Straits Times Overland Journal, 5 September 1874

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  • 22 1 Foe Despatch pee P. O. Steamer Pekin." The Straits Times OVERLAND JOURNAL. >L. XV. No, 298. SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1874. Price,
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  • Domestic Occurrences.
    • 47 1 At Teluk Blangah, on the 23rd inst., the wife of C. Wishart Esq., of daughter. On the 23rd inst., at Fern Hill. S the wife of Francis Worsley, of a s< At San* on the 9th inst. the wife of Walter F ion. of a son.
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    • 30 1 At his residence, St. Thome, Madras, on the 29th June, Assistant Surgeon Arthur Harris, formerly of the Straits Settlements leaving a wide circle of friends to regret, his death.
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  • Article, Illustration
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  • 93 1 >*c, Sept., sth, 1874. Qambier.. 3 0.40. Black Pepper White Pepper 10.-M). Sago Flour, Sarawak *>6. Pearl Sago 3.15. Coffee, Bontyne -Oi nominal. Tin .ominal. 40s. Mule twi 113. atlhe.Si do do 5 do T. CI 6 do do t45. 7 do do Benares Opium new
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  • 633 1 s follov aye arrive :h the port, during the fortnight. from Liverpool, on the For Singapore Liverpool Mr. and Mrs. Koek and 2 children. For Shanghai.— From Liverpool: Mrs. Pike. P. O. steamer Bokhara, on For Singapore.— From Southampton Messrs. R. a d Gordon f Messrs. J. G. ant,
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  • 737 1 Tul la>t Overland Journal w;i the 22nd August. Ou t Bokhara arrived with the of the 24th July, and on the 29th, the Amazone came in with the Trench mail and dates from London to the 31st idem. The E. &A. mail steamer Legislator arrived on the 3rd
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  • China.
    • 121 1 Takao loth Augu-* Nothing whatever on at L kiaou. Such t,t least is vette3 aud guv-vessels British, and Chinese that h and down the Coast aud the ■lores, can learn. The weather here, indeed, t'jr some tin. has not fit for operations of any kind, aud
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 59 1 B. TMACHUNG. CH. TiiEBIN Arzt, Chikui; aimcLVna. Reserve ar/ v In anterie Regiments, Hes> aii. HOTEL D'EUROPE, ien Abends, 4-6. A CARD. CH. TREBING, M. D. Doctor a la suite of the 82nd Regiment, ssac, Germany, HOTEL D'EUROPE, Rooms, Nos. 31 and 32. Hours of consultation 10 to 12 A.
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  • Copies of the Day
    • 305 2 the plentiful rainfall durbing !ing the usual sup- ;i--iieavily imn the public mind the I hat, while ;!i i tion, II Anil unmindful of id amidst other importance has idly pus i the much lime rily ehi] this exwork can be ted, but made, the delay will evidently
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  • 339 2 i «ur Hongkong friends are much exercised in their minds with a :>oth the Chiii' their Its will be fully l< •rial which their Chamber of O addre- the subject t an d tblish in token of our path 11 as because the grievance raer!ated a
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  • 2142 2 RIAL. yon, Her Majesty's Principal S ry of State for the Colon. The Memorial of the Undersigned, mbers op the hong kong geneRAL Chamber of Commerce, Humbly Sheweth 1. That trade of the Colony of Hongg is, and has been
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  • 427 3 We repriut b< i Ordinance relating to v Merchant shipping, the duties of Harbour Master, the control and management of the the Colony, and the regulalavigating the sain which is at present under the consideration of the II slative Council much similarly situated with regard to
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  • 1903 3 A draft biU was laid on the table, Relating to Merchant Shipping, the Duties of the Harbour Master, the Control and nagement of th- the Colony, I the regulation navigating same." The foUowim; al s the appended STATEMENT OF ORJEOXTS AND REASONS. This Ordin s beeu
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  • 608 3 On glancing over my Jottiugs," 1 find that 1 has given expression to a few opinions which may rcqui explanation or modification and I* venture, therefore, to crave a portion of your space, by way of appendix or addenda, in order to n
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  • 2024 4 The worst I find in all that's fair Is that it fades too surely." Gebald Griffin. n in the neighbourhood of Bru" i what year I i, unfortunately, been able to ascertain) of humble, but, I presume, industrious parents, he was obliged to shift for himself at y
