The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1835-1869), 20 October 1836

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  • 15 1 The Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. .Vo. »5. TMMUnSVvIY .WO«*VJ*V6J, OCTOBER I*3o. r\»f. i.
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  • 446 1 THE I IVING A«SS AND TIIL UEAD LION. The foltowing retolutiooa icfacttd from a series just published, make t!;e reply of the Cobbett C'on^mittee to the IIU t of Sir V Uuivh'tt, enclosing Cobbc-tt'j bonds bia subscription to the Moniunet.t^lnd: Thai these bondi arc now before the Committee,
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  • 315 1 (From the Public Lahcr, June 29J The l.<:t New York papers W\x\% intelligence of the retirement of the well-known Mr. Clay from public life. His intentions to ons effect h-iving iranspiredi his fellow citizens of Bolivar (Indiana) addresstil him on the subject, hoping th.it he would
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  • 570 1 (From the Atlus, June 2Q.) On Wednesday a half-yearly Court of Proprietors was l-eld, Sir J. Caniac, Bart., in the chair. Sir C For^es, Mr. Weeding, Mr. Fielder, and other hon. proprietor* expressed the neatest pleasure at the intelligence from the lioird of Conlroi.il, communicating the intentions
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  • 695 1 (From the Xew-Urrn Dailf Herald— 2ol/t June.) Bra? Ci' r Aiv.tv or Tkxas, "1 Barrisburg, 10ih Ifoj, io3(>. To tbs People of Texai The recent vioto-/ a victory unparalleled in the history of war is givca us ngaal advad igea »-\s: t!ie enemy; advantages which, it' t!iey are followed
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  • 1050 1 CHINESE PUFFS. (From the Canton Press, Sept. 3.) As we were walking with a friend the other div along some of the crowded streets of the suburbs of tue provincial city, our attention wai aiiia.t-1 by a man carrying od his back a Urge pi icard coveied wnli Chinese
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 409 1 FOR LONDON, To sail the first wmek in Xoveinber. y%SiL I* 10 f |ne > nt?w frst-saiiinff $f&%% Ship JAMES MATIIKSON, ♦^SM^*' Captain M. M. Milward, 4(M> faff, Ilfls room for a few tons of Light Goods. For Freight of which, or passair'N having superior Accommodations, apply 10 BOUSTEAQ, SCIIWABE
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    • 193 1 FOR SALE, At the Singapore Free Press Office. Blank Forms viz.: Powers of Attorney Mortgage and Security Bonds Applications to Import and Export Goods— Bills of Lading— Bills of Exchange Boat Notes in Books of 200 leaves each Manifests Freight ListsCertificates of Commanders of Vessels Policies of Insurance, &c. &c.
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  • 1838 2 (From the Transactions of the Bombay Geographical Society J This curious croup of islands, though on the direct tr.ict of ships bound for this port f Calcutta and Chi* ua has, curiously enough, been scarcely ever examined, *nd raver, until lutely surveyei with care. Tl»e consequence has
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  • 725 2 c DREADFUL MASSACRE. We have been favoured by a gentleman with the perusal of a journal kept at New Zealand, between the IUU oi M nch aud the 4th of April la.st, containing the particulars ot a dreadful slaughter and destruction of property committed by the natives oi
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  • CORRESPONDENCE.
    • 996 2 Quodcunque ostendis mihi sic, iacredulas odi. TO THE EDITOR OF THE HINOAPOKE FUEE PRE&S. Sir, Your contemporary U, I perceive, rather facetious on your lixsty aa.i erroneous conjecture, that the Lascar who announced himself as Uaviog escaped from the Hormusjee Bomanjee, was brought hero
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  • 1050 2 FROM A CORRESPONDENT. A Dissertation on the Soil and Agrlculiu-g of the British Settlement of Piln.vng or Prince of Wales Island, including Prq. vivce Welleslry with brief reference to the Settlements of Singapore and Malacca, by Captain James Low of tkt Madras Army, In civil charge of
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  • Page 2 Advertisements

  • 679 3 THE FREE PRESS. Singapore, Thursday, October 20th. 1836. The Amelia, Ross, from Batavia the 9th arrived here on the 16th inst. blinking us Java Conrants from the Ist to the Bth inst. from which we give the following A ljer Shipping Report: Sept. 25. Brit, brig Vanguard, W.B.Walker, from Singapore
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  • 1646 3 This Institution was founded at B:\tavianbout the close of the year 1832, h.iviug for its object the maintenance and education of Or-Hi-uMsina other children, the descendants of Olmstia a parents, left destitute in that ptrt of India. This valuable establishment has been supported entirely by private donations
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  • 961 3 B. snow Sfirak litrkett, from Liverpool 64 ps. and BJ.) yds. WwlW, 30D ps. wUile, 61,000 yds. plain, 636* ps. printed, 500 ps. grey and 40,003 "yds. colored cottons, 300 ps. s'lirting 1,115 ps. midapalU'ns, 1,900 \h. cambric*, r y j pi s twist, 5,>3j0 ll)S. i upe.i il
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  • 680 3 B. brig fly, for Penang—4 cor; Java, 50 pi*. Bally a ud 10 bask. China tobacco, 6 pis, cotton, twist, 1,000 pcs. British white cloth, 600 pcs. lorrg elotb, 50 cor. Bugis and 50 cor. Bally sarongs, 20t) pcs. inadapollams, 50 boxes tea, 150 pis. sago, 100 sets earthenware,
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  • Singapore Free Press Price Current.
    • 1516 4 No Duties on Imports Exports and no Port Charges on Vessels. T»» Cume, m which commercial transactions are cnlcnlaM, h the Spanish Dollar divided into Cent,. The common weight is the Picul, «f 133M6». avoirdupone, dntdeaintoiwr ""'Z'**™'**,*}™* Ltd the Kupm*, V PiemlM Java Tobacco, by the Cory i of W
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    • 1373 4 As all sales can now be effected for payment in c%sh quotations in the Price Current are made on this principle (urns for consignments can generally be made in Bills Sve I Gold Dust, when Produce is not preferred. V C EUROPE GOODS. BEER, WINES SPIRITS.
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    • 279 4 Ebony.— About 3,ooo pis. Cei/hnia the market heiJ at «L< V j H :r picill. Gam bier.— In t,'ou<t demand at our quotations. The »***lQ*M A'JreJ, jut cleared for London, have taken J .*BO pis. an d the .We* Matheaon, Arab and [ri>Z UealOy n W loadjn for England, mil
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    • 39 4 coons. To 3 Pf cent. AmericasandN.SocthW^lks V Ca PE O f Good Hope and St. Heiev'a 24 Calcutta, M Madras, Bombay, Persian Gclph,.!". i-.,., 2 Rkd Ska, Ssw'- 4 H Mauritius, 3 Bouuuox, China, '.7.7.7. j!
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
    • 390 4 VESSELS EXPECTED FROM LONDON LIVERPOOL. FROM LONDON. British brig Hersey,. 160 Tons H. N. Parkin,. .Mauritius, Penong Sin. FROM LIVKRPOOL. British brig Brilliant 241 Tous, J- Rogerson Singapore, Lintin Manila. r W «'«'c«r Barwise, Peuaug and Singapore. brig Earl Grey 242 P.Robinson, Singapore uSin. ■^P^M/« 402 M A. Brown Batavia
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