The Liverpool Standard, and General Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-08-08 00:00:00

HILNERS' _ FIRST-CLASS

31 US ORA VS, B ROT.

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" Belfast,
TRIUM

it Seel

e, for the information of the public,
d Co.. was that contained in one of
,afe was exposed to the action of the
Id feel very great pleasure in testify-
aced on the third story, without any
Al to the ro. 2neath. the floor of which was like-
" JAMES S. HUNTER,
'Executor of the late Thomas S. Major, of the Firm of Thomas S. Major and Co.

RS.—GENTLEMEN,—At your request, I beg to 4tat
saved from the late fire, in the premises of Thomas S. Major an
From the intense nature of the fire, and the length of time the S
rinced of the destruction of the books and papers it contained ; ar
sry instance of their preservation. I may add, that the Safe
mined till the floor was burnt around it, when it f

d by the fire.—Yours truly,

January 2

RESISTANCE TO ROBB:

AT MESSRS. I
4ANCHESTER.

ITTER,W

)RTH AND BROOKES'S,

"SlR,—Last night our Premises were entered by burglars, who made a desperate attempt upon the Milners' Holdfast
Safe we bought from you some time since ; and, although they evidently had recourse to all the usual appliances of accom-
plished thieves, and ultimately to gunpowper in abundance, we are glad to say with no other effect than to injure the lock—
the opening of the Safe they found quite impracticable.
" We are happy to he enabled to express our unqualified approbation of the Safe; -we believe it is impregnable to thieves.
" If our verbal testimony wilt be of service to you, you are at liberty to refer to us. and to make any use von please of
this communication.—Yours respectfully, " BUTTERWORTH and BROOKES.
"76, Mosley-street, Manchester, October 22nd, 1651."

THOS. MILNER and SON select the following severe cases of successful trial of their Safes from hundreds of Certincates of
utility, as instances in which they believe that any other Safes than their own would have failed :
Great Fire at the Gotta Percha Company. Triumphant Resistance to Robbers, Glasgow, James Richard-
Great Fire in Haydon-square' Coubro and Potter. I son and Co.
Burglarious Attempt at the Bridgewater Offices. Great Fire in Market-street, Manchester, Thos. Haigh.
Great Fire at the London and North-Western Railway Station, Destructive Fire in Park-lane, Liverpool, Garniss and Co.
Coventry. Entire Destruction of Offices at Birkenhead, including con-
Great Fire at Cape Haiti, W. D. Roberts and Co. tents of strong Safe and Drawers, M liners' standing beside
Burglarious Attempt at the Theatre Royal, Manchester. it, red hot outside, but contents unsinged, J. and W.
Great Fire at Glasgow, Chas. Boyd and Son. Walker.
Destructive Firejn Gordon-street.Glasgow,Ker Doerine & Co.
MILNERS' FIRST-CLASS STRONG " HOLDFAST" AND FIRE-RESISTING SAFES AND CHESTS,
HALF-INCH THICK WROUGHT IRON OUTSIDE ;
-Constructed in the strongest manner, fitted with the New Patent Expanding Doors and Continuous Groove, at extra coat.
MILNERS' HOLDFAST AND FIRE-RESISTING SAFES AND CHESTS,
Hall-inch Doors • Quarter-inch Bodies.
MILNERS' THIEF AND FIRE-RESISTING SAFES AND CHESTS,
Of medium strength • Doors, 10 and 12 pine Bodies.
All the above qualities with improved Impregnable Powder-proof Locks.
MILNERS' FIRE-RESISTING BOOK-CASES AND CHESTS.
MILNERS' PORTABLE ONE-CHAMBERED FIRE-RESISTING BOXES.
HOBBS' LOCKS, 10s. each extra.
SHOW-ROOMS LORD-STREET, LIVERPOOL.
LONDON DEPOT... ..... .47A. MOORGATE-STREET, CITY.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. I The Bribery, &c., Bill went through committee—amend-
ments to be proposed on the report on Monday next.
The Stamp Duties Bill also went through committee.
A resolution hawing been passed declaring the circum-
stances to be urgent, the Duchy of Cornwall-office Bi
ime

HOUSE OF

LORDS.-TITESDAT, AUGUST 1. I

THE RIP? PIRATES.—The Earl of CLARENDON, in
reply to Lord HARDRICKE, stated that the Government
had taken steps to provide for the safety of merchant ves-
sels passing through the Gut of Gib
from the Riff pirates.
The Criminal Justice (Metropolis) Bill was withdrawn. I
BuniAts.—The Burials Beyond the Metropolis Bill was
read a third time and passed, after a statement by the
Bishop of London as to the disgraceful way in which in-
terments were often conducted in unconsecrated ceme-
teries.
The Spirits Bill (Ireland) was read a third time and

Iralfar, in case of

read a se

The Medical Gr

aduates (U]

passed.

The Earl of SHAFTBSBI7IIY moved for certai
2neeted with the Board of Health, and entered i

Severa

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iv, and t

ships ad.

alf-past

niversity (

THURSDAY, AUGUST 3.
BRIBERY BILL

read a third time and passed, and t:
twenty minutes past eight o'clock.

