WESTERN LIFE ASSURANCE AND ANNUITY SOCIETY,

3. PARLIAMENT STREET, LONDON.

Founded A.D. 1842.

Directors.
H. Edgeworth Bicknell, Esq.
William Cabell, Esq.
T. Somers Cocks, Jun. Esq. M.P.
G. Henry Drew, Esq.
William Evans, Esq.
William Freeman, Esq.
F. Fuller, Esq.
J. Henry Goodhart, Esq.
T. Grissell, Esq.
James Hunt, Esq.
J. Arscott Lethbridge, Esq.
E. Lucas, Esq.
James Lys Seager, Esq.
J. Basley White, Esq.
Joseph Carter Wood, Esq.
Trustees.
W. Whateley, Esq., Q.C.;
L. C. Humfrey, Esq., Q.C.;
George Drew, Esq.

Consulting Counsel.—Sir Wm. P. Wood, M.P.

Physician.—William Rich. Basham, M.D.

Bankers.—Messrs. Cocks, Biddulph, and Co., Charing Cross.

VALUABLE PRIVILEGE.

POLICIES effected in this Office do not become void through temporary difficulty in paying a Premium, as permission is given upon application to suspend the payment at interest, according to the conditions detailed on the Prospectus.

Specimens of Rates of Premium for Assuring 100l., with a Share in three-fourths of the Profits:—

Age£s.d.Age£s.d.
171144 322108
221188 372186
27245 42382

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

Now ready, price 10s. 6d., Second Edition, with material additions, INDUSTRIAL INVESTMENT and EMIGRATION: being a TREATISE on BENEFIT BUILDING SOCIETIES, and on the General Principles of Land Investment, exemplified in the Cases of Freehold Land Societies, Building Companies, &c. With a Mathematical Appendix on Compound Interest and Life Assurance. By ARTHUR SCRATCHLEY, M.A., Actuary to the Western Life Assurance Society, 3. Parliament Street, London.

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 Establishment.

Also, every description of Apparatus, Chemicals, &c. &c., used in this beautiful Art.—123. and 121. Newgate Street.

PHOTOGRAPHY.—A New Work, giving Plain and Practical Directions for obtaining both Positive and Negative Pictures upon Glass, by means of the Collodion Process, and a method for Printing from the Negative Glasses, in various colours, on to Paper. By T. H. HENNAH. Price 1s., or by Post 1s. 6d.

Published by DELATOUCHE & CO., Manufacturers of Pure Photographic Chemicals, Apparatus, Prepared Papers, and every Article connected with Photography on Paper or Glass.

147. OXFORD STREET.

ROSS'S PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAIT AND LANDSCAPE LENSES.—These lenses give correct definition at the centre and margin of the picture, and have their visual and chemical acting foci coincident.

Great Exhibition Jurors' Reports, p. 274.

"Mr. Ross prepares lenses for Portraiture having the greatest intensity yet produced, by procuring the coincidence of the chemical actinic and visual rays. The spherical aberration is also very carefully corrected, both in the central and oblique pencils."

"Mr. Ross has exhibited the best Camera in the Exhibition. It is furnished with a double achromatic object-lens, about three inches aperture. There is no stop, the field is flat, and the image very perfect up to the edge."

A. R. invites those interested in the art to inspect the large Photographs of Vienna, produced by his Lenses and Apparatus.

Catalogues sent upon Application.

A. ROSS, 2. Featherstone Buildings, High Holborn

PHOTOGRAPHIC PICTURES.—A Selection of the above beautiful Productions may be seen at BLAND & LONG'S, 153. Fleet Street, where may also be procured Apparatus of every Description, and pure Chemicals for the practice of Photography in all its Branches.

Calotype, Daguerreotype, and Glass Pictures for the Stereoscope.

BLAND & LONG, Opticians, Philosophical and Photographical Instrument Makers, and Operative Chemists, 153. Fleet Street.

PHOTOGRAPHIC PAPER.—Negative and Positive Papers of Whatman's, Turner's, Sanford's, and Canson Frères make. Waxed-Paper for Le Gray's Process. Iodized and Sensitive Paper for every kind of Photography.

Sold by JOHN SANFORD, Photographic Stationer, Aldine Chambers, 13. Paternoster Row, London.

