NOTES AND QUERIES. 



[No. 291. 



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RAVELLERS' AND Ma- 

 rine INSURANCE COMPANY. 



Chief Office. -5. GRESHAM STREET, 

 LONDOK . 



Trustees. 

 The Rt. Hon. the Earl Fitzwilliam, K. G. 

 Sir Charles Fox. 



Matthew Marshall, Esq., Bank of England. 

 William Smee, Esq., Bank of England. 



EXAMPLE OF RATES. 

 Death prom ant Accident. 



Annual Sura Sick Allowance, 



Premium. Insured. per Week. 



Total Loss op Health. 



Fob Information, Prospectuses, Forms, 



BTC, APPLY to the ChIEP OfPICE, 5. GrESHAM 



Street, London. 



BANK OF DEPOSIT, 

 No. 3. Pall Mall East, London. 



Established x.oAMi. 



PARTIES desirous of INVEST- 

 ING MONEY are requested to examine 

 the Plan of this Institution, by which a high 

 Rp.te of Interest may be obtained with perfect 

 Security. 



The Interest is payable, in Janunry and 

 July, at the Head Office in London ; and may 

 also be received at the various Branches, or 

 through Country Bankers, without delay or 

 expense. 



PETER MORRISON, 



Managing Director. 

 Prospectuses and Forms for opening Ac- 

 counts sent free on application. 



BENNETT'S MODEL 

 WATCH, as shown at the GREAT EX- 

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

 Silver Cases, in five qualities, and adapted to 

 all Climates, may now he liad at the MANU- 

 F.'VCTOHY.te. CHEAPSIDE. Huperior Gold 

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

 guineas. Ditto, in Silver Cases, 8, 0, ond 4 

 guineas. First-rate Geneva Levers, in Gold 

 Cases, 12, 10, and HEuineo*. Diito, in Silver 

 Cases, 8. <i, and 5 guineas. Superior l^ever, with 

 Chronometer Balance, Gold, 27, 23, and 19 

 (niineas. Bennett's Toc'ictClironometer,Oold, 

 80 guineas ; .Silver, 4(1 guineas. Every Watch 

 skilfully examined, timed, and its perwrmance 

 guaranteed. Barometers, 2Z.,.V., and 4i. Ther- 

 mometers from Is. eacli. 



BENNETT, Watcli, Clock, and Inrtniment 

 Maker to the Koyal Observatory, the Board of 

 Ordnance, the Admiralty, and the Queen, 



65. CHEAPSIDE. 



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ESTERN LIFE ASSU- 

 RANCE AND ANNUITY SOCIETY, 



3. PARLIAMENT STREET, LONDON. 

 Founded A.D. 1842. 



H. E. Bicknen,Esq. 

 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. GrisselLEsq. 



J. Hunt, Esq. 



.1. A. l.ethbiidse.Esq. 



E. Lucas, Esq. 



J. Lys Seager, Esq. 



J. B.White, Esq. 



J. Carter Wood, Esq. 



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



T. Grissell, Esq. 



P/jtfSfcian. — William Rich.B3jham,M.D. 



Banker) — Messrs. Cocks, Biddulph, and Co., 



Charing Cross. 



VALUABLE PP.IVILEGE. 

 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, 

 aecordinif to the conditionsdetailed in the Pro- 

 spectus. 



Specimens of Rates of Premium for Assuring 

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

 Profits : 



Age £ B. d. Age 



£ s. d. 



- 2 10 8 



- 2 18 6 



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

 Actuary. 



Now ready, price 10». Orf., Second Edition, 

 with material additions, INDUSTRIAL IN- 

 VESTMF.NT and EMIGRATION; being a 

 TBE.ATISF on BKNEFIT BUILDING SO- 

 CIE'l'IES, and on the General Principles of 

 Land Investment, exemplified in the Cases of 

 Freehold I^aiid Societies, Building Companies, 

 &o. Witli a Mathematical Appendix on Com- 

 pound Interest and Life Assurance. By AR- 

 THUR SCRATCHLEY, M.A., Actuary to 

 the Western Lite Assurance Society, 3. Parlia- 

 ment Street, London. 



ONE THOUSAND BED- 

 STEADS TO CHOO.«E FROM. _ 

 HEAL & SON have just erected extensive 

 Premises, whi( h enable them to keep upwards 

 of One Thousand Bedsteads in stock. One 

 Hundred and Fifty of which are fixed for in- 

 spection, comprising every variety of Brass, 

 Wood, and Iron, with Cliintz and Damask 

 Furnitures, complete. Their new Warerooms 

 also contain an assortment of BED-ROOSI 

 FURNI'lURE, which comprises every requi- 

 site, from the plainest Japanned Deal for Ser- 

 vants' Rooms, to the newest and mo!.t tasteful 

 designs in Mahogany and other Woods. The 

 whole warranted of the soundest and best ma- 

 nufacture. HEAL & SON'S ILT.USTRATED 

 CATALOGUE OF BEDSTEADS. AND 

 PRICED LIST OF BEDDING, sent Free by 

 Post. 



