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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



[No. 226. 



ALLEN'S ILLUSTRATED 

 CATALOGUE, containing Size, Price, 

 and Description of upwards of 100 articles, 

 Consisting of 



PORTMANTEAUS.TRAVELLING-BAGS, 



Ladies' Portmanteaus, 



DESPATCIT-BOXES, WRITING-DESKS, 

 DRESSING-CASES, and other travelling re- 

 quisites. Gratis on application, or sent free by 

 Post on receipt of Two Stamps. 



MESSRS. ALLEN'S registered Despatch- 

 box and Writing-desk, their Travelling-bag 

 with the opening as large as the bag, ana the 

 new Portmanteau containing four compart- 

 ments, are undoubtedly the best articles of the 

 kind ever produced. 



J. W. & T. ALLEN, 18. & 22. West Strand. 



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 be had at the MANU- 

 FACTORY. 65. CHEAPSIDE. Superior Gold 

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

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

 guineas. First-rate Geneva Levers, in Gold 

 Cases, 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 PocketChronometer.Gold, 

 60 guineas ; Silver, 40 guineas. Every Watch 

 skilfully examined, timed, and its performance 

 guaranteed. Barometers, 22., 32., and 42. Ther- 

 mometers from Is. each. 



BENNETT, Watch, Clock, and Instrument 

 Maker to the Royal Observatory, the Board of 

 Ordnance, the Admiralty, and the Queen, 

 65. CHEAPSIDE. 



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, ->oudoir,or drawing-room. (Signed) 

 J. L. Abel, F. Benedict, H. R. Bishop, J. Hlew- 

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

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

 Glover, Henri Herz. E. Harrison, H. F. Hasse!, 

 J. L. Hatton, Catherine Haves. W. H. Holmes, 

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

 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. II. Rodwell, 

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

 ber, H. Westrop, T. II. Wright," Sec. 



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

 and Designs Gratis. 



WH. HART, RECORD 

 • AGENT and LEGAL ANTIQUA- 

 RIAN (who is in the possession of Indices to 

 many of the early Public Records whereby his 

 Inquiries are greatly facilitated) begs to inform 

 Authors mid Gentlemen enzaged in Antiqua- 

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 to undertake searches among the Public Re- 

 cords, MSS. in the British Museum, Ancient 

 Wills, or other Depositories of a similar Na- 

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 Topography, Genealogy, or the like, and in 

 which he has had considerable experience. 

 1. ALBERT TERRACE, NEW CROSS, 

 HATCHAM, SURREY. 



WESTERN LIFE ASSU- 

 RANCE AND ANNUITY SOCIETY, 

 J. PARLIAMENT STREET, LONDON. 

 Founded A.D. 1842. 



Directors. 

 H. E. Bickncll.Esq. | T. Grissell, Esq. 

 T. S. Cocks, Jun. Esq ' 

 M.P. 



J. Hunt, Esq. 

 I J. A. Lethbndge.Esq. 



IE. Lucas, Esq. 

 J. Lys Seager, Esq. 

 J. B. White, Esq. 

 J. Carter Wood, Esq. 



G. H. Drew, Esq. 

 W. Evans, Esq. 

 W. Freeman, Esq. 

 F. Fuller, Esq. 

 J. H. Goodhart, Esq, 



Trustees. 



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- 

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 application to suspend the payment at interest, 

 according to the conditions detailed in the Pro- 

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Specimens of Rales of Premium for Assuring 

 1002., with a Share in three-fourths of the 

 Profits: — 



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

 Actuary. 

 Now ready, price 10s. 6rL, Second Edition, 

 with material additions, INDUSTRIAL IN- 

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 TRE \TISE on BENEFIT BUILDING SO- 

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 THUR SCRATCHLEY, M. A., Actuary to 

 the Western Life Assurance Society, 3. Parlia- 

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POLTCY HOLDERS in other 

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Full Reports and every Information had 

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*** Policies are now issued Free of Stamp 

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GEORGE GRANT. Resident Sec. 

 London Branch, 12. Moorgate Street. 



TMPROVEMENT IN COLLO- 



1 DION— J. B. HOCKIN & CO., Chemists, 

 289. Strand have, by an improved mode of 

 Iodizing, succeeded in producing a Collodion 

 equal, they may say superior, in sensitiveness 

 and density of Nesative. to any other hitherto 

 published ; without diminishing the keeping 

 properties and appreciation of half-tin' for 

 which their manufacture has been esteemed. 

 Apparatus, pure Chemicals, and all the re- 



Juirements for the practice of Photography, 

 nstruction in the Art. 



THE COLLODION AND PO- 

 SITIVE PAPER PROCESS. By J. B. 

 HOCKIN. Price Is., per Post. Is. 2d. 



PHOTOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION. 



THE EXHIBITION OF PHO- 

 TOGRAPHS, by the most eminent En- 

 glish and Continental Artists, is OPEN 

 DAILY from Ten till Five. Free Admission. 



£ s. ft, 



A Portrait by Mr. Talbot's Tatent 

 Process - - - - -110 



Additional Copies (each) - - 5 



A Coloured Portrait, highly finished 

 (small size) - - - - 3 3 



A Coloured Portrait, hignly finished 

 (larger size) - - - - 5 5 



Miniatures, Oil Painti-gs, Watcr-Colour. and 

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Cameras, Lenses, and all the necessary Pho- 

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Gratuitous Instruction is given to Purchasers 

 of Sets of Apparatus. 



PHOTOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION, 

 168. New Bond Street. 



PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY. 

 — THE EXHIBITION OF PHOTO- 

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 now open at the Gallery of the Society of 

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 Morning from 10 a.m. to half-past 4 p.m., ad- 

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pOLLODION PORTRAITS 



\J AND VIEWS obtained with the greatest 

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 most valuable agent in the hands of the pho- 

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 from glass or paper negatives, giving a minute- 

 ness of detail unattained by any other method, 

 5s. per Quire. 



Waxed and Iodized Papers of tried quality. 



Instruction in the Processes. 



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*** Catalogues sent on application. 



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Portraits obtained by the above, for deliccy 

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Also every description of Apparatus, Che- 

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HEAL & SON'S ILLUS- 

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 signs and prices of upwards of ONE HUN- 

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 japanned wood, polished birch, mahogany, 

 rosewood, and walnut-tree woods ; also of 

 every description of Bedding, Blankets, and 

 Quilts. 



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Printed by Thomas Clark 8haw, of No. 10. Stonefleld Street, in the Parish of St. Mary, Islington, at No. 5. New Street Square, in the Parish of 

 St. Bride, in the City of London ; and published by Georok Bell, of No. 186. Fleet street, in the Parish of St. Dunstan in the West, in the 

 City of London, Publisher, at No. 186. Fleet Street aforesaid.— Saturday, February 25. 1854. 



