The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-11-12 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.
ACADIA, Captain ALEXANDER RYRIE.
‘",_`;-,,61,A1 = COLUMBIA, CaptainCßAs.H.E.Juomics.
VFW! \ BRITANNIA, Captain JOHN HEWITT.
VZ.-,-;`e-•- CALEDONIA, Captain EDWARD G. LOTT.
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 Siinday, 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
under, viz. :
ACADIA on the 19th November.
COLUMBIA on the 4th December.
Passengers' Luggage must be on board the day previous
to sailing.
Passage, including Provisions, but without Wines or Li-
quors, which can bs 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
COLUMBIA, from BOSTON, ht.—HALIFAX, 3rd Nov.
BRITANNIA, Ditto, 16th,— Ditto, 18th Nov.
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. MACIVER, 14. Water:street

NOTE.—AII LETTERS and NEWSPAPERS intended to be
sent 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.

RATES OF PASSAGE AND FREIGHT.
Cabin.. 205.; Steward's Fee ....2s.—Steerage .... ss.
Bales and Boxes, 3d. per Foot each.
For GREENOCK and GLASGOW,
WITH GOODS AND PASSENGERS,
THE GLASGOW AND LIVERPOOL STEAM SHIP-
PING COMPANY'S STEAM-SHIPS
ACHILLES, Captain HUGH MAIN, and
ACT EON,Captain R. CRAIVFORD,
Sail regularly from the Clarence Dock,
LIVERPOOL to GLASGOW.
The undernoted or other first-class Steam-Ships are in-
tended to sail as follows, from LIVERPOOL:

NOVEMBER.
ACT-EON .. Thursday, the 18th.. at 1, Afternoon.
The Cabins of these Vessels are fitted up in an elegant and
convenient style, and every attention is paid to the comfort
of Passengers. There are select Libraries, together with
Magazines and Newspapers, on board. An excellent Table
served, with choice wines. The Ladies' Cabins are amid-
ships, with Female attendants.
Passengers are requested to take charge of their own Lug-
gage, as the Proprietors will not be responsible for any Arti-
cle whatever. unless BOOKED and SIGNED FOR previous to
being Shipped.
For further particulars apply to
MARTIN and Co., Water-street, Liverpool.
J. MARTIN and J. and G. BURNS,
Buchanan-street, Glasgow ; or to
ARCHIBALD BLACK,
Custom-house-place, Greenock.
And at the Railway Stations, London, Birmingham, Man-
chester, &c.

For DUBLIN and BELFAST.
TIIF CITY OF DUBLIN STEAM-PACKET
COMPANY,
410 Incorporated by Act of Parliament.
The above Company sail their Vessels, (with or without
Pilots,) taking Goods and Passengers to the following Ports,
n tmely,

For DUBLIN,
Tins DAY, Nov. 12, at 8 o'clock P.M.
SATURDAY, ~ 13, 9 „ P.M.
MONDAY, „ 15, 10 „ P.M.
TUESDAY, „ 16, 12 „ NOON.
WEDNESDAY, ~ 17, 12 „ NOON.
THURSDAY, ~ 18, I „ P.M.
They also despatch one of their new and splendid Vessels,
the QUEEN VICTORIA, PRINCESS, and PRINCE, of
600 tons burthen and 260 horses power, EVERY EVENING,
at Seven o'Clock, from George's Pierhead, LIVERPOOL,
to KINGSTOWN HARBOUR, with her Majesty's Mail
and Cabin Passengers only.

For BELFAST, the ATHLONE.
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 17, at 12 o'clock NOON

WEDNESDAY' ' , 21, 6 „ 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
eertainty 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 information given at the Company's Office, 24,
Water:•street. SAMUEL PERRY, Agent.

Att
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LLOYD'S REGISTER of BRITISH and FOREIGN
SHIPPING, 2, White Lion-court, Cornhill, Ist No-
vember, 1841.
COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT.
Established in 1834.
THOMAS CHAPMAN, Esq., F.S.A., Chairman.
WILLIAM TINDALL, Esq., Deputy Chairman.
JOHN ROBINSON, Esq., Chairman of the Sub-committee of

Classif

'cation

Edward Hurry. Esq.
T. Alexander Mitchell, M.P,
James Parkinson, Esq.
Thomas 0. Powles, Esq.
John Rees, Esq.
Anthony Ridley, Esq.
Joseph Sorties, Esq.
George Whitmore, Esq.
Arthur Willis, Esq.
George F. Young, Esq.

