The Straits Times, 22 April 1851

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1 8 The Straits Times
  • 20 1 THE STRAITS TIMES. All SINGAPORE JOURNAL OF COMMERCE. VOL 7m PUBLISHED EVERY [TUESDAY, APRIL, 22nd. 1851.] TUESDAY MORNING NO. 528.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 609 1 RaT>* nr svhschiptiob Annually- SP- i>r». 1« x Half-Yearly.. 9 1 Quarterly.— V one Month... U I A Single Copy— One Rupee. lISI OF ARTICLES FOR SALE AT THE COMMISSION ROOMS OF COMMERCIAL-SQUARE,--SINCAPORE. i *f colors Jaconet— White and colored Ber lin """"J'ESWi and French Linen-Fine Irish fr'.Mii Paris, silk,
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    • 708 1 Have always on Sale an extensive and choice assortment of the following goods, selecttd specially for their Stores. WHOLESALE RETAIL A ron EXPORTATION. WILLINERY HOSIERY Berlin Wool of assorted colors Articles for the Work Tabl« c Cutu CMliTn of Erelish Manil "aUarine dr«Me» liuitiiifacHire Bonnets of the latest modes, from
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    • 484 1 London— W. Thosta* 1 Calcutta— Thaeker and Co. China— William Pu.UU A Ct i BaUvia— Lange t Co. C. J.DARE&CO'S ADVERTIZEMENTS G. J. DARE CO. SHIP CHANDLERS, Auctioneers and Commission Agents. WHOLESALE AND BETAIT, Wine, Spit it and Beer Merchants: BOAT QUAY: SINGAPORE. REG to announce to ship Owners, Merchants,
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 541 2 rfJELF-PRKSERVATION; medical Treatise J^ on the Physiology of Marriage, and on ther S ec ret Infirmities ana Disorders of Youth and Ma(iiri'y. usually acquired at an early period of life, which enervate the physical and mental powers, diminish and enfeeble the natural feelings, and exhau s t 'he vital energies
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    • 540 2 PENINSULAR ORIEWTAL &TEAM KAVir-ATION COMPANY'S OFFICE. Battery lload— Singapore. HP HE Peninsular and Oriental r^lAuuil^ Company's steamer P.KIV. Jj^gJftHw*rCapt. BAKER, en route lo Bombay, may be expected at Singapore about the 2nd Proximo, and the Peninsular and Oriental Company's Steamer with UicKuiopean Mails en route to China, about the slh
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    • 643 2 A CARD. pENTEEL parties visiting Singapore, or Gen|f llemen residing on the Island, wishing to Board with a respectable family, may meet with very comfortable apartments in one of the most airy situations in the town. The house 'commands a fine view of the Roadstead. Application to he made at
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    • 690 2 PROSPECTUS. SINGAPORE RACES 1851. First- Uij, Tuesday, 13th Jfo^ First Race— Tbe Governor's Cup vai a 100 for all Horses, weights for age and inche! 11 hands and aged to carry 8 stone, heati R. C. Entrance 5 b.f. Previous winners to carry 7 lbs extra. Second Rack— Cbih Ompim
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  • DOMESTIC OCCURENCES.
    • 20 3 At Singapore, April «0h Lieut. George Taylor Airev li. N. Commanding ihe H. C steamer Plut». aged 56 years.
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  • 98 3 SINGAPORE TUESDAY, 22ND. APRIL 1851. We have lo announce the arrival of the following passengers: April <ii per 11. C. steamer Pluto, Dr. Cowp&r and SiMnllren 17 per BoftM from M luritius, Mad. une BfllTlh and S chil.lien 19 per Union from MiuriliiH, M.& ;\lle. D.-stor, MJe. Cellard, Messrs Boiicli
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  • 78 3 THE 11. C. steamer Semiramis which was despatched to Tebliing Tmgi, as mentioned in our last issue, returned having found the water too shallow to proceed up tho river. The 11. (J. steamer Plulo proceeded' lo the, place and brought away the lope, the Kajah denying all knowledge of the
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  • 31 3 Ir is with feelings of unminglcd regret that we announce the decease of Lieut Aircy R. N, commanding the H. C. steamer Pluto, which melancholy event took place on Sunday last.
