The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-09-20 00:00:00

Contrarts.

ARMY CONTRACTS.
Office of Ordnance, Pall-Mall,
sth September, 1842.
IVOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, to all Persons desirous
II of CONTRACTING to supply
MEAT, BREAD, OATS, and FORAGE,
to Her Majesty's Land Forces (Bred and Meat for the Foot
Guards generally, and for the Hou old Cavalry in Middle-
sex excepted) in Cantonments, Quarters, and Barracks, in
the Counties of England severally, in Wales, in North
Britain, in the Isle of Man, and in the Channel Islands, for
Six MONTI'S from the Ist November next, inclusive ;
and also,

STRAW for PAILLASSES,
at the several Barracks and Ordnance Stations in Great
Britain and the Channel Islands,Jor One Year, from Ist
November next.
That Proposals in Writing, addressed to the Secretary to
the Board of Ordnance, sealed up and marked on the outside
Tender for Army Supplies, will be received at the Ordnance
Office, Pall Mall, on or before Thursday, the Sixth Day of
October next ; but none will be received after Eleven o'clock

on that Day.
The Correspondence relating to the Contract for Com-
missariat Supplies, cannot pass free from postage.
Persons who make Tenders are desired not to use any
Forms but those which may be had upon application at the
Office of the Secretary to the Board of Ordnance in Pall
Mall. By order of the Board,
R. BYHAM, Secretary.

BRISTOL AND GLOUCESTER RAILWAY.
THE Directors of this Undertaking will receive Proposals
for LOANS OF MONEY ON DEBENTURES, to
be issued under the provisions of the acts otTarliament, in
the month of OCTOBER next, in sums of not less than
£2OO, for terms of three, five, seven, or I,en years, on Interest
at the rate of £5 per Cent. per Annul ; payable Half-yearly,
at the Banks of Messrs. MILES, H4FORD, 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, 15.12.

SHEFFIELD, ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE, AND MAN-
CHESTER RAILWAY.

CONTRACTS FOR WORKS.
EXTENSION OF TIME.
'THE Directors of this Company having been 'applied to
by several Contractors for an Extension 'of Time, to
enable them to copy the Plans, Specifications, &c., of the
Dinting Vale Viaduct, No. 6, and the Longebdale Contracts,
Nos. 7 and 8, have agreed to POSTPON E LETTING
of the above named WORKS till the 28th instant, at the
Company's Office, 15, Piccadilly, Manchester, where Ten-
ders are to be delivered not later than Twelve o'clock at
Noon on that day.
By order,
JOHN PLATFORD, Secretary.
Manchester, 15, Piccadilly, 14th Sept., 1842.

SHEFFIELD, ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE, AN MAN.
CHESTER RAILWAY.
CONTRACT FOR WORKS.
THE Directors are now ready to receive NDERS for
the following WORKS :
CONTRACT No. 6, OR DILATING VA VIADUCT CON•
TRACT.—To commence at the termination of the Gamesley
Contract, in a field No. 226 on the plan, in the parish of
Glossop, and to terminate in the field No. 209 on the plan,
in the said parish ; the length of the viaduct being 484 yards
or thereabouts.
CONTRACTS Nos. 7 C.; 8, OR LONGENDALE CONTRACTS.—
To commence at the termination of the Dinting Vale Viaduct
Contract, mid to terminate in a field No. 2 on the Plan, iu
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.
Sealed tenders, addressed to the Secretary, and endorsed
" Tenders for Works," to be sent in on or before Twelve
o'clock at Noon on Wednesday, the 28th September instant,
after which day no tender will he 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.-13y
order of the Board,
JOHN PLA.TFORD, Secretary.
_Manchester, 15, Picadilly,l4th September, NU.

SHEFFIELD, ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE, AND MAN-
CHESTER RAILWAY..
FORFEITED SHARES.
B,
Y a Resolution passed at a SPEpIAL GENERAL
MEETING of the Shareholder, held at SheffioefldFie
onv
the 12th day of January last,---Interest at the rate
per Cent. per annum will be paid on all Shares on which the
full amount of Calls has been paid, until such time as the
Railway shall have been opened st.t nionthsAloout
The Directors are now prepared to RECEIVE
TEN-
DERS for any portion of the 1419 SHARES which were
forfeited at the last Half-yearly General Meeting, on the
31st August last, as having the full amount of Calls (XB2
10s. per share) paid up ; the persons now purchasing will,
therefore, be entitled to interest on that amount from the
date of purchase.
These shares now offer to capitalists grand advantages as
an investment—the Treasury having granted their first loan
of £50,000. The line will be further opened to Glossop early
in November next.
All the shafts of the Summit Tunnel are now down and
1601 yards of the double line of driftwav have beer. d'riven
within the last six months—making 3129 yards now driven;
and before the ]st March next it is now ascertained they will
be opened throughout, and the undertaking placed in the
positron to which its advantages so strongly entitle it.
Any further information may be obtained on application
to the Secretary, at the Company's Office, 15, Piccadilly,
Manchester; or at the chambers of Joseph Locke, Esq.,
engineer to the company, Adam-street, Adelphi, London. _
Sealed Tenders for the purchase of Shares to be addressed
to the Secretary on or before the 27th day of September
insttat, endorsed " Tender for Shares."
By order,
JOHN PLATFORD, Secretory.
15, Piccadilly, Manchester., Sept. 14, 042.

