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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



[No. 229 



IMPERIAL LIFE INSU- 

 RANCE 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 extinction of 

 future Premiums. 



ONE-THIRD of the Premium on Insur- 

 ances of 500?. 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 50?. 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 750,000?., of which nearly 

 140,000?. 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 seen by the following 

 Statement : 

 On the 31st October, 1851, 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 109,000 



Insurances, without participation in Profits, 

 may be effected at reduced rates. 



SAMUEL INGALL, Actuary. 



SHUBB'S LOCKS, with all the 

 recent improvements. Strong fire-proof 

 s, cash and deed boxes. Complete lists of 

 sizes and prices may be had on application. 



CHUBB & SON, 57. St. Paul's Churchyard, 

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

 ket Street, Manchester ; and Horseley Fields, 

 Wolverhampton. 



ALLEN'S ILLUSTRATED 

 CATALOGUE, containing Size, Price, 

 and Description of upwards of 100 articles, 

 consisting of 



PORTMANTEAUS.TRAVELLING-BAGS, 



Ladies' Portmanteaus, 



DESPATCn-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, and the 

 new Portmanteau containing four compart- 

 ments, are undoubtedly the best articles of the 

 kiind ever produced. 



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



WH. HART, RECORD 

 • AGENT and LEGAL ANTIQUA- 

 RIAN (who is in the possession of Indices to 

 many of the early Public Kecords whereby his 

 Inquiries are greatly facilitated) begs toinform 

 Authors and Gentlemen engaged in Antiqua- 

 rian or Literary Pursuits, that he is prepared 

 to undertake searches among the Public Re- 

 cords, MSS. in the British Museum, Ancient 

 Wills, or other Depositories of a similar Na- 

 ture, in any Branch of Literature, History, 

 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, 

 ». PARLIAMENT STREET, LONDON. 

 Founded A.D. 1842. 



Directors. 



T. Grissell, Esq. 



J. Hunt, Esq. 



J. A. Iyethbndge.Esq. 



E. Lucas, Esq. 



J. Lys Seager, Esq. 



J. B. White, Esq. 



J. Carter Wood, Esq. 



H. E. Bicknell, Esq. 

 T. S. Cocks, Jun. Esq. 



M.P. 

 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. 



Pfijw'ci'an. — 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 Rates of Premium for Assuring 

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

 Profits :— 



Age £ s. d. I Age £ i. d. 



17- - - 1 14 4 I 32- - - 2 10 8 

 - 1 18 8 I 37- - - 2 18 6 



27- 



4 5 | 42 - 



3 8 2 



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

 Actuary. 

 Now ready, price 10s. 6<i., 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- 

 factory, 21. & 25. Charlotte Terrace, Caledonian 

 Road, Islington. OTTE WILL'S Re.'istered 

 Double Body Folding Camera, adapted for 

 Landscapes or Portraits, may be had of A. 

 ROSS, Featherstone Buildings. Holborn ; the 

 Photographic Institution, Bond Street : and 

 at the Manufactory as above, where every de- 

 scription of Cameras, Slides, and Tripods may 

 be had. The Trade supplied. 



PHOTOGRAPHY. — HORNE 

 & CO.'S Iodized Collodion, for obtaining 

 Instantaneous Views, and Portraits in from 

 three to thirty seconds, according to light. 



Portraits obtained by the above, for delicacy 

 of detail rival the choicest Daguerreotypes, 

 specimens of which may be seen at their Esta- 

 blishment. 



Also every description of Apparatus, Che- 

 micals, &c. &c. used in this beautiful Art.— 

 123. and 121. Newgate Street. 



TMPROVEMENT IN COLLO- 



JL DION.— J. B. HOCKi N & 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 Negative, to any other hitherto 

 published ; without diminishing the keeping 

 properties and appreciation of half-tint for 

 which their manufacture has been esteemed. 

 Apparatus, pure Chemicals, and all the re- 



fuirements for the practice of Photography, 

 nstruction in the Art. 



THE COLLODION AND PO- 

 SITIVE PAPER PROCESS. By J. B. 

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



PHOTOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION. 



THE EXHIBITION OF PHO 

 TOGRAPHS, by the most eminent En 

 glish and Continental Artists, is OPEIs 

 DAILY from Ten till Five. Free Admission 



£ s. d 

 A Portrait by Mr. Talbot's Patent 



Process - - - - -110 



Additional Copies (each) - -050 



A Coloured Portrait, highly finished 



(small size) - - - -380 



A Coloured Portrait, highly finished 



(larger size) - - - -550 



Miniatures, Oil Paintings, Water-Colour, anc 

 Chalk Drawings, Photographed and Coloured 

 in imitation of the Originals. Views of Coun- 

 try Mansions, Churches, &c, taken at a shor! 

 notice. 



Cameras, Lenses, and all the necessary Pho- 

 tographic Apparatus and Chemicals, are sup- 

 plied, tested, and guaranteed. 



Gratuitous Instruction is given to Purchaser; 

 of Sets of Apparatus. 



PHOTOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION, 



168. New Bond Street. 



PHOTOGRAPHIC APPARA- 

 TUS, MATERIALS, and PURE CHE- 

 MICAL PREPARATIONS. 



KNIGHT & SONS' Illustrated Catalogue, 

 containing Description and Price of the best 

 forms of Cameras andother Apparatus. Voight- 

 lander and Son's Lenses for Portraits and 

 Views, together with the various Materials, 

 ami pure Chemical Preparations required in 

 practising the Photographic Art. Forwarded 

 free on receipt of Six Postage Stamps. 



Instructions given in every branch of the Art. 



An extensive Collection of Stereoscopic and 

 other Photographic Specimens. 



GEORGE KNIGHT & SONS, Foster Lane, 

 London. 



flOLLODION PORTRAITS 



\J AND VIEWS obtained with the greatest 

 ease and certainty by using BLAND & 

 LONG'S preparation of Soluble Cotton ; cer- 

 tainty and uniformity of action over a length- 

 ened period, combined with the most faithful 

 rendering of the half-tones, constitute this a 

 most valuable agent in the hands of the pho- 

 tographer. 



Albumenized paper, for printing from glass 

 or paper negatives, giving a minuteness of de- 

 tail unattained by any other method, 5s. per 

 Quire. 



Waxed and Iodized Papers of tried quality. 



Instruction in the Processes. 



BLAND & LONG, Opticians and Photogra- 

 phic^ Instrument Makers, and Operative 

 Chemists, 153. Fleet Street, London. 



*** Catalogues sent on application. 



THE SIGHT preserved by the 

 Use of SPECTACLES adapted to suit 

 everv variety of Vision by means of SMEE'S 

 OPTOMETER, which effectually prevents 

 Injury to the Eyes from the Selection of Im- 

 proper Glasses, and is cxtens.vely employed by 



BLAND & LONG, Opticians, 153. Fleet 

 Street, London. 



PHOTOGRAPHIC PAPERS 

 manufactured by MESSRS. TOW- 

 GOOD, of St. Neot's Mills, as mentioned in 

 " Notes and Queries," No. 220., Jan. 14. Com- 

 mercial and Family Stationery, &c. 



Dep5t for all Works on Physiology, Phreno- 

 logy, Hydropathy, &c. Catalogues sent free on 

 application. 



London : nORTELL fc SHIRRESS, 

 492. New Oxford Street. 



Printed by Thomas Clark Shaw, 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 Geokoe 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, March 18. 1854. 



