July 28. 1855.] 



NOTES AND QUERIES. 



xaroTxcs or BiviDExam. 



BANK OF DEPOSIT, 



PALL MALL EAST, LONDON. 



Established A.D. im. 



THE WARRANTS for the 

 HALF-YEARLY Interest, at the rate of 

 5 per cent, per annum, on Deposit Accounts, to 

 the 30tti June, are ready for delivery, and 

 payable daily between the hours of Eleven 

 and Three o'clock. 



PETER MORRISON, 

 Managing Director. 

 22nd June, 185S. 



»*» Parties desirous of INVESTING 

 Money, are requested to examine the plan of 

 this Institution. Prospectuses and Forms for 

 opening Accounts sent Free on application. 



SOVEREIGN LIFE ASSU- 

 RANCE COMPANY, 49. St. James 

 Street, London. (Established 1845.) 



Trostkes. 

 The Earl Talbot. I Sir Claude Scott, Bart. 

 Henry Pownall, Esq. | B. Bond Cabbell, Esq. 



This Office, the new income of which was 

 doubled during the last year, presents the se- 

 curity of a large paid-up Capital ; Moderate 

 Premiums for home and foreign risks ; no 

 Stamp Duty is charged, and all Policies are 

 declared indisputable. 



The last Boaus added four-fifths 

 of the Premium paid to some of 

 the participatirg policies. 



Provision can be made for the payment of a 

 certain sum on attaining any given age (as 

 50, 55, or 60), or at death if it occur previously. 



By a small annual payment 100?. may be 

 secured to a child on attaining the age of 14, 

 18, or 21. 



Prospectuses and other information will be 

 furnished on application. 



H. D. DAVENPORT, Secretary. 



PIANOFORTES, 25 Guineas 

 each. — D'ALMAINE & CO., 20. Soho 

 Square, London (established 1785), respectfully 

 intimate that in addition to their ROYAL 

 PIANOFORTES, B| octaves, in rosewood and 

 mahogany, at 25 Guineas thfy have opened 

 new show rooms for the exhibition of their 

 ROYAL CDNCERT PIANOFORTES, with 

 repeater action, suited for apartments of the 

 largest size, possessing the tone, touch, and 

 advantages o- the grand, without its magni- 

 tude and expense. Price 40 (Juineas. Every 

 Instrument warranted. The peculiar ad- 

 vantages of these Pianofortes are best described 

 n the following professional testimonial, 

 signed by the majority of the leading musi- 

 cians of the age:— "We, the undersigned 

 members of the musical profession, having 

 carefully examined the Royal Pianofortes 

 manufactured by MESSRS. D'ALMAINE 

 & CO., have great pleasure in bearing tes- 

 timony to their merits and capabilities. It ap- 

 pears to us impossible to produce instruments 

 of the same size possessing a richer and finer 

 tone, more elastic touch, or more equal tem- 

 perament, while the eletiance of their construc- 

 tion renders them a handsome ornament for 

 the librai y , boudoir, or drawing-room. (Signed ) 

 J. L. A hel, F. Benedict, H. R. Bishop, J. Blew- 

 itt, J. Brizzi, T. P. Chipp, P. Delavanti, C. H. 

 Dolby, EI. Fitzwilliara, W. Forde, Stephen 

 Glover, Henri Herz, E. Harrison, H. F. Hass^, 

 J. L. Hatton, Catherine Hayes, W. H. Holmes, 

 W. Kuhe, G. F. Kiallmark, E. Land, G. Lanza, 

 Alexander Lee. A. Leffler, E. J. Loder. W. H. 

 Montgomery, S. Nelson. G, A. Osborne, John 

 Parry, H. Panofka, Henry Phillips, P. Praegar, 

 E.F. Rimbault, Frank Romer, G. H. Rodwell, 

 E. Rockell, Sims Reeves J. Templeton, F.We- 

 ber, H. Westrop, T. H. Wright,''^&c. 

 D'ALMAINE & CO., 20. Soho Square. Lists 

 and Designs Gratis. 



TRAVELLERS' AND MA- 

 RINE INSURANCE COMPANY. 



Chief Office 5. GRESHAM STREET, 



LONDON. 



Trustees. 

 The Rt. Hon. the Earl Fitzwilliam, K. G.. 

 Sir Charles Fox. 



Matthew Marshall, Esq., Bank of England. 

 William Smee, Esq., Bank of England. 



EXAMPLE OF RATES- 



DEATH FROM ANY ACCIDENT. 



DEATH FROM RAILWAY ACCIDENT. 



TOTAL LOSS OF HEALTH. 



Annual Premium. 



£ s. d. 

 Age 21 - 1 13 2 



(ElOO per annum 

 during disability. 



For Informatiok, Prospbctitses, Forms, 



ETC., APPLY TO THE ChISF OfFICB, 5. GrESHAM 



Street, Londok. 



WESTERN LIFE ASSU- 

 RANCE AND ANNUITY SOCIETY, 

 «. PARLIAMENT STREET, LONDON. 

