Singapore Chronicle and Commercial Register, 24 May 1827

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  • 26 1 NO. 83 Public Notifications appearing in this Register, and signed by the proper Authorities, are to be considered as official. THURSDAY, May 24th, 1827. SINGAPORE CHRONICLE.
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  • 1808 1 The Colonel Young, Capt. Quick, from Bengal arrived here on Sunday last, from the Pilot the 24th of April. The only Calcutta Papers we have received by her are those of the 16th and the 19th of April the latest previously received coming down only
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  • 1386 2 Our remarks on the Siamese treaty, which occupied so large a space in our last number, shall be as few and brief as we can possibly render them. The subject is not an attractive one but editorial custom and our own promise forbid that it should be allowed
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  • 1396 2 To collect the encomiums on bathing which have been published by writers on physic, philosophy, and education would fill a volume. All without exception recommend it, and universal experience shews that it is wonderfully conducive to health. The ancients had a bath in almost every house or frequented
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  • 236 3 ILLEGALITY OF REFUSING SEPULTURE TO THE UNBAPTISED.— A correspondent of the Stamford News states, “that by a high ecclesiastical judicial authority, the refusal to bury a corpse, on the ground of its not having been baptized according to the forms prescribed by the church of England, is declared to
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  • 382 3 A DELICATE SUGGESTION. To the Editor of the Singapore Chronicle. Mr. Editor, Having for some time past been a resident in Java and an eye witness of the proceedings of the Government of that really beautiful island, but which, through mal-administration, instead of being an advantage seems only to
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  • 289 3 ARRIVALS. MAY. 10th British Ship, Nearchus, R. Brixey, from Calcutta 1st April. 13th British Brig Phaenix, J. Waddel, from Penang 5th May. 16th Cochin China Ship Thua-Laong, Duang-Tou-Jong, from Penang 4th May. 17th Cochin China Ship, Wai-pung, Ngooing-long-hue, from Pinang 4th May. Dutch Schooner Swift, R. Symmons, from Batavia
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  • 63 3 The letter of R. was received too late for our present publication but it will appear in next Chronicle. The writer and indeed all others may rest assured that their names are, in our keeping, perfectly secure. Mr. Homespun is much too coarse, and for our own part
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