May 7. 1853.] 



NOTES AND QUEKIES. 



467 



SPECTACLES. — WM. ACK- 

 liAND applies his medical knowledge as 

 a Licentiate of tlie Apothecaries' Company, 

 London, his theory as a Mathematician, and 

 his practice as a Worl<ing Optician, aided by 

 Smee'8 Optometer, in the selection of Spectacles 

 suitable to every derangement of vision, so as 

 to preserve the sight to extreme old age. 



ACHROMATIC TELE- 



SCOPES, with the New Vetzlar Eye-pieces, aa 

 exhibited at the Academy of Sciences in Paris. 

 The Lenses of these Eye- pieces are so con- 

 structed that the rays of llglu fall nearly per- 

 pendicular to the surface of the various lenses, 

 by which the aberration is completely removed ; 

 and a telescope so fitted gives one-third more 

 Diagnifyint; power and li^ht than could be ob- 

 tained by the old Eye-pieces. Prices of the 

 various sizes on application to 



WM. ACKLAND, Optician, 93. Hatton Gar- 

 den, Loudon. 



HEAL & SON'S ILLUS- 

 TRATED CATALOGUE OF BED- 

 STEADS, sent free by post. It contains de- 

 signs and prices of upwards of ONE HUN- 

 DKED different Bedsteads ; also of every 

 description of Bedding, Blankets, and Quilts. 

 And their new warerooms contain an extensive 

 assortment of Bed-room Furniture, Furniture 

 Chintzes. Damasks, and Dimities, so as to 

 render their Establishment complete for the 

 general furnishing of Bed- rooms. 



HEAL & SON, Bedstead and Bedding Ma- 

 nufacturers, 196. Tottenham Court Boad. 



BENNETT'S MODEL 

 WATCH, as shown at the GREAT EX- 

 HIBITION, No. 1. Class X., in Gold and 

 Silver Cases, in Ave qualitiea, and adapted to 

 all Climates, may now be had at the MANU- 

 FACTORY, 65. CHEAFSIDE. Superior Gold 

 London-made Patent Levers, 17, 15, and 12 

 guineas. Ditto, in Silver Cases, 8, 6, and 4 



guineas. First-rate Geneva Levers, in Gold 

 ases, 12, 10, and 8 guineas. Ditto, in Silver 

 Cases, 8, 6, and 5 guineas. Superior Lever, with 

 Chronometer Balance, Gold, 27, 23, and 19 

 guineas. Bennett's Pocket Chronometer, Gold, 

 60 guineas ; .Silver, 40 guineas. Every Watch 

 skilfully examined, timed, and its performance 

 guaranteed. Barometers, 2i.,3i., and 4i. Ther- 

 mometers from Is. each. 



BENNETT, Watch, Clock, and Instrument 

 Maker to the Royal Observatory, the Board of 

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 65. CHEAPSIDE. 



SAVE FIFTY PER CENT, by 

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 the MANUFACTURER, at the WHOLE- 

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 Gold Watches, extra jewelled, with all 



the recent improvements - - 3 15 



Ditto, with the three-quarter plate 



movement, and stouter cases - 4 10 



Silver Watches, with same movements 



as the Gold - - - - 2 



Ditto, with the lever escapement, eight 



holes jewelled - - - - 2 15 



And every other description of Watch in the 



same proportion. 



A written warranty for accurate performance 

 is given with every Watch, and twelve months 

 allowed. 



Handsome morocco cases for same, 2s. extra. 



Emigrants supplied with Watches suitable 

 for Australia. _ Merchants, Cajjtains, and the 

 Trade supplied in any quantities on very fa- 

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^e s. d. 

 Gentlemen's fine Gold Albert Chains 110 o 

 Ladies' ditto. Neck ditto - - 1 15 



Sent carefully packed, post free, and regis- 

 tered, on receipt of Post-Otfioe or Banker's 

 Order, payable to 



DANIEL ELLIOTT HEDGEK, 



Wholesale Watch Manufacturer, 27. City Koad, 



near Finsbury Square, Loudon. 



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CLEillCAL, MEDICAL, AND GENERAL 

 LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. 



Established 1824. 