 Founded A.D. 1842. 



Directors. 



T. Grissell, Esq. 



J. Hunt, Esq. 



J. A. Lethbndge.Esq. 



E. Lucas, Esq. 



J. Lys Seager, Esq. 



J. B. White, Esq. 



J. Carter Wood, Esq. 



H. B. Bicknell.Esq. 

 T. 8. Cocks, Jun. Esq. 



M.P. 

 G. H. Drew. Esq. 

 W. Evans, Esq. 

 W. Freeman, Esq. 

 F. Fuller, Esq. 

 J. H. Goodhart, Esq. 



Trustees. 



W.Whateley,Esq., Q.C. i George Drew, Esq.; 



T. Grissell, Esq. 



Phvsician.— 'WiUia.m Rich. Basham.M.D. 



SanJkers. — Messrs. Cocks, Biddulph, and Co., 



Charing Cross. 



VALUABLE PRIVILEGE. 

 POLICIES effected in this Office do not be- 

 come void through temporary difficulty in pay- 

 ing a Premium, as permission is given upon 

 application to suspend the payment at interest, 

 according to the conditions detailed in the Pro- 

 spectus. 



Specimens of Rates of Premium for Assuring 

 100?., with a Share in three-fourths of the 

 Profits : 



£. >. d. 



- 2 10 8 



- 2 18 6 



- 3 8 2 

 ARTHUR SCRATCHLEY, M.A., F.R.A.S., 



Actuary. 



Now ready, price 10«. Gd., Second Edition, 

 with material additions, INDUSTRIAL IN- 

 VFSTMENT and EMIGRATION; being a 

 TREATISE on BENEFIT BUILDING SO- 

 CIETIES, and on the General Principles of 

 Land Investment, exemplified in the Cases of 

 Freehold Land Societies, Building Companies, 

 &c. With a Mathematical Appendix on Com- 

 pound Interest and Life Assurance. By AR- 

 THUR SCRATCHLEY, M.A., Actuary to 

 the Western Lite Assurance Society, t. Parlia- 

 meat Street, London. 



WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL, 

 Broad Sanctuary, opposite Westminster 

 Abbey. — The Westminster Hospital was in- 

 stituted in the year 171U, and was the first of 

 the kmd in the United Kingdom established 

 and supported by Voluntary Contributions. 

 The prmciple of admission is based chiefly on 

 the ur-;ency and nature of the symptoms of the 

 patient, and during the past year 1,123 acci- 

 dents and urpent cases have teen received as 

 in-patients without letters of recommendation, 

 while 14,381 out-patients have obtained medical 

 or surgical assistance with no other claim than 

 their sufferings. Patients are constantly re- 

 ceived from distant districts ; admission is also 

 freely given to Foreigners who are ill and in 

 distress ; and relief is often afforded to patients 

 who are sent as urgent cases by the clergy of all 

 denominations, 'ihc number of patients ad- 

 mitted in 185« was, in-patients l,75i,out-patients 

 19,545 — total 21,299. The demands on the Hos- 

 pital are annually increasing, while the income 

 from all sources has seriously declined. Thos^ 

 in 1854,— ^ 



,^^ . ^ »• «?• 



The income was - - . 4667 2 10 

 ■The expenditure - - - 6112 19 2} 



Deficiency 



- 1445 16 4J 



These increasing demands on the Hospital 

 may, to a certain extent, he explained by the 

 increase of population. Three wards, affording 

 accommodation for 42 patients, are still un- 

 furnished and unoccupied ; and to open these 

 wards, and thus render the Hospital as efficient 

 as originally designed, would require an in- 

 creased income of 1500Z. a year, besides the cost 

 of fitting up the wards for the reception of the 

 patients. Efforts are being made to increase 

 the Hospital accommodation of the metropolis, 

 but the duty is more imperative to make the 

 accommodation already existing available. 

 No new establishment is rejiuired, no additional 

 officers, no increased buildings, but only means 

 to receive and support in a long -tried establish- 

 ment an increased number of the poor and 

 destitute. 



During the recent epidemic 170 cases of 

 Asiatic cholera were admitted , and 10) of the 

 number wtre restored to health and their 

 families. 3496 cases of choleraic diarrhoea were 

 also received, and, through prompt attention, 

 the further progress of disease was p- evented. 

 The Committee earnestly APPEAL to the te- 

 nevolent for AID, and trust that the extent 

 and value of the medical and surgical relief 

 afforded to the poor from all parts may cause 

 assistance to be given to the funds of this, the 

 oldest metropolitan Hospital supported by vo- 

 luntary contributions. 



Donations and Subscriptions are thankfully 

 received by Messrs. Hoare & Co., 37. Fleet 

 Street ; by Messrs. Bouverie & Co., 1 1 . Hay- 

 market ; by the Joint Treasurers, the Hon. 

 Philip P. Bouverie and Peter R. Hoare, Esq. ; 

 or by the Secretary. 



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