Straits Times Overland Journal, 18 August 1877

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    17 1 The Straits Times OVERLAND JOURNAL. vol. x v£j^Hß- ■■B^o. SINOAPORE, SATURDAY, AUGUST 18, 1877. Peice 80 Ckm
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    85 1 -ngaforb. ism Aug., 1*77. Giambi* S 4.674. Black Pep* r J 7.60. Wli; L 1 pper 11.— S&g«- lour ,Laraw.'k -I..>' Pearl 3.?0. Goffer. j-V./niyn*:..... 22.00 7 do do .\W..'.',.. 1.45. d T. ..lofch ,:.:>} t.074. 7 do do 1.30. Ben-. »piu!G 5H*2." Bftni/bil^^fmMtut Cm.j N 3/114Credit 3/I U.
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    180 1 .s&sd hn< jh the port, i 0. hawn.r, on Aden Ban Ah, -siv. Chong Mamn 1 tl»:.AbramB, Mrs. Smit private H. and 2 i hiri«3B£, •'•9EE- I F" .^oriofcoiui.i^^FiH^i^cwjßouthatupton Mm. iwP^"^ f ni^ A. M«i rV nft m > t <MQu.ii 1 i V)/- Anf&y. From MR^^aL; Chinese. I
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    Fortnight's Summary.
    1611 1 Qvb last Overland issue was dated the 4th instant. On the 13th instant, the M. M. Bteamer Tigre arrived witli the London mails of the L'Hh July, and on the same day the M. M. |teamer Peiho was despatched with the last homeward mails. Yesterday evening the P,
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    818 2 j 1 xveutßß s telegram 01 trie ora instant, which we published to-day, may j be taken to confirm m all respects the j j previous telegram of the 2nd, conveyI ing the astounding 1 news of the comr| plete defeat of the Russians at Plevna I j after
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    MOAR STATE.
    1162 2 H. E. The Administrator has gone on a visit to the territory of Moar or Kassang, with the view, it is supposed, of finding out for himself the actual state of aliairs, and ascertaining what amount of truth there may be m the numerous and persistent rumours as
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    THE LAST STRAITS BLUE BOOK.
    1446 2 Last mail brought us a copy of the Blue Book, containing further correspondence relating to the affairs of certain native states m the Malayan Peninsula m the neighbourhood of the Straits Settlements, which was presented to Parliament by eommana of Her Majesty m June last.
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    MOAR STATE.
    2110 3 The letters of our correspondents Kessang and Moar, which we published on Thursday, are so remarkable for their moral obliquity, their cynical indifference to what is right and wrong, that their statements and arguments cannot be allowed to pass unchallenged. They, the friends and advocates of the Maharajah
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    THE LAST STRAITS BLUE BOOK. II PERAK.
    2629 4 THE LAST STRAITS BLUE BOOK. II PERAK. I RENDER Ol THE MAHARAJAH LELA. As will have been seen by the ex- tract from the London and China Exj ress, which we published yesterday, Sir Benson Maxwell, our late Chief Justice, with the instinct characteristic of jl eEngli umanitarian of the
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    4388 4 '1 j II she "■♦jt-tiat- j f 4Jjßp- .^lJ^jj^ye d> i 1 irith 9 tM c f^SSbf* 'tfißßF 1 pettion-* Bin i ff (Hit, i QMpth it the murder of t&e H vfi i'-i*'. \ms and the other ■•■.itrap»j« <•' were fc actuul y ooßMuiuca uuuer jMße&uthority and wit
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    Memobandum regarding Charges against the Muntri.
    585 6 \V ith respect to the ease against the Muntri, there are circumstances which, although they eaunot be considered m the light of actual charges against him, should be noticed. He openly expressed dissatisfaction with the Paugkor Treat?, and conspired with both Abbuliah and Ismail
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    PERAK.
    6129 6 Mr. Hugh Low, 11. Ms Resident to Perak, has been making a sort of progress through portions of Perak for the laudable purpose of making himself personally acquainted with the capabilities of the eouutry, and the wishes and dispositions of the Chiefs and people. Mr. Low kept a diary
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    MOAR STATE.
