Dec. 29. 185.5.] 



NOTES AND QUERIES. 



THE LONDON ASSURANCE, 



INCORPORATED A.D. 1720. 



TOR LIFE, PIRE, AND MARINE 

 ASSrtJRANCES. 

 Head Office, 7. Royal Exchange, Cornhill. 



SAMUET. GREGSON, ESQ., M.P., Governor. 



JOHN ALVES ARBUTHNOT, ESQ., Sub- 

 Governor. 



JOHN ALEX. HANKEY, ESQ., Deputy- 

 Governor. 



Directors. 



Nath. Alexander, Esq. 

 R. Basrgallay, Esq. 

 G. Barnes, Esq. 

 H. Bonham Bax, Esq. 

 James Blyth, Esq. 

 J. W. Borradaile, Esq. 

 Edw. Burmeeter, Esq. 

 Chas. Crawley, Esq. 

 W. Dallas, Esq. 

 B. Dobree, Jun., Esq. 

 H. G Gordon, Esq. 

 Edwin Gower, Esq. 

 David C. Gutbrie, Esq. 



E. Harnage, Esq. 

 lyouis Huth, Esq. 

 William King, Esq. 

 Charles Lyall, Esq. 

 .Tohn 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 Thirtu 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 Assiured. 



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 either, after the first five 

 years, to an annual abatement of premium for 

 the remainder of life, or, after payment of the 

 first premium, to a participation in the ensuing 

 quinquennial Bonus. 



The abatement for the year 1865 on the 

 Annual Premiums of persons who have been 

 assured undei Series " 1831 " tor five years or 

 longer, is upwards of 33 per cent. 



The high character which this ancient Cor- 

 poration has maintained during nearli/ a 

 Century and a Half, secures to the public a 

 full and faithful declaration of profits. 



The Corporation bears the whole Expenses 

 OH MANAOKiMENT, thus giving to the Assured, 

 conjoined with tlie 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 Duty, 

 or from charge of any description whateveir, 

 beyond the Premium. 



The attention of the Public is especially 

 called to the ()i-eat advantages offered to Life 

 Assurers by the Legislature in its recent 

 Bnactments, by which it will be found that, to 

 a defined extent. Life Premiums are not sub- 

 ject to Income Tax. 



The Fees of Medical Eeferees are paid by the 

 Corporation. 



Annuities are 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 obtained by either a written or personal 

 application to the Actuary, or to the Superin- 

 tendent of tlie West End Office. 



JOHN LAURENCE, Secretary. 



PHOTOGRAPHY. 



TOTTEWILL'S NEW DARK 

 • CHAMBER, for holding a number of 

 prepared Plates, enables the Operators to 

 transfer prepared Plates or Paper into the 

 plate-holder without injury from light, and 

 after exposure in Camera, to remove them 

 back again into the Dark Box. Supersedes the 

 use of tent or other covering, and is applicable 

 for any process, 



21. CHARLOTTE TERRACE. 

 CALEDONIAN ROAD, ISLINGTON. 



PHOTOGRAPHY, WHOLESALE. RE- 

 TAIL, AND FOR EXPORTATION. 



OTTEWILL & CO., 24. CHAR- 

 LOTTE TERRACE, ISLINGTON. - 

 OTTEWILL'.S REGISTERED DOUBLE- 

 BODY FOLDING CAMERA, with Rack- 

 work Adjustment, is superior to every other 

 form of Camera, and is adapted for Landscaoes 

 and Portraits. — May be had of A. ROSS, 

 Featherstone Buildings, Ilolbom ; and at the 

 Photographic Institution, Bond Street. 

 *«* Catalogues may be had on application. 



WESTERN LIFE ASSU- 

 RANCE AND ANNUITY SOCIETY, 

 3. PARLIAMENT STREET, LONDON. 

 Founded A.D. 1842. 



Dir6Ctorft 



H. E. BicknelLEsq. 

 T. S. Cocks.Jun. Esq. 



M.P. 

 G. H. Drew, Esq. 

 W. Evans, Esq. 

 W. Freeman, Esq. 

 F. Fuller, Esq. 

 J. H. Qoodhait.Esq. 



T. Grissell, Esq. 

 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. 



2 18 6 



3 8 2 



Trustees. 



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



W. Whateley,E8q., Q.C. 



Physician W. R. Basham. M-.D. 



Banfcej's. — Messrs. Cocks, Biddulph, and Co. 



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 tlie payment at interest, 

 according to the conditions detailed in the 

 Prospectus. 



Specimens of Rates of Premium for Assuring 

 looL, with a Share in three-fouithB of the 

 Profits : - 

 Age £ ». d. A£» 



17 - - - 1 14 4 32- 



22 - - - 1 18 8 37 - 



«1 - - -24S 42- 



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

 Actuary. 



Now ready, price 10«. 6rf., Second Edition, 

 with material additions, INDUSTRIAL IN- 

 VESTMENT 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 SCRATCin^EY, M. A., Actuary to 

 the Western Life Assurance Society, 3. Parlia- 

 ment Street, London. 



