The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1835-1869), 17 April 1845

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1 3 The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1835-1869)
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    11 1 The Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. MUMJriJTG, *»TH IPHII, 1845.
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      711 1 NOTICE IS nraißY given, that the Light House at Malacca, will be pulled down on the Ist of October next, -hen a Lam em will be hoisted al the Yard Arm of the Flag Staff, until the Ist of April 1846, from wtucfe date, the Light at Malacca will be
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      1403 1 TO LET. From the Ist April next. TyilE DWELLING HOUSE at Cam- •T_h J"?* Glam at P^sem occupied by IE-aafUj w Duncan, Esq. Apply to c JOHN PURVIS CO. Sinfpore, 19th Feby. 1845 HOTXCIf" THE Undersigned has been" appointed Marine Surveyor for this Port. c PETER GOLDIE. Si*J*pereJ6tk April 1815.
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      789 1 PHETENDER mHt llt FOR SALE TtbNDER^Tk A j ,B^ ,ian B Host. PREA TENDER, 14 hands 3 inches, rising 4 years old. TV r AND The Winner with ease ofthe Wiltsr warran quiet and sound. For Terms, ApplJ to ted Singapore, 2nd April IB <s. f MARTIN D^^stszxr do ns
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    CHINA.
    534 2 fhmm the Hongkong Register, March 25 1 tin "hi- morn nj of Tuesday last the Hon Mont- m*- v M irtin, the ltevd. V. Stanton and It. B II .l«..kM>ii, hsqr., were attempting to walk round tbe avails of t anion, when a mob gathered round ihem and r.nmin«*i'ced
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    CALCUTTA.
    1331 2 Summary of News. (From the Friend of India. March 6.) Febg. 28. We are hippy to find that a brig is about to st*rt immediately for the Nicobar Islands, uider the direction of the Danisb authorities, to enaiine their state and condition, and to report on the feasibility of
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  • CORRESPONDENCE.
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      TO THE EDITOR OF THE SINGAPORE FREE PRESS
      137 2 TO THE EDITOR OF THE SINGAPORE FREE PR ESS Air, In reply to the statPtnent advanced by Sydney Pearty claiming the 2nd place in the V\el«er Hace of Donnybrooke— allow me l0 Sly that I acknowledge no decision bin that of thejudae m U.e s'and who in my humble opinion
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      TO THE EDITIR OF THE SINGAPORE FREE PRESS
      402 2 Dear Str, I thought, when I began to rend the letter of A Married Kextie'tt, in your last issue, fioti the circumstance of his laying 0 the hnttef *o thick that he had an end to gain which might be facilitated by
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      TO THE EDITOR OF THE SINGAPORE FREE PRESS
      300 2 Air Edito', The Island of Ascension silnated in 6 50 N. and 159 F (one of the Caroline group) is a beiuti'ul and fertile Island and has one or two excellent har ours on its \V side,- Of late years it has
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      TO THE EDITOR OF THE SINGAPORE FREE PRESS
      898 2 Air E-iior, Will you oblige me by inserting to vonr ra'uiMe Paper the following Report of a Meeting lately h«ld in this Settlement. At a Meeting hid at the house of a Married Resident on Thursday tbe 10'h instant, to takp into
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      TO THE EDITOR OF THE SINGAPORE FREE PRESS
      314 3 Air Edttor, A Christian community feels the death of its Pastor to be a great and a sorrowful dispensation.- as a lo«» in which the Church ano U>|ile sympathise deeply with «he relatives of the di>cea«ed, aid indeed in which their grief
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      768 2 smsssr .1 asm 1 tsmwsmmesmnm. aas roit SALE AT J. MANIf CO.'S GODOWNS A Fresh consignment of Preserved Provision I tec. just received per Isabella, horn the wel.. known House of C. ÜbaTo.n ct Co. London, 10 sitting of Abernethy Biscuits, in 7 Ihe. tio. Captain's ditto, in 14 lot.
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      753 2 'or* i r pii v Liver complaints wonas'ofallklnds Debility Lumbago Weakness, from Or.psy Piles whatever cause, Dysentery Rheumatism &c. &C Erysipelas m T»1 E^E trulj inviluableMedicioes can be obtained at ihe estsblishsaent of Professor Hoixoway, 244, ♦ear Teasple Bar, London, and of most respectable Venders of Medicines theocohout the civilized
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    TO CORRESPONDENTS.
    249 3 We have receive a letter from Batavia sgned Ihe Nimrods of Rittht and Justi c" requeuing ns lo t»t dish a letter in the Dutch language addressed to the Ed Hoi of the Juva f^uravt, and which it is seated our cotempomy refused to insert in his j
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    THE FREE PRESS. Singapore, Thursday, 17th April, 1845.
