The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1835-1869), 1 July 1847

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  • 17 1 The Singapore Free Press AND MERGANTILE ADVERTISER. Xo. «6. 9W. 1». TWtKNIMI MVRJrurG, 18T JTUMj*\ 184tS niiCxxix
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 752 1 IV THE COURT Or JUDICATURE OF PRINCE OF WALKS IsLAMD, SINGAPORE AVD MALACCA. NOTICE is hereby give*, that the Third General Quarter Session of the Peace, will be hoMen by the said Court for, Singapore and the Places subordinate thereto, at the Court House, in Singapore, on Ftiday, the Second
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    • 772 1 JUST PUBLISHED THE CONSTABLES' GUIDE OR A COLLECTION OF THE PRINCIPAL LAWi REGARDING PEACE OFFICERB. BY A. SIMONIDES. May be had at the Godowns of Meiari Little, Cursetjee Co. and may also be obtained at the residence of the Compiler. Singapore, 23rd June, 1847. FOR SALE. At the Godowns of
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    • 519 1 SODA WATER LEMONADE MANUFACTORY. Cts. Aerated Soda Water y doi.— bottles supplied 1 25 Bottles filled .....0 76 Aerated Lemonade bottles supplied* 150 Bottles filled j 0 0 Lemon Syrup Quart Boales!".'" 4 00 Gentlemen requiring Soda Water or Lemonade can be supplied from the Fountain at all times during
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    • 599 1 advertisement!* COs AT WTTL^ctjr^E CV, PLANS i°^" M Rooms. from Z&SZ,?* JOHN TU Wou. THOMSON Government Surveyor Price «3 colored *ol ourve 3for, 0/ Singapore. «<* varnhhed with Ro*eH UnCOl rCd Md «*>red -i!!W£!^Li^J^«n«, 1847. B L A C nl;e Br iSht wSSi W On J*tto Crowns Ditto. Gilt Waistcoat
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  • 646 2 SHIP CHANDLER, PROVISIONER, &c (Contractor for Supplying H. M. Ships with Stores, $c.) Ladies and Gentlemen's Paris Kid and silk Gloves. Ladies long and short Milieus, Ladies silk Stockings. China satin aud silk for Lady's Dresses. Ladies Leather Shoes. China Grass Cloth and ditto Handkerchiefs. Europe silk Umbrellas. Ladies
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  • 192 2 of London. TH E above Company having established a Branch of their Office at Singapore, invite the attention of the Straits Community to the reduced rates at which the Lives ot Europeans and their Descendants may be Insured. Subjoined are the rates of Premium
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  • 955 2 Xtoss of the Barque Manly {From the China Mail, May 13.; The following Letter, though of old date, wu received only tbia morning To thi Editob of the China Mail." Manila, 24th March, 1847: Sir, m I htve been requested by Captain Perois, lately in command of the Barque
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  • 1093 2 (Frtnti the Pinang Gazette, June 26 Since Sunday there has not been an arrival from any quarter, not even a signal made of a coming or passing sail, although several are now due from England, Calcutta and Madras, besides our Straits traders, one or more of which generally arrive
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  • 639 2 Marine Incendiarism. The Englithman givei the folio wia^ letter from the Captain of the Framjee Cowasjee Framjee owatjee, Eastern Chunnel, 26th May, 1847. It it with much regret I inform yon that some of the wretches composing our crew made the attempt to fire the good ship last evening
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  • 457 2 The Friend in India in High Places. We will not attempt to remonstrate with fhe Huriaru against these gross personality, so derogatory to the dignity of the press, and to entirely unproroked; bat we will take this opportunity of manifesting our gratitude for public support we have received, by meeting
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  • 202 2 Fort William, Financial Department, 28/A Utf* Notification.— Notice ia hereby given, that the following Devicei have been approved and ordered br the President of the council, for the cent, half cent and quarter cent pieces, to be ecoined and issued from the Calcutta Mint, for currency in the
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  • 601 2 Batavia, Uth June, 1817* Batavia Batavia it certainly termed since time immemorial the grave of Europeans, an epithet which >| •hares with Guiana. Meanwhile, let us hope that I will not fare wone here than in that place, end s»° ld if poiiible the confounded fever by
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 342 2 Common Europe Vinegar in bottles and demijohns Ivory Chessmen of sizes. Hoffman's Jams and Jellies. fiomled Fruiti, Sauces, Pickles. Vinegar, Salad Ort Capers and Mustard. Sardines, Wiltshire Bacon, Spiced Beef. Tongues, bams, and Cheese. Cabin and Fancy Biscuits. SpermiceuiVandles. WINES SPIRITS. Sherry— J. Corkburn and Campbell's Port very superior. Champagne.