O-TOP MILNERS' HOLDFAST 



^■'•'^ and FIRE-RESISTING SAFES 

 (non-conducting and vapourising), with all 

 the Improvements, under their Quadruple 

 Patents of 1840-51-54 nnd 18.55, including their 

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 THE STRONGEST, BEST, AND CHEAP- 

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 Freeby Po»t. 



/GEORGE KNIGHT & CO., 



VT 2. FOSTER LANE. CUEAPSIDE, 

 LONDON, Manufacturers of Cliemical Appa<- 

 ratus and Philosophical Instruments of every 

 Description. 



The PIIOTOORAPHIC DEPARTMENT 

 comprises Voigtlander's celebrated Lenses for 

 Portraits and Views, for which MESSES. 

 KNIGHT are the sole Agents. 



CAMERAS on the most Improved Construc- 

 tion. Stands ; Plain, Waxed, and Iodized 

 Papers of English and Foreign Makers ; Col- 

 lodion of Superior Quality, and every other 

 requisite for practising the Art with success. 



KNIGHT'S REGISTERED COSMO- 

 RAMA STEREOSCOPE, affording greater 

 facility for viewing as one the double Pictures. 



Practical Works on the Talbotype, Waxed 

 Paper, and Collodion Processes, Is. each. 



PHOTOGRAPH Y.— 

 FRENCIL ENGLISH, AMERICAN, 

 and GKRMAN PHOTOGRAPHIC DK'POT. 

 — ALFXIS GAUDIN & BROTHER, Manur 

 factory 9. Rue de la Perle, PARIS. Whole- 

 sale Depat, 26. SKINNER STREET, SNOW 

 HILL, LONDON. Large Assortment of 

 Silver Star Plates, Cameras, Lenses, Plate 

 Glass. Passpartous, Frames, Cases of all De- 

 scriptions, (Jhemicals. &c. &c. SPECIALITY 

 for American Cases, Mattings, and Preservers. 

 Large Stock of Stereoscopes and Stereoscopic 

 Slides. 



SOLE AGENTS for the PHOTOGRA- 

 PHICAIi FLOWERS, PLANTS, &c., of 

 AD. BRAUN, First Class Silver PRIZE 

 MEDAL at the Paris Exhibition. 



Photographic RESEARCHES OF NIEPCE 

 DE ST. VICTOR, tianslated into English, 

 sent Free on receipt of 4«. 3d. in Stamps. 

 (Established 1843;) 



rpHE NEW COLLODION 



X manufactured by BLAND & LONG, 

 \S3. Fleet Street, London, will bear compari- 

 son with any other Preparation offered to 

 Photographers. Price 9rf. per oz. Can be had 

 separate from the Iodizing Solution. Nitrate 

 of Silver, 4«. 6rf. per oz. ; Pyrogallic Acid, 

 Is. 6d. per drachm ; Glacial Acetic Acid, 6d. 

 per oz. i Hyposulphite of Soda, Is. per lb. 



CAMERAS, LENSES, and every Descrip- 

 tion of Apparatus, of flrst-class Workmanship. 



Chemicals of ABSOLUTE PURITY, and 

 every material required in the Photogr^hie 

 Art of the finest quality. 



Instruction in all the Processes. 

 Catalogues sent on Application. 



BIjAND & LONG, Opticians. Photographical 

 Instrument Makers, and Operative Chemists, 

 153. Fleet Street, London. 



EOLLASON'S PATENT COL- 

 LODION TRANSFERS. This patent, 

 granted April 7, 1855. consists of a new Appli- 

 cation in Photography, by which Collodion 

 Pictures, whether Positives or Negatives, are 

 bodily transferred from the Glass upon Paper, 

 Cardboard, Linen, Silk, &c. The process is 

 easy, simple, and certain : and imparts a pecu- 

 liar brilliancy and charm to Collodion Pictures 

 hitherto unattained. 



The Patentee will grant Licenses to public 

 operators for One Guinea per annum, or Ten 

 Shillings per quarter ; and to amateurs, upon 

 the receipt of One Guinea for practical instrucr 

 tions, he will grant a permit. 



A specimen will be forwarded to address, on 

 receipt of Thirty Stamps, stating whether 

 Negative or Positive. 



A. ROLLASON, Patentee, 58. New Street, 

 Birmingham. 



PASSPORTS AND HAND- 

 BOOKS FOR TRAVELLERS. — ED- 

 WARD STANFORD obtains Foreign Office 

 Passports, on receipt of sealed letters of appli- 

 cation, mounts them in neat morocco or roan 

 cases, and procures the necessary vis^s. A 

 Circular Letter of Instruction and Cost may be 

 had on application Gratis, or per Post for One 

 Stamp. Handbooks, Maps, and Guides, for all 

 parts of the world. 



London : EDWARD STANFORD, Map and 

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