The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1855-12-25 00:00:00

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD,

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NOTICE.

THE BRITISH MAIL STEAMERS will RESUME their
WEEKLY SAILINGS in JANUARY, 1856, and will therefore be
despatched from LIVERPOOL every SATURDAY, as formerly,
alternately to BOSTON (calling at Halifax), and to NEW YORK,
Direct.

The British and North American Royal Mail Steam-packet Cont.
pane draw the attention of Shippers and Passengers to the
339th section of the New Merchant Shipping Act, which is as
follows:
" 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 if 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-
gerous nature, and may require them to be opened to ascertain
the fact."
Freight to Boston, .e 5 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,
fur the purpose of evading the payment of Freight, will, upon
examination in America by the Customs, be charged with the
proper Freight.
BRITISH AND NORTH AMERICAN ROYAL MAIL
STEAM SHIPS,
APPOINTED BY THE ADMIRALTY
To Sail between
LIVERPOOL and NEW YORK, DIRECT,
And between
LIVERPOOL and BOSTON,
The BOSTON Ships only CALLING at HALIFAX to land and
receive Passengers and Her Majesty's Mails.
Captain Captain
PERSIA ... C. H. E. Judkins. CANADA .. W. J. C. Lang.
ARABIA .. James Stone. AMERICA—NeiI Shannon.
ASIA Edw. G. Lott. NIAGARA..AIex. Ryrie.
AFRICA.... Win. Harrison. EUROPA .. John Leitch.
CAMBRIA Captain Brownless.

The undernoted or other Vessels are appointed to Sail

From LIVERPOOL.

1856.
AMERICA For BOSTON. Saturday, the sth Jan.
AFRICA For New YoßK.Wednesday, the 9th Jan.
ARABIA For BC/31'0N. Saturday, the 19th Jan.
PERSIA For NEW YORK... Saturday, the 26th Jan.
From AMERICA.
AMERICA From BOSTON Wednesday.... Dec.
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1856.
ASIA • From BOSTON Wednesday. —.Tan. 2.
CANADA From BOSTON Wednesday.... Jan. 16.
The Passengers 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 Cabin Twenty-fire Guineas.
Second Cabin
TO NEW YORK DIRECT.
Chief Cabin Thirty Guineas.
Second Cabin .. Twenty Guineas.
These rates include Steward's Fee and Provisions, but with-
out Wines or Liquors. which can be obtained on board.
Dogs charged Five Pounds each.
These Steam-ships have accommodation for a limited number
of Second-Cabin Passengers.
NOTE.—AII Letters and Netesvaners 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, precious stones,or metals, unless
bills of lading are signed therefor, and the value thereof therein
expressed.

Passengers are allowed Twenty Cubic Feet of Personal Luggage,
Free of Freight, but the Agents do not gun •antee to reserve room
for more than that quantity, and they will I.J charged freight on
their personal luggage when it exceeds half a ton measurement.
t 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 are not permitted to go on board by the Steamer that
takes the Mail.

Parcels will be received at the Office of the Agents hereuntil Six
o'clock on the FRIDAY EVENINGS previous to sailing.
App!y, in Halifax, to SAMUEL CUNARD ; in Boston. to S. S.
LEwis ; in New York, to EDWARD CUNARD ; in Havre, to
DONALD CURRIE, 21. Quaff d'Orleans; in Paris, to DONALD
CURRIE, 17, Boulevard des Italiens ; in London, to J. B. FOORD,
52, 01(1 Broad-street; in Glasgow, to G. and J. BURNS; and in
Liverpool, to

D. and C. MAC IVER, 16, Water-street.

Cr 3- The AMERICA, for HALIFAX and BOSTON, will sail on
SATURDAY, the sth January next. The Steam-tenderSATELLire
will leave the Landing-stage, opposite the Baths, George's Pier,
at Eight o'clock, Morning, of that day, with the Passengers
for the ANIERICA.

Insurance Notttes.

THE LIVERPOOL AND LONDON FIRE
AND LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY.
CAPITAL, TWO MILLIONS.
ESTABLISHED IN 1836.
Empowered by Acts of Parliament.
OFFICES.
31, CASTLE-STREET, LIVERPOOL;
20 §* 21, POULTRY, LONDON;
A NI)
81, KINC-STREET, MANCIIESTBR.
Person.; whose Fire Policies with this Company expire on the
25th instant, are respectfully reminded that receipts for the
renewal of the same will be found at the Head Offices in Liver-
pool, London, and Manchester, and ix tke hands of the respective
Agents.
DAMAGE occasioned by EXPLOSION of GAS is now allowed
as a Loss under the Company's Fire Policies; no Endorsement or
Extra Premium being required.
SWINTON BOULT, Secretary to the Company.
AGENT FOR BIRKENHEAD.—Mr. Robert Hughes, Brandon-street,
Hamilton-square.
December, 1855.

SPECIAL NOTICE.—THE Booxs OF THE SOCIETY CLOSE ON
IST MARCH, AND PROPOSALS LODGED AT THE HEAD-OFFICE,
OR AT ANY OF THE AGENCIES, ON OR BEFORE THAT DATE,
WILL SECURE THE ADVANTAGE OF THE PRESENT YEAR'S
ENTRY, AND ONE YEAR'S ADDITIONAL BONUS OVER LATER
APPLICANTS.

MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE.

THE WHOLE PROFITS DIVIDED AMONGST THE ASSURED.

SCOTTISH EQUITABLE LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY.

INSTITUTED 1831.
Incorporated by Special Act of Parliament.

The Fund accumulated from the Contributions of Members
exceeds NINE HUNDRED THOUSAND POUNDS.
The Annual Revenue exceeds ONE HUNDRED and SIXTY-
THREE THOUSAND POUNDS.
The amount of existing Assurances exceeds FOUR MILLIONS
and a QUARTER STERLING.
The amount paid to the Representatives of deceased Members
is upwards of SIX HUNDRED and FIFTY THOUSAND
POUNDS, of which SEVENTY-EIGHT THOUSAND POUNDS
are Bonus additions.

THE giiii-ITIVISION of PROFITS TAKES PLACE AT THE
IST or MARCH, 1856, and Policies effected before that date re-
ceive One Year's additional Bonus over those effected after that
date.

ROBT. CHRISTIE, Manager.
WM. FINLAY, Secretary.

HEAD OFFICE:
26, ST. ANDREW-SQUARE, EDINBURGH.
AGENTS:
LIVERPOOL
{ARCHIBALD TOD, Sharebroker,
23, Tithebarn-street.
I Andersons and Thorburn, Merchants.
Manchester 1 Edward Corbett, Surveyor.