The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1835-1869), 9 May 1851

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  • 18 1 The Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. ftoi. 18. SMJTG^PORE, I HllKll' JtOMUTUTG, 9tu JK.il- 1851. •Vo. 19
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 753 1 GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. THE FOLLOWING IS REPUBLISUBD FOE CEMASAL mroakMTioK FORT WILLIAM, Financial Department, 7th April, 1851. Notice is hereby given, that the Five per Cent. Loan which was reopened on the sth of October 1846. is closed from this djate at the Public Treasure, in Calcutta and at the other
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    • 803 1 NOTICE. MESSRS LITTLE. LURSETJEE& CO have just received LETT'S DIARIES FOR 1851 in great variety, adapted for the Counting-house, &c. "notice. *1>' U) K lUNDINU ii. mII its branches, neatly and JL9 expeditiously executed at the FREE PRESS OFFICft. Singapore, 16/* J-nuart,, 1850. ->. essrs WHAMPOA 4c COS A DVEKTI
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    • 889 1 P SAILORS HOME. ARTIES desiring to obtain the Situation of Superintendent of this Establishment will please to forward their names and testimonials on or before the 20th instant to W. H. READ. D Secretary. Battery. Road, sth May, 1851. NOTICE f^IONSIGNKbs 01 A— 1 cases shipped by F. V^ McNmil
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    • 878 1 (RATES OF ADVERTISING IN TUB SINGAPORE FUEE PItESS FROM THE Ut JANUARY 1818. Drs. Cls. For Every Shipping Advertisement 2. 50 For Every additional insertion after I month 0. '25 House to Let, the same rate. Other Advertisements uot exceeding 13 lines 3. 00 p. month Eveiy ndditional Insertion o.
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    • 572 1 FOR SALE. SIX Splendid Uurmah Ponies t-x Eau'e oovv on view at Mr James'— Hotel de raru. Singapore, U* Mot/, 1851. TOB, SALE. At the Office of the Fheb Press. BILLS of Ladiox for (lie Peninsular and Oriental Coy's Steamers for the Europe, Ceylon, Ma* draa, Calcutta, Bombay, Hongkong and
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  • 49 2 l)**wing i'n.<i.» and L'rayi>i>« F.nv»|np*t In HMbj or i er (00 Po«>J«rm,, Letter and N»t« P. par Inka, blark, b'u* and red T<"t and rar«© ttnota Ledgrra and Joarnalr Maaoraadoa Hooka Pana-Mfel and Quit Port feline and Albaua Travelling Caaea Wai— piain and fanr? WaUra— initial. i*>ika plain. Ac.
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  • 46 2 WINES SPIRITS. Alee Eng'ich and Mngapore-butliad Allaopp and Biae' Krer Rr«adv l>eii('ngn»f (>»a>pi(nr, Getiler't Claret firat qvality Cordial, rberry and raapberrj ■'berry BranHj Glenlitpt WbiiKPy Gin in raaee II net —JuhtnntiberQ Liqaeura— aatorted Maraacbino and Rxtafl (ltd Tom Pr>rl »cry anperior MKern —J. I orkStitVt, .amp'i^tl'i'nr.
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  • 96 2 Beef tpiec* and aoinked Bottled Fruiti and Saucea Karon —in tint Kiarait* cabin and fanr> Canclea— wai and ipprmirettl Caper* and Oiive Dbee»ea, constant itnporifttiooa Datea *nd i'runti Fruite (French! in «yrop Branritrd Olntjer itain*; prea«rvfd 'n jars Ha mi— Yorkshire and W eatpbaltan* Jima ami Jn'liua Loaf
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  • 132 2 Batbrts, I htnt-a.adp fur c'nthea Hu'tnoi, filt for Coata anil J tcketa i'airv|er« .|it'* N and aahmare fur ditto Ogam, Mitnila No. 3 and 4 li^aw cut**, MinliM and UMM t u'on, oil and w*trr, tn tin ><oxea and cakea Cumjmor- wnnd Trunka Crown*, i or Naval capa
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  • 17 2 Af Sumhairi, on i7ih Mirch l»st, Captain R J. I'ETiR-ew, ommaoder of ihe Dutch bug *uda'*k