    5527 8 The Native State of Moar or Kessang, about which so much has been written m our columns lately, is situated between the river Kessang, the southern boundary of Malacca, and the river Moar, which is the northern boundary of the Principality of Johore. Its greatest length, which is
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    JAVA ITEMS.
    1827 10 (Translated for tie Sl rc.it^ Thn?*j[ I It is requested ot our couteni)><.i dnoiog tfa inflation* theii ori imncp m the Straits Time*, mny be ackno From Netherlands India papers to the SOtbJuly the following intelligence is translated 4i Netherlands India at the a International exhibition at Paris.
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    MANILA ITEMS.
    1834 11 (Translated for the Straits Times.) It U requested of our contemporaries that m rem-o- tn?h^i^ o ;V raUBlatiOI V tlH!ir ork iuftl appearance m the Strafe J ,me», may I* fcekuowladgad). Prom Manila* papers to the 2tth Jnh tlio following intelligence is translated Madi -I.], oth June 1577.—
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    CHINA NEWS.
    2177 11 Tin San Krancisco Mini vc^tiu,iit v il. as appears from the folio wi 4 paragraph of Ajnoei m Will tan investigation throw thy light, on the forged American dollars m n!ution hei Wash iN<t jon, Jnn< J7tl 1 month's delay i I lirect'T Lin 1 starts to*iuoi >w
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    PENANG RACES.
    855 12 Fro/tt a correspondent. Oue iinnuhl race meeting was held on 28th, 30 .h and 31st ultimo, and went off admirably. The weather was charming the attendance of noble sportsmen was large, and youth and beauty were well represented on the Grand Stand. Heavy raius fell for some days
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    797 12 come down I c 14? th JVv mining pro*]* ta "t th< mori and uvo i. great complainjß Ujc r•them frrritory Tunas, w of labour, the existing ate of. .iv orbitant, csjieciaUy tor coqw ment was unjed tbiintcpxlvioffii.on the last i nciit iruw h iisi a sm(vcss. Milv^^Bhftd rt*fi
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    VARIORUM.
    647 13  -  Nemo [By It is ol wry little use, 1 know, to blow up the Municipality for not doing as they should do, but I must have one more flin^ at them about the drainage. The other I horning 1 was passing along Victoria Street about a half a dozen
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    MALACCA.
    473 13 {From an occasional Correspondent.) Malacca, 3rd August, 1877. Tllk B. I. S. IS. Go's, steamer Himalaya Captain Loutit, from Singapore, bound to Calcutta (Via the intermediate ports,) arrived here last Sunday morning, and left at 0 p. m. the same day the Mails by her having been closed at
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    Malacca, 5th August, 1877.
    1802 13 Since the date of my last letter nothing worth chronicling has happened here. I subjoin a few items of news which perhaps may prove interesting to some of your readers. The Straits steamer JBenmore, from Penang, arrived here early yesterday morning, and leaves for your Port
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    533 14 I The Right Honorable Earl jFCtmbebley, Her Majesty's Secretary of ff State for the Colonies, And T> His Excellency. Sir Habby St Gr< kge Obd, R. E,K.C. B M Governor of th<' Settlements and to the THF MbMBIBS OF THE Lb- v «sla ;.v -r Council of the Stbaits
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      THE HIGH PRICE OF RICE.
      805 14 Sfr, Be good enough to insert the following tew lines m your valuable Paper. It is cobbler's news to say that Kice is the principal food among us here, but with the high prices now ruling everywhere and another famine raging m some of the
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      SULTAN ALLIE.
      466 14 To the Editor of the Daily Time*. Sir, In your article of yesterday you ask by what shadow of right does the Maharajah of Johore take charge of Moar territory." The reply is obvious by the only authority that can now be recognised m the Malay Peninsula, that
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      272 14 To the Editor of th* J&tiUy Tim*-* Sib, In your articW yts: r say "as jet on i 1 JRJf-J' tuJ other corn -pondentv^jjHS!^ vo H pea red on thft ~Mp then proce^^^H graph of my 1 subject. JL CIO HOT in)' i^ L*6Cl%\i>'. rajah is want v ehtunpioi
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    ADDRESS TO THE WATERWORKS RESERVOIR.
