The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1835-1869), 22 August 1851

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  • 17 1 The Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. rot' is. SIJTGvArOBE, IHliKtr- JmOMtjriJTG, 3a»n A.VGVST, 1851. ♦Vo. 34
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 1229 1 GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION afeawI'M! E Following Draft Act is rusLisuED for Ot.NSKAL IDVURMATIOS3 FORT WILLIAM, HOME DEPARTMENT, LEGISLATIVE, The 20th June, 1851. The following extract, from the proceedings of the Hon'ble 'lie President of the Council of India in I "ounn l in the Legislative branch of ihe Home Department, Ul
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    • 1327 1 XI. Every person, other than the Opium Farmer, who shall sell or offer for sale, and also every person «he »ball buy from any person other than the Opium farmer any quantity of raw Opium less than one chest, save for exportation, sba'l f< rfeit for the first offence, a
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    • 1376 1 lor any quantity less than one ta lon, or less than four quart bottles so to be landed and the Spirit Farmer* shall thereupon in either case, if the application is rrndp net ween the hour* of six in the morning and six in the evening, deliver to such person
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    • 1319 1 Government, or tbe Government of the East India Company, is exempt from the operation of tbis Act. XXXVIII. Every Owner. Renter, or Occupier of any land which produces Toddy Toddy and Bang. or Bang, and also every other person other than the Toddy Farmer.and the keepers of the retittered Toddy
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    • 841 1 *'BfA June 1851 A* noon in Latitude 3*47' Nonh, Loiiuilude hy Chronometer 99* 6* Ea»t, steer«d N. IV. hy W. ene nnlr, <he writer gradually shoaling Irom eittht to Hue* lath ims Let i>o the anchor, sent a boat aw-ty 10 sound, after pullinu in a Nonh VVes» direction one
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  • 1782 2 THE FREE PRESS. Singapore, Friday, 22nd August, 1851. TheH C Steamer Hotghly, Ciptaii Steuart, left tiis on tbe 19Ul for Malacca ami Pii.ang. YYe understand the Hoogh/y is expected to r< t >ru to tail ftboul the end of the month, bringing thr Honorable the Governor and lv« family* Hil
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 923 2 For further information and tariffs of the (Tommy "s recently revised and reduced rates of 1] .i^tL't -ui..iM.y and freight, apply at th»- utlicc>, .ttUry Hoad, Sinjjfai)ore. By Order, J. 5. SPARKKS Superintendent, i Singapore, ~th July, ls',l. T) LET. a a f*nllE lioaaa at ?mpof>a G!am lately JBfc fffkk
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    • 987 2 iff a rirp I" ITTLE, CUKSKTJEE CO have ju«t M^j received for sale during the momh (he following; Goods: A hrze assortment of China Goods made to order Colored and Mick Alpacca* for Coats; Arit«nd Kmulh bmi« (Wkel niter and Table plated. Si ooii» and Foiku; Piice flt Coi celebrated
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    • 1073 2 FOR SAX'S* rfiHR Land between «yfd Alli's and Mr T«idJL wfil's Hills, extending from Bukil Timah Koad -o Garden Road, containing 61 notes, about one-SWf planted with Cocoanuts and Mango«ieen« and the dher half consisting of a Hill well adapted for th« *ite of a Dwelling House and a Nutmeg
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    • 641 2 AT TUB COMMISSION ROOMS 09 LITTLE, CURSETJ.2E CO Commercial Square Singapore, I LADIES APPAREL. Berlin Wool of colon Boot and Shoe*, English and Frencß. Bonnets direct from Parit, tilk, aatia and net*. Undatable and straw Balsarine Dressea Cape— -Blond anil Lace C.ayet and utft Cardinal*, a la mode Chemisettes of
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    • 455 2 OILMAN'S STORESBeer— «pice«t and smoked Hottleu Fruits and Sau Karon— in tins KUcuita— cabin and fanc> ■ndles—wax and spermicettl Papers and Olives Cheeses, constant importations Dates and Prunes Fiuits (French^ in «yrup Brandit-d Ginger (C&tns; preserved in jars Hams— \orkthire and Westpbulian Jams and Jellies Lohf Su^ar Mxccurom \n tipg
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  • 4290 3 Increase of the American Mercantile Navy. (from the huHtical June 14 U-'ler th't he>d, we mnt noi take as a ita dard tfacinal nflunice the mere nominal twiuunt of t(»iM>M(fe of the Aimnan YfPiranVW Navy A'tl.ou^h ilirtt i flnejii c l>*« al tpudy bee fe't i« some q tarkes,
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  • 1269 3 Protectionist Dinner and Riot at Tamworth. From the Times, May 31. The protectioout landlord* in th« iieubb»arboo<l of T(*mw..rth h>vin<. a fe w week »inre, deter tnin-d getcioic up h •m«ll nation in tb.it diirtrtct of Sn.fl >iJsbire :ind \V«< wick»bire, with the view to adv*i>ca tbeir peculiar principles, and
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  • 158 4 (From the Globe, h June 23. The Home Accounts to the East India Company have jutt been published, showing the receipts of tbe Home Treasury for the year ending ,'iotb April lait to htve been 4,660,074/. 3s Bd, whilst the diabuisements amounted to 4,010, 5! M)/.
