The Liverpool Standard, and General Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-08-22 00:00:00

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" Messrs. Mus,

BROTHERS.-GENTLEY

that •he only property saved from the late fire, in the premises of Tfioma's S. Slajor and Co.. was t
Milners' Patent Safes. From the intense nature of the fire, and the length of time the Safe was exr
names, I was fully convinced of the destruction of the
ing to this extraordinary instance of their preservatio-
protection, where it remai- iloor was burnt
wise destroyed b" •`

Joois and papers it contained ; and feel very great please
in. I may add, that the Safe was placed on the third story
al till the nu_ ,t around it, when it fell to the room beneath. the Boor of wt
Yours truly, "JAMES S. HUNTER,
"Executor of the late Thomas S. Major, of the Firm of Thomas S. Ma,
1. 1854." -

"Belfast, Janus

raru3f

lAN RESISTANCE TO ROBBERS, AT MESSRS. BUTTE
MANCHESTER.

ITH AND BI

" Sts,—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 be enabled to express our unqualified approbation of the Safe; we believe it is impregnable to thieves.
" If our verbal testimony will be of service to you, you are at liberty to refer to us, and to make any use you please of
this communication.—Yours respectfully, " BUTTERWORTH and BROOKES
" 76, Mosley -street, Manchester, October 22nd, 1851."
THOS. MILNER and SON select the following s

're cases of
[eve that an

utility, as instances in which they
Great Fire at the Gntta Percha Company.
Great Fire in Haydon-square, Coubro and Potter.
Burglarious Attempt at the Bridgewater Offices.
Great Fire at the London and North-Western Railway Station

successful trial of their Safes from hundreds of Certincates of
Ly other Safes than their own would have failed :
Triumphant Resistance to Robbers, Glasgow, James Richard-

son and Co.

Great Fire in Market-street, Manchester, Thos. Haigh.
Destructive Fire in Park-lane, Liverpool, Garniss and Co.
Entire Destruction of Offices at Birkenhead, including con-
tents of strong Safe and Drawers, Milners' standing beside
it, red hot outride, but contents unsiuged, J. and W.
Walker.

Covetitr)
Great Fire at Cape Haiti, W. D. Roberts and Co_
Burglarious Attempt at the Theatre Royal, Manchester
Great Fire at Glasgow, Chas. Boyd and Son.
Destructive Fire inGordon-street,Glasgow,Ker Doering & 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 cost
MILNERS' HOLDFAST AND FIRE-RESISTING SAFES AND CHESTS,
Half-inch Doors ; Quarter-inch Bodies.
MILNERS' THIEF AND FIRE-RESISTING SAFES AND CHESTS,
Of medium strength ; Doors, 10 and 12 guage 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 475. MOORGATE-STREET, CITY.

for the following sums," (amongst
purchase-money, £1,435; Smith ditto, £1,222
CROWN COURT.—TrnsnAlr, AUGUST 15. Yours' truly, J. W. Stable." Such were the
of applications of this kind ; and a cheque
(Before Mr. Baron Platt.) the last-named sum, signed in the
Anthony Hardman, 20, and William Burke, 16, were members of the finance committee. During ru,.
'charged with assaulting Michael Cavanagh, and robbing of that year, as well as of the preceding one, dissatisfaction
him of 18s.. The matter was proved to be a drunken had been felt by the directors at a seeming dilatoriness
frolic. _Acquitted. on the part of the prisoner, in producing vouchers for
Lackey Farrell, 21, was sentenced to fifteen yews' trans- the application of the sums of money which had passed
portation for unlawfully wounding, with a poker, John through his hands ; but as he continually alleged the
Banks Dansdale, with whom he quarrelled, on the Bth pressure of business as an excuse for not producing the
July, at .a beehouse in Lowton. vouchers, no particular suspicion was excited. On the
Ellen Burns, 31, a charwoman, was sentenced to ira- 28th of July he transmitted to the secretary of the corn-
Trisonment and. hard labour for eighteen months, for steal- pany various vouchers, and amongst them were seven
Ang some articles of clothing from the house of Thomas documents, which purported to be copies of the account-
James, in this town, on the 2nd July. ant-general's certificates. On the 30th July a meeting of
STREET ROBBERY IN LryzurooL.—John Kegan, 21, the Finance Committee was held, and two members were
labourer, was sentenced to fifteen years' transportation for appointed to examine the vouchers. The r,-*
assaulting Thomas Savage, at Liverpool, on the 25th Jane present at the time, and when the two
last, and stealing two sovereigns and a cap from his person.
?he chief wit
early on-the
!our men, or

