The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-01-13 00:00:00

talks Of the time with authority, and `right by St

is an assertion which cuts shorithe disput

along the streets, too, what anxious pulling out of
by evidently belated pedestrians, is observab'
hand ; what rating of omnibus conductors t

stopped for full five minutes.' Here a t,
his greatcoat and carpet-bag, and his face gl
red coal, urges his way along the crowded a.
of being too late for the train ; and there a
fast in a crowded thoroughfare, the intna'.
that the steamer will have started in enothL. mi-
nutes. Here a tradesman from the west end is hurry-
ing to get his cheque cashed at the banking-house, the
appointed hour for closing which is even now ready to
strike ; and there a country gentleman has arrived just in
time to see the door of the pubLe.office whither he was
bustling closed against him. Appointments are made to
the minute; and a delay of five or ten minutes in keeping
one, is at the hazard of disarranging the next. Clocks
are conspicuous in most of the better descripti• n of shops
watches are ticking in every business-man's packet.
How goes the enemy ?' is one of the commonest inqui-
ries ; and everything testifies to the immense importance
of time in the social arrangements of a great city. As is
the immense establishments with which London abounds,
and especially in the government offices, punctuality is of
the first importance, some amusing illustrations of the
value of time, even in its vulgar fractions,, are there esbi-
bited, which, to the eye of a stranger, are very striking,
arid are probably, from the national superiority of our bu-
siness-habits, unique. In the morning, as the clock i 5
about to strike nine, omnibuses and stages draw up in the
vicinity of the bank, filled with well-dressed, ger'
menlike men. The ' thousand and one' clerk
riving, all of whom are required to be at thei-
precise time, under pain of a fine. The
has filled his situation there for the

eller, with
ing like a

•e of which raves

-- ,
ger Wily
arters of

a century, and fears lest, peradventure, something on the
road might detain him, and who prides himself not a lit-
tle on his punctuality, always contrives to leave his house
in the suburbs, where most of the clerks reside, a few mi'
nutes before the necessary time ; but some of the younger
ones, who are not so wary, show by their flushed faces the
quick step they have been obliged to adopt in order to at'
rive in time. Another and another omnibus unburdens
itself of its load ; quick as thought the thir4en inside
and five out' are hurrying to the bank gate ; gouty old
gentlemen hobble up to the entrance with all the quick-
ness they can muster; and at ten minutes past nine, the
twice five hundred men are at their desks ready for ae-
tion. Still more animated and striking is the scene at
the General Post-office in St. Martin's-le-Grand a for_

minutes before six o'clock in the evening: At a~quarter
before six the fray has scarcely commenced ; there is am'
pie time and few care to hurry themselves, except it be
some unaccustomed dame, who eagerly inquires whether
she is too late to post her letter. But the minute-hand
silently moves onwards, and boys arrive with bags 0,
newspapers and packets of letters, which are poured in at
the all-receiving window. Onwards, onwards moves the
minute hand ; only five minutes to the hour—and boys
and men come hurryEg in from all parts with letters and
papers, the young urchins glorying in just nicking the
time.' Bag after bag is thrown in at the window, at the
peril of the official who stands there to receive then?'
pocket after packet of letters being aimed at him by their
respective and irrespective bearers. St. Paul's cloek.
strikes—one; still more and more come running up al:
steps—two, a cab draws up, and a sack of newspapers If
hastily hauled out and thrown in at the window—threepl
Porter puffs up at his very quickest speed with a bag e`
letters—four, a panting, meagre horse arrives, and Bo'
other sack of papers is safely lodged —five, a young bare-
armed paper-capped urchin pours in his armful of Sat
and Globes—six. the window-keeeper unceremoniously
slams to the shutter, and the score of surrounding ur-
chins, having safely deposited their burdens, salute with
a shout of derision the disconsolate lad who rushes up ~
the place with his packet one minute too late.—Chamber
Edinburgh Journal.

THE "GENEVESE TRAVELLER."—Matthew L. Davit
Esq., of New York, is the writer of the letters whlc7;
under the above signature, appear in The Times. ne
also the author of " The Spy in Washington," of tlis
" Biography of Aaron Barr," and is now the writer of
series of articles signed"A Calm Observer," which aPPeI",
in the TEL National Intelligencer.

