The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-09-16 00:00:00

Contrartg.

CONTRACTS FOR MEAT, FLOUR, OATMEAL,
AND DPEAS.
HE GUARDIANS of the WESTIRRBY.UNION
are desirous of CONTRACTING the supply of the
following Articles, for the ensuing Six onths, viz. :
Good BEEF and MUTTON, at'per
The Best Seconds WHEATEN F .Jl." R, at per Pack.
OATMEAL, at per Ditto.
The Best WHITE BOILING P' AS, at per Bushel.
The above Articles to be deli, ed, free of expense, at the
Workhouse, in Mill-lane, Ev; on, in such proportions and
at such times as may be req red by the Governor, and no
Articles will be received unless approved of by him or the
Guardians.
The Tenders (with samples of Flour, Meal, and Peas) to
be sent to the Workhouse on or before MONDAY, the 19th
September instant.
' Security will be required for the performance of the
Contract.
Further particulars may be known on application to Mr.
LYTHGOE, the Governor.
By order of the Board,
WILLIAM l7, Leigh-street, LiveCLEAVER, Clerk.
rpool,l3th September, 1842.

BRISTOL AND GLOUCESTER RAILWAY.
?THE Directors of this Undertaking will receive Proposals
I. for LOANS OF MONEY ON DEBENTURES, to
be issued under the provisions of the acts of Parliament, in
the month of OCTOBER next, in sums of not less than
£2OO, for terms of three, five, seven, or ten years, on Interest
at the rate of £5 per Cent, per Annum, payable Half-yearly,
at the Banks of Messrs. MILES, HARFORD, and Co., Corn-
street, Bristol, and Messrs. BARNETT, HOARE, and Co.,
Lombard-street, London.

For Moneys immediately advanced the security of Loan
Notes under the Seal of the Company will be given, which
may be exchanged for Debentures in the said month of Oc-
tober.

Tenders, expressing the Sums and Terms of Years, to be
addressed to the undersigned, at the Company's Office,
Exchange Buildings, Bristol.
By order of the Committee of Management,
ROBERT FLETCHER, Secretary.
Office, Exchange Buildings, Bristol,
30th May, 1842.

SHEFFIELD, ASHTON-UNDER-LXI:M, AND MAN-

CHESTER RAILWAY.
CONTRACT F0.,12.... MCA* TEIN sui
Z Litti; Mitowing WORKS :
CONTRACT No. 6, OR DINTING VALE VIADUCT CAI'
TRACT.—To commence at the termination of the Gairiesley
Contract, in a field No. 226 on the plan, in the-parish of
Glossop, and to terminate in the field No. 209oPfi the plan,
in the said parish ; the length of the viaduct being 484 yards
or thereabouts.

CONTRACT NO. 7, OR LONGENDA 1/CONTRACT.—To
commence at the termination of the nting Vale Viaduct
Contract, and to terminate in a field o. 2on the Plan in
the Parish of Glossop, near to the entrance of the Summit
Tunnel ; the length being six miles and 73 chains or there-
abouts.

These Contracts to comprise the whole of the Works
necessary for the completion of the lengths of the Railway
herein mentioned, including the ballasting and laying of the
permanent road, except the rails and chairs, which will be
found by the company. The contract is also to include the
maintenance of the works for twelve months after their
entire completion.—Plans, sections, specifications, and draft
forms of contract may be seen on application to the Secretary,
at the Railway Office, 15, Piccadilly, Manchester, on and
after Monday, the 29th instant.
Sealed tenders, addressed to the Secretary, and endorsed
" Tenders for Works," to be sent in on or before Monday,
the 19th September next, after which day no tender will be
received.

Printed forms of tender may be obtained at the office,
and no others will be attended to.—The Directors will not
consider themselves bound to accept the lowest offer.—By
order of the Board,

JOHN PLATFORD, Secretary
Manchester, 15. Picadilly, 25th August. 1842.

