The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-01-27 00:00:00

Eitsnrantr PotirrO.

THE LIVERPOOL FIRE AND LIFE INSURANCE
COMPANY.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the TENTH
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the PROPRIETORS
of this COMPANY will be held on THURSDAY, the 12th day of
Febrifary next, at One o'clock precisely, at the Clarendon
Rooms, South John-street, Liverpool, to receive a Report and
Statement of the Company's Affairs, and to elect Seven Direc-
tors in lieu of those who retire by rotation.
By order of the Board,
SWINTON BOULT, Secretary.
Water-street, 27th January, 1846.
N.B. The TRANSFER BOOKS will be CLOSED until the
13th February next.

ECONOMIC LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY.
G, NEW BRIDGE-STREET. BLACKF.RIARS,
LONDON.
ESTABLISHED 1823.
Empowered by Act of Parliament, 3 William IV.

The Right Hon. THOMAS FRANKLAND LEWIS, Chairman.
HENRY FRED. STEPHENSON. Esq., Deputy-Chairman,
THE following are among the advantages offered by
this Society :
LOWER RATES of Premiums than those of any other Office
which entitle the assured to participate in the profits, and con-
siderably lower than those of any other Mutual Assurance So-
ciety.
N'o PROPRIETARY participate in the profits, the WHOLE be-
ing divinable among the Assured.
A BONUS is added, after the payment of the Fifth Annual
Premium, to every Policy effected on the participating Scale, if
a claim accrue thereon prior to the next division of profits.
The first Bonus, in 1834, averaged £l6 per cent. on the Pre-
miums paid.
The second ditto, 1839, ditto ditto since the Ist
division.
The third ditto, 1844, ditto £36 ditto since the 2d
division.
Prospectuses and full particulars may be obtained on appli-
cation to the Secretary, CAM PH ELL JAMES DOWNER, or to
either of the following Agents :
T. 0. COOPER and SON, Rumford-street, LiyerpOol.
ARCHIBALD ROBERTSON, M.D., Medical Referee, Ditto.
Lancaster John Hall, Solicitor.
Manchester Wm. Johnson,_ Esq.? 2, Princess-street.
Warrington Mr. Edward West.
Wigan Mr. Joseph Darlington.
• Blackburn Mr. T. B. Chadwick.

S C ARCITY OF FOO-D!!!
A QUERY FOR FARMERS.

Who is the greater benefactor? He who makes his field pro-
duce an additional bushel of corn, or he who preserves from
destruction an equal amount of produce ?
It is a well-known fact, that great losses of Corn, Provisions,
&c. are annually occasioned by the ravages of Veimin and
noxious Insects, and at the present time it is especially impor-
tant to save as well as to multiply.
BUTLER'S VERMIN AND INSECT KILLER
is proved to be a most safe and effectual means of Destroying
Rats, Mice, Beetles, Bugs, Crickets, &c.,
THE PROOF,
Mr. Williams, Vicarage Farm, High Wycombe, writes that " he
has used it successfully in his Ricks, and can, therefore, recom-
after it to other farmers." Mr. Hornsby, of Odiham, Hants,
after once using it in a building infested with Rats, where he had
tried various means in vain, says, "By next morning the baits
were all eaten, and I have not seen a Rat about the place since !"
Mr. King, Druggist, Bath, says, " I can bear testimony to its
excellent properties for Rats, having tried it in my own house
with singular effect !" Mr. Ball, of Wycombe, whose bakehouse
swarmed with black beetles and crickets, says,." They have now
nearly all disappeared !" Mr. Harwood, of Bristol, after trying
it once only, on board the brig Monmonth and the Seaman's
Chapel, which were overrun with rats and mice, writes, " I cannot
speak too highly of the Killer : the mice are all vanished. The
mystery is, what is become of them? for I can trace no signs of
them ; I have not been troubled with rats or mice since ! ! !"
though a month had then elapsed. And Mr. Fogg, Druggist,
Lewes, says, "In every instance where I have had an opportu-
nity of making the inquiry of purchasers, I have been assured
of its decided efficiency, and in proof of its public character I
have sold a considerable quantity entirely through the recom-
mendation of those who have proved its value."
Sold in packets, 3d., 6d., and Is. each.
AGENT FOR LIVERPOOL,
CHARLES HENRY PURNELL.
NO. 3, LIVER-COURT, SOUTH CASTLE-STREET,
And sold by all Druggists.

SECURITY AGAINST FIRE TO BOOKS AND

DOCUMENTS.

