The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1851-08-12 00:00:00

LIVERPOOL DOCKS.

LOANS OF MONEY.
THE COMMITTEE of the LIVERPOOL DOCKS
do HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, that they are willing to
receive LOANS of MONEY on the securit of he Bonds of the
Tp~-trustees of the Liverpool Docks ra e of Four Pounds
r Centtun per Annum Int , for periods of either Three,
r, or Seven Years. nterest payable here or in London.
II offers to be ressed to GEORGE WITHERS, Esq.,
Treasurer to the • erpool Docks, Dock-office, Liverpool.
By order,
DANIEL MASON, Secretary.
ice, ce, Liverpool, March, 1850.

LIVERPOOL BOROUGH PRISON.
PERSONS willing to CONTRACT for supplying the
ThLIVERPOOL BOROUGH PRISON with the following
ARTICLES, for One Year. commencing the 20th instant, are
requested to send Tenders, with Samples, directed to the Go.
'MINOR of the Gaol, on or before the 18th insta t:
For PRISONERS' CLOT
Gray Cloth, at per yard.
lied Cloth, at per yard.
Double Twilled Flanne or Drawers, at per yard.
Scarlet and Blue Fl el. for Sinalets. at per yard.
F EDDING, &c.
BI ets, 7 feet by 4. per pair.
gs, 7 feet by 4. each.
Scouring Flannel. at per lb.
__The above Articles are to be delivered, from time to time, in
"Ch quantities as the Governor may direct, and subject to his
APProval of the quality. &c.
jtlformation as to the probable consumption, kc. may be
13_,_°tailled at the Prison, where Samples can also be seen.

LIVERPOOL DOCKS.
1, LCTIN OF DOCK ATEAYERS.
To the MEE
RCHANTSO OWNSRS,R
and PAP
RT-OWNERS of
SHIPS, and other PERSONS DULY QUALIFIED to VOTE
for the ELECTION of TWELVE LIVERPOOL DOCK
RATEPAYERS to be MEMBERS of the DOCK COM-
MITTEE.
ITHOMAS LITTLEDALE, Esquire, Chairman of
"The Committee for the Affairs of the Estate of the
IN_
ustees of the Liverpool Docks," in pursue eiff the powers
!ad provisions of "The Liverpool Dock , 1851," do hereby
rnvene a M HETI NG of the DOCK PAYERS of LIVER-
VOL, (duly qualified as hereina mi ntioned,) to be holden
WEDNESDAY, the 13th du August instant, between the
.....ours of Eleven of the Clo in the Forenoon and Four of the
tVock in the Afternoon the DOCKOFFTCE. in Liverpool, for
& purpose of fl ,LECTION. NOMINATION, and AP-
,- u INTM ENT WELVE DOCK RATEPAYERS to be
the e said COMMITTEE, in the manner and for
'lle Periods in the said Act mentioned.
Candidates for Election to the said Office must not be Mem.
!:era of the Liverpool Town Council, must be natural born, or
rualY naturalized subjects of the United Kingdom, must have
esided in Liverpool, or within eight miles therefrom, for rive
Wears last past, and must each have paid, nithin one year then
ast, Dock-rates to the amount of .£25 on his individual account,
1)21: as Agent for others residing not less than eight miles from
%erpool, or 490, if paid by any House of Trade in Liverpool
lb which he may be a Partner.
The Ratepayers qualified as Electors to-vote at such Election
M'et_e those Persons who, during one year then last aforesaid,
respectively paid, as Principals or Agents, as
irerPool Dock-rates to the amount of .elO, and whose names
)W aPPear on the Revised AlphabeticarPrinted List ot Persons
Llualified, which List has been duly published, according to
and may at any time be inspected at the Dock-office.
THOMAS LITTLEDALE.
Dock-office, Liverpool, 2d August, 1851.

ti e9NOMIC LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY.
The Right Hon. Sir T. Frankland Lewis, Bart., 11LP., Chairman.
Henry Frederick Stephenson. Esq., Demti y- Chairman.
m._4OENTS FOR LIVERPOOL—T. 0. COOPER and SON.
'uICAL REFEREE FOR Ihrro—F. WORTHINGTON, Esq.