KERR & STRANG, Perfumers and Wig-Makers, 124. Leadenhall Street, London, respectfully inform the Nobility and Public that they have invented and brought to the greatest perfection the following leading articles, besides numerous others:—Their Ventilating Natural Curl; Ladies and Gentlemen's PERUKES, either Crops or Full Dress, with Partings and Crowns so natural as to defy detection, and with or without their improved Metallic Springs; Ventilating Fronts, Bandeaux, Borders, Nattes, Bands à la Reine, &c.; also their instantaneous Liquid Hair Dye, the only dye that really answers for all colours, and never fades nor acquires that unnatural red or purple tint common to all other dyes; it is permanent, free of any smell, and perfectly harmless. Any lady or gentleman, sceptical of its effects in dyeing any shade of colour, can have it applied, free of any charge, at KERR & STRANG'S, 124. Leadenhall Street.

Sold in Cases at 7s. 6d., 15s., and 20s. Samples, 3s. 6d., sent to all parts on receipt of Post-office Order or Stamps.

LOST.—Two Water-coloured Drawings by MR. DELAMOTTE [engraved in 2nd volume of "Journal of Archæological Institute">[ of distemper Paintings in Stanton Harcourt Church. Any person having them, is requested to return them to their owner, MR. DYKE, Jesus College, Oxford.

PHOTOGRAPHY.—XYLO-IODIDE OF SILVER, prepared solely by R. W. THOMAS, has now obtained an European fame; it supersedes the use of all other preparations of Collodion. Witness the subjoined Testimonial.

"122. Regent Street

"Dear Sir,—In answer to your inquiry of this morning, I have no hesitation in saying that your preparation of Collodion is incomparably better and more sensitive than all the advertised Collodio-Iodides, which, for my professional purposes, are quite useless when compared to yours.

"I remain, dear Sir,

"Yours faithfully,

"N. Henneman.

Aug. 30. 1852.

to Mr. R.W. Thomas."

MR. R. W. THOMAS begs most earnestly to caution photographers against purchasing impure chemicals, which are now too frequently sold at very low prices. It is to this cause nearly always that their labours are unattended with success.

Chemicals of absolute purity, especially prepared for this art, may be obtained from R. W. THOMAS, Chemist and Professor of Photography, 10. Pall Mall.

N.B.—The name of Mr. T.'s preparation, Xylo-Iodide of Silver, is made use of by unprincipled persons. To prevent imposition each bottle is stamped with a red label bearing the maker's signature.

PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAITS and VIEWS by the Collodion and Waxed Paper Process. Apparatus, Materials, and Pure Chemical Preparation for the above processes, Superior Iodized Collodion, known by the name of Collodio-iodide or Xylo-iodide of Silver, 9d. per oz. Pyro-gallic Acid, 4s. per drachm. Acetic Acid, suited for Collodion Pictures, 8d. per oz. Crystallizable and perfectly pure, on which the success of the Calo-typist so much depends, 1s. per oz. Canson Frères' Negative Paper, 3s.; Positive do., 4s. 6d.; La Croix, 3s.; Turner, 3s. Whatman's Negative and Positive, 3s. per quire. Iodized Waxed Paper, 10s. 6d. per quire. Sensitive Paper ready for the Camera, and warranted to keep from fourteen to twenty days, with directions for use, 11×9, 9s. per doz.; Iodized, only 6s. per doz.

GEORGE KNIGHT & SONS (sole Agents for Voightlander & Sons' celebrated Lenses), Foster Lane, London.

PHOTOGRAPHY, DAGUERREOTYPE, ETC.

PURE CHEMICALS for the above Processes supplied at the following prices, by JOHN J. GRIFFIN & CO., 53. Baker Street, Portman Square.—Superior Iodized Collodion, in bottles at 2s. 6d.; Pyrogallic Acid, 4s. per drachm; Pure Crystallizable Acetic Acid, 8d. per oz.; Iodide of Potassium, 1s. 6d. per oz.; Canson Frères' Negative Paper, 3s.; Positive Ditto, 4s. per quire.

Bromine, 8s. 6d. per oz.; Iodine, 2s. 6d. per oz.; Charcoal, 1s. per bottle; Rouge, 1s. per oz.; Tripoli, finely prepared, 6d. per oz.

An Illustrated priced List of Photographic Apparatus and Materials, post free, 3d.

Nearly Ready, the Third much enlarged Edition of Professor HUNT'S MANUAL OF PHOTOGRAPHY.

JOHN J. GRIFFIN & CO., 53. Baker Street, London; and RICHARD GRIFFIN & CO., Glasgow.

