The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1839-05-07 00:00:00

enntrarts.

SHEFFIELD AND MANCHESTER RAILWAY
COTRACTS.
THE following CONTRACTS on the above line will he
LET•from sealed proposals in the order hereinafter

stated.

The Plans, Sections, Working Drawings, Specifications,
and also the Drafts and Contracts, may be'seen and copied,
and printed forms of Tender obtained, at the Offices of the
Company, or of the Engineer.
The line is distinctly trigged out on the ground, and branded
pegs set down at every chain length, and will be pointed" out
by one of the Assistant-Engineers, if required.
The Tenders are to be delivered in sealed, and addressed
to the Secretary, at the Offices of the Company only.
No Tender will be entertained unless made and filled up on
one of the printed forms, nor unless the parties proposing, or
their representative, attend personally, and produce an un-
dertaking (on a form of letter which will be supplied, to be
properly filled up and) signed by two responsible parties,
engaging to become sureties, in the event of the Tender being
accepted
The l
open the
days fa
respecti'

)irectors will meet at Twelve o'clock at Noon, to
Tenders, and declare the lettings, upon each of the
[lowing those appointed for the delivery of the
ve proposals.

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N.B.—The remainder of the Contracts between the Sum-
mit Tunnel and Manchester will be ready for letting before
Midsummer. _ _ _

The TUNNEL commences near Audenshaw Clough, about
a mile above Woodhead, on the Saltersbrook road to Sheffield,
and eighteen miles from Manchester, and extends into York-
shire to near Dunford Bridge, over the River Dun, six miles
above Peniston. The strata in the tunnel are presumed to
alternate in rock and shale. The shafts and boreholes will
be let singly or otherwise.
The ARDWICK CONTRACT commences at the Junc-
tion with the Manchester and Birmingham Railway, near
Blind-lane, Ardwick, at the outskirts of the eastern side of
Manchesterjand extends to near Gorton Reservoir, opposite
the Fairfield Walls, on the new road to Ashton-under-Lyne,
a distance of two and three-quarter miles. The work con-
sists of about twenty bridges, several culverts, an aqueduct
for the Stockport branch of the Ashton Canal, a great extent
of retaining walls, and about 180,000 cubic yards of excava-
tion.
The CARLCOATES CONTRACT extends from the
eastern face of the tunnel, near Dunford Bridge, about a
mile down the valley of the river Dun. The work includes
some bridges and culverts, and the diversion of the river Dun
and the adjacent brooks. The excavation will go partly to
spoil. The above contract is situated six miles west of
Peniston, and about eight miles south of Huddersfield.
The HATTERSLEY CONTRACT extends from the
gravel pit near the turnpike road from Mottram, in Long-
dendale, towards Stockport, to the west end of the Etherow
Viaduct at Old Broadbottom Brow, on the river Etherow,
dividing Cheshire and Derbyshire, and opposite Best Hill
Mill, being a distance of about one mile and fourteen chains.
The work includes several bridges, a short viaduct, and a
considerable extent of retaining walls, and about 300,000
yards of earthwork, some of which ill go to spoil. The
above is situated nine or ten miles east of Manchester, and
about a mile south of Mottram.

The GAMESLEY CONTRACT extends from the east
end of the Etherow Viaduct to the west end of the great
viaduct at Dinting Vale, on the turnpike road, a mile below
Glossop, and about twelve miles from Manchester. This
work contains several bridges and culverts, and about 480,000
cubic yards of excavation.
Any further information may be obtained at the Offices of
the Company in Sheffield or Manchester ; or at the Office of
Mr. VIGNOLES, the Company's Engineer, No. 4, Trafalgar-
square, London •, at Mottram and at Tintwistle, in Cheshire,
on the road to Sheffield. _

By order of the Directors,
CHARLES THOMSON, Secretary,
15, Piccadilly, Manchester, 24th April, 1839.

MODERN UMBRELLAS and PARASOLS made
really serviceable, at Low Pp.ICES, at
E. MORISON'S,
29, LORD-WI REET„
OIL CLOTHS, WALKING STICKS, &c.

[PRICE FIVEPENCE.

Co 1)t Ert.

TO be LET, Two HOUSES, in Boundary-street. Rent,
£35. Apply to S. &J. HOLME, Seel-street.

