The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-09-24 00:00:00

GREAT REDUCTION
IN THE PRICE OF
VENETIAN BLINDS,
AT
W. LEDGER'S
WINDOW BLIND MANUFACTORY,
31, PARADISE-STREET,
WHO has constantly on hand an extensive and well-
seasoned STOCK, and cagy furnish a House com-
plete with them in
SIX HOURS NOTICE.
Gauze Wire and ever„ ,6ther description of Blinds, at
very moderate Prices, fnd superior Workmanship.
OBSERVE,
31, PARADISE-STREET,
between the Unitarian Chapel and the Star and Garter
Hotel.

PROTECTION FROMARY ACCIDENTAL OR INCEN-
DI.
London and Birmingham Railway Office,
Euston Station, Sth April, 1844.
CI, I RS,-I am instructed to send the enclosed report of
the results of the public experiments on your Fire-
resisting Boxes and Safes, at the Camden Station of this
Company, which was authorised bYthe Directors to be
made under the immediate superirgendence of their own
;.ers,
officers ; and to congratulate you on the complete success
of the very severe trials by hich you have allowed your
admirable invention to b ested.
I am, sir our obedient servant,
It. CREED, Secretary.
Messrs. Thomas Milner and Son, Liverpool.

Patents for England, Ireland, and Scotland, sealed 1810.
MILNERS' NEW PATENT
FIRE-RESISTING DEED, PLATE, AND CASH
BOXES, BOOK SAFES, AND GUNPOWDER
MAGAZINES, &c., &c.,
WARRANTED TO BEAR MORE HEAT, WITHOUT INJURY
TO THEIR CONTENTS, THAN ANY OTHERS OF EQUAL

By Messrs. WARD and LYON,
On WEDNESDAY, the 2nd day of October next, at Six
o'clock in the evening, at the house of Mr. Henry
Johnson, the Wellington Arms Inn, New Market, St.
Helens, in the following or such other Lots as may be
agreed upon at the time of Sale, and subject to such
conditions as will be then produced,
LL those Seven Freehold, COTTAGES or
Lot LA DWELLING-HOUSV, with the Land and
Appurtenances thereunto respectisfely adjoining and be-
longing, and containing (including the site of the said
Cottages or Dwelling-houses).,432 superficial square yards
or thereabouts, situate at Vount-pleasant, Green-bank,
in Eccleston, and now in the several occupations of Ed-
ward Waterworth, James" Litherland, Thomas Howard,
Robert Richardson, James Burrows, Thomas Litherland,
and Peter Penketh, as tenants thereof.
Also, Two Shares in the Westfield Philanthrophic Loan
Fund and Benefit Building Socity.
Lot 2. All those Eight Freehold COTTAGES or
DWELLING-HOUSES, with the Land and Appurte-
nances thereunto respectively adjoining and belonging,
situate in Mount-street, in Parr, and now producing an
annual rental of £4B 165., and in the several occupations
of William Whittaker, Peter Eden, Henry Myers, John
Johnson, Jobn Kenwright, James Devan, Thomas Sander-
son, and William Partington, as tenants thereof.
Lot 3. All that Leasehold Plot of LAND or G ROUND,
with its Appurtenances, situate and being in Parr afore-
said, adjoining on its northerly end to the Turnpike-road
leading from Smithy-brow to the Finger-post in Parr
aforesaid, and on its easterly side to a Cottage or Dwell-
ing-house in the occupation of Margaret El eaton, as tenant
thereof, and containing by admeasurement 1324 yards or
thereabouts, which is held under a Lease for 2000 years.
Lot 4. Seven. SHARES in the ST. HELENS and
RUNCORN-GAP RAILWAY COMPANY.
Lot 5. The FLAT, called " ELIzA,” 70 tons burthen,
now engaged in carrying Coal from Blackbrooke Bridge,
in Parr aforesaid, to Liverpool.
For further particulars apply to Messrs. BARNES and
BARROW, Solicitors, St. Helens.

DIMENSIONS.
Of 14 graduating sizes, suitable for all purposes, from
30s. to £l4 each ; for additional inner chamber, doubling
the thickness, and trebling the resisting power 50 per
cent. more each size.
The Chambers within Milners' Boxes and Safes con-
tain the best Chemical non-conductor of heat, and Tubes
imbedded therein filled with alkaline fluid, which escapes
into the non-conductor whenever Fire reaches the Box
and beats it to the boiling point, steaming the chambers
and contents, neutralizing in the latent heat of the steam
1000 degrees of heat, keeping down the temperature, and
preventing ignition. AND H. SMITH'S FLUID EXTRACT OF
From every pint of fluid in the Chamber is slowly dis- T• SENNA, prepared in Vacuo, sold in Bottles at
charged into and condensed in the contents of thy Box 2s. 6d., 55., and 10s. each.
upwards of 200 Gallons of Steam, of more certain avail This is a pure Extract of Senna, in a high state of
in saving the Papers than tons of water thrown into a perfection, prepared in Vacuo. It s an efficient and
burning building with the same object. easy purgative, in small doses ; ose for adults even
The advantage of this principle, embracing " the exclu- seldom cxeeeding one or two tea oonfulls, and produces
sive use of any material evolving moisture on the applies- no sickness or griping in its opeiation. Not only are the
tion of heat," over every other description of Box or Safe, nauseous taste and smell cocalected, but the taste is ren-
is the advantage that Water has over every thing else in dered positively agreeable nd inviting ; consequently,
quenching Fire. with this preparation, t difficulty attending the giving
An Iron Safe of one inch in solid thickness exposed to of Senna to children is tirely removed. Instead of the
red heat will char papers within it in fifteen minutes, and loathing which the but y dose of the ordinary Senna Tea
remain a burning prison for them for hours afterwards. produces, the Fluid Extract of Senna is taken by them
Milner's Fire-resisting Principle has been investigated, with the greatest readiness, and even with a relish.
tested in Red Heat from One to Twelve Hours, in various The following complimentary testimonial has been vo-
thickness, from 1 to 6 inches, and approved by the an- luntarily published by Dr. Christison, the distinguished
thorities and scientific and practical men, in the leading Professor of Materia Medica in the Edinburgh University :
towns of the three kingdoms. " The Fluid Extract of Senna is now used very largely
Under the auspices of the Royal Dublin Society and the in this city, (Edinburgh.) and by many medical practi-
Liverpool Polytechnic Society : see Mr. Samuel Woods, tioners, as well as myself, almost to the exclusion of every
jun. pamphlet "On the Preservation of Documents from other preparation. I have no doubt itis the best form, in
Fire," &c. &c. &c. every respect, which has yet been proposed."
The patentees have certificates from parties whose books Observe, the actual signature of the Inventors, on an
have been preserved by the boxes in fires on their pre- engraved label, is attached to the wrapper on each Bottle.
wises. Prepared only by T. and H. SMITH, Chemists, 21,
In the late fire in George-street, Manchester, nine out Duke-street, Edinburgh; and sold Wholesale by JOHN
of ten houses lost their books in their iron safes. I CLERK, 30, Mersey-street, Liverpool ; BA.RCLAY and
CAUTION.—None are genuine but such as have Milners' SONS, Furringdon-street, London •, and may be had retail
patent plates upon them, with the date " sealed 1840." of all respectable Druggists, by asking for
Fire-resistino Safe and Box Works, 50A, Lord-street, T. & H. SMITH'S
• and 47 to 53, Cable-street, Liverpool. I FLUID EXTRACT OF SENNA.