FIVE BONUSES have been declared ; at the last in January, 1852, the sum of 131,i25Z. was 

 added to the Policies, producing a Bonus varying with the different ages from 24} to 55 per cent, 

 on the Premiums paid during the five years, or from bl. to Vil. los. per cent, on the Stun 

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The small share of Profit divisible in future among the Shareholders being now provided for, 

 the ASSURED will hereafter derive all the benefits obtainable from a Mutual Office, WITHOUT 

 ANY LIABILITY OR RISK OF PARTNEKSHIP. 



POLICIES effected before the 30th June next, will be entitled, at the next Division, to one 

 year's additional share of Profits over later Assurers. 



On Assurances for the whole of Life only one half of the Premiums need be paid for the first 

 five years. 



INVALID LIVES may be Assured at rates proportioned to the risk. 



Claims paid thirty days after proof of death, and all Policies are Indisputable except in cases 

 of fraud. 



Tables of Rates and forms of Proposal can be obtained of any of the Society's Agents, or of 



GEORGE H. PINCKARD, Resident Secretary. 

 99. Great liussell Street, Bloomsbury, London. 



ESTABLISHED 1841. 



nzEDicii.li, xiirv.axixx>, 



AND 



GEM-EXtilX. XIFE OrFZCE, 



25. PALL MALL. 



During the last Ten Years, this Society has 

 issued more than Four Thousand One Hundred 



and Fiftij Policies — 



Covering Assurances to the extent of One 

 Million Six Hundred and Eighty-seven Thou- 

 sand Pounds, and upwards — 



Yielding Annual Premiums amounting to 



Seventy-three Thousand Pounds. 



This Society is the only one possessing Tables 

 for the Assurance of Diseased Lives. 



Healthy Lives Assured at Home and Abroad 

 at lower rates than at most other Offices. 



A Bonus of 50 per cent, on the premiums paid 

 was odded to the policies at last Division of 

 Profits. 



Next Division in 1853— in which all Policies 

 effected before 30th June, 1853, wilkparticipate. 



Agents wanted for vacant places. 



Prosi^eetuses, Forms of Proposal, and every 

 other information, may be obtained of the 

 Secretary at the Chief Office, or on application 

 to any of the Society's Agents in the country. 



F. G. P. NEISON. Actuary. 



C. DOUGLAS SINGER, Secretary. 



NEW ACHROMATIC MICRO- 

 SCOPES on MR. PRITCHARD'S Con- 

 struction, Micrometers, Polarizing Apparatus, 

 Object-glasses, and Eye-pieces. S. STRAKER 

 supplies any of the above of the first quality, 

 and will forward by post free a new priced 

 List of Microscopes and Apparatus. 



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WESTERN LIFE ASSU- 

 RANCE AND ANNUITY SOCIETY, 

 3. PARLIAMENT STREET, LONDON. 

 Founded A.D. 1842. 



Directors, 



H. E. Bicknell, Esq. 



W. Cabell, Esq. 



T. S. Cocks, Jun. Esq. 



M.P. 

 G. H. Drew, Esq. 

 W. Evans, Esq. 

 W. Freeman, Esq. 

 F. Fuller, Esq. 



J. H. Goodhart, Es<I. 



T Orissell, Esq. 



J. Hunt, Esij. 



J. A. I^ethbridge, Esq. 



E. Lucas, Esq. 



J. Lys Seager, Esq. 



J. B. White, Esq. 



J. Carter Wood, Esq. 



T^itstees. 



W. Whateley, Esq., Q.C. : L. C. Humfrey, 



Esq., Q.C ; George Drew, Esq. 



Physician. — William Rich. Bnsham, M.D. 



Bankers Messrs. Cocks, Biddulph, andCo.t 



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 :— 



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



Actuary. 

 Now ready, price 10s. 6(?., Second Edition, 

 with material additions, INDUSTRIAL IN- 

 VESTMENT and EMIGRATION: being a 

 TREATISE on BENEFIT BUILDING SO- 

 CIEX'IKS, 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 SCRATCHJ,EY, M. A., Actuary to 

 the Western Life Assurance Society, 3. Farlia'* 

 ment Street, Loudon. 



