The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-12-28 00:00:00

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Except small parcels no cargo will be taken by these vessels
until April next.
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.
BRITANNIA, Captain JOHN HEWITT.
CALEDONIA,Captain EDWARD G. LOTT.
kACADIA, Captain ALEXANDER RYRIE.
COLUMBIA, CaptainCnAs.H.E.JuntuNs.
The North American Mails will be made up in London on
the 3d and 18th of every Month, except when either of these
dates fall on a 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., December, January,
February, and March, but one Mail in the Month, that of
the 3d, will be despatched.
The Vessels appointed to sail from LIVERPOOL are as
%Atter, viz. :
BRITANNIA .... on the 4th January.
CALEDONIA. .... on the 4th February.
Passengers', Luggage must be on board the day previous
to sailing.
Passage, including Provisions, but without Wines or Li-
guors, which can be obtained on board, to Boston or Halifax,
Thirty-eight Guineas. Steward's Fee, One Guinea.

Dogs charged £5 each.
The following is the order of Sailings appointed from
AMERICA, namely
ACADIA. from BOSTON, 16th,—HALIFAX, 18th Dec.
COLUMBIA, Ditto, Ist, Ditto, 3d Jan.
The Steam-ship UNICORN plies between PICTOU and
QUEBEC, in connexion with the above Vessels, carrying
the Mails and Passengers for Canada, except during the win-
ter months when the St. Lawrence is closed.
Apply, in Halifax, to S. CUNARD and Co. ; in Boston, to
SAMUEL S. LEWIS ; in London, to J. B. FooRD, 52, Old
Broad-street ; in Glasgow, to J. and G. BURNS ; or, in
Liverpool, to

D. and C. AIACIVER, 14, Water-street.
NOTE.—AII LarrEßs and NEWSPAPERS intended to be
gent by these Vessels must pass through the POSTOFFICE,
and none will be received at the Agents Offices.
Passengers by the Royal Mail Steamers to HALIFAX and
BOSTON are respectfully informed that the Custom-house
Authorities, at either of these Ports, will not allow anything
to be landed under the Name of LUGGAGE, except the Per-
sonal Wearing Apparel of such Passengers. Any Merchan-
dise taken to Halifax or Boston, under the name of Luggage,
Will be dealt with according to Law.
Passengers will be charged freight on their personal Lug-
gage when it exceeds half-a-ton measurement.

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P/ d COMPANY,
Incorporated by Act of Parliament.
The above Company sail their Vessels, (with or without
Pilots,) taking Goods and. Passengers to the following Ports►
II alley,

For DUBLIN,
THIS DAY, Dec. 28, at 9 o'cloc
WEDNESDAY, ~ 29, 9 P.M.
THURSDAY, ~ 30, 10
FRIDAY.
They also despatch one of their new asplendid Vessels,
the QUEEN VICTORIA, PRINCE, add PRINCESS, of
600 tons burthen and 260 horses power, EVERY Evc.ruivn,
at Seven o'Clock, from George's Pierhpad, LIVERPOOL,
to KINGSTOWN HARBOUR, with/ her Majesty's Mai!
and Cabin Passengers only.

For BELFAST, the ATHLONE.
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 29, at 9 O'CIOCIC P.M.
The principle of this Company is that of attaching all
Importers and Exporters,by a Division of the Profits among
them, after payment of the Dividends, thus creating a com-
munity of Interests between the Shippers and Shareholders,
a principle which will best guarantee to its Proprietors a
certainty of their Dividends, and to Shippers of all descrip-
tions of Goods and Live Stock the having a well-supported
Establishment of first-class Steamers, and the lowest rate of
freight compatible with due attention to their maintenance.
Further i-iformation given at the Company's Office. 24,
Water-street. SAM UEL PERRY, Agent.

For GREENOCK and GLASGOW,
EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY.
Cabin ..
Freight—Boxes and Bale Goods, 314. per Foot.
The splendid fAw--sailing Steam Ships
PRINCESS ROYAL, (new Steam Ship,)
Captain JOHN APARTHURc
ROYAL GEORGE, Captain ROBERT Coox,
Are intended to sail from the Clarence Dock, as under
DECEMBER. .t
PRINCESS ROYAL .... This Day, 28th..... at 9, Evening.
ROYAL GEORGE Friday, 315 t..... at 1, Afternoon.
Apply to M. LANOLANDS, 16, Enoch-square, Glasgow ;
D. rvl‘LAwry and. Co., 38, Shaw-street, Greenock ; WM.
SCLATER, 1, Hope-street, Manchester ; GRo. HANCOCK,
Aldermanbury, London ; or, here, to
JAMES BREBNER, 20, Water-street.
Passengers are requested to notice, that these Steamers
will sail pointedly at the hour advertised.