MOST VALUABLE, BUT UNINSURABLE.
SEVENTH recent practical service of MILNERS'
FIRE-RESISTING SAFES.—Fire Resisting by self-con-
tained and self-acting evaporation, which must always precede
and prevent Fire.
This is the second case in which everything in the Premises,
excepting what Milners' Safe preserved, was consumed.
"TO TIM EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, ETC.
"Sin,—ln the complete burning of the whole of our pre-
mises on Monday last, the only things saved out of the stock
and property were our Books, which we feel that we owe en-
tirely to MILNERS' FIRE-RESISTING SAFE, in which we kept
them. The Safe bears evidence of the intense fire it had re-
sisted, and it was with as much surprise as gratitude that, on
breaking it open after the fire, we found instead of ashes as we
expected, our Books perfect as we left them. We think it due
to this invaluable invention, and to the public, to make this de-
claration through your columns.
" Remaining, Sir, your obedient Servants,
".GARNISS and CO.,
"Late of 97, Park-lane, General Outfitters.
"Queen's Dock Master's House, 12th N0r.,1845.
" P.5.—.450 in notes, left in the disk, were destroyed."

" Central Dock Station, 18th November, 1845.
' Messrs. MILDER and Sox,
" Gentlemen, —I was present during the whole time of the
fire at Messrs. Garniss's, on Monday night, and 'consider it one
of the hottest fires of the kind I ever witnessed, especially in
the shop, where your Safe was.
"Gentlemen, your obedient Servant,
" WM. LEVERATT, Superintendent of Police."

The Liverpool Mercury remarks, after describing the fire :
"The Books belonging to the establishment, which were in one
of Milners' Fire-resisting Safes, were the only articles pre-
served."

Birkenhead, June 2, 1845.
"Dear Sir,—We have much pleasure in bearing unqualified
testimony to the efficiency and important advantages of MIL-
ERS' FIRE-RESISTING SAFES AND BOXES, in cases of acci-
dent from Fire.
"After the destructive Fire at our Offices this morning, the
Books and Papers deposited in the MILNERS' SAFE purchased
from you, were found to be entirely uninjured by Fire, whilst
those contained in a strong Iron Safe and Drawers, standing
beside it, were completely destroyed.
" We will accordingly thank you to supply us with another
SAFE of the same size (No. 4) and description immediately.
" Sir, your obedient Servants,
"J. and W. WALKER.

"Mr. JAMBS LAW, Stationer, Birkenhead."
The Liverpool papers, in reporting the fire, state, " The
building in which the dre commenced was cempletely gutted,
and the whole of the contents destroyed, with the exception of
the Books, those being preserved in one of MILNERS' PATENT
SAFES. Messrs. Walker have sustained a very serious loss, by
the destruction of a number of plans and specifications of build-
ings, some erected and others in course of erection, which it is
almost impossible to estimate. These were consumed in a
strong Iron Safe, standing beside MILNERS' SAFE."

•
MILKERS' PATENT FIRE-RESISTING (by combined non-con-
ducting and evaporation) BOOK-SAFES,. DEED and valuable
DOCUMENT Box, and Gunpowder Magazine Works and Snow
Rooms, 47 to 53, Cable-street, and 50 A Lord-street, Liverpool,
where parties are invited to inspect manufactures capable of
resisting from one to twenty-four hours Fire; and to see them
being constructed throughout.

&alus lurtion.

FURNITURE. WINSTANLEY'S ROOMS.

MESSRS. THOS. WINSTANLEY and SONS will
SELL by AUCTION, TO-MORROW, (Wednesday,) the
28th instant, and following days, at Eleven o'clock, at their
Rooms, Church-street,
An extensive Assortment of excellent HOUSEHOLD FUR-
NITURE, CHINA, GLASS, PLATE and PLATED ARTICLES,
GOLD and SILVER WATCHES, fine-toned Six-octave Cnbinet,
Cottage, and Square PIANO-FORTES, in Rosewood and Ma'w-
gany Cases, by Broadwood and other favourite Makers, FA INT-
INOS Framed ENGRAVINGS, a BILLIARD TABLE, by Thurston,
London, modern LIBRARY BOOKCASE, excellent Double and
Single-barrelled FOWLINGPIECES and RIFLES, and other
Effects, emoved for sale.
The ARTICLES suitable for PARLOURS and DINING-ROOMS
include Sets of excellent Mahogany Dining Tables, Pedestal
Sideboards, Sets of well-made Chairs, large Sofas and Coaches,
in Hair-cloth, Cabinets and Chiffonniers, Circular and Elliptic
Loo Tables, Card and Pembroke Ditto, Ranges of Curtains,
Turkey, Brussels, and other Carpets, Fenders, &c.
Handsome DRAWING-ROOM SUITE of ROSEWOOD;consisting
of a Circular Loo Table, Card and Sofa Ditto, Two Couches,
and Set of Fashionable Chairs. _

- The CHAMBER FURNITURE comprises several modern Four-
post Bedsteads, with Morine and Calico Hangings, Camp,
French, and Nursery Bedsteads, Feather Beds, Hair Matresses
and Bedding, Mahogany Wardrobes, Clothes Cupboards, Chests
of Drawers, Painted Toilet Tables and Washstands, Dressing
Glasses, Carpeting, &c.
Office Fixtures, Copying Machines, Shower Baths, Kitchen
Requisites, &c.
The whole may be viewed THIS DAY, the 27th instant, and
Catalogues had at the Rooms.