The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1845-10-28 00:00:00

On WEDNESDAY, the sth November next, in the Office
of Messrs. William Connal and Co., Virginia-build-
ings, Glasgow, (unless previously disposed of privately,)
The well-known Greenock-built Ship
Afir, MOUNT STUART ELPHINSTONE,
gra 386 91-94 tons per register, old measurement ;
coppered and copper-fastened ; as she now lies
in the harbour of Port Glasgow, where she has just dis-
charged her homeward cargo from Bombay in fine order.
This vessel sails remarkably fast.,Carries a large cargo to
her tonnage, and is well fottbd in sails and stores.—For
inventory, &c. apply—fo Mr. DUNCAN RITCHIE, Port
Glasgow; Messrs. JOHN FLEMING and Co., or Messrs.
WM. CONNAL and Co., Glasgow, or here to

NICOL, DUCKWORTH, and Co.,
1, Cook-street.

[ADVERTISEMENT.]
ANNUAL PROCLAMATION,

Whereas, it having appeared in evidence that the an-
nual decrease of Marriages would, ultimately depopulate
the town, we decreed, as an auxiliary to connubial happi-
ness, the revival, in Liverpool, of the ancient Saxon and
Gothic custom of issuing HALLOW-EVE CAKES,
each containing a CHARMED RING, which will revive the
conviviality of Hallow-Eve Festivals ; place in juxta-posi-
tion the lovely maid and the sighing swain ; and, by its
powers, create a friendship, and fan that friendship into a
mutual and lasting love,. charming charming and unparalleled
happiness.
And Whereas,-this decree hath produced the most fa-
vourable results, as shown by the following great and un-
questionable fact, derived, by minute calculation, from the
Parish Records :
YEAR. No. OF MARIAGES.

1840....
1841....
1842....

6,432 !! ! I
No Hallow-Eve Cake issued

5,263 1!
4,899 !

1843....
1844....

6,536 !!!! Hallow-Eve Cakes baked

Increase in two years.. .

4,358!IIII1

BE IT THEREFORE ENACTED, that TWENTY THOU-
SAND HALLOW-EVE CAKES be ready for FRIDAY
next, October 31st.
HER MAJESTY commands a supply for the ROYAL
TABLE. The quantity will, therefore, not only surpass,
but the quality greatly exceed, anything hitherto pre-
sented. _ .

Given under our Hands and Seal, in the reign of
HER MAJESTY QUEEN VICTORIA.
DUBLIN

CONFECTIONERY ESTABLISHMENTS,
126, ST. JAMES'-STREET, 20, BERRY-STREET, AND
76, SOUTH CASTLE-STREET, LIVERPOOL.

[ADVERTISEMENT•]
HALLOW-EVE!

The Commissioners of Marriage Laws have issued
TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND

warrants at the suit of FEENY, jun., 82, PARADISE-
STREET, commanding all the spinsters and bachelors
within the borough of Liverpool to appear at the POST-
OFFICE CONFECTIONERY SALOON, 82, PARA-
DISE-STREET, on Hallow-eve, FRIDAY next, the 31st
instant, there and then to have one of the HALLOW-
EVE CAKES, with a MAGIC RING in it, the prices
of which will be 6d., ls., Is. 6d., 25., 2s. 6d., 35., 45., or
ss. ; and a well-known bachelor being arrested on the
warrant, and told that thobe who find a ring in the Hal-
low-eve Cake (provided they are now single) will be mar.
ried within a year and a day, wrote the following :

To be served with a warrant is no pleasant thing,
But what joy with this warrant is felt,
For by it we fiud we are sure of a ring,
To compel us to marry 'tis sent.
The summons we'll attend, it will afford us some pleasure,
_ _ _

And I hope you all know what to do—
'Tis to Paradise-street you must go at your leisure,
And remember the house—E!GIITY-TWO !

Yes, I'm sure we'll all meet there-0 why should we tarry,
As Feeny has promised the treat?
When we find the ring we can easily marry;
But the Cake must be with it, from Paradise-street.
For in PARADISE the first marriage was—pray do I mis-
take?
And, if we place any faith in tradition,
Whoe'er finds a ring in their Hallow-eve Cake
Very soon will improve their condition.