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  • 3231 4 I. 44 For my part, I mind my belly very studiously and very carefully for I look upon it, that he who d. es not mind his belly, will hardly mind anything else." Da Johnsqn, of dining is one which concerns and ii every one, I
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  • 2288 6 li mange bien travaille hi (He who eats well works well.) French Pkovkrb. I have already remarked that g Dversation, if not essential to, eonitutes, at least to educated men, the il enjoyment even of a good dinner. I think it is Talleyrand who said
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  • 1819 7 WORDS ABOUT DINING. III. M A bumper of burgundy fill, fill for me Give those who prefer it champagne." DaiNUNO Chorus. ,-h I go ao c^* 5 ig am a iff my skyn co full within Of ioly fzood ale and olde." J Old Song. Intimately connected with or rather
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  • 2242 7 Wains, oxen-drawn, and panniered moles are seen, Laden with grapes and dropping rosy wine, Rogers' Italy. Am Rhein, am Kh«'in! da wachsen Unsere Re ben. GfcBMAN Song. Let thy striving be iv Loving thy Loving be it in Deed. he. Continuing the interesting subject of
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  • 649 8 (Ira u slated for the Strai v.) Tut; following intelKg from Acheen is from the 1. Java papers, which ome down to the 15th instant There arrived here, to-day from Acheen, by the Koiingin Soph! ided soldiers, oue of whom died on the voyage hither.
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  • 1209 9 dfshjkhfjkh ulto Dnria few da-, little ivedfro Q The ut pubram fron I: 'Little of im opened. Pa- and Perlal health i Of rts from gC- [favourable. pped further operations i»rt time. He had been informed of *h< t Pinang tnge a informed that our ions iin inferior bat were
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  • 1032 9 Translate for the Straits Times.) Tun Diario de Ma adit of the 6th iintant, contains the following account of the rescue of a British vessel 44 On the afternoon of the day before yesterday, the British ship Carricks, which had stranded on the Calantas Shoal,
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  • Correspondence.
    • 321 9 To (he t lerly mything deiinent, no two t Nor t hen i but will 1"' win will and n. no ice him are two hills the oth land, l D_.._A loint on t lie is the it a mile and 11 the iph quarters. earner camp, in
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  • 1127 10 [Wildcat Malacca, U'th August, Is7l. The Straits steamer Sharpshooter, Captain from Shiga; to Pinang:, arrived here early last Tuesday morning, and proceeded on her voyage the following night. The Colonial steamer Pluto, Commander Welner, with the Honble Captain Shaw, Lieut. -Governor of Malacca, on board, returned from Singapore last
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  • 144 10 To or of the Daily Sill, Mr. I iring illation bill, pithily its objec n Ritualism." there far ism is, I by Lieutenants, Sir may enlighten them, laying bare as it the ultimate ends world over. We are soniet: by a Ritualist P' I think it simple explanation of
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  • 473 10 To the Editor of the Dail,/ M ii. Editor. M shooting grounds, whei dy birds, and green pig have fast closed in and ings, intersected by streets, rather than the village suburbs of the Theßalestier Plain, i an American planter of that nan his own and
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  • 746 11 >om our idend.J 7\. \ou 1 and far between. The: he part i I nroin phvsilonstrate i*k which i himself, that the the normous, and The >nspithe swearing incil of forty-eight memlath taken is similar to the oath taken by an English Privy Councillor, and ol uned the taken it
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  • 180 11 i 0 the Editor of the Dailif Tin Sik, 1 think your correspondent 44 Everybody's business" must have been unaware, that the Pauper Hospital is managed by a Committee of Official and private Gentlemen, or I presume he would have referred to that Committee before making the
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  • 1042 11 To the Editor of the Daily limes. The route from Melbourne to Singapore, en which places there is now a monthly steam service, (the Eastern and Australian Mail Steam Company Limited,) ats the remarkable feature of being arly its whole length a coasting voyrom leaving Melbourne,
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  • Poet's Corner.
