The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1851-10-07 00:00:00

LIVERPOOL DOCKS,

LOANS OP MONEY.
/HE COMMITTEE of the LIVERPOOL DOCKS
tet .do HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, that they are willinx to
'l.4ive LOANS of MONEY on tl'e security of the Bonds of the
tei,,, k;stees of the Liverpool Docks, at the rate of Four Pounds
entum per Annum Interest, for peri Veither Three,
Ali or Seven Years. The Interes e here or in London.
ofFers to be addresse GEORGE WITHERS, Esq.,
-qtrurer to the Liver ocks, Dock-office, Liverpool.

DANIEL MASON, Secretary
Doch-offre, Liverpool, March, 1850.

AT REDUCED PRICES.

T. WALKER'S
WINDOW BLIND MANUFACTORY
135, WHICECHAPEL,
Opposite Great Charlotte-street.

ESTABLISHED 1813, BY
FRANCIS Pl_N..3i-E-T

IN STOCK, 2000 VEJSEITAN SHADE BLINDS

GAZE WIRE AN L OTHER BLINDS, WHOLESALE AND

RETAIL.
LONDON CHAIR WAREHOUSE,

THE LOCK CONTROVERSY.
S several erroneous statements have become
Rh current concerning the pretended picking of two of
Clintl'S LOCKS by Mr. Hobbs. an American. Messrs.
tthtimen 1.1 At
of SO
fa Ncts think it their duty to publish the following
lt :
Air first lock was purchased by Mr. Hobbs himself at their
ip L'.'lll St. Paul's Churchyard, and, with its keys, remained
iVa4 Possession for seven days before the so called picking
tor h ',,nlade public. During that period there was_ ample time
im to do anything he chose with the in 'dr.
"-e second lock was not, as reporte "the State Paperi
11,ce, but on a cellar dhouse
door at empty in Great
eorpre-street. Mr. Hobbs h cress to do what he pleased
Ith it for more than a fort,4l, it, and the door was left open
tiring the whole time h 'was operating.
t Messrs. Chubb & have twice challenged him to a fair
iridl Of skill—firs in the Times of June 10th, to try to pick a
,?ek-at their ufactopar. This offer Mr. Hobbs " resectfully
e irrihe same yper of the fol lowing day. Thep second
ii'alicstge was given at a meeting of the Institution of Media-
ot.e 11. Engineers on June 30th, when Mr. Chubb produced
.two
1,1,2,1 s locks, and offered that they should be then examined
the chairman and Mr. Scott Russell, or any other respect.
to'e and competent judges, to see that they were the ordinary
ti:jaercial Chubb's Locks, and that Mr. Hobbs should use
te„'ett efforts upon them, and have ample time allowed him
ItVo° aa, This offer was also absolutely refused by Mr. Hobbs,
p /MS then present.
Chtiran these facts it is, therefore, eiident that a bonti. fide
leiti,"'s Lock cannot be opened unless it has been tampered
Ntatterorehand ; and that these locks still maintain their long
bzu ished character for security. They have been an use for
or re than thirty years, and no instance has ever been known
tlickre°,,bberf having taken place through any one having been
01,b`.; It should be remembered that the lowest ric of Mr.
American Lock which he proposes as a supbstitute is
,to 6; 11.41154 s for each lock—by no means too much for such a
,T
1,..0,11•ated piece of workmanship ;whilstthe cost of Chubb's

nKg 141%;:,
Ho Chu
I.l\r-rY

es from ten shillings to fifty shillings.
& SON, Patent Lock and Safe Manufactory, 57, St.
rchyard. London ; 16, Market-street, Manchester;
Wolveihampton ; and 28, Lord-street,