The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1835-1869), 31 May 1849

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1 4 The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1835-1869)
  • 18 1 The Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. _nrW. 14. __T__F__T f J kH. #1 >_f V ww jno.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 620 1 FOR LONDON. "S^i npUIS Barouo JUITINA. Captain __^S3 LrsiiAW, of 410 Tons Register v h a „er °>ad weight engaged and 3mmm will have i^uick despatch. For freight or passage, apply to A L. JOHNSTON CO. Singapore, 1 5th May, 1849. FOR LONDON. -jfefcHP lll2 A. 1. Ship CANDA' jg+
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    • 699 1 PENINSULAR ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY'S OFFICE, BATTERY ROAD. i HTENDERS will be received at the I A above Office for a supply of One thousand Tons of Labuan Coals. Further particulars eau be obtained, on application to J. S. SPARKES, Sujjdt. Singapore, 9th May, 1849. r pilE Peninsular and Oriental
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    • 1348 1 SAM BY AUCTION. I By Order of F. VV. FAY, Esquire. BALESTIER ESTATE. rpHE Undersigned have received inn!r,r Btrac l ns l dispose of by public auction onFriday, the Ist day of jW1849 &M ,C P i a y^'?» Utensils, instruments s£arPl__„_ ng,ng t0 the above named H^Sf. P lo
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    • 574 1 I JAPAN CHINA MANUFACTURES m\ ss^sss^r-'- i*-*-**.***.**. j a,e, trinket, card, fee. )d Chess aud Backgammon men I Curtain Gauze I Clocks— Japan manufacture Crape Shawl.— an aa.ortment ES-_r£-__, ,Uk w d a rej Grass cloth Handkerchief. Japan.ware— in great assortment pTI s"'~ Uory Tor *°"e»bell, &c Fuzzles, ol variou.
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  • CORRESPONDENCE.
    • 704 2 TO Tllfc EDITOItOF TIIE SINGAPORE FREE PRESS Uir, Some days ago when taking an a iing, I observed the greatest part of the < rew of the Gun-boat ocrupied as Coolies, discharg ing from a vessel in the harbour a number of articles, consisting I believe principally of carpets or
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  • 52 2 On Sunday morning the 22nd of April, on boa r d 11. It. M. S Hastings, at the port of Manila, by the Uevd VV. Lake Onslow a. m., Chaplain and Naval Instructor, George Storgis, Esquire, of ihe Firm of Russell tt Sturgis, to La Seuoriia Josa_ fuinj. lioi-tiAs,
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  • 2133 2 Singapore, Thursday, 3lst May, 1849 I JAVA. By the Aldebaran advices have been received from Batavia to the 17th inst: On the 14th, 101 minute guns were fired as a mark of respect to the memory of William 11, on the 15th three similar salute were fired
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  • 2416 2 PRESENT CONDITION. The present condition and sphere of activity of the Company, is perhaps described in tlte most striking manner in one of the paragraphs of the contract with Government, viz A more special agreement will definitively regulate the basis on which the above mentioned assignment
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 919 2 Pins of London m»nufacture I Fine labric in great variety Parasols of Ihe latest fashion Ribbons— silk, satin ar.d sarsnet j Stocking, and Socks ol silk. cottm and worsted Saiin .nd Silk— plain .nd hgured II Silk Mits— Purses and silk Thread Shawls— a great assortment IJ Threat* aid b.ll
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    • 357 2 Note Paper, Ladies Papeiene. in a great 1 Envelopes, Wafers, Muuc Paper, Perry .elastic Bands, Ltiter Clips, Quills, Sieel Pen., Pencils, k °E!! l g C |is*siddlery, via. Saddles, Buggy Harness Ac. Buggy Whips Ac. Ac. FOR S AXE, Jest received ex Jeanettr St Beriha. A highly fini.hed and elegant
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    • 85 2 ing Islands, the receptacles of a quiet, sober and harmless set of people, or ot the dregs of a murderous, treacherous and cruel population and do we never hear of murders and other offences committed in the view of our harbour and along our own coast 1 The answers to
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  • 215 3 (Fro'h the Fhiang Gazette, May 1?.) The following is lhe result nf lhe sale of the Revenue Farms which took place end of last month The whole exliiliis an increase of about *9 100 <n Ihe moniMy proceeds of he farms, as co npared wiih last official ytar. On
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  • 1183 3 (Irons the tin ing Gax-ttee, Man 19. The hnleJ proprietors farmers and other residents, of the Southern Dis'iicts, pteseut their compliment's to lhe members of the Munieipal Comm t'ee" and lhe Superb. te idei t of roids, and request the pleasure of their company al dinner, at James' To-vrj,
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  • 553 3 The I unjaub. (From the Mi.dras Evening Advertiser, May 3>d.) We hear thai tbe government has decided on rai.ing seven Regiments of lue_,ular Cavalry. L'eut. N B. Chamberlain, Lieut, Uiowne, Lieut. Prendergast, Capt. [liddulpli, (if his health will permit), Capt. Rowley Hill, Capt Daw. on, and Lieut. C 'J'.
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  • 246 3 Tub Steamer fientinck, with the Fngli.lt Mail of 24th Match, reached our roads this mo o ng about 8 o'clock, having on boaid His Excellency General Sir Charles James Napier Comtnander-in Chief ofthe Aimy in India, and part of his staff. A >alute of 17 guns trom the Battery,
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  • 102 3 There is a rumour that our much respected Mishop proposes retiriug t. Europe— an event which would prove a subject of deep regret to the community.— Times, April 11. The resign. tion of Sir Willoagbby Cotton went home we believe by tbe mail of Tuesday last he only remains
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  • 4106 3 Java Affairs. (From thi Nieuwe liolteril-imsclie\ro:traut t 2i tterek. The last mail brought some really disquieting news for trade, concerning acts and intemi >u .of the Indian Government and of the Handel Maaischappy. The 11. H, is es abdshed to encourage and support the trade with our East India
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  • 2953 4 BV MR LOUIS PIBSSB, LA IF. OF ADELAIUS Copsng in Timor is under the Dutch Government, who claim a large portion of the iiland. Tbe Porta* gueie lsy clsim to the remainder, and have petty set* tlemeuth st Bato Gedy, Dilli, and elsewhere. The Dutch also
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  • 273 4 This leoiWssen, the representative of an mien ar.d historically distinguished family in S. otlend .i; P j on the 6'h inst at his residence in Cumberland- place The deceased was the eldest son of the late Air Alexander John-ton, of Carnsalloclc, by hie wife the (lon. Hester
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
    • 771 4 SHIPPING IN THE HARBOUR. ■seals' I lons (.«'/i,,.„„/,r,' j Conu-rnw "i /"iT". 1— rj i* l I l>esiinuu„tn Ac II ll* ship HastsagS 700 INioigan, b>qre *****7 IL C s'eamer te**** m n**%it I Ueaiall, fc.q j B. bJtq fVsSM 400 Holmes Almeida !<I 's'onV China B.ship I'vmlerland 520 Lewis
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