Dec. 2. 1854.] 



NOTES AND QUERIES. 



Established 1803. 



Capital: — ONE MILLION" Sterling. 



AH Paid- Up attd Invested in 1896. 



GZ.OBZ: INSURANCE, 



J. W. FRESHFIELD, Esq. : M.P. : F.B.S. - CAatm«m. 



FOWLER NEWSAM, Esq Deputy Chairman. 



GEORGE CARR GLYN, Esq.: M.P Treasurer. 



FIRE : LIFE : ANNUITIES : EEVERSIONS. 



CORNHILL Sr PALL XALL — LONDOX. 

 Empowered by Special Acts of Parliament, 



IIFK INSURANCES granted from Fifty to Ten Thousand Pounds, at Rates particularly 

 J favourable to the Younger and Middle periods of Life. 



No Charge for Stamp Duties on Life Policies, 

 Every class of FIRE and LIFE Insurance transacted. 

 Medical.Fees generally paid. 



may be had at the Offices ; and of any 



Prospectuses, — with Life Tables, on various plans 

 of the Agents. 



WILLIAM NEWMARCH, 

 Secretary. 



XYLO-IODIDE OF SILVER, exclusively used at all the Pho- 

 tosrnphic Establishments. — The Euperiority of this preparation is now universally ac- 

 knowledged. Testimonials from the best Photographers and principal scientific men of the day, 

 warrant the assertion, that hitherto no preparation has been discovered wliich iiroduces 

 uniformly such perfect pictures, combined with the greatest rapidity of action. In all cases 

 where a quantity is required, the two solutions may be had at Wholesale price in separate 

 Bottles, in which state it may be kept for years, and Exported to any Climate. Full instructions 

 for use. 



CAuTioN.—Each Bottle is Stamped with a Red Label bearing my name, RICHARD W. 

 THOMAS, Chemist, 10. Pall Mall, to counterfeit which is felony. 



CYANOGEN SOAP: for removing all kinds of Photographic Stains. 



The Genuine is made only by the Inventor, and is secured with a Red Label bearing this Signature 

 and Address, RICHARD W. THOMAS. CHEMIST, 10. PALL MALL, Manufacturer of Pure 

 Photograiihic Chemicals : and may be procured of all respectable Chemists, in Pots at l«., 2s., 

 and 3s. 6d. each, through MESSRS. EDWARDS, 67. St. Paul's Churchyard : and MESSRS. 

 BARCLAY & CO., 95. Farringdon Street, Wholesale Agents. 



PHOTOGRAPHY MESSRS. 

 A. MARION & CO. beg to inform 

 Artists and Amateurs they are now ready to 

 SUPPLY them with PAPERS m.anufacturcd 

 expressly for Photographic Purposes. Since 

 it has bien tried, it has received the approba- 

 tion of the most successful operators. Posi- 

 tive and Negative unprepared, simple salted 

 and salted alfaumenized Positive, simple waxed 

 and waxed iodized Negiitive, stamped paper 

 and cards for mounting proofs. Mounts of 

 dirt'ercnt shapes and sizes. Stereoscopes, Ste- 

 reoscopic Views, &c. List sent Post Free. 

 PAPETERIE MARION, 152. Regent Street. 



PHOTOGRAPHIC CAMERAS. 



OTTEWILL AND MORGAN'S 



Manufactory, 2!. & 25. Charlotte Terrace, 

 Caledonian Road, Islington. 



OTTE WILL'S Registered Double Body 

 Folding Camera, adapted for Landscapes or 

 Portraits, may be had of A. ROSS, feather- 

 stone Buildings, Holborn ; the Photographic 

 Institution, Bond Street ; and at the Manu- 

 factory as above, where every description of 

 Cameras, Slides, and Tripods may be had. The 

 Trade supplied. 



rTHE IODIZED COLLODION 



JL manufactured by J. B. HOCKIN & CO., 

 289. Strand. London, is still unrivalled tor 

 SENSITIVENESS and DENSITY OF NE- 

 GATIVE ; it excels all others in its keeping 

 qualities and uniformity of constitution. 



Albumenized Paper, 17J by II , 5s. per quire. 

 Ditto, Waxed, 7s., of very superior quality. 

 Double Achromatic Lenses EQU A L IN ALL 

 POINTS to those of any otl'er Manufacturer : 

 Quarter Plate, 21. 2s. ; Half Plate, «. : Whole, 

 \0l. Apparatus and Pure Chemicals of all 

 Descriptions. 



Just published, 



PRACTICAL HINTS ON 



PHOTOGRAPHY, by .1. B. HOCKIN. Third 

 Edition. Price Is. ; per Post, Is. id. 