CONTRACTS FOR CLOTHING.
BOROUGH OF LIVERPOOL.
THE WATCH COMMITTEE hereby give Notice, that
they are willing to receive TENDERS for supplying,
by Contract, the following Articles of CLOTHING for the
Constabulary Force, viz.:—

490 Uniform BODY COATS and ,lIANTA-
No. 1. LOONS, for Constables, and
64 Uniform FROCK COATS and PANTA-
LOONS, for Firemen. I
2. 40 FROCK COATS and PANTALOONS, for
Inspectors.
3. 30 BODY COATS, VESTS, and PANTA-
LOONS, for Bridewell Keepers.
4. 70 Plain Felt HATS, for Inspectors.
5. 550 Uniform Felt HATS,
6. 550 Pairs of Leather BOOTS, for
7. 1200 Pairs White Cotton GLOVES, Constables.
The Committee reserve to themselves the option of dividing
any one of the Contracts, as above numbered, into two lots
of equal proportions. Persons, therefore, sending in Tenders
are requested to state their prices for the whole of any one
lot, or for one half.
Sample Patterns may be inspected, any day between the
hours of Nine and Twelve o'Clock in the Forenoon, at the
Office of the Head Constable, until the Bth day of October
next.
The whole of the Cloth to be Wool-dyed, and of one
quality and description, for the Articles named in Lot No. 1.
The Uniform Buttons for the Coats and Vests are pro-
vided by the Committee.
The Committee will not pay for any Sample Patterns sent for
inspection, except those they approve of for the Contracts.
The Parties whose Tenders shall be accepted will have to
enter into the usual Contract with the Watch Committee for
the due fulfilment thereof ; and, also, engage to complete and
deriver the Goods on the 20th day of April, 1843, to be paid
for, on approval, in Cash, at the expiration of One Month
from the delivery.

Sealed Tenders, separate from the Sample Patterns, must
be left at the Secretary's Office not later than FRIDAY, the
14th day of October next, addressed to the Chairman of the
Watch Committee, and marked " Tender for Clothing," and
any Person offering Tenders for one or more of the aforesaid
Articles must send Samples and Tenders for each separate,
and numbered on the outside as described.

" order) CAPES AS-a—LIN, Secretary
Wateh-office, No. 1, Fentoick-street,
10th September, 1842.

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LONDON UNION FIRE AND LIFE OFFICt,
INSTITUTED A.D• 1714.
THE Agency of this Office, conducted by the late Mr.
HENRY HAMER, is continued under the management of
JAMES C. DUNCAN,
Telegraph Warehouse, Chapelsatreet, and
STUDLEY MARTIN,
(Co-Agent with the late Mr. Ramer,)
1, Exchange Chambers, Tithebarn-street ;
and Policies may be renewed and New Insurances effected
(both Fire and Life) at their Offices as above, as heretofore.
THOMAS LEWIS, Secretary, Cornhill, London.

NATIONAL LOAN FUND ASSURANCE SOCIETY.
I for granting Life Assurances, Deferred Annuities
414 c.
&c., 26, CouNntm„ London.—Capital, £soo,ooyEm-
Powered by Special Act of Parliament.

DIRECTORS.
T. Lamie Murray, Esq., Chairma,
John Elliotson, M.D., F.R.S. John 'taws. , Esq.
John Griffith Frith, Esq. John kid a Stodart, Esq.
H. Gordon, Esq. Cleme abor, Esq.
George Lungley, Esq. Jose!) hompson, Esq.
Auditors—Professor Wheatstone, F.R.S. ; Professor Graves,
A. M. , F. R. S.
Actuary—W. S. B. Woolhouse, Esq., F.R.A.S.
Physician—J. Elliotson, F.R.S.
Surgeon—E. S. Symes, Esq,
Solicitors—Messrs. Sweet, Sutton, Ewens, and Orannanne3r.
Bankers—Messrs. Glyn, Halifax, Mills, and Co.
The most rational motives to Life Assurance are found in
the plan adopted by this Society; viz., joined to a securer
provision at death for inheritors of the assured, the Society' affords succour to the assured himself (proportioned to per-
vious payments) in the event of unforeseen reverses.
Annual division of profits.
F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, Secretary..
AGENTS :
Caatle-street..
Liverpool—JAS. IRVINE, Esq., 28, South
Manchester—Messrs. DUFFIELD, LOFTHOUSE, and
WHITWORTH, 12, Princess-street.

