The Straits Times, 27 April 1861

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    17 1 THE STRAITS TIMES. «M 17 Til PUBLISHED EVERT [SATURDAY. APRIL. ISG 1 1 SATURDAY EVENING NO- 1035
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    SATURDAY, APRIL 27, 1861.
    1546 1 Chin*. Tlie following Hummary we »'lip from tin- (herland China M.iil ptall Mill) t of t lie American ship Bara(en, MM ••*'«n tried before the American Consel at BoNgknooj, <m a charge ol murdering a Seaman ill— time him, on the rot/ago from Cardiff to Hongkong.
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    746 1 PINAVfi. The Pinang Gazetti- of the 13th instant is to band, and supplies the following information On Sunday last a report was brought to the Polite authorities that MNM pirate boats had made an unsuccessful attempt tv plunder a small village in the Bali Pulo district. The Deputy Commissioner with
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    531 1 Official Blctnokhing-A Small \Vk.(;in«;. Some time a«:<>, the Indian Navy vessel Sesoslri'*, took on board for Port 131 lir.lYan Sinirapore, three or four convicts, who were duly BOBflfcraa ed totheGo/ernor of that I'eiuil colony. The Governor received them with all due hospitality and (iCßoiuiuodiited tlicm with (|iiarters. But to his
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    1029 1 Spain ami Porii«;\i. kkvivko in China.-— Aa article under ti.e heading n flections mid Mri.tltCK," appear* iii tin- Diitin, I'nip/lin.s. ill vvlii !i the writer predicts a bright tin me for Spain and Portugal iv the Bast. \\"< cannot clearly oo iinreltCtid the abtlmr's logic when be lells us that
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    398 1 l\ our issue of the 20 1 h instant we made some strong animadversions on what we then understood to be the neglect of the Coroner in the discharge of bis public duties. As our strictures wen- based on what has since been ■hetrn to us to have been incorrect
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    330 1 Thk trial of the Master and second Mate I)! the Xorna, at Sydney, for »he Murder of"*! Lascar named "aleel came off on the 18th lilt. The Sydney Herald thus reports tbe ease. The sittings of the Supreme Court, in its criminal jurisdiction, have terminated. Although there were few eases
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    263 1 In nrrorditnee with Srction 77 «f the Ptol re Act, the following Kegnlatinnx an? laid down for tin- guidance of Parties having conveyances on attendance at the Episcopal Church during Divine Service. The Commissioner of Police requests, that the owners of such Convey iMtl will explain to the Coachmen and
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    196 1 Nrthkrlands India. The Handels bladtol the 17th instant, mentions that the steam ship Bali ran full power on a sand bank in the Banjerma*- sing river. The steamer Suriname went to her assistance, but did not succeed in getting her off. It was feared she would be a total wreck.
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      85 1 ADVERTISEMENTS. Trrins for A .ii.wii at tli* office Contracts er.: i-.it reduced rates. .Vivertixtrs mnst-ujwc fv in the copy th« num. brr of the iutvtiun* n ill nntiiaa will t» inserted till count* i iuai..leil, aod charged for accordingly. No »ert>al «r.l>-r fnr the <li«cont inuar.ee of an advertisement will
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      15 1 AUK. NTS 11.oi.iWn— K A. \l»tr C. 4 B»Uvi»— l jag* k UMk -Apcai C»
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    165 2 Mahila.— The Correspondent of the Hongkong Daily Press furnishes from thence the following information, under date 23rd ult I IV last report was under dat* af lant, advising the receipt of lh< mail oi the 10th January. That of the '2«th January reached on 20th, inUant. The taaMaW and Mueva
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    1045 2 Thr Hi-rim of Cokonkk.— l" our i*>ue of the ISttl iintant, we corrected M error in dutf«« info which we had been ML We made this correction not only a* n matter of simple justice, l>»t toeiiaWeiixat *"tne future time to the MilijiTfi»fCoronei-*s Inquests in Singapore, without rafarcßCO to the
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    172 2 Thk Mtnicipal Fend at Malacca. Elsewhere we publish a statement of the receipts and disbursements of the Municipal Fund of Melac^a for lf^iO. This statement is far behind its time. It should have been is«iud about the Ist February last. The assessable property in Malacca dues not appear to be
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    166 2 Malacca.— The following is from our own correspondent dated the 24th April, IHGI The steamer Hoogldy left this on Sunday last at 6 o'clock, and the steamer Arracun came in at 5 p. m. with two companies of the 20th Regiment, M, N. 1., to relieve the 22nd Regiment, and
