The Straits Times, 10 July 1849

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1 1 The Straits Times
  • 28 1 THE STRAITS TIMES. AND SINGAPORE JOURNAL OF COMMERCE. VOL Vni. PUBLISHED EVERY [TUESDAY, JULY, 10th 1849.] Tuesday morning NO. 426. Straits Times Extra Singapore, Tuesday, July, 10, 1849.
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    • 779 1 *M-I!« OP SUBSOMFTIO* Annually.. Sp Drs. 16 v Half-Yearly.. 9 1 Qunrteriv •"> One Month 14 I f Single Une -Kupee. 7 LIST OF ARTICLES FOR SALE. AT THE COMMISSION ROOMS OF §§&&> §S^ttrsrfj«, anb H|o. COMMEKCIAL-SQUARE,--SINCAPORE. icrlin «00l of colors Jacouet White and colored and suoes, English and French
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    • 796 1 Have always on Sale an extensive and choice assortment of the following goods, selected specially for their Stores. WHOLESALE RKTAIL A FOR EXPORTATION. MLLINERY jg^ HOSIERY Articles for the Work Table Berlin Wool of assorted color. flalzanne dresses C *P S C ffs Collms of tn ll8h MaDU Bonnets of
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    • 564 1 AOBMTS London— \V. Thomas A Co I CMcutta -TWker and Co China— William Pnstau ft Co I Manila— Joseph Ilogcrs A C* v Batavia— Lange Co. THE LAW OP STORMS. T7ie Editor of tJie Straits Times, will feel greatly obliged by Captain* of Vessel* furnishing him with particulars (extracted from
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    • 493 2 FOR SALE, At the Godowns of the Undersigned LADIES Bonnets and Caps, of the latest mode. Children's ditto ditto Ditto Frocks. Ladies and Gentlemen's Kid Gloves, White, Black and colored Artificial Flowers in variety Silk Mantillas Silks for Dresses White and Black Satin Silk Waistcoat Pieces and Neckerchiefs Table Lamps
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    • 519 2 Ex "FALCON" from China. and FOR SALE AT THE QODOWTfi OF. JfI£SSR§ a E. APEL CO. Comniei vial-Square. AN extensive and choice consignment of China and Japan Goods, which are to be sold with an addition of 5 per cent commision. Crape Shawls and Scarfs, an assortment. Silk and Satin
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    • 480 2 TRIESTE f#^N; ROUTE. OVEHXAND ROUTE VIA TRIESTE. THE Austrian Lloyds Steam rs actuation Company's Imperial Mail Steam Packets leave Alexandria direct for Trieste 21 hours after the arrival of the Passengers by the Peninsular and Oriental Company's Steamers from Calcutta, on about the 11th of every month. The passage is
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    • 630 2 READY FOR ISSUE ON MAY Ist. No. 13 Vol. IV .Mat/ 1848 PICNIC MAGAZINE A Quarterly Jourval ok IjE\kr\i, LITERATURE AND SCIENCE Containing Selected Reviews, and original Notices of New Hooks, Biography, Tales, I r.ivels, Scientific selections and .Notices Nitiir.il History, Chess, Jto. Carefully compiled from all the British Periodicals
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  • 967 3 STEAM TO INDIA. Editor* of the Sydney Morning Herald. (tAl i -K MK.\. Having for the List eighteen I paid some considerable attention to the it tlit- regular steam communication be- nl i,is colony and Singapore and, judging a what I hive heard since any arrival here w eek
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  • 1533 3 my letter of the 27th GG\rLtfp.\,-ln ultimo, on steam matters, 1 divided my subject into three heads the tirst and second you have had, and 1 now proceed to pen a few lines on the third, viz. —a word or two on the trade of t!ie various countries that
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  • 904 3 Diplomatic Department. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. His Excellency Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary, Ac, Ac, is pleased to approve of the annexed Regulations drawn up by Her Majesty's Consul at Amoy, and to direct that the same be published. By Order, A. R. Johnston. Victoria, Hongkong, Ist June, 1819. LOCAL REGULATIONS FOR THE
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  • 32 4 Thi vet —Died in Perning, the Revd. Auguste Thivet, Hged 30 years, on the '23th of June, from the consequence of a fatal ucoident received on the day previous.
