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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



[No. 225. 



IMPERIAL LIFE INSUR- 

 ANCE COMPANY. 

 1. OLD BROAD STREET, LONDON. 



Instituted 1820. 



SAMUEL HIBBERT.ESQ., Chairman. 

 WILLIAM R. ROBINSON, ESQ., Deputy- 

 Chairman. 



The SCALE OF PREMIUMS adopted by 

 this Office will be found of a very moderate 

 character, but at the same time quite adequate 

 to the risk incurred. 



FOUR-FIFTHS, or 80 per cent, of the 

 Profits, are assigned to Policies every fifth 

 year, and may be applied to increase the sum 

 insured, to an immediate payment in cash, or 

 to the reduction and ultimate extinclion of 

 future Premiums. 



ONE-THIRD of the Premium on Insur- 

 ances of 5'J07. and upwards, for the whole term 

 of life, may remain as a debt upon the Policy, 

 to be paid off at convenience ; or the Directors 

 will lend sums of 507. and upwards, on the 

 security of Policies effected with this Company 

 for the whole term of life, when they have 

 acquired an adequate value. 



SECURITY. — Those who effect Insurances 

 with this Company are protected by its Sub- 

 scribed Capital of 730,0007., of which nearly 

 140,0007. is invested, from the risk incurred by 

 Members of Mutual Societies. 



The satisfactory financial condition of the 

 Company, exclusive of the Subscribed and In- 

 vested Capital, will be teen by the following 

 Statement : 

 On the 31st October, 185', the sums 



Assured, including Bonus added, 



amounted to - - - - - £2,500,000 

 The Premium Fund to more than - 800,000 

 And the Annual Income from the 



same source, to 103,000 



Insurances, without participation in Profits, 

 may be effected at reduced rates. 



SAMUEL INGALL, Actuary. 



PIANOFORTES, 25 Guineas 

 each. — D'ALMAINE & CO., 20. Soho 

 Square (established a.d. 1785), sole manufac- 

 turers of the ROYAL PIANOFORTES, at 25 

 Guineas each. Every instrument warranted. 

 The peculiar advantages of these pianofortes 

 are best described in the following professional 

 testimonial, signed by the majority of the lead- 

 ing musicians of the age : — " We, the under- 

 signed members of the musical profession, 

 having carefully examined the Royal Piano- 

 fortes manufactured by MESSRS. D'AL- 

 MAINE & CO., have great pleasure in bearing 

 testimony to their merits and capabilities. It 

 appears to us impossible to produce instruments 

 of the same size possessing a richer and finer 

 tone, more elastic touch, or more equal tem- 

 perament, while the elegance of their construc- 

 tion renders them a handsome ornament for 

 the library, soudoir.or drawing-room. (Stoned) 

 J. L. Abel, F. Benedict, II. R. Bishop, J. Blew- 

 itt, J. Brizzi, T. P. Chipp, P. Delavanti, C, II. 

 Dalby, E. F. Fitzwilliam, W. Forde, Stephen 

 (Hover, Henri Herz. E. Harrison, H. F. Hasse\ 

 J. L. Hatton, Catherine Hayes, W. II. Holmes, 

 W. Kuhe, G. F. Kiallmark, E. Land, G. Lanza, 

 Alexander Lee, A. Leffler. E. J. Loder, W. H. 

 Montgomery, S.Nelson, G.A.Osborne, John 

 Parry, H. Panofka, Henry Phillips, F. Praegar, 

 E. F. Rimbault, Frank Romer, G. H. Rodwell, 

 E. Rockel. Sims Reeves. J. Templeton, F. We- 

 ber, II. Westrop, T. H. Wright," &c. 

 D'ALMAINE & CO., 20. Soho Square. Lists 

 and Designs Gratis. 



HEAL & SON'S ILLUS- 

 TRATED CATALOGUE OF BED- 

 STEADS, sent free by post. It contains de- 

 signs and prices of upwards of ONE HUN- 

 DRED different Bedsteads, in iron, brass, 

 japanned wood, polished birch, mahogany, 

 rosewood, and walnut-tree woods ; also of 

 every description of Bedding, Blankets, and 

 Quilts. 



HEAL & SON, Bedstead and Bedding Manu- 

 facturers, 196. Tottenham Court Road. 



WESTERN LIFE ASSU- 

 RANCE AND ANNUITY SOCIETY 

 J. PABLLAMENT STREET, LONDON. ' 

 Founded A.D. 1812. 



Directors. 



H. E. Bicknell, Esq. T. Grissell, Esq. 



T. S. Cocks.Jun. Esq. J. Hunt, Esq. 



M.P. J. A.Lethbndge.Esq. 



G. II. Drew, Esq. E. Lucas, Esq. 



W. Evans, Esq. J. Lys Seager, Esq. 



W. Freeman, Esq. J. B. White, Esq. 



F. Fuller, Esq. J. Carter Wood, Esq. 

 J. H. Goodhart, Esq. 



Trustee*. 



W.Whateley.Esq., Q.C. : George Drew, Esq.! 



T. Grissell, Esq. 



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



Bankers. — 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 conditions detailed in the Pro- 

 spectus. 



Specimens of Rales of Premium for Assuring 

 1007.. with a Sltare in three-fourths of the 

 Profits: — 



£ ». d. 



- 2 10 8 



- 2 18 6 



- 3 8 2 



£ s. d. \ Age 



27- - - 2 4 5 | 42 - 



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

 Actuary. 

 Now ready, price 10.». 6r/., 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. 



PHOTOGRAPHIC CAMERAS. 

 — OTTEWILL & MORGAN'S Manu- 

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 be had. The Trade supplied. 



PHOTOGRAPHY. — HORNE 

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Portraits obtained by the above, for delicacy 

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THOMAS a BECKET, and other 

 Poems, by PATRICK SCOTT. 



"Mr. Scott is a true poet." — Notes and 

 Queries. 



" He knows well where lie the springs of the 

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WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL, 

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 Abbey. — This Hospital was instituted in the 

 year 1719, and is the oldest hospital in England 

 supported by voluntary contributions. The 

 high prices of provisions and coals have mate- 

 rially increased the current expenditure, and a 

 sum of not less than 8007. is required to meet 

 the payment of the tradesmen's bills to Christ- 

 mas last. 16,000 persons are relieved annually, 

 and 'he doors of the Hospital are open night 

 and day for the reception of cases of accident 

 and urgent disease. The Committee earnestly 

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Donations and subscriptions will be thank- 

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F. G. WILSON, Secretary. 



WH. HART, RECORD 

 • AGENT and LEGAL ANTIQUA- 

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 to undertake searches among the Public Re- 

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Instructions given in every branch of the Art. 



An extensive Collection of Stereoscopic and 

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