The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1852-10-19 00:00:00

SILKS, VE)XETS, and FURS,

At Robertson andXson's,

19 and 20, Old Haymarket.

FRENCH-SiERINOS, COBURGS, and all the NEW
FABRicQ nrrn.QQrQ,
At Robertson and Mason's,
19 and 20, Old Haymarket.

LINENS, FLANNELS, BLANKETS, HOzIER7,

At Robertson and Mason's,

19 and 20, Old Haymarket,

FAMILY MOURNING, and FUNERAL
FURNISHING, Complete,

At ROBERTSON and MASON'S,
19 and 20, Old Haymarket,

The Arrangements throughout their New Premises
being nowcompleted, ROBERTSON and MA soN respect-
fully invite the Public to inspect a very large and
superior Stock of Goods, at extremely Moderate Prices.

19 and 20, OLD HAYMARKET,
OPPOSITE MANCHESTER-STREET,

TO STRANGERS AND VISITORS

FL. HAUSBURG begs to invite the Strangers
• and Visitors at present in Liverpool to an inspection of
his vast Collection of

BRITISH AND FOREIGN MANUFACTURES,
WORKS OF ART, &c.,
with an immense variety of Articles far too numerous to par-
ticularise.

The Collection is unrivalled in Euro r extent, diversity,
and amount ; and an examination nnot fail to have great
interest, alike for the man of tas nd the ordinary observer.
F. L. H. begs leave, in issui e present invitation, to state,
that the purchase of articl is by no means incumbent upon
those by whom he may favoured with a visit, and they may
in every instance feel cured of a polite and attentive recep-
tion.

OLD POSTafrFICE-BUILDINGS,
Liverpool.

LETTS' DIARIES.
THE undersigned beg to intimate that they have a
large supply of LETTS' DIARIES for 1853.

COPYING PRESSES,

Large Quarto,
Foolscap....
Folio Post...
Extra Ditto .

Lever
£1 10s. .. £1 158., ''2, 3 lOs
.e 2 Os. .... ae2 55., R 5 5s
R 2 . .... ''2 155.,
Os. .... .3 ss. £6 Os
ORGE M'CORQUODALE and CO.
38, Castle-street, th October, 1852.

RETIRING FROM BUSINESS,

PREMISES DISPOSED OF.

JOHN

J ONES, WATERLOO-HOUSE,
CHURCH-STREET, _

Respectfully informs his Friends atid the Public that,
having now disposed of his Premises, tbo—REMAIN-
DER of the STOCK will necessarilvn SOLD OFF
without reserve, to commence on
THIS DAY (TUESDAY), D FOLLOWING
D .
Amongst the nods unsold are—

BLACK A)eb FANCY SILKS,
MERINOS,
COBURGS,
FLANNELS,
B L A N K E TS,
SHAWLS,
SHEETINGS,
PRINTS,
VELVETS,
AND A FEW FANCY GOODS.

In order effectually to carry out this object, the whole
of the Goods has been marked down to a price, that in
a few weeks a thorough clearance is certain.

J. J., in acknowledging the distinguished support
during the many years in business, would solicit an
early inspection of the remaining portion of the stock
at the reduced price.

WATERLOO-HOUSE, CHURCH.STREET,

TWO DOORS FROM HANOVER-STREET

G. S. RUSSELL.
HOUSE, ESTATE, AND COMMISSION AGENT,
22, NORTH JOHN-STREET, LIVERPOOL,
TJAS FREEHOLD and LEAS HOLD PROPER-
TIES,
.'
."
go TIES, of every description, c scantly ON SALE.
trix
Parties desirous of making investments will meet with
every attention.

MONEY, in various am ts, to be advanced on approved
security.
RENTS Collecte nd PROPERTIES carefully Managed.

212 Q MTLNER'S PATENT FIRE-RESISTING
SAFES.
MILNER v. HARRISON.

SECOND TRIAL AT LAW FOR PIRACY OF MILNER'S PATENT.
THE Defendant, JOHN GERMAN HARRISON, having
persevered in the sale of Safes constructed on the princi-
ple of Milner 's Patent, in defiance of the verdickfound against
him in June, 1851, in the Court of Queen's 'Well, and an In-
junction afterwards awarded against lkidi by the Court of
Chancery (lie pretending that the Safes stlld by him since the
first trial were not infringements, but- made under a patent
granted to Messrs. Sann), a secon ction was brought on the
suggestion of Vice-Chancellor ir George Turner, to try
whether such safes were or w not infringements on Milner's
Patent.

