The Straits Times, 12 June 1855

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    20 1 THE STRAITS TIMES. AND SINGAPORE JOURNAL OF COMMERCE. VOL. UTH. published every [TUESDAY JUNE 12th, 1855] TUESDAY MORNING NO 744
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      920 1 Tt s or scbboriftioii x Bp. Dr.. 18 Quarterly.... 6 one Month... U A Single Copy— One Rupee. LIST OF ARTICLES FOR SALE A T THE COMMISSION ROOMS OF JOHN LITTLE CO. COMMERCIAL SQUARE— SINGAPORE. mWliw Outfitting department. p nM shorn, anl slippers, I'arU ard London made. _lH;islic, silk, niui
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      499 1 Ny Kind. #c Muslin Gloves— French Kid, White and coloured, White and coloured silk. A thread Parasols —silk, plain, and figured Ribbons— silk, satin, bonnet and children's, a great assortment Thread— cotton on reels, Silk, tapes, bobbin; Needles, Pins, crochet Thrcaed and needles Babies' Honds and Hats— silk and satin,
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      772 1 Messrs. WHAMPOA AND CO.'S ADVERTISEMENT. ■Jllessr*. WHAMPOA Co. have always on Sale an extensive and choice assortment of the following goods, selected specially for their Stores. WHOLESALE RETAIL A FOIt EXPORTATION. mtUfnnrp 9c ©o&irrn. Articles for the Work Table; Balianne dresses; Bonnets of the latest modes, from Pans; Chemisettes of
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      830 1 AOKNTS. I London— F. Algar Co Calcutta— Thacker A Co. [r«ne< I Hongkong Armst'ong A Law f Batavia— Lange Co. NOTICE CURSETJEE FROMMU9Z2. HEREBY gives Notice that he has withdrawn from the firm lately carrying on Trade and business under the style of Littlb, CURsrrJkk A Co., and he has
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      605 2 ■coats and jackets; cigars, Manila No. 3 and 4 ciga cases, Manila and China; colors, oil and water, in tin boxes and cakes; camphor wood trunks; crowns, for naval caps; dinner snd tea services; dressing cases; decks, travellers writing; fowling pieces, tingle and double barrel pistols, gunpowder and birdmg shot;
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      769 2 INSPECTOR OF BBACNHES. W. Frederick Fiboowon Esq.. STANDING COUNSEL. T. C. Mobtoh, 8e0.,, 10, Old Post Office Strttt. Officiating.— W. Ritchie, Ksq. BANKEUS.— The Bank of Bengal. SOLICITORS. Robert Moblf.t Thomas, Esq. 6, Old Post Office Street MEDICAL OFFICER.— Duncan Stiwaht, m. d. Presidency Surt/eon 29, Chowiifghee Road. SECRETARY.— P.
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      558 2 CALCUTTA MERCANTILE MARINE INSURANCE SOCIETY. THE Undersigned, having been appointed Agents for the above Society, are prepared to take risks and grant policies, payable in London, Calcutta, Kangoon, China and Singapore. SASKIES MOSES. Singapore, 30th Sept. 1854. CANTON INSURANCE OFFICc. rXiHE Undersigned having been ;i|<|>oini< d At/mf heie for the
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      509 2 LEA ft PERRIHB CELEBRATED nonor/KCfD n «g txnucr <.: %mm ooNNoimoM, I] ttSUjyySJ: TO BE TH* AMBk\ Mt t «t -anToooDMvci- JQ| w "7 ru M l.i !IJ "TtU LBA rKKK!*« A,D *PFUCAt«IO 2S.^y -ffirX' EVERY VARIEIT fi^l ZSLfTtfJZ OF DISH. KS?tf— "wwisst WORCESTERSHIRE SAUCE Peninsular and Oriental Steau Navigation
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      906 3 Xotice SPECIAL BILLS OF LADING. i \LL I'arcels and Uoo«is despatched i^a/Mi. b y ll!e «'»d O. Company's -jJaViaSiiMiii ahi|iB to Pinano, Gallk, MajgJgJPuKA.s, Calcutta, buMBAY, ami io •^mi^ox, Hongkong, Canton, ana ShanoR quiie SPtciAL Uill-. of LAl)l^a, which "jy U|'' ocured al the 4>THAITS liMks Office u! (ipi>rt, Attyust,
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      764 3 very miserably has been radically removed by Dn Barry s health restoring food. Alex. Stuart, Achdeacon of Ross, Skibereen. No. 58,334, Grammar School, Stevenage, December 16, 1850. Gentlemen, we have used yourdelii iousfood forfour months, and found itadmirably adapted forinfants. Our baby has nevcroncehaddisordered bowds since taking it. R. Ambler."
