The Straits Times, 21 November 1854

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    20 1 THE STRAITS TIMES. AND SINGAPORE JOURNAL OF COMMERCE. VOL. 10rn. PUBLISHED EVERY [TUESDAY NOVEMBER 21st, 1854] TUESDAY MORNING NO 716
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      935 1 ,'n"»»T-- 6p- Drs. 16 J alf Yearly.. 9 I „r'oriy.... I me M. nth.. 14 I v Single Copy— One Rupee. LIST OF ARTICLES FOR SALE AT THE COMMISSION ROOMS OF JOHN LITTLE CO. COMMERCIAL SQUARE— SINGAPORE. y|lW;il.«i Outfitting Brpavtmrnt. Eoots, shoes, and slippers, Paris and London made. „.a ce,
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      552 1 Ny Lind, *c Muslin Gloves— French Kid, White and coloured, White and coloured silk, thread Parasols —silk, plain, and figured Ribbons— silk, satin, bonnet and children's, a great assortment 1 Thread— cotton on reels, Silk, tapes, bobbin .Needles, Pins, crochet Thread and needles Babies' Hoods and Hats— silk and satin,'
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      776 1 Messrs WHAMPOA AND CO/S ADVERTISEMENT. Tijessrs. WHAMPOA A Co. have always on Sale an extensive and choice assortment of the following goods, selected specially for their Stores. WHOLESALE RETAIL Jt t*OR EXPORTATION. i«Ulinrrp jtt)o9irrn. Articles for the Work Table: Aalzarine dresses; Bonnets of the latest modes, from Fans; Chemisettes of
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      837 1 agints i London— F. Algtr <• Co Calcutta— Tharker Co. [itn:« J Hongkong Armst ong Sc Law f Batavia— Langr 4 Co. NOTICE CURSETJEE FROMKO.IZE. »EREBY gives Notice that he has withdrawn from the firm lately carrying on Trade and business under (he style of LITTLE, CUR9BTJll it Lo., and
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      716 4 coats and jackets; cigars, Manila No. 3 and 4 cigar cases, Manila and China; colurs, oil and water, in tin boxes and cakes; camphor wood trunks; crowns, for naval caps; dinner and tea services; dressing cages; desks, travellers writing; fowling pieces, single and double barrel pistols, gunpowder and birding shot;
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      585 4 NOTICE. THE Interest and Responsibility of Mr. ALEXANDER GRANT DALLAS in our Firm ceased on the 80th ultimo, and Mr. JOHN CHARLES BOWRING is this day ad mi ted a Partner. Our Firm now consists of David Jardine, Joseph Jar: ink. Alexander Campbell Maclean, Robert Jardine, Alexander Perceval, and John
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      1130 4 HOLLOWAY'S PILLS. 000 SURPRISING CUBE OF A CONFIRMED ASTHMA AFTKR FIVE YEAR SSFFERING. The following testimonial has been sent to Professor llolloway, by a (•'e/ttleman named MiddUton, of Scotland Jioad, Liverpool. Sir, Your Pills hate been the means, under providence, of restoring me to sound health after five years of
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      1074 4 HOLIOWAY'S HXTMEST. A MOST ASTONISHING CUB* OP SCROFULOUS DLCKAS A CASE CBRTiriBU B\ THB MAYOR Of BOSTON. Copy of a Utter from J. Noble, Esq., Mayor tf Boston Lincolnshire. To Professor Hollowat, Dear Sir.-J/rs. Sakah Dixon of Liquornond Str Boston, ha, this day deposed before meThTfoJ. *£*< derable period she
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      543 5 peninsular and Oricr^al Steam Navigation Company's Office, Battery Road Singapore. OUTWARD MAILS. Tiiic Peninsular and Oriental Steam NavigaI, i.oinnany's Steam Ship CADIZ, Cs retain Bt.ftid, with the Buropean Mails of the 25th 0K may be expected, en route to HongDjjnd Shanghai, on or about tho Ist proximo, Application lor Freight
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      632 5 TRIESTE ROUTE OVERLAND ROUTE VIA TRIESTE. THE Austrian Lloyds Steam Navigation Company's Imperial Mail Steam Packets leave Alexandria direct for Trieste after the arrival of the Passengers by the Peninsular and Oriental Company's Steamers irom Calcutta, on about the 4th or sth of every month and an arrangement has now
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      846 5 [orriciAL ADVMTiimurr] GREAT ELECTORAL HESSIAN STATE LOAN Of 6,725,000 DOLLARS THIS LOAN is guaranteed by the Government and contracted by the eminent Banking Home of Messrs. M. A. Von Rothschilu Sons, in Pr&iikfort-on-the-Maine. The following capital Prizes most bs gained 14 of 40,000 Dollars 60 of 4,000 Dollars 22 36,000
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      662 5 from the record* of the India Hoiwe— an ample gu*rautee for their «ifficieiicy— and »re in the c_« of Civil lives from Bto 20 per cent, lower, and in the eaae of Military lives from 21 to 30 per »mt. lower than the average with-profit rates of other offices. Premium*
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    Straits Times. SINGAPORE: TUESDAY, NOV. 21ST, 1854.
