The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-01-15 00:00:00

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 Corn-
pane draw the attention of Shippers and Passengers to the
329i1i 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 6 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.
BRITISH AND NORTH AMERICAN ROYAL MAIL
STEAM SHIPS,
APPOINTED BY TILE ADMIRALTY
To Sail between
• LIVERPOOL and NEW YORK, DIRECT,
1- And between
4-Pn, r'sr 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. A NIERICA —Neil Shannon.
ASIA Fdw. G. Lott. NIAGARA..AIex. Ryrie.
AFRICA.... Wm. Harrison. EUROPA .. John Leitch.
CAMBRIA Captain Brownless.

The undernoted or other Vessels are appointed to Sail

From LIVERPOOL.'

1856.
ARABIA For BOSTON. Saturday, the 19th Jan.
PERSIA. For NEW YORK ...Saturday, the 2Cith Jan.
CANADA For BOSTON Saturday, the 2d Feb.
ASIA For NEW YORK ...Saturday, the 9th Feb.
AMERICA For BOSTON Saturday, the 16th Feb.
AFRICA For NEW YORK ...Saturday, the 23d Feb.

From AMERICA.
CANADA From BOSTON Wednesday.... Jan. 16.
AMERICA From BOSTON Wednesday.... Jan. 30.
AFRICA From NEW YORK... Wednesday.... Feb. 6.
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-five 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 Newsnaners intended to he 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 gua••antee to reserve room
for more than that quantity, and they will L.: charged freight on
their personal Inzgaite when it exceeds half a ton measurement.
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 hereceived at the Office of the Agents Aereuntil Sir
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, to
DONALD CURRIE, 21. Quaff d'Orleans; in Paris, to DONALD
CURRIE, 17, Boulevard des Italiens ; in London, to J. B. FooRD,
52, Old Broad-street; in Glasgow, to G. and J. BURNS; and in
Liverpool, to

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

GO- The ARABIA, for HALIFAX and BOSTON, will sail on
SATITTIDAY next, the 19th instant. The Steam-tenderSATELLITE
will leave the Landing-stage, opposite the Baths, George's Pier,
at Eight o'clock, 3lorning, of that day, with the Passengers
for the ARABIA.