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    189 2 Ano 1 11 kk I'ikk. On the night of the 23rd, a fire broke out in No. 252 New Bridge Road, in Kirn Seng's hlock of buildings. The house was used uh a Kice Shop. As soon aw the fire got head, the coolies in charge ran away. The Peon
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    161 2 By a ref.TPiife to our list of ;u rivals it will he 9«oa that .1. C. Smith V.q'lire, ConimisMoiitT of the Court of Requests and Police M m:istrate, has r» turned from his tour to Malacca and P.-nang. His health, we a>e happy to «tate, is so v»-ry much improved
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    100 2 Thk Timlal* «>f Tonprkniigs ami Cargo BBftlSj witli a v w B 9 frustrate the ihtentiiiiis af t Actinir MaaBPT Atti ndaut in liavinij the tumiHgo of oarli aaal imintfd th.Teon. BBJBM to ohliteiatf the ininihers. Ta easMkmate them the Artini: otafr Att.nilant, willi thf sanrtion of tlu- Kt-Mclent Councillor,
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    91 2 From Malacca we learn that a -c vere gale from the Noithwesf was felt there about the 1 lth instant. It blew down many larsce trees in the interior. Vessels from this port weie therefore kept back. T*ie Malacca Land claimants- are busy overhauling the Government records for evidence to
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    91 2 Sum. The Siamese Strainer C/imc Phya arrived from Bangkok renterday eveninp, after a pj^sa^e af Ii days. Freights to HnßgkußJ! were 7- r > •••"•ts poc ptaaL The Hteaaacir Ckjf 0/ \nutrs was to leave for this port on Thursday. The fismunt CaOßOfcag bad depaited for B«agkaa|P. By this opportunity
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    72 2 Wk were in error in re porting the departure ol the Sultan ofTrannanu for Aden, on the 9th lastoat. He proceeds in the He/tar on tV '2'hu\ iii^t. ■araaga to say, the Fran JVmMi into the »nme error, vMeh he ra-Bto* duces in hi* Overland issue af this date. We
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    70 2 Thkatkk Royal.— Last evening the Amateurs gave a performance in aid of the Indian Famine Relic*" Fund. We were glad to observe that the hall was crowded in every part, and that the entertainment was in every iespect successful. The Ethiopian performers elicited much Mr. Sigi, a new candidate for
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    72 2 Thk man Lee Ah Kwang, who had been arrested by the Police far inciting to riot, on the 18th inst, was, on the 24th instant, arraigned before the Sitting Magistrate. Tue evidence tor the prosecution broke down completely, but his worship, with a view to render this well known character
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    61 2 1,570$ prisoners were victualled with two meals per day, at the Police Luck- up, troni the Ist till the '23rd of April. During the month of March 1,141 received two meals per day, at an average cost of five cents per man. There were 2,074 cases on the Police Charge
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    MUNICIPAL.
    702 2 Minutes if the Proceeding* of the -Municipal Commissioners, on thv'ilth March latfl. t resent The Horiblc Capt Macp/ierson President C. 11. Harrison Esq., S. J. G. J til wo, Esq, W H. Read E*q. Oil Boiling A Licenve was granted to 1. c Ali Tow t< boil oil in
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      IMPORTS AND EXTORTS.
      2451 2 THI'RBI>AY, THt ISTH APTIL, 1801. Tmfoktk. —From H.uni'"^'. By the H»mi barq Macastnr, 850 cor bHtticks, ;5(l cir »aroi>K», 900 ydi Sp Htriptu, 840 yds woollen clolh, 6 ca cutlery, 18 c» money «ive», 1,112 c» merchmdsZe for tr«niliipment, to R., Sclimiilt co, «I 6 cor BUMISA
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      SELECTIONS.
      2659 2 BsPOKT 1' t\Tl.>n >i, 'ii BIITUB CHAMI It Off COMMIBOI, >n v i, mi. i >' Capahil I ntt* risiUi hi tii '-r, t miral Sir Jamks Llopi K. CK,m I brtniry an Itareh, 1861. Shihqhai, :>' Hi M II l Sir. Wp l'i\o ilp honor I I v
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      VARIETIES.
      451 3 A FmUi thai iell* it* own Mvral A rejitig 1 1 > a 1 1 otiee puk'<l up a ao>wf>i|pi in Kirr al ci ward-, as- ha Wwlhed ill 'Ml-, h* hi'|)| hW^jrea tiXril Ptrllllily Oil tiic lti mill in hope o' tiniiii.g miiiilicr, and, ill tho cdiirse af
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    Shipping Reports.
    476 3 Tn our jiaj.er of yesterday we ehrta4 un.l.ir the head <>'• Sin|>;.i a Raperta, thatoa thel'tli tilt... C plain Uugui, of the American harqao Maran ,S observed aa issaad, in >ibout Ut. B.<>7 N., long. I')". 1 aw, not aiarked down in uny chart >a I, [iuaa»n a.
