The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-09-15 00:00:00

BRITISH AND NORTH AMERICAN ROYAL MAIL
STEAM-SHIPS, .
Of 1200 Tons and 440 Horses' Power each.

APPOINTED BY THE ADMIRALTY TO SAIL BETWEEN
LIVERPOOL and BOSTON,
CALLING AT HALIFAX TO LAND AND RECEIVE PAS-
SENGERS AND HER MAJESTY'S MAILS.
ACADIA, Captain EDWD. C. MILLER,
BRITANNIA, Captain HENRY WOODRUFF.
CALEDONIA, Captain RICHARD CLELAND,
COLUMBIA, Captain
The North American Mails will be made up, in LONDON,
on the 18th September instant, and, thereafter, on the 3d
and 18th of every Month, except when either of these
dates fall on the Sunday, and then on the succeeding
day. The Steam Packets will depart from LIVERPOOL
the next morning, immediately after the arrival of the London
Mail. In the Winter Months, however, viz., NOVEMBER,
DECEMBER, JANUARY, and FEBRUARY, but one Mail in the
Month, that of the 3d, will, be despatched.
The Vessels appointed to sail from LIVERPOOL are as
under, viz. :
CALEDONIA, on the 19th September.
ACADIA, on the 4th October.
Passengers' Luggage must be on board the day previous
to sailing.

Passage, including Provisions and Wines, to Halifax,
Thirty-four Guineas.
Do. do. do. to Boston, Thirty-eight Guineas.
Steward's Fee, One Guinea.
The following is the order of Sailings appointed from
AMERICA, viz., from BOSTON, calling at HALIFAX,
from whence the Vessels will be despatched with the Mails
as under :
BRITANNIA from HALIFAX, on 3d October.
CALEDONIA Do. .. 19th October.
ACADIA Do. .. 3d November.
The Steam-ship UNICORN plies between PICTOU and
QUEBEC, in connexion with the above Vessels, carrying
the Mails and Passengers for Canada.
Apply, in Halifax, to S. CUNARD and Co. ; in London, to
J. B. FOORD, 52, Old Broad-street ; and, in Glasgow, to
J. G. ButtNs ; or, in Liverpool, to
D. and C. MACIVER, 12. Water-street.
NOTE.—AII LETTERS and NEWSPAPERS intended to be
sent by these Vessels must pass through the POSTOPTICE,
and none will be received at the Agents' Offices.

NEW AND EXPEDITIOUS ROUTE.
THE FIR E KIN G, • STEAM-SHIP,
BETWEEN ARDROSSAN AND LIVERPOOL,

In connexion with the Glasgow and Ayrshire Railway.
The powerful and very fast-sailing Steam-ship
FIRE KING,
ROBERT EWING, Commander,
Will sail from the GEORGE'S PIER-
HEAD, LIVERPOOL, to ARDROSSAN, with Passengers
only, every MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, and FRIDAY, at Six.
o'clock in the Evening; and from ARDROSSAN to LI-
VERPOOL every TUESDAY, THURSDAY, and SATURDAY,
at Six o'clock in the Evening, immediately on the arrival of
the Railway Train which leaves Glasgow at Four o'clock.
These hours are fixed to suit Passengers going to London
by the Morning Trains from Liverpool, and Passengers
coming by the Early Morning Trains from London.
Fares, between Liverpool and Ardrossan, 15s.

Steward's Fee 2s.
For passage apply, in Glasgow, tO WILLIAM BROOKS, 68,
.St. Vincent-street ; or, here, to
ROBT. HUTTON and Co., 35, Water-street.
N.B.—To make sure of an early arrival in Glasgow, the
Glasgow and Ayrshire Railway Company have put on an
additional Morning Train from Ardrossan for the Passengers
per Fire King, which will completely obviate the delays that
have hitherto occurred on this part of the route.