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  • 948 3 Loss or the Ship Aruaseer, by rins —It is with feelings of deep regret we announce the loss of the Bombay Clipper Arda- seer, Captain Lovclt, which left this port on the 4lh. Instant. We have received a communication from Captain Lovett, dated Pinang the 12lh. inst. in which he
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  • 1087 3 It will not have escaped the notice of our readers that the people of Madras h.ive signed an address inviting the Austrian Lloyds Menu company to open a line between Calcutta and Su:z, in opposition to the Peninsular and Oriental Company. Ihe principal reason for (his slep appears to have
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  • 55 3 Just as we were going io press the following ■was received for insertion kk The subscribers to lite proposed Sailor's Hums Jt all others interested in this ohject are requested to attend a meeting to be held at the oliice of Messrs. A. L. Johnston and Co. this day at
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 616 3 SHERIFF'S SALE. B\ wrtnc oi a Writ of Sequestration lo me directed, dated the 10th. day of March Ijjol, and by order or the Court in the Cause of John Artiier Palmer VS. joiin Richakd Tavenor. I d.ne seized and sequestered upon the following t>(jlJ{A, Schooner of the burthen of
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    • 403 3 fore, be taken at all times, by the most delicate female and by the youngest child while the Public Speaker and the Professional Singer will iind t!iem invaluable in allaying the hoarseness and irritation incidental to vocal exertion, and consequently a powerful auxiliary in the production of MELODIOUS ENUNCIATION Prepared
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  • 6259 4 Some years ago Lady Morgan's work upon Italy was extracted from my portmanteau by an officer of the Roman custom house. The man read the name in the title-page, and dropped the book as if it had singed his fingers, rejecting all entreaties to have
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  • 1824 5 To THE EDITOR OF THK DAILY SEW* Sib,—May I be permitted, through the columns )i > i: j rira il, to return an atis.ver to a note which recently appeared in tlu Moniiny Chronicle, under the head of Lidy Morgan on S*-. Peter's Chair,"
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  • 4396 5 M Port Macquaric, ever since it ceased to U exclusively a penal settlement, has been used as a depot for what arc called 4 specials that is. special or gentlemen-convicts, and for invalids. Here we have gallant naval and military officers, eloquent p.irsons, learned lawyers, acute and
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  • 380 7 {prii V2!h —From Sarawak By the D. schnr. piculs raw sago. 20 bunc. gold a,,.! 5 pU bees wax, 2 pis black bud s nesf, Nag. Merrican. 2J coys paid). A Cinema,,. From Calcutta. By the B. ship John Brightman.— 240 bales cotton. Shaw, Whitehead Co. ipril Xbth—From Liny
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  • 280 7 April \'2th —To Piiiang. By the tcftovner Convat. Castle.— 6oo pis bar iron, Hamilton, Gray Co. I.IUO pis salt, 200 bxs tea, 30 bunc jjold dust, 4,000 doLars, China crockery valued at drs 5.000, Si.n Sim. To Madras By the barque Sarah. twenty fire catty boxes tea. F. A.
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  • SINGAPORE SHIPPING NEWS
    • 223 7 April 11— Brit, bark Bengalee, Colebank, Bombay Jan. 25 Do. do. Flora McDonald, Prowl, Glasgow Dec 1 .Malay schr. Yonge Queen, Nakoda, Linga April 13. 11. C. Steamer Pluto, Airey, Calculi* M.r. 29, Moulinain April 7lh. and Pinang April l'Jtii. Span, brig Vlocano, Uionda, Akyab Mar. 15. 16— Brit,
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    • 84 7 April 4— P. and O. Steamer Pacha, McQueen, G.ille Brit. schr. Dido, Nakoda, Sarawak 15— Do. bark Bengallee, Colebank, China 16 Do. schr. Fame, Nakoda, Palembang Do. do. Romp, Henderson, Amo; I) >. ship Monarch, Duncanson, China IS Do. brig Lady Mary, Spen;e, London via Akyab Am. bark Allioth,
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    • 375 7 (ON UOOUS) VOYAGES 13 V SAILING VESSELS. let Cent. To Great Britain 2| Continental fort* in Europe 24 Macao, CuiusinvEinoon and j sailing between 30th June Hongkong or ana Ist Match 14 Whaiupoa tailing between 2ttlh Feb. and 1.-t July H Amoy, during
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    • 52 7 Neptune Aiuena tta'y -"'d Ann Uiidy A«ifflei LMara (Uadia Marin Frederick Mary lUy Jo«*er Icene Chaucer M«g Merrilct Juuu bibby uiyue Bourne Liverpool 12. h Nov. Clyde. 26tli Nov. Marienberg Liverpool 10th Dec. London 1st Dec. Deal 20th Dec. lutJan. Kllwood 3rdJan. Bell Liverpool Uuttoa London
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    • 39 7 The following vessels obtained their port clearances yesterday, and will sail this day: Fatahool Salam, Ogle, Amoy and Ningpo Elizabeth, Marcus, Pinang; Velocipede, Welsh, Shanghai; Charles Dutnergue, Lcete, Piuang and Pedier Coast, and the Sir Walter ScoU for Bangkok.