The largest carriage built in England for many Yeake
has just been completed by a maker in London, from t::
rough timbers, in the incredibly short space of twenty'
three days. The consturction being different from app
carriage yet built in this country, delayed its compleu°o
It is painted a brilliant celestial blue, relieved with 0
and white, and is a perfect specimen of art. It is stated
to be for the Emperor of Russia,

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 7.—Wind variable and light.
ARRlVlM—Statesman, Brien, from Bonny—Cheshire, King,
Vcl Isabella Harnett, Newby, from Calcutta—Bahamian, Haw-
and Wm. Parker, Stratton, from China—Earl of Hare-
wood, from Madras—and Juno, Moran, from St. John, N.B.
SAILEO,—Y, oult, Staden, and Lady of thy Lake, David, Azores
;Perastina, Suovick, Bahia— Hermann, Welsh, Baltimore—
Purdon, Calcutta—Argo, Haark, Colberg—Archibald,
isT.elcke, Elsinore Gondola, Wernock, Genoa—John Scott,
'cuelson, Jamaica Dorothy, Gauntlett, i eghorn Romp,
iiatlehian, Malaga—James Reid, Robertson, Maracaibo—Ellcn
~r°oks, Freeman, Mobile—Tuskar, Robertson, Mobile, eic.
i3.oodolfo, Ailietto, and Trinacria, Leona, Naples—Hottinguer,
Newfoundland—Elizabeth,
New York—Cnampion, Davis, and Kingaloch, Burke,
A ewfoundland Elizabeth, Bodi, Palermo—Brie Kinclerin,
'leM7Yri, Rotterdam—Mercurio, Bartoletti, and Samuel, Spen-
ger, Rio Janeiro—Release, Shears, Santander—Agent. Mills,
4.vannah—George, Petrowsky, Swinemunde-, Foigh-a-Ballagh,
Savage, Syra—Jessie, M'Gill, Valparaiso.

November
SPOKElV.—Australia, hence for Port Philip, 19th
''vernber, in lot 37, lon 17—B adicea, from London to Batavia,
26th ultimo, in lat 45 N, lon 12 W—Coeur de Lion, hence, sth
11?stant. about 26 miles S.S.W. of Tuskar— Edinburgh, hence for
hence
Orleans, 7th ultimo, in lat 23, lon 32—Elizabeth Ratcliffe,
rhee r south America, 3rd instant, off Cape Clear—Hope,
Th.ence 29th ultimo, off the !,altees—Honor, from Smyrna for
6", port, loth ultimo, off Cape St. Vincent—l Dare, hence for
ope of Good Hope. 22nd November, in lat 9 S, lon 29 W—Tames
IPHunt, hence for Virginia, 17th ultimo, in lat 42, lon 14—Lady
;•owena, from 13 mbay for this port, 21st October, in lat 33, lon
~,1---Mary Ray, hence for Demerara, 24th ultimo, in lat 41, lon
ozatobque, hence for St. John, N. 8., out 41 days—
Matthew King, hence for Berbice. 11th ultimo, in lat 24, lon 33
Nimble, hence for Azores. 11th ultimo, in lat 45, lon 16-osce-
Va, for this port, 7th ultimo, off Carnaveral's Cape—Oriental,
fr Buenos Buenos Ayres for this port, out 74 days—Robert Preston,
from Cadiz for this port, 13th ultimo, off Cape St. Vincent—Ro-
`", hence for Singapore, 6th October, in the Straits of Sunda—
....eMpleman, hence for Valparaiso, 24th ultimo, in lat 48, lon 13
vesture, from Laguna for this port. 21st ultimo, in lat 44. lon 36
Ward Chipman, hence for New Orleans, sth instant—W. and
„...
Brown,:trom Calcutta to this port, 10th December, in lat 1 S,
100 25 W—Anger, fr m Bombay to this port, 14th December, in
,at 5 N lon 23 W—Betsey, from Newcastle to Calcutta, sth Oc-
tober, in lat 11 S, lon 82 E—Vibilia, from Mauritius to Leith,
22nd November, in lat 20 S, lon 2 W—Catherine, Jamieson, and
,S,fhyrna, from New Bedford, Bth December, in lat 4 S, lon 22 W,
.loe latter had spoken the day previous the Belie or Isabella from
London— Branken Moor, from London to Van Diemen's Land;
in lat 11 N, lon 26 W—Victoria, of Scarborough. for London, 6th
January. off Tuskar—Emma, Hartley, hence to Singapore, I,3rd
November, on the Equator—Elizabeth Wood, hence to Barba-
does, 27th December, in lat 41, lon 17—Columbus, hence to
Calcutta, 27th December, in lat 49, lon 16 W—Nestor, from New
Orleans to the Clyde, in let 43, lon 40.
Fowsv, January I.—Mary Pope, from Ichaboe, has been towed
!la here to-day, leaky, will sails ser, foreyard sprung, loss of
bulwarks, a.,1c1 crew quite exhausted.
SOUTHPORT, J...nuary 6.—A ship's head board, with " Caroline
Lesure" carved on it, and some small pieces of wreck, with par-
ticles of cotton sticking to them, have been washed on shore near
the Place. Mem. —The Caroline Lesure left the Union Dock on
,ue :it'd instant, for Belfast.

