The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1835-1869), 26 May 1836

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  • 18 1 The Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. 34. Tm nsiKi +iiona*M.va 9 a© j*e*a r, lntm. ¥"tol I.
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  • 1326 1 A City in ashes. It is not as a piece of news that we have now to communicate, as well as we cuu, an account of the most destructive conflagration that ever visited this city, or this continent. On Wednesday night, about half-past 9 o'clock,
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  • 461 1 TO THE EDITOR OF IUE BOMBAY COURIER. Sir, In a late number <5f your paper, 1 read the resolutions, &c. of the merchants cf Si nga poor, regarding the duty to be levied by Government on their trade, for the purpose of suppressing the pirates
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  • 473 1 THE SYLPH. DIVISION OF THE SALVAGE. Among the General Orders our readers will find the scheme of divi>ion of the Salvage given the Clitt in the case of the Sylph. Captain Hawkins is to toieceive S. -R»- 14,337; each of the Lieutenants, four in number, receives Jte- 2,822; eaehofthe Midshipmen
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  • 3004 1 TO THE EDITOR OF THE SINGAPORE FRLE PRLSS* Mr. Editor, As g reat expense is about to be incurred in these everlas tii g Sal\ age case*, to correct perhaps the most glaring and the lea*t creditable mistake, to say no more, which has ever been failen into, and
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 351 1 FOR LONDON. "^"tSfi^lS Orissa, Captain RankLne, 323 Tons, has half her cargo ready to go on board, and will have quick despatch. For Freight or Passage, (with superior Accommodations) apply to SYME CO. Singapore, 29/rt April, 1836. Captain Ranking will not be responsible for Debts contracted by his Crew. FOR
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    • 154 1 ADVERTISEMENT. Notice is hereby given, that the firm of Messrs. Hootkee and Company at Malacca, has ceased from this dat?. HOOTKEE CO. Malacca, \st. May, 1830. WANTED By a respectable Young Man of unexceptionable character— -a Situation as Clerk, in a Mercantile or any other Office and who has, for
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  • 842 2 SINGAPORE. THURSDAY, MAY 26th, 1836. The Deiderieka, Capt. Bornemann, from Batavia the 19th, arrived on the evening of the 24th inst. b inking us Java Courants from IJOtli April to 1 8th May, from which we give the following list of arrivals atßatavia: April 29th. The Dutch barq. Jonge Wilhehnina,
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  • 767 2 The Diederieka has brought from Batavia, letters and papers from New York, of so late a date as the 25th January, which were landed at Anjer from the Horatio, bound for China. In another column we give an extract from the New York American of JBth December, containing the details
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  • 933 2 We are indebted to a friend for the following Reports of the Bombay Market; Bombay Ist. April, 1836. Cotton. In our circular of Ist. ult. we stated that the cotton crop of the present Season would probably amount tv from about 270 to 290,000 Bales of all descriptions, and from
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  • 38 3 The Arethusa, Capt. Canning, from Penang, arrived here on the*22nd inst. rithout bringing us any Penang Gazettes, or any intelligence, of importance. The Sarah, Sadler, expected there from Lirerpool, had not arrired, nor had the Steauier from Calcutta.
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  • 1211 3 We are glad to perceive that, while irveral of our contemporary Journals of the Presidencies are deprecating the prevalence of piracy in these seas, and seen fully aware of the magnitude of the evil and its injurious operation on our trade, the advantages of Singapore as a Free port are
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  • 204 3 Our readers will find in another column an extract from the Bombay Gajwfteofthe 19th March, containing an account of the apportionment of the Salvage money on the Sylph, under General Orders at Bombay, ■mdng the officers and orrw of the Company's sloop of war (lire. Notwithstanding this distribution, however, the
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  • 765 3 At a meeting of the trustees of the Singapore Institution, convened by public notice, ami held at the Reading Room, 20th May, 1836:— A letter from Mr. Morrison was read, stating, he had already collected upward of Drs. 1000 by subsrription in China, and that he had received
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  • 824 3 We are rejoiced to find that the first step has been taken in establishing here that most desirable object, an Agtfcul- tural and Horticultural Society -an Association which, if conducted with zeal and perseverance, must contribute materially to promote the general interests of the Settlement. The following is
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  • 107 3 The steamer Jardine has frequently been under steam for a few hours during the week, and we lea-n with much satisfaction that her engine is found to work admirably, and that every thing about the vessel has "the appearance of stability, which reflects great credit on Mr. Hallpike, who with
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  • 22 3 On the 11th instant, Mrs. Hallpike of a still-born Daughter. On the 21st instant, Mrs. J. W oodford of a Son,
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  • 155 3 ing Futtul Ganie y from Batavia—4s ctys. coral beads, 1 gold circe box weighing 18 buncals, 0 doz. Dutch salendongs, 240 pis. rice, 27 pis. green caching, 2 cor. Battick handkfs. and salendongs, 13 bdles. pandan mats, 23 pis. buffaloe hidea 5 pis. lines, 1 cask arrack. B. bury.
