The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-03-04 00:00:00

NOTICE

Freight by the Mail Steamers to HALIFAX alia BOSTON, £4
per Ton and 5 per Cent. Primage; and te NEW YORK direct,
46 per Ton and 5 per Cent. Primage.

Freight on Parcels ss. each and upwards, according to size.
PARCELS for different Consignees, collected and made up in
Single Packages, addressed to one party for delivery in America,
for the purpose of evading the payment of Freight, will, upon
examination in America by the Customs, be charged with the
proper Freight. _ _

The British mid North American Royal Mail Steam-packet Com-
pany draw the attention of Shipprrs and Passengers to the
32.9 th section of the New Merchant Shipping Act, which is as
follows:
61.

No person shall be entitled to carry in any ship, or to require
the master or owner of any ship to carry therein, Aquafortis,
Oil of Vitriol, Gunpowder, or any other Goods which, in the
judgment of such master or owner, are. of a dangerous nature ;
and it any person carries or sends by any ship any goods of a
dangerous nature, without distinctly marking their nature on
the outside of the package containing the same, or otherwise
giving notice in writing to the master or owner, at or before
the time of carrying or sending the same to be shipped, he
shall for every such offence incur a penalty not exceeding
£100; and the master or owner of any ship may refuse to take
on board any parcel that he suspects to contain goods of a dan-
ger,us nature, and nosy require them to be opened to ascertain
the fact."

BRITISH AND NORTH AMERICAN ROYAL MAIL
STEAM SHIPS,
APPOINTED BY THE ADMIRALTY
To Sail between
,` ,`. LIVERPOOL and NEW YORK, DIRECT,
ib And between
LIVERPOOL and BOSTON,
The BOSTON Ships only CALLING at HALIFAX to land and
receive Passengers and Her Majesty's Mails.
. .

Captain
PERSIA ...C. H. E. Sinikins.
ARABIA .. James Stone.
ASIA Fdw. G. Lott.

Captain
CANADA .. W. J. C. Lang.
A4IERICI..J. G. Wickman.
NIAGARA—AIex. Ryrie.
EUROPA .. John Leitch.

AFRICA.... Neil Shannon.

CANIBRIA

. Captain Douglas.

The undernoted or other Vessels are appointed to Sai!
From LIVERPOOL. _ _ _

PERSIA
CANADA
ASIA
AMERICA

... For NEW YORK Saturday, the Bth Mar.
...FOT BOSTON Saturday, the 15th Mar.
...For NEW YORK Saturday, the 22d Mar.
... For BOSTON 'Faturday, the 29th Mar.
From AMERICA.

CANADA From BOSTON Wednesday.... Feb. 27.
ASIA ..
AMERICA From Bosrom.. .... Wednesday.... Mar. 12.
AFRICA From Nsw YORK .. Wednesday.... Mar. 19.
ARABIA From BOSTON Wednesday.... Mar. 26.

The Passenzers and Goods for New York are intended to be
landed at Jersey City, within the jurisdiction of the Custom-house
of New York.
PASSAGE MONEY FROM LIVERPOOL
TO HALIFAX AND BOSTON.
Chief Clbin Twenty-five Guineas.
Second Cabin
TO NEW YORK DIRECT.
Chief Cabin Thirty Guineas.
Second Cabin Twenty Guineas.
Thi,se rates include Steward's Fee and Provisions, but with-
out Wines or Liquors. which can be obtainedon board.
Dogs charzeil Five Pounds each.
These Steam-ships have accommodation for a limited number
of Second-Cabin Passengers. . . . . .

Nor All Letters and Newsververs intended to be sent by
these Vessels must pass through the Post-office, and none will be
received at the Agents' Offices.
The owners of these ships will not be accountable for gold,
silver, bullion, specie, jewellery, preciousstones,or metals, unless
bilis of lading are signed therefor, and the value thereof therein
expressed.

Passengers are allowed Twenty Cuhic Feet of Personal Luggage,
Free of Freight, but the Agents do not gull •antee to reserve room
for more than that quantity, and they will b. charged freight on
their nersonal luggage when it exceNis half a ton measurement.
111- To prevent disappointment or difficulty, Passengers are re.
spectfully informed, that Packages of Merchandise will not be
allowed to be shipped as Luggage, or with their Luggage.
Passengers arc not permitted to go on board by the Steamer that
takes the Mail.

Parcels will hereceived at theOfEce of the Agents hereuntil Six
o'clock on the FRIDAY EVENINGS previous to sailing.
Apply, in Halifax, to SAMUEL CUNARD ; in Boston. to S. S.
LEWIS; in New York, to EDVYARD CUNARD ; in Havre, to
DONALD CURRIE, 21. Quai d'Orleans; in Paris, to DONALD
CURRIE, 17. Boulevard des Italiens ; in London, to J. B. Foonn,
52, Old Broad-street; in Glasgow, to G. and J. BURNS; and in
Liverpool, to
D. and C. MAC IVER, 16, Water-street.

lt The PERSIA, for NEW YORK, Drttrtcr, will sail en
SATURDAY next, the Bth inst. The Steam-tenderSATv LLTTE will
leave the Landing-stage, opposite the Baths, Geortze's Pier, at
Nine o'clock. Morning, of that day, with the Passengers for the
PERSIA.