SOUTH

LANCASHIRE

ASSIZES,

Andrews'

al terms

s issued for
usual form by three

aner was
Ts of the

committee cam

against

hese seven certificates were only copies, they, being igno-
' rant of the course of business in Chancery, asked what
was the reason why the originals were not produced. The
prisoner then explained, and truly, that the originals were
not issued from the accountant-general's office, but filed
there, and that copies only were furnished. Some slight
hesitation was expressed by them, but the prisoner seemed
indignant at their not receiving his explanation at once,
and told them that, if they applied to the Court of Chan-
cery, they would find it correct. It was never conceived
by the directors that their attorney was palming off a
forgery upon them. On the 28th November, 1852, there
was another iresolution of the board, requiring vouchers
to be produced for the sums advanced since July ; and the
prisoner, with a note of the 3d or 4th of January, in last
year, handed over to the secretary certain other vouchers,
containing three similar certificates, with which, however,
this indictment had nothing to do. Some little time
afterwards, the directors began to feel dissatisfaction with
the mode in which the prisoner was conducting their
business, though they did not suspect any want of inte-
grity ; and therefore, about August, 1853, he was dismissed,
but not with any dishonour. Mr. Guy, the present soli-
citor to the company, was appointed in his stead ; but as
the prisoner remained, with his family, at Manchester, till
the end of September or the beginning of October. h(
attended at the of
iich the deceased had himself his successor what

Kegan was i little g

motion, saw Savage assailed by

f whom A

identitied as the prisoner.

RIOT AND ASSAULT AT PISNDLETON.—RObert Collier,
-22, and William Handley, 24, were charged with inflicting
serious injuries upon Mr. James Crompton, dyer of Pen-
*Beton, near Manchester, during a turn-out of the work-
men in that trade, in May last. Mr. Cross, for the prose-
cution, stated that, at the time when this assault was com-
mitted, a riot took place amongst the turn-outs who had
been employed by Mr. Crompton ; and, although the
present charge was brought against the prisoners, who
formed part of the crowd, Mr. Crompton did not wish to
press the prosecution, as the workpeople were now per-
fectly quiet. The prisoners, after a suitable admonition
from his lordship, were discharged on their own recog-
slizances.

CHA
slater,

ITEIL—Marlt Banford, 29, a
s manslaughter of William Moult,
30th March, was acquitted, principally
Le committed the deed (cutting with a

at Middleton

assailed

)rovocation, and when
—Robert Norman, 33,

indicted

Chester, in
from the e
the injury

iter of William Sutton, at Man:
ist, was acquitted, it being doubtful,
whether the deceased had not received
ght

s death accidentally d

_provoked

information and assistance he could
Manchester, and went abroad. and it

25, a painter:
ifo_ it wag Rfai

guilty.of bigamy. 'Llie urn wuc,
vied to him in December, and in February had a baby.
The second wife, Jane Turner, stated that she was married
to the prisoner at Bardsley, in April last. SI-- '
the time that he had another wife, but
questions about it ; " she took him for better for worse.
His lordship thought that the appearance of the little
stranger in February, after being married in December,
was sufficient cause for his not living with her, unless the
paternity could be traced to him. The jury returned a
'verdict of guilty, and his lord '
prisoned for seven. days.
DANGEROI7B ♦sD V*

some papers were disc

the beginning of the present
vered by Mr. Gny in the office formerly occupied }.
prisoner in Ducie-place, which led to the
something wrong , • search was made at +

suspicion of

accountant-

knew at

general's of

ice, and it was found out t

asked him no

certificates whici

1 of those
"S, and

amongst them this, of the £1,2-._
been paid to Mr. Smith, purported to be copies of docu-
ments of which no originals had ever existed. Several
legal objections were raised by the learned counsel for the
prisoner. The objections having been replied to and set

2 15s. 6d., alleged to have

'ship ordered him io-1;;In;

side. m

LENT AssAuvrs.—John Nichol-
--'-g violently assaulted Robert

aded guilty

next da

k, a publican, at R(

dale, on the 16th May

prisoner

he prosecutor's hous

,nd be-

enry Eyre, aged
# Liver-

came ra

& prevent-