The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-02-08 00:00:00

CONTRACT FOR BOOTS

BOROUGH. OF LIVERPOOL.
THE WATCH COMMITTEE hereby give notice, that
they are ready to receive TENDERS for supplying, by
Contract, the following Article for the CONSTABULARY
FORCE, viz.—

540 Pairs of LEATHER BOOTS

To be Tendered for in one Lot, or two Lots of 270 Pairs
each.
The Sample Pattern may be inspected any day, between
the hours of Nine and Twelve o'clock in the Forenoon, at
the Office of the Head Constable.
The Parties whose Tender 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 deliver the Goods on the 20th day of April next. To
be paid for, on approval, iu cash, at the expiration of one
month from the delivery.

The Committee will not pay for any Sample-patterns sent
for inspection, except those they approve of for the Contract.
Sealed Tenders, separate,from the,Sample-patterns, must
be left at the Secretary's Office, not later than FRIDAY, the
18th instant, addressed to the Chairman of the Watch Com-
mittee, and marked " Tender for Boots."

By order,
CAPES ASHLIN, Secretary
Watch-office, No. 1, Fenwick-street,
_ _ _

Feb. 1, 1842

431tbitration5.

SMOKE NUISANCE.
Shortly will be Published,
_ _

A n Account of the Patent and other Modes of Preventing
rA. or Consuming SMOKE. Drawn up by desire of the
Leeds Smoke Committee, by WILLIAM WEST, Professional
Chemist, Leeds.
The work will contain a brief account of every plan sub-
mitted to the London Common Council, the Leeds Meeting,
and other public bodies, and of several not before published,
and will give information at once clear, concise, and impar-
tial, showing in how many ways this important object may
be effected, and enabling parties about to erect or alter En-
gines or Furnaces, to choose the construction best fitted for
their locality and purposes.
Price, without plates, One Shilling ; or for distribution,
per Dozen, 9s. ; per Hundred, 705. With Lithographic
Plates and Explanations, Two Shillings, with a proportionate
reduction for quantities.

THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH ON RAILWAYS.
Just published, in royal octavo, 3s. 6d. cloth, lettered, with
four engravings,
TELEGRAPHIC RAILWAYS; or, THE SINGLE WAY,
recommended by Safety, Economy, and Efficiency, un-
der the safeguard and control of the Electric Telegraph ;
with particular reference to Railway Communication with
Scotland and to Irish Railways.
By WILLIAM FOTHERGILL COOKE, Esq.
CONTENTS : Objects of the Treatise— Distinguishing
Characteristics of present Railways—Evidence before Select
Committee—Advantages of Telegraphic Corn munication—
Mode of Working the Blackwall Railway by the Electric
Telegraph—Description of the Electric Telegraph—Plan for
a "Telegraphic' Railway—Course of an Express Train—
Ballast Waggons—Permanent Obstruction—Crossing of two
Trains—Description of Signals—Concluding Remarks on
Single Way—Mixed Lines—Scottish Junction Line—lrish
Railways—Advantages common to Single, Mixed, and Dou-
ble Lines—Public Confidence—Reduction of Stock—lncome
from Telegraph—Alertness—Adaptation to Wants of country
population—Conclusion.
London : Simpkin, Marshall, and Co.