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      1129 3 The Wrien* of AMI. HOLLOWAY'S PILLS. MIRACULOUS CURE OF GENERAL DEBILITY. Translation of a Letter from. Baboo Sorabjee Chetty, of A Uahabad, dated 1 1th of October, 1854. To Professor} Hollo wat, Sir,— For a number of years I suffered most intensely from general debility, disordered st-te of theiiver, together
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      574 3 TRIESTE fftti^^ ROUTE. IHK Austrian Lloyds Steam Navigation Company's Imperial Mail Steam Packets leave Alexandria direct for Trieste after the arrival of the Passengers b; the Peninsular and Oriental Company's Steamers from Calcutta, on about the 4lh or sth of every month and an arrangement has now been entered into
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    48 4 SIVGAI'OHK: TIIKSUAV, JCNB 12TH, 1855 We have to announce the ariival ul the followiiiL' pan»f ngers June 4 per La Jeanne d'Arc, H. E. Admiral La Guerre and Suite* We have to announce the deptrlure of tliefoliowinir passengers June 5 per Sultany to China, Mrs. Shire.
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    24 4 The brig of War Rapid, Commander lil. tin 1 returned to Singapore on Monday last after a short cruize in the Straits of Malacca.
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    19 4 The French Frigate Li Jeanne d'Arc arrived here on Tuesday last. The customary salutes were tired on the occasion.
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    30 4 From the Weekly Dispatch of April 14th, received by the Hazard from A lelaide, we take the subjoined item relative to the contemplated re-opening ot SteamCommunicatiou between England and Australia
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    104 4 The Victorian faghlilin C xisril hare acxrnted to a conditional annual grant of £>y>oo, for tkm MM of establishing a permanent monthly m*il communication between the Australian eolotiici and tlio mother country. The route "reoominendod by lh, Council in lliat which the ji)uro»l< of this culniv haw «n long irgpil
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    85 4 Thk Band of the :JBth M. N. I. will perform the following PKOfJK \M\IF. At the Linen, for H'clnesJag, \3th June. Peterslmrgli Walzer by Lanner. Overture "Dirndl" Auber. Cavatina, Opera Bcls:irio" Donizetti. Quadrille, Le Domino Xoir" Ist Set.. Auber. Dubronoc P01ka Farrbarh. Nabucco Galop Kuhner. PRCH,R\MME. At the Esplanade, for
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    124 4 Coroner's Inquests. An Inquest was held yesterday morning on the body of a Chinese Sawyer, who was killed by a Tiger in the Pyoh Leber district, on Saturday afternoon. As he and a companion were returning from work, about half- past four, deceased was seized and carried off in presen.ee
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    270 4 We understand the llon'ble the Governor has directed that in all cases when Prisoners are sentenced to the House of Correction they shall be worked inside the Walls, and not on the Public Roads as the practice has been for many years past. This change for the better will probaMy
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    401 4 The first act of Governor Eliind^, adiuistration was to direct CvOM Bo«di be made throughout the Island. Nothi^ could be more desirable, and wiifa i1,,. ample of Pinaug and Malacca rumU I M r us, the public has the best guaranty th a the work will be promptly and eficientl,
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    1198 4 In another part uf to-day's Straits Hrn will be found a report of the proceeding of the Municipal Committee at their last meeting. The correspondence submitted for consideration, ami now published, possesses unusual interest; affecting the progress of the Settlement in a powerful liegree, including the Drainage of the Town,
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      868 4 notice MESSRS. SMITH, ELDER CO. have the pleasure to announce to their friends, constituents, and the public generally, of our Indian Presidencies and the Eastern Settlements, that they have made arrangements to carry into execution a design which they have long contemplated, for the Publication of a FORTNIGHTLY JOURNAL OF
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      738 4 are enclosed in large packages consigned to their Agents, they are enabled to offer their Constituents the advantage of considerable reduction of expense, in the transmission of such parcels. THE SUFPLY DEPARTMENT. For the execution of orders for every d»scripti<n of Militaby Appointmfnts and Clothing, Mess Supplies, including Wines, Provisions,
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      13 4 On the 9th instant, at Mount Victoria, Mrs. Joze d'Almeida of a Daughter.