FROM LIVERPOOL TO GREENOCK AND
GLASGOW,
BY FIRST-CLASS STEAM-SHIPS.
CABIN 2os. ; FEE, 2s. STEERAGE ss.
Freight—Box and Bale . Goods, 34d. per Foot.
ADMIRAL, (new Steam Ship,)
• Captain BoYD,
trii 4 • COMMODORE, Captain HARDIE.
The undernoted, or other first-class ,'team Ships, are in-
tended to sail from the Clarence Dock‘,LIVERPOOL,
EVERY MONDAY AND L. SATURDAY,

during the Months of JANUARY and FEBRUARY, as follows

COMMODORE

JANUARY.
Saturday, the 15t.... 1, Afternoon.
Monday, the 3d.... 3, Afternoon.
Saturday, the 8th.... 8, Evening.
Monday, the 10th.... 9, Evening.
Saturday, the 15th.... 1, Afternoon.
Monday, the 17th.... 1, Afternoon.
Saturday, the 22d.... 6, Evening.
Monday, the 24th.... 8, Evening.
Saturday, the 29th.... 11, Forenoon.
Monday, the 315 t.... 1, Afternoon,
FEBRUARY.

ADMIRAL

COMMODORE

ADMIRAL

COMMODORE'

ADMIRAL

ntonORE

ADMIRAL ..
COMMODORE.
ADMIRAL .. ,

COMMODORE Saturday, the 5th.... 6, Evening.
ADMIRAL ....
COMMODORE Saturday, the 12th.... 11, Forenoon.
ADMIRAL
COMMODORE Saturday, the 19th.... 4, Afternoon.
ADMIRAL .. Monday, the 215 t.... 7, Evening.
COMMODORE Saturday, the 26th.... 10, Evening.
ADMIRAL
The accommodations of these Vessels are well known to
be first-rate.
For freight or passage apply to TuomsoN and M'CoN-
NELL, 15 , Jamaica-street, Glasgow; KIFPEN and LINDSAY,
Greenock ; the Steam-packet Office, 111, Market-street,
opposite the Talbot Inn, Manchester; or, here, to
D. MACIVER and Co., 12, Water-street.

JUST ARRIVED,

10 Barrels of SHADDOCKS & FORBIDDEN FRUIT,

MIDDLEWOOD'S FAMILY FRUIT WARE-
T., • HOUSE, 6, PARKER-STREET, near Church-street.
J. M. recommends an early application for the Fruit selected
for Preserving, &c. He has also Just received a fresh supply of
the fine high-flavoured American Pippins, which he will sell in
Barrels, Halves, and Quarters ; also, a quantity of Sweet
Pot, or Summer Oranges, Pomegranates, Tatilat Dates,
Spanish Melons, &c. ; and is constantly supplied with Kent
-Walnuts, Filberts, and Cob Nuts ; his liaising, in boxes and
cartoons, will be found of very superior quality ; new Jordan
and Shell Almonds, French and Portugal Plums, new Figs,
with every Fruit in season, of the best quality ; Spanish and
Portugal Grapes, in large and small packages, in the best
Preservation for keeping ; also, Hambro Ditto, for Desserts ;
Preserved Quinces, Pears, &c. &c. ; with an assortment of
Marmalades, Jams and Jellies, Olives, Pickles, Sauces, &c. ;
also, a few Boxes of fine Portugal Onions.
A great variety of French PEARS, arrived this day.
J. M. will pledge himself to sell every choice Fruit under
41ny Establishment in Town ; and he also engages to supply,
from his own Establishment, every Article in his advertise-
rnent—an unusual thing with advertisers. The Public are
aware his Family Fruit Warehouse has been established for
the sale of choice Fruits, and Patronised by the Nobility
generally in the surrounding Counties, for upwards of thirty
Years.

East India Preserved Ginger, in original packages; best
Jamaica Ditto and Limes, in jars lib. and upwards.
J• M. begs to observe, his Forbidden Fruit are selected
froth the same gardens as those he had the honour of sup-
Plying her Majesty with last season.
Private Families supplied, as usual, to any extent, and at
an distance, on receipt of Post-office or other remittances.
1N•13.--The Trade supplied on liberal terms.

THE MANCHESTER ASSURANCE COMPANY,
For Assurance against Fire, and on Lives and Surviiorships.
Purchase of Annuities, Reversions, &c. 8(c.
OFFICE, No. 98, KING-STREET, MANCHESTER.
Capital, Two MlLLlONS.—Established ]824.

