The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1855-06-19 00:00:00

AUSTRALIAN MAILS.

WHITE STAR" LINE

F
• LIVERPOOL AND AUSTRALIAN ROYAL
MAIL PACKETS.
Under contract with the Postmaster-General to carry
Her Majesty's Mail regularly, on the 20th of every Month, and
make the passage to Australia in 68 days, unler penalty. The
sailing dates from Australia will be fixed by the Colonial

Government.
In the months of August and October, this year, the 21st will be
the sailing date from Liverpool.
For MELBOURNE,

Forwarding Passengers to SYDNEY, and all other ports in
AUSTRALIA, also to NEW ZEALAND and VAN DIE lAN'S
LAND, at a through rate and by first-class Steamers.
Carry fuil Bands of Music, Chess and Backgammon, and Draught

Boards for the amusement of passengers.
Ships. Captains. Tons Reg. Bur. To sail.
BEN NEVIS W. Milos; 1400.... 3500.. 20th June
SHALIMAR A. ROBERTSON .. 1470... .3500-20th July.
RED JACKET M. M. M1LWAnn..2450.... 4300.. 21st Aug.
EMMA F. UNDERWOOD.. 1150.... 2300.. 20th Sept.
FITZJ.k 51 ES M. J. HAM 'LT° sr .1350. 3000.. 21st Oct.
MERMAID F. DEVEY 1320.... 3000.. 20th Nov.
WHITE STAR J R. Baowsi 2450. ... 5000.. 20th Dec.
The above Packets are the swiftest, largest, and most powerful
Ships afloat, and have earned a reputation for convenience and
comfort unsurpassed. They are all new Clipper-ships, con-
structed on the most scientific models by the most eminent
builders of the day, expressly for this Line and Trade, in which
alone they are employed, thus affording to Passengers advantages
which cannot be met with in vessels not fitted permanently, or
not solely engaged in this business. As regular Packets they are
provisioned on a scale so ample as to entail no additional expense
t::_e Passenger during the voyage.
The Owners have taken every precaution to secure, as Com-
manders, the services of gentlemen whose primary object it will
be to study the safety as well as the comfort of the Passengers
upder their charge.
Carry Surgeons and Chaplains, also an extensive Library for
the use of the Passengers.
For Freight and Passage apply to the Owners,
PILKINGTON and WILSON, Water-street, Liverpool.
In Melbourne, to Messrs. GEORGE F. TRAIN and Co. ; and Syd-
ney, to Messrs. WILKINSON BROTHERS and Co.

In consequence of several of the Steam-ships
jN. of the BRITISH and NORTH AMERICAN
ROYAL MAIL COMPANY being required by
1101, the Government for the Conveyance of Troops to
-•— the East, the usual Mail Service between GREAT
BRITAIN and AMERICA is disarranged ; but an early resump-
tion of the usual Weekly Sailings may be relied upon, of which
the Public will have the earliest intimation. For the present the
Steam-ships will be despatched every alternate SATURDAY, by way
of HALIFAX and BOSTON.
D. and C. MAC IV ER, 14, Water-street.

The British and North American Royal Mail Steam•packet Com-
pany draw the attention of Shippers and Passengers to the
329th 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-
ger.,us nature, and may require them to be opened to ascertain
the fact."
Freight to Boston, .e 6 per ton and 5 per cent. primage.
Freight on Parcels St. 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.
BRITISH AND NORTH AMERICAN ROYAL MAIL
STEAM SHIPS,
• APPOINTED BY THE ADMIRALTY
To Sail between
LIVERPOOL and BOSTON,
*OAS= Calling at HALIFAX to land and receive Pas-
sengers and Her Majesty's Mails.
Captain Captain
ARABIA... C. H. E. Judkins. AFRICA.... Wm. Harrison.
PERSIA ... Alex. Ryrie. AMERICA.. W. J. C. Lang.
ASIA Edw. G. Lott. NIAGARA.. John Leitch.
CANADA .. James Stone. , EUROPA .. Neil Shannon.
CAMBRIA Captain Brownless.

The undernoteci or other Vessels are appointed to Sail
From LIVERPOOL.

AMERICA For BOSTON Saturday, the 23rd June.
CANADA For BOSTON .......Saturday, the 7th July.
ASIA For BOSTON Saturday, the 21st July.

From BOSTON.

AFRICA From BOSTON.
ASIA From BOSTON.
AMERICA From BOSTON.
CANADA From BOSTON.
ASIA From BOSTON.

Tune 20.
July 4.
July 18.
Aug. 1.
Aug. 15.

These Steam-ships have accommodation for a limited number
of Second-Cabin Passengers.

Chief Cabin Passage to Halifax and Hoston,Twenty-fiveGuineas;
Second Cabin Passage, Fifteen Guineas. These rates include
Steward's Fee and Provisions, but without Wines or Liquors.
which can be obtained on board. Dogs charged Five Pounds each.
NOTH.—AII Letters and Netesnavers 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, unleas
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 guarantee to reserve room
for more than that quantity, and they will be charged freight on
their personal luggage when it exceeds half a ton measurement.
C:9- 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.
Apply, in Halifax, to SAMUEL CUNARD ; in Boston. to S. S.
LEWIS; in New York, to EDWARD CUNARD ; in Havre and Paris,
to DONALD CURRIE ; in London, to J. B. Foo D, 52, Old Broad-
street; in Glasgow, to G. and J. BURNS; and in Liverpool, to
D. and C. MAC IVER, 14, Water-street.

e The AMERICA, for HALIFAX and BOSTON, will salon
SATURDAY next, the 23rd inst. The Steam-tender SATE MUTE will
leave the Landing-stage, opposite the Baths, George's Pier, at
Two o'clock. Afternoon, of that day, with the Passengers for
the AMERICA.