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  • 52 4 THE Straits Times S INGAPORE: TUESDAY, JULY 10TH 1849 Wk have to announce the arrival of the following passengers j,.i.j Lpirijon fr,.ti MiUoei. Ret. Mr Heutw 7 per I'olk* fpam l..grin. Nh. per Arpent-ur fm.n VlcUUe, Mr. W Ora. We have to announce the departure ot the tolLuriek to China,
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  • 106 4 \s our last issue we omitled to notice having received No. VI, Vol. 3 of Ihc Journal of the Indian Archipelago. We are happy to observe the industry and talent, which have marked the pro Kress of this periodical, diminish not; the subjects embraced within its pages are various, and
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  • 110 4 By the arrival of the Clippers Lanrick and and Watcrwitch advices have been received faom Calcutta to June 18th. The Journals were chiefly taken up with details of the proceedings on thetriiil of Moolraj, the Mooltan rebel, which had not terminated when the clippers left. We annex the result
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  • 746 4 -Auckland, Nelson, and Wellington papers arc to hand to the middle of April. Everything was quiet, but Heki had written to the tribes on the II i-t Const to take part in his contemplated attack on the government: that wily chief is no longer dreaded, his power and
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  • 350 4 SWAN RIVER WESTERN AUSTRALIA. mi oi m iv. he Empress from this port reached the Swan on May Bth. Caplain Fitzgerald was rap.dly increasing in popularity, chiefly •ttnbutahle to the conciliatory and kindness of his disposition, and the honest and straightforward determination he had evinced to further by all practicable
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  • 80 4 We have at all times shewn the ulmostcourtcsy to our contemporaries in Australasia, and have neglected no opportunity of putting them in possession of the latest news. We regret, however, to observe the want of ordinary politeness displayed in the'appropriation of whole columns from the Straits Timt'S foisted upon the
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  • 256 4 Po:it Phillip Since our last issue Melbourne journals have been received to the en«l of April. Such was the ple.iteousness of wheat the quality of the grain not surpassed by any country that the boners appear at a loss to know how to dwpore of the surplui produce. Wheat of
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  • 587 4 California— A Glc of New York papers to the 2nd. April has been received par Tartar from which we gather several items of interest connected with the "diggins". It wouli appear the diggers have had a most severe winter to contend with; the fall of snow being greater thai in
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  • 296 4 RELYINO on the arriv.il of the Bitglfakml of May 2Uli, we prepared liltle editorial milter. The steamer had not made here appearance up to last night, although several days oterdue. The mail of May Ttli bad reached Bo:n uy in twenty-six d.iys, and, by BlpfM'i Clcitla in tcnd.iy» more. From
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  • 858 4 RECEIPTS AND DISBURSEMENTS AT THIS STATION. Station. We have been favored with the use of a copy of the Receipts and Disbursements for the year 1818-19, ending April 30th. The result is far from satisfactory, since there is manifest so large a deficit as Rs. 227,593*(kr Thpre was in the
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  • 1403 5 The Mail of the 7th May arrived on Sunday uiglit "Aw l i e ino<t rapid passage on record, viz. ;{4 days 6 hours. It is to be hoped that even without any remarkable improvement in th.> construction of steamers, the communication may yet he reduced within the
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  • 650 5 GENERAL SUMMARY —The of the iutelligeue« last twelve days is not of a very exciting character, I^l is there much to report of especial interest to our Indian readers. Nothing has yet transpired relative to the honours and rewards to be issued for services in the last Punjaubiv war nor
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  • 344 5 A Telegraphic despatch reached Marseilles from Paris on the Oih of May, with the folio* ing intelligence Tue news circulating respecting Me procodings of the Preach Brigade near Rome have been inaccurately reported. Tlie French Government has received despatches from General Oudinot duel Paolo 4'h May, containing the followin, The
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  • 537 5 The passage of the Russians, by order of the King, thro' the Prussian territory of Silesia, lor the purpose of putting down liberty of the Austrian provinces, in Austria-proper, in Hungary —in Italy —&2. —It calculated 10 mid Jen the more enthusi'i*tic people of Europe. Berlin is Hlready in a
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  • 1078 5 Tliougli the House of Commons has done a good de.il of business ihU week, the greater interest is transferred to the House of Sords, and is prospective. The H ite-in-aid Bill has passed the Commons and gone up to the Lords and if that small
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  • 102 5 It may interest our readers to learn the result of the census, recently taken, of the inhabitants of the island of Bombay. The total number of persons, we understand, is 591,182—0f whom 275,190 are males, and ils 931 females. The Superintendent of Police has not yet had time for
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  • 284 5 From l/ie Friend o/ India, June I4tb. The Benares Dank appears to be on the eve of dissolution. One of its proprietors. Dr. Edlin, who U said to have invested 40,000 Rupees in it, has brought the roost serious chargos aeainst the Directors. It is affirmed tli.it 1,070 shares
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  • 64 5 A gentleman, in his eagerness at the (able to answer a call for some apple pic, owing to the knife slipping on the bottom of Ihe «h>h, found his knuckles buried in the crust, when a wag, who sat just opposite to him, very gravely observed, iiilst he held his
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  • 1927 6 Stranoe are the crumbs of intelligence and pathering-up of news that occasionaly fall in the May at the termination of an expedition or close of a war. Talleyrand pronounced the use of language to be the concealment of our thoughts and the chief end aimed at by our despatch writers
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  • 2782 6 (Prom the Friend of China, June 1%.) Mb. Montgomery Martix offers the world another proof of energy misdirected in his self' imposed task of agitating the manufacturing districts on the subject of a commercial mission to Japan and Corea. Mr Martin claims to himself the honour of having in
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  • 720 7 Tlic business of the week has been on a restricted scale, owing to the non-arrival of native prows and the departure of the Mails hence the market for European manufactures has been dull. Ale ,-nil IJkkii —In wood of approved brands continue to be wanted, with bottled
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  • 327 7 July 3 Brit. Steamer Achilles, Evan* Hongkong June 21. 3 Do. bark Paragon, Boxley Akyab, Do. 4 3— Arab brig Felk, Stewart, Pinang Do. 26 3— -Dutch ship Fadul Baric, Nakoda, B«U- -via June 26 July 3 —Brit, brig WerafT, Smoult, Pinang Do. 23 3— Do.