    417 15 Hail new created Lake, that shines Brighter than ever the Chindrass Mines In the tongue, or the brains of Fisher. We're waiting aweary to have you down To cleame aud refresh our fair, filthy town And the skin of each ardent well wisher. How long
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    THE CRY OF THE LAYMEN.
    659 15 The Kirk's Confession Deuteronomy The First of Genesis and Geology Heaven and Hell, plus Astronomy Thicken th© substance of Theology. Thick and slab," the compost mixes What's pure, what's impure who will tell us, The Apologist with words perplexes, Just as the Sophist did m
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    MOAR STATE.
    1243 15 To the Editor of the Daily Times. Siß, The critique with which you have honoured the letter of Moar and Kessang opens with a recapitulation of the "statements and arguments contained m same with sundry additions of your own added thereto for instance you say they admit that
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    THE PRICE OF RICE.
    119 16 I To the Editor of the Daily Times. j The quotations for rice given m |rour issue of this day, are well calculated ||o cause anxiety possessing as we do, a population of whom the majority depend on j that article for their daily i'ood. But
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    TANJONG PAGAR SHARES.
    160 16 •sSsr Tv (/tr Edilor °f the Daily Times. ..Si -It would appear that the man. .•ilwja^ a^ I Hll J on r,' l^iggar Dock K i; > :!^'< i very "g< tl t^ l v t u u pJWsent sharehb*doi-> who m able to take up the
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    A QUESTION OF CONSULAR COURTESY.
    306 16 To the Editor of the Daily Times j Sir, In your issue of July 21st, you < j quote a letter from the Siam Weekly Advertiatr on the subject of not lowering j the British Consular flag on the occasion i of the funeral of
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    MOAR STATE.
    851 16 To the Editor of the Daily Tiims Sir,— Your correspondent "Artemus" and yourself have so fully answered Kesg^ng" and "Moar" that there remains little for me to dear up. As to what Governor Bonham and Mr. Garling did by recognizing Sultan Allie as successor of Sultan Hussain, it
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    To the Editor of the Daily Times.
    215 16 Dear Sir, What a hub-bub is being made about the Moar State friends of the Maharajah wish to insinuu that because the Sultan Allie was such a fool. General Btttterworth Slid Mr. Church had no alternative but to coerce him to cede Johore
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    THE PORT RULES.
    457 16 To the Editor of the Daily Tim*. Sih. A short time ago the Government published some Port Rules made by His Excellency, the Administrator, m Council, for the Port of Singapore.* 1 The Bales read very well they appear to meet more fully the requirements of the
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    118 16 Dkar Srn. -Qfc" lay, and I r mucl injuiv tib men <#M" lie iut t I t hclbn the M.anw i for tJi citi/i He i'c^ji > i he lias tMRMBN^^HIf -l.v to hand i 3KV .f tl he will iir^.tuU'. ..ii4 will not gvtot! k frw w r<
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    1002 16 H. M. S. 6Vi < i« Hotham, ancho terday from Ho T'^q&flh bong, Balaba usa*x*al v remain here 'Itf^ Naval Officer limSat Thf two sons of-eJ^S an who win in C^i^, of Am strong, M« arc. $ftj are I state, i satisfied with tin 1 'liaand treatment that i\
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    TUESDAY, 7th AUGUST.