FIRE DEPARTMENT. V
THE Assured are entitled to one third of the profits, with.
out any liability on their part to the losses.
Parties intending to continue their Policies, falling due al
CHRISTMAS, must renew them within fifteen days from tha
time, or they will become void.
LIFE DEPARTMENT.

The Assured are entitledto two-thirds of the profits, with
out any liability on their part to the losses.
The Premiums charged are lower than those of the ma
jority of other Offices.

The business of the Life department is kept quite distinct
from that of Fire, and its accumulations are not liable to
make good any losses arising therefrom.
The Rates of Premiums, and all other particulars, may be
obtained on application to Mr. JOSEPH MoitToN, Secretary,
or to any of the Company's Agents.
RICHARD DAWSON, Agent for Liverpool.

N.B.—Agents have already been appointed in most of the
principal towns in the kingdom ; butapplications for Agencies,
in places where appointments have not yet been made, are
requested to be addressed to the Secretary.
BONUS.

At the Annual General Court of Proprietors, held on the
20th June, 1839, bonuses were declared to the assured in the
Fire Department of £lO per cent. on the premiums received
during the five years previous to the 25th March, 1839, to be
paid on all insurances of two, or more, years' standing ; and
to the assured in the Life Department, on all policies for the
whole duration of Life, forfour, or more years' standing, on
the 25th March, 1839, of very nearly 26 per cent. on the
amount of the premiums received thereon, improved at com-
pound interest, to be added to the sum assured by such
policies when they become claims, or an equivalent reduction
to be made in the annual premiums upon them, at the option
of the parties entitled thereto.

MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE.
SCOTTISH WIDOWS' FUND SOCIETY.
INSTITUTED A.D. 1815.

Head Office—Edinburgh, 5, ST. ANDREW-SQUARE.

THE OLDEST AND MOST EXTENSIVE LIFE TICE IN
SCOTLAND.
ACCUMULATED FUND EXCEEDING
ONE MILLION & FORTY THOUSAND POUNDS.

ANNUAL REVENUE EXCEEDS

ONE HUNDRED & EIGHTY THOUSAND POUNDS.
BONUS ADDITIONS, varying from 11 to 80 per cent,
on the sum assured, according to the date of assurance.
The WHOLE PROFITS belong to the Assured.

Assurances effected PREVIOUS TO 31sT DECEMBER
are entitled to participate in the PROFITS OF THE CUR-
RENT YEAR. JOHN MACKENZIE, Manager.
December, 1841.

ARTHUR OUGHTERSON and CO.,
EXCHANGE-STREET EAST,
AGENTS for LIVERPOOL and the Surrounding District

MANCHESTER BOARD OF MANAGEMENT.
Edward Loyd, Esq., Chairman.
F!. H. Birley, Esq. James Hibbert Wanklyn,
John Chippendall, Esq. Esq.
John Macvicar, Esq. Joshua P. Whitehead, Esq.
William Watson Beaver, Consulting Surgeon.
Thos. Boothman, jun., Secretary to Board of Management.
OFFICE—CROSS-STREET, KING-STREET.

AN Assortment of upwards of 100 PIANO-FORTES,
from 7 to 100 Guineas, on Sale and Hire, at W. I'.
DREAPER'S PIANO-FORTE and MUSIC WARE-
HOUSE, 49, BOLD-STREET, (Six doors above Newington.)
Excellent second-hand Square Piano-fortes, in perfect order,
by Broadwood and other makers, from 7 Guineas
Cabinet Piano-fortes, Ditto
Six-octave Cottage Ditto
Six-and-a-half Horizontal Grand Ditto

40

Patent Semi-Grand Ditto
W. P. DREAPER begs leave to stat hat he has just
returned from London, and his suite o how-rooms are
now replete with all the novelties in the ova line, forming
an elegant and extensive Assortment of New and Second-
hand PIANO-FORTES, from the Manufactories of Messrs.
COLLARD and COLLARD, BROADIV 00D, TOMKISON, and other
esteemed London Makers, at the lowest possible prices.
Piano-fortes taken in Exchange, Lent on Hire, Repaired,
and Tuned, Singly or by the Year.
A superior Double-action Harp, by ERARD, of London,
to be sold at half its original cost.
W. P. D. will warrant any Piano-forte sold by him, and
will exchange the same within twelve months, if not approved
of.
N.B.—A large Assortment of NEW and POPULAR
MUSIC, at HALF PRICE.