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    • 130 7 The Junk Sum Jbow wah from Canton bound to Singapore with a cargo chiefly consisting of China salted provisions was plundered of the whole of it by seven piratical Junks. They hove in sight at about 3 o'clock in the afternoon and soon after boarded the Sun Jhow Wah without
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    • 350 7 NATIVE CRAFT— BRITISH,— Mahoine4 Bux,l:i(U',)en(lencp, Dol|>hin, Swallow, Fame, Buffalo Dido, Pyche, Fathool S.il\.n, S*a,\| ow EuiVili. t Falico. L»ekie Bias, Olory. DUTCH F atbool Herman. H>ng Guan, F»ttel Ruhiin, Fathor Racliman, Pakis, Seauw Guan, Lie Seng, Kompol Mas, Pen, Zepaai\ v j fttu> Li on g
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  • 61 7 Antimony Ore.. 1. 10 per 20 cwt. Tin 0 Sago in Boxes 10 Sago in Bogs sper2ocwt Gambler in baskets 2. 5 m Ditto in bales.. 2. >> Cotree in bag* 2. 5 per 18 cwt. Black pepper S. 10 per 16 cwt. Measurement Goods
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  • 58 7 On 6 Months credits 4a. 10^1. per dollar. On Calcutta Treasury 122 per 100 dollar*, (none) Bombay 30 days sight Us- '^"20 per dollars IoU Syuee Silver 5 lo 54 per ceut premium for large Company's Uuiiees4»4 cents. Java Ruueei (u<s*r) '^'0. per 100 drs. Java Rupees (old)
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  • 879 7 A lett'-r dated April Ith. received l»y the Pluto notices that numerous robberies had occurreJ in town. A Chinese and also a Mussalman had been killed by the <licoits, whiM delcnding their property, and four or live others were wounded. The djcoits plundered a Cominissari.it ho.it on its p.issago
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 939 8 HEALTH WHERE TIS SOUGHT HOLLOWAY'S PILLS CTSEB OF A W-.O.I«» St UV«^KD JTWIUCH, WHE* W Extract of a Letttrfrom Mr. Matthew Harvey, of CAopel Hall Airdric, Scotland, dated the 15th of I January 1850. To ProfeMor HollowatSih.— Your valuable Pills have been the means, with God's blessing, of restoring me
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    • 653 8 NOTICE. 1 Hereby declare, that 1 hare appointed Messrt Frederick Lender A Co, as my Agents for Singapore and all the neighbouring Settlements, and that they alone are authorized to MB and to receive orders for my manufactures. Cooane, Uth Sept. 1848. JOUANN MARIA FARINA. The Genuineness of Johann Mabia
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    • 568 8 Gold beads, and Metal ponder flasks, candleslicks with shades, and spectacles, concave and contra. Bird C'g" Md Tea-kettles. Artificial flower* and Ladies corsets. Green-peas in tins of 1 and 2 lbs. Sausages in Tins, Herrings in kegs of 12 pieces each. Chocolate, Prunes, Raisins, Currants, Cherries, Macarony, Bonbons, Almonds Ac.
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    • 1057 8 CURES FOR THE UNCURED ho low ays oivnuvr AW BXTRAOKDIXAKY CUHB OP BCROFULA, OR KlNQ'g p.v,. Extract of a Letter from Mr. J. H. Aliiday, 209, ff,Jj street, Cheltenham, doted the 22nd January, 1800 To Professor Hdmowat. Sir— Mt eldest Son, when about three years of was afflicted with Glandular
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