Thp ADVANTAGES •
Lowest Rates of Premium-on the Mutual iSystem.
-"e whole of the Profits divided among Assured every
7., Fifth Year.
-"e sum of £274,000 was added to t Policies at the last Df.
vision, which produced an av age Bonus of -624 per
.rt Cent. on the Premiums paid
.'he Assurance Fund exceeds 1,0-17,00. Income, £lBO,OlO
Der Annum.
Loans granted on such olicies as are purchasable by the
Society.
YOr further parti ars apply to
A ' ANDER MACDONALD, Secretary,
8, New Bridge-street. Blackfriars, London ;
t eiter o the followin Agents :
Iltlapoot... Or.
Messrs. T. fO. COOPERandSON, 7, Rumford-
street.
AV/cheater .... T. M. Baines, Esq., 3, Pool Fold Chambers.
ch`tot ........ Henry Glover, Esq.
er Messrs. Edwards and Roberts, Old Bank.
rtiezhaeas John Bury, Esq.
San Ralph Darlington, Esq.

DESTRUCTIVE FIRES IN GLASGOW, MAN-
CHESTER, LINCOLN'S-INN, &c.
ILNEICS "TIOLDFAST" and FIRE-REStlsSafTe.-
tu ING SAFES are the strongest, best, and cheapest
thet,ine the world against fire, robbery, and fiau 72'0,000 f
safe-
Lip the books, deeds, and cash of the practical men of
ON, vol,v. Manchester, Glasgow, &c., who know their supert
tiorz? any others. Five of have brought their contents
yeor.tned out of the ruins of large fires in Glasgow alone this
Tv,,,,, wherein scores of other snfes have been
.burnt out.
in one -five offices were burnt out in Lincoln's
-inn in January,
tlit4'„e alone of Which rle title-deeds of thirty la g
;1ii,12, were burnt, which would all have beee presetradfoip.
',,,Nvisi".'-! Safes. From some hundreds of. certificates,
xlsetyfbn selected, as one out of. many . instances n which
"llier;"le was consumed in the buildings excepting- what
' &Safe contained :
ir, A Clyde-street, A nd.erston, Manua May 7, 1949.
Wili„'Lentlem"en,—. At the calamitous firrterday morning, by
t t' ll
e,;21 our pretorses, and ock of oil allow, l!ec., were o a y
NerOyed, our books were, presery in the Milner's Fireproof
ou We ave great pleasure in thus
bear'inPgutlecsit'iamseodnyti:toont'he gr'eat ciency of tlicse Safes.
CHARLES BOYD and CO."
This Safe was most sev y tested; the brass knob and brass
"ark about the lock we melted off.
"Glasgow, 10th February, 1849.
p."
Gentlemen,—T hooks and papers which we had in your
for
're-resisting Sa , which was subjected to a most intense heat
)11 several hou at the late fire in Gordon-street, on Thursday
Ire 'lt, were wholly preserved—the property saved being of ex-
in ape importance to vs. We have, therefore, great pleasure
Communicating this fact, deeming your Safes invaluable as
laienlaseor-
ion against fire, and an invention with which the pub-
ok-untit be too well acquainted.—We
~ are. gentlemen, your
The outside
servants, KER, DORRIYG, and CC."
"e outside of the above Safe was completely burnt through.
:: Messrs. Ibroi 'inn lei ha% Rani e t Robbers:
Resistance to Robbers:
Thos. Milner antl Son, Liverpool.
4,-.Gentemen—Or Milner's Safesvas attempted to bne bro--
si4 Penhast night; but.,
_notwithstanding the
per-
door violence with which the robbers have
grworkedea a
adt ptell;
t.lir„artd back of the Safe (both of which.are neaten in anncut
osti:/sa the outer plates in numerous places), the lock and
als,;,!einained true, and saved the contents. You may send
-mother Milner's Holdfast Safe, No. 6.
" Q;RICHARDSON and CO.
"Glasgow, 28th December. ra4nB
' 5 c.l7ester, August 13th, 1847.
tir:i°entlemen,—ln the late fire in Market-street, whicwharna:
110,). grated the whole block of buildings of which my
Thai" krtned part, I have sincere pleasure in, infor_me
Wstchn'Y geh with a quantity in,
yaluablnlifnagpye_rroesu,
exist es &e., were preserved uninjured in ,o_ne o y r.Fi -
alb, ,',,_g Safes. which I strongly recommend to the pubic.—l
.-ur obedient servant.
" THOMAS HAIGH.
I'
il:lNV...°°llen Merchant, New Brown-street, and Market-street.
111-1,!.5. Milner and .
*hie! "e. numerous accidental fires and experimenstcarlitteisatas
of . I Milner's Safes have been exposed to, ever yde P
I'llrligire in use—fireproof (so called) or otherwise—h ve been
aci,nt.ont beside them, confirming the recommendationao! the