ST. BARNABAS' CHURCH, PARLIAMENT-
STREET.
ON SUNDAY next, the 25th instant, TWO SERMONS
will be Preached, (if the Lord permit,) and a Collection
made after each, to defray the expense of the Scripture
Reader for the District assigned to She Church of St.
Barnabas. The Rev. F. OULD, A.M., Incumbent of
Christ Church, will Preach in the Morning; and the Rev.
WM. FALLOON, A.M., Curate of St Jude's, in the
Evening.
The District of St. Barnabas co ins a Population
amounting to nearly 12,000 Souls, the reater part of whom
belong to that Class among whom the labours of a Scripture
Reader are especially useful.
Divine Service will commence in the Morning at Half-past
Ten, and in the Evening at Half-past Six.

LIVERPOOL ANNUAL EXHIBITIO
THE EXHIBITION of the LIVERPOOL ADEMY
of WORKS of MODERN ARTISTS w. OPEN on
MONDAY next, the 12th instant, at Twelv 'clock, at the
Exhibition Rooms, Old Postoffice-place, rch street.
Admission Is., Catalogue Is., Season cket ss.
JAMES T. EGLINGTON,
Secretary to the Academy of Arts.

ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.
THIS Popular and pre-eminently attractive Resort is
OPEN Daily, from Seven A.M. till Dusk.
By particular desire, THIS EVENING, (Friday,) and
on MONDAY next, the ROMAN FESTA : at Dusk, the
GRAND ILLUMINATION OF ST. PETER'S ; after
which, the Friday's Exhibitions will be Disc tinned.
This inconceivably magnificent Spectar is succeeded
by the Pyrotechnic Wonders of the G ANDOLA OF
ST. ANGELO, with all its splendi incidents, termi-
nating with the Gorgeous Cascade Brilliant Fire, and
Tremendous Flights of Rockets.
The Grand Musical Promenade at Five o'clock.
Fire Works of St. Angelo to commence precisely at Half-
past Seven o'clock.
The famous performing Elephant RAJAH will promenade
the Garden, drawing a splendidly decorated Car, with the
attendants in the full Eastern Costume, during the Afternoon.
To enliven the Evening's Promenade, Mr. STUBBS'
ROYAL HARMONIC BAND will Perform a favourite
Selection of Music.

The Gardens are Illuminated with beautiful tripod Gas
Lamps.
ADMITTANCE, ONE SHILLING.

BRISTOL AND GLOUCESTER RAILWAY.
EXTENSION LINE.

BEING CALL OF £lO PER CENT., BEING X' PER SHARE.
THE Committee of Management o this Undertaking
having resolved, at a Meeting ißristol this day, to
CALL, under the Provisions of t Acts of Parliament
relative to the said Undertaking, for n INSTALMENT of
£5 PER SHARE, Notice is Hereby Given, that the Sub-
scribers to the said Undertaking, and Proprietors of Shares
therein, are required to pay, on or before the 24th day of
September instant, to any one of the under-mentioned
Bankers, the sum of £5 on each of their respective Shares,
viz. :
London Messrs. BARNETT, HOARE, and Co.
c-Messrs. MILES, HARFORD, and Co.
Messrs. BAILLIE, AMEs, and Co.
Bristol .. .. Messrs. STUCKEY'S BANKING COMPANY.
(THE WEST OF ENGLAND & SOUTH WALES
DISTRICT BANK.
Gloucester The GLOUCESTERSHIRE BANKING COMPA NY.
Manchester Messrs. Jrstgs, Lori), and Co.
By order of the Committee of Management,
GEORGF. JONES, Chairman.
ROBERT FLETC HE R, Secretary.
Interest at the rate of £5 per Cent. per Annum will be
charged to all Parties who remain in arrear for this Call after
the above-named 24th day of September.
sth September, 1842. .
Office, Exchange-buildings, Bristol.

COMPTON HOUSE-
CLOAK ROOM.
JEFFERY and MORRISH earnestly solicit the attention
eJ of Ladies to the Variety of New/Designs in CAPES,
MANTLES, MANTILLAS, CLOAKS, DORIOS, &C.
The coming season promises tcaurnish a distinctly new
description of Garment peculiarly iidapted to the comfort of
the wearer, combined with an effective style: viz.,
THE BENEDICTINE DORIO CLOAK,
THE CARDINAL EN CALCULE,
THE DUENNA MANTLE,
THE ROMAN SHAWL,
THE BORDINIAN WRAPPER,
with every description of TRAVELLING CLOAKS.

C LOAK ROO M,
COMPTON HOUSE,
43, 45, and 47, CHURCH-STREET.