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  • 141 3 TO THE EDITOR OF THE SINGAPORE FREE PRESS Dear Sir, Would it not be possible for the Police to remove the Public Nuisance daily occasioned in ircylar Road and Kling-Street, by Chinese obstructing ibe <tlioroughf.«re with their Baskets of Vetjei»W»»; *nd looking Apparatus? Al-o by tbe ilme.3 orying* objects
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  • 65 3 The communication of Vox Populi refers to a letter which did not appear in our columns, and it is therefore unnecessary to publish his comments upon it. Vox Populi ia moreover so obscure in his style as to be in a great measure unintelligible. The Schoolmaster has evidet
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  • 171 3 THE FREE PRESS. Singapore, Thursday, 1st July, 1847. Our Overland Summary will be ready tomorrow. In consequence of the present sum charged for the Summary being inadequate to the expense and labour bestow. ed upon it, and very di ".proportioned to the price at which our weekly issue and the
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  • 93 3 The flag ship Vernon, returned on Friday last with H. Excellency the Comman-der-iu-Chief, from a cruize, ami brougiit Mr Brooke, who had joined the Admiral on his way up from Borneo in the Htmssss, «saa«gMa*» The Singapore Library has recently received a valuable accession to the contents of its shelves
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  • 98 3 the Steamer arrived there with the Overland Mails on the 12th ult., the Singapore packet was not forthcoming until the 15th or 16th^ Thi« was the cause of much disappointment to many of the English merchants as many of the letters were of the greatest importance? When the letters were
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  • 903 3 In our last we promised to give some details from the small pamphlet published by Mr Smart, relative to the route to England from Alexandria, via Trieste. In fulfilment of our engagement we now extract the following particulars. It may, however, be premised that the line has lately, in consequence
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  • 813 3 The statements of several of the captives rescued and brought here by the Nemesis having been taken at the Marine Magistrate's Office, we propose giving the substance of them, in order to shew the nature and extent of the operations of the pirates, and the cool and systematic manner in
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  • 330 3 Yen A man, a Chinese, resident in Ban. ka for seven years, was captured by pirates together with seven compauions, while they were asleep in their huts on the beach, about 4 months ago. There were nine pirates prahu in company and while Yeo Aman was with them they touched
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  • 500 3 Java.— We have received by H. N. M. Steamer Batavia, Java Courants up to the 26th ult. The news they contain are few and of no importance. The Governor General has promoted Major Djuka of Limbotta, Residency of Menado, to the rank of Walapulu in the Government to which he
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  • 551 4 I ibould not wonder, if an EntUshman would next eerry a portable artillery «orpe with him on bit journeys, because It it potable that b« mi*bt require such offensive weapons on certain occasions, but whatever it of any probibl* use an Englishman always c» rr J with hiojif If. We
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  • 150 4 (From the Spectator, June 16.) A tolerably copiout selection from such EngtUh papers as reached in yes'erriiy, will be found in this d «y's Spectator. The chief item of domestic inn rest waiving that perennial theme of Madness, the Iri>h and Scotch distress i* the monetary crisis before spoken
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  • 178 4 Thd U3trian Xdoyd's -team Navigation Company. (From (he Bambcy Times, May 8 We ohierve amonzst the list of paateueera by the Acbar the name of Mr Smirt, A<e»t for the Lloyd's Steam Navigation ooapsny, now on a tour fat the purpose of xrrangine, a^ei.cirs at Bombay, Ceylon and C*!cutU.