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  • 1459 2 TO TIIR EDITOR OF Tilt SINGAPORE FREE VRIS*. Dear Sir, I hop* you will allow me a few lines in reply to correspondent who has animadverted on my last letter, di.ou^h the medium of a leader in your column and I trust I «hall*>e able to show that all
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  • 521 2 Singapore, Friday, 9th May, 1851. The P. &O Company's Steamer Pekin, arrived here on the 2nd instant, having lett Hongkong on the 25th ult. SI c proceeded on her voyage to Ceylon and Bombay on the 3rd. The P. O. Company's Steamer Mai ta, arrived here on
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  • 211 2 The Bombay ship Charles Forbes, 1120 tons, Captain Dumajne, from Bombay to China, with Opium, Cotton &c got aground on the evening of Friday last off Parcelar Hill Point in the Straits of Malacca. The Mail Steamer Malta passed her on Saturday and brought most of the crew to Hngapore,
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  • 152 2 The following return has been obligingly handed us for publication. In 1849-50 there arrived here 10,928 emigrants from China, beii'g thus 2,723 more than have arrived daring the present year. Tlie number of arrivals by square ringed vessels seems to I c increasing, 242 more than last year having this
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  • 522 2 Bombay. By the P. &O. Company's Steamer Malta, we have Bombay papers to the iPtfa ult. The Ship M. Uair, 1,100 tons, from Liverpool to Bombay was burned at sea on the l Oth Feb., from the coals which formed part of her cargo having ignited. Captain Milne, Deputy Commissary
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  • 362 2 Municipal Committee— The monthly meeting of the Committee was held on the 22nd April. I resent Hon. T. Church, Esq., Chairman, Capt H. Man, J. d'Almeida, A. Behn and M. F. Davidson, Esquires. A letter was read from the Hon. the Governor, forwarding printed copy of the draft of a
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  • 73 2 Cholera is said to be prevailing at the following p]aces OIJ the East Coust uf Malay Peninsula; Indau, Romping, and Sedih, and in the Island of Siantan. At lndau the mortality is stated to be great. The following are the Police returns of Lholera cases lor the past week Cases
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  • 297 2 The following Periodicals for March and JNew Books, were received by the P. O. Company's Steamer Malta, into the Singapore Library on the sth instant PBRIODfCAS. Ad Journal for March Atlie seim for Fehrua y Blackwocd's Mdgatiiie'for March (ham'ers/s Journal for t'ebmary Chamleis's Papers for the People Part J4 olonial
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  • 2470 2 L nd>n, 24th March, 1851. The Vealcing u|i of parties will rum i'e**" papers and slaive unlucky pe.nnen We are in the midst of ll.e Session, ai the ci.d aluio»t of the teiond monih, and the s agnalivn ii as fOm plete, essentially, as it was three months
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 478 2 NOIILE. THE Scnscui tints, heretofore enrryinc: on busiut'-s a< Merchants hii I Genenu Cotn-mi-iMon A'_r«'nts in Okupow. BatnvtA, Singapore urn! Manila, under tile I inn ot PATEftSOPf, MORGAN k CO., In Qhtpow t nnd under the Finn of W X PATERSON« Co., in Batan.i, Singapore ami \fauilti, hereby ititi .nate,
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    • 81 2 NOTICE A Public Ball will take place on Thursday next, the 15th instant, in aid of the Funds of the Sailors' Home in the Assembly Rooms, under the management of the following Committee. C. Cabnik, Esqre. J. Guthrie, C. SroTTISWOODB, J. S. Sparkes, F. A. Caboill, C. 11. Harbisox, J.
