Cameo, has been tried at Singapore on a charge of having violently assaulted young lad of some 15 years, shortly after leaving Liverpool for that port. The jury, after retiring for about ten minutes, returned a verdict of not guilty, in which the Chief Justice fully concurred, stating that even had an opposite verdict been returned he vould have inflicted only the smallest fine.—Whe British barque Bertie, Capt. Lo Couteur, which left for Liverpoolon the 2nd Sept., returned to Singapore on the 18th Sept., for repairs, having struck ona sunken reef near Gaspar Straits on the 11th.—The line of experimental steamers recently started by the Netherlands India Steam Navigation Company, to ply between Batavia and Australia, has been discontinued, owing to want of encouragement in the way of passengers and caro.—The collision between the steamer Hankow and the Milbanke, in English waters, the Singapore Times regrets to learn, besides the inconvenience it has caused to merchants here, has unavoidably delayed the completion' of Johnston's Pier, the iron work for which formed part of the Hankow's cargo. This is the more unfortunate, as before the iron arrives, the north east monsoon will have set in, during which there is usually a heavy ground swell, that will render the work much more difficult.
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