    246 6 Straits Times. SINGAPORE: TUESDAY, NOV. 21ST, 1854. We Lave to announce ihe anival of the followNov 14 per Pantaloon from Macao, Mr. H. D. Barnard 15 per Royal Exchange from Manila. Mr. and Mrs Oliver and '2 children 16' per Chusan from Oalle, for Singapore and Hongkong, see below 17
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    18 6 We set aside all editorial comments to make room for the interesting details of the Battle of Alma.
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    12 6 H. M.'s sloop Lily iailed on Saturday morning for England, vid Melbourne.
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    41 6 From the English papers received by the last mail we take the subjoined notice of ships spoken The Lady Flora from Singapore, spoken Sept. 8, Lat. 28 N, Long. 35 W. The H Myrtle," from Singapore, at St. Helena Aug. 6.
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    33 6 The Brooke Inquiry terminated jesterday, by the formal closing of the Commission. The Commissioners, C. R. Prinsep, Esq. and the Hon'ble Mr. Dtvereux, proreed on to Calcutta this day, in the steamer Shanghai.
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    48 6 Bombay papers mention the death, at Toonah, on October 30th, of Lord Frederick Fitzclarence, theCommander-in-Chief; his remains were sent in the Ajdaha to Lugland, Lady Fitzclarence and the Lady Augusta proceeding in the same vessel. The command of the Bombay army has temporarily devolved on Major General Somerset.
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    144 6 China.— The P. O. Company's steam ship Malta, Captain Purchase, arrived here at midnight of Friday last, bringing advices from Hongkong to the 11th instant. H. M. S. Enterprise, which vessel 1 ft Hongkong about three years ago for the Arctic regions, returned to Hongkong on the Bth instant all
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    227 6 Batavu journals to the 11th inst. were received by the Koningcn der Nederlanden, from one of which the following is translated "On the mm inst., the Dutch merchantman Weltevredeu," Captain H. Terlink, bound to Batavia and coming from Swansea, which port she left in August, arrived here in the roads.
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    274 6 Ykstekdat, at 11 o'clock a. M the Criminal Semion opened at the Court House. The Hon'ble Sir Wm. Jeffcott, Recorder, and the Hon'ble Thomas Church, Esq. were on the Bench. The following gentlemen were ballotted for the Grand Inquest His Lordship, the Recorder, briefly addressing the Grand Jury, stated that
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    396 6 The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam ship CHUSAN, Captain Curuko, arrived here on Thursday at lla. M., having left Bombay Nov. Ist, Gsile the 7th, and Penang the Mth instant. We annex a list of tor Sin'/apore -Messrs. Eaton, Chemt, Gieuchard, and Silver. Fin Hongkong -Messrs Ousley. Sutherland, Macneil, Wiseman.