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(AN SALE, at Mr. Walker's, Newingto‘-bridge, a beau-
tiful PONY GIG and HARNESS:. To save trouble,
the lowest price £27.

ON SALE, FREEHOLD LAND, in Gibraltar-row, well
calculated for a Warehouse, being ear the Prince's
Dock and Bath-street.
Apply to Mr. KAYE, Chapel-street.

ON SALE, by PRIVATE TREATY, Two or Three
HOUSES, in St. Paul's-square and its immediate
neighbourhood. Apply to Messrs. LACES, CLAY,tand
MYERS, Union-court, Castle-street.

FREEHOLD BUILDING LAND, AT NORTH BIR-
KENHEAD, CHESHIRE.
TO be SOLD, by PRIVATE CONTRACT, several Lots of
valuable BUILDING GROUND, situate at Woodside,
North Birkenhead, in the county of Chester, with fronts
towards George-street, Lord-street, and Somerville-street.

For further particulars apply at the Office of Mr. J.
HOWARD, Solicitor, Brazil Buildings, Drury-lane, Liverpool.

BURLINGTON-STREET, SCOTLAND-ROAD.
TO be SOLD by PRIVATE CONTRACT; a Freehold
MESSUAGE or DWELLING-HOUSE, being No. ,
situate on the north side of Burlington-street, now in the
oceupation of Mr. R. Smith, as tenant thereof. A 1,59, a
Freehold WORKSHOP and PREMISES, adjoining the
said Messuage or Dwelling-house, and formerly used as a
Plaster of Paris Manufactory. Also, a Freehold MES-
SUAGE or DWELLING-HOUSE, situate at the back of
the last-mentioned Premises.
The Ground on which the above Premises are erected mea-
sures to the front and at the back, severally, 12 yards, and
runs in depth backwards 15 yards 8 inches, or thereabouts.
For further particulars, and to treat for the purchase, ap-
ply to Messrs. HARMOOD BANNER and SON, North John-
street.

FREEHOLD HOUSES IN EGREMONT, CHESHIRE,

ON SALE.
TO be SOLD, by PRIVATE TREATY, Four newly-erected
DWELLING-HOUSES, situate on the north side of,
and fronting, a new street, calledUnion-street,in Egremont,
in the township of Liscard, and county of Chester.
These Houses are pleasantly situated, within five minutes'
walk of the Egremont Ferry, whence Steam Packets regu-
larly ply, every half hour, to and from Liverpool. They
command an extensive and delightful view of the River
Mersey and the adjacent country, and are sltbstantially and
commodiously built, comprising every convenience for mo-
derate-sized Families,—three of the Houses containing re-
spectively, good Cellaring, well drained, Two Parlours,
Kitchen, and Scullery, on principal floor, and Four Bed-
rooms above ; and the fourth contains one additional Bed-
room, and a large Drawing-room, measuring 181 feet by 151
feet.

The Houses have Flower Gardens in front, walled and
pallisaded, with Kitchen Gardens behind, and are built so as
to form part of a Crescent, and stand about 50 feet back from
the line of Union-street.

The whole Property contains 1,214 square yards of Land,
which is Freehold of Inheritance, and respectably tenanted
by Mr. Fletcher, Mr. Horsfall, Mr. Stephenson, and Mrs.
Hawkins, and will be sold altogether or separately, to suit
purchasers.
For further particulars apply at the Office of J. H. KEN-
YON, Solicitor, 16, Castle-street, Liverpool.

ANCHORS AND CHAIN CABLES.
Best Warranted ANCHORS, and
Corporation Machine Tested CHAIN CABLES,
CONSTANTLY ON SALE.
RALPH CLAY and,SON, _

Apply to

Trentham-street, Salthouse Dock. -
Who have a quantity of Second-hand CABLES on hand.

TELEGRAPH.
DOCK RATE PAYERS.

ACOMMUNICATION having been received from the
Deputy-Chairman of the Dock Committee, intimating,
" That an arrangement has been made with Mr. Watson
" whereby all information conveyed by "Eilegraph will be
" communicated to the Public gratuitously, as was done
" prior to June last," NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN,
that the PUBLIC MEETING of the DOCK RATE
PAYERS, intended to be held TO-MORROW, (Wednesday,)
WILL NOT TAKE PLACE, the objeot having been effected.
W. NICOL, Chairman of the Deputations.