The Sun.
London, England, 1850-10-04 00:00:00

N°. 18,1061

ANTED, by an Establiilled Stuff House in
Bradford,' h -rEr,soNT of eYpthience, to upon Retail
Drapers in London and neighbourhood. A party having a good con-
nexion will be liberally treated AO. • •
Atldres.s, I'. G., Post office, -Bradford.
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TO DRAPERg, &c.
Fr9,l2e MS,PpSED of immediately, conse-
• quence of the hath -of the .listA PrOprictor, a very old. esta-
hlished GROCERY and DRAPERY BUSINES 4, situate in a Market
Town in West. Norfolk. A highly respectable and lucrative business
has been carried on there for more than half a century, and it is now
only to be dis.poied of for the above reason. A capital of about
2,090/. will be required. -4 •
isor further particular.; apply to Mr. William Baker, High- strut,
Lynn, Norfolk.

VORD'S NITBLLINErTON - FAMILY and
COMMERCIAL HOTEL, DALE-STREET, LIVERPOOL.
This Hotel, situated in the immediate vicinity of the Exchange,
Docks, and other places of public and commercial resort, is fitted up
in first-rate'style, and the accommodations for American, Foreign, as
well as English strangers. will be found everything that is desirable,
while the arrangements of the:"Cuisine" are in the hands of a first-rate
'Cook. The Proprietor urthey wishes to intimate that his Coffee
anfl Commercial Rooms, as well as Sitting and Bed Rooms, will be
[mind second to none .n the kingdom:
N.B. The dames for servants are included in the Bill (except those
who only stay a few hours), viz., Waiter, Porter, and Chambermaid,
and it is respectfully intimated that all further payment is num-
cerary

AILWAY PASSENGERS' 'ASSURANCE
: . COMPANY ;
Empowered by Special Act of Parliament, 12 and 13 Vic., cap. 40.
Offices, 3, Old Broad-street, London.
DIRECTORS.
Chairman—JOHN DEAN PAUL, Esq., 217, Strand.
Deputy-Chalrman—GEOßGE BERKELEY HARRISON, Esq., 24,
1 • Great Tower-strept, City.
HOmphrey Brown, Esq., M.P., Twining Park, Tewkesbury.

James Clay, Esq., M.P.- 25., Montagu-square.
George Clive, Esq., Sanderstead Court. Croydon.
Samuel Whitfield Daukes, Esq., 14, Whitehall-place, Westminster.
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Wavle Morton Farquhar, Esq , 16, St. Jatnes's-street.
Alexander Greig, Esq., 10, Lownde.s-strcet, Belgrave-square.

The Hori. Arthur Ithitiaini, Pall-mall East

Geor.re Robert' Paul, Esq., Portland Lodge, Worthing.
Baukers—Messrs. Strahan, Paul, Paul, and Bates, 217, Strand ;

Messrs. Rms.= anti Co.,

Standing Counsel—Henry Davison,Esq., Brick-court, Temple.
Solicitors —Messrs. Fry and Holt, Walbrook House, City.
Surgeon—Barnard Wight Holt, Esq., F.R.C.S., 5, Parliament-street,
Westminster.
Secretary—Alexander Beattie, F.sq.
This Company has teen established for the purpose of affording
compensation in casts of personal injury, and the payment of a cer-
tain sum in the event of death by railway accident.
During the year just closed the following are the particulars of the
claims that have been made on this Company by 37 parsons who
have sustained injury in travellint, by railway :
No. 1. A holder of a periodical tickets No. 5,091, met with an ac-
cident by falling off the platform at Preston, on the night of the Ist
November. Adjusted by a payment of 71. 6s.
No. 2. A mail guard, insured by a periodical ticket, No. 5,584,
whilst travelling from Coatbridge to Perth, on the 29th November,
having occasion to get oat at the Stirling Station, he slipped between
the platform and post-office van. The injury he sustained prevented
him from attending to his duties till the 3d January. Awarded 201.
No. 3. The holder of a periodical ticket, No. 5,395, whilst travel-
ling from Macclesfield to Manchester, on the 31st December, was
thrown against a gentleman sitting opposite to him, and received a
blow on his face, which rendered him incapable of attending to his
business for a few days. His claim was settled by the Companypav-
ing at his request 5 guineas to the Manchester Infirmary, the
claimant being himself a medical man.
No. 4. A commercial traveller, and holder of a periodical ticket,
No. 16,880, met with an accident at the Thirsk Station of the York,
Newcastle, and Berwick Railway, whilst about to proceed to New-
castle' on the 24th of January. The injury consisted of a severe
bruise of the thumb, caused by a porter shutting the door of the car-
riave, on his left hand,-befo e he could take his seat; the accident
obliged him, after remaining a week at Newcastle, to return home
from his journey, which he was unable to resume until February 11.
Awarded 311. 103.
No. 5. The h older of a first-Jass ticket, issued at Leicester,Jannary
28, was a passenger its the train that ran off the rai's between Blis-
worth and Wolverton; lie was thrown with great violence against
another passenger, and the shock unfitted him from attending to
business for some days. Awarded 141 14s.
No. 6. The party in this instance is a clerk in the Travelling Post-
office, and the holder of a periodical ticket, No. 5,474, and was se-
verely injured, Especially In the face and eyes, by the collision of the
mail with the goods' train, that occurred on the 13th February, near
the Abingdon Station, on the Caledonian Railway. Awarded 2101.
The injury to the eyes appearing to be of a permanent character.
No. 7. The holder of a single journey ticket was also a passenger
in the same train. Ihe claimant was about to proceed to New
York, by the Canada, but the injury he received prevented him from
doing so. Awarded 301.
No. 8. The holder of a periodical ticket, No. 7,313, was injured by
the collision between the passengers' and goods' train in the long
tunnel in the Leeds and Bradford Railway, on the 18th February.
Awarded 401.
No. 9. A commercial traveller, holder of periodical ticket, No.
16.851, was travelling by the mail train that left Newcastle at 4 P.M.
on the 15th March for Manchester, and susta ncd a severe shock
by the engine runfling off the line near the Victoria-bridge.
Awarded 101.
No. 10. A Government officer and his wife were passengers by the
mail train that left Durham at half-past four o'clock P.M. on 6th
May, which ran into an engine in. the sidihg from the points not
having been properly set, near the Belmont Station of the York, New-
ca=tle, and Berwick Railway, They, avere both much hurt by the
collision. Awarded 351.
No. 11. An engine-driver, whilst driving the engine of a goods'
train on the 25th of May, between Ellsworth and Wolverton, was
thrown b-neath the engine from the train coming in collision with a
bale of cloth that had just fallen on the line from a passing train;
he
was much scalded and otherwise severely injured. Awarded 421.
Claims 12 to 17 were made by parties who were travelling by the
excurs on train on 'the 3d July from Leek and Macclesfield to
Liverpool, the weight of which overpowered the breaks on entering
the station.
No. 12. The claimant, with his wife and mother-in-law, from Leek,
second-class passengers, were all bruised. Awarde 161.
No. 13. A young woman from Leek, at third-class passenger, had
her face hurt. Awarded 21. _ _

