The Straits Times, 12 August 1848

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  • 22 1 THE STRAITS TIMES. AND SINGAPORE JOURNAL OF COMMERCE. VOL 4th. PUBLISHED ON WEDNESDAY [SATURDAY,- AUGUST, 12TII 1848.} AND SATURDAY MORNING NO. 300
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 857 1 KATKS OP SUBSCIUJ'TIOM Annually, Sp. Drs. 16 Half- Yearly.. 9 1 Quarterly.... 6 One Month... 14 I A Single Copy— One Rupee. LIST OF ARTICLES FOR SALE. AT THE COMMISSION BOOMS OF COMMERCIAL-SQUARE,-SINCAPORE. MOT* JItABIHSS AIPIPAffiJEJIu Berlin wool of colors Jaconet— White and colored ii „)ts and shoes, Euglish'and French
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    • 796 1 Have always on Sale an expensive and choice assortment of the following goods, selected specially for their, Stores. WHOLESALE RETAIL FOR EXPORTATION. MILLINERY Jj|| HOSIERY Articles for the Work Table .Berlin Wool of assorted colors flalz.irine dresses Caps, Cuffs, Collars' of English A Manila Jtonneld of the latest moil.-s, from
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    • 545 1 AOXNTfI London— Simmonds it Ward. I Calcutta— Thacker and Co. China— William Pustau Co I Manila— Joseph Rogers C» PUBLIC NOTICE T,IIE Undersigned has on Sale several excel- lent Chronometers by the most reputed manufaclurcis in England. MaMcrs of ressels on {jiving notice to the undersigned may receive intimation of
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  • 30 2 THE Straits Times Singapore: Saturday, Aug. 12th 1848 We have to announce the arrival of the folowing passengers: August 10th per Marclnaaess of Douro from Oreenock, Mr J. S. Ilbcry.
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  • 49 2 Mkmohandim of covers, inward and outward, by the late Mails: Loiters received for delivery at Singapore. Ex Dutch War Steamer Etna.. from Balavia 191 Ex Pckin from China 603 Ex Braganza from England 7,458 Do. from other places m 923 Ex Spanish Steamer from Manila 105 Total covers, 9,280
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  • 57 2 Letters despatched from Singapore. Per Dutch War Steamer Etna to Balavia. tfc 5,333 Per Spanish Steamer to Manila. 451 Per Braganza to China 1,074 Per Pekin to Aden 5 or Suez 2 Penang 246 Madras 809 Calcutta 205 Bombay 399 Ceylon 123 Southampton 1,375 u Marseilles (including) Foreign Letters) j
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  • 30 2 The Schooner Lightning was sold by Auction at Messrs STEEL A CO's on Thursday last, atid was knocked down at Drs. 2,740. The purchasers were Messrs Ker, Rawson A Co.
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  • 17 2 11. M. Mteander will, we hear, proceed to Sara wak and Labuan about the 20th current. v
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  • 99 2 Wk learn that, on Tuesday next, the 15th. H.E. Sir Jambs Brooks will be invested with the insignia of K. C. B. at the Public Rooms, by Her Majesty's Commissioner, the Hon. WILLIAM Napier Esq. Lictjlenant-Governor of Labuart. All means will, we hear, be used to make a fit— I
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  • 1011 2 FEARFUL JjASSACRB AT MaUI ISIQUK Our readers maj remember that one 'of ttia flrst acts of the Provisional (ioveiniueot ot llepublican Prance was to declare freedom to the thousands of black slaves in their Colonies tliis was not to have immediate effect, but to lake place after the lapse of
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  • 28 2 Captain Lennixgton of the Victoria from Sydney, reports having spoken in the Straits »t Billiton on July 2olh, the barL Angelina, Capt. MoaQAM, from Singapore bound to Sydney.
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  • 950 2 TfMKATENKD INSURRECTION IN CbyLON. We have been obligingly favored with a copy of the Colombo Observer Extraordinary o'| July 26th, which affords particulars of an affair which appears to have created great and unnecessary alarm among lite military authorities. The troops were called oui and might perhaps have drawn blood,
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 666 2 T*Pf> AJjWTx if T» v^f jjh j!i> Jill v -j IT is hereby notified, that Her Majeslys Colony df Labuan will be opened to Settlers and other immigrants, from and after the first day of August next, and that all persons being well and peaceably disposed, thereafter coming to reside
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    • 272 2 TO LET Jt 1-Ml tL THE House in Cantpong Glam jjpj *j jgjjg immediately behind the Spanish jSffl Mj M IfflMJ 1 Consulate. Apply to MARTIN, DYCE A CO. Singapore, llth Aug. 1848. CAPTAIN J RUSSELL'S. NEW CHARTS FOR SALE A CHART of the Eastern part of tbe BAY of
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  • 2121 3 Mottltan. The following extract from a letter phued at our disposal gives further details of the proceedings of Lieut. Edwards and his coadjutor. We are anxiously expecting some account of their doings after the taking of Soojahabad i Laltore, 29th June. l>
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  • 684 3 The vice-admiralty Court was opened on the sth and eight cases brought to trial t none of them of much importance. A criminal Session of the Supreme Court was held on the 15th, 17th, and 18th. The Calendar was lighter than usual, from which it appears that crime is
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  • 1273 3 The elections for the department of the Seine to supply vacancies have been attended with considerable agitation in Paris. Caussidiere, the exprefect of police, was elected by an overwhelming number of votes a tribute to his Republican principles, and the conduct thkt flowed from them during late events.
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 756 4 NOTICE IS HEREBY given that the responsibility of Yong Hong Ju as a partner in the linn of Cheng Keat and Co. Chop Hong Guan, ceased trom the 13th of May 1818, on which daty Vong Hong Gee was admitted a partner. The firm of Cheng Keat and Co. now
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    • 845 4 and Sporting; and no fains will be spared to place it in the front tanks of Ihc British Press. All Comnmnicatiom to be addressed to the Proprietors oft**'* Courier", care of Messrs Simnvmds and 00. London. 6, Barge Yard, Bueklersbury, P3** Applications will be attended to by the Editor of
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    • 389 4 ON SALE AT THE STRAITS TIMES PRE>S. (Near thi Armenian church.) New form of hip's Articles, Cargo Books, Personal and Mortgage Bonds, Blank Powers of Attorney, Import and Export Manifests, Boat Notes, Bills of Lading, Bills of Exchange, Bills of Parcels, Promissory Notes, traits Calendar for 1&47, Ditto. Ditto, for
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    • 683 4 1)h. La AIkiu on tiik Sbchkt NriRMiTiKg ok \outh and Maturity. With httnty-fite coloured Engravings. Just published, and may be had in French or English, ia a sealed envelope. PriccSKupeis SFLF-PRESERVAT1ON.— A Medici Treatise on the Physiology of Marriage, on in. elicilous and Unproductive Unions, and on |(i C Secret
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