The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1835-1869), 16 March 1837

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    15 1 The Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. Vr>. 11. 1 i£ t— tmt LV. 9
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    MISCELLANEOUS EXTRACTS.
    1178 1 CAPTAIN CHADS. <™R OF TH* MILITARY «A ZKT r E "«ut of nn ictio. m .^ouot „1 be y 1(ltc I am, bir, yoursj^bedientlv, AN OLD'TAJt. Ji!'*'.'"' .i,-r,.d <vitht:>eJo S ,oftheß,i. S ui.UX iu ti, T Vrt on e of tlie most duti- -11^ I'^1 the generality of
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    LOSS OF THE GREGSON.
    453 1 The Gtyspt, Haniiuo i, was toV.illy lost by fire, on tlie night of the 18th instant, iO miles souUi of the J.i^ht vessel all hands sited. TW following extract t( a letter firow tht Cominaudcr gtvea lull particohars of Uie lo.ss oi'tliul handkobm new Tessel, which
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    THE PORT OF CALCUTTA.
    298 1 As nwch has lately been said in tbe papers reiardmg the quantity of shipping now in the port; »t in.,y not bo uuu'.x Teiin- so present a statement, derived from authentic source*, of the quality fonmn he. of the- r^«sels, »l|ewiii g also the exteut of
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    THE PRETENSIONS OF GREAT BRITAIN
    567 1 AnsTEKniu, Sep*. l 5. Of all the unfounded, unreasonable, and extravagant demands thai any Tower in the grand idea of its physical superiority ever ventured to nr»';c Uie first place may perhaps be as-iunri to t' :!l claim which is not? made by Great Britain
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    EDIBLE BIRD'S NESTS.
    800 1 *he following letters from the iWidenl Counciljora at Singapore and Prince of Wales [shod, shewing the result of ;.i experimental export otVliMo bird f a ii»ia from thi* i,lu.hl are published for ■.■e.ivjrul information. To 1\ Axr;T::i nil V Cohhi I Secretary tj Gvc<r.irne*t, Cc n. Sifj,
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    PENANG CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND AGRICULTURE.
    279 1 A meeting of i'.n> Merchants, Planter?, ami other resulonts of' th« Settlement took- place at thtf Library on Thursday last the 23rd instant, parsu.mt to public notice for ti:e purpose of taking into c-msideration. the expediency of establisbSag a Chamber of Commerce in this
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      388 1 r on lißVEnrooEi. fllllh bm A. 1. nst-tnilinsr Riitifli 1 r.n_. nr.uv\ r.NT, ..i.N-vMi, I! N mnmiMli r, C'2<> Tons. iviii'« (lie i rirw ii ul i art of her i reo rea- oa boajrd, will meet >*iih quick dispatch. I reight or E\u»sai{e, ;i jly 10 ROBEBT WISE, lIOLLIDAV
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    CHINA.
    1922 2 (fltOM mjL 1 «i| |iv,lam-vsv VI. Rr.nM i% rrj^Qte? to the Circr/ation of diti.irt in J.;KoO nece^lty tfrttcinhig th m in the precaution aj+wn ihe exportation >j »yee> a JM August, |83fi. •UfjH>rt, \i\ .-.*.ci>y the com mistJioßC? of f. fiance s«nd of justice in thesiot luck Kwangtung, to
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    CORRESPONDENCE.
    1314 2 Such w-re my thought! while the storm continued but these good resolutions deceased with the danjer." R BiNSON Crusoe. TO THE EDITOR OF TIIL SINGAPORE FREE PRESS, j Sir, Pray re-puWLh the account of t)\e Meeting held hore on the 22nd. Aprii 1835, aid the Resolution* agree 1 to
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    TO CORRESPONDENTS.
    180 2 A votary of the Muses, T. S. E. has addres:>ed us a long commdiiicdtion ii» consequence of o\»r coutemporaty having refused some lines of Ins oh Na >nleon v place in th; P :et's Comer of the Chnt>*icle— bui our arrungeineiits for tftjpib c tti n f our
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    THE FREE PRESS.
