed 1 ing from the decisions of MajjiHtr ome I- require material revie cannot be done
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    • 285 7 I sro no a>lc (iiato reason for departing fr<»in the English practice. I think i* very important to Lyge" Mi ■'!>; .i+>'< -.vlicn thej under circumstances betraying perversity, wilfulnesa '>r Ligentia. andthefaV!t that their jurisdiction is wider here than m England is an additiooal n for having effective inea ping
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    • 418 7 Tins li i qneetioaed what is w;iu!e 1 ii not i.nly an appeal but ;m efficient appeal. t There is nothing "inefficient," imrr\. n "almost formal" m a proceeding which seta asi<h' ;i decision which the Magistrate had no authority to pronounce, and which curries its invalidity on its lace
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    • 77 8 i tome to betray another fundament*] miscoi eems to be thoutrht thai Bother, I ,v.' the parties an opportunity of repairing (heir own .-rri.rs ln Chan< |s. ideaoe uot read m the Uonri is admitted, and m a] maeb uk.iv Important i ii Ilm <I<ll > ni ac breach <.f
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  • News of the Fortnight.
    • 19 9 The British steamer Bangkok y 1 apt. Haffenden, from Bangkok llth inst., arrived here this morning.
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    • 335 9 Tins morning;, a drunken soldier, newly arrived by the Ellenhorough, entered the house of a Portuguese sailmaker in Beneoolen street, and broke nearly every article of furniture the poor man had. The facts of the case, as nearly as we can learn, are these. The soldier had gone reeling up
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    • 78 9 AN b observe that the approach to Cavenagh Bridge has been improved bv the opening of a roadway across the little enclosure opposite Battery mad. We trust, however, that the Municipal Engineer does not intend leaving the granite uncovered by a little earth, for if he does,
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    • 207 9 On the lOtb inat., a Chinese woman, named Lee Kong I. in, the wife of a Chinese engaged at the Tin mines in Kallang, living in River Valley road, went home about 3 o'clock in the afternoon, and found the door of her house locked on the inside. She called
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    • 204 9 Ox the last upward trip of tin 1 steamer Bangkok, a Chinese trader here shipped three eases <>n board, deBcribed m the Mils of lading 1 as muskets." These cases were taken to Bangkok, and while being discharged from the vessel one of them was broken, when it was discovered
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    • 19 9 THE Austrian corvette Fried-r'n-h, Captain Chevalier M.de Pitner, from Batavia luth inst., arrived here yesterday afternoon.
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    • 259 9 rODOWN robberies are becoming" rather frequent of late, and it behoves the merchants to look well about their establishments before shutting up at night. Last night, a robbery was committed in the office of Messrs. Brinkmann, Kumpers Co., thougtl fortunately the amount stolen was small, owing to the thief being
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    • 42 9 Capt. Millar, of the Arratoon Apcar, reports thai the mail had n<»t been signalled when he left Penang. The steamer Ckukiaug, from London via Suez Canal, left Penang half an hour before the PLrrafoon Apcar, and is probably tlic vessel now signalled.
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    • 26 9 The British steamer Arratoon A pear, Capt -Millar, from Calcutta 8th, Sandheads 9th, and Penang 1 5th inst., arrived here at 1 p. u. to-day. -a.
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    • 16 9 Off the Parcelar Hill, the Arratoon Apcar spoke the British ship Canada, bound to the northward.
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    • 40 9 The 1\ steamer Emeu, Capt. Babot, from Bombay Ith, Galle 9th, and Penang L6th instant, with the London mails of 4-1 lth February, arrived here at noon to-day, and leavee for Hongkong at (i a. m. to-morrow.
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    • 170 9 We learn that Mr. Alfred Holt, the proprietor of the Ocean line of steamers, alive to the advantages of the Sue/ Canal, intends availing ot it at the earliest possible opportunity. The Agamemnon left Liverpool on the 29th January by the Cape route, but the next steamer out, the Diomed,
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    • 204 10 \Y glad to hear that a Bubecription list, headed by the Governor and very liberally supported by the community, is being circulated to obtain funds for the purchase of a new set of brass instrumental for the small Amateur Band of the Volunteer Corps. Those they at present use were
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    • 144 9 Tiik Penang Gazette says: v By the last accounts from Delli, We learn that one of the gentlemen who lately arrived therefrom Penang had a tiger as a midnight visitor. The brute got into the Bungalow and seized a dog which was sleeping near his master'bed and went off With
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    • 37 10 Tin; sitting of the Insolvent Court being tixed for Monday next, the 2 1 st inst., we may look for the Colonial steamer Peiko from Malacca, with the Chief Justice, this evening or to-morrow.
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    • 17 10 MONDAY, 21 st MARCH. Thi Colonial steamer Peiho, Captain Fox, from Malacca 11th inst., arrived here yesterday.
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    • 335 10 We publish, to-day, the papers laid before the Legislative Council at the meeting <m the .»th December, at Penang. This is t lie correspondence moved for by the Chief Justice at the meeting of the 20th November, on the Rubject of the Magistrates' Appeals Bill. This Bill, from all the
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    • 77 10 The British steamer Fair Singapore, ('apt. Cornelius, from Penang I Mb, and Malacca 20th inst., arrived here this morning. Capt. Cornelius reports that when oil' the entrance of the Moar river, during the night, he was informed by some of the passengers that a Chinese deck passenger had fallen overboard.
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    • 62 10 By the steamer Penang, we have files of Rangoon papers to the 9th and Maulmein 11th inst. The only item of importance from Rangoon is that a large lire occurred there on the evening of the 7th inst., among some of the better class of Burmese houses, destroy in<* about
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    • 27 10 Tiik B. I. S. N. Co's. steamer Penan//, Captain Smith, from Calcutta 4th, Rangoon Mh, Moulmein J 1th, Penang 16th, and Malacca 19th inst., arrived here yesterday.