    • 350 11 I mind me of a happy tii Some twent [veins When Youth's d puls'd through my With Passion's ebb aud flow, I lov'd a maiden good and fair, Aud hop'd to make her mine, But Fate forbade what would to me Have made this earth divine. •am. hy some
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  • 20 11 ITI!I>AY. ST. The P. O. steamer Adria, Capt. Breeze, from Ilon-gkong* 12th inst., arrived yesterday afternoon.
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  • 24 11 The Ocean Company ed, Capt. Jackson, from Liverpool 11th July, via Suez Canal and Penang 19th instant, arrived at Tanjong Pagar wharf yesterday afternoon.
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  • 19 11 The Danish steamer Asia,Qn\*t. MolI sen, from Hongkong 1 1th and Saigon 20th inst., arrived yesterday.
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  • 13 11 The British steamer Ruby, from Sourabaya Isth inst., anchored iv the roads yesterday.
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  • 13 11 The liritish steamer Eastern Isles, 1 Capt. Poole, from Bangkok iHth arrived yesterday.
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  • 15 11 The Dutch stapt. de Jong, Irom I th inst., rived at Tanjong Pagar wharf terday.
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  • 10 11 Tut British steamer Westohy, from Hongkong lb*th iust, arrived yesterday.
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  • 14 11 TllE Straits steamer M: i 20th and MalarTed iv the roadf. i this morning.
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  • 9 12 th, Galle ith Jul; wharl and left for Hong-
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  • 217 12 i'ort Darwin on the morning- of the on 1 iptain nd Mr. and 11. and F. St< Clipn and Brown in in tl A large nn eluding the nts and whole available Telegraph stall', came on board to take in the idar, and the French i Mils, Mi Duraud with
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  • 24 12 Ihe Colonial steamer Plato, Capt. er, arri\ erday from Malacca, and left yesterday afternoon for the taking Dr. Rowel! as pas-
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  • 15 12 Mi u'i* /Calcutta nang I'dul irrived at wharf this morning*, and leaves for Hong.. -morrow
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  • 51 12 announces that f the firm of Brown appointed an unofficial member of tl ye Council, to till t 1 by the Ii of Mr. F. S. Brown. The same paper hears that the CharBank of India, Australia and 1 a prop :iing a branch blishment in Penang on the Ist
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  • 47 12 I by the General I Company that E. 1 Mail lator, Capt. Craig, with the Brisbane mails of the 13th August, ownsville on for Java, Singapore, and ipt. De with tin f 2Sth July, Ist inst turrock, left kong i the 21st inst. :id lea\ p. 11.
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  • 8 12 U, Capt via Pi: whari
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  • 17 12 mer koug 'agar wharf yesterday afternoon, and leaves for Penan"* and Calcutta at 1 p. m. to-
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  • 18 12 Till. B. I. mer Cotton, from Calcutt;; m, Moulmain, Pinang and Malacca, anchored in the 1 this inoniii
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  • 52 12 The Rifle Match, arranged between seven »rs and non-commissioned officers id' the 1 10th Regiment, and an equal number of the S. V. C, which > take place at lock to-day, has been postponed till next Wednesday the 2nd mber, on account of the inability of some of the competitors
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  • 123 12 In the Supreme Court, last Friday, application was made by Mr. Atchison, behalf of Captain Dunlop, to have judgment in the appeal case of Hadjee Mohamed Arshad set aside, on the ground that notice had never been properly served on Capt. Dunlop, the respondent, according- to the requirements of the
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  • 21 12 The Spanish steamer Mariveles, Cupt, de Zabala, from Manila 18th inst., arrived at Tanjong Pagar wharf yesterday afternoon.
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  • 13 12 The British steamer Mecca, Capt. Laws, from Acheen 24th inst., arrived this mornii.
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  • 18 12 The Colonial steamer Pluto, Capt. Welner, arrived this morning, bringing* up ("apt. Shaw, Lieutenant Governor of that Settlement.
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  • 52 12 CAPTAIN WaISHE, Police .Magistrate, is about to go home on six months' leave of absence. It is reported that his place will be filled, at least for the nt, by Mr. C. B. Waller, in which case Mr. I lay ward will continue in his acting* appointment as Superintendent 'dice
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  • 270 12 A most unprovoked murderous assault was committed yesterday evening upon an unfortunate Malay woman named Meesah, living in North Bridge Road, by a Chinaman, who, having gained admittance under pretenc cohabitation, placed a knife to her throat and demanded what money she had in her po. The woman -tenth* protested
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  • 16 12 The Bi itish steamer Bengal, Capt. Douglas, from 19th inst., arrived yesterday afternoon.
