The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1835-1869), 31 May 1855

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  • 13 1 The Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. rot. 22. THURSDAY31BT 1855. jrv». 11
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    • 797 1 NOTICE, Henry minchin simons, Esquire, >»< been appointed a member of the Municipal Committee at Singapore, vice Michie Foacis DaViDiOH, Esquiie, resigned. By order, RICHARD COX, O/fc. Secy. to the Governor. Singapore. VTnd May, 1855. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. AT THE COURT AT WINDSOR, ihe 8th day of February 1855. PRESENT THE
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    • 678 1 TBS LONDON ORIENTAL STEAM TRANSIT INSURANCE OFTZCE. (ESTABLISHED IN 1843.) TH E Underlined are prepared to acdept risks (covered by opeu Policies with the Insurance Companies) by the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company's and the Hon'ble the East India Company's Steamers, 01 Steamers under charter to them. Thp interest
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    • 967 1 FOR SALE LADIES APPAREL. Berlin wool of color*, hoots and shoe*, English and Fiench bonnet* direct from Paris, silk, oatia and nett, Dunstable and straw, balurine diasses, caps—blond and lacc, capes and cuffs. Cardinals, a la mode, chemisettes of eserjr description, cambrics— English, French and Scotch, collars, finely worked, corsets
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    • 1096 1 SMITH, ELDER, 4c Co. hart ihe satisfaction of intimating to their Friends and Constituents, and the Members of the Military and Civil services, that they have made auangements lor extending the scope of their business, by adding to it the various branches of an EAST INDIA ARMY a GENERAL AGENCY.
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    • 806 1 Suotcnpiions to the Ohiuid Mail,* includ* irg post«gt-s, will b« twenty lour shillings, or twelve rupees, per annum, payable in advance. Subscribers' nam** and remittances may be sent direct to Messrs. SMITH, ELDER, CO 65, Cornkiil. London; or to Messrs. MACLAIiiE, FRASERflt Co., Singapore. OVE1LAKB ROUTE TZA TRIESTE. THE Austrian
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  • 407 2 TO THE EDITOR OF THE SINGAPORE FREE PREst Dear Sir, I beg to call your attention to one of the most dangerous evils which I believe at present exists in this beautiful island, and I do so under the hope that you will see the propriety of my appeal
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  • 2766 2 Singapore, Thursday, 31a/ May, 1853. The P. O, Co's Steam-ship Formosa, Captain Tregear, arrived here on the evening of the 29th instant, from Calcutta the 20th. 9 She will proceed to Hongkong thisday. H; M. Sloop Grecian, the Hon'ble Captain Keane, left this for Sarawak and Labuan
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    • 890 2 Messrs WHAMPOA dtCO'S ADVERTISEMENTS. v MESSRS WHAMPOA A Co. have always ou Sale an extensive and choice assortment of .LfJ- Sale an extensive and choice assortment of the following Goods, selected especially for their Stores; WHOLESALE, EKTAIL A ?OR RXPORTATIO*. Millinery 4a Hosiery. Articles tor the Work Table Balzarior Dresses
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    • 981 2 LIST OF ARTICLES FOR SALE AT THE COMMISSION ROOMS OF JOHN LITTLE CO. COMMERCIAL SQUARE—SINGAPORE. OUTFITTING DEPARTMENT. Boot*, Shoes, and Slippers—Pari* and London-made: Braces—Elastic, Silk, and Cotton: Buttons—Naval ana Military; Coats, Ready made Dress—Surtouts. Codringtons, Pilots, Office, Shooting, of the finest ana lightest materials; Carpet Bags of various sixes; Corduroy
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    • 744 2 NOTICE. TO BE SOLD BY PUBLIC AUCTION, On Morning, ike I81A dog ef June next, AT It O'CLOCK AT KOOW, TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER. SIX tuhataotiaily-buiit Shops In Hoogkoog Street, numbered from lO 10 15. rooting an average of Spanish Dollars Four per mensem. The expeoces of Tumsler to bo
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    • 282 2 In t||# Court for relief of Insolvent Doctors at Prince of Wales' Island. In the Matters of Ar-') NOTK E, that Psiinacbeilam Puitay lilt a j lions have been filed ia Tenda I and Retailer of phis Coort by the said Ioioode oa IMafttfi Rsrate in aolveots paying tor the
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  • 109 2 DIED. At Singapore, 011 Friday sight, the 25th instant, JOHN KIKSBY SALMON, Esq., aged 60 yean, 4 months and 21 years. The deceased was the youngest son of the late JOHN LOR TO if SALMON, Esq., of Holywell, near Greenfield, Flintshire, and served the Fast India Company at Bencooiea and
