The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-11-05 00:00:00

Co ntrarts.

TO NURSERYMEN, &c.
NURSERY NI EN and others desirous of supplYil
11 PLANTS for the BIRKENHEAD PARK, which
now ready for plainting, are requested to send thel
names and addresses to Mr. KEMP, Park-office, Birkee
head, on or b. fore TUESDAY. the..l-2th November, when
f
they will have circulars fists forwarded to Monti
their locality be deem uitable.
By order, SAMUEL MOSS.
Town.kall, Bitk?nhead, 31st Oct. 1844.

LIVERPOOL DOCKS.
TO CONTRACTORS:
'THE COMMITTEE of the LIVER POOL D )CICS
I. will be ready, on SATURDAY, the 9th day of
vember next, to receive TENDERS for EXCAVATILw
and removing by WAGGONS, &c., the MATERIALS
from the Site of the proposed DOCK, between Regent'
road and Great Howard-street.
The Specifications, with plans and Sections of the
ground, may be seen at the Offi_ee-frih-e—Dock Suryeycr,
on the south side of the Cobiirg Dock, from the 21t4
instant to the 7th November next, between Nine a.re••
and Five p.m., each Of:
The Tenders mustie sealed, addressed to the •• Chf Ir-
win of the Sub-Committee of Works." endorsed " Teu"
der for Excavating, &e.," and must he sent in to the
Office of the Secretary, not later than FRIDAY, the Bth
day of November next. By order,

DANIEL MASON, Secretary.
Dock-office, Liverpool. 21st October, 1814.

PARISH OP LIVERPOOL.
CONTRACTS WANTED.
rr.tlE SELECT VESTRY are now ready to receive
TENDERS for the Supply of the WORKHOUSE
for the following articles. viz. :
POTATOES. • •
For the next. Threevr Six Monthsoreecifving, the price
per Measure. The PothQcs
.are-lo be delivered at the
Workhouse at such times,end in such quantities as the
Governor may direct, ara sub to his approval of the
quality, &c.
STRAW.
And for the best dry Wheat Straw, for the next Twelve
Morith,.;.
Any information regarding the probable consun3l'd,on,
,
and the manner in which both articles must be
s"I
at the
may be receive i from Mr. EVANS, the Governor.
Workhouse. Sureties will be required for the due per
fon-lance of the Contracts.
Sealed T,nd,-rs for each article to be left at the Select
Vestry Room, Fenwick-srreet, on or before NVEDN s
DAY, the 13th instant, at Four o'clock.
By order,
NATHAN LITHERLAND,
Liverpool, Ist Nov., 18-14. Secretary.

EDINBURGH, LEITH. & GRANTON RAILWAY'

ESTIMATES
THE DIRECTORS of the EDINBURGD,
and GRANTON RAILWAY COMPANY are 'lli
prepared to receive TENDERS for the EXECUTION
of the WORK of the EDINBURG II TUNNEL, of"
tending from Cannonmills Station of this Railway to t
Stations of the Edinbur and Glasgow and No,,rto
British Railways at C -street, being in length luv
yards or thereby.
h th
A Drift Mine hating been already carried teroog.. e
whole extent of the Tunnel will greatly facilitate intent.
ing Offerers in making up their estimates.
The Plan, Section, and Specification of the work to re
executed may be seen at the liailway Company's 0
here, from MONDAY the 18th to SATURDAY the 3',,se
current; and further particulars may he Ita,ned at 'l'
Office of Messrs. GRAINGER and MILLER, 16, Castle
street.
Sealed proposals, marked " Tender for Tunnel,L,wilt
be received by the Secretary until the evening of V' 14m.
NESDAY the 4th December next.

By order of the Directors.
A. G. FIELD, SecratarY•
Raibrag Office. 35, Scotlawl-street,
Edinburgh, Ist NovPrnber, 1844.

IMPORTANT LIGHT. ,N;E
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HAS. KURTZ'S PATENT SOLAR CAMPHIL
and NAPTHA LAMPS are picularly recors
mended to those desirous of having a cheap and brilli81;
Light. The Camphine Lamps are perfectly harmifll;
being constructed on the Solar prinrille. and wh• re obg
cannot be procured, they wilrbc found an excellent
stitute, the Light being,trually as cheap and
They are entir. ly fret' mm smell cr smoke, consequeo
much superior to atly hitherto in use.
Camphine and Naptha Spirits constantly on band.
28, Moor-street, Back Gorce, Liverpool.
P.S.—The Trade suptlied on reasonable term

PUBLIC NOTICE.
H ER Majesty's Commissioners of Woods, Forests,
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Land Revenues, hiving taken Mr. G RI M STOi • erf
extensive premises in Broad-street, Mr. G. has, at °re-
considerable expense, prepared very commodious Pbe
mises, 434, Oxford-street, London, at which Pl/e6with
earnestly solicits a continuance of the kind support Mlle
which he has been favoured by the Nobility and 11%4
generally. Mr. Grimstone's conaniireial intere°;iae
enables him to vend his foreign foods in the most gen fie'
undition, and he pledges „himself to continue the ti"ote•
facture of every articjoiin its pure and pristine hest
Testimonials of undoubted authority, from th' hw'elsi
characters, proving-the efficacy of his EYE SNUFF ;sth
be seen at his Warehouse as above, a,,d in the to,
A
edition of his Almanac, 1844.—GRIMSTONE'S,,
SNUFF.--A few of the many thousand Testimonl'
Sight Restored and Deafness Cured :
Copy of a Letter. a )f rt.
mg, Kirby-street, Hatton-garden Dec. 9-* sig-a
Sir,—T was from my childhood afflicted with dimness °,,,Ds,f,
and as I advanced in years became almost blind. MY 11-e WI,
being medical practitioner, every oculist of any eminlas 1";
consulted. but unfortunately without any teal relief. I ,)/ th,
commended by one of my friends, although a mem,beriith th
profession who said he had taken it for a few rnW'9,ter 1°,4
happiest result: he being relieved from inflammation a.
uos
sufferic g, induced me to give it a trial. I hay take" fodayslf°4
canisters, and shall continue to use it to the end of rnY to no 0
I have derived so much benefit from using it, that I c in,
read without the assistance of any kind of eye glasses. •oer
feel happy at any time to acknowledge the :.:reat cure lease 4
Snuff has made in my case. Make what use you may Pear. any
this testimony, and remember, lamin my seventieth tit
can read and ao needlework much better than I could
last forty years, without at.y glasses.
I am, Sir, yours gratefully.
O. ri.THERGIL.
mWidowr.
vv ofG rti the
tl
ea to Dr tireorittl
celebrat- d Eye Snuff f t
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Copy of a Letter rent to

To W. Grimstone, Esq.. Inventor of Eye Snuff,
3p, Broad-street, Voodoo.
The Marchioness de Broglio Solari presents her best e.g., 00_
merits to Mr. W. Grimstooe. and has the plc tsure to
in liit~
she has had the most convincing proofs of the beneficial 10ratis'
of his Herbaceous Eye Snuff in many cases of its
res
power. both f sight an hearig. of lie'•
Grirnsto done—Sir, you are, at liberty to make use
name.—September 22. 1842, 46, Charlotte-street.
General)
Any quantity can be forwarded through !be vitt
Post, by sending money orders. A 2s. 4d. canister,
postsge, wll cart 35., and so on in like propoition.
rov,
Agents for Liverpool :—PlEncn and CnossF..
Castle-street ; Ross and NIGLITINGAILE,
Chtllch-stree! ; W. Pnocrnu, 1. Otieol -- C.