Dec. 15. 1855.] 



NOTES AND QUERIES. 



THE LONDON ASSURANCE, 



INCORPORATED A.D. 1720. 



FOR LIFE, FIRE. AND MARINE 



ASSURANCES. 

 Head Office, 7. Royal Exchange, Cornhill. 



SAMlTEIi GREGSON, ESQ., M.P.,Govemor. 



JOHN ALVES ARBUTHNOT, ESQ., Sub- 

 Governor. 



JOHN ALEX. IIANKEY, ESQ., Deputy- 

 Governor. 



Directors. 



Nath. Alexander, Esq. 

 R. Baseallay, Esq. 

 O. Barnes, Esq. 

 H. Bonham Bax, Esq. 

 James Blyth, Esq. 

 J. W. Biirradaile, Esq. 

 Edw. Burmester, Esq. 

 Chas. Ci-awley, Esq. 

 "W. Dallas, Esq. 

 B. Dobree. Jun., Esq. 

 H. G Gordon, Esq. 

 Edwin Gower, Esq. 

 David C. Guthrie, Esq. 



E. Ham age, Esq. 

 Louis Huth, Esq. 

 William Kins, Esq. 

 Charles Lyall, Esq. 

 .Tnhn Ord, Esq. 

 David Powell, Esq. 

 G. Probyn, Esq. 

 P. F. Robertson, Esq., 



M.P. 

 Alex. Trotter. Esq. 

 Thos. Weeding, Esq. 

 Lest. P. Wilson, Esq. 



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



WEST END OFFICE, No. 7. PALL MALL. 



Committee. 



Two Members of the Court in rotation, and 



HENRY KINGSCOTE, ESQ., and 

 JOHN TIDD PRATT, ESQ. 



Superintendent, PHILIP SCOONES, ESQ. 



LIFE DEPARTMENT. 



THIS CORPORATION has granted As- 

 surances on Lives for a Period exceeding One 

 Hundred and Ttiirti/ Years, having issued its 

 first Policy on the 7th June, 1721. 



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, 

 entitling the Assured cither, after the first five 

 years, to an annual abatement of premium for 

 the remainder of life, or, after paj'ment of the 

 first premium, to a participation in the ensuing 

 quinquennial Bonus. 



The abatement for the year 1955 on the 

 Annual Premiums of persons who have been 

 assured under Series " 1831 " for five years or 

 longer, is upwards of 33 per cent. 



The Iiigh character which this ancient Cor- 

 poration has maintained during nearly a 

 Century and a Half, secures to the public a 

 full and faithful declaration of profits. 



The Corporation bears the whole Expenses 

 OF Management, thus giving to the Assured, 

 conjoined with the protection afforded by its 

 Co)TK»-ate Fund, advantages equal to those of 

 any system of Mutual Assurance. 



Premiums may be paid Yearly, Half-yearly, 

 or Quarterly. 



A U Policies are issued free from Stamp Duty, 

 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 I>egislature in its recent 

 Enaetments, by which it will be found that, to 

 a defined extent. Life Premiums are not sub- 

 ject to Income Tax. 



The Fees of Medical Referees are paid by the 

 Corp ration. 



Annuities arc granted by the Corporation, 

 payable Half-yearly. 



Every facility will be given for the transfer 

 or exchan-e of Policies, or any other suitable 

 arrangement will be made for the convenience 

 of the Assured. 



Prospectuses and all other information may 

 be ohtniiied by either a written or personal 

 application to the Actuarv.or to the Superin- 

 tendent of tlie West End Office. 



JOHN LAURENCE, Secretary. 



WESTERN LIFE ASSU- 

 RANCE AND ANNUITY SOCIETY, 

 3. PARLIAMENT STREET, LONDON. 

 Founded A.D. 1843. 



Directors. 



H. E. BicknelLEsq. 

 T. S. Cocks,Jun. Esq. 



M.P. 

 G. H. Drew, Esq. 



W. Evan<. Esq. 

 W. Freeman, Esq. 

 F. Fuller. Esq. 

 J. H. Goodhart,Esq. 



T. Orissell.Eso. 

 F. B. Marson. Esq. 

 J. Nichols, Esq. 

 A. Robinson, Esq. 

 E. Lucas, Esq. 

 J. L. Seager, Esq. 

 J. B.White, Esq. 

 J.C. Wood, Esq. 



Trustees. 

 G. Drew. Esq. j T. Grisscll, Esq. ; 



W. Whateley. Esq., Q.C. 



Physician.^ W. R. Basham. M.D. 



Bankers. Messrs. Cocks, Biddiilph, and Co. 



VALUABLE PRIVILEGE. 



POTJCIES effected in this Ofl^ce do not be- 

 come void through teniporarydifficultyin pay- 

 ing a Premium, as permission is given upon 

 application to suspend the payment at interest, 

 according to theconditionsdetailedinthe Pro- 

 spectus. 



Specimensof Rates of Premium for Assuring 

 1007., with a Share in three-fourths of the 

 Profits : 



£ s. d. 

 - 2 10 8 



ARTHUR SCRATCHI>EY, M.A., F.R.A.8., 

 Actuary. 



Now ready, price 10». 6^., Second Edition, 

 with material additions, TNDUSTRTAT, IN- 

 VFST.MENT and EMIGRATION: being a 

 TRE \TISE on BENEFIT BUILDING SO- 

 CIETIES, and on the General Principles of 

 Land Investment, exemplified in the Cases of 

 Freehold Land Societies, Building Companies, 

 ic. With a Mathematical Appendix on Com- 

 pound Interest and Life Assurance. By AR- 

 THUR SCRATCHLEY, M. A., Actuary to 

 the Western Life Assurance Society, 3. Parlia- 

 ment Street, London. 