Just published. 



PRACTICAL PHOTOGRA- 



I PHY on GLASS and PAPER, a Manual 

 containing simple directions for the production 

 of PORTRAITS and VIEWS by the agency 

 of Liirht, including the COLLODION, AL- 

 BUMEN, WAXED PAPER and POSITIVE 

 PAPER Processes, by CHARLES A. LONG. 

 Price Is. ; per Post, Is. 6rf. 



Published by BLAND & LONG, Opticians, 

 Philosonhical and Photographical Instru- 

 ment Makers, and Operative Chemists, 153. 

 Fleet Street, London. 



nOLLODION PORTRAITS 



\J AND VTE WS obtained with the greatest 

 ease and certainty by using BIvAND & 

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 tainty and uniformity of action over a length- 

 ened period, combined with the most faithful 

 rendering of the half-tones, constitute this a 

 most valuable agent in the hands of the pho- 

 tographer. 



Albumenized paper, for printing from glass 

 or paper negatives, giving a minuteness of de- 

 toil unattained by any other method, 5s. per 

 Quire. 



Waxed and Iodized Papers of tried quality. 



Instruction in the Processes. 



BLAND & LONG, Opticians and Photogra- 

 phical Instrument Makers, and Operative 

 Chemists, 153. Fleet Street. London. 



pThe Pneumatic Plate-holder for Collodion 

 lates. 



«** Catalogues sent on application. 



'THE SIGHT preserved by the 



K Use of SPECTACLES adapted to suH 

 every variety of Vision by means of SMEE'S 

 OPTOMETER, which effectually prevents 

 Injury to the Eyes from the Selection of Im- 

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 BLAND & LONG, Opticians, 153. Fleet 

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ESTERN LIFE ASSU- 

 RANCE AND ANNUITY SOCIETY, 



3. PARLIAMENT STREET, LONDON. 

 Founded A.D. 1842. 



H. E. Bickncll.Esq. 

 T. S. Cooks.Jun. Esq. 



M.P. 

 G. H. Drew. Esq. 

 W. Evans, Esq. 

 W. Freeman, Esq. 

 F. Fuller, Esq. 

 J. H. Goodhart,Esq. 



T. Orissell, Esq. 



J. Hunt, Esq. 



J. A. Lethbridge.Esq. 



E. Lucas, Esq. 



J. Lys Seager, Esq. 



J. B. White, Esq. 



J. Carter Wood, Esq. 



Trusteet. 



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

 T. Grissell.Esq. 



PAj^stcian. — William Rich. Basham, M.D. 



Bankers. — 'Messrs. Cocks, Biddulph, and Co., 

 Charing Cross. 



VALUABLE PRIVn.EGE. 

 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 conditionsdetailedin the Pro- 

 spectus. 



Specimens of Rates of Premium for Assuring 

 \00l.. with a Share in three-fourths of the 

 Profits : 



Age £ g. d. Age £ s. d. 



17 - - - 1 14 4 32- - - 2 10 8 



22- - - I 18 8 37- - - 2 18 6 



27- - -245 42- - -382 



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



-Actuary. 

 Now ready, price lOs. 6rl., 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 SCRATCHLEY, M. A., Actuary to 

 the Western Life Assurance Society, 3. Parlia- 

 ment Street, London. 



TNDISPUTABLE LIFE 



X POLICY COMPANY, 72. Lombard Street, 

 and 24. Connaught Terrace. 



TRUSTEES. 

 RICHARD MALINS, ESQ., Q.C., M. P. 

 JAMES FULLER MADOX, ESQ. 

 RICHARD SPOONER, ESQ., M.P. 

 JOHN CAMPBELL RENTON, ESQ. 

 WILLIAM WILBERFORCE, ESQ. 



A reduction of 25 per cent, has been made on 

 the Premiums of all Policies of Five Years* 

 standing. 



ALEX. ROBERTSON, Manager. 



PHOTOGRAPHY. — HORNE 



I & CO.'S Iodized Collodion, for obtaining 

 Instantaneous Views, and Portraits in from 

 three to thirty seconds, according to light. 



Portraits obtained by the above, for delicacy 

 of detail, rival the choicest Daguerreotypes, 

 specimens of which may be seen at their Esta- 

 blishment. 



Also every description of Apparatus, Che- 

 micals, &c. &c. used in this l)eautifal Art. 



123. and 121. Newgate Street. 



T\7 HOLES ALE PHOTOGRA- 

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 HOUSE. 



J. SOLOMON, 22. Red Lion Square, London. 

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