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  • 25 12 >N, of the Britisli barque reports that on the 19th August, in the Lucipara Passage, he Brotherton, I'd days from Sin for London, all well.
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  • 87 12 At the Executive Council held lay, an enquiry was commen into the condition of the public service. This enquiry has been appoiutid by the Governor to investigate the relation of the different office-bearers under Government to their offices, and to afford an opportunity for the substantiation of any charges of
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  • 24 12 The Colonial steamer Plato left yesterday afternoon, taking from h party of police peons, destined, we understand, for Klang or Lungkat.
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  • 16 12 The British steamer Muriel, Capt. Hyde, from London loth instant, via Suez Canal, arrive rdav afternoon.
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  • 40 12 With reference to our paragraph of yesterday, we are informed that the next meeting of the Executive Council, to continue the inquiry into the condition of the public service, will be held at noon on Tuesday next, at Government House.
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  • 29 12 The Ocean Company' mer Patroclut, Capt. Drenning, from Hongkong 21st inst., arrived at the Tanjong Pagar wharf this morning, and will leave for London at 8 a. m. to-morrow.
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  • 46 12 The M Mari times steamer Amazon e, Capt. Pointel, from Marseilles •2nd instant, via Port Said, Suez, Aden, and Galle 23rd inst.. arrived at the Borneo Company's wharf at S o'clock this morning, and will leave for Saigon, Hongkong, and Shanghai, at D a. m. to-morrow.
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  • 496 12 THE TANJONG PAGAR DOCK COMPANY LIMITED." Minutes of the Twenty-first Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders, held at unpany's Office, No. 4 Collyer Quay, at noon, ou Tuesday the 25th Aug Shareholders Present in Person. Hon'ble T. Scott, in the Chair. H. W.Wood, Esq., R. I. Harper, Esq., J. R. Mac
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  • 308 12 Si 71. To the Sh i theTaxj. Pagar Do Limited. Gentlemen, Your Directors have now the pleasure of waiting upou >ou with Balance Sheet, and Profit and Loss account for the halt iing 30th June last. The G for the six months are 71, to which there is
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  • 12 12 The Briti .tain Barclay. th Jul\ the Taujon terday.
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  • 3 12 The provision;. Esq..
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  • 13 12 Til! Mail S. S. the followii d henside wharf Eden. Passengers mails lan
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  • 31 13 Ininqi the place. lainly in the i .on, and a ir the bridge the road t< nment Bungalow. An old an the a:. ut >i■rtunity for lisplay their nerve and skill.
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  • 39 13 s 7 unci!, their applicatio In consequence brought to the I rnment, a I ed by the m Am r in London to the Foreign Office, request- his an tficially made known to ial and Colonial aviv the 1
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  • 57 13 noniing the X formally forth* en da nee was, The Clerk of I "round about hall-'. anil v abou' en cam t. A }>: king nd, evile of running idden i with her at a ca be butts, when the ni allop, .pardon run in uncommonly the lead v though
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  • 22 13 I by tablish a l per mould be m penny We hear that the but in tbe meai lifurtli to hall be
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  • 37 13 to partake of which i m the same state in have, by the prompt intervention of our Government, been satisfactorily settled, the headmen of i party having entered into heavy bonds to the Datu Klana to preserve
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  • 193 13 We have been furnished with the following il. m.l obtained by the Chi: lining Co., and sold <d" August This must be pronounced very satis- and we eongratuh. l)i- upon the fair prospect there now now appears of their faith in the soundness of then* enterprise being substantially rewarded by
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  • 21 13 The British steamer Pleiades, C c, from Shanghai 22ud inst, arrived at Tanjong Pagar wha term Suez Canal.
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  • 8 13 Tui fardine Matheson and I wharf yesterday afternoon.
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  • 17 13 Thi; Ocean Co.'s steamer Anlenor, Captain Crompton, from Liverpool, U Penang yesterday, and may be looked to-morrow.