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    261 5 Her Majesty's government feel it necessary to discontinue, as far as possible, the pnetice of posting smill detachments of troops in various parts of the country, and their wHkdraml renders it the more important tint an efficient police force should be maintained. Sir Qwm Grey requests that you will take
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    Singapore Municipal Committee.
    530 5 29th, May 1855. PlMIt The Hon. T. Church, Esq. Chairman. H. T. Marshall, Esq. I Capt. Macpherson. J. Harvey, Esq. H. M. Simons, Esq. Kead a letter dated 22nd instant, from the Secretary to the Governor, intimating the appointment of Henry Minchin Simons, Esq. to be a
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    606 5 (A) To the Hon'ble E. A. Blondell, Eaq., Governor of P. W. Island, .Singapore and Malacca. Hon'ble Sir, The Municipal Committee feel they would be wanting in duty to the Community and manifest indifference to the responsible trust confided to them, did thuy hesitate (notwithstanding the advene reply recently received)
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    873 5 (B) No. 1. Extract from Letter from the Officiating Secretary to the (Juvernor No. 175, dated 2SrA April, 1855, to the Rttident Councillor at Singapore. I 'am. 1. "I am directed by the Hon'ble the Governor to acknowledge the receipt of your letters No. 83 ol the 20th and No.
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    511 5 No 2. Extract from Letter from the ketident CmtnciHor at Singapore No. 86, dated ird May, 1855, to the Off'/. Secretary to the Qovcrnor of the Strait* Settlements. Para. 1. "I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter No 176, dated the 28ih ultimo, relative to the
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    203 5 No. 3. Extract from Letter from the (Ifliaating S<c>etiiry to the Governor \o. 209. dattd Itk May, 1855, to the Resident Councill r at i-ingapjre. Par*. 1. Having submitted your letter No 9n of Ird intitant to the Hon'ble the Governor, I am directed to state in reply, that he
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    195 5 N<>. 4. No. 114 of 1850. To the Officiating Secretary to the Governor of the StraiU Settlements M Sir, Having consulted the Executive Officer and Superintendent ot Convicts and Koada with reference to your letter No. 209 dated the 7ih Instant, and also minutely examined the daily report, it appears
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    184 5 No. 5 No. 237. From the Officiating Secretary to the Governor of the Straits Settlements. To the Resident Councillor at Singapore. Singapore, 19th May, 1855. Sir, —The Hon'ble the Governor having had before him your letter No. 114 of 16th iuatant, desires me to state in reply, that he approves
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    46 5 WmM .Scbokon. —An English officer, in a battle iv Flanders had Ins wo<>deu leg (covered with a boot) shot oil' by a cannon ball; Ins men crying out h Mfton, a surgeon for the captain. No, no, said he, a carpenter, a carpenter will Jo better.
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    Pinang.
    3703 6 Disbases or the Ntjtmeo Tbee. In continuation of the remarks we have from time to time offered on the diseases from which nutmeg plantations now suffer so severely in Pinang, we mibjoin some notes on one kind of ailment, which, if we may judge from the appearance of trees
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    European intelligence.
