The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1855-09-04 00:00:00

For MELBOURNE,

Forwarding Passengeri to SYDNEY, and all -other ports in
AUSTRALIA, also to NEW ZEALAND and VAN DIEMAN'S
LAND, at a through rate and by first-class Steamers.

Ships. Captains. Tons Reg. Bur. To sail.
RED JACKET M. M. 111LWARD..2460.. 5000.. 20th Sept.
EARL OF SEFTON (new ship)
MERMAID E. DEVEY 1320.. 3000.. 20th Nov.
WHITE STAR J R BROWN 2450.. 5000.. 20th Dec.
Royal Mail Packet, 20th September,
RED JACKET,

2,460, tons register, 5,000 tons burthen, Capt. M. M. MILWARD.
This magnificent Ship is again put on the berth for Passengers
and Cargo. Her performances since she was launched have
proved her to be beyond comparison the fastest Ship in the world,
having made since she was launched the following extraordinary
passages :
New York to Liverpool l3 days 4 hours.
Liverpool to Melbourne 69i days.
Liverpool to Melbourne and back 5 months 10 days.

Circuinhavigating the Globe in 62 days 22 houri.
Her cabin accommodations are equal to those of first-class
steamers. She has a spacious Deck-house, well adapted for
private parties, with Steward's attendance. Her 'Tween-decks
are well lighted, thoroughly ventilated; and, being very lofty,
admit of every arrangement for the comfort and welfare of Pas-
sengers.--Apply to
PILKINGTON and WILSON, 17, Water-street, Liverpool.

" tNION" LINE OF AUSTRALIAN PACKETS,
SAILING FROM LIVERPOOL
For MELBOURNE,
L;,o,i,k GEELONG, ADELAIDE, SYDNEY, and
, HOBART TOWN
4/10Aei ,
&'
ON THE 10TH OF EACH MONTH.

The spirited Proprietors of this Line have determined to start
the greatest specimens of naval architecture hitherto produced.
The Line embraces at present the following sanspareil first•class
ships:— Tons Reg. Bur.
BRITISH UNION 1811.... 2500.... Captain CARD.
BRITISH LION 2627.... 5500.... Captain JUMP.
BRITISH HERO 2024.... 4000.... Captain LAMB.
BRITISH EMPIRE 3011... . 6000. ... Captain BELL.
BRITISH QUEEN 3427.... 7000.... Captain RUSSELL.
These Ships are all newo. nd constructed of the very best mate-
rials, by the most eminent builders of the day, and commanded
by the most experienced men to be found in the kingdom.
First-class Ships to ALL PARTS of AMERICA weekly.
For Freight or Passage, and all information respecting Australia
and America, apply to the Proprietors,
DEMOUNT and MIDDLEHURST,
56, South Castle-street, Liverpool.

Irdanb.

STEAM COMMUNICATION

BETWEEN LIVERPOOL AND SLIGO
The splendid and powerful Steam-ship
- AMA
is intended to sail between the above ports,
with Goods and Passengers (with or without a Pilot, and with
liberty to tow vessels), during the Month of SEPTEMBER, from
the Clarence Dock Basin, as follows :

ROSE .

Capt. M'DAIRMAID,

LIVERPOOL TO SLIGO.
RISE . . . . This Day.. Sept. 4.. at 4 o'clock, Afternoon.
ROSE .... Tuesday .. Sept. ll_ at 11 o'clock, Forenoon.
ROSE ....Tuesday .. Sept. is.. at 2 o'clock, Afternoon.
ROSE Tuesday .. Sept. 25.. at to o'clock, Forenoon.
FARES :--First Cabin ( i ncluding Fee), 17s. rid.; Second Ditto
(Ditto), 12s. ; Steerage, 85.
Goodarequired to be alongside tbe vesseloNE Houß before
tbetime of Sailing. Slig o; JOHN WALKER,
Apply to JAMES HARPER,
Market-street ,Manchester; or to
T. MARTIN and BURNS and Co..
12, Water-street, and 1, Rumford.street, Liverpool.

In consequence of several of the Steam-ships
• ." of the BRITISH and NORTH AMERICAN
*- 4
ot, Ai ROYAL MAIL COMPANY being required by
"41(Z.4i-13 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 aIternateSATURDAY, by way
of HALIFAX and BOSTON.
D. and C. MAC IVER, 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 'narking 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, £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,

LPPOINTED IrT THE ADMIRALTY
To Sail between
v 61.-
• '7: A. LIVERPOOL and BOSTON,
I ~, h Calling at HALIFAX to land and receive Pas
...i-:tr - 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 Browning.