George Allfrey, Esq
Henry Buckle, Esq.
Nathaniel Domett, Esq
Richard Drew, Esq.
George Fermin, Esq.
Thomas Forrest. Esq.
Nathaniel Gould, Esq.
Robert A. Gray, Esq.
George Hankey, Esq.
George Hanson, Esq.
William C. Harnett, Esq
GEORGE R. ROBINSON, Esq., Chairman of the Com-

mittee of Lloyd's.
ROBERT BARRY, Esq., Chairman of the General Ship-
owners' Society.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that at a Meeting of
the General Committee, held this day, it was
Resolved,—That instead of vessels of the first class, A 1,
classed for a term of years, lapsing as at present, twice a
year, into the Diphthong character, on the expiration of the
period of original designation, namely, on the 30th June and
31st December in each year; all such vessels be, in future,
continued in the last year of the period assigned to them
until the 31st of December.
By order of the Committee,
CHARLES GRAHAM, Secretary.

N.B.—The Subscription of Individuals or of Firtn's is
£3 3s. per annum ; of Public Companies not less than £lO
10s. per annum, for which a Register Book is supplied.

Surveyors' Office, Bank-buildings, Castle-street, Liverpoo:
Mr. WILLIAM POPE,
" ROBERT HAMILTON, Surveyors.
" GEORGE WINRAM, j

LIVERPOOL DOCKS.
TO BUILDERS.
THE DOCK COMMITTEE will be ready, on the 6th
of November next, to receive TENDERS for the
Erection of TRANSIT SHEDS, on the west side of the
Prince's Dock.
The Plans, Specifications, and Conditions, may be seen at
the Dock Surveyor's Office, south side of Coburg Dock,
from the 19th of October instant to the 13th of November

next.
The Tenders are to be delivered, sealed and under cover,
to the Dock Secretary, addressed to " The Chairman of the
Sub-committee on Dock Works," on or before twelve o'clock
on MONDAY, the 15th of November next.
The Committee will not be bound to accept the lowest
Tender. By order, DANIEL MASON, Secretary.
Dock-office, Liverpool, 16th October, 1841.

P.S.—The Dock Committee do Hereby Give Notice, to
Builders purposing to send in Tenders for Erecting the pro-
posed Transit Sheds, Mat they have extended the time Jro
sending in the same FROM FRIDAY, THE STH, TO MON-
DAY, THE FIFTEENTH DAY OF NOVEMBER NEXT.
By order, DANIEL MASON, Secretary.
October 28th, 1841.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that application is
intended to be made to Parliament, in the ensuing ses-
sion, for an Act for more effectually ordering, managing, and
governing, and administering relief to the Poor of the Parish
of Liverpool, in the county of Lancaster, and, for such pur-
pose, to exempt the said parish from the operation of an act
passed in the 4th and sth years of the reign of his late Ma-
jesty King William the Fourth, intituled " An Act for the
Amendment and better Administration of the Laws relating
to the Poor in England and Wales." And it is also pro-
posed, by the said intended Act, to make further provision
for the appointment of the Superintendent Registrar, and of
the District Registrars of Births, Deaths, and Marriages,
within the said parish, and for the better regulation of such
offices respectively ; and, for such purpose, to alter and
amend, so far as relates to the said parish, the powers and
provisions of an act passed in the 6th and 7th years of the
reign of his said late Majesty King William the Fourth,
intituled " An Act for Registering Births, Deaths, and Mar-
riages in England."
And it is also proposed, by the said intended Act, to make
provision for enlarging the Workhouse of the said Parish, or
for otherwise increasing the accommodation for the in-door
relief of the Poor thereof ; and, for such purpose, to purchase,
take, and use lands, tenements, and hereditaments within the
limits of the Parliamentary Borough of Liverpool, in the said
county of Lancaster. And also for levying and recovering
upon, and from, the owners and occupiers of property within
the said parish, rates and assessments for the several pur-
poses of the said intended Act, or for increasing or altering
the rates or assessments now leviable, within the said parish,
for such purposes, and for ascertaining and assessing the
value of property within the same. And it is proposed to
vary or extinguish the exemptions from the payment of rates
or assessments, or other rights or privileges to which any
person or persons, within the said parish, may be now enti-
tled, and to confer other exemptions, rights, or privileges, in
lieu thereof.

Dated t 6 - ninth day of November, 1841.
M. D. LOWNDES, Vestry-clerk