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  • 41 7 Captain Throwell, of the ship Mcnzies, reports the death of Captain Macauley, late comnundcr of the vessel, three days after leaving Bombay. Captain ThrowcH a!s> reports having spoken the Prince Albert from Arracan to Singapore, on the North Sands.
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  • 516 7 At the Taunton Assizes, on,FriJay, Horatio Jennings Wnrrt-11 atrl Samuel Henry FuiU r, opulent' Mlversmiths i:i (he city of Bath, were tried for having in their possession without Uu ful excuse a. silver spuoa htariag the Jie-markof the Gold smiths Company which die-m;uk hii.l been tr.uisp >vjj or reai>>'ei from
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  • 69 7 ON UUUL>&. Great Britain America per cent 2J Continental Ports of Europe, Soulh of the Elbe 2i Now South Wales 'M Port Phillip ;i!id Adelaide 2 Cape of Good Hope and St. Helena 2 Calcutta. li per cent. Bombay. 2 per tent Madras 1J Persian Gulph 3
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  • 57 7 FREIGHTS TO LONDON LIVERPOOL Antimony Ore X per JU«=wi. Tiu Sago ia Boxes 3. 10 per 2 cwt. Sigoin Bags .£3. sper2oC»t Gambier ia baskets 3. 5 Ditto in bales.. ..£3. Col'.tein bags 3. per 18 cwt. Black pepper £3. per 16 cwt. Measurement Goods £o. 10 per :VJ cubic
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  • 62 7 London G Moiui.s siphi 4.«. per dollar. Navy Bills at 4s. 1 U. per dollar Calcutta GO day* »i(rht compau y's Hills 220 accepted Bombay 30 days sight TJti per dollars IW> Sycee Silver 64 at 7 poi ceut premium for largo Company's Rupees 441 cents. Java Uupees
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  • 389 7 N4tiDe«rraft— BßlTlSH, Buffalo, Futty iiohomau, Sulta::, Goodluck, Swallow, y ata huoi ,s a lam DUtf t) -H Bayermas, Fatahool Rael.man, Hockaoon, Anis Ayermu, Asia, 13inta llg Sainuilan Soa Goan, HongGoan, KengOoan, BinungTujoo, Sumanap. Jadul Karitn Indramaov Kean Guan, Fathool Khair, L Baboo a Salam, Bintang B»rat,
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    • 761 8 NOTICE. THE PICNIC MAGAZINE will for the future be published quarterly, until a sufficient number of subscribers are enrolled to enable it to resume its monthly issue. This step has become necessary from the loss sustained by the Proprietor dv ring the past year. But from the encouragement he has
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    • 1304 8 a patient;n a dyino state, cured I Or A DISORDER IN THE CHEST. Extract of a Letter from Mr. Robert Calvert, C/temist, Stokesly, dated January 29' A, 1 847To Professor Holloway. Sir, Mr. Thompson, National School-master of this Town, desires me to send you the purti culars respecting a son
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    • 681 8 NEW SWIP'S ARTICLE^ \hL J|N' Sale ;it the Stra, Tj 4fflj|lft Times I'ukss, (p ri( One Dollar each) t| new form of Ship's Article] m Tord a nee frith the Act ofp*. liainent7&. Victoria. Cap. |i« A CURE FOR BtRSOTI. Extract of a Letter dated Ma Iras fa 10, 1846,
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  • 113 1 By the arrival of the Clipper; Lanrick and Waterwitch advices have beer received from Calcutta to June 18th. The Journals were chiefly taken up with details of the proceedings on the trial of Moolraj, the Mooltan rebel which had not terminated when the clipper's left. We annex the result
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  • 2297 1 E UROPEAN INTELLIGENCE. The Mail of the 7th May arrived on Sunday night after the most rapid passage on record, viz. 34 days 6 hours. It is to be hoped that even without any remarkable improvement in the construction <_f steamers, the communication may yet be reduced within the space
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