The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1835-1869), 4 November 1847

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    20 1 The Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. Jfia. 44, W\>l. 18. THIJHmn^tT JtMOHjrMJVG, 4th .\Ol E.IB llEit 184». *Vto. »CXXIX.
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      783 1 IFOR SALE. lHk Fast failing A 1 Brig JOHN BAGSHAW, 205 Tons, carries /£~^J£j» a large cargo for her sailing qualities, > 2^ and is well found. For particulars, apply to Capt G. J. PA RE, or to Messn A. L. JOHNSTON 5e CO. Singapore, 3rd November, 1847. TO BE
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      742 1 NOTICE. THE Undersigned nave associated themselves in Business hers under the Firm of WHAMPOA CO and their Marine and General Stores will be opened on Momday, the Bth instant, in tfce premises recently occupied by Messrs Geo. Armstrong Co. HOOAH-KAY. GILBERT ANGUS. Singapore, November, 1847. NOTIG THE Undersigned have been
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      754 1 Messrs Apel, Lender Miter WHOLESALE AND RETAIL Merchants and Commission Agents, HAVE Just received a particularly choice and miscellaneous collection of Goods from different parts of Europe, which they have the pleasure of offering to the Public on most advantageous terms. It consists of the following articles Piano Fortes, made
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      700 1 MTTtE, CURSETJE3S COg ADVERTISEMENT. JUST RECEIVED. BY LATE IMPORTATIONS. Ai nJ*f- ?°J? w ?f ofthe V«d*r*igntd. To™!!" 6 f J' amB Chedder Chw«.V Ox Tonuiea Italian Maocaronie; Cockbum CampALSO ci« f enC F, and wH nd enc n mada IIlM8; LiBht AIb «rt Si kh 1 S hir,,,, 89 Be
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    TO MERCHANTS, DEALERS & OTHERS ROWLANDS UNIQUE PREPARATIONS.
    252 2 TO MERCHANTS, DEALERS OTHERS ROWLANDS UNIQUE PREPARATIONS. Are universally held in high estimation, and ilie fact of the distinguished patronage 'hey nj>y, their nener.il u*e in all l'«>u» ui»-3, and the numerous ipslimonials constantly fM»i— d of iht-ir ♦'fticdcy, aff rd the bnl and surest pro t ol then merits.
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  • CORRESPONDENCE.
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      TO THE EDITOR OF THE SINGAPORE FREE PRESS
      267 2 Dear »S.r, In your issue of last wt-ek is a long article on the Dutch poljry in Netherlands India VViihout Jeetning it necessary 10 remind you that you should weigh well all ex pane evidence before adopting it as the grounds of
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    BIRTH.
    19 2 Al Singapore, on lite Ist November ihe Larf Major J. Shepherd, S A. C.G.ofa D*\ JOHT y °l
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    MARRIAGE.
    31 2 At fcamarane, on the -29ih September Don McLachlan, Ksq (eldest Son of Donald Met ID l*n, Esqr late of H. M. 75th Real.) n if"' Am alia Frederika Gehne. MIH
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    THE FREE PRESS Singapore, Thursday, 4th Novr, 1847
    2377 2 THE FR EE PRESS Singapore, Thursday, 4th Novr 1847 From a letter from Canton, with the perusal of which we have been favored we learn the following particulars of a daring outrage perpetrated on three British subjects near Canton by a hand of Chinese robbers On the 2nd ult. Capt
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      870 2 T Clarrt Ist quality— St Joliei. and Leoville Brandy Best Cognac Be«t, Singapore and English bouled Porter OS Do Hollands, Whisky, Liqueur* Ac. &c. Public Auction* held on Monday* und Thursdays. LITTLE. C URSETJEE CO ~POE BAL^7 A Few dozens 01 iiock Rudcsheimcr berg. ALSO Claret io casks. Apply 10
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      859 2 Sugared Almonds, and Preserved Fruit" &c. Just opened an Invoice of Oilman Mores con«isii»K of York Him?, Barkley, Chedder and Pine Cheeses, Hermetically sealed York \iams. Prunes, Turkey Fins Isingtets, Scotcht Oatmeal, Pearl Rat ley, Tar< Finns, Ptcklts,Sauc«. Jan. telly .Marmalade &c &c Also just opened, 2 case* of very
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      546 2 Uuder the distinguished patronage of Hit Majetty the King of Prussia. Hit Majesty the King of Hanover, and mott of the Nobility and Cltrgy of the United Kingdom, and especially recommended by the Faculty. KTATING'SC iUGHLOZENQES A CERTAIN REMEDY for disorders of the Pulmonary Organs— in difficulty of Breathing in
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      25 2 rfl ll House at Monks Hill 1-. A ™W« h V V. A Dvc* Es'nu liStSti Apply 10 ulTe MARTIN, DVcEfti,. Smqnvore. 3rd November. \B^7.