    164 3 THE FREE PRESS. Singapore, Thursday, 17th April, 1845. Bvtavia By the Swedish barque Artemis*, we have received Java Caurunt* from I9ih February to the 15th March; from which we have extracted the following Anjer I ping list 10 B ship Elephanta, Ross, from Chins 23rd Janu»ry, for London, I 11
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    87 3 The Chamber of Commerce having last month represented to the Governor the con- eoience which would be fell if letters were allowed to be sent to the Continent ol t orope by the Steameis from Calcutta, the Governor of Bengal on his honor* motion has been pleased lo authorize the
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    326 3 W ith reference to that part of the correspond 'leu c which took place in Januaty last* Peen the Chamber of Commeice and the orable the Governor on the subject of Copper Currency, wherein the Clumber requested that the Court of Directors might be moved to make known to all
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    55 3 ry. —By the Fire Queen the f Periodicals from London was isting of the January Nos. of the nd Quarterly Reviews, Blackgr'a, Tait'a Magazine &c. &c. upply however does not includ e those ordered as those published I the month such as Punch &c. These we may look for soon,
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    131 3 Queen left on Friday the llth Jalcutta with eight passengers rable quantity Bf freight. She I here twenty -four hours longer ended, owing to the difficulty of *ls, which had to be brought fiom I] lalion at a considerable distance nd there being no coals in .tore j c Steamer
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    87 3 Vide tingapore Fire Press lOtb January 1845. I i i TaTiT TiT We ought to hare mentioned last week more distinctly than we did, that in order to accommodate the Straits public, the Agents of tbe Steamer canted her to be detained two days off town beyond the latest day
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    34 3 The Organ for St Andrews Churcb which has been so long talked of his at length been finished, and has by judges been pronounced a very superior instrument. It will arrive by the Ckilena.
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    114 3 The wife and family of Panqlimm Tujok, the noted pirate, who was found guilty last week of piracy and murder having been at his request brought over from Johore, and having seen him, he was btought up yester day and sentence of death passed upon him, to be carried into
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    276 3 The house of Mr W. S. DfJSC \N wis en tered one night lately by a ro iber who was proceeding to help himself to various articles whei. M< D awoke, and fired at hi n on which he fled —and the gun having missed fire on M (trying to
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    65 3 The glass lamps and other nrticlpc which were sometime ago stolen fiom the Institution and other houses in Campong Glatn have we learn been found at Pinang where they had been sent from this by a Chinese shopkeeper for sale The Police are actively engaged in tryi-ig to find out
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    114 3 We are informed that the Nautical Reading Room projected by Mr Perry wiH be opened on Monday a detailed prospectus being circulated this week Tlie judicious arrangements and moderate rate of subscrio lion which he proposes, will we hope enable Mr Perry t> carry his plai into successful operation. Soch
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    59 3 safjtss" We understand that the c are 8 Chinese in Jail charged with being concerned in the attack en Mr Bfavrf,ga«'D house two of them were apprehended by lhat gentleman s servants and 6by the Police We have not learnt whether tlieie is much proof against I these persons but
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    1142 3 We are informed that the Grand Jury will make their presentment, and be discharged, to-day. If not 100 late to offer a hint we would beg 10 suggest that they should bring to the notice ofthe Court the expediency of a return being made by ihe Superintendent of Police, quarterly
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  • SINGAPORE FREE PRESS PRICE CURRENT
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      50 4 '1 C steamer Phlenetkon I ....'Coverly p,Brem ship JW W 4 20 Lucnpke Behn, Meyer Co Amer.«chr. H.rwrA Clever JDalenier 1-ondon ,^mef. ehip Ann Mar ia Millet Do f hlp y>l /l 328 Underbill A L J Ln.tou hi! l«.qut AVAW/y McDonald Sy me Co .1 ArteH.i* Seron Do |l-«»*|ool
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      406 4 cubic feel. To Ou< Portj.-Ttn Shilling, per Ton ad.litiuna]. whole »f the Tam..^ here bailable for th. convince of Te., j. etUr ed, but rate, of Freight do not .df.nce, owin f to the comparatirely! limited extent of Shipments going on 7 To Calcutta and ALdras.-Xer, scarce. T« flowiday —Cargoe.
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      85 4 -^eejhej^dh^colum^for the remainder. -j _f__J_^___ Ve r j Gpfe.- Jr~~ T"^7^ 6I Br,twh Kit. bj: Ppr a. A RRIV AL. OF PASSENGERS. Per Harbinger— Mr Cochrane. ill^2_i_i_____^^ la pr 'SS s- £F- 15 Brituh schr S dnep SohoLfleld flomb.v Per ateam.r F' E? U OF PASSENGERS rer steamtr Fire Queen
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  • SUPPLEMENT TO THE SINGAPORE FREE PRESS.
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      6 1 SUPPLEMENT TO THE SINGAPORE FREE PRESS.
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      126 1 _b.cb the defendant returned that tbe young woman „,i not there and had never been with him. For this alledgrd f.lte return he was now put on his „1 and it was proved that there never existed any ,_rh person as the proeecntor's daughter, and that the a-fsodsnt never wss
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      The late Mr Griffith.
