The Straits Times, 24 December 1850

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    20 1 THE STRAITS TIMES. AND SINGAPORE JOURNAL OF COMMERCE. VOL (Jrn. published every [TUESDAY, DECEMBER, Uru. I**.] TUESDAY MORNING NO. 511.
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      677 1 Kates ov Burhc r VTI()N Annually.. Sp. I> rg 16 Half-Ycarly.. 9 'Juarteriy.... m 5 t-'ne Mciith.. t U I A Single Copy— oAe Uupee. MSI OF AllflCllS FOR, SAil AT THS COMJSHS3IOH ROOMS OP iptt, gurs^, go. COMMERCIAL-SQUARE,--SINGAPORE. "-JOOoi-'---HciUn wool of colors Jaconet— White and colored ii .ots and
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      779 1 -Have always on Sale an extensive and choice assortment of the following goods, selected specially for their Stores. WHOLESALE RETAIL FOR EXPORTATION. NILLINERY i3§| HOSIERY Article, for the Work Table /Jerlin Wool of assorteJ rolo.s Jakarta* drew, Ci M'»- fls Colla f Lr -B lish Manil Bonn-ts af Uu,t nv.de*
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      696 1 40 ■NTS f London W. Thomas *Co Calcutta Thacker and Co. Chins— William Piutau Co I Datavia— Lange 4 Co. JUST IMPORTED. EX CHIiISTIAN FROM CTUMA. AND FOR SALE AT THE GODOWNS OF MESSRS. E- APEL CO-. Comtnercial-Sguarc. 4 N Exlensive and choice consignment of with and Japan Goods, which
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      661 2 NOTICE. 1 Hereby declare, that 1 have appointed Messrs Frederick Lender A Co, as my Agents lor Singapore and all the neighbouring Settlements, and that they alone are authorized to sell and to receive orders for my manufactures. Co ogne, lith Sept. 1848. JOHANN MARIA FARINA. The Genuineness of Johann
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      555 2 sticks with shades, and spectacles, concave and. convex. Bird Cages and Tea-kettles. Artificial flowers and Ladies corsets. Green-peas in tins of i and 2 lbs. Sausages in Tins, Herrings in kegs of 12 pieces each. j. Chocolate, Prunes, Raisins, Currants, Cherries, Bfacarony, Bonbons, Almonds Ac. paints in Tins. j An
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      535 2 PEWJMBULAR ORIENTAL STEAKB NAVIGATION COMPANY'S OFFICE. Battery Road —Singapore. 'THE Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Achil cs, Evans, en mute lo Boml>ny, may be exacted atSin(, r a[»ore about the 6th Proximo, and the Peniiftnlar and Oriental Company's Steamer with tlic European Mails en route to China, about the 3rd
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      561 2 TRIESTE JjyMgE ROUTE. OVERLAND ROUTE VIA TRIESTETHE Austrian Lloyds Steam Navigation Company's Imperial Mail Steam Packetsleave 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 usually performed under
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    Straits Times SINGAPORE: TUESDAY, DEC. 24TH, 1850.
    108 3 Straits Times SINGAPORE: TUESDAY, DEC. 24TH, 1850. We have to announce the arrival of the folowiug passengers: Deo. 17 per k.ilby f">in California, Mr. H P. K!!i s 19 per [n;r Tliiv: IntiMM I'miii MttaC J. PhUm Esq. '21 per lndianeren from Chirm, Mr*, llolm ,uul son pur Johu liriglittiiiiii
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    16 3 To MORROW will be Xmas day we wish our readers a very Merry day of it.
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    106 3 CvTCUTTv Journals are to hand to the end of November. Mr. Kight had made another aerial ascent his balloon exploded and collapsed from the over supply of gas and the smallncss of the escape valve, but fortunately the aroii.iut escaped with some contusions only. Major Bartlcman, having been convicted of
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    22 3 MR. Anthony Hammond of the Bengal Civil se rvice arrived here on Sunday last, and will assume the duties of assistant Resident.
