The Straits Times, 15 January 1856

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    19 1 STRAITS TIMES. AND SINGAPORE JOURNAL OF COMMERCE. VOL. 12m. PUBLISHED EVERY [TUESDAY JANUAKY 13th. IB6o] TUESDAY MORNINC NO. 775,
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      868 1 itfM OP II'MOIPTIm ii.nuillj. Pp. Drs. 16 Hi.rVrarly.. Quarterly.... i DM Month IJ >incle Copy One kanec LIST OF AUTICLKS FOR SALE AT THli COMMISSION ROOMS OF JOHN LITTLE A CO. COiIMKUI'IAL sgC ARE- SINGAPORE. ■■mam <7*Htfitttng department. tippers, I'jrin and London made. •ilk and cotton, liuttons M»ral a;id made
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      505 1 ay l.md. *c Muslin (Jlores -Krearh Kid, White sn c..;our-.1. White and coloured silk, ft thread Parasol. silk, ulain, aud figured Ribbon.— silk, satin, bonnet snd children's, a rrrat assortment i Thread cotton on rerls, Silk, tapes, bobbin N'eedlrs, Pm«, crrtchetThreaed. and nyrulr* Babies' Hoods and Hat.— silk and satin,bra.Jod,
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      801 1 Messrs. WHAMPOA AND COS ADVERTISEMENT. jMessrs. WHAMPOA A Co. have always un Sale un extensive and choice assortment of the following goods, selected for their Stores. w^ WHOLESALE IHCTAIL Jt roll EXPORTATION. 4 UtiUiicTP iyooirri). Articles fur the Work l°ablp Baliarine dresses Bonnets ot the latMt mmJt-s, frotn I'aris; Chemisettes
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      801 1 AOaHTS London— F. Algtr Street llonfikoag Armst ong A Law Batavia— Lange 4 Co, [ranct. NOTICE CURSETJEE FROMMORZE. HEREBY gives Notice that he has withdrawn from the firm lately carrying on Trade and business under Ihe style of Little, CcrsetJee A Co., and he has this day established himself as
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      704 2 nnr», Manila Na. 3 an'! 4 nira titrt. MuniU »na C'.iaa; colors, uil and w itrr. in "n •hot wood trunk*; cmwm, W n«fal c*p»; 'i r and tea nrrncei; drraainr ca»«-«; d««k(. tra» '"K |ii«cM. »inr'« «n d nrt bir.linar h < 11 »Ml l*r», 1 and IS i
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      863 2 /«rDifai, InbaliO, GENERAL LIFE ASSUR ANCE SOC'ETY, ritubiished, l»4l. CAPITAL, £5W.000. HEAD i'l'Hi KS 25, PALL MALL, LONDON. tN(iLIBH BRANCU. Tribtku. Chnrlca Ho;.»inson, Ev;., Ilegent Street. KirThoma* PkiHipa, Tem;>le. Alfred V.a.idilove, D. C. L., Doctors' Common*. Directors. Major Henry Dovtton, iMward DouMeday, E^q. r.L. S., Cr,.i^ .(Jun H iy, Esq..
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      699 2 Prospectuses, eontaiuini full particular* and instructions to parties desiring to insure, maybe obtainetl at, or will be forwanUd et on application being made to HOUSTEAD k CO., Agents. Singapore, 20th May, 1824. CALCUTTA MERCANTILE MARINE INSURANCE SOCIETY. 'THE Undersijjned. having been appointed Agents for the above Srii-ty. arc MMri to
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      523 2 siNGAroui: ALMANACK AND DIRECTORY For 18 ON Monday next, the 7th instant, will be ready for delivery the Singapore Almanack aud Directory for I*s6*. Pi ice 1 dollar an 1 fifty cents. Straits Times Office, Jan. Ist, 1856. FOR LONDON DIRECT. t TK rp HF. fine liist-siiiling Sliip BOUTH I^.