    270 2 Singapore, Thursday, 10,/*. March, 183 J. By t!ie Sutimtmy, fain Calcutta tie I9t!i Februarw, wci hive Bengal papera tip to the 3id. only of that month but are indebted to a fVieud for the perttf&J of (iles up to t!ie Brli, from which some extracts will be
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    143 2 By the Patriot, from Bataviu the !7tli.Janv which aniveU J, :e on the 13th inst., we have receive^ a Java Courantot 7ih t Juny. contain- i inor nothinp: of importance to our readers h Letters of the 10th Jany. state that Sugar looking down fn consequence of the acci lated
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    815 2 From a Penang Gazette of the 25Ui lit we have ektracteu an account of the p;oee rf in^s of a public meeting held at that place to establish a (Camber of Commerce &Aguvu Tvm t which will be found in a preceui»,» column. We omitted to notice in our las*
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    303 2 A prahu from Borneo Proper has arrived since our last having left that place in Nov. last and owing (o stress of weather was obliged to put into Sambas and Timblan on the way. At Sambas, the nakodah learnt that a prahu which left this late last year, belonging to
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    1224 3 In ?.n r\fr.;ct U< m Duttfa puper of SppU'uiber l.isr, publisiied in the London Globe and Nvli^i vt- J:i c trnfened to the coJij'MiS of oor <>.■'>•! i number, our rca'lors in this }-ait of i!:e world frill doubtless be a |oodd< \m Ito find the claim made by our
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    1390 3 It is sufficiently u:n j-iijr Jo note the exemplary diligence with which o(;r contemporary so tharacteciuically endeavours in his I tst number to retried the blunder which he fell into a week before of holding out the fact of American voxels taking in cargoes at this port for China as
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    SCRAPS.
    97 3 A bon ravmMiaving a hu«e pimpta on his face, remarked to his fiietir] (an Hibernian) liere's a mount Vesuvius-" when the latter replied, that it WM caused by #iking too much of the craturl There is a story of a Scotchman, who before asses (which nre not foud of
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    IMPORTS.
    738 3 D. barque Julia, fro m Sanutrang 35£ cor. tobacco, 39 coys, rice, 08 pis. 33 ctys. ti«, 5 coy<. peas, til pis. 77 ctys. pepper, 124 ph. 76 ctys. inriup. 7). schnr. Catherina Corudia, from Biftavia 1,400 pis. rice. ti.sch'tr. Sia.nfo-d, from Pcnang 100 pis. tin, 20 pis beas'
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    EXPORTS.
    692 3 V-schr. CitkqriHa Cornelia, for iWawV— 3dor.s medicine, 400 pUuks. Aliuto-* e'u*u Benarei opium. **r. StaMtjfirJ, for lf«/«cS»--30 pis. iron. e«*»* 8 boxes jo^s sticks, 2 boxsi t -».->n d ••> handkfs 200 paper umbivlUs, l 1 ,y.,0 China cups, Cor, Java tobacco, G' 2 coys. Siaai sab, 60,000 China
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  • Singapore Free Press Price Current.
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      No Duties on Imports & Exports and no Port Charges on Vessels.
      1408 4 No Duties on Imports Exports and no Port Charges on Vessels. 7 syr*,^ j H f^ eemmrrricl trctnadiins are calculated, it thr Spatiish Dollar divided into Centt. fie common xceirjht is Ihe Piciil, rf 133^ lbs. <moirdvpoi*e, divided into 100 Catties. Salt and Rick, are commnnfy ntd fy ihe how
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      REPORT ON THE MARKET.
      1283 4 An all sales can now be effected far payment in Cash, our quotations in the Price Current are made on this principle. R fm turns for consign merits can generally be made in Bill* Specie, or Gold Dusty when Produce is not preferred. EUROPE GOODS. BEER,
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      868 4 VESSELS -EXPECTED FROM LONDON, LIVERPOOL AND HAMBURG. Mothkr o'Pkar! 8iiisi.L8.^-Noue. La* t salts* 11 j P pi. Cash. from LONDON. Oil.— i 'oconnnt— Shu k large— but good M.™ rea- British bara. /MM MOO Tons,, H. R. Wilkinson... Fin-npore and Batavia. oily saleable ,S 4^ -p picaf. brig Cherub, Mi
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