Feb. 3. 1855.] 



NOTES AND QUERIES. 



THE LONDON ASSURANCE, 



INCORPORATED A.D. 1720. 



FOR LIFE, FIRE, AND MARINE 

 ASSURANCES. 

 Head Office, 7. Royal Exchange, Cornliill. 



EDWARD BURMESTER, ESQ., Governor. 



JOHN ALVES ARBUTHNOT, ESQ., Sub- 

 Governor. 



SAMUEL GREGSON, ESQ., M.E., Deputy- 

 Governor. 



Directors. 



Nath. Alexander, Esq. 

 R. Ba?Eallay, Esq. 

 G. Barnes, Esq. 

 U. Buulmni Bax, Esq. 

 James Blyth, Esq. 

 J. W. Borradaile, Esq. 

 Chas. Crawley, Esq. 

 W. Dallas, Esq. 

 B. Dobree, Jun., Esq. 

 H. G. Gordon, Esq. 

 Edwin Gower, E 



David C . Guthrie, Esq. 



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J. Alex. Hankey,Esq. 

 E. Harnage, Esq. 

 Louis Huth, Esq. 

 William King, Esq. 

 Charles Lyall, Esq. 

 John Ord, Esq. 

 David Powell, Esq. 

 O. I'robyn, Esq. 

 P. F. Robertson, M.P. 

 Alex. Trotter, Esq. 

 Thos. AVeeding, 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 Thirty 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 prottts, 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 1855 on the 

 Anniral Premiums of persons who have been 

 assured under Series " 1831 " (or five years or 

 longer, is upwards of 33 per cent. 



The high character which this ancient Cor- 

 poration has maintained during nearly a 

 Century and a Half, secures to the public a 

 full and faithftil declaration of profits. 



The Corporation bears the whole Expenses 

 OF Manaoement, thus giving to the Assured, 

 in consequence of the 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 whatever, 

 beyond the Premium. 



The attention of the Public is especially 

 called to the great advantages oifered to Life 

 Assurers by the Legislature in its recent 

 Enactments, by whicli it will be ibund that, to 

 a defined extent. Life Premiums are not sub- 

 ject to Income Tax. 



The Fees of Medical Referees are paid by the 

 Corporation. 



A Policy may be eifected for as small a sum 

 as 20f., and progressively increased up to M., 

 without the necessity of a new Policy. 



Every facility will be given for the transfer 

 or exchange 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. 



WESTERN LIFE ASSU- 

 RANCE AND ANNUITY SOCIETY, 

 3. PARLIAMENT STREET, LONDON. 

 Founded A.D. 184S. 



Directors. 



T. Grissell.Esq. 



J. Hunt, Esq. 



J. A.Lethbridge.Esq. 



E. Lucas, Esq. 



J. Lys Seager, Esq. 



J. B. White, Esq. 



J. Carter Wood, Esq. 



H. E. BicTcnen,E8q. 

 T. S. Cocks.Jun. Esq. 



M.P. 

 O. H. Drew, Esq. 

 W. Evans, Esq. 

 W. Freeman, Esq. 

 F. Fuller, F.sq. 

 J. H. Ooodhart.Esq. 



Trustees. 



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



T. Grissell.Esq. 



PAysician.— William Rich.Basham.M.D. 



Baniters. — Messrs. Cocks, Biddulph, and Co., 



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 conditionsdetailedin the Pro- 

 spectus. 



Specimens of Rates of Premium for Assuring 

 loof.. with a Share in three-fourths of the 

 Profits : 



Age 



17 - 



27- 



* ». d. 



-2108 

 - 2 18 6 



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

 Actuary. 

 Now ready, price IO.i. 6fZ., Second Edition, 

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 &c. With a Mathematical Appendix on Com- 

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 THUR SCRATCHIiEY, M.A., Actuary to 

 the Western Life Assurance Society, 3. Parlia- 

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50,000 CURES WITHOUT MEDICINE. 



DU BARRY'S DELICIOUS 

 REVALENTA ARABICA FOOD 

 CURES indigestion (dyspepsia), constipation 

 and diarrhoea, dysentery, nervousness, bilious- 

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 to the head, exhaustion, melancholy, ground- 

 less fear, indecision, wretchedness, thoughts of 

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 It is, moreover, the best food for infjuts and 

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 the weakest stomach, nor interferes with a 

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 to the most enfeebled. In whooping cough, 

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 it renders all medicine superfluous by re- 

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Important Caution against the fearful 

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 Alfred Hooper Nevill, for imitating "Du 

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BARRY, DU BARRY, & CO., 77. Regent 

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A few out o/ 50,000 Cures: 



Colonel 11. Watkins, of Grantham, a cure of 

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No. 51,482 : Dr. Wurzer. " It is particularly 

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 kidneys and bladder, such as stone or gravel ; 

 inflammatory irritation and cramp of the 

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 haemorrhoids. Also in bronchial and pulmonary 

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 to the cure of incipient hectic complaints and 

 consumption." _ Dr.Rcd. Wdbzer, Counsel 

 of Medicine and practical M.D. in Bonn. 



Cure No. 48,314 : _" Miss Elizabeth Yeoman, 

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 dyspepsia, and all the horrors of nervous irri- 

 tability." 



Cure No. 47,121 :_"Miss Elizabeth Jacobs, 

 of Nazing Vicarage, Waltham Cross, Herts : 

 a cure of extreme nervousness, indigestion, 

 gatherings, low spirits, and nervous fancies." 



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 Perth. 



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