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    • 21 10 The Siamese steamer CAow Phya t Captain Orton, from Bangkok 17th in>t., arrived m the harbour last ni^ht.
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    • 17 10 Tin: British steamer dealer, Capt. Wolf, from Calcutta loth inst., arrived here this morning.
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    • 43 10 The M. I. steamer Cambodge, Capt. de Tourniere, from Suez :27th ult., via Aden, Poudicherry and (dalle, with the outward French mail of the 1'Jth February, arrived here at 5 p. If. yesterday, and left again for Saigon and Hongkong at noon to-day.
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    • 18 10 THE British steamer Nada, Capt. Winckler, from Hongkong 1 tltli inst, arrived here last night.
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    • 226 10 Capt. Gtoests, of the ship Ma mix St. Aldegonde, which arrived at Hongkong from Cardiff on the loth inst., reports that on the 1st March, oil' Angour Island, he picked up the mate of the British barque Reunion, who reported i that the Reunion, Capt. Adams, had been totally wrecked
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    • 97 10 Ox the evening of the 17th inst.. at about 6 p. m., the corporal of the marine police, while going rounds in the harbour, came upon a boat off the entrance to the Singapore river with no less than eighteen kegs of gunpowder on board, wdiich had been received from
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    • 65 10 The orer?4ud Mail of the 17th Feb., says that the steamer Erl King sailed on the 12th idem lor China, vid Sue/. Canal. This vessel has a freighi of upwards of 100,000/. m Mexican dollars, being the iirst shipment of bullion to the Mast by the new route. The rate
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    • 28 10 Tiik British steamer Cfan dipt Captain Hjatchison, from Hongkong 19th inst., anchored m the roads during lie night, un<l proceeded to New Harbour at daylight.
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    • 27 10 Thb British steamer tfi*do*fa*, Capt. DeSmidt, from Hongkong fcOth inst., arrived m the harbour Inst night, and proceeded to Tanjong Pagar Wharf this morning.
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    • 195 10 Joaquin d'Almeida, Bao lire, Consul General for Portaigal in the Straits Settlements, resumed charge t bia office on the 1st instant. His Excellency the Governor lias been pleased to appoint Mr. W. Stuart, lat Overseer and Discipline Officer of Convicts. to be Superintendent of Convicts at Singapore, vice Baylia, proceeded
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    • 275 10 We extract the following notifications from yesterday's Government Gazette: During the absenco of Dr. Randell, Colonial Burgeon Straits Settlements, <>n duty. Dr. Anderson will visit the European, Lunatic, and Convict Hospitals, and also take charge of the Colonial Surgeon's Office. By His Excellency's Command. E. W. SHAW, Acting Colonial Secretary.
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    • 37 10 S v Admiralty Chart*- East«rn ArchepeUuro, NTo. OH China Sea, Xe. 9680b; MsCMtar struir, No Boalotutgan >nd P&ntai i 'thorn )><>rtion. No. 2750a [ndi&n Ocean, N ami 24S3; 1 Nob. 6s3, and 2463, S. B. 4 8.
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    • 297 10 Tin: following Hydrographic notice has been sent to US, for publication Hydrographic Notice [Ho. 2. INDIAN OCEAN. Information lias been received from Captain Croudace of the ahip» Corona* of the existence of shoal water in a part of the Indian Ocean about 57 leagues to the south-west ot Sandal-wood island,
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    • 25 10 The British Steamer China, Capt. Gardner, from Calcutta 1 9th and Penang 26th inst., arrived here at 9 30 a. if. to-day.
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    • 205 10 The letter in to-day's paper on the subject of His Excellency's despatch, is entitled to a fair consideration. In a contest of opinion, any attempt at exaggeration must prove prejudicial to the side which advances it, and we are quite prepared to allow our statements of Thursday to be read
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    • 40 10 A Meeting of the Straits Settlement Association was held at the Exchange Rooms, at 3 p.m. on Friday last, to discuss several points raised* by His Excellency's despatch to Lord Granville. The Meeting was adjourned to Wednesday next, the 31st.
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    • 17 10 The British Steamer Telegraph, Capt. Deane, from Penang 25th and Malacca 27th inst., arrived here this morning.
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    • 20 10 The British Steamer < Capt. Bolton, from Calcutta L9th and Penang 26th inst., arrived here at 9 30 a. If. to-day.
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    • 15 10 The Dutch steamer Koningen < N'ederlanden,C«pt.K»yser,from Batavia :21th inst., via Miutok and Rhio, arrived here yesterday.
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    • 16 10 Hbb Mv.ikst\'s gunboat Afyeriue, Lt. Grey commanding, from Hongkong 9th inst., arrived here on Saturday nii^ht.
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    • 15 10 The Sarawak steamer Hearteeaee, Capt. Hillycr, from Sarawak 23rd inst., arrived here on Saturday night.
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    • 23 10 The Glenartnej* brought from Calcutta lino chests of opium, of which 170 have been landed in the Straits and 1283 are for China.
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  • Page 11 Miscellaneous
    • 1330 11 SHIPPING INELLIGENCE. arribaUa 9rrtbafe»— Continued. Tuesday, 15th Marsh. a M > Canada, 1,670 n u t, Baturday, 26th March. Bangkoi ii.;.,!',,":; ir; 1 ;;^.!l! i, r it!; :l Rival, 120 i .„>. l-.,v„.,. Penang :;rl nw"* S, l0 v r Si lk :!r 1 1 U; i: ;:i .Qibb. Bangkok
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