The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-01-01 00:00:00

PACKETS

Under engagement with Her Majesty's Postmaster-General to
sail punctually on the 20th of every Month.
For MELBOURNE,
4, Forwarding Passengers to SYDNEY, and all other
k,0.,„ ports in AUSTRALIA, also to NEW ZEALAND
ifigareet,l and TASMANIA, at a through rate and by first-class
Steamers when practicable.

Ships. Captains. Tons Reg. fur. To sail.
SARDINIAN SHERI DAN 1100.. 3000.. 20th Jan.
SHALIMAR ROBERTSON... 1460.. 3500.. 20th Feb.
WHITE STAR
ANNIE WILSON LANGLEY 1240.. 3200.. 20th Apr.

Royal Mail Packet, of 20th January, 18.16,
The magnificent American Clipper-built Ship
SARDINIAN,

1,100 Tons Register; 3,000 Tons Burthen; Captain SHERIDAN.
This wonderful Clipper will he despatched with Her Majesty's
Mails, Cargo, and Passengers on her appointed day as above,
under severe penalties. Her extraordinary passage of 10 days
from Halifax to Liverpool, of 18 days hence to New York, and her
return voyage of 13 days from St. Andrews, N. 8., heavily laden,
point her out as one of the fastest ships of the age, and it is upon
the reputation she has thus acquired that the Proprietors of the
Line are prepared to guarantee that she will land her cargo in a
shorter period than any steamer or sailing vessel leaving England
about the same time.

Her Saloon Cabin and State Rooms are replete with every
comfort and convenience. She has excellent accommodation for
a few Second-cabin Passengers, and her 'Tween -decks are
unusually lofty and well ventilated. Passengers and baggage to
be alongside on the 18th, cabin passengers not later than the
19th January:
For Freight and Passage apply to the Owners,
PILKIIGTON and WILSON, Liverpool.

Carrying a 411 ail.

"EAGLE"

LINE.

STEAM TO AUSTRALIA UNDER SIXTY DAYS.
The Liverpool and Australian Navigation Com-
_
pany's Steam Clipper Sailing-ship
ROYAL CHARTER,
41411,fi of 2,719 Tons Register • 200 horse-power;
- F. BOYCE (late of the " EAGLE"),
Commander,
Will be despatched for MELBOURNE, Direct, on the 17th of
January, forwarding Passengers for Sydney, Adelaide,
Hobart Town, &c.
Fares :—From Sixteen to Sixty Guineas.
Built expressly for the Company, this vessel combines all the
advantages of a Steamer with those of a Clipper Sailing-ship,
and offers the only opportunity yet presented to the public of
certainty in the time required for the voyage.
The Main Saloon is beautifully fitted up. The Passenger Deck
is Bft. 4in. high, with side ports every 6 feet, exclusive of other
ventilation. Baths are provided for all classes of Passengers; and
the arrangements for cooking and carrying live stock are perfect.
Passengers are respectfully informed, that as this Steamer must
be sent to Sea punolually to her time, they must be in Liverpool
not later than the 15th, their Luggage being forwarded on or before
the 12th ; and that no Cargo will be taken after Noon of the 11th
January.
All Letters and Newspapers must he forwarded through the
Post-office, and endorsed " Per ROYAL CHARTER, from Liver-
pool," otherwise they will not be forwarded.
Apply to GIBBS, BRIGHT, and CO., Liverpool.
Parcels sent to the care of BRIGHT BROTHERS and Co., Mel-
bourne, will be carefully forwarded to all parts of Australia.

Messrs. BURNS and MAC IVER beg to
draw the attention of Shippers and Passengers
;;‘,. by their Steam Vessels to the 329th section
,1-I\l, - 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 judg-
ment 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 .elOO ; and the master or owner of
any ship. may refuse to take on board any parcel that he suspects
to contain goods of a dangerous nature, and may require them to
be opened to ascertain the fact."