The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-09-08 00:00:00

HYMENEAL ADVERTISEMENTS.

The Manchester Guardian has lately bad a number of
advertisements from parties panting for partners in the
conjugal state—individuals evidently who had tried the
usnel modes of procuring wives without success, and to
whom advertising in the public prints has become a (fer-
nier resort. Some of these advertisements have been
remarkable for their coolness, the penniless speculator
insisting that the honor of his hand was not to be pur-
chased at less than a few hundreds a year ; while others
have exhibited a remarkable degree of modesty, the adver-
tiser gently intimating (in spite, doubtless, of a bald
skull, a crooked back, a snub nose, and an oval pair of
legs), that he was " rather prepossessing in his appear-
ance." If newspaper proprietors could adopt the rule of
compelling each party who thus introduces himself to the
compassionate attention of the fair sex to permit >a faith-
ful portrait of himself to accompany his advertisement,
and also to make a deposit of a sufficient sum of money or
a sufficient number of title-deeds to guarantee his ability
to keep a wife, we warrant the number of these advertis-
ing spouse-seekers would be enormously diminished. The
following advertisement, which appears in the Guardian
of Wednesday last, is a decided improvement upon any
we have vet seen. It is so disinterested, so modest, and
so argumentative, that it can scarcely fail to bring bribes
by dozens through the post :
" MATRIMONY.--A gentleman of good education and
character, a native of Lancashire, and fel- some years past
resident in Manchester, thirty-five years of age, and pos•
sessing an income of upwards of two hundred pounds a
year, wishes to meet with a lady about his own age, or a
few years younger, suitable for a partner for life. It is
necessary that she should have property producing some-
thing like the same amount of income, which, however,
would be settled upon herself, with a jointure of two or
three thousand pounds bosides. The advertiser is no for-
tune-hurter, but perfectly independent as a bachelor; and
though desirous of changing his condition, would prefer
remaining as he is to marrying on his own income alone,
which is of a permanent, though not a rapidly increasing
character. This explanation is sufficient, he thinks, to
account for the adoption of this mode of seeking the
attainment of his object, preferring a business-like way
of proceeding in a pure matter of business, to the more
usual course of first paying addresses, in ignorance of,
or on mere surmise of the lady's pecuniary means or
prospects, and afterwards coming to the consideration of
the business part of the subject—a course liable to serious
objections, and frequently ending in disappointment: S?
far from being mercenary in his views, the advertiser is
of a generous disposition, and more prone to dispose o_l-
money for public and benevolent purposes than esthero
es.f_
hoard or lavish it selfishly. Being of quiet and dinrn
ties
habits, and fonder of comfort than show, the 'llia
he
would prize in a wife would rather be those Which please
at home than those which shine abroad ; and nett to the
accomplishments of a good housewife, he wouldvalue that
of a tolerable proficiency in music, as most conducive to
domestic pleasures. Congeniality, at least, if not complete
identity of religious views, he considers essential ; himself
holding firmly the doctrines of Protestant evangelical dis-
sent, though no bigot, but respecting the conscientious
belief of all, he would not unite himself with one entertain-
ing opinions the contrary of these. In personal appear-
ance and manners, he hopes he would not be considered
repulsive, nor does be look for perfection in these respects;
but good health and freedom from all taint of hereditary
complaint are essential. It is hoped that no one whose
eye this advertisement may meet, and to whom it may be.
fairly applicable, will be deterred from considerations or
delicacy or timidity, since a moment's reflection will sb?!
that in a majority of cases marriages are contracted with
less knowledge of each other's feelings and disposition!,
than can be obtained in this way, followed by a personal_
interview, with a mutual determination to come to a fray'''.
explanation and interchange of opinion. In the lottery
of matrimony, a prize may be drawn by this means as well
as by the mode sanctioned by custom. The advertiser
will satisfy every inquiry as to his character, history, con'
nections, means, &c., and will require full information ell
these points in return.—Any communication addressed
to —, London, will be immediately forwarded to the
advertiser in Manchester."—The advertiser is uncoil]:
molly scrupulous a out religious opinions, nearly as aittCk
indeed, as he is about the pecuniary capabilities of bit
tau- victim. Nevertheless, if a Mahometan, with £4OO
aC r, and a
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evangelical gentleman would accept.

STATIONS OF THE BRITISH ARMY.

ON THE IST SEPTEMBER

From Colburn's United Service Magazine.)

[Where two places are mentioned, the last-named is that at
which the Depot of the Regiment is stationed.)

