The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1849-12-18 00:00:00

CHEAP PIANO-FORTES

CI QUARE PIANO-FORTES, at THREE
k 3 GUINE 1S; FULL GRAND DITTOS, at SIX GUINEAS;
UPRIGHT PIANO-FORTES, at EIGHT GUINEAS. Also,
NEW COTTAGE PIANO-FORTES, at TWENTY GUINEAS,
Wrsonally selected in London within the last few days, all
ARRANTED INSTRUMENTS.
May now be obtained at
JAMES SMITH'S

MUSIC AND GENERAL MUSICAL INSTRUMENT SALE
AND HIRING ROOMS,
66, LORD-STREET.

The TRADE, PROFESSORS, and. ScnooLs, advantageously

supplied

N.B.—EXPORTERS supplied on the most liberal terms, and
with the greatest despatch.

TUNING occasionally or under an annual arrangement.
REMOVALS in a covered SPRING VAN.

RAILWAY AND CARRIAGE

WRAPPERS

P- - -
ÜBLIC attention is respectfully called to
the IMMENSE STOCK of RAILWAY. GIG and
CARRIAGE WRAPPERS, consisting of nearly 100
different Patterns, of the most superb Designs, in
Alpaca, Saxony, and every Fabric manufactured, at

ASKEW'S

NOTED HOILSE CLOTHING EMPORIUM,

17, RANELAGH-STREET,

(OPPOSITE THE WATERLOO HOTEL,)
Where, as usual, is constantly on band one of the
largest Stocks in the Kingdom of Horse Rugs, Horse
Suits, Gig and Carriage Foot Rugs, together with all
the appendages of the Stable, at the lowest Wholesale
Prices. •

The celebrated CUT BACK and CART HORSE
SHEETS, Strapped complete, always in Stock.

C. ASKEW AND CO.,_
WOOLLEN MANWFACTURERS,
WAREHOUSE, 17, RANELAOH-STREET,
(Opposite the Waterloo Hotel,)
LIVERPOOL.

THE SECOND PORTION and best Class of the
Stock of Mr. Gerrard Donking. who is retiring from the
DRAPERY and SILK MERCERY TRADE, is now on Sale at
MR. BRISCOE'S ESTABLISHMENT,
60 and 62, OLDHALL-STREET,
Consisting of Black and Coloured Silks, Long and Square
Shawls, Mantles, English and French Merinoes, Coburg Cloths,
Alpaca Lustres, Delaines, Cachmeres, Tweeds, Plaids, Cloak-
ings, Flannels, Blankets, Counterpanes, Sheetings, Irish Linens,
Hosiery, Ribbons, Prints, &c.
In addition to which, Mr. BRISCOE has purchased exten-
sively, at ruinously low prices, a larget lot of EMBROIDERED
VICUNAI CLOTHS, EMBROIDERED ROBES, Scotch and
Yorkshire PLAIDS and TWEEDS, FRENCH MERINOES and.
CURTAIN DAMASKS, to which lie would invite especial at-
tention; together with his usual display of SILKS, VELVETS,
MANTLES, SHAWLS, IRISH POPLINS, &c.; and, suffice it
to say, that, as at this stage of the season great sacrifices are
usually made by Manufacturers and Wholesale Dealers, every
advantage of this kind will be derived by Purchasers at this
Establishment.

• The FUR STOCK, consisting of Real Sables, Minks, Ermine,
Chinchilli, &c., is also offered at reduced prices.

60 and 62, OLDHALL-STREET.

GO TO 40, BOLD-STREET, FOR CHEAP ;GLASS.
T WARD, 40. BOLD-STREET, gratefully *tallow-
') • ledges the patronage he has received for supplying the
Public with the best quality of RICHLY-CUT and PLAIN
GLASS, and assures them that, as he enjoys peculiar advan-
tages in purchasing his Stock, he is enabled to offer Goods,
"quality compared," at prices considerably below the usual
rate.
His Stock is extensively assorted in every description of Cut
and Plain Glass, Bohemian Glass, Alabaster Figures, Japan and
Papier Macbe Tea Trays, &c., &c.
The following list of prices is of such Goods as can be recom
mended :
Best Cut Quart Decanters
Pint Ditto
A Set of Ten Glass Dessert Dishes, usually}
1 0 0 the Set
sold for 30s.
Cut Wine Glasses, from 0 0 3 each
Half-pint Tumblers, very good 0 0 3 ..
Cruet Frames, and Three Bottles 0 1 0 the Set.
Pickle Dish 0 0 If each
A Set of Three Bohemian Ornaments
A good Celery Glass
Water Jug 0 3 0 ..
A Set of Three Trays, 16, 24, and 30 inches
A single 24 inch Tray
Obsesve.—J. WARD, 40 D
BOL-STREET. Liverpool, the Pre-
mises lately oecupieu air. T. Smith ; and no connexion with
any other shop in Liverpool

0 2 9 each
0 1 9 ..

DOCTOR ARNOTT'S VENTILATING CHIMNEY
VALVE,
FOR CARRYING OFF HEATED AND IMPURE AIR.
THE real utility of the Valve must be apparent to
the most casual observer; it is not a luxury, but an
absolute necessity—an essential to the preservation of health
and the prevention of disease Who has not experienced the
excessive and disagreeable closeness of a bed-chamber when
first awakening in the morning? Who has not, on a cold
winter's evening, when sitting in a room with cheerful fire,
lighted lamp, closed doors and shutters, felt an oppressiveness
that lulls to an uncomfortable doze; a still more wearisome
sensation when disturbed, resulting perhaps its a headache?
The quotation from Dr. Arnott's work points to the causes—
his ingenuity discovered a simple remedy—
A VENTILATING VALVE fixed in the Chimney near the

Ceiling of the Room.
They are easily fixed by an ordinary workman, without in-
Tring paper or paint, and may be coloured to match either.
he instructions, which are very simple, are attached to each
Valve.