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    The Past and Present Proceedings of the Dutch in the Indian Archipelago.
    3145 3 The Past and Present Proceedings of the Dutch in the Indian Archipelago. la a despatch from Lord Palmerston to the British Envoy Extraordinary n| th>* HagU%, dated 29ih January 1841, we find the following statement of the proceeding of the Dutch For several years past, the Dntch Authorities in India
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    111 3 Suoarkd Msdicinks. A singular mode of prepsrIng medicines appears to have been recently adopted in Prance, by covering the most muieoui descriptions of* them with sugar, in a confectioned and highly* finished state, sn as to represent sugar plums and comfits, and to deceive any person as to their exa<t
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    PENANG.
    1381 4 (Fr<Ai the Pinttty Uaxeite, Oct. 16.) Accounts recently received from Cochin-China are most unfavourable to tbe interests of tbe Missionary Society, who, during the lsst two hundred years, has laboured so uoweariedly in tbat field, araiefst a variety of difficulties and dangers, and yet so successfully in miking converts
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    BOMBAY.
    2392 4 (From the Bombay Timet, September 22). Aden it to be made, we understand, into a little Gibraltar, with a Military Lieutenant-GoVernor, altogether independent of Bombay Mr R. K. Pringle started on Monday by the Moozvffer to take up bit appointment as Civil Comnoii- i ■ioner in Scinde i he
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    EUROPE.
    175 4 Irish Electioneering. TiPPRkARY County. —For the edification of the English render is subjoined a report of a most characteristic speec'i delivered by a dignitary of the Roman Catholic Church (Archdeacon LafTan) in proposing Mr Scully, ons of the successful repeal candidates at the recent election for the far famed
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    Miscellaneous.
    518 4 Social Habits in Russia.—" Two diyi afterwarda we left Kherson f »r the country s««t of toe vlarthal of the Noblea, where a lir«e party w*s already assembled. The manner in which hospitality it exercised io Ratlin is very c -in? etiient, aud eataila no greit outlay in ibe
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      556 4 SHIPPING Ilf THE HARB^UK. i'e.b»eVs N'liHe,* j i'ont j L-umtnanners. Cnnswneei i i )estfinivin** li. C steamer Auckland Young 11 bar q Varib 328 lleatoti A. L Johnston fit Co Shan^rne 11. N. M. stmr Butavia 1000 Areroeat Diito B^tavja D, barq fat tar Rnchman Durahim Ditto Banca D barq
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  • The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (Weekly)
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      30 1 THE OVERLAND SINGAPORE FREE PRESS A MontMy nummary of general ana Commercial Intelligence from tne Strait*! Java, Manila, *c Xo. 25. SINGAPORE SATURDAY MORNING, 6th NOVEMBER, 1847. Price 50 Cents.
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      SINGAPORE.
      116 1 Saturday, 6tk November. 1847. Memorandum of Covers received and forwarded at the Post Office, by the Overland Steamers, during the Month of October, 1847, viz Rrcbivbo. P«r steamer Ratavia from Batavim.. 178 Per Brayanzt from China.. 838 Per Lady Mary Wood from Engand via G&lle 3,737 Per Do. from
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      181 1 The H C Sieuner Hooijhly, Captain Conpalton, ro-eeded to Malacca on Monday morning having on board Sir Christopher and 1 h<lv RrtwlinnoM and »he Court Establishment We believe ih.it Singapore is only to he favored wiili i wo visits per annum from the Reooider, Pi«ft»g being hi* head quarters This,
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      93 1 One of ilie three Chinese who were apprehended with a quantity of base com in their possession has been convicted by the Silling Mai filtrate 01 having 16 ;>ase coins in his custody *nd fined in 400 Sic< a R«- or to suffer 3 month* imprisonment with hard labour The
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      768 1 The following l>.*s bent scot «>» from Am>y for publication. The Guest seems to have ehcounteied a very severe gale Kxuaci Iroro the >>rig Guess's Log. On the 19ih July at ncn tie»h htvcM and squally, Barometer falling 29 50 at 2 doubW» MtM the top-sails an 1 lulled ioi>
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      250 1 The Subscriptions for the Light-house on Pedra Branca which it is proposed to erect as a testimonial to the late Captain Horsburgh for his services to Navigation and Commerce, are coming in, we are glad to learn, to such an amount as to give a fair prospect of sufficient funds
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      265 1 Late accounts from Bruni represent the conduct of the Chinese and other traders from Singapore, as not being so circumspect and guarded as it ought to be, and that they claim perfect immunity from all interference, either on the part of the Sultan or of the Officers of H. M.
