The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1849-07-03 00:00:00

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THE PATENT RAPID WATER PURIFIER,
WHICH WILL PURIFY FROM
30 GALLONS TO 50,000 GALLONS PER DAY,
AN UPARDS,
Now introduced into Her D Majes W
ty's Royal Castle, Windsor,
the Admiralty, the Residence of Her Grace the Duchess of
Sutherland, Charles Barry, Esq., the Architect of the New
Houses of Parliament, and numerous other of the Nobility and
Gentry; also into Her Majesty's Navy, by order of the Lords
of the Admiralty.

ADVANTAGES OF THE PATENT RAPID WATER PURIFIER
OVER EVERY OTHER KIND OF FILTER.
Its Simplicity of Construction—the Thickness of the Stone—
ts Durability—a never-failing Supply of Pure Water, without
any trouble—the speedy Removal of Deleterious Matter—its
applicability to be placed in Water Butts, Cisterns, Tanks,
Ponds or Reservoirs, &c. &c.

ABRIDGED OPINIONS OF THE PRESS.
" The simplicity of construction insures the lasting proper-
ties of the Filter."—London Times.
" No Ship with this Portable Apparatus on board need be
in want of the sweetest and purest water."--Liverpool Courier,
June 21st, 1848. _

" We cin conceive no invention better calculated to serve the
sailor, and at the same time to benefit the interest of the mer-
chant."—Liverpool Mail, June 10, 1848.
" To the brewer, dyer, and others requiring a copious supply
of pure water, it offers great advantages, and is also available
for culinary and other purposes."—Standard, 30th May, 1848.
" The Filter was greatly admired 1E), the Scientific Gentlemen
at the Polytechnic Society for its self-cleans2ing, self-acting, and
durable qualities."—Liverpool Standard, 13th June.
" It is far and away the most perfect and economical thing
of the kind extant."—Liverpool Chronicle, 29th April, 1849.
" It possesses advantages over all other Filters we have seen
in the simplicity of its construction and its capacity to disen-
gage all deletenons matter with which water may be impreg-
nated."—Liv ;Ipso/ Journal, June 10th, 1848.
" It is a new Filter, made of Sand Stone, which disengages
matter of every kind held in suspel.sion, and renders the water
beautifully pure and limpid."—Liverpool Times, June Bth, 1848.
" One of the most unique and really useful inventions of the
day is a Cylindrical Stone Filter which became the object of
much attention at the last meeting of the Polytechnic Society."
—Liverpool Albion, June 19th, 1848.

Copies of the Paper read before the Polytechnic Society, in
reference to the above invention, and all particulars, can be
obtained at the Office,
N.. 5, SOC7IIeI JOHN-STREET, LIVERPOOL.
JAMES FORSTER.

RAILWAY PASSENGERS'
_ COMPANY,

ASSURANCE

Empowered by special Act of Parliament.
CAPITAL, ONE MILLION.
OFFICES, 3, OLD BROAD-STREET.
DIRECTORS.
John Dean Paul, Esq., 217, Strand, Chairman.
George Berkeley Harrison, Esq., 24, Great Tower-street,
Deputy-Chairman.
Humphrey Brown, Esq., M.P., Westminster and Tewkesbury.
James Clay, Esq., M.P., 25, Montague-square.
George Clive. Esq., Sanderstead-court, Croydon.
Samuel Whitfield Dankes, Esq., 14, Whitehall-place.
Harvie Morton Farquhar, Esq., 16, St. James's-street.
Alexander Greig, Esq.. 10, Lowndes-street, Belgrave-square.
The Hon. Arthur Kinnaird, Pall Mall East.
BANKERS—Messrs. Strahan, Paul, Paul, and Bates, 217, Strand;
Messrs. Ransom and Co., Pall Mall East.
SURGEON—Barnard Wight Holt. E‘q.. F.R.C.S., 5, Parliament-
street, Westminster.
SOLICITORS—Messrs. Holt and Aubin, 26, Bucklersbury.

On and after Monday, the 2d of July, this Company will
grant insurance tickets, at their offices, No. 3, Old Broad-
street, City, to persons desirous of securing the payment of a
sum of money, in the event of loss of life or personal injury
happening to them while travelling by railway, on the follow-
ing terms :

First-class Passengers assured in the sum of £lOOO for three
months, at a premium of los. ; for six months, at a premium
of 165.; for twelve months, at a premium of 1.
Second class Passengers, assured in the sum of £5OO for
three months, at premium of 7s. ; six ditto at I Is. ; twelve
ditto 14s.

This class of insurance is intended for the especial benefit of
commercial travellers, and that of persons having periodical
railway tickets on any of the railways in the kingdom.
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SINGLE JOI'ENEY, at the various stations of all railways
2d-class Ditto, Twopence, ditto 500 irrespective of
3d-class Ditto, One Penny, ditto 200 distance.
The single journey ticket will cover the risk to the assured ot
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travelling the distance for which the Railway Ticket is issued,
except in the case of a Return Ticket, when the party must
effect a Second Assurance.
All the Premiums charged include the stamp duty which will
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be payable to the government by th Company.
The sums for which persons are assured will be paid to their
representatives in the event of an accident terminating fatally;
and when it results in personal injuries only, liberal and imme-
diate compensation will be made, and in such cases the Coin
pany will send one of its officers to the spot, provided with
money to make advances to any of the assured who may require
such assistance, and having authority to make such other ge-
neral arrangements for the comfort of the sufferers as may be
deemed expedient until the proper amount of compensation in
each particular case can be determined.
Printed forms of applications, for periodical tickets, may be
had at the Offices of the Company.
ALEXANDER BEATTIE, Secretary.