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  • 109 3 From Ike Chime Mail, April 'V. Nothing it be«rd of tbe Robots at Nanking} oad It may bo iaforiod they or* oot in o eery iourtahiag •toio. Tbo bands io tbo nortbera aod otXril praviacer bote beeo defeated to avery raeoat casouotar with tbo imperialists, except ia tbo eeo
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  • 687 3 From Ike Pegu Gazette, March 28. Reports have reaeoed Iroa Ava, wbieb kewovor wtot oonfirmatiun, to the affect that bis Goldea*footod Majesty, succumbing to tbe iniurace of Coart iotri* guars, and powerful party wbieb bos for sosso tins conspired ag.iast bits, bos beea compelled to abdicate h throoe ia
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  • 1075 3 April 19.—Government hat taken up the Soobltnc Salam to convey native convict* to the Strait*. Thorn, who murdcrsd hi* wife, goea by this veaael to Singapore. He is .the lint European transported to oar own eastern settlements, since Government has been constrained to discontinue transportation to the Colonies of
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  • 1953 3 Commercial side of the war Question* (From the ?p*ctatur, March 17 Tkm It little aavlegy," abHifti Lard Grsnvillr, btlvetD tbe e*M of lend »»»r borrowing mmj 'at three, fear, or fire pot east, to lU hope of Ibe im prnvrments oa hi» estate bringing an laurm* of am f
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  • 1214 3 (Fr»m the S yectetor, Merck 31) PrrwMlttin ere to b« avoided ia reference to public »ffiir», tad yet white periods retain influence •f tM pivtn vkiek we have oo our side or against m—part af tha evidence by whieb oar actions a est be
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  • 859 3 Gossip, IIJI .Mr Drsmmoad, is the commodity maaaiaciared in tbo ottee of the priacipal deity oc«epepere. Goeeip the people of thie country will bars, end it ie the vecetioa of nowepepere to apply it. "Tu quoqao I" en«wore Joarualiem—" Yea'ro eeotherl" The greet atopic of Mr
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  • 965 4 The successful navigation of the Eaatern branch of the Niger to a diataoce of hundred and fifty milea above any previoua ascent, without ioae or aerioaa aickneaa among the crew, ia an event pregnant with inatruction and with hope. Not long aince it wea aa*
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  • 455 4 (From the Hominy Herald, Her eh, 20.) A young Chinaman was yesterday brsnght before Mr Bloc ham. charged with begging. Police-serjeant Mieliaelsoo said, ha saw the prisoner in Berkeley square, about three o'clock on Sunday afternoon, begging of paasort-by. Ho went forward to
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  • 1324 4 (From the Morning Herald, Match, IZ.) The next paper read war, (in the application of the Screw Piooeiler to the larger class of Stiling Sbipa, for lung voyages," by Mr It A. Robinson, Assoc. lust. C. E. The introduction of screw propulsion in 1839, hy Mr
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  • 976 4 [ruoM oca own cohubspondbnt After his institution as Lord Rector o> Aberdeen Uarvervity, on Thursday last, Mr Layard, M. P was entei Lined at a cijcunrr. given by the celebrated ship builders Messrs A. liull 2* Co., who had invited him to chriaten
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  • 907 4 (From the Examiner, March 11.) At the rite at which things progress, army reform promises it b* i <|ait| superfluous topic and thia far tba uat reaaoa that aa»kea it superlatively idla for Metira Bright and Cohdea to theorise and parorata ia tba abstract againat war,
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  • 305 4 Paradoxical a* it may sound, there it a atroogpre. sumption in favour of a diplomatic agent charged with disobedience of Orders. For what motive cae inch aii officer have for incurring the displeasure of the Minister upon whose good will depend liis em* ploy
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  • 209 4 {From the Morning Hernld, April 7 The Prussian barque S«asuel, of Daatsie, which wis sank Id five fathoms' water off Coal-bouse Point «a the morning of tbn 8th of March, after com log u collision with tha Westmoreland, hat been saccesifutly raised in the
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  • 689 4 Vessels' IVDMA. Ions Consigners. Dcitiuaison 3jfr. H. C> steamer tiwghiy t HO are wart B. ship Duke of Argyle 619 Poulaon Arracan B. ahip Royal Shephcdtu 406 Napier A. L. Johnston 5t Co Mauritius B ship Malacca 800 1 Wood i O. H. Brown fit Co
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