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      52 1 Yesterday a female ti^er was brought to town which had been killed in Tangling district. The Chinese by whom it had been caught received 50 dollars from Government. Surh an event ns the presence of a tiger is now happily as rare as it once was frequent. Fr ree Press,
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      225 1 From a letter from Canton, with the perusal of which we have been favored, we learn the following particulars of a daring outrage perpetrated on three British subjects near Canton by a band of Chinese robbers On the 2nd ult. Capt Evans, of the Charles Grant, Captain Dumayne, of the
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      The Past and Present Proceedings of the Dutch in the Indian Archipelago.
      5206 1 The Past and Present Proceedings of the Dutch in the Indian Archipelago. Recent occurrences lend to prove that the Dutch are as much bent as ever on acquiring an exclusive monopoly of trade and influence in the Indian Archipelago, and that especially against the English a* their most formidable commercial
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        373 1 (ADV£ETIBEMGNT.) JO THE IDITOR OF THE SINGAPORE FREE PRES 8 Sir, It having come to my knowledge that T a!ious strange reports are circulating in Singapore and pethaps even abroad, about my protracted absence f»om that place during the last months and my precipitate leave on the 7th September, I
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      JAVA.
      1730 2 H. N. M Steam-ship Ratavia, arrived here on the evening of Tuesday last, having left Batavia on the 30th ultimo By her we have Java Courants from the 2nd tw th« 27th October, from which we male* the following extracts Early in the morning of the 2tfth Sept. last
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      Abstract of Principal Imports from Great Britain, during the Month Of October, 1847.
      242 3 Abstract of Principal Imports from Great Britain, during the Month Of October, 1847 *TT B r 1"* B **QAio**,/rom the Clyde. #501 pet printed garments. 151 pea printed nr. p male twist, 51 cor dresses. 219 pit colored twist, 61 pcs d*ck, 500 pesjacconett, 2,880 pe. cambrics, 3,950 pc» madd»poll«an,
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      Exports to Europe and india from Singapore, during the Month of October, 1847,
      1477 3 Exports to Europe and india from Singapore, during the Month of October, 1847, To London By the B. barque Onyx. Shippers. 1,680 pis antimony ore, ex Julia, from Sarawak,. l 6 casks vegetable wax, 100 pis rattans... a Sliaw, W h i t eliead &Co 1 .749^ pi* gambier, 812
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      BIRTH.
      20 3 At amgapore, on n.e Ist Wovember, the Lady of Major J. Shepherd, S A. C. G., of a DAt;oiirsit.
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      MARRIAGE.
      29 3 AI a »niarang, ou the 29ih siepteraber, Donild WcL*chlan, Esq (eldest Son of Donald Mclachl*», Esqr late of H. M. 75th IW) l 0 M.ss AMaLU FREO4BIK4 GfHWS.
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      DEATH.
      29 3 luaiaeca, on the 6»U instant, F. J. NeuuronJ vtn, Esqre., aged 51 years and 3 moths, leaving a widow an .i 8 children to dpplore hi.< irr^nanbl- ln««
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      Shipping Intelligence.
      811 3 ARRIVALS. Oct. 6 British Ibip Charlotte, Methten, from Honekoug 6th September. 6 Siaoa barq Celerity, Trail, Biam, 23rd Sepi. 7 Brit steamer Lady Mary Wood, E?ani. Q*U* 28th Sept. 7 Brit steamer Brtganza, Pottt, Hongkong 89th Sept. r, 7 B.birq Bangalore, Dixson,' Batavia 29th Sepr tt 8 Brit
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    • THE OVERLAND FREE PRESS PRICE CURRENT
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      REPORT ON THE MARKET
      1595 4 Singapore, Ist November, 1847. By the Gitana, Bangalore, Alfred, Athena and Carib, which luve arrived from Oreat Britain durin.' the month, the supplies of British Manufactures are light In another column an abstract of them will be found Nairn' Boats are coming in daily and a
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      EASTERN ARTICLES.
      916 4 Arrack, tlatavia— Continue, to be wanted. Arrivals nnd .ale. to the Commiitdriat at Urs 13$ per half leaf u«r. Bkk«' Wax. Considerable arrivals by Native Boat! iut quulity inferior. No sales reporud. Value Drs 25 a 28 per picul. Betei.mut. About fJ'if) picul. imported from PaIcmbHiiit mid .J(g)
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