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S. RICHARDSON,

(LATE WOOD BROTHERS,)
4, LORD-STREET, (Six Doors from Paradise-street,)
Begs to announce to the Public, that be is now
SELLING OFF/

STOCK OF HATS, CAPS, &c.,
At very Reduced Prices, previous to extensive Alterations

Royal Bank Buildings, Sept. 12.
THE SEPTEMBER OVERLAND MAIL FROM
1_ CHINA has caused a slight advance upon Teas. We
continue to Sell Eine Congou-4s. 6d.—per lb., full
Soudiongflavour, and are justified in stating that there is no
better Black Tea for general Family use, give what price
you will.

Always on hand—small Chests, 12 and Plbs. each
COFFEE.

FINE EAST INDIA—
(The Dutch Company's Imports)} IS. 6D. PER LB.
The Netherland Trading Society sell annually, by two
Public Auctions—upwards of " Sixty Thousand Tons—of
this class of Coffee.

Colombia and Costa Rica—
Strong and peculiar full flavour } Is. 9d. per lb
Jamaica—
Very fine mountain growth 2s. Od.

ROBT. ROBERTS & COMPANY

WALTER BOSTOCK'S
AND SHOE WAREHOUSEr
21. PARADISE-STREET.
WALTER BOSTOCK wishes respectfully to intimate
to his Friends and the Public generally, that he has no
connection whatever with another house in the town making
use of his name, the whole of his busineSs being carried on
at No. 21, Paradise-street.
W. B. solicits attention to his present Stock of BOOTS
and SHOES, into which he has introduced every article in
the Trade that is New ,Fashionable, and Useful; and as he
is the Manufacturer of his own Goods, (and not a nzere
vendor,) he is able to warrant every thing sold at his estab-
lishment.

BOOT

In order to afford Purchasers every advantage, and to avoid
credit, the lowest possible price is charged for every article.

NOVEL PIANO-FORTES.
TAMES SMITH respectfully invites the Nobility, Gentry,
tl and the Public in general to an inspection of the
LATEST NOVELTIES in PIANO-FORTES, personally
salected by him in London, within the lao few days, from
the Manufactories of Broadwood and /Sons, Collard and
Collard, Tontkison, &c., in Meg.LE, MAHOGANY,
ROSE, SATIN, and ZEBRA WOODS.
J. S., having made recent additions to his Premises, is
enabled to exhibit a STOCK which, for extent, quality,
variety in design, and lowness of Price. stands unrivalled.
Exporters will meet with peculiar advantages in selecting
from the above Stock.
Music Warehouse, 66, Lord-street.

OLD ESTABLISHED
LITHOGRAPHIC ESTABISHMENT,
51, LORD-STREET, LIVERPOOL.

G. J. POORE AND CO.,
(LATE JAMES BELL,
TN soliciting a continuance of the very considerable public
-a- Patronage hitherto conferred on them, beg to say that,
from the number of first-rate workmeri they keep on the
Prethises, they are able to execute every description of the
most elaborate Plans of Estate, Chalk Drawings, Maps,
Circular Letters, Bill Heads, Cards, &c., &c., with certain
expedition, and equal in style to the most celebrated London
Lithographers.

Every facility for quick despatch of Merchants' weekly
Circulars.

WILLIAM PITT,
WHOLESALE PAPER DEALER STATIONER,
No. 2, STRAND-STREET, LIVERPOOL,
-HAVING received the appointment of Agent for the Sale
1-1- of WALKDEN'S INKS and INK POWDERS,
manufactured by COOPER and PHILLIPS, (late WALE-
DEN, DARBY, and TERRY,) No. 5, Shoe-lane, London, begs
to acquaint the Trade in general that they can he supplied
with every description, in large or small quantities, on the
same terms as from the Manufactory in London.
W. PITT embraces the present opportunity to thank his
Friends and the Public for the very liberal support he has re-
ceived since his commencement in business, and begs to assure
them that it is his utmost ambition to merit the cofidence of
all who may be pleased to honour him with their patronage.
N.B.—Merchants and Shipping Orders particularly at-
tended to, and the full amount of Excise Drawback allowed
on all Papers and Stationery for Exportation.
Account Books Ruled and Bound to any pattern, and on
the most approved principle.