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    175 3 Pin-am; By the John Brightman Pinang Gazettes have been receired to December 11th. The Huey rows continued notwithstanding the very ridiculous compromise recently attempted by the Resident Councilor— in the present instance one man was severely wounded two police peons all toe while looking on but want- ing the courage
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    China
    156 3 .—We are tndehkd to tiie kindness of a friend for the loan of Hongkong papers to Dec. 12th. The China Mail notices the murder of Mr. Fast, the Swedish missionary, by pirates in the river Alin, who were templed by the fact of the deceased and a friends proceeding
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    California.
    135 3 —We arc indebted to Captain Howlaud, of the Kilby, fur the loan of San Francisco papers to the 251h. October. A Directory of the city had just been published. Acts of violence to the person were still of frequent occurence. The festivities consequent on the admission of Caliiornia into
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    Tiie Australian Line—Once More.
    1250 3 Our local contemporary with a despatch which his readers will know how to value has presented us in his last week's issue with the lirst instalment ot those documents on Steam Communication with Australia winch he has promised to extract from the Blue Book recently printed
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    THE GRAEFUL MAGPIE.
    90 3 —A, favourite mi,pie bad been accustomed to receive riainiv from the mouth of iv mistress, The other day it perched, as usual, on her shoulder, and inserted its beak between her lips, not, as it provni, to receive, for, as one good turn deserves anothei, the grateful
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      716 3 OELF-PRESERVATION; a Medical Treatise" 0 on ihe Physiology of ftftaoW and on the Secret Infirmities and Disorders of Youth and Maturity, usually acquired at an early period of life which enervate the physical and mental powers' diminish and enfeeble the natural feelings, and ex' haust the vital energies of Manhood;
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      300 3 l h K e S o ate f Si W>", Merchant, were feature ;fn iriSlanl b lhe Courl °< Judicature o f Prmce of Wa|es Ij|a and Malacca, !oLmS«oNco, his Widow, who CUEErn^" UUU h r A.or D AVIDSON a d Ta* Klm Ching md EC! UheAdn i S^onofthe S
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      1278 4 JO Ml hlllt OK OF THE ItMBI TIMES. S(H —I trust that you are not such a slave to the much talked of force of public opinion as to -hrow away this letter when you hear that I once thai most euKgaedof befagß, a very "unpopu- n <-h;ii\ictcr."--If however you
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    MALACCA.
    832 4 Malacca, llth. December 1850. A Brief account of the Settlement of Malacca, during the last ten years, by an old I'eregnnator. TO TUB KDITOB OP THB STRAITS TIMBS. SiK,— ln the absence of more interesting matter, you may possibly fmd the following observations worthy a placa in your very
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    179 4 The destruction of this noble Forties* cost th* noimous imnN, of 260,000 iiuptes 1 by tHe UmisMioicmmeiit m 1807, is certainly to bo rigretttd. It i s B a"d that the object was to iaduce the inhabitants of Malacca by deprivuitf them of the protection atiorded by the tort, to
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    CALIFORNIA.
    1072 4 Early Joubnai.ism in Califounia. In our two preceding articles, we traced ttiu history ol the California Press from the autumn of I84(i down to April I, |650 l We propose ia.tkbu* tide to conclude the subject, by briefly recount ng the history of the Press t'roin April of tho
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    EUROPEAN INTELLIGENCE
    1471 4 Ckhi \m>ni IMMM fiflil To tli. House of Commons tin? resolution to suppress the evidence taken by l.>e O) lon Committee is the crowning disgrace of thf session. Tlie p.tpi'is present d In the House I ist year arid lite year before co»iclu>i»elj ol.ibh-.hrd the charges of unlitniss
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    EXTRAORDINARY SCENE.
    213 5 -At an inquest Md ly Mr. William Curur the coroner, v the uaaapton Coa*t PaJaea Tavern, F-awia atraat. NtWUlgtO^aatOtha death of Mrs. Mary Ana V**MB| Igwd (iO, a most respecUble haty, wuo d's'royed herself by taki,,^ oxaiio aoi.l, iho U- i l^wi,,- dialogue took pUot upon the names
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    MUSICAL DELLOWS.