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    Singapore Shipping
    286 3 ARRIVALSApril 90— Dutch ataaf K. i!er Nederlandtn, 470 t us. Lewis, commander, Ha.,ria 17th Apnl, conaigai-t'*. Maclaim-, Krascr Co. 20— .(misli .!rn [Mhi. 89<) tons. HnMt) c ::iui itiJ-.-r, Hon^itong 2*ib ai at ah. {i.iti-ii birqut- Earl Grey, 7u6 ton*. übrti c 'ruin iii'ler, Amp«»un 20th J Htiy
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    248 3 W'k uiiiiminiv the arrival of tbe following pmMtnigT rw t Prr i*. unit O. Mi'iitiifi iiilinr, ai i ivt'd tVuiu lioti^liuiij: Api i. 2-' ii i: leaaia J. A. Sassa i, 1< Hi.umi.j L. D I- »ni Hotrari. >„. T i B r Mmrmiflm —Dr smd -n- Bridge* and child,
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      DEATH.
      16 3 At Malacca, on the 20th instant, Hubert Van Bragt, aged 49 years and ID months.
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      134 3 Tlie great injury inflicted on mmy invalids by drugs, incrtAMM vhe interest the public tike in Dv rW\'» Keiftlenta Arabi.-a Food, which cures without Medicine. We quote a few oui of in<tny tliuuMaml cases of cure- liy tlnn delici.-us Food. Cure No. 180.- Twenty five-ytars nervous. MM, constipation, indi^'-'-tiuD, aud
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    358 3 In accordance with the request of the Municipal Commissioners, I make a few comments on the Annual Statement herewith published. The paucity of the Funds at the disposal of the Commissioners renders it impossible for them to carry out many necessary improvements in the place which could be done if
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    Shipping in Singapore Harbour.
    963 3 Shipping in Singapore H arbour. Stutemt >t of the Receipt* and Dhhurstmenti of the Malacca Municipal Fund Jor the year 1860, published in accordance with the XXXIII Section of Art XXV of 1856. E.B. WM. Ba.TJMOABT«S, G/Wtor of Att't. and Tax*. Audited Jfo. Otkhrfb. If W. Stmr. Siam. ttmr. Britwh
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      205 3 On Thur- Uy iliu 9th insunt, at the Church of the Uo<>.l llbsnlisrd. hj* Ihe UevJ. J. M. Beuisl, C.i|itain Thuiiiai S. PaasM, Nephew of Sir Thomas Detna of the City of Coik, in Ireland, to Miss Lucy Eliz*!>eth I'oons. At Malacca ea Tliurmlay the 18th iostunt. by Hjwcial fjtssnne.
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      603 4 THK SI9IAPOU JDAILY TIMES ?t.onrto''the Daily Tina^a. Tot one year six raontlis 23 ttar«* 3 Ba«cb Off Os»u lubSn?!ti.« if th. WertU, Ti».». Annually Half yearly Quarterly One aoath lUehOopv OenUSI A4"»rtlae)a»«Bts »nd Sub»eriptioa« will be receded at the Straits Times O«e« ■ir.*a^or«,aUo by. ,Mt Me-ra.LMS.iI Co BATA^tH;a ApweVCo. OALCTTTTi
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      766 4 PENINSULAR AlfD ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANT. (Jfives Battery Road, Singapore* g% mailbKP $K<i MNEs. OUTWARD MAILS. Om of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam narration Company's Steam Slnps, with the English Mails of Maroh 2«th, -nay be •xpec'«3 at Singapore m route to HongkoiiK on or about the 29th April. HOMEWAKI)
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      1161 4 Messrs WHAMPOA AND CO.S ADVERTHKMEN T. 11 mn Messrs. WHAMPOA k Co. have always on Sa'e an extensive and choice anyortmrnt of the following goods, selected specially for tlieir Stores. WHOIISaLI, RLTAIL POR FXPOBTA.TION. vl'tji* anil £rocer.j>. Always on sale, Teos of the choicest flavors comprising. Gunpowder, Pekoe, Hyson, Souchong,
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      1193 4 TO CAPTAINS AND MERCHANTS TRAD ING TO SINGAPORE AND CHINA. MR. SAMUEL MAY, Wholesale and Retail Chronomettr Maker of London. |>E<iS to announce that his Son, Mr. S. T May, of Singapore, as his A^ent, will have on iiand Chronometer* of his own MaNiifacturing, uarramed of the best quality, aud
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      898 4 %uit liiHtiranve Office. LONDON. ESTABLISHED 1710/ THK Manners of tho St'N Kirr Office, Lomdon, beg to inform the Merchants at Singapore, that tlicy have constituted :md appointed the liulersi^ncd as th< ir Attormes t« issue Policies of Insurance against Fire on Buildings, Good*. Merchandize, ami other Property at that place.
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      879 4 ELEY'S AMMUNITIUN. Comprises every description of Sporting and Military Ammunition. DOUBLK W A IT. X PROOF CENTRAI Kli;i: PERCUSSION CAPS,Mori i. nally invented by tlu-in, wre 1 art icularly adnptcd for use 111 Ir.lia, ->. urn- tin- caps are often ■sVw*4 to remain a long time on the supples of
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