    6334 6 Mismanaoembnt in THE Crimea —We are awar« that we are thought ridiculously obstinate for always hammering at tha name old story aUiut Crimean misii)in»,'eiiH nt If it were only a question of taste f the conduct of the expedition could be treated like a quarrel betwe.o two rival
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    The Panama Railway.
    1808 8 —Of the two isthmus- es, Suez nnd Pcnaina, which have hitherto been fhe obstacles to a great maritime circulation, tlie first will'shortly be cm by a canal; the negothii .lions are at liatt actively pnmeiuied to this hi: the second, »t ibis present tune, t-o to spe«k,
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    SINGAPORE SHIPPING
    202 8 ARRIVALS. June 4— H. Ms. brig Rapid, Blanc, a Crime. »t French frigate La Jeanne d'Arc, Jaures, Ma:ao May 5. Brit, sxlir. Hazard, Canney, Adelaide April 21. 6— Brit. schr. Eena, Moate, Calcutta April 24. Brit, bark Ay. shire, McPherson, Calcutta May 3. Brit, brig Arratoon Apcar, Francis,
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    RATES OF PREMIA OF INSURANCE AT SINCAPORE.
    394 8 (ON GOODS) VOYAGES BY SAILING VESSELS. Per cent To Great Britain 2 to 3| Continental Port* in Europe 2 to 'i\ Macao, Cuinttiiitf moon and 'I tailing between 30th Hongkong or June Ist March 14 to 1} Whaui.oa Amoy, during the above period
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    MONEY MARKET.
    67 8 On Rngland 6 Months credits at 4». 9jd. to 4s lOd W dr On Calcutta 223 to 224 per 100 dollars. Bombay 30 days sight Us. 225 to 227 per 100 rlollan. Syree Silver 8 to »4 per rout premium for Urge Company's Itupecg per 100 dollars Java
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    FREIGHTS TO LONDON & LIVERPOOL
    48 8 FREIGHTS TO LONDON LIVERPOOL Tin 3. per 20 cut. Gambler. £4. Pearl Sago.. 4. 10 Sago Flour.. 4. Hides ||i Coffee in bags £4. 10s per cwt. Black pepper £4. 10* per IH cwt. Measurement Goods £4. 10s per 50 cnl.ir f>. •■Mi 4. 103 per 20 cwt.
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    Vessels Expected from Bombay.
    53 8 Alman«..cr (L)ut.) Curbelt direct Hjiiroosee Brown via pinang Ku*rovie Short direct Salamanca Ki'by Bombay for China. Pottinger (S.V Stead via Pinanjr Swallow (Am.) for Canton Contest ditto Nimrod Moore Woosung Masdeu (MnM ditto Vmhi, expbctrd from Java. K. der Nederlanden Deighton Katavia Vessels Expected from Bai.lt
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    Vessels Expected from Europe.
    252 8 iim.° n fSVI n a Cke S*WH Axma(^». v.) Durham via'Calmm Bett, and Johanna lw, M HmbS, Ch.lena Waterhouse Liverpo'f in Commerce Cardiff J*»"!' ba rheid Fwtmi' Liverpool 11 n Dudbrook GUtgow Emcljn Toogood d *leda Matheton Lon.lon Free Trader Wade Gla, gulr Hagoflruce Day Liverpool
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    383 8 Exchange no Robbery. At an entrant ta. teriaiiimrntgiten lam week by Lady Port. man square, ageutlHiuau, before stepping into his carriage, was Pearciiiiiif in the hall for hi* li at. when a servant passing by, being informed by'li« aentletuaii what he was in qut-st of, inqnind What sort of a
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    SHIPPING IN THE HARBOUR.
    378 8 NATIVE CRAFT. BR.TISH-Muh.hooly, Atiet R.hmtn, Sisters, Adelaide, July, Sultan, BU>. beth, Samdnnny, Adelaide, Polka. DU TCH— Kim Tek Sen^, Bara San^nan, Noor Salam, Jadul Karim. Batavia. Pospah Bongi oat T7 "J 001 Chan Guan L'"nl>er Mashoor. AKvee Se K aff, Banjarmaosin, Denok, Kirn Hey Hifl BA
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