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  • 128 13 A letter which appears in our corpondence columns to-day, reveals a te of affairs with reference to I burial of paupers at the Pauper II pital, that, but for the well known character of our correspondent for ye- j racily, we should hesitate to believe j possible. It is evident
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  • 30 13 THURSDAY, 3rd SEPTEMBER. THURSDAY, 3rd SEPTEMBER. Ox Tuc -ar, a warder was mlted by i >ners in tiieCriminal prison. The offenders were tried ore two visiting Justices yesterday, and Hogged.
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  • 75 13 On Tuesday, a new dwelling house in course of erection on Mount Sophia, fell while the roof was being put on, burying six workmen in the ruins. One them escaped with a few brui aud was able to walk home, but t other live were more or less injur, and
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  • 91 13 The Lodge of Good Templars formed here about a year ago has proved a sue- Bful institution, and numbers now ut fifty members, who are rapidly j wing others into their Order. The j Ige last night gave a very successful j entertainment, at which some two three hundred persons
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  • 92 13 fill, i i i lie v>. yen officers and Non-Commi Beers l/10th Regiment and an equal member of the S. C, came off at the Rifle Butts yesterday, and proved i one of the most exciting matches that was ever taken place are here. During the last three or four
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  • 18 13 The British Augustine, from g 51st I ult., and M in the roads this morning.
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  • 9 13 The I I at the Borneo Cos. sterday afternoon.
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  • 12 13 The Dutch -els, from Benkalis 1 arTanjong Pagar wharl day afternoon, Rhio.
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  • 41 13 The British barque Akbar, Capt. Clark, arrived yesterday from Cardiff. She reports bavin"* spoken the following Jui An I barque rue, 1 days from Singapore for London. August 00, i_ Banka Straits, barque Meggie Dixon, 112 days from Shields for Singapore.
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  • 16 13 The Dutch steamer Wm. Kron i, from Batavia ult., ariiv. i Pagar wharf rd ay mornii
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  • 20 13 The E. A. Mail steamer tor, Capt. Craig via Brisbone, northern iand, ami Batavia, arrived at Tanjong Pagar wharf}. morning.
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  • 87 13 The O ("apt. I from Liverpool 25th July, via nai and Pinang Ist inst., arrived at Tanjong Pagar wharf yesterday afternoon, and will leave on Sunday morning for Hongkong and Shanghai. Tuts morning, a hack gharry, while being driven at full speed along South Bridge road, knocked down and ran
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  • 90 13 l learn that a fatal accident cnrred on board the steamer Bangkok during down from Bangkok. Two days alter leaving |K>rt, one of the native firemen, by some unaccountable fell into the crank well and was crushed almost to a jelly by tl It. An alarm was given and the
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  • 12 13 oner I \Y< X wharf at 1 1 will leave m. to-morrow.
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  • 53 13 The waters in bourhood of Hongkong some years ago had an unenviable no for piracies, but of we ha eh depredations, and had hope that their fore, with i late Hongkong i i 1 bloody Canton and Mac; went on board all th md after ail the iderabl. made >
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  • 635 14 yj to have id a sad and .a and ii ning, on her pa It appears adrels of pirates had embarked on board among the passengers, hat when near the Bocca Tigris, when iptain i ssenger were at tiffin, some nois I forward,
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  • SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
    • 645 14 Sunday, 23rd August. Danish steamer Asia, 894 ions, Molsen, Hongkong 11th Aug. British »1 Eastern Isles, 1,1 07 tons, Poole, Bangkok 18th August. British steamer Vidar, 206 tons, Barrow, Port Darwm 9th Aug. British steamer Ruby, 148 tons, Kenk, Sourabaya 18th Aug. Dutch steamer Koningin Sophia, I,<XK) tons, de
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    • 360 14 Saturday, 22nd August. P. k O. steamer Teheran, Johnson, for Galle and Bombay. British steamer Fitzpatrick, Humphries, for Penang Rangoon. British steamer Carisbrooke, Scott, for Hongkong. German barque Trio, Hoyer, for Batavia. British steamer Ban Yong Seng, Craik, for Bangkok. Dutch barque Johanna Margaritha, Ruhaak, for Batavia. Monday, 24th
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