No. 14. 4. man and his wife, employed in the manufacture of silk,
third-class passenger's, were both SlWitty injured by the shock.
Awarded 21. _ _

No. 15. A passenger_ from Macclesfield had insured himself and
family, six in number, three of whom received some injuries from the
concussion. Awarded 5/. ss.

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No. 16. A gentleman holding a periodical ticket, No. 8,751, left
Macclesfield in the above train, and was so shaken as to be inca-
pacitated from attending to hi, business for a few days. Awarded 61.
No. 17. A second-class passenger from -Macclesfield was severely
injured about the spine and neck, which still confines her to her
room.
No. 18 and 19; These claims were made by two gentlemen,
holders of periodical tickets, employed in the railway post-office,
and travelling by the mail train that left the Euston Station on the
evening of.the 6th of July, and ran into some waggons of a goods'
train, proceeding on the same line, near Harrow. One of them
sprained the muscle of his back, and the other was thrown aw!nst
the corner of the post-office, breaking one of his ribs, and being
otherwise injured.
Claims No. 17, 18, and 19, are In course of adjustment.
No. 20. 'I he claimant and his wife were third-class passengers by
the same train ; he escaped with a few bruises, bu; his wife was

much injured. Awarded 151.
From the accident that occurred to the excursion train at Pow-
lairs, on the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway, on the Ist August,
when six persons were deprived of their lives, and many others in-
jured, the following claims have arLea :
No. 21. A larmer from Dubheads, near Crlef, was hurt about the
head and face. Awardad 61.
No. 22. A carpenter from Auchterarder, received a Wow in the
head. Awarded 41.
No. 23. A farmer from Strathallen, was also hurt about the head.
Awarded 51.
No. 24. A draper from Auchterarder, was injured about the thigh
and side. Awarded 31.35. _ _ .

_No. 25. A man. from Auehterarder, was severely. bruised about the
ribs. - -

No. 2G. A brother to the above was slightly injured. Awarded
21. 23.
No. 27. A female was bruised, and otherwise internally hurt.
Awarded 61.
No. 28. Another female was injured about the chest and side.
Awarded 21. 2s.

No. 29. A man, from Auchterarder, was slightly Injured.
No. 30. A farmer, from Tulliebardine, was seriously bruised.

Claims 25, 29, and 30 are in course of adjustment.
In most of the above cases the sum awarded is exclusive of the
medical exdenses incurred by the sufferers which have been defrayed
by this Company, in addition to that of their own medical officers.
who promptly visited the injured parties on hearing of the accident.
The utility of such a Company is demonstrated by these cases,
and the conviction that the premiums which the railway traveller
pays are but a small addition to the cost of his journeys, and create
a mcd for the relief of those who from time to time suffer by railway
accidents, which no hum an f)resight can prevent, will it is hoped
secure the public support to this Company.
Table of Premiums. . _

Table for a Single Journey, irresp •cticc of distance, to Insure
1,0001. in a Brit-class carriage, at a premium of 3d.
5001. In a se:ond ditto ditto 23.
2001. in a third. ditto ditto Id.

For the convenience of frequent travellers, the Company also
issues period cal tickets, to insure 1,0001. for one month, at a pre-
mium of ss. ; for three months, 10s. ; for six months, . IGs. ; for
twelve months. 205., with the option of travelling in any class car-
!lags, and in any railway in the kingdom.
These tickets 'nay be obtained at the stations of most of the rail-
ways in England and Scotland, of the provintial agents of the Cora-
1-any, and at the'Company's office, 3, 0 d Broad-street, London.