ARNARD MARKS, announcing to his Friends and
11 the Public the demise of his lamented father, Lyon
Marks, takes this opportunity of informing them that it is
his intention to continue the Business of TAILOR and
DRAPER, hitherto carried on by him and his late Father,
as partners, at No. 57, 1% APPING, under the firm of Marks
and Sin, and trusts by unremitting attention to merit a con-
tinuance of the patronage so extensively bestowed on the late
Firm ; and it is his intention to continue the name of the
Firm of Marks and Son, as he flatters himself advantage-
ously known to the public.
p.S.—All Debts owing by or to the late Finn will be paid
and received by me, BARNARD MARKS, as one of the Exe-
cutors of his late Father. lie requests that all demands
against the private estate of the late Lyon Marks may be
forthwith sent in.
57, Wapping, 16th Sept., 1842.

GENERAL STATIONERY AND PRI:
ESTABLISHMENT,
AND
TRANSATLANTIC NEWSPAPE,.... OFFICE,
5, SOUTH JOHN-STREET,
(FIRST DOOR FROM LORD-STREET.)
CHARLHARLES WILLMER respectfully announces to his
ES
Friends and the Public generally, that he has succeeded
to the STATIONERY and ?.1111<TTING PUSINESS of
the late W. DUCKWORTH, wbich he intends carrying on in
connexion with his NEWSPAPER and ADVERTISING
BUSINESS, on the Premises as above.
British and Foreign Newspapers, Magazines, and Books
supplied in Town and Country, and sent to all parts of the
globe.
One of ARNOTT'S STOVES, nearly new, with Piping
complete, on SALE, at Half-price.
September 17, 1812.

_NTING
i'RET
oittjr dejleitv6l

UNRIVALLED DISTRIBUTION!--8,200 MONEY
DIVIDENDS will be divided in November next,
amongst 8,200 SELECTED Bonds of the LOAN negotiated
in the year 1820, and GUARANTEED by the GOVERN.
MENT and his Royal Highness the GRAND DUKE of
BADEN.
1 Dividend 50,000 Florins
1 do. 25,000 do.
1 do. 12,000 do.
1 do. 10,000 do. .. . ..... 10,000 do .
1 do. 5,000 do. ........ 5,00,-, .
8 do. 1,000 do. ........ o do.
10 do. 500 do. 8,000 do.
10 do. 200 do.
........... 2,000,° do.do.
200 do. 110 do.
200 do. 105 (10. ........ 22,000 do.
467 do. 100 do. ........ 21,000 do.
7,300 do. 94 do. ........ 46,700 do.
........ 686,299 do.
-

8,200 Money Dividends, amounting to 892,900 Florins,
or 1;7,1,400 Sterling Money.
8,200 SELECTED Bonds, EACH 6 of which obtain,.
ONE of the above Dividends.
Largest Dividend £4,166 13 4
Smallest Dividend ... 7 168
12 florins equal to £1 sterling, a.trifle more or less, as per
the day's exchange. All the Dividends payable without any
deduction whatever.
Direct for the few Bonds which are still on sale,
WITH-
OUT DELAY, to
H EINE BROTHERS, at HVEB_URlTotihLlnstant,
Bonds are on sale now at £l3.
EA
WILL BE ESTA-
if not earlier, A HIGHER
BLISHED, should the stock nßotAsTutfi
Those, who remit £l3 BEFORELISHED, will receive an.
WILL HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED,
togetherßlSE
IN PRICE
with a warranted.
order for the surplus of
Ise whose order reaches us too.
SELECTED Bond.
by first post.
nbrr, 1842.
late for being attended Ttooththeir remniEttiaNncEes,Blol
TbeHrEetaurns.ee:
Hambwryh, Ist &Pie'

HEREAS a fiat in bankruptcy is awarded and issue
vi
VV forth against JOHN BROOKS, of Liverpool, in
rOctober
s hereby
next re-
quired
,at
s c
u said r
e
dof Y, at the
the county of Lancaster, hotel-keeper, victualler, dealer and
Chapman,oandsaid
he being declared a bankrupt
surrender himself to the commissioners in the sa.dt
i l os
tint named, or the major part of them, on the 28th day f
s,
September instant, and on the 25th Zety o
Clarendon Rooms, South John-street, in Liverpool afore-
one in the afternoon, on each of the
a his estate.
said, and make a full discovery and d
and effects; when and where the creditors
are to come pre
pared to prove their debts,, and at the fir -
assignees, and at the last sitting the said first sitting to choose
bankrupt
to finish his examination, and the is required.
or dissent from the allowan el of creditors are to assent to.
his ..
indebted to the said bankrupt, certificate. All persona,
ejects, are poi to pa..
:, or deliver
or that have any of his.
commissioners
shall
Jobssolc, SON, and w
appoint, but give notice to Messrs>.
London ;ortoMr li EATHERALL, Solicitors, Temple,
• iTe nOO c Ic., Solicitor, Manchester.