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  • 1384 4 [Fram the Bombay Times, May 26] It <■ with deep regret that we bare to intimate that the sickness of our laie lamented Chief Jaiticc, which hni formed t\i> ject of frequent notices in our columns, has at length terminated fatally, the amiable Judge haviug
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  • 1973 4 t' om \he Home bleivs, May 7 Lord WmßMiiiFit called Ihe aucinijij of the House i tiiH recoil proOMsiksft of ih<? Bank of England, and asked whether there had been aoy ■OfftfsCalvOJrt to llie Hank I y the Government for advance fiom the former beyond tqe usual
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
    • 406 4 jHIFPIMQ Ml TMS HAIiaUK. VttstVt Nanes. 1 TomtJ_ Commanders j Consigner* I >est nation H. M. »h?p Vernon Fitzerald, £sq H H. M. barq Royalist Lieut. Gordon ••••••••••JJJ«J H. C. steamer Hooghly Congalton U C sieimer Nemesis Wallage Sp steamer Sebastian d' Etconn Smith Spanish Consul Manila b. steamer Reinha
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    • 127 4 W. C. Legeyt, Esqre. Per atcamer BatavU—A. Columbat,G P. Petal, F. W. H. Read, and E. F. Kreglinger, fiaquire*. DEPARTURES. D te I t Ve»sel'» Name: Captain Bound For. June 24 Britiah barq Alpine "~Man"il« M 25 British barq ilnn Gillam Pinang „25 Britiah ship For/arthirt Newbolt China „26 Britiah
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  • 482 5 liiiteteuion't Post contains a Utter from Lord (loicuiry tu Mi miiiili O'lirien, declariug for re- td at last. Hk lormuip „,j» tbat nothing but ,rp«ai can prevent an utter extinction »,nd the con- ,tient Mil' ot inland." A coniercnre was held yeiterday between the > -(l cr.ot Hie
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  • 221 5 A fatal epidemic is at present prevalent union; the hurt*! in Perthshire and the adjoining counties. |tl»«Mfib*4 10 tli? bad quality of the hay of last year, and to the want of potatoes for mixing with tli v food. Some idea of the mortality may ba ob* tinned iiom
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  • 468 5 (From the Monthly Time*, l,n I Bar.— L -fd Vifiaa h«« M.wftii !iitn«Hf mid Mr r> iitiTj id k» made by '<«rriiip,-, Mr Temi'lf. faring a trial the Ifoctfc WaJtM Circuit. It p? i t Wian prosirri'el Bfr»a:it for rtnbriiltuient tli <t Mr Tempi* wti eu^ttgeii fr :nc
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  • 1304 5 (Before Mr Commissioner Shepherd.) (From the Zfouth'y Timet, April 24.) thi Uankri'Ptct of Mackky and Holt. Y>ete bankrupt*, who bad been large East India metrunts carryin< on business in St Helen's-place, ho P»<ate, applied for their certificate* which were opposed by Mr James and Mr
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  • 964 5 (From the Satnoan Reporter.) In our last we gave a sketch of th« physical features of the Samoan group us f-»r westward as Ap vrema. A brief description of Savaii will conclude what we have t j say on that subject. is about eight or ten
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  • 1479 5 Fa\TjDULBN'T BmKnuprcY. For aevenl days our uprpiDp court ka« b«eu occupied in trying thesis* of L'vi H tinman, which came to a close on Wednesdays, by the jury returning a verdict of guilty. The insolvent w*s ••ntß-.iccd to imprisonment with h ud labor for tin term of .•> yean,
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