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

AMERICA For BOSTON a urday, the 15th Sept.
CANADA For BOSTON . Saturday, the 29th Sept.
AFRICA For 805T0N....... Saturday, the 13th Oct.
ASIA For BOSTON. Saturday, the 27th Oct.

From BOSTON.
AMERICA .. From BOSTON. Wednesday.... Aug. 29.
CANADA From BOSTON. ....Wednesday ...Sept. 12,
AFRICA From 805T0N..... Wednesday.... Sept. 2S.

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

Chief Cabin Passage to Halifax and Boston,Twenty-five Guineas;
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 will not be taken on Freight
or otherwise during the summer months.
NOTE.—AII Letters and Newsvavers 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 alloived 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 t„o charged freight on
their personal luggage 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 bereceived 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, to
DONALD CURRIE, 21, Quai d'Orleans; in Paris, to DONALD
CURRIE, 17, Boulevard des Italiens ; in London, to J. B. Fooao,
52, Old Broad-street; in Glasgow, to G. and J. BURNS; and in
Liverpool, to

D. and C. MAC IVER, 14, Water-street.

The AMERICA, for HALIFAX and BOSTON, will sail on
SATURDAY, the 16th instant. The Steam-tender SATELLITE will
leave the Landing-stage, opposite the Baths, George's Pier, at
Ten o'clock, Morning, of that day, with the Passengers for
the AMERICA.

STEAM TO
NEW YORK AND (vii JAMAICA) TO CHAGRES.

The undernoted or other first-class Screw Steam-ships will sail
From LIVERPOOL for NEW YORK,
ONCE A MONTH,
Until further notice, the extended service being Twice a Month,
when the Ships now building are completed.

ANDES Captain
EMEU Captain SMALL.
JURA Captain WicKmAN.
ETNA Captain MILLER.
LEBANON Captain COOK.

For BOSTON and NEW YORK.
Passage Money to Boston (beyond which port Passengers
cannot be booked), including Provisions and Stewards' Fees, but
without Wines or Liquors, which can be obtained on board.
Cabin, £lB or .el 5, according to the accommodation. Second
Cabin, .el 2.

Apply in Halifax, to SAMUEL CUNARD; in Boston, to S. S.
LEWIS; in New York, to EDWARD CUNARD; in Havre, to
DONALD CURRIE, 21, Quai 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, 14, Water-street.
As soon as Goods are going for Canada, and any quantity
offer for PORTLAND. these Vessels will call there.

Messrs. BURNS and MAC IVER beg to
aqq l . draw the attention of Shippers and Passengers
by their Steam Vessels to the 329th section
of the New Merchant Shipping Act, which is as
follows:
" No persoii shall be entitled to carry in any ship, or to require
the master or owner of any ship to carry therein, Aqtytfortis, Oil
',Elea (if 'sari- biattef br owner, tigOf Cthirigeroliihature.; 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."

rance.

STEAM COMMUNICATION

BETWEEN LIVERPOOL AND HAVRE..
OTTER Captain LITTLE ;
,N.
MA3GARET Captain JOHN HARRISON;
Iv!
. DELTA Captain W. 3. KELLY;
- or other suitable Steamers, are intended to Sait
(witli7r without Pilots) froni the HusaissoN (or other) Doc lc as
follows :—_

From LIVERPOOL to HAVRE, DIRECT.
MARGARET Monday, Sept. 10.. at 9 o'clock,
OTTER Monday, Sept. 17.. at 1 o'clock, P.M.
MARGARET Monday, Sept. 24.. at 9 o'clock, A.M.

13-Shippers must describe in their Shipping Notes the content
of their Packages.

Fares:—Cabin, 255.;
_Steerage, 12s. 6d.

For Freightor Passage ap6ly, Havre,io bONALD CURRIE.; in
London, to J. B. FOORD, 52, Old Broad-street ; in Glasgow, to.
G. and J. BURNS, 9, Buchanan-street; in Manchester, to .ParrN
WALKER, 77A, Market-street; or here, to
BURNS and MAC INTER. 1. Rumford-street.