The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-12-14 00:00:00

TO BRICKLAYERS AND IRONFOUNDERS.

PERSONS willing to CONTRACT with the COM-
MISSIONERS for the better PAVING and SEW-
ERAGE of the Town of Liverpool to execute such BRICK-
WORK as may be required, by the said Commissioners, for
a period not less than Twelve Months, are requested to send
in Sealed Tenders containing the following 13articulars: viz.,
the rate of Bricklayers' and Labourers' Wagei per day; the
Price of Bricks per Thousand; of Morter per Load and per
Hod; and of Cement per Barrel and per Pound.
And Persons willing to CONTRACT for the supply of
such CAST-IRON GRATINGS and FRAMES, POSTS,
and other CASTINGS, as may be required by the said Com-
missioners, during the same period, to be equal in quality to
Samples now lying in the Yard behind the Parish-offices, are
requested to send in Sealed Tenders containing the Prices of
the following Articles: viz., for 22-inch Gratings weighing
6 Cwt.; of 18-inch Gratings weighing 41 Cwt.; and of Iron
Posts weighing 5 Cwt.
The Tenders to be sent in, addressed to the Commissioners,
at their Office, No. 1, Parish-offices, Fenwick-street, Liver-
pool, On or before WEDNESDAY, the 19th day of December
instant.
By order of the Commissioners, ,
G. DEANE, Clerk.
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YORK AND NORTH MIDLAND RAILWAY.
CONTRAOTWR WORKS.
ripHE DIRECTORS of the Y ORK and NORTH MID-
I. LAND RAILWAY COMPANY will meet at their
Office, ST. LEONARD'S-PLACE, York, on THURSDAY,
the 20th December, at ELEVEN o'Clock, to receive Tenders
for the following Contracts.
FAIRBURN OONTRACT.—To make and maintain the Rail-
way, with all the Excavations, Embankments, Tunnels,
Bridges, Culverts, Drains, Fences, and Gates complete;
also a Viaduct over the River Aire at Fairburn, including
the Laying and Ballasting the Permanent Way, (but exclu-
sive of Stone Blocks, Wooden Sleepers, Rails, Chairs, and
Fastenings,) commencing at a point Sixteen Chains East
of the oad leading from Ferrybridge. to Boroughbridge,
and terminating at a point Seventy-Nine Chains West of the
Centre of the River Aire, being a distance of One Mile Fifty-
Two Chains, or thereabouts.

ALTOFTS bONVIACT..7.TO make and Maintain the Rail-
way, with all its Works in like manner, commencing at a
point in the Township of Whitwood, and terminating at the
Junction with the North Midland Railway, in the Township
of Altofts, being a distance of about Two Miles.
Drafts of the Contract, with Plans and Specifications of
the Works, will be ready for inspection at the Engineer's
Office, York, on and after the 28th November, when printed
Forms of Tender may be had, and no other will be attended
to.
The Tenders must be delivered at the RAILWAY OFFICE,
St. Leonard's-place, York, on the 20th December, at or be-
fore TEN o'clock in the Forenoon, under sealed cover, ad-
dressed to the Chairman, and endorsed Tender for Works;
and parties tendering, or parties duly authorised by them,
must be in attendance at the time of meeting.
The Parties whose Tender is accepted, will be required to
enter into a Bond, with Two Sureties, for the due perform-
ance of the Contracts, in a Penalty of not less than Ten per
Cent. upon the gross sum contracted for, and the Names of
the proposed Sureties are to be specified in the Tender.
The Directors will not bind themselves to accept the
Lowest Tender.

GEORGE HUDSON,Z Chairman and Deputy
JAMES MEEK, ) Chairman.
By order,
GEORGE BAKER, Secretary.
York and North Midland Railway Office.
York, November 8, 1838.

THE ENGLISH AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY, AND
SMITHFIELD CLUB.
riIHE FARMER'S MAGAZINE, price One Shilling and
1 Sixpence, published on tfterist of:January; 1839; will
contain an Original Essay on the Turnip Fly, an extra sheet
(16 pages) gratis, giving an accurate Report of the Proceed-
ings at the Meeting of the English Agricultural Society,
which will be held at the Society's Rooms, on the 18th in-
stant; as also a full Account of the Smithfield Club Meeting,
a List of the Prizes, the Speeches at the Dinner, &c., &c. It
will be Embellished with an Engraving of the Animal which
will obtain the first Prize at the Smithfied Show; of Harka-
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tion of the East Lothian Stubble Rake.
It contains ONE HUNDRED and SIXTY Columns of
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Scientific Improvements in Husbandry and Farm Manage-
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and the Proceedings of Local Agricultural Societies; a
Monthly Review of the Corn Trade; with the latest accounts
of the Hop, Wool, and Meat Markets.
The FARMER'S MAGAZINE, Vol. VIII., Price lOs 6d.,
is just published, in royal Bvo., cloth boards, uniform with
Vols. I. to VII.. and may he had, by order, of all Booksellers.
Office, 24, NORFOLK-STREET, STRAND, LON-
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