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    1355 6 gy it was reported that Sevastopol had boon oap tured -but our Malta letter of Oct. I+th, says the place was to be attacked on Oct. 4th or sth. FkOM OUB OWN CoHBESI'O.VDENT.J Malta, Oct. Uth, 1854. After months of tedious expectation our troop* have at last confronted the enemy
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    393 6 Malta, Uth (kt. 1854. Since closing my letter, I have picked up the following I told you the Fleet (10 sail) hd anchored at BarracovJa, I should have said Balaclava, that being the head quarters of our army. Sebaitopol was to nave been attacked on the 4th or sth. Our
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    67 6 (FBOM A COREESPONDENT.) Alexandria, 17th Oct. i^. To-day we >iave news from TiMMU nijJZ, the Allies had offered the Russians Uttle at bee, (on the Crimea), whicli hud been re fj and the Russians had takes) refuge within walls of Sevastopol. The Artillery of the Allies was in mmkim commence
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    964 6 [Fhom ocrowx Cobbkhpondest] 1 London, October $th lSjl The country has not passed through two «J of such deep and intense anxiety as tb^l fortnight since the Peace of 1816. Those Jf had relatives and friends staking their M against the cannon of the Czar in the Criml naturally took
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      88 6 NOTICE. THE General Agency and Commission Business erected at Melbourne under the Firm of Jons Thkodore Zorn Co. ceased on the 318t October, 1854. Bombay, 1 zld Octoher i 85 4. Melbourne, NOT ICE. TO SUBSCRIBERS TO THE STRAITS TIME S As the new Postal Act, now in force» subjects
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    206 7 The officers of the Dauntless at Portsmouth have been acquitted of the charge of manslaughter but are now awaiting their trial by court martial. The Queen is still at Balmoral, but returns to town next week, together with the ministry. The state of the commercial world is just at present
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    460 7  - h. crkdner's telegraphic (by exprjss.j Constantinople, 11th September.—A Polish Co. lone), who pm»<d over to the camp of tht- Allies, reported thai 30,000 Russians were marchim; from Feodisia to reinforce the army of Prin c Metischik'itT. But the army of .he Allies will also be reinforced by Tmkish Hoom to
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    The Battle of the Alma.
    3551 7 [FromtßK Times' Special Correspondent.] Heiijhts above Alma, Sept. 21. The order in which our ttrmj advanced w.is in coluiuiis of brigades in deploying dislahie, <>vi left pro tt-cied by a line ol skirmishers, ol c.iv.ilry, and ot uor*e artillery The advantage of the forui.iii >n
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    1487 7 Tub Battlk seem from thb Si a.— The following is the account of an observer, who watched the battle of Alma from one of the English ships On the 20th the Allies were ou the march early, but a fog coming on about nine a.m. delayed them. By about noon
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    92 7 The iction .oim*»i-o4 Sii- miant*. after oa* o'clock, the Hu»ui Brian tin rt"i and "> three hnun tlaw thr p»«ition> MS* tturuied, anaiLt iius»Ui>> !f)imccumpl«tclj Watin If wt had bad IuOkiCBI «a TiJry on ih« 6<W th«y could h»»« brvn pu»"-d, ju<l trrt itlj i«j iv USarSlffcl. An«Jf •ilMU)iUil the
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    The Battle of the Alma.
    5978 8 OFFICIAL DESPATCHES. (From th« London Gazette Er'.raordinary of Sunday October 8.) War Department, Oct. 8, 1854, Half-past 8 o'Clock a. 11. Major the Lord Burghersh arrived this morning with a despatch from General the Lord Raglan, G. C. 8., to his Grace the Duke of
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    THE FRENCH DESPATCHES.
    1539 9 PARIS, SATURDAY. The Uoniteur contains the following official despatch, Crossed by Marshal de St. Arnaud to the Emperor ~-the bwt, unfortunately, which the Mare'chal was '•estined to write Field of Battle of Alma, S<>pt. 21- Sire, The cannon of your Majesty has spoken > w e have
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    SINGAPORE MARKET REPORT.