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  • 122 3 (From t.e PinanQ Gasettt Ap il 2fi.) Th« Aus'ritn ship fade Membelli returned to this port yesterday afternoon, from the West Coait of SuoDntra, b'iag ait«ote to procure any Pepper there. By the Padre we leurn that an Auaerican ship had 3000 picult oo board, but h*d been nearly
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  • 1945 3 Steam Navigation. (Fkim the Renyal Hurkaru, March 17) Our L -odon corresp ndent alludes to tbe movements Of 'i<M Extern Steam Navigation Company, who. acc»n i i< to bit account, »ee«n to have a fair chance of o it i iu>ts the support of Government buc bcsid 'h :r
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  • 82 3 From the Home Nrw*, March 7.) The Netherlands Government, at the request of the Austrian cabinet, has declared itself ready to artmit all the Austrian manufactures destined tor t c London Kxhibition free. The Minister of Justice lias given orders that, i-ittce it may he expected that many soldiers
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  • 61 3 The Rev. John J. M' Bride was recently in Mete J. in noith Carolina, (or preten inn a little slave girl with a copy of the Ten omniandmtnts. Hewaa found guilty; and hi- sentence was to stand one hour in ihf stock-*, receive 3J la-he- on the bare
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  • 241 3 Joanna Baillie was bom in HotliwrlUmanse, almost on the banks ot the Llyrie, hei father having been a clergyman of the Scotch estab ished church her bioihei whs physiciau 10 the King. Joanna wa« decidi'iily the giealest fi male dramatic p->et of modern tinit-s Sue cat'} displayed a poetic
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  • 109 3 A few days since the death of Sir J. Piiie, Kart., the highly- respected alderman of < oiuliill ward, was announced in one of the (Uily journals. This announcement was then premature, but on Friday morning an official communication r«s>ch— l the Lord Ma>or, stating
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  • 380 3 Linking of St eamer on the Mississipi Pming the evening, and up to 10 o'clock, the readier was mi«ly, with indiciums of a ton but it cU ar.d up, and everything w.i.s fine and lan for a run ;so miu'h so, fat the captain, Hemy A. Jones left tlt« d«
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  • 909 3 {Prom the Home News, March 24 )J Lo-d T»rrit.g'on «ddreMed the Hcu>e to tbe follow, ing tff. C t I n riling to give notice of a -notion which it i* my purpose to brio* before the H >u*q on this day ro tni«> I must claim
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  • 639 3 A cory of tbe correspondence, which bai taken place with re.e-ence to this subject, ha. ju.t been publi.bed by order of the House of Common.. I appear, that in September, IB4S, P m>,, o .*l mfkdo b |he p mo.ular «nd Oriental Ste-.no Narig.tion Company
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  • 183 4 5. k.1l loetit.bly d.s.ppoi.t ot»«tVy'on reader. Dy tbe intef|«enc« of the postponement of Mr K.Uii«-'s ■otion, which w.. ori*in.lly hied for to-morrow and fionT'/l -o «TL" Ibt. b, the informalion (hat L, r d T.,r,|.,,t0n b... h»ste«d of waning for .ecu,*! on i.Ah. House of Common., bJld.y brought tbe
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  • 1205 4 Vram the Er*mi/urfycbrua*y, 8.) It it now torae eighteen months si.cc a part of the Uur.tHrMn army, aud mm of the leader, of therevolunoii, sought refuge it. Tuikey iroin the vengeance >t th« v i nary t. i >unals in Aum.u Every one it *Att? h'.w
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  • 950 4 The Board of Trade Returns. (From Wtilmer Sf Bmith't European Timet, March I'! The return. pobiUbed on Wednesday week* are for the month ending February 5, tbat is, for the first month of the ye.r. To b gin witb tbe articles of food entered for borne consumption. Coffee, which, from
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  • 724 4 The Admiralty L»?e aitdietted ci.cultr letter to mail contractor!, ttatiug that they will not hereafter approve of any iron itsaiu ihi| for the m«il-packet service, as < tfering an int-fffdutl resistance to the Mfiktafl of shot, vi caie of tbeir being icijuired for the maritime defence of the
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  • 346 4 Members vindicate tbeir freedom bj wearing their bats, rushing ratber than walking, making strange noii. 8, and other utter tioni of the right to be ill-noaa-ncred but thej are adding a new apeciea of liberty •hat of clipping, adulterating and perverting the Queen's BoglUh. Mr Disraeli
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  • 1410 4 Or all deluded creatures, tbe British Lioo is the one most misled. Not that he is without faculties for all his illusions on the subject of tbe f'reoch nation, divine right of Torjism, Protection, and so forth, be has been an able correspondent of the
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  • 281 4 naj woud Lord Sun.ey make a bad i o l n > Became be cannot m»ke a cabinet" J W aIU-^ Co rte ™1> tejr to tbe E.rldom of Deroo hi. allowed i th.nd.ome fortune to be engulfed b/ fh debt, o b» father, d fag. bard a. poo
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
    • 555 4 SHIPPING I W THE HARBOUR. H. M. B h,p ""^nSTTToooTb^kTr l£ i »-w,,«>,..« H I'lieamir 450 Bre.r, k,q .'.'i B ship JoA* spencer 520 I Lidl.euer A I*Vi Sarawak 8t L«buio B l..rq Hru,,n\ »58 Buffham D v U C rtail B .rhnr Son. F,.^/ 10 3 Uo, c h7d.
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    • 225 4 DEPARTURES p s? ?;r IS' P wscfiTiaa sss-bTT" £'S; fW £r^siS2r r tith brig *W/«A/t/«.| Ally Pl n 3 Bntiih .turner />e*m K s ker c e -10l 5 !lr" Batavia V. Moore E.q B.taTi. 5 B *h trq B sle S9Well Ch 5 3 h X "n J latU
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