Ihe Pate'fi and practical authorities who have tested them , and
Rtr,,ntees, during seven years' active working of their
taatl" en a rapidly extending scale, have spared no pains nor
Ple4Cu effecting improvements, by which they are enabled to
si)d 4e themselves at all times to supply the most complete.
laelt;',ei:ure depositories for books, documents, and valuables ,
,wort,i lg the strongest wrought-iron safes and. closets in the
'ut o'r fined with their unequalled fire-resisting chambers.
'atioi upwards of 20,000 of their safes in use amongst the
elsa, cturing and commercial houses in Great Brita n—the_
w best able to a reciate their value—numerous cases. of
Ihrity).orl :ria.l in accidental tires have occurred, from which
whjet lner and Son select the following as instances, in
wito,l4j LtileY are of opinion that no other safe than their own
k, trite .."..T: Preserved its contents unburnt :-
1,-,,reet .);" r. J. B. Black alley's Ship Chandlery Store, Sparling-
-"rtie.'-'verpool : a strong and fierce fire; safe most severely
htPir,,"`Ltside • contents unsinged.
il'iltihat Mess so
1 and W. Walker's. the extensive builders,
st-ern ;'''''‘l: buildings entirely gutted, everything in
;414 4'elading the contents of large iron safe and drawers,
`nd j,;ng beside 'Milner's; the contents of Milner's uninjured,
14 Pis; ate now
'qa; " Afars. Garniss and Co.'s, Park-lane: a very strong
tin
tl'e Dr4ineln is the contents of Ililner's Safe the only things saved
Piro m
41'd d " Plimsaul Brothers, of Plymouth: a very extensive
l'ith deatruetivehre; a large iron safe, covered with brickwork.
'lll,gZhie iron doors, burnt out; Milner's entirely preser-
oirir
~enntent
s.-cu'oes."..'quee a t Glasgow • a great number of safes and
-4,4-. oernt "tree
' t ' throughout the buildings
1844Dt,,,,g lies Os ur
st
.; n
8 v R!"and Thomas Brown's, in Milner's
folitilner,
. li., 11 Fire-resng Safes, Cables, and Boxes, suitable
s thl `414648 f buildings, Impregnable Locks and Cash Berms,
.4111.4 Work O,
sty --stre a, .oA and 54, Lord-stgnreet, Liverpool, and 47 to 57,
tet. st, Liverpool, and London Depot 47A Moolgate.
. *.
..........—.
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0.,-"ntheir-T-.R
.DISTURBANCE IN DENISON-STREET..—
I(4NC disturbance took place in this haunt yesterday
s?Laes !' and during the affray a sailor, named Hugh
Oly:ttri^das
.seveey 'thjured. His head was beaten hor-
aPitehj"s lip, which was cut down to the chin, had to
efleci,;" 1,13- He is lying in the Northern Hospital.
ti,_. 1?ojt-i,, YESTERDAY.—A working man of the name
tirilay, ", while passing along the King's Dock pier yes-
4ellto. accident:illy slipped on the locality of a vessel
N;a4l I.'" Palm oil ; he fell upon his arm, and a. eoin-
(4tber'auture was the consequence. He is now in the
,h‘L'ott 4 tinsital.
4„,;ullrobt.Y in" CoNSIDFRATION.—The Rev. J. B. Lowe,
I,,,,alttez'an, of the has solicited the assistance of his
lir '4l Aft°" 01 following distressing case. Mr. Thos,
,Poth, 'OP, late book-keeper to the firm of Maxwell and
earl hers of this
they age ric , ,town, has been removed by death, at the
'sf eldest 1,39 Years, leaving a widow and five children,
el age, to 1 whom is thirteen and the youngest five years
0:4,11 allY unProvided for. Mr. Alsop has been for
tPlayZats a member of St. Jude's Church, and although
ko karis, %an humble position in life, has endeared himself
ot°4 ete;g,,Y his Christian consistency and activity in every
Of NDsi.,•:: At the time of his death he filled the office
leph• -.W
voh• hick , endent of the boys' Sunday school, the duties
tiolell heican° discharged with that diligence and fidelity
It itaiiihed 'la? a man of God, and which universally dis-
ati- Drop() 'l°l in every department of the Lord's work.
bi, ak,t. sed to raise a fund, as a testimonial of respect
tritt be ,Z° for Ids
memory, to be laid out in whatever
'lke al 4viitjat advantageous to his family, and several influ-
ti4lsilt orlicli have most kindly undertaken the man-
-41114 . ttlua fund. NO doubt the Phi rim be
'4)1!-• liberal iy yetponded fo.