THURSDAY, JANUARY B.—Wind S.W. moderate.
tAßßlVED.—Swordfish, Green, from Pernambuco—Esk, and
a„rhill, from Trieste—Ariel, South, from Aft ica—Derby, Cain,
RoSonny —oosm, politan, from New Calabar— Fiero, from
Janeiro—Ondiaka. Glidden, and Arkan -us, Larabie, from
Er° Orleans— harlotte, from Naples—Doctor, from
El Vigilante, Sarre, and Elizabeth, Taylor, from Jersey.

tessie. Walker, from Oahu. at Mazatlan
ja lierslie, from this port; llorsburgh, Smith, from Cobija ;
'
el,1?51N: hAas —ugusta, Lam
Limb;a Wallace, Main; and Gipsy, from the
all tttistralia, Gale, sailed frem ditto 4th Oct.; Benco:dlen, Cla-
er in, and Caractacus, Barker, 13th Oct.; HighlanCer, Wheel-
19ill Oct.—all for this port; Blakely, Gibson, 9th Oct. for
t>ae
and Elorga Keith, Scott, lath Oct. for Cork
ja_u.ropean, Thomas Harrison, and Columbine, hence at Rio
kittenown, M'lver ; Lama, Dumbrill.; Irene, Byrom ; Lydia,
and Copia, '
Jarvis, hence at Bahia
Pen,onby and Thos. Miller, Bruce,!hence at Pernambuco
aglenison, King ; Margaret, Jackson ; Mountaineer, Smith,
lilahaica, Jump, hence at Demerara
Rtnes, Ducker, hence at Trinidad
Tweedale, hence at Barbadoes
'l3 Packet, Harvey, hence at Demerara
sabel, Griffiths, hence at Antigua
lea, Renson ; Jenny, Bn.sn ; Atalanta, Hanson; and
from Trinidad, at St. Thomas
JBertha, Ode, and Alexander, Murray, hence atJacmel
eivellyn, Gibbs, hence at Fort Republicain
//or
Falter arnworth, Gibb ; Alice, Ayshford; Freeman, White, and
eio, hence at Havana
Scott, from London, at Nassau
j ',"eva, sailed from ifo for thi port lot ec.
Brooks, Lockhardt, hence ats Puerto CaDbello
phoenix, and Mary Bibby, Archibald, hence at Honduras
110°4 Anderson, Ridley, sailed from Vera Cruz for Laguna Ist
vember
jaural Fulford, sailed from Gibraltar for Malaga 22nd Dec.
tenaeuba, Rabeck, saled from Cadiz 24th Nov. ; Romp, Wash-
Dori36th Dec.; and Douro, Matthews, 27th Dec. all for this

vo Felix, Mendiz ; Fernandes, Contente ; Industry,
7,n; Antelope, Archer, and Wyvern, Morris, hence at Lisbon
,r.,.ctior Dos Passos, sailed from Lisbon 22nd Dec. ; Nova So.-
aliTento, Xariffa, 24th Dec. ; and Myrth, Nooman, 2Ah Dec. ;
or this port
,n'ola graham, hence at Oporto
e'reti.v e Leonie Damonig. from Charente for Li-
seciP°ol. in working through St. Mary's Sound, yestei day, mis-
fio,strys, and went on the rocks, but was. assisted off on the
t„_
.t_ide, after cutting away her masts, and is now tan anchor
the same place, making much water.
travvlboat arrived here on Wednesday last, which had in
thrw_,_ on the previous day, the hull of the schooner Jane, of
boavrrpool, with both masts
.carried. away, and no person on
tiha wing to the gae increasin, the trawlboat had to
Eldon O
the wreck off thel g north of the Island.—Mona's Herald.
4.tri'nE LOST STEAMER Sr. DAVID.—From the particulars re.
ve to this vessel which have been furnished by Mr. David-
li"a. the consignee, it appears that she left Havre on the 13th
till3o, in the evening. The weather at the time was rather
e:clerate, but in the afternoon of the following day the storm
,eflplenced. Since that date nothing positive had been heard
e.,ne steamer. Relative to the supposition of there being pas-
Ibuters on board, some of those who saw the ill-fated steamer
14e Havre report that they observed on her deck about twenty
lieel°ll, and a portmanteau, containing female apparel, has
14,6.1 Picked up off Fecamp. According to the latest accounts,
of the the exception of the body of the engine driver, none
'r of the unfortunate sufferers have been picked up.

