The Straits Times, 16 April 1850

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1 8 The Straits Times
  • 20 1 THE STRAITS TIMES. AND SINGAPORE JOURNAL OF COMMERCE. >OL 6TH. published every [TUESDAY, APRIL, 16th. 1850.] TUESDAY MORNING NO. 475.
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    • 719 1 Katbk or 6Vhhcrip Tl on Annually.. Sp. Drs. 16 Half- Yearly.. 9 1 Quarterly 5 1 One Month lj I A dingle Copy— One Rupee LIST OF ARTICLES FOIL SALE AT THE COMMISSION ROOMS OF COMMERCIAL-SQUARE,--SINCAPORE. "-jceae- Berlin wool of colors Jaconet White and colored iioon and shoes, English and
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    • 763 1 Have always on Sale an extensive and choice assortment of the following goods, selected specially for their Stores. WHOLESALE RETAIL A FOR EXPORTATION. MLLINERY j£ HOSIERY i 4». w ri- Tal.u Berlin Wool of as.orted color. KilariiidSiJ Ctps CuffB> Collar of English Manil Bo n Ve3thX«t mode, from P«i. and
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    • 512 1 aOKNTS i London W. Thomas ACo Calcutta— Thacker and Co. China— William Pustau 9t Co Batavia— Langr Co. THE LAW OF STORMS. The Editor of the Strait* Time*, will feel gieatly obliged by Captain* of Venehfurnithing him with particular* (extracted from the Ship* Log, including obtervations of Barometer and Thcrmomeeter
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    • 320 2 CHRONOMETERS WATCHES, CLOCKS and MUSICAL BOXES fUREFVLIY repaired and the performance JUST BIVIPORTED. EX CHRISTIAN FROM CHINA. ANll FOR SALE AT THE GODOWNS OF WBESSISS. E- APEL CO-Commercial-Square. N Extensive and choice consignment o China A an d Japan Goods, which arc to be sold with an add-on 3 o
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    • 634 2 PROSPECTUS, SINGAPORE RACES, 18-50. First day, Tuesday, \Wi May. First Race. The Governor's Cup value Drs. 150. For all horses, weights for age and inches 14 hands and aged to carry 9 st. heats R. C. Entrance Drs 5, h. f. Horses that have won a Race on this or
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    • 496 2 TRIESTE ROUTE. OVERLAND ROUTE VIA TRIESTE. THK Austrian Lloyds Steam Navigation Company's Imperial Mail Steam Packets leave Alexandria direct for Trieste 24 hours after the arrival of the Passengers by the Peninsular and Oriental Company's Steamers from Calcutta, on about the 1 1 1 It of every month. The passage
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    • 516 2 SINGAPORE BRANCH. OP TUB INDIA AND LONDON LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY REGISTERED INCORPORATED ITVUEiI Vlt VIII VICTORIA. CAP CX. Capital i/250,000 m 5,0J0 Storm of ,I*3o each TUE Undersigned hive been appointed Agents for the above Company and are prepared to grant Policies on 4£i. The Lives of healthy persons residing
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  • 3829 3 Wk cannot compifineni tha favourers of Raj ih Brooke in the newspaper press upon the way in which l.i exert themselves (>i hetricrii torn. Defend him opealj and oatrigbl Ifcey oaaaat,av they will not. Hut while they sippress the intclli-:ic<-from the scenes of his exploits, they givepub- to werj
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  • 20 4 DOMESTIC OCCURRENCE DEATH. We deeply regret to announce the demise of A L. Johnston, Esqre.on the likh February, in Scotland.