    475 17 The Straits steamer Benmore, Captain August in, from Penang 2nd and Malacca sth instant, anchored m the rpads yesterday morning with followi $rFw/E. flk K*aal, Revd. N. T. Pinto, 1 Inspector and JJOO Steerage. v^ ANj^^burned Inquest was held at Ifhe tfgj. office, on 1 lie 6th
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    WEDNESDAY. 8th AUGUST
    317 17 The B. I. S. N. Co's mail steamer i Busheer, Capt. Hutchinson, from Kan- I goon, with dates to the 2Sth ultimo, via Maulmain, Penang and Malacca, anchored m the roads yesterday morning with the following passengers Venerable Archdeacon G. F. Hos<*, Messrs. C. J. T. Dunlop,
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    THURSDAY, 9th AUGUST
    415 17 The Messageries Maritimes Cc pany's steamer Tigre, having lei at C a. m. on the 7 th, may be expe. to arrive here on Monday morning, 13th instant. "That article, paddy," says the goon Time* of the 19th July, ha I Sunday last risen m price to
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    FRIDAY, 10th AUGUST
    1725 17 Tun Mens ..->;•; pany J 8 Steal -;ii|) JPetio, j left Saigon at 10 a. m. jiwbcr :k» j Verdict, Death from natnr|ph AKoKfEii adjourned inquest was held iSj! Jfifltie same day, on the body of a HJf male Chinese, which, on the 10th July, jHvas fnuud
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    SATURDAY, 11th AUGUST. THE GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.
    1295 18 The following" new notifications appear m yesterday's Gazette Her Majesty baa been pleased to allow and confirm Ordinance No. V of 1877, amending the Peace Preservation Ordinance of 1872. Also, Ordinance No. II of 1877, for the protection of Chinese Immigrants. Mr. A. D.
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    WEDNESDAY 15th AUGUST.
    891 19 Hi 3 Honour Judge Phillips left m the S. S. Buaheer on Saturday last for Penang to open the Assizes there -Th^ horses per Annie Beaton, from Walcott,"jß»ich were offered. for sale yesterday Mesers, Powell &<?o., lf*!MPpf tfqHw two iiiiJiijjP^Ott Moojungle m*eH»dfte out ott l-MotiSt Fa-ber and
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    THURSDAY, 16th AUGUST.
    579 19 The British steamer fatroclus, from Hongkong, with dates to the 6th m- 4 stant, arrived alongside Tanjong Pag&i A wharf yesterday, and will leave for M London to-day. Passenger from Singapore.— Mr. Wright j The Fern Tower, Captain Von Ij< gen, which arrived this morning Manila, reports
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    FRIDAY, 17th AUGUST.
    316 20 etherlands India Steam Xa- steamer Generaal Pc? tijt arrived at the Tanjong- Pagar wharf jl *r]y this moruiug, on her way to Ar.'lieen. She brought the following 1 1 JPvtH&Poit Darwin. Miss Mary Mather. i Muntok.— Mr. G. F. BickneJl and |T^-^y?Vo:>: 2?a/c l Messrs. Watson and
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    The Government Gazette.
    1262 20 iHB 9bi lowing new notifications apI poar m to-days paper: I Car H. H. H. Walshe, Acting InH sjsec' ireueral of Police, Str;iits Settlew «i*ni to be Registering Officer under the yji- C|^l). Ordinance, Penany, vim Mr. J. E. if* H£wick, resigned from the Ist instant. rTiio
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      288 20 VBaSBUS I»AS8KI> WJI I W^ Dat«. Flag. Ship's Name. Captain. Vroi T« July 25 British St. Ehmo Smith a, /«^ong' German Fetisch F midt '.:> -w r>v ITokoham* American H. S. Sanford >leep x (^rdin (Hon^lr Dutch Emma ;Wiel>enpa BQDttrdaittC ißeta —American Jean Ingelow Janton N^PYork British Aline jMc Bride
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      1314 21 i?*?- 8^ 8^* m r Kjobettfern, Paulsen, for Xatui v British steamer Bnrmese. Lack, for Hongkong. Siamese steamer Bangkok, Rademiker. for Bangkok Spanish steamer Paragua, Gil, for Manila er 5 >Sl J h(>^ rd for S'^aya, Bally and Macaatar. biamese t>ng Wanderer, Cowan, for Bangkok. British barque Alexandra, Lamont, for
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