    1186 5 .—Mr. John Heard, of ChitU.'lumhjJt, in the parish ol' Cuittlehamptoii, near Soutbmollen, Devon, has constructed a very curious piece of mechanism for the Exhibition of 19S1, which consists of a piir of bellows. Whiie blowing the (ire, the tune of God Save the Queen will be played, and
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    EXECUTION OF PIRATES AT BREST
    508 5 Ihc three negro sailors, Domi.i^ > di S.iU.i. Jose do Costa, and FaMe-Foul, convicted of lining assassinated the master of the brig Adcle luring thf shipwreck of that vessel o i the African coast, July 28, 1819, underwent their sentence on Friday week. Two of
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    CRUELTY TO LASCAR SEAMEN TO SOUTHAMPION- VERDICT OF MANSLAUGHTER.
    1222 5 1 lie adjourned inquiry, before E. C K^i-, tlie liomiuu Coroner, into the circuin-stam-es causing the death of Dorgayah (one <v llie Lascar seamen who did in the Southampton I) icks, on board the barque New Liverpool, ('apt. Howies, i> detailed
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    656 6 The usual quarterly returns of the revenue were published on Thursday, and taken as a whole, afford the most gratifying evidence of the increasing stability and continuous development of the national resources. Our space will not permit us to present the accounts in the tabular form in which they have
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    THE WRECK OF THE SUPER STEAMER.
    779 6 —The inquiry into this melancholy affair has ended witn the following verdict:—'•That Isaac Gossett and his wife were drowned inconsequence of the wreck of the Superb, on the 2-lth ultimo. That the wreck of the Superb was the result of culpable imprudence on the
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    CALCUTTA
    851 6 Head Quarters, Simla, Wth November, —At a general court in >rtiul assembled in h'oit William, on Sitir<l;iy the 19 th tl*y of October ISOU, ■ajof John liartleinan, of the 14th N. I. was anaigaoi on the following charges Ist. For scandalous ami infamous cmduct, uubecoining the character of an
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    PINANG.
    387 6 Ihe Authorities yiillcil l»j Jlulm/ jU/tenn-n. It Mm* oui iiiiti vie AMigaloc lakeo iv the Police anil for v\ lucli a re war I was pun, VM not can 'iir in the StHiiKjit l'tivnuj bat in mil- <>f in- riven of the S.ibr.iiig! It wus brought over here and
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    FRANCE.
    514 6 —The President of the French Re- public has worked hard In make his tour productive ol popularity; and his persevering industry seem* to hue been attended with very considerable success, lie h.is pi.iyed a versatile part; using show and military par.idc without seciiiing devoted to either lor his own
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      ARRIVALS
      126 7 *»cc. 17—II. C. Str. Scmiramis, Stephens, a Cruize. „—Am. bark Kilby, Howland, California Oct. 25. 18— Dut. do. Alnoer, Burnos, Samaranß Nov. 15. „—Brit. schr. Goodluck, Roz-irio, Sarawak Dec. 8. „—II. M. S. Cleopatra, Massic, Trincomalce Nov. 18. „—Brit. schr. Ariel, Valhersr, Pjnane Bee. 10. Do. do. Dido, Dufretay,
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      DEPARTURES.
      170 7 Dec. IS—Brit, brig Corcyra,'Stephenson,Shanghai. .,—Do. do. Kirn V'eap Soon, Fdix, Pinang 19 Dulch schr. Kcnanlie, Nakod.i. Khio ,,—Do. lurk Almoddurie, Do. B.iliw.i ,,—Arab do. Friends, Do. Akvab —Dutch schr. Fame, Do, Pdlcinliang —Brit, ship Poolucka, Ho., Bombay —Am. bark Kilby, ilowlaud, Calcutta —Brit. schr. Swallow, Cowan, Sarawak ,,—Do. bark
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    RATES OF PREMIA OF INSURANCE AT SINGAPORE.