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      1137 3 B3AID] G HOU3£, ,\9 I, 11, nu «Tnrrr «H. T <>o\ M ori| 1.r:.., n j n f,, rrn IP ,al.li< *bm\i va „,,f or^ier.s »,s,i mi i|,p 11 r»» "t. ll"»l l» »U« a^BJBjMJ 11,, a|,,,, f Ro I RU ,>C MM. •l» rr ..p,,,,,! o alMMlklNi ,!Ip '1.-,
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      1153 3 The Vi-tr.nl mf Atill. oao HOLLO nMfi PILLS. MIRACULOUS CURK OF <i..Ni:K\L UKBILITV. Tr,,u*l,iti,.H nf a LrtUr f,;,,n Babwi Vir ,bju C/tettif, of A IJaAufcW, dated I tk u f (At «V/ 13j4. l-1011-.,5..| „|.|.,MN If, S'K, -l-ui a nu'.iHpr uf jrt-itr* 1 sutfrip m >«t inteii->rly Iro.u <i. buily.
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      890 3 T nr T rxoTiCt t HK Inte-e.- and rrsponaihilnj- „f V r Robfbt .Baix in ow F. m ctaae.l oa .he 31- DeemI ber 1805. Mr Aiciiibald BrcPAKiw Rr wn ha- this rt y be«iaHniilt«Hlb Par'i.r in nr K m, which 1 w e n«i«t of Al*. Edward IWste*, M
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    99 4 Strait s Times. SiN«Aroni: Iubsdav, Jjunr. 15ru. 1836. iiitm We have to announce the >rriral of the following p«8!«en|?eri Jan. 1 1 per Jatu Liong from Hongkong, A. L. Kaye, Esqre. par Sultan from Sarawak, Lieut. Mead, Bengal Artillery 14 per Adelaide from Ainoy Mrs. Northover. We have to announce
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    32 4 Captain Splatt of the William Simpson reports having spoken the American ship Yankee Ranger off 3rd Point, iv the Straits of Banca, bound to Singapore with a cargo of Coals from Cardiff.
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    41 4 Thk H. C. brig Krishna and schooaer Spy, engaged in Lieut. Ward's survey of the Straits of Malacca, returned to the harbour on Saturday evening, and will start in a few days to continue the survey trom I'inang to Junk Ceylon.
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    45 4 H. M's brig Rapid, has been purchased by the Eastern Archipelago Company for the sum of £2,800, and will be employe*! in the trtde between this port and Lahuan in the place of the Sidney, which hitter vessel was receutly sold by the Company's Agents.
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    69 4 Ox tho 10th 11. Ms. ship Spartan, Captain Si p Win, Hoste, Bart., and the 11. C. steam frigate Auckland, Commander Drought. 1. K. proceeded on a few days cruize (o the; liistward. On the return of the Auckland, she will, we hear, proceed to cruize near Mount Formosa and
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    102 4 Or; Friday tuning last Mr. L*ri pvoceetled iv liis^ nchooaer Wizard lo ih i scene of thefwreck of the Pacha. The j whole of last Mftson was lost in searching for thr (MPk, which w;is found when it was too lat#Ho proceed with orations, owing to disturbed state ot the
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    41 4 By way of I'inang we have -"reived files of ihe Rangoon ChronicpTT\o the 12th. December. A most extensive fire had taken place which destroyed property valued at 300,000, and consumed several hundred houses. The particulars will be found in another column.
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    138 4 From a Shanghai letter of the 14th December, we regret to learn that serious apprehensions are entertainetrtbr the safety of Captain Marsh, of the Clipper ship Cilestial, bclongiug to this port. The letter says I am sorry to inform you that Captain Marsh, of the Celestial, has been amissing nearly
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    223 4 A Ska Monster. ilatJjee Ibrahim, the Datoo Mtu lit ot llhio, has sent us the following information, through a mutual friend, which will be found interesting. We will thank Kuropean observers to keep a sharp look out and afford us a minute descripiion of this new visitor in our immediate
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      934 4 MARINE ftife anil e«*«ltp MUTUAL ASSIKANCE SOCIfcTY. OAces l3T7i>idiiahaUl TRUSTEES. Si» Jamfs M»nuso«, B»rt., If. P. M». U a Mooaa. Director of Ea.tln^ Company. Carr*i« Maholbs, Dir^tor rflh. Royal Mail Bte-m packet CuMfMiy. DIRECTORS. CIIAIRMAX-J I* Klu». W' C hainnan of th. Geiwral Screw St«u» Shipping; Company. DVUn LHAIKMAN \.-V.
