The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1835-1869), 16 May 1851
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Title Section17 1851-05-16 1 The Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. #vw. IS- SIJirGvMFOHE:, IHltKlY* MOUjrUTG, 16th MAY, 1851. •v©. ap17 words
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Page 1 Advertisements
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Advertisement747 1851-05-16 1 GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. THE IOLLOWIH© IS HI PI'BLISHtD FOR OENAKAL FORT WILLIAM, financial Department, 7th April, 1851. Nu uf is heie'y giver, thai ihe Five per C-m. [mn wlnrh was reopeiifd on the 4t»» of Orinber 1846. >s dosed Imm this date at the Public Trea»uMf t in CaluiiM and a<747 words
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Advertisement801 1851-05-16 1 NOTICE. MESSRS LITTLE, LUUSETJEE& CO have ju»» r»>ceiv^d LETT'S DIARIES FOR 1851 in ureat variety, adapted for the Counting house, ftc. noticeT" BOOK-BINDING in nII its branches, neatly and ex^diuously executed at the FREE PRESS OrKKR. tnjiapore, ]6th Jnn'mry, IRSO. -.essrs WHAMPOA COS ADVEUTISEMENTS. MESSRS WHAMPOA h CO have always801 words
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Advertisement887 1851-05-16 1 SAILOR'S HOME. T> ARTIES desiring in 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, Btcetu*y. Battery. Road, sth May, 1851. C5v....**..... NOTICE ONSIGNEKSJ oi t-| c-.se, shipped by F. NlcNsill Co., per887 words
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Advertisement892 1851-05-16 1 RATES OF A B> V 13 U T S ft tf tt IN THE SINGAPORE FREE PRESS FROM THE Ui JAMJARV 1818. Drs. Cts. For Every Shipping Advertisement.... 2. 50 For Every additional insertion after 1 month.. ..J%O. 25 "0 m Hou«e to Let, the same rate# Oilier Adv. rtisements892 words
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Advertisement570 1851-05-16 1 I TOR SALE. 4^IX Splendid Rurmah PtMiiea ci Eagle; vow on (»^5 view ar Mr James'— Hotel de fans. Singapore. Ist May, 1851 At: Vo/ the :-Fkb* Press. p 1 *"*t iotjUe rViin.sular and Oiieutil I for ihe Europe, Ley lon, Ma- ,/„> Ajurnbay, Hongkong and Shanghai some > and570 words
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Article50 1851-05-16 2 LVawiu* I'e.ci. %nd rnyona >• i.».!»j., n ruin, or rer J0(» raelsaee, 1.-i-er gad N. v P*i#r >•*«, bl.rk, hue and .ed Log tnd c«r«o Hooka Ledgers and Jour' sir Mnuoi.nuuo. Hooka Prna— Mrei and Quill Portfolio* and A buiui Tr.»el-,i l)t Caata Wax— pi«in and farcy N\ af«i» initial,50 words
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Article48 1851-05-16 2 WINES SPIRITS. Ala*— En^h'h and Singapore- buttlad JMpopp «nd Kiia' Her nraodt cnni 1 (>i«|.mnf, GVn/tr*. Ciairt first quality Cordial, rberrj and raspberry '"bury Rrnndy Glenlifft VVtuitry (Jin in raaea Horn JoKannttbrrg Ivqwu'i— aa»or»ed Maraschino aid R.Un (v id Port— »ny superior hiierrv— J. orkhnrn't, v,Bn>p>>»M V.-*r. J^^k48 words
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Article93 1851-05-16 2 Beef •v>ice«i tad sacked V hottlfa Froiti tod Sauces Hacon in t nt Hucaita cabin and fane> Candlea— wax and apermicettl Capera and Oivei < *^i Cheeses, constant importations Dates md Prunes Fiuita (French^ in tyrap Branched Ginger (Cnina; ret-rrrd in jara H»an- Yorktbir« and NVtitpbtlian Jaana and93 words
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Article133 1851-05-16 2 Baaketa, C h>nn-o.tiJo 'or ciotbea liutioD*, %\U for CaaSa *nd Jacketa ISaajalstS )mm) and t aaho>ere for ditto Glaaaa, Mttiiita No. and 4 ClfSfl SSasa, M miia aud China 'olorp, oil and water, in tin Itoxet and cakea *-»a.|>i.or- wonii Tru'ika CrawaSi »or Na»*l cnjia Dinner and Tea133 words
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Article758 1851-05-16 2 THE EDITOR OF TIIR feINGAPORR FUFB PKBS» Thi' insertion in your paper of the 9th instant of the letter ot Fact has induced me j to address you for the purpose of exposing the nUowiag case decided in our Poli.-e Office which ha« come to my knowledge. 1 regret758 words
