The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1835-1869), 18 October 1838

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    18 1 THE Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. .Vo. 42. r*>f. S* THfflMfj.fr JHOIIJVM.VG, 18™. OCTOnER, 1838. *Vo. ClilX,
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    CHINA. CANTON MARKET.
    762 1 C HIN A. CANTON MARKET. IMPORTS. BoMBA/rTT*.— Some few hundfeJ pieces hare been sold ai Drs 6i a 7 per piece. Camlets— still ve«y dull. Cotton. Of the Ht»nb<n/ staple al>on\ 2,0^0 bale«» h;ive l>een dt*(MM«d of during the week, the fine and middling qualities nVKfing re »dy pun h:Keis
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    287 1 AltlllVED.— Iluratio, [Am.] Howiand, from Liverpool Bin June, i'eyton, [Am] Chafftr, from Batavia O'h Sej>t. $ltrmuT3 tinllie, from Calcutta 14th Augtist, and Singapore 14th Sept. (fie^ifs, Smith and La Belle Aiiuptee, ArckoM, frodd Madras. Hir H. C'impfoii, Uoulton, Jiautrcs, Jackson, linn Bombay. i\u(>o{», [Am.] Pulaam, from the Coast of Sumatra.
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    A BRITISH COURT OF JUDICATURE IN CHINA.
    1020 1 i We have, as will be seen fromr our extract?, devoted consider ibh> «|w»Ce to Capt. Elliot's correi- j l_4i)ondetice with his <y»votnm"nt, a corrVirpoudende srbfcb, by oi'U'r of jj;otrernm«M_t, has been published, and whiuh was to' hnVe rl>fe effect, no doubt, on
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    PORT ESSINGTON.
    1190 1 The following has hee.i circulated by the Chamber oi CoauD'ence for general i<itvrui*iion. Macao, 4th September, 18 13. Sir, The inclosed is a copy of a despatch I hive tlii- day had the honor to receive from itear-Ad:ni-ral Sir rBBBOERICK Maitland, wlticiv I !^g leave to co ninunicate
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      676 1 GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. Sitiyapore, 20//< September, 1838. .-«m-|LLIAM DONAH) SHAW, E*W, has f lliu &*f been appointed SktHfuf Prince of Wales Island, and M«Uoc«< a«-d Marshall cfihe Co'ift uf Judicature of tin; said Settlement in iu AdmiMl'y Jiirisdiction, for the ensuing ye 'r to ggmiucnte fiom the 29th instant. S G.
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      356 1 FOIt Me Godowns of the Undersigned: A.Ncuoiis and Grapm ls, of si/«s. Ch*in Cahlis, J a 1| inch. Kcroim-. I was, bleached and brown. I)i:i K and 1) All L. lUmin red. Hoe, yellow and green. BUip'a Dick and Scuttle Licut» of sizes. Ship's Srri in no Com parses. Irish
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    659 2 the fine Siamese ship, the Conqueror, befouzin.? to the King of Siaiu, has been wrecked on the west ©f Hainana, and toully lost, though the crew, consisting ofB2 ludividuais, chiefly Siamese, Imve been *m T shl P wa oa a v °y'»fifB from Uankok to Lhma. fl»e crew after crossing
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    SMUGGLERS' BOATS.
    1083 2 From Downing'* Fanqui in China." A large mandan'tt-hoat wag seen one afternoon pesaing down- the river beyond the frr*t bar an. l then entering and taking u*> its station in. one of the numerous little inlets which abound m> that neighbourhood. In a few minutes it was perfectly
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    HAWAII.
