The Press.
London, England, 1855-07-07 00:00:00

RAILWAY ACCIDENT

VE.

416,221 ss. have already been paid as compensation for Fatal and
other Railway Accidents, by the
RAILWAY PASSENGERS' ASSURANCE
COMPANY.

EXAMPLES.

41,000 was paid to the Widow of killed on the 24th Feb.,
Ina, secured by a payment of £1; £330 was paid to H.C.H.J.,
who had his leg broken on the 31st August, 1833, secured by a
payment of £l.

For the convenience of frequent travellers, Periodical In.
surances are granted, which now cover the risk of Fatal Acci.
dente while travelling in any class carriage on any Railway lu
the United Kingdom or on the Continent of Europe, and insure
Compensation fur Personal Injury in any Railway Accident in
the United Kingdom only.
To Insure 21,000 at an Annual Premium of 20e.
Ditto 2:010 ditto be.
. _ . . .

A new class of Insurance has also been established in case of
Death by Railway Accident alone, without compensation for
Injury.
To Insure 41,000 at an Annual Premium of ....55
Ditto, any sum not exceeding 41,000 for the whole
of life by a single payment of Os. per cent.: thus
one payment of 43 will secure 41,1/00.
The premiums charged include the Stamp Duty, which is paid
by the Company under its special Act of Parliament.
WILLIAM J. VIA S, Secretary.
Railway Passengers' Assurance Office, 3, Old Broad•st., London.

ROYAL ASYLUM of ST. ANN'S SOCIETY,
for Children of those once in prosperity, orphans or not.
By voluntary contributions.
The HALF-YEARLY ELECTION will take place at the
London Tavern, on FRIDAY, the 10th day of August next. New
Candidates should be nominated immediately. Forms may be
obtained at the Office, or are forwarded by post, with a List of
Governors, on receipt of twelve postage stamps.
E. F. LEEKS, Secretary.
2, Charlotte-row, 11ansion-house.

THE HOUNSLOW ESTATE.-
" THE CONSERVATIVE LAND SOCIETY.—The Houn-
slow Estate will be allotted at the Offices, No. 39, Norfolk-street,
Strand, London, on THURSDAY, the 19th of July, 155. The
Hounslow Estate is on the high road from the railway-station
to the town, and is bounded by the premises of the station, and
by the roads to Whitton-park and Isieworth. There are Thirty-
six Plots :—One at 2501. (public•house privilege), one at 1251.
and the remaining lota are all at NA each.
BRIGHTON ESTATE.—On July 19th the First and Second
Portions of the ROUND-HILL-PARK ESTATE will again
come under the notice of the holders of rights, under novel and
most advantageous circumstances.
THE READING ESTATE.—On the 19th of July the 751.
PLOTS which existed on the READING PLAN will be SUB-
DIVIDED into 501. LOTS, in consequence of the numerous in-
quiries made for pieces of land on this valuable Estate at the
huit-mentioned scale.
Plans and particulars may be had of
CHARLES LEWIS ORUNEISEN, Secretary.

THE CASPIATO, or Folding Bonnet, a new
Invention, for which J. and E. SMITH have her Majesty's
Royal Letters Patent, combines convenience with elegance. It
is packed in a case, 1 j inch deep, thus dispensing with a bonnet
box. Prices moderate. Also every kind of Bonnet in the best
Paris taste. Light Bonnets, with flowers, at 100. Gd.; GlactS
Bonnets, with dowers, 16s. fid.; Mourning Bonnets, with
flowers, Hs. 6d.—At J. and E. SMITH'S Show Rooms, 161,
REGENT-STREET, opposite Beak-street. Directions for Self-
Measurement sent free by post.