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  • 126 4 THE Straits Times SINGAPORE: TUESDAY, APRIL 16TH. 1850. We have to announce the arrival of the following passengers: April B per llra**iwa from •ialle, »i"le Tim" Kirn ot Ta<"<l»7 lj«t 13 imt NVmCM- from Ulngkok, Mr*. W.ill im'. P»'i Huo.'lili Jf OB Holr I Bran c«.J. T. Thulium K«q. 11
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  • 575 4 —By Ihe arrival here yesterday o the steamer Semiramis, we have received accounts from Labuan to April 10th. All was quiet in the colony; the wet monsoon was daily expected. The Polka, Amelia and Pearl had arrived the former vessel was detained at Labuan, Ihe master and mate having,
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  • 837 4 .—By the Acadia, arrived at Ceylon, we have received Perth journals to February 6tb. —a month later thau the files which reached us via Adelaide. The prospects of the Gcraldine mine are stated to be very flittering; the projectors look to India and China as the great outlets
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  • 224 4 Bombay papers are to hand to M in-d 19th. 11. M. S. Cambrian had returned to Bombay from Bushire, having on board the Nineveh sculptures collected by Mr. Layard, and which, lor some years, have been lying on the beach awaiting shipment. The Bombay 7V//J6'.v speaks highly of these remains
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  • 375 4 journals have been received to tli I'uli. .March. This natives wer<« agitating tin; Hindoo memorial to the government, deprecatory of any extension to the Madras territory ol Lord William benlinck's enactment of 1832 that no man should be deprived of his inherilance by reason of having relinquished the treed
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  • 474 4 Intelligence his been received to March 9th. via Cejlon. The journals of upper India notice that news hud readied Lahore from Kabul to the effect th.it the troops of Dhost Mahomed had taken Balkb, but were under apprehensions of being attacked from Bokhara. Hie Otitli. Bengal Native Infantry whose
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    • 369 4 NOTICE jk. The undersigned having removed jj^^i to hi* Establishment on the Beach jffijj?jjsv)' a t Tduk Aver, th«- l-i>-t house on i iflUfiMMip lhc <. w end o r v, c Town, a While Flag will be dropped from the Flagstaff at the end of the jetty, to indicate
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  • 975 5 TflS Criminal Sessions. On Friday last I lie first Criminal sessions for 1830 opened in Hit: presence of the llon'ble Lieut. Col. W. J. Itullei worlh C. It. President, the Hon'ble Sir NVilliam Jeffcolt, Knt. Recorder, and the Hon'ble ihoni.is Church Esq. Ili Court having been formally opened, the following
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  • 577 5 Ox Saturday last the foreman of the Grand Jury appeared in Court at ii o'clock and complained that only eleven gentlemen of the Grand inquest were present, which circumstance prevented the business of the Jurors being proceeded with. The foreman exhibited a list of thirteen jurors, who, by a private
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  • 1617 5 Nothing whatever is authentically known of the character of the new Sovereign; but as the present Ministers will probably continue to direct affairs, there is no great likelihood of any immediate alteration in the policy of the govern. infill Keying holds a high position in the Cabinet, and from
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  • 193 5 We understand that some difficulty has occurred at Canton in regard to the steamers Spark ami Hongkong, the Chinese objecting to their carrying cargo and as the vessels are not suffered to unload, the owners hold the authoritus liable for demurrage. We are not aware thai there are
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  • 377 5 The Prussian constitution has been accepted by tho Parliament, and sworn to by IBM A'ini; with as much nergy and eloquence as he delights to display oa pul.lu-. occasions there is something almost theatrii-at in hi« arraugemeut of ac<e»saries and points of efscl. lie speaks loudly of Ins own rights,
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  • 282 6 Constantinople— The relations between the Sublime Porte and Austria, are not yu re-estabushed, but tiie SUte Otuitte of Turkey announces that they soon will be. Only one tiling remains to be settled. Austria pretends that, her liun-ariati 1 subjects who have taken service under the Tuiks shall be