    226 7 (ON (JOODS) VOYAGES BY SAILING VIfIUBU Per Cent To Great Britain j*} Continental Port* in Europe a £%MM«i sailing between 30th June ll.mirkouir or and Ist Maicn U lv;:ipoa j sailin, between 280, Keb and 1 ~f July Amoy, durinir the above period
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    FREIGHTS TO LONDON & LIVERPOOL
    69 7 FREIGHTS TO LONDON L I VERPOOL Antimony Ore.. 2 5. per 20 cwt. Tm I 10. oago in Boxes 3 10 Sago in Bags 3 5 per 20 cwt Gambier in baskets 3 5 Ditto in bales.. ..£3. Coffee in bags 3. 1 8 p W t. Black pepper £3.
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    MONEY MARKET
    70 7 On 0 Mouths credits is. 84d.t0 Is- t»d. per dollar. Ot Calcutta Treasury 225 at 226 per lot) dollars, bombay M) ,l a ys sight Us- 227 lo 229 per dollars 100 Syece silver 5 to 54 per cent premium for Urge <:<iinpany"s Rupees 444 cents. Java Rupees
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    VESSELS EXPECTED EUROPE
    41 7 Klizabcih tiruwn ■Singapore llucdia Bintang Aorneo Druid Maria Christina Napoleon John Cooper Condor Westerwick Neptune Qeen»town 5th. May Newport 2nd. London June l>o. 11th Aug. Ingleton Clyde Mc.Kirdy Do Vos»- Hamburgh. 11th Sept Liverpool Clyde ..Hambargh Newcastle Clyde
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    1507 7 The following case, which occured on K 1 iday, is one of peculiar interest, from the fjet of it* being the tirst movement under the new Fugitive Slave Law. It will be noticed that there is very little of the I w's delay" here. The proceedings were us summary as
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    742 7 Another point in legal technicalities, which it is understood will be prominently put forward in the next session of Parliament, is the practice relating to Hills of exchange. Here, again, there is plenty of scope f>r the reformation proposed. It is discovered, under the prevailing system, that the costs to
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    SHIPPING IN THE HARBOUR.
    312 7 NATIVE CRAFT— BRITISH,— Mahomed Bux, Kader Maidin Bux, Zeelutt, Dolphin Mahomed Samdanny, Saffmatoo Rymon, Shaw, Ann, Letchrny, M. C. Bux, Ameer Letchmy, C M Bux, C. Bux, Goodluck. DUTCH— Fathool Herman, Hong Guan, Fattel Rahira, Fathor Racbmao, Pakis, Seamr Guan, Lim Seng, Kompol Mas, Pen, Zepaanu,
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      1004 8 HEALTH WHERE TIS SOUCHT HOLLOWAVS PILLS CVRE OF A DI"HU>ERED I.lVr.lt AND STOMACH, 'WHEN IN IN A MOST HOFKIiHM HTATK Extract of a i^etttr from Mr. MUt/iow Ilarvcif, of Chapel liall, Airdrie, Scotland, dated the \sth of Janwinj 1850. To i'rofessor lloi.t.ow.vySnt. Your valuable l'ills have been the means, with
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      473 8 NEW SHIP'S ARTICLES. j-4\k AN Sale at the Straits v Times Press, (pnet > One Dollar each) the new form of Ship's Articles ji accordance with toe Act of Par liament 7 8 Victoria. Cap. 112 ON SALE AT THE STRAITS TIMES PRESS (NKAR THK ARMENIAN CHURCH.) j New form
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      589 8 FOR SALE I fFHE Law of Stoiims or Sailou s Hors J —Book by 11. Piddinglon. A few copies have been received. G. J. DARE A CO. Singapore Int. Dee. 1850. G% J. DARE CO. (SHIP CHANDLERS, COMMISSION AND AGENTS.) REG to announce to ship Owners, Merchants, Commanders of Vessels
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      1067 8 it CURES FOR THE UNCURED HOLIOWAH OIXTMEVT Jl AS EXTBAORDIXAIIY CURB OP SCROFULA, OH KINO EVIt Retract of a Letter from Sir. J. 11. Alliday, 203, High Street,' CheUenjJm, dated th* 22nd Jamlary, 1850. ii io x roicusor hulluw a i* Siu— My eldest Son, when about three years of
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