This action was trie n the 25th June last, before Lord
Campbell and a spec' ury. The following extracts from the
learned Judge's ad ss to the jury in summing up will show
distinctly the qu ions submitted to the jury :
Lord Campbell.—" I own it seems to me that Mr. Harrison
does not appear before you in very advantageous colours from
these proceedings. He bad been in the service of Messrs.
Milner, and while in their service he takes another shop, and
there he begins and sells fire-proof boxes which were agreed by
a jury sitting where you now are to be substantially the same
as those of Milner, the Patentee, and that record has been
given in evidence: you are not bound by it, but you may at-
tend to it; and I must own that I do not see any reason to
believe that the jury who sat on the trial of that cause were in
any respect mistaker. in point of fact, and I do not discover
that there is any real difference between this case and that ;
you will attend to all the evidence, and form your own conclu-
sion from the evidence that has been given.
" You are first called upon to say whether this invention of
Messrs. Milner is new. As to wheter it is useful, it seems to
me to be allowed on all hands, it seems a most marvellous pre-
servative against fire; for the water remains permanently
held in artificial vessels or in natural vessels, and the very
calamity brings the cure, for the heat causes the water to ex-
pand, and then it is turned into steam, and the steam moistens
the substance which is to be preserved, and so it is an effectual
guard against fire.

" If y-ou think this was new, then the only remaining ques-
tion is with regard to the infringement.

" Now the infringement seems to rest upon substantially the
same evidence as the infringement on the fnrrnor trinl, wh.n
the action was brought against Mr. Harrison.

" Now you find with respect to Tann's Patent, whatever
Tann's invention might have been, that this patent which he
manufactures, and which the defendant Harrison sells, and of
which he calls himself the sole proprietor,' operates in the
same way. It seems to me to act precisely the same way as in
I M' -,fitent ' ,t that you wil►

di!ner's patent, nut upon corm your own judF-
ment. Then if it really has the same effect, and operates in
the same manner, and upon the same principle, it will be for
you to say whether you have any doubt it is an infraction of
Milner's Patent. Those are the two questions for you to con-
sider.”

The Jury found a verdict for the Plaintiff, on both the
issues, thus establishing that the so-called Tann's Patent Safes
are a mere piracy of Milner's invention. After the trial last
year, it was pretended that the Safes then condemned were not
year,
according to Tann's Patent—in other words that the
water in them had not been boiled and set to cool before being
used. The three Safes upon which this second action was
brought were sworn to by Messrs. 7ann as being made accord-
ing to their Patent.

The Public of Liverpool will remember the species of adver-
tisements by which this wretched case has been upheld. THEY
have been as much imposed upon, with regard to the quality
and price of the safes sold by these parties, as the advertisers
have been wronged by their illegal use of Milner's (the only
effective) Fire-resisting principle. The experience of Mr.
Cafferata, as shown at this trial, (by a gentleman unknown to
us before,) is only that of all the buyers of these things. Mr.
C. was induced to give for a safe, 22 x 16 x 16, on the
assurance that it was "Thief-proof—three quarter inch thick
solid wrought iron," &c., &c. Looking at it a day or two
afterwards, at home, and on scraping the paint off it, he found
it a MERE SHELL—a perfect delusion ; and those who have
intrusted their valuable property to such safeguards will do
well to take the same course. _ _

For our own Safes, we have devoted our lives and our earn-
ings to the production of the best securities in the world against
Fire, Robbery, or Violence, which the public has given to us
the best means of making, and which we mean to sell at the

lowest remunerating price's. Before buying a Safe, if parties
will look into our works, and see the labour and attention
paid to the manufacture in all its details, they will be less likely
to be imposed upon by external appearances arid fallacious
--itations in the very important matter of the selection
e. " MILNER'S PIOENIX SAFE WORKS," (late Wind-
ndry,) Falkner-street, are said to be the finest work-
shops in Europe, of their class, certainly TINE MOST EXTEN-

represel
of a Saf

SIVE AND COMPLETE SAFE MANUFACTORY IN THE WORLD,
employing more hands than all the Safe makers in Great Bri-
tain, and the. Proprietors respectfully invite the people of
Liverpool to inspect an establishment that has originated under
our present patent, and grown up amongst them. The effect
of these trials will be to confirm to Messrs. Milner and Son the
exclusive use of materials or vessels in which, to use the
Judge's words, " the water remains permanently held until the
occurrence of the calamity (Fire) brings the cure." The trials

Voxes f

!Ay of Chubb's and Marr's
materials, and of Milner's,
ting principle, proving the
r, will be remembered, and