The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-10-14 00:00:00

SHIPMASTERS' ASSOCIATION.

TO. THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.
Stit,--An advertisement having appeared, and handbills
circulated, directing the attention of shipmasters to " the
humble petition of S. M., sailing from the port of Liver-
pool, I feel called upon to notice the preamble of the adver-
tisement. .

Permit me to say that the officers and committee of the
Shipmaster's Association have but one object in view,
namely, to further the interests and carry out the wishes of
the shipmasters. The association, in conjunction with-other
public bodies, memorialised government to appoint boards
of examination for masters and mates in the merchant ser-
vice, and this they did in consequence of the unanimous vote
of the members assembled at an extra general meeting on
the 25th June last, called for the purpose of taking the sub-
ject into consideration. But they hold themselves at liberty
to make such objections to the different clauses as the mem-
bers may deem expedient ; or to oppose any bill which may
not be in accordance with the interests and wishes of the
shipmasters. In order to arrive at the opinion of the ship-
masters, the committee, in April, issued circulars to all the
masters in the port, urging them to call at the Association
Rooms to peruse the draft of a bill which had been received,
and to give their opinion thereon. So soon as the bill pro-
posed by Captain Fitzroy was published, I obtained a copy,
and made it my particular business to call the attention of
the members individually to its provisions; and I also posted
an abstract of the clauses in the rooms, in order more espe-
cially to direct their attention to it. Several gentlemen have
favoured me with their written opinions, and it was my in-
tention to forward them to Captain Fitzroy for hisconsidera-
tion. A public meeting was held in these rooms on the 3rd
instant, and again, by adjournment, on the 11th; and the
report which will appear in your publication of tomorrow
will show that the association have afforded every opportu-
nity for the full and free discussion of the subject. The
Shipmaster's Association was established for the express
purpose of benefitting shipmasters, and giving them not only
the means of expressing their opinions on all public ques-
tions, but of opposing any measure which may be deemed
inimical to their wishes. Let, therefore, the shipmasters
attend the adjourned meeting of the association on Tuesday
evening, and they will be satisfied that every facility will be
afforded them for expressing their opinions and assistance
rendered in the furtherance of their views.
I am Sir, &c.,
SAMUEL MOSS, Master of the Rooms.
Shipowner's Association, Oldhall-street,
13th October, 1842.

The Prerogative Court has been applied to not to grant
letters of administration to Mrs. Byrne on the ground of her
irregular habits. She was lately tried for the murder of her
husband.

In consequence of the reduced price of corn, a reduction
of fifteen per cent. has taken place in the price of poultr
y in
London. Fine geese are selling at from 4s. to ss. 6d. ; ducks
and fowls equally cheap.
It is said, on good authority, that Daniel O'Connell, the
Lord Mayor of Dublin, and leader of the repealing rebels of
Ireland, has sent a note of caution to Joseph Sturge, the
leader of the English Chartists. •
It is said that the Chartists of Sutton-in-Ashfield are so
disappointed at the result of the late strike, and disquieted
with their disinterested leaders, that they have had a tea-
drinking and mock funeral procession to bury the Charter.
SIGNS OF A HARD WINTER.—Birds that change coun-
tries at certain seasons, if they come early, show the temper
of the weather, according to the country whence they come,
as in the autumn, woodcocks, fleldfares, snipes, &c., if they
come early, show a cold winter. Woodcocks have been
shot this year as early as the 9th ult. If the oak bear much
mast, it prognosticates a long and hard winter. The same
has been observed of hips and haws, which were never known
in more abundance.
The late Marquis Wellesley was a Knight of the Turkish
Order of the Crescent, and of the Persian Order of the Lion
and Sun. The Marquis enjoyed a pension of £2,693 as Re.
membrancer of the Exchequer in Ireland. The present
Marchioness Wellesley, who had no family by the Marquis,
is a lady of the Bedchamber to the Queen Dowager.
NEW ROUTE FOR THE OVERLAND MAIL.—We under-
stand that, in consequence of the vexatious impediments
thrown in the way of the transmission of the mail from India
through France, arrangements are now makingc, for bringing
it by the route of the Adriatic Sea and the Anstrian ter-
ritories. We learn that Mr. Waghorn,
who is employed by
the East ltidia Company to make these arrangements, and
who is now in Germany for that purpose, is quite confident
of being able to save fully five days by the adoption of the
new route ; and we understand that he has engaged (if no-
thing should occur to delay the arrival of the mail in Egypt)
to deliver in London, on the Ist of December next, letters
despatched from Bombay on the Ist of November. We
have not learned what is the precise route proposed to be
adopted, whether the mail is to be landed at Venice or
Trieste ; but we presume that the object will be to adopt the
nearest and best route to the Lower Rhine, with the view of
taking advantage of the Belgian lines of railway. We under-
stand that the Austrian government enters very warmly into
the proposed plan, and that Mr. Waghorn receives all the
assistance, which that government can render him• If Mr.
Waghorn 's views should be realised, and the mail should
regularly reach London on the Ist of the month, a very
great point will be gained, inasmuch as letters received by it
can be answered by the outgoing mails which is not usually
the case at present.