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  • 150 3 D. Schnr. Caroline, for Batavia 1 ,090 planks, 11 cases raw silk, 13 pis. 92 ctys. sago, 60 pis. 46 ctys. cummin seed, 22 pack. Sundry China articles. D. bng Futtal Ganie, for Malacca— 1,000 China basons, 1 ,600 China plates, 70 pis. Bally tobacco, 100 ps. long cloth.
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  • 1082 4 fHHUArOHR, TBVRMOAT W»ltM»«, WAY g« TH 1886. 1 *<> I>utl«'« on import JTBxports and mjP JWWJjgJX-"^-^ i^i^^^ PRODUCE OF COUNTRIES TO THE Tel ms REMARKS. j EASTWAItDOyCAPEGOOD^OPE- S p. VhJ •x* G i RAIN wrKouan 30 a 32iCa»h. Dull. rv.«,Pe^.&Moulmem r* rK m C J
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  • 84 4 ON GOODS. To Europe (not north of Great Britain) 3 per cent. Do. (north of Do. 3ft Americas and N. South Wales 3 Cape of Good Hope and St. Helena,. 2\ Calcutta, 2 Madeas, 2 Bombay, 2 Persian Gulpu, 3J Red Sea, 4 Ceylon t| Mauritius, 2
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  • 81 4 FREIGHTS TO LONDON LIVERPOOL. Tin Antimony Ore, £t 15*. a 2. 0«. per 20 cwt. Sugar in bags, £4. do. Do. baskets £4. 10s. do. illides £5 a £5. 10*. do. l^ambier £4. 10s. a £5. doC'oflee £4. a £4. 10s. per 18 cwt. Pepper £5. a £5. 10s. per
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  • 50 4 On London, Navy Treasury Bills, 1 0 a3O days. sight, 4s. Ad. per Dollar, none. Private, 6 Months sight 4s. 6d. per Dollar Ou Calcutta, Govt., 30 days' sight. Salts-206 per Sp. Drs. 100, none Private 207«208 per 100 Dlrs. none. On Bombay, B, ««^220a225 On Madras, ,M. «a-222a223,
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  • 1118 4 aj As all tales can now be effected for payment in Ca«A7W quotations in the Price Current are made on this principle. Jt e turns for consignments can generally be made in Bills, Specie, or Gold Dust, when Produce is not preferred. EUROPE GOODS. BEER, WINES
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  • 97 4 (From a Private Price Current of Ist. May, l^b.J Cassia Lignea, T>6 Reas per tb. Camphire (ChhtaJ 22 Rs. per St. >H. Coffee (Mocha) 28 a 30 Rs. per cwt. Cotton, Surat, Broach if Jambooteer, 154 Rs. per 784 ft Dholera and Bhownugyur 144 n (Mangalore Sf Porebwider
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
    • 443 4 VESSfchS EXPECTED FROSFtOXDOX, LIVERPOOL AND GREENOCK. LONDON. British ship MTi'aMli 300 Tons, G. Patterson, Penang, Singapore, and Batavia. Mary Eliza, 2/."i J. McCulloch, .Cape, Sourabaya and Singapore. bn< EIUh i;y n Yeoman Singapore. (Jumna, 256 M. Tait, Peuang aud Singapore* LIVERPOOL. bar<|. Judith, 25.'t Tons, \V. Agor Singapore and China
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