THE

le Duke of NEW

ASTMS MOVedtl

to following re

" That the suspension of the writs for five boroughs, by
order of the House of Commons, until new legislative pre-
cautions shall have been taken to prevent the recurrence
of the system of bribery, which was proved by Royal Com-
missioners to have prevailed in those boroughs, is (within
the meaning of the resolution of this House of the 2d of
May last) a circumstance of such urgency as to render
necessary the immediate consideration of a bill brought
from the House of Commons on the 31st of July, entitled,
` An Act to Consolidate and Amend the Laws relating to
Bribery, Treating, and undue Influence at Elections of
Members of Parliament;' and that, accordingly, it is
reasonable that the said bill be allowed to be read a second
time this day, if the House shall think fit so to order."
After entering into a statement of the several provisions
of the bill, he said—lt did not follow that if their lord-
ships agreed to his resolution they were subsequently to
pass the second reading, if, upon listening to the debate
upon the bill, they should be of opinion that its pr
were not such as to meet the object in view.
Lord REDESDALE objected to the motion, as it wonl
virtually defeat the object which they had in pass
sessional order of the 2d of Mal

The Earl of Dan denied that the House of Coma.
bad agreed to suspend the writs until legislation bad taker
place. It was quite true that the President of the Council
had stated it to be his opinion that the writs ought not to
be issued, but it was quite possible that the view of the
President of the Council might be declared by others of
his colleagues to be " wholly unconstitutional," and even
" sheer nonsense." (Laughter.) Even if it so h.., _
that the whole of the members of the Government should,
marvellously, be of one opinion—what security was there
that that opinion would be in accordance with the views
of the House of Commons ? (" Hear, hear," and laughter.)
He must say this, that the House of Commons had never
come to such a resolution, and had never affirmed such a
decision as their lordships were called on to affirm, and
which was to be the basis of their future legislation. He
argued against the possibilifr -torilv.

f legislating satis___. ,
when the amendments which the Duke of Newcastle pro-
posed would be returned to a thin House of Commons,
where the side on which the majority would rest would be
doubtful ; and he also denied the position of their owing
deference to the opinion of the House of Commons,
ifter six months' delibera-

when the bill had been passe
tion, by a majority of only seven
The discussion was continued by the Marquis of LAN

DOWNS

and the Marl

BROUGHAM, who supported thi

is of CLANRI

CAERE, who ODD

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—Tumspex,

Not content

iondon) Bill was
se adjourned at

AUGUST 1

e numbers were—

The SPEAKER took the chair at noon, but more than
half an hour elapsed before a sufficient number of mem-
bers was in attendance to form " a House."
COMMON LAW PROCEDURE BILL.—The house went
into committee, and the consideration of this bill was
resumed, commencing with clause 37. The remaining
clauses of the bill were agreed to with some verbal amend-
ments.

BILLS OP EXCHANGE (No. 2) BILL.—On the motion
that the house go into committee on this bill, Mr. Glum
moved, by way of amendment, that the house

go into

committee on the bill on that day three months_
some discussion, the amendment was negatived by 58 to
32, and the house went into committee, but on reaching
clause 4 another discussion arose, and the committee was
adjourned.

Several bills were advanced a stage.
Petitions against the opening of publichouses on Sun-
day were presented by Mr. W. Brown, from the retail
brewers and beersellers of the Ramsbottom district, as
approved at a district meeting of delegate traders, held at
Manchester; by Mr. Bright, from a meeting of delegates
of beersellers in Manchester, praying for an alteration in
the laws regulating the sale of beer ; and by Mr. Horsfall,
from the Liverpool African Association, complaining of
great irregularities in the communication with the west-
ern coast of Africa by the mail contract steamers.
Russo DUTCH LOAR.—Lord D. STUART moved a series
of resolutions, setting forth the conduct of Russia in neg-
lecting the obligation contracted by her, under the treaty
of Vienna, to maintain the necessary works in the chan-
nel of the Danube, in order that no obstacle might be ex-
perienced in the navigation of that river, and that, by the
convention of 1831, it was agreed by Great Britain to
secure to Russia the payment of a portion of her old
Dutch debt, in consideration of the general arrangements
of the Congress of Vienna, to which Russia had given her
adhesion ; and, in conclusion, declaring the opinion of the
house that, Russia having withdrawn that adhesion, and
these arrangements being through her acts no longer in
force, the payments from this country on account of that
debt should behelceforth suspended. Sir W. Mo LESWORTII
said that, since the Silesian loan, it had been the established
doctrine, the moral rule of civilization, that a public debt
due to an enemy should be paid during war. Bythe treaty
of Vienna Russia was bound to prevent obstacles to the
navigation of the Danube; she had violated that stipula-
tion, and this was sufficient to constitute a casus belli; but
he contended that neither a caxus belli nor war itself would
justify us in repudiating this debt. He eznlained the
I origin of the debt, under the conventions of -1814, 1815,
and 1831, whereby part of the purchase-money of the
Netherlands colonies of the Cape of Good Hope, Demerara,
Essequibo, and Berhice was to be applied towards bring-
ling about a settlement of the affairs of Belgium and the
defraying of certain pecuniary obligations of the Nether-
lands to Russia ; and with these obligations in view we
agreed to pay off a portion of the debt due to Russia in-
curred by Holland on account of the European war, and
we engaged to continue the payment during war. In
conclusion, he contended that we were bound by treaty,
by act of parliament, by international law, and by honour,
not to suspend the payments on account of this debt.—
After some further discussion the motion was negatived,
I by 59 to 7.

BOARD OF HEALTIL-Sir. W. MOLEBWORTII obtained
leave to bring in a bill to make better provision for the
administration of the laws relating to the public health.
The house went into committee upon the Crime and
_,. Outrage (Ireland) Bill. The clauses, with some amend-
"' n

tF, were agreed to.
the Militia (No. 2) Bill underwent various amend-
ments, and was ordered to be read athird time.
Other bills were forwarded a stage, and the house ad-
journed at a quarter to 12 o'clock.