FRIDAY, JANUARY 9.—Wind S.E. light.
fro444,lvErt.—D'Arcy, Garrick, from Algoa pay—.l!tne, Moffatt,
Isre;.bell _r araiba—William Large, from Jamaica—Elizabeth, from
eadland—Carlotta, Lagana, from Palermo—Asia, Camp-
Alle„ r°,.al Pernambuco—Abbot Lord, from New Orleans—Wm.
Caticz"roln Terceira—and Robert Preston, Williamson, from
SAiLa
ttolti, D.—Huguenot, Goodhue, for New York—Nymph, N -
Iklevr4.: for Santander—St. Clare, Foy, and Sheffield, Smith, for
jet Quest, Price, for Genoa—Medina, James, and
Tlic,„.. Thorpe, for Sincapore—Penrith, Guillett, for Bahia--
Gitz;;Ja Fieidea, for Calcutta—Colombo, Burwell, for Boston-7
Lakey, for Alicant—Requiter, Searle, for Constan.ti-
Chr4scualdana, for Marseilles—Diadem, Carr, for Hayt?—
,deer ir.°l?la, for Monte Video—London Packet, for Azores—Rein-
tier,: 'Jag, for Trieste—Prompt, Dunlop, for St. Thomas—Ju-
'lv. Jensen for Fl sb rg—Eiiza Bell, Bell, for Venice—Hope,
f°r Naples—Vier Gebroeders, for msterdam—Active,
for
;1. for Danzic—Ha nie for Rotterdam—Grecian, Hunter,
arbadoes--and Royalist, Cooper, for Leghorn.

17 „4tail•s,llkarrison, sailed from the Cape of Good Hope for Port
' Lath, November
Pet.sn_oottenrnbermere, and Englishman, Dyer, at Gaboon
, and Marie, Largonet, hence at Bouideaux
C
Dee, Wright hence at Cove for New Orleans. Bore up from
leat to st.op a trifling leak

SA
AR,,TT,
uRDA.Y, JANUARY 10,—Wind S.S.W. moderate.
ephen Lurman, Bryan, from New York ; sailed
.E') •
Jathi~
During the passage experiencad yery heavy gales—
's, Corkhill, and Isabella, Briggs, from Charleston—Vfola,
hOrleal,B°,l; Borneholm Mason . and Jacob Pennell, from New
a-sCatmPus fro.rn China—Anjer, Bell, from Bombay, in
rlogdatl.ingston', Neeve, from Africa—Jamaica. Williams,
Orti R.""ales--Elizabeth, from Callao—Ellen Ilighfield, Hardy,
fia f Grande—Jenny Jones, Wakeham, from Smy,rna-
-Ad re Messina—Clementina, Symonds, from St. Michael's
44e-divt:in ln
rtitga,nn'illey, fro.n Terceira—and Medina. from the

RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS.
(From the Railway Magazine of Saturday.)
NAME. Passen- ( Cor. wk. Last
gers. Money. lastyear Div.
Arbroath and Forfar
Birmingham and Gloucester..
Chester and Birkenhead .... 655 480 2i
Dublin and Drogheda
Dublin and Kingstown
Dundee and Arbroath 7164k 329 280 4
Durham and Sunderland .... 3703 611 1028 2
Edinburgh and Glasgow .... 24829 3005 2487 6
Eastern Counties. . .
Glasgow and Ayr
Glasgow and Greenock 23250 1009 955 2i
Grand Junction* —
Gravesend and Rochester 5794 141
Great North of England
Great Western 449721 14212 13184 8
Hull and Selby — --
Hartlepool Dock and Rail.
Liverpool and Manchester
London ana Birmingham — 30912 26538 10
London and Blackwall 40522 695 644 28s.
London and Brighton
London and Croydon 126681 1518 1172 5
London and Greenwich —
Southwestern
Manchester, Bolton, and Bury 932 6
Manchester and Birmingham. 3909 3309 6
Manchester and Leeds and
Hull and Selby — 5312 4993 g
Midland Counties
Newcastle and Darlington
Newcastle and Carlisle — 1593 1330 8
Newcastle and North Shields 18875 437 366 4a
Norfolk
North Union — 1347
Paris and Orleans
Paris and Rouen 18157 4732 3845 7
Preston and Wyre
Sheffield and Manchester 44467 1987 937
South Eastern ...-
Taff Vale . ..
Ulster — 580 6
Yarmouth and Norwich ...,
York and North Midland — 4462 10

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