FOR PRESENTATION TO 

 CHURCHES, there are few Articles 

 more Useful, or more generailv Acceptable, 

 than appropriate FAIR LINEN CLOTHS 

 FOR THE HOLY COMMUNION. They 

 nre supt>lied in Sets, with appropriate Devices, 

 in fine Damask, at prices varying from 30.S. to 

 6?. A priced List, with Engravings, sent by 

 Post on application. Parcels delivered Free at 

 all principal Railway Stations. 



GILBERT J. FRENCH, Bolton, Lancashire. 



TO THE CLERGY, ARCHITECTS, AND 

 CHURflKWARDENS. 



P ILBERT J. FRENCH, BOL- 



VT T' IN, LANCASHIRE, having declined 

 to appoint Agents for the *ale of his M ANU- 

 FACTURES of CHURCH FURNITURE, 

 ROBES, SURPLICES, &c., replies immedi- 

 ately to Inquiries addressed to him at Bolton, 

 from which place only Orders are executed. 

 He respectfully invites direct Communications 

 as most satisfactory and economical. Pircels 

 Free at the principal Railway Stations. 



TO LOVERS OF FISH — 100 

 GENUINE YARMOUTH BLOATERS 



for 6s., packa.e included. 

 THESE HIGHLY-ESTEEMED DELICA- 

 CIES AND CHEAP ARTICLE OF FOOD 

 forwarded to all parts, on receipt of Penny 

 Postage Stamps, or P.O.O. (preferre<l). Send 

 full and plain Direction, County, and nearest 

 Station. Address THOS. LETTIS, JUN., 

 Fish Curer, Great Yarmouth. 



" This is the third season Mr. I.ettis has sup- 

 plied us with Yarmouth bloaters, and we find 



the quality excellent J. Brashowe, House 



Steward. Blenheim Palace, Oct. "0, 1854." 



" Mr. Lcttis. As soon as you send out your 



genuine bloaters. I shall be glad to have a sup- 

 ply a.* usual ; those I had last year gave great 

 satisfaction. — A. F. Courroux, Ambassadors' 

 Court, St. James's Palace, Oct. 1. 1853." 



WA. LLOYD, 164. ST. JOHN 

 • STREET ROAD, LONDON, 



DEALER IN MARINE LIVING 

 ANIMALS, 



SEA-WEEP ARTIFICIAL SEA- WATER 



^J^'t^,^^^*'^^ ^ND fresh- WATER 

 AQUARIA. 



A Stock of small Aquaria, ready fitted up 

 with Weed, Shells, Rockwork, and Marina 

 Life, always on hand, at very moderate prices. 



Valisnevia, Chara, Nitella, Anacharis, and 

 other living fresh-water Plants, Insects. Mol- 

 lusks. Fish, &c. 



THE MARINE AQUARIUM. 



A great vaiiety of Marine Animal Life can 

 be preserved in health and vigour in these 

 Aquaria, without trouble to the possessor. 

 The difficulty of procuring a supply of Sea- 

 water for occasional renewal has been for 

 some time completely overcome by the suc- 

 cessful composition of Artificial Sea- water, 

 in which the Animals and Plants thrive and 



The smaller Aquaria, when fitted up with 

 pieces of rock, shells and sea-weed, and stocked 

 with animal life, are objects of the highest 

 interest and beauty ; and they yield to the 

 observer the hitherto unattainable pleasure of 

 'vatchi'^g at his ease, in liis own npartmenta, 

 the C'irious inhabitants of the Ocean. 



Oisjo MILNERS' HOLDF.AST 



^ ■*■ '^ and FIRE-RESISTING SAFES 



(non-conducting and vapourising), with all 

 the Improvements, under their Quadruple 

 Patents of 1840-51-.54 .and 18.').5, including their 

 Gunpowder Proof Solid Ijock and Door (with- 

 out which no Safe is secure). 



THE STRONGEST, BEST, AND CHEAP- 

 EST SAFEGUARDS EXTANT. 

 MILNERS' PIICENIX (212^) SAFE 

 WOKKS, LIVERPOOL, the most Complete 

 and Extensive in the World. Show Rooms, 

 fi. and 8. I/ord Street. Liverpool. London 

 Depot, 47*. Moorgate Street, City. Circulars 

 Free by Post. 



PIANOFORTES, 25 Guineas 

 each. — D'ALMAINE & CO., 20. Soho 

 Square, London (estab'.ished 178,5), respectfully 

 intimate that in addition to their ROYAL 

 PIANOFORTES, «5 octaves, in rosewood and 

 mahogany, at 25 Guineas, they have opened 

 new show rooms for the exhibition of their 

 ROYAL CONCERT PIANOFORTES, with 

 repeater action, suited for apartments of the 

 largest size, possessing the tone, touch, and 

 advantaees of the grand, without its magni- 

 tude and expense. Price 40 Guineas. Kyerf 

 Instrument warranted. The peculiar ad- 

 vantages of these Pianofortes are 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'AI, MAINE 

 & 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 elegance of their construc- 

 tion renders them a handsome ornament for 

 the librarv, boudoir, or drawing-nx)m . (Siirned) 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

 E. F. Riinbanlt, Frank Ronicr, G. H, Rodwell, 

 E. Rockell, Sims Reeves. .1. Templeton, F.We- 

 ber, H. Westrop, T. H. Wright," &c. 

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

 and Designs Gratis. 



E AL & SON'S EIDER DOWN 



QUI'TSs also GOOSE DOWN 

 QUILTS, from 8». fd. to 24.s. Ltst of Prices 

 and SiiFs sent Frte by Post. HEAL & SON'S 

 Illdstrated Cataioocr of Bedsteads and 

 Priced List of Beddino also sent Post Free. 

 196. TOTTENHAM COURT ROAD. 