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      757 4 PREMIUM FOR THE ASSURANCE OF «oo BACCACE AND PERSONAL EFFECTS, l Attuning to (last of Ytttei. By the Tear £S. ss. to 6a. FOB THE VOTaQB TO IMn TMWII Stillßf Ttarto. Australia 26« to 3Ss 30s to 40s California 70« to 80s Cape of ood; Mope 25s to 30s 30s
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      689 4 PHOSPECTUS. SINGAPORE RACES, 1866. Firtt Day— Monday, 28th April Firtt Race—The SulUn'i Cop, value 150, for all Horses. Entrance $5. H. f-dut*noe 1| Mile. Weights-Arabs and Country-bred 9 St. 4. English— Australian— Cape 10 St. 4. Second Race -The Club Cup. value 100— for Horses owned by Members of trie
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    261 5 The United States steam Frigate San is daily expected at this port will convey to Siam the llon'blc Mr. Harris Minister hxtraordinary to the Siam, lor the j>urj>< >eof negotiating a new treaty; after which the San Jarmto will convey the Hon ble Mr. Harris t<> Japan as Consul to
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    282 5 On the 9th. instant the following statements wen- made to the Hon'ble Mr. hunh relative to the loss of a Junk near l'ulo Aur, and ot the kind t nut mint of the en w I y th«> natives of the Island. h sc Ki.H aSasta, I am N»kixli of
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    156 5 FnoM the subjoined, tiiken from a late Ame.ican paper, it will be seen that an American ludy can resort to the use of tire-anns to extort a retraction of alleged M-andalous remarks. The value of the amende, under the circumstances, was not much there can be no reasoning with a
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    314 5 On the 27th ultimo information was men at the Police by Dr. Little that he had been called in to attend a respectable Hihmr trader, nainjed Low Tay Hee, who then lying a precarious state in consequence of two wounds which had penetrated the abdomen. The wounded ii Kin was
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    240 5 On the 10th instant a murderous attack was made on Nhreecrustna Wassodewjer, a convict, by a fellow convict named Ril>.ij;i Happosett. The following particulars we gather from from a deposition made by the wounded man. Shreecrustna Wassodewjee stated that on the morning of the 10th inst., whilst passing to the
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    136 5 Coroner's Inquests.— An a:!jou ned inquest was held ycNtoritav on the bc.dy <if a ltombay Convict, wr'iii h \v;is found on Saturday evnring le«t in ;i shallow stmuß which crosses the laiul fomn'rlv (uliivaud with sugar can« hy Mr. Belevtiet; there was nu extensive wound on the hark of the
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    1169 5 f^Yz observe that the Committee appointed at the public meeting held at Singapore on the 11th August last have made preparations tor agitating the currency question in Parliament. The long parliamentary recess precluded any active measures being adopted until the Legislature was about to res line its labours. In the
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    MADRAS.
    289 5 Lord Harris hat visited Pondkherry, »nd duuiij.' hia »ltort stay at that place was received not only with the distinction due to his position, but with the cordiality always manifested by our brave fiiends since they hate become our allies, whenever an opportunity presents itself for so doing. His
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    NORTH-WEST PROVINCES.
    453 5 The following items are taken from the Dtlhi Gazette We are told that ihe Court o4' Director* have, without assigning any reason, refuse to sanction ihe sixty iluys leave. "A Ferozepore letter mentions the rnjsleri■M disappearance of an Ensign of a Native Infantry Regiment al lhat station. No
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    127 5 England and Amkrica. We have been favoured with the perusal of a spccial*telegr<ipbic despatch from New York lo Halifax, and brought by the StMBMf America, which iniimnteo! lhat it was staled* ot Washington that the American Government has demanded ol the British ihe recall of their Minister al Washington, in
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    RANBOON.
    1866 6 Wi bare to word (to cay that we alao la BMBt touM be aaperiooua) U»e occur euce of ihe mm oWvaMatixg tire, v rMBceU thr extent of MWMHary I m i .roir«d. wuieh K^ogoon has ever Men known to suffer from. The d j s as of MM «as
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    European Intelligence.