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  • 462 4 From the Globe, June 23 Tin's mail brings at details of the earthquake tt V«lparnisr, news of which first reachrd England via New York. The Val\>arai*o Mercantile Reporter gives the following account of this terrible calamity, iv which 260 houses were destroyed On the 2d of April,
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  • 248 4 (From tht Git be, June 6.) Chaucer, it would seem, possessed a prophetic faculty in bis prrfi«uration of this palace of gUsa. Tbe psssa. g*s we quote occur in the "House of Fame/ in the iutrodaotion to which tbe poet describes it as a vision, and
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  • 705 4 (From tht iiiobt, June 7.) It appears that ihe grounds u on which Lo'd Jocelyn's Cocoinitlee decided npou the < ape route to Australia were iv consequence of its supeiioiitv in the i\, losing respects: I. Expedition, certainly, ar.J extent of postal communication, a Expedition, accommodation,
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  • 430 4 The followioe high compliment is paid lo the Duke by the French historian, cerlaini* carrjin m partiality as tar as it can ko:— 'The English armvi passed the Hidassoa oq the 7»Ji of October, 18 3 and Pampeluna surrendered on the 3'st.
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  • 523 4 me ot Sing.po,., Lieut -Colonel Butter, worth, C.K., b M for the third lioie. transmits a mo.t »,lmble collection of living animal, to the Z »o--«»«.cal Society. Among tb^ai v the fine.t enapie of tb« ur.n ut. B wh.ch yet been .eeo in Europe, ...d whicu
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  • 212 4 and t there.rt «n the be.cb, attired like oibrr men, and t-k.na a leaf out of Chief Baron Nioholaoo'a book h<btened prmclp.l or ex /i, w od«r. oar do they h.u*bt,ly heanate to accommodate wim the gl«wir!J b«U an, of the learned co On e
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  • 154 4 At a dinner at Ipteiiele the other day, Mr C. F You g „id._H e confrited that, hating had good .M.porttmiue, of oUerTing the political career of 6ir tt Peel, he would not .How any mawi.b sensibility, on acc.unt of the f ,ct that the man wia removed
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  • 214 4 On Wednesday the protectionists of Agettbury met to entertain their defeated candidate, Mr W. B. Tensnd, at a public dinner. The dinner took place at the George Hotal about 3oo persons were present; and Mr W. Lowndrt occupied the chair. After the usual toasta, the
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  • 152 4 coal minei, or coal fields, as they are sometimes called, differ from one another in the thickness of b«d of coal and in the position in which it lie*. In tome the thickaets does oot exceed 18 inches, in others it amounts to many feet In the
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  • 408 4 Sftip vs. Jack Tar On aturday la-t at the Whitechapel Counlrj Court, was heard the case of Jamieson v Rimsay" in actiun of tort. The damages were laid at £.ji). The plaintifT is a re. tired tailor, possessing a villa, called "Labour's Relreat" on the banks of the
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  • 569 4 wbeo found, good J^tt"^ anecdote, were told of tbe mde P eod\ nee 0 A help, in thi, land of hberl/" Thn. IC a mountain bo," cf Vermont engaged LZm lf' t "V are you off for ere.en od sw.etoin >" Xinll W to luht. fueia tben^ningTn^bep./^ U ro.r,r?"-r,
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
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