HEAL & SON, 196. Tottenham Cnnrt Road. 



FLAVEL'S mil KITGHEHER. 



THESE RANGES are strongly 

 recommended for their simplicity of con- 

 struction, and their economy and cleanliness 

 in use. 



The top forms a Hot-plate, and the open fire 

 removes many of the objections which are felt 

 to close Ranges. 



They are made in all Sizes, from 3 feet to 

 18 feet in w-dth, suitable for Large or Small 

 Establishments. 



Thty are admirably adapted for the cure of 

 Smoky Chimneys. 



BENHAM & SONS, 19. Wigmore Street, 

 Cavendish Square, London. 



KENT MUTUAL LIFE AND 

 FIRE ASSURANCE SOCIEf lES. 

 Chief Office. — QUEEN STREET PLACE, 

 NEW CANNON STREET, LONDON. 



Branch Offices. 

 High Street, Rochester. 

 Waterloo Place, Pall Mall. 

 Albion Place, Hyde Park Square. 

 Sloane Street, Chelsea. 

 New Street. Birmingham. 

 Bond Street, Wolverhampton. 



LIFE. 

 Trustees. 

 Sir James Duke, Bart.. M.P., and Alderman. 

 Alexander Bramwell Brrraner, Esq. 

 William Squire Plane, Esq. 



The great success of this Society will he seen 

 in the following Statement of Business done 

 and Bonuses added in Four Ytars of actual 

 operations : 



PROGRESS OF BUSINESS. 



Most Moderate Premiums. PoHcies granted 

 from 201. and upwards. No additional charges 

 to persons in the Army, Navy, or Militia, un- 

 less in actual service. ALL POLICIES IN- 

 DISPUTABLE. Whole Profit:: divisible tri- 

 enniaily among the Assured. Emigrants co- 

 vered, at a very moderate additional cliarge, 

 against the risks of voyage. 



The INDUSTRIAL BKANCH otfers pecu- 

 liarly favourable advantages to the humbler 

 classes. Claims properly paid. 



FIRE. 



Trustees, 

 IsoncBelsey, Esq. 

 William Sqiure Plane, Esq. 

 John Saddington, Esq. 



Also most reasonable Premiums. Policies 

 issued for small sums and short periods. Gua- 

 rantee Fund I0n,oofl?. Portions of Premiums 

 periodically returned to the Insured. Last 

 return 25 per cent. Claims promptly paid. 



Agents are required in various localities. 



Policies may be etfected daily, and f\ill in- 

 formation obtained, upon applicaiion at the 

 Chief Office, the Branches, or at any of the 

 numerous Agencies throughout the United 

 Kingdom. 



GEORGE GUMMING, Manager. 



CHVBB'S X.OCKS, 



WITH all the recent Improve- 

 ments, strong Fire-proof Safes, Cash 

 and Deed Boxes. Complete lists of sizes and 

 prices may be had on ap; lication. 



CHUBB & SON, .W. St. Paul's Churchyard, 

 London; 28. Lord Street, Liverpool ; 16. Mar- 

 ket Street, Manchester! and Horseley Fields, 

 W olverhampton. 



Second Edition, with large map, price Sf., 

 cloth boards. 



PRIZE ES^AY ON PORTU- 



I GAL. By JOSEPH JAMES FOR- 

 RESTER, of Oporto, F.R.G.S. of London, 

 Paris, Berlin. &o., Author of " Original Sur- 

 veys of the Fort Wine Districts ; " of the 

 " River Douro from the Ocean to the Spanish 

 Frontier;" and of the "Geology of the Bed 

 and Banks of the Donro ; " alsoof a project for 

 tie improvement of the navigation of that 

 river, and of various other works on Portugal. 



JOHN WEALE, 59. High Holborn. 



Trmted by Prouas Clark Shaw, of No. 10. Stonefleld Street, in the Parish of St. Mary. Islington, at No. b. New Street Square, in the Parish of 

 t-t. Bride, m the City of London ; and published by Geohok Bei.l, of No. I8G. Fleet Street, in the Parish of St. Dunstan in the West, in the 

 City of London, Publisher, at No. 186. Fleet Street aforesaid Saturdcy. Mav 26, '.".'.'i, 