      772 1 f Frews the Friend of India, March 13.) Tbe U»t papers from the Straita give us the melancholy iouU.geuce of the death of Mr W.iliam Griffith ,l Malacca on the bib of February. Ha left Calcutta id per lent health and vigor a short time ago,
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      The late Mr Lyall.
      365 1 "We had scarcely recovered fiom the shock ccca sioned by Mr Griffith's death, wben we were called lo mourn tbe public, as well as private loss of Mi Lvall the late Advocate-General. He bad recently returned f.om Dajeeiing, whether be had conduct ed Mrs Lyall, she
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      Death of Captain Scott.
      677 1 At Singapore, ou the 2yiu January, aged 45 years, 9 month, aud 2 day., of brain fever, after 21 day.' i'.lnrss, J* R- Scott, Esq., Commander of the H. C. War Steamer Pklegethon, and forme ly Commander, successively, of tbe H. C. Steamer Jumma and Irreu>*ady.
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      Dwarkanath Tagore.
      2047 1 The following is from last Tuesday's Bhaskun— j We have lately learnt that Baboo Dwarkanath T° j gore is about going to England again, and is likely al j take bis passage in compaoy with Dr Goodeve W 8 have also learnt that the Baboo will take bia
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      Cultivation of sugar la the Tenas-I seriin Provinces.
      1095 1 Cultivation of sugar la the TenasI seriin Provinces. To the Editor of the Friend I+dU. Sir,-~l avail onyielf of the nrit opportunity, sioot the receipt of your paper of the 9th ultimo, for the purpose of pointing oat the iocorrectnsss of your aotice of the Go? eraeieat Notification of 28th
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      Maulmain Sugar.
      800 1 Maul main Sugar. From the Friend of India, March 20. We publish a letter from Mr O' Riley, who has been emp'oyed for several years in endeavouring to establish tbe cultivation and manufacture of bug* rat Amherst. We beg to assure bim that the brief remark we made on the
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      MAULMAIA.
      746 2 iaioaju.ii Fire at Maulmain. On Thursday last about m>on another fire occurred at this place, which, we believe, was more destructive in its effects than any preceding one since the town was built. It began out-side the Cantonment near its north-western corner, at the place called by the uatives,
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      Latest European Intelligence.
      789 2 Dreadful Murders. (From the Monthly Tunes, Jauy. 20. J Some vary shocking murders have taken place since the departure of the Overland Mail of the 7th. a farmer in Staffordshire, has killed his brother, by beating bim on the head with a hammer he stewards th.ew the
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      Dinner to Sir Henry Pottinger.
      2174 2 On ihe llth instant, the members of the Oriental I Club gave a dinner toSir Henry Pottinger at their club- j house mHanover-square. At seven o'c ock 116 gentle- men s*t down (the room would not comfortably accommodate more) to a diuner in every ms.y
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      Dan at a on Plus.
      941 2 me new agiiau-n commenced oy Mr O'Connell against the authorities of the Church, which heh.s so long used as an engine for political dUr.urOai.ee has just received a fresh and unexpected check "The casus _e//i-tbe first open offence which Mr O Connell had occasion to
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      Sir Charles Metcalfe.
      593 2 The deep iuterest which is felt for the dietiaguished individual to whom the government of the Canada! is al present entrusted, and tbe peat sensation wbteii was recently excited by the unqualified announcement in a weekly paper, generally cautious and well info. toed, of tbe impossibility of
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      VARIETIES.
      102 2 A seutl.cuan, calliu< ou a witty British consul on rainy eyeuiug, oomplaiued that his shoes, which were thin, hid ad uitted tbe Witcr. lam surprised, 3' r(*4ld lUe rep.eseuUtive of mijesty). that your shoe* should be leajcy, wksu you had j,umj/s e-QOinj, The February Mail —The American Steamer Midas,
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      General Summary.
      2444 3 On the tOth ult., Her Majesty proceeded on a visit to tue Duke of Wellingtoa, at Strathfieldsaye, and -c urned to Windsor three days afterwards. The visit -as of s more priraU nature than those which the Q_«en psid to the Duke of Buckingham, Lord Exe•e., he, snd
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      Naval Intelligence.
      1312 3 The Ittrfo, 18, Capt. the Hon. H. K-ppel, arrived from the Esst Indies, last from Spithesd, on the Ist and is now preparing to be paid offThs Harlequin, Iti, commander Hsstings, which recently arrived Irom China, was paid off at Portsmouth on the 22nd Jany. The Pelican, 16,
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        91 3 Snipping Intelligence. -ae###as»— ARRIVALS. From China— Jany. 18, IFes. Prowse 20, Lndy Amherst. Fehy. I, Bahamian. Fiom Maula— Jany. 18, Fortescue. Feby. Cur shut ton Park. From Batavia— Jriny 23, Trusty; 25, Monu Feby. 3, Maria From SiKGaroRE-Jany 28, H. Al S. Dido IV y I, Andromache. DEPART. BUS. For
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