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Article26 1851-05-16 2 A< In c, »hp JR-h Aioil. in rhe O f K1,,0t Mr llrKM** IH4RUS i^ITFNBrhC. naMvf O' H*nr.\i ij. R.i in Imm, m^ti 24 ye.^s.26 words
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Article169 1851-05-16 2 Sin r a pore, Friday, I6M May, 1851. The ship Ann, which struck upon BiaUng Island about three months a-o, has beta got afloat by the persons who purchased her, tad on Monday last she was towed into l.arbour by the H. C. Steamer Ptuto, which had169 words
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Article408 1851-05-16 2 CAWUTTA.^SincT'oor It,, w nvp Calcutta journals to ti.e 19th u!timo. Tij •^d.Md third Mate, of the MtorJZ ny, the leadsman, .od about 260 TL emigranU are ascertained to have peris,. Jd. Invest.gation.s wer c going Ol at||p P^Office with the ViewVen^J^ h"( whether the fire« U2 causeclo mot. Moch suspicion408 words
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Article598 1851-05-16 2 In our issue of the 2nd instant, we extracted from the fHnan// Gazette a letter from Captain Baleh, communicating the intelligence of the Captain and O cers of the Italian barque Clementina having been murdered by the Malays on the coast of Sumatra and several of the crew severely wounded.598 words
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Article658 1851-05-16 2 From Sarawak dates are to the 2nd instant. The Rajah Mudah and other officials were absent on a tour amongst the Dyak and Kayan tribes. At Sakar ran they had been instrumental in bringing about a treaty of friendship betwixt the Sakarran, Linga, Batang Lupar and Limanau Dyaks— tribes who658 words
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Article970 1851-05-16 2 It is with regret that we insert another communication complaining of the mode in which justice is administered at the Police. We regret it for the sake of the public, who are seriously damaged by such a faulty administration of the law and because there seems little hope of a970 words
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Article518 1851-05-16 2 (From the Pinm.g Gazette, May 3.) On Tuesday the 29 I) April, ivtM Co.l.in CUmN women went to P F()licp wjlh he arcounf ||ia one of -hem is .he w,f e o f a Mnndari,, at Cochin < h.na Md (lie olhpr |»r f^ie .elaiive I( appears from tl-e518 words
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Advertisement482 1851-05-16 2 iroxioE. THE SvaaORIBHUh heretofore carrying on business as Merchants hul General CoininisM.in A.'ents in (ilayoir, Jiatuiva, Singapore Manil,!. under the Firm ot PATER3ON, ;'U(i.\.V k CO., in Qkugow, and under the liimofW It PATERSON* Co., in Batan,,, Singapore ami Manila, herehy intimate, that Iron ami iitt.-r this l;ite, they »viil482 words
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Advertisement165 1851-05-16 2 NJ3W B9dSi AT H.\X*F FRZCC »UIIHH RK^IDKMTS IN INDIA are forNi*bed w"h all the n«-w and popular workb ai Half he f'i'BLi ato p&ice fiom the surplu» copies ('>eil»-ctiy rleati and newly hound) withdrawn front .Siimd«*r«j Si Odev'a E*ten«ivf Sußscßipnow Libra;<y, cnd< IT S 'eel H NOVfi Square, London <165 words
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Article341 1851-05-16 3 Tire. (From the Orerlmd China Miil, April 21 Brtwrrn «nd 8 o'clock on the evening of Mmday |„t( fire broke out in the h >ute uf Mnn« Jardtne, M,:i.fioo Co.'i Comprndtr at K*tt Point, aud p .«dily dettroytd it and the neighbouring buildings, iifrcurte from the quantity of wood-work341 words
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Article89 1851-05-16 3 Pirates wr>oid apfva* mill to abound in the River Mm, as we le*-n from Fuh-ch»u, that on the 25tb ult'no, ('aptaio H'lv of tbe receiving bri< Anita, while [rocrediog in his boat towards the city, was attacked ry four large pirate junkf. F >rtuil <trly bit crew89 words
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Article80 1851-05-16 3 Shortly after midnight of Wednesday the 2nd inHint, whilst Itin^ at anchor in CutDtingmnon, the < ipyer s»)ip M»r was f u»d to be on fire forward. Tlir fh'cers and seacunnieft (lor the Beagvlee crew did "*M« fl "ut Allah 1 il Allah I*') speedily ninnuist.ed the80 words