    469 6 Tub Internal Resoih- liOff ilrssu.*— Few persons of any pretension to sound j i igmeu will be d.s »osed to Ueny thit, whute/er imglit h ive been ihe case a yea' ago, the struggle witli Ru ■M has a lust reach .da phase whicn renders its termination ai
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    8409 6 CoM'Htntarie* on the ir.uta.nce forces of iluuia; by Vl. I. .>e I'eiig >or»lci, l'ri»y Councilliir an I Me.ulier of 'he C luncil .if i lie Ru-^ian K npirp LonduD Lou^inan. Brown. <£rneii. and Lougnuo. 1535. o'Peria. T«Kin<{ tbe a^rg^e^ate posscssi >v* of ill* tire greal Pow c i MoMMj Kngiau
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    SINCAPOKE SHIPPING ARRIVALS.
    270 8 Jan. 8 II. Mi. ship Spartan, Hoste, Malacca Jan. 8. But. brig Kitty, Quintom, Hongkong Dtc. 27. 9- Do. schr. Goodluck, Nakoda, Sarawak Dec. 23. Do. brig Falahal Rahman, Do. Pinang Dec. 27. Do. ichr. Julielte, Do. Do. Dec. 29. 10— Do. bark Chin Chin, Folger, Calcolta
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    RATES OF PREMIA OF INSURANCE AT SINGAPORE.
    397 8 (ON GOODS) VOYAGES BY SAILING VESSELS Per cci, 1 To Greut Uritain "2 to 3< Contincut.il I'orta in Kurope 2 to 3 M:icuo, Cumsiniciiioou and exiling between 30th Hongkong or June l»t M.iuii 14 to If WliatJi>oa t Amoy, durinn th« ah O
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    MONEY MARKET.
    74 8 On R D Rland6 Months credit at 4s. Sid. to 4s.oU{. On Calcutta 219 to J2l Ra per 100 dollars. Ob China a 2 per cent premium. Bombay 31) days siftli; Us. Hi per 100 dollarsSycee Silver 8 lo Hk prr cent premiim for Urj« Company's Rupee* 213
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    FREIGHTS TO LONDON A LIVERPOOL
    52 8 Tin* Antimony Ore.. I 1 f Gntnbier Pearl S»|{O '0 s India Rubber £4. 16s. Sago Flour Siiitar S«. Ontu >»-• Soiree in bags £4. 10m. per 18 cwt. Black Pepper £4. IO«. per Ib cwt. Hide* £4. 15s. Measurement (io«Mis... j. A 10s. \>er
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    Vesssels Expected from Europe.
    352 8 Abdul Medjid Olasgov Atnerika Har.lepool 31 Aug Arao Oarritt Hamburg Horuro Suiherland Gla»n" w Not. Uoi.ita Ne»port 18 S.j.t. Hr.ui.nia (ila^ow 10 Oct. CorneUan Samers Newport Commodort Lawney Glasgow China M' MilUn London Chr;«olile Cuimning tilaoßnw 22 Sept Elisabeth I'cppin Cardiff 4 Nov. Ciuidiiiß Star Jackson
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    163 8 Memobanuum op Covers received fur Delivery at,;ind DiBpiiicbed from, the Singapore I'oslOilice in i he Momli uf Deceuiber, 1555. Received Per Str. K. dtr Nederlanden fi oni B ttavia 3,131 Nonui from Hongkong it'J-S At adras from Euni|.c 10.13'J Uo. fiom other pl.ife? MM C'A««a»fiom Cilcu ti 74$ J'nCLunter fiom
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    220 8 A Taveus Dinner. —A party of bon rivantt, who recently dined at a celebrated tavern, lifter hnrin^ drank an immense quantity of whir, rang for the bill. The bill was aocoidingly brought, but the nmo'int uppeured so euorninui to MM <>f it.c jiorijr (not quite so far gone as tht
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    SHIPPING IN THE HARBOUR.
    394 8 Splatt Dyco NATIVE CRAFT. BRITISH.— Urittouiart7 Peacock, Samdaimy, Kmhr Uux, Ameer Leiciimy, HydroosT" Calendar Bux, Ruttau Mala, Johanna, Dido, Sidney, Kitty, Goodluck, Fatuhol Itnhman Juliette' Vanderavaly Sultan. DUTCH—Noor Saluni, Batnvin, Bongn, Chan Guan, Lumber Mashoor, Almanso,'. Oil Kee Teo Alw.wn.lnß Her, Ouan Sing, Oen Guan Kirn
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