    2583 9 (From the Bi Monthly Circular and Singapore Price* Current) Singapore, Nov. 16<A 1854. There has been more activity in our market during the past fortnight amongst the Bazar dealers, and most articles suitable for the return cargoes of the Bugis traders have been in better request. Produce
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      ARRIVALS
      155 10 Nov. 13 —Am. ship Washington Alston, Homer, Honolulu Sept. 2. 14—Brit, brig Pantaloon, Bonnyman, Macao Nov. 7. —Dutch bark Goan Sien, Nakoda, Soura'^aya Oct. 17. British ship Shah Allum, Adderley, Hongkong Nov. 2. 15 —Bri.. ship Faize Allum, Hardy, Siam Nov. 2. —But. brig Royal Eirb*nge, Turner, Manila Nov.
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      DEPARTURES.
      159 10 Nov. 13 —Am. ship Washington Alston, Homer, Calcutta. 14—Brit, brig Hang Hin, Nakoda, Kongpoot. —Do. do. M. Bux, Do., Pinang. 15—Do. schr. Sidney, Browne, Labuan. —Siam bark Sea Horse, King, Siam. —Brit. schr. Syed Khan, Ogle, Macassar. —Do. bark Courser, Day, Calcutta. —Dutch do. General Chasse, Rehling, Samara tig.
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    STRAITS, CHINA AND COLONIAL SHIPPING.
    344 10 Arrived from Melbourne. Sept. 28 Eagle 30 Roderick L)hu. Departed for Singapore. Sept. 83 Ocean 24 Drie Vrienden 23 Duke of Argyle. Oct. 2 Commodore 6 Royal Shepherdess, and Conrad Hcinrich. For Pirang. Sept. 28 Gold Digger. For Batavia Oct. 2 Lady Bruce. For Manila—
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    VESSELS EXPECTED FROM EUROPE.
    344 10 Ambassador Moore Cardiff 1 July Anna Paulowna Bek Liverpool 30 June Antilla Garry Liverpool 26 Auk. Borneo Sutherland Glasgow 19 July Boreas Shield* Swansea 16 Juut Eland (S. V.) Glasgow Bangalore Turner Do 15 Aug Caractacus Barker Shields 10 June Cornelia Larmond Shields 7 July Commodore
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    FREIGHTS TO LONDON & LIVERPOOL
    53 10 FREIGHTS TO LONDON LIVERPOOL Tin A Antimony £2. 5 per 20 cwt (lainl)ier in bales jE 3. 10 Ditto in baskets none SagojFlour 3. 10 vjoffee in bags .4 pfr 18 cwf Black pepper 4. 0 per 16 cm Measurement Goods 4. 0 per 50 cubic ft f.utta Tuban 4.
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    MONEY MARKET.
    61 10 On Rngland 6 Months credits at 4s 9Jd@ts 9ld tt- dr On Calcutta 243 per 100 dollars. W Hoinbav 30 days sight Kg. 243 per 100 dollars. Sycee Silver 8 t.)BJ per cent premium forlar.r. Company's Rupees '242 per 100 dollars Java Rupees (n-w) 28U per 100 dollars
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    LONDON MARKET REPORT.
    546 10 In our Colonial Produce market there has been a fair amount of business d<>n* during the past week, and with very seasonable support to prices. The Sugar trade hai lately shewn a better disposition, though within the past few days things again look heavy. A good deal
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    SHIPPING IN THE HARBOJR.
    510 10 VrnnrfHAFl' HHIl'lSIl— itv Mo'n*>itriclt JnlilKuin Siuv.al A Dolphin, Fa«e K h K C liux Siderin Vl uhaboolv \tie» Rahman. Johanna, J«»ly. Adelai le. Johanna Mvdi'n Bo'i Good Luck, Racliel, C M Bui, Pearl. Diamond, AH>;iir Or<s < Juliet. niITPH l 'Lrrio Po«i»ah Futi'v HokMW p-»— )nM
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