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  • 607 6 From our correspondent The differences with England are not yo» :ettled, but it is hoped that England will accept the mediation of the courts of Russia and France and define the pending question. Mi-awhiL- labour ii wanting, commerce suffers, many greek vessels are inactive, payments are mad j with
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  • 905 6 CONCIUSIOM OF PKACE. BERLIN, FEB 19 To-day the second conference for tiie conclusion of a definitive peace with Denmark has taken-place, at the house of Lord Westmoreland and the Prussian plenipotentiary, Von Usdom, brings forward the counter-project of his .gdverrifneni to the Danish proposition, I understand to-day that
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  • 2937 6 Tne Ltißii Ckvncivii.ob uilvd tue Foh.owjng HOYAIa SI'KKCH. M> LoIIM AMI GJiXTLIiMI.N, W«j are cdmmxn-iiid by her Majesty to assure you Ithat h»<r Majesty has great Ratisfaction ia a«aiu haviixgt 'recourse .to the advit< aud .usistauce of tcr l'arliu- The decease of her Majesty Queen Aeelaidehaa caused
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  • 215 7 Ipfil 9 British stMONt Braguta, Lovjll, Bunbay March 19 10— Ditcii brijj Beisy, X.jkoila, Palem!)ang Hard) 25. Brit, brig Korttim, Borchards, Pinang March 21 Dj. bark limperor, .Mc.Callum, ArraCM March 16 Dutch schr. Twee Gezuisters, Nakod.i, Patombaag March 15 lI— Do. bark Lacfc^alte, Ditto, dilto March
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  • 776 7 Captain Lovcll. of the Bragauza, reports Inving spoken on April Bth. near the North-sands, the ship Emma, Bibl<y,*from Singapore bound to Bombay. The following vessels were at Pinanjj when the steamer Bragatiza sailed; 11. M. Amazon. Loading for Singapore, the Reliance, Embus and Kiin-Vcak-Soon for London, the Hindoo
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  • 536 7 The mine uf kolinscolt was still in course of prosecution, notwithstanding the want of any decidedly attractive "indications." The Gcrnldine Silver Lead Mine, near Champion Day, has afftrded substantial proofs of productiveness, some ot which Mr Owen is charged to exhibit at the Exchange, with a view to
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  • 809 7 (From the Pinamj Gazette, April*.) Our worthy cone.nporaries at the sister station have M much to Uo ut Lalman that they tind but little time or room lor the consideration of matters at home. TUe Singapore Bssessment statement for 18.9 has been published for several weeks but has obtained
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  • 789 7 .—A case was tried on Tuesday, the 9th Oet at the Middlesex sessions, in which two men were charged with stealing a pewler pot. The offence was clearly proved, and the Judge intimated that there was no occasion to sum up; but one of the jurymen wished
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  • 313 7 NATIVE CRA.FT— BRITISH,— BuffaIo, Fauhool Muhasboly, Mahomed Samdanny, Mahomed Bus. Kader Maidin Bux, Independence, Goodluck. p h ni niJTCH-Asia Hoonir li«w. Binta.»g Tujoo. Saumanap, Lachamade, Goanse, Bun Lee, Fhcrms, lugbee,H.f Hinf Adcaau, Sri BmUn b I'aUhool Ibir, Auua Matha, Futul H«r, Nation >v Vbhsel. V'R«Kl.f N\MK
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    • 601 8 A VERY WONDERFUL CURE OF A DISORDERED LIVER AND STOMACH. Extract of a Letter from Mr. Charles Wilson, 30. Princes Street, Glasgow, dated February, 18th 1847. To Professor Hollowat. Sir, Having taken your Pills to remove a decease o the Stomach and Liver, under whichil had long suffered, and having
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    • 1182 8 ON SALE AT THE STRAITS TIMES PRESS. (Near thb Armenian church.) New form of Ship'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 Parrels, Promissory Notes, Straits Calendar for 1847, Ditto. Ditto, for
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    • 676 8 NEW SHIP'S ARTICLES. £j^ AN Sale at the Straits Jffijfe) U Times Press, (pnet One Dollar each) the new form of Ship's Articles n accordance with the Act of Par l ia in t-iit 7 8 Victoria. Cap. 112 VALUABLE HORSES. A CURE FOR BtRSOTI. Extract of a Letter dated
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