The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1839-03-08 00:00:00

CONTRACTS WANTED

FOR
150 CAST-IRON LAMP-POSTS AND 500 YARDS OF

LEATHER HOSE.

BOROUGH OF LIVERPOOL.
THE LIGHTING, &c., COMMITTEE HEREBY
GIVE NOTICE, that they will be ready, on SATUR-
DAY, the 16th instant, to receive TENDERS for supplying,
by Contract, 150 CAST-IRON LAMP-PpSTS, (the Caps
and Pitching-levers to be of Wrought r ) similar in every
respect, as to Pattern, Quality, and We "t, to one now lying
for inspection in the Yard behind the P sh-offices, Fenwick-
ir
street. The Contractor will have to d ver them at the Yard
in Comus-street, on or before the 20th of April next; to be
paid for, on approval, in cash, at the expiration of one month
from the delivery.
The committee will, at the same time, receive TENDERS
for furnishing 500 Yards of LEATHER HOSE for Fire-
engines, in lengths of about 13 yards each ; to' be made with
Wrought Copper Rivets, and equal in dimensions, &c., to a
Sample which may be seen at the Fire-police Station; Tem-
ple-court. The Contractor will be expected to complete and
deliver the Hose at the Fire-station, on or before the 20th of
April next; to be paid for, on approval; in cash, at the expi-
ration of one month from the delivery.
Any further information may be had by applying to the
Secretary, with whom Sealed Tenders must be left, not later
than FRIDAY, the 15th instant, addressed to the Chairman
of the " Lighting, &c., Committee," and marked " Tender."
By order,
CAPES ASHLIN, Secretary.
Lighting 4- Fire police Office, No. 1, Fenwick-street,
4th March, 1839.

LAPSANG TEA,
IMPORTED IN LEAD PACKAGES,
SIX SHILLIN"GS PER PACKET.
TN introducing the Lapsang" Ted, it may be well to
-1- observe, that this description has not found its way into
this country before, chiefly on accent of its rarity, and the
high estimation in which it is heldeby the Chinese.
The following remarks, sele fr ted from an eminent work on
China, will perhaps give an id of the superiority and value
of this peculiar kind of tea.

" Lapsane(Leaong-chaang,` small or scarce sort') is the
finest of the stronger black teas, with a leaf that is generally
entire and curly, and more young than in the coarser kinds.
It is usually made up in small packets containing from half
a pound to a pound, and, in some instances, two pounds,
and enclosed in lead to preserve its flavour, which is so fine
as to be used almost exclusively for presentS and the court
of Pekin.

" The finest kinds are sometimes scented with the flowers
of the Chloranthus inconspieuus and Gardenia ficrrida ; and
they cannot be obtained, even among the Chinese, except at
dear prices ; being composed mainly of the young buds, the
quantity produced can only be small, and will bear no pro-
portion to other descriptions. With a view to increasing its
strength and flavour, the application of heat is very limited
in drying the leaves, and for this reason, as well as on account
of its scarcity and high price, very little has ever been brought
to England. The mandarins send it in very small canisters
to each other, or to their friends, as presents, under the name
of Loong-tsing, which is the name of the district where the
tea is made.
" The Chinese usually allow tea to be infused (or to stand
in the teapot before pouring out) longer than we do in
England ; and this, perhaps, is the secret of teas always ap-
pearing to me stronger at Canton. Whatever the reason,
however, the fact is certain, that the infusion, as drunk in
China, is much more potent' than as prepared by our house-
wives at home. Probably the quantity used may have some
influence in the matter—the superior classes in China being
rather liberal in this respect."
*JOSEPH BE4ZLEY, 94,
(laAtegeonto fßorolk-isvtererpeoto, 1 ; —Mr.