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Ist Life Guards—Windsor.
2nd Ditto—Regent's Park.
Royal H.Guards—Hyde Park
Ist Dragn Gds.—Birmingham
2d—Dublin.
3d—Piershill.
4th—Nottingham.
sth—York.
6th—Ncrwieh. 46th
7th—C. G. Hope, Maidstone 47th
Ist Dragoons—Balliucollig. 48th
2d—Dublin
*slst—Van D. LrßCl'a;rnerdactheo;rnmaC.mlotay.t.bOJ.--
3d—Bengal ; Maidstone
4th—Manchester.
tith—Longford.
7th Hussars—Hounslow. 53d—Bengal ; Chatham.
Bth—Cahir.
9th lancers—Bengal ; 'Midst. 55th—Devonport.
10th Hussars—Bombay. 56th—Bury, (Lancashire.)
11th Hussars—Coventry. 57th—Madras ; Chatham.
12th Lancers— Brighton. . 58th—N.S.11Nales ; Chathata•
13th Lt. Digoons-I:ewhridge. 59th—Dublin.
cha'
:4th—Bombay; Maidstone. 60th(lst batt.)—Bombay ;-- „,t,
15th Hussars—Madras; M'ston (2d batt.)—Canada; EdiaM"
16th Lancers—Bengal ,Maidstn 61st—Bengal; Chatham.
17th Lancers-Dundalk. 62d—Bengal ; Chatham.
Grenadier Guards, (Ist batt.) 63d—Madras ; Chatharn.
Winchester. 64th—Dub:in.
(2d batt.)—St. John's Wood 65th—N.S.Wales ; Chathanl'
Castle,
(3d haft.;—Tower. 66th—Gibraltar ; Mare --
Coldstream Guards, (Ist batt.) 67th - Cork.
St. George's Bar 68th— Dublin.
(26 hatt.)—Portman-st. Bar? 6gth—Manchestcr.
Scotch FusileerGrds—(lstbatt) 70th—Templemore'
Wellington Barr. 71st—Barbadoes ; I. of Wiglit•
(2(1 batt)—Windsor. Reserve batt., Canada'
Ist Foot (Ist batt.)—Trinidad ; 72d—Gibraltar; Nenngh.
mst
Dublin. /3d—Monte Video—Buttevv-
-Portsmouth.

40th—Canterbury.
41st—Mullingar.
42d—Malta ; Isle of Wight!
Reserve batt., Malta
_

k43d—Dover.
44th—Belfast.
45th--Cape of Good Hope, I.W
Reserve batt., M.Video
"—Canada; Chatham.
-Dublin.
Jamaic,
49th—Galway

; Newbridge.

(2d batt.)--Edinburgh
2d Foot—Winche_ter.

75th—Atilone.
76th— °it George, N. 8.!
77th—Halifax; FermoY•
sth—Fermoy. 178 th—Bombay; Chatharn%
6th—Cork 79th—Gibraltar; Belterbou
7th—St. Vincent; Newry. 80th—Bengal; Chatham
Bth—Bombay 81st—Canada ; Jersey. A
9th—Bengal; Chatham. 82d—Canada; Spike Islan.
10th—Bengal; Chatham. 83d—Limerick.
11th—N. S. Wales, Sheernes.. 84th—Madras; Chathato.
12th—Mauritius; Isle Wight. 85th—Buttevant
Reserve batt., Mauritius 86th—Bombay ; ChathaM.
13th—Portmouth. 87th—Aberdeen.
14th—Canada ; Plymouth. 88th—Malta ; Ballinagoe.
15th—Ceylou 3 Wateford. igth—Canada ; Hull. „ger:
goth—CapeGoodHope
91st—CapeofGoodHope; 'ope.
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Reserve batt., C.
loth—Bermudallll6,B,
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;Chatham.
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92d—Enniskillen.
Wight 93d—Canada ; Carlow.
Reserve batt., Bermuda 94th—Aden ; Chatham

3d—G,,sport.
4th—Madras; Chathar

21st—Ma; tiro amdbr aa
ys ; ; CC hh aattlm
hi aam
23d—Antigua ; Isle of Wig.
Reserve bait., Canad
24th—Bengal; Chatham.
25th—Madras ; Chatham.
26th—Dublin.
27th—Cape G, Hope ; Guernsey
28th—Bombay ; Chatham.
29t11—Bengal ; Chatham. 1.
30th—Leedq. 21.—Nassau. 0,0
31st—Bengal;* Chatham. 3d—Demerara,SierraLeo
32d—Bengal ; Chatham. Ceylon Rifles—Ceylon. caPe
33d—N. Brunswick ; Clonmel. Cape Mounted Riflemen--
34th—Corfu ; Clonnel of Good H0pe.,,,..010*
35th—Mauritius; Charles Fort R. Canada Rifle Reg*.
on
36th—Weedon. Royal Newfoundland '
37th—Newport. Com pan ies —Newfout, its.
38th—Jamaica; London'enT. Royal Malta Fencibles._;o*
39th—Bengal; Chatham. St. Helena liegt.—St.

gsth—Ceylon ; Tralee.
86th—N.S.Wales ; Chathlol:,
ht. 97th—Corfu ; Isle of Wiecolit
,a Reserve batt., Ceph*"
Igah—China ; Chatham • .40,
ggth—N. S. Wales ; Chat° tnil•
Ritteß (istb.)—Corfu;
24.1batt.)—Halifax.N.S.,0's,0,
Reserve batt., Halifa%*,
,t W. I. Regt.—Jamaica,

* sist, under orders for Bengal