    1410 2 From the Hawaiian Spectator, April, 1838. vo Art. Xl.— Ortmi Crater on the summit of Mauna JLoa, Hawaii. The height of the moun tains of Hawaii has b«en variously represented by different travellers TUe !h ll ?H J!»°n eo mOnty assi 8" ed them, has been about 15,000 or
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    THE FREE PRESS. Singapore, Thursday, 18th Oct. 1838
    184 2 THE FREE PRESS. Singapore, Thursday, 18th Oct. 1838 Cm xv. —The •llfppitfg report of the week I announces numerous arrivals Com China the I date* ot departure from thence ranging from loth September to 9th instant. We" U ye received the Canton Press from Bth to '>9th uiti.no, ami the
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    3168 2 ing, en«mg to- the excessive price by hordes which »a. upward of h" Unde per picul, for good fsatlee. For ,!i 60( > t.culars regarding th,e market, our relTj par referred to the quotations fro.n e r* General Price Current of 2nd. (W^ another column. October, j a The Sir
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    IMPORTS.
    737 3 By the B barque. Bengal Packet, 231 Torn, Steward* Jrom Lhiua. Entered on the \st inst. 173 boarding p.kes, 5,000 Sp doll.trs. Bytne B brig Johanna 123 Tout, A'o L7,,W J™ ,/hwi Calcutta, Trtngmut and Calantan. En. tered on the 6t/i inst. From Culantun- 100 pis. tin, \Q c
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    EXPORTS.
    1028 3 CioVn r ba^'. Futtal^^ 127 Ton*, Tan Tian Uoanjor Malacca and Henahg. Cleared on the 4//* instant. For Malacca— I chest Benares opium, 100 cor Ur £K Su l c hintz 7y cor Europe handkerchiefs, 50 bdles. Chirm pa wr. Penan S —i2 cor Java" tobacco, 100 pis. Mania
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  • Singapore Free Press Price Current.
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      No Duties on Imports & Exports and no Port Charges on Vessels.
      1470 4 No Duties on Imports Exports and no Port Charges on Vessels. tk* Pi i sfV^ok Ibt. avotretut>oue, dtvided tnto i (iu tatties, salt and Rice, are com Th* O-rfncy in rhte* commercial transactions mre eaientttH. t» the Sf>a*>sh Dollar divided tutu Vents, me cemmv* lS f* 'f, L abou t
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      PREMIA OF INSURAINCE.
      104 4 aw goods. To Eltope (not north of Great Britain) 2?per cent Do. (north of Do. Americas and N. South Walks 2$ Cape of Good Hopk and St. Hklmna,.. 2 Calcutta fl 2- Madaus, 2 Bombay, o L n Persian Gulph, 2§ Red Ska, 4 n CEVLO2V. 11
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      REPORT ON THE, MARKET.
      1036 4 M As all safes can now be effected for payment for „i nwtaion* in the Price Cvrre.t are made on thin principle i?"" urns for consignments can yenerally be made in BiUt < ile Gold Dust, token Produce is not prefered. 'Or EUROPE GOODS. BEER, WINES
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      FREIGHTS TO LONDON & LIVERPOOL.
      84 4 FREIGHTS TO LONDON LIVERPOOL. Tin Antimony Ore £1 l(i#. a £6 per 2U cwt. Sugar in bags, £4.10 a b do. Do. in baskets casks £5. U>*. do. Hides £6. per 16 cwt. Gambier in bulk j£6. 10#» per 20 cwt. do. iu baskets, do. Coffee £(i per 18 cwt.
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      632 4 ARRIVA' j 1 OI?P^ 3?sr~ !!aEsaa!5 Oct. 7~BrKith- B* q. ~M*vkubuk AV I i Pen^g, 15th >epc. J! nt s 1 n JototiM f CdingJaa Matnuca stPen 8 11 British Barq. Vatttl Mey* (I r Jcd.ia 28th July U 1 J r ff Somi Hong Malacca Peug „11 British Barque
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      40 4 LATEST DATES. Fom England, 14tb July, Overland via Bombay. From Calcutta, 10th Sept Water Witch. From Bombay, Bth September Rvpatell. From Canton, 2nd October y Fmtfi. Fro;ii Manila. 27th September per San Joaqinn. From Batavia, 4th October per Deuyal Merchant.
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