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Article297 1851-05-16 3 On Monday. Mr Caldweil leceived information from lomce in which he c< uld place reliance, that a plan hid been formed by certain < hinese to arize the H. U itettner Hongkong on her w*y to Canton with a ■a. and a half of dolUra. Arm* had been conveyed297 words
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Article1103 1851-05-16 3 Ship-Burning in Calcutta. (From the Weekly Journal, A\,ril II.) The two ctiet of ship burning that we have lately 1 in i«uch r«pid tacreni >n, affard an earnest of tbe ri r'y wb >ch Calcutta is likely to obta nin rivalry 1"« of Bombay, unlm some decided atepi bttd1,103 words
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Article447 1851-05-16 3 {From the Friend of India, Ap>il 17.) The locil pat era have just announced that intelligence haa been received from Diamond Harbour by means of tbe Electric Telegraph. The direct communication w*s opened between that station and Calcutta on the 3rd instant, and it is found to447 words
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Article916 1851-05-16 3 Murder of Captain G. J, D, Milne, near JLahedge, We give below a long and melancholy account from Ailvn of the mnidfr, by an Ar<tb, of ('aptain O. J. D Milne, *24tli N. 1., Deputy (ornmis^ary General, and tne wounding of Lieutenant McPherson, 78ili u i|»hU'derB, and Mr Laidley,916 words
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Article392 1851-05-16 3 From the South Amtralinn Gmette, March 13 WVhaiy M,eistoihe lo.h January The mor important news is the discovery of vast deposits of gu-mo in the neighbourhood of Shark's Bay A fl c o> Liverpool ships w s on the way to ihe new fi- H, and some of392 words
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Article113 1851-05-16 3 Recal of the late Alinistry. (From the Examiner, March 8.) Tbe announcements, which were made in both Houses of Parliament on M»t d^y had been anticipated by public expectation when it waa known that ber M»jesty had requested tbe advice of tbe Duke of Wellington oo the subject of113 words
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794 1851-05-16 3 A meeting of members of tbe House uf Commons took place on Tu<>*d»y, at the official reaid< ire of tbe First Lord of the Treasury, in Downing street. Tbe meeting having been summoned by Lotd J .hn Rus»e!l on Monday evening, one hundred794 words
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Article883 1851-05-16 3 (f om the Home A'e«-«, March 24.) Tbe following reply has been tent by the Per.lnsu'ar and Oriental Company 10 the Letter of tbe Bengal number of I onmerce, forwardtd to the D rectors by the Mnil of tbe Bth of January, aod subsequently published in tbe Calcutta883 words
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Article1451 1851-05-16 3 Tbe speed of the Hindostan, on her last voyage to Su"X, averaged 11 knots per hour; and of tbe Orient%l, on her last YOyige, ten and a half knots per hour." Tbe same rate tan been maintained in tubspquent voyagei. J public interest*, tban it it possible fjr any other1,451 words
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Article821 1851-05-16 4 (From the Nmutiemt Bt*»d*rd, Umrek rue appearance of the Auie.icu cipher ali>p Ori- •i«l U iba Tb«*>ee, a.,d the extraordinary bigb fr«. <h t «b« commanded *»er ail otutr ve.scla l^.du.* lv UHm, u,vi,, 4 attracted a great de»l of atieiilion, not only in Europe,821 words
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Article370 1851-05-16 4 (From the Nautical standard, March 8.) We bfcve more than once directed uttentiou to the great revolution •crew-steamers are destined to effect in our mercantile marine, and every week gives strength to our convictions. The diiaster which befell tile Great Hritain, though her only fault wat tout the370 words