SOLD BY
BENJAMIN HIGGS,
FURNISHING IRONMONGERY WAREHOUSE,
46, LORD-STREET.

DESTRUCTIVE FIRES IN GLASGOW, MAN-
CHESTER, LINCOLN'S-INN, &c.
MILNER'S " HOLDFAST " and FIRE-RESIST-
ING SAFES are the strongest, best, and cheapest safe-
guards in the weed against fire, robbery, and fraud; 20,000 of
them keep the books, deeds, and cash of the practical men of
Liverpool, Manchester, Glasgow, &c., who know their supe•
riority to any other others. Five of them have brought their
contents unscathed out of the ruins of large fires in Glasgow
alone this year, wherein scores of other safes have been burnt
out. Twenty-five offices were burnt out in Lincoln's Inn in
January, in one alone of which the title-deeds of thirty large
landed estates were burnt, which would all have been preserved
in Milner's Safes. From some hundreds of certificates, the
following is selected, as one out of many instances in which
everything was consumed in the buildings excepting what
iNtilner's Safe contained:—
"de-street, , Glasgow
7, 1849.
" Gentlemen,Cl—y At the calamitousAnderston fire yesterday morning, by
which our premises, and stock of oil, tallow, &c., were totally
destroyed, our books were preserved in the Milner's Fireproof
Safe, purchased from you. We have great pleasure in thus
bearing testimony to the great efficiency of these Safes.
" BOYD and Co.
"This Safe was most severely tested,CHARLES the brass knob and
brass work about the lock were melted off."
ow, 10
wth ry,4
"Gentlemen,—The books "
andGlas pagpers hichFebrua we had inlB your
Fire-resisting Safe, which was subjected to a most intense beat
for several hours at the late fire in Gordon-street, on Thursday
last, were wholly preserved—the property saved being of ex-
treme importance to us. We have, therefore, great pleasure in
communicating this fact, deeming your Safes invaluable as a
protection against fire, and an invention with which the public
cannot be too well acquainted.
" We are, gentlemen, your obedient servants,
KER, DO
Messrs. Thos. Milner and Son, LiverpoolEßlNG, and Co.
The outside of the above Sate was completely burnt through.
"Triumphant Resistance to Robbers."
"Gentlemen,—Our Milner's Safe was attempted to be broken
open last night; but notwithstanding the great and persevering
violence with which the robbers have worked at the door and
back of the safe both of which are beaten in and cut through
the outer plates in numerous places,) the lock and bolts re-
mained true, and saved the contents. You may send us another
Milner's Holdfast Safe, No. 6.
"Glasgow, Dec. 21, 1848

JAS. RICHARDSON and Co."
" I3th
Ma. August . 1847.
"Gentlemen,—ln the late Fire in Market-street, which en-
tirely gutted the whole block of buildings of which my Ware-
house formed part, I have sincere pleasure in informing you
that my books, together with a quantity •f valuable papers,
watches, &
Etc., were preserved uninjured in one of your Fire-
resisting Safes, which I strongly recommend to the public.
"I am, your obedient servant,
" THOMAS HAIGH,
"Woollen Merchant, New Brown-street and Market-street.
"Messrs. MILNER and SON."

In the numerous accidental Fires and experimental tests
which Milner's Safes have been exposed to—every description
of Safe in use—Fire-proof (so called) or otherwise, have been
burnt out beside them, confirming the recommendation of the
scientific and practical authorities who have tested them ; and
the Patentees, during seven years' active working of their pa-
tent, on a rapidly extending scale? have spared no pains or cost
in effecting improvements, by which they are enabled to pledge
themselves at all times to supply the most complete and secure
depositories for Books, Documents, and Valuables, including
the strongest Wrought-Iron Safes, Closets, and Doors in the
world, lined with their unequglled Fire-resisting Chambers.
Out of upwards of 20,000 of their Safes in use amongst the
Manufacturing and Commercial Houses in Great Britain—the
class best able to appreciate their value—numerous cases of se-
vere trial in accidental Fires have occurred, from which Thomas
Milner and Son select the following as instances, in which they
are of opinion that no other Safe than their own would hays
preserved its contents unburnt
Fire at Mr. J. B. Blackaller's Ship Chandlery Store, Spar-
ling-street, Liverpool; a strong and fierce Fire; Safe most
severely burnt outside.
Fire at Messrs. J. and W. Walkers', the extensive builders,
Birkenhead; buildings entirely gutted, everything burnt is
them, including the contents of a large Iron Safe and Drawers,
standing beside Milner's ; the contents of Milners' uninjured,
and in use now.
Fire at Messrs. Garniss and Co.'s, Park-lane; a very strong
Fire; again the contents of Milner's Safe the only thing saved
on the premises.
Fire at Plimsaul Brothers, of Plymouth; a very extensive
and destructive Fire; a large Iron S'ife, covered with Brick-
work, with double ire's doors, bunt out ; Milner's entirely
preserving its contents.
Fire in Queen-street, Glasgow; a great number of Safes aid
Closets burnt out; no books saved throughout the buildiag.s,
excepting Messrs. S. R. and Thomas Brown's, in Milner's Safe.
M/LNER'S FIRE-RESISTINO SAFES, CHESTS, and Boxas,
suitable for all classes of Buildings, Impregnable Locke and
:ash Boxes, at the Works, MA and 54, Lord-street, aad 47
to 57, Cable-street, Liverpool, aad Loadoa Depot, 4!a,
Moorgate-street,