Nov. 17. 1855.] 



NOTES AND QUERIES. 



THE LONDON ASSURANCE, 



INCORPORATED A.D. 1720. 



FOR LIFE, FIRE. AND MARINE 

 ASSURANCES. 

 Head Office, 7. Royal Exchange, Cornliill. 



SAMUEL GREGSON.ESQ., M.P., Governor. 



JOHN ALVES AKBUTHNOT, ESQ., Sub- 

 Governor. 



JOHN ALEX. HANKEY, ESQ., Deputy- 

 Governor. 



Birectors. 



Nath. Alexander, Esq. 

 R. Baegallay, Esq. 

 G. Barnes, Esq. 

 H. Bonham Bax, Esq. 

 James BIyth, Esq. 

 .T. W. Borradailc, Esq. 

 Edw. Bnrmestcr, Esq. 

 Chas. Crawley, Esq. 

 W. Dallas, Esq. 

 B. Dobree, Juu., Esq. 

 H. G Gordon, Esq. 

 Edwin (iower, Esq. 

 DavidC.GutIirie,Egq, 



E. Hornnse, Esq. 

 Louis Huth, Esq. 

 William Kinor, Esq. 

 Charles Lyall, Esq. 

 John Ord, Esq. 

 David Powell, Esq. 

 O. Probyn.Esq. 

 P. v. Robertson, Esq. 



M.P. 

 Alex. Trotter. Esq. 

 Thos. Weeding, E-q. 

 Lest. P. Wilson, Es<i. 



Actuary, PETER HARDY, ESQ,, F.R.8. 



WEST END OFFICE, No. 7. PALL MALL. 



Committee. 



Two Memben of the Court In rotation, and 



HENRY KINGSCOTE, ESQ.. and 

 JOHN TIDD PRATT, ESQ. 



Superintendent, PHILIP SCOONES, ESQ, 



LIFE DEPARTMENT. 



THIS CORPORATION has pranted As- 

 surances on Lives for a Period exccediiif/ One 

 Jfuiidred and Third/ Years, liaving issued its 

 flrst Policy on the 7th June, 17.21. 



Two-thirds, or 66 per cent, of the entire pro- 

 fits, are given to the Assured. 



Policies may be opened under either of the 

 following plans, viz. : — 



At a low rate of premium, without partici- 

 pation in profits, or at a somewhat higher rate, 

 cnlitling the Assured either, after the first five 

 years, to an annual abatement of premium for 

 the renuiinder of life, or, after payment of the 

 flrst premium, to a participation in the ensuing 

 quinquennial Bonus. 



The abatement for the year 1855 on the 

 Annual Premiums of persons who have been 

 assured imder Scries " 1831 " for five years or 

 longer, is upwards of 33 per cent. 



The high character which this ancient Cor- 

 poration has maintained during nearly a 

 Centurii and a Half, secures to the public a 

 full and faithful declaration of profits. 



The Corporation bears the whole Expensks 

 op Manaoe.ment, thus giving to the Assured, 

 conjoined with the protection afforded by its 

 Corporate Fund, advantages equal to those of 

 any system of Mutual Assurance. 



Premiums may be paid Yearly, Half-yearly, 

 or Quarterly. 



A II Policies are issued free from Stamp Dutji, 

 or from charge of any description whatever, 

 beyond the Premium. 



The attention of the Public is especially 

 called to the great advantages ofFered to Life 

 Assurers by the legislature in its recent 

 Enactments, by which it will be found that, to 

 a defined extent, Life Premiums are not sid>- 

 ject to Income J'aor. 



The Fees a( Medical Referees are paid by the 

 Corporation. 



Annuities are granted by the Corporation, 

 payable Half-yearly. 



Every facility will he given for the transfer 

 or exchange of Policies, or any other suitable 

 arrangement will be made for the convenience 

 of the Assured, 



Prospectuses and all other information mny 

 be obtained by eitlier a written or iiersona'l 

 application to the Actuary, or to the Superin- 

 tendent of the West End Office. 



JOHN LAURENCE, Secretary. 



PIANOFORTES, 25 Guineas 

 each. -D'ALMATNE & CO., 20. Soho 

 Square, London (established 1785), respectfully 

 intimate that in addition to their ROYAL 

 PIANOFORTES, (ij octaves, in rosewood and 

 mahogany, at 25 Guineas, they have opened 

 new show rooms fur the exhibition of their 

 ROYAL COXCERT PIANOFORTES, with 

 repeater action, suited for apartments of the 

 largest size, possessing the tone, totieh, and 

 advantasres of the grand, without its magni- 

 tude and expense. Price 40 Guineas. Every 

 Instrument warranted. The peculiar ad- 

 vantages of these Pianofortes arc best described 

 in 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'.\LMAINE 

 & 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 toucli, or more equal tem- 

 perament, while tlie elegance of their construc- 

 tion renders them a handsome ornament for 

 thelibrary, boudoir,ordrawing-room, fSisned) 

 J. L. -Abel, F. Benedict, H. R. Bishop. J. Blcw- 

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

 Dolby, E. F. Fitzwilliam, W. Forde, Stephen 

 Glover, Henri Herz, E. Harrison. IT. F. Has.S(S, 

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

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

 Alexander Lee. A. I^effler. E. J. Loder, W. II. 

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

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

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

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

 ber, II. Wcstrop, T. II. Wright," &c. 



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

 and Designs Gratis. 



HE AL & SON'S EIDER DOWN 

 QUILTS ; also GOOSE DOWN 

 QUILTS, fiom as. M. to 'Us. List of Prices 

 and SizKs sent Free by Post. 



19fi. TOTTENHAM COURT RO.AD. 



WESTERN LIFE ASSU- 

 RANCE AND ANNUITY SOCIETY, 

 3. PARLIAMENT STREET, LONDON. 

 Founded A.D. 1842. 



Directors, 

 H. E. BicknelI.Esq. | T. Grissell, Esn. 

 T. 8. Cocks.Jun. Esq. ! F. B. Marson, Esi. 



M.P. I J. Nichols, Esq. 



O. H. Drew. Esq. A. Robinson, Esq. 



W. Evans, Esq. I E. Lucas, Esq. 



W. Freeman, Esq. ! J. ly. Seager, Esq. 

 F. Fuller, Esq. J. B. White, Esq. 



J. H. Goodhart.Esq, 1 J. C. Wood, Esq. 



Truateei. 

 a. Dfw.Esq. ; T. Grissell, Esq. ; 



W. Whateley.Esq., Q.C. 



Physician. — W. R. Basham. M.D. 



BanJrei-s. — Messrs. Cooks, Biddulph, and Co. 



VALUABLE PRIVILEGE. 

 POLICIES eflTccted in this Office do not be- 

 come void through temporarydiflficulty in pay- 

 ing a Premium, as permission is given upon 

 application to suspend the payment at interest, 

 according to the eonditionsdetailed in the Pro- 

 spectus. 



SpeeimeuBof Rales of Premium for Assuring 

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

 Profits ! 



Age d s. d. Age £ a. d. 



1 14 4 32- - - 2 10 8 

 Sr - - - 2 18 6 

 42 • - -382 



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



Actuary. 



Now ready, price in.«. 6i/., Second Edition, 

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 THUR SCRATCHI,EY, M. A., Actuary to 

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Now Ready, Vol. Ill , in orown 8yo., cloth, 

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