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215 1851-05-16 4 Unprecedented Dispatch in ShipBuilding. The screw steam-ship Arabian, of 700 tons and 130 noise-power, now lying at the Broomielaw all ready for aea, was laid down on the 12th December, IBsl>, was launched on tbe 3id of tbe following February, and waa ready to start on tbe 23th of the215 words
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Article42 1851-05-16 4 Captain Peter M (1835), who forrrarly commanded the Uadalm, 19, H china, h e fi appointed Commodore oJ ihe second cUs«, 0 -elieve Co mmo dore Bennett ai Port Lloyal, Jamnca as second in comiiuiid at the \\> s i Indies42 words
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313 1851-05-16 4 The Royal Naval Exhibition of 1861. K^poris are already in circulation as lo the nav«l dis lay iajtsraj me lireal fcxtiiMtion, and various »!.■>»' i.-uit- i have htal quoted as likely to assemble at Spi lit-ad. We have rt-aSon to believe that one ol the fiufjt and best equipped fleets,313 words
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Article566 1851-05-16 4 (From IViltmer VmiM'c European Tunes M irch 16 I lie intense inters and anxiety Mill felt in the safely of Mr Jno. Franklin and the heioic crew* of the I. c mis and Terror in particular the anxious so irilude of Lady Franklin, and piob*b»y the fact566 words
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Article515 1851-05-16 4 Tbe Screw Mail I ompany'd ship itosphuius Captain Hall, ianoed her mails at Plymouth ou Wednesday night from tbe Cape of Good Hope. I hi* yes sel reached the Cape horn Plymouth in 39 days arriving the January 27; and having left Table Hay ayah) Frbiuary515 words
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Article168 1851-05-16 4 (From the Nautical Standard, March 15.) Aouextd >.s a correct statistical return of ibe East Indian Company's navy, as at present constituted, including ibe numbers of *uch vessels as are under ihe operation of Meam or oihei wise, with the am uut of horse- power apportioned to each168 words
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964 1851-05-16 4 (From the Spectator, March 15.) Lord Stanley hti fixed tbe day when the struggle between Free Trade asd Protection must noaliy terminate. Nt-it general tlt-c<ion is to b« \.\i-. great bottle of Arjn«g«j<l«Jo>i, after which the Millennium of Free Trade or964 words
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Article64 1851-05-16 4 tience— that the pear would soon be ripe." The prospect of the Stanley pear ripening is much more certain. Ministers and th. ii friends have only to be consistent with themselves for a lew months, and j Stanley Ministry will be inevitable. What a Stanley Ministry will find itself able64 words
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Article765 1851-05-16 4 (From the Spectator, March 15.) A Tax on income, it must be admitted, has l>oth recommendations and drawbacks. In a rich cminniiity it is highlj productive o» revenue at a low rale of assessment, and being a direct Ui is subject to little diminution from expense765 words
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Article667 1851-05-16 4 I {From the Spectator, Februarys) I Napoeon used to delight hi* «ol b» i «»»eir »Hee 8 and the Duke of We \\{»l b """•eking Come, va.i.e. have obtained an an I,!'* for Ul unusual dimension,, by call T' Vdl|lal)| c to fulfil ,he pledge667 words
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Page 4 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous453 1851-05-16 4 l'e.k!>t.lK tV .-<• 11 •M« s h'P Ttnazoa 1000 b*»krr, "ts^ B ship Johu pe We r\ 5?o Lidt.ener A. L. J.'.iiiiMoii &Co Amov S ch,,r H-//yP.r* rt i 3o F,ankl yn Dn.o r J.s«h.,r WP.r ei io o H0.ch.,,1, Di-to VJ L* b is j£ as. Hench barq AW,«453 words
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Miscellaneous181 1851-05-16 4 G. Gregory R.Burns. E«q,. Per John PAi//,,,,-Mrs P oo le child. X Amelia- Mr Nursea. Per Water Witch— Mt» Mann. DEPARTURES. a better* fiamei. c^/,,-, Ho^ndJ^T^" May 9 British bug TAo#. f?/«r*e I Brace London „10 Port. lugger Neptune DtSil» a Macao „1 1 Bntiih barq Metropoli, p enn y181 words
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