Just published, Sixth Edition, fcap. 8vo., 5s., of

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Also, by the same Author,

THE CONQUERORS OF THE NEW WORLD and their BONDSMEN; being a Narrative of the Principal Events which led to Negro Slavery in the West Indies and America. Vol. II., post 8vo., 7s. Just published.

VOLUME I., post 8vo., 6s.

FRIENDS IN COUNCIL; a Series of Readings, and Discourse thereon. A New Edition. Two vols., fcap. 8vo., 12s.

COMPANIONS of MY SOLITUDE. Fcap. 8vo., 6s. Third Edition.

THE CLAIMS OF LABOUR. An Essay on the Duties of the Employers to the Employed. Fcap. 8vo. Second Edition, with Additional Essay. 6s.

WILLIAM PICKERING, 177. Piccadilly.

Now ready, Third Edition, with considerable Additions, fcp. 8vo., 7s. 6d.

AN OUTLINE of the NECESSARY LAWS of THOUGHT. A Treatise on Pure and Applied Logic. By the Rev. WILLIAM THOMSON, Fellow and Tutor of Queen's College, Oxford. With an Appendix on Indian Logic, by Professor MAX MULLER.

WILLIAM PICKERING, 177. Piccadilly.

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In the Press,

SELECTIONS, GRAVE AND GAY, From the Writings, published and unpublished, of THOMAS DE QUINCEY, revised and enlarged by himself.

Vol. I.—AUTOBIOGRAPHIC SKETCHES.

Edinburgh: JAMES HOGG.
London: R. GROOMBRIDGE & SONS.

THE EDINBURGH REVIEW, No. CXCVII., is just published.

CONTENTS:

I. BUNSEN'S HIPPOLYTUS AND HIS AGE.

II. JERVIS'S HISTORY OF THE ISLAND OF CORFU AND THE IONIAN ISLANDS.

III. SAUL OF TARSUS.

IV. HUNGARIAN REVOLUTION.

V. CATHEDRAL REFORM.

VI. OUR INDIAN ARMY.

VII. MONTALEMBERT.

VIII. MRS. JAMESON'S LEGENDS OF THE MADONNA, AS REPRESENTED IN THE FINE ARTS.

IX. THE FALL OF THE DERBY MINISTRY.

London: LONGMAN & CO. Edinburgh: A. & C. BLACK.

TO ALL WHO HAVE FARMS OR GARDENS.

THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE,

(The Horticultural Part edited by PROF. LINDLEY)

Of Saturday, January 15, contains Articles on

Agricultural Societies

Arithmetic, Rational, rev.

Botany, Cryptogamic

Calendar, Horticultural

Cattle, fat

Chironia, the

College, Cirencester

Draining, Davis on

England, climate of

Estates, improvement of, settled

Food, brewers' grains as

Fruit trees, oblique (with engraving)

Grapes, red Hamburgh

Hyacinth, hints on

Irrigation

—— and liquid manure, by Mr. Mechi

Labourers, employment of

Larch, durability of

Lime, to apply, by Mr. Summers

Manure, liquid, by Mr. Mechi

—— lime as

Mildew, effect of salt on, by Mr. Watson

Montague, Dr.

Narcissus, dormant, by Mr. George

Pimelea, the

Plant, Bed Mooshk

Poultry, metropolitan show of

—— weights of

Rain at Arundel

Roots, branch

Salt v. Mildew, by Mr. Watson

Season, mildness of, by Mr. George

Seed trade

Shamrock, the

Smithfield Club, cattle at

Societies, agricultural

—— proceedings of the Kirtling Agricultural

Temperature, our winter

Tenant-right

Tithe commutation, by Mr. Willich

Trees, oblique fruit (with engraving)

Vines, effect of soil on, by Mr. Urquhart

Walls, ivy on

—— spring protection for

Weather, the

—— in Sussex

Yuccas

Zygopetalon Mackayii, by Mr. Woolley

THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE and AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE contains, in addition to the above, the Covent Garden, Mark Lane, Smithfield, and Liverpool prices, with returns from the Potato, Hop, Hay, Coal, Timber, Bark, Wool, and Seed Markets, and a complete Newspaper, with a condensed account of all the transactions of the week.

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THE (LATE) ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY.

PSALMS AND HYMNS FOR THE SERVICE OF THE CHURCH. The words selected by the Very Rev. H. H. MILMAN, D.D., Dean of St. Paul's. The Music arranged for Four Voices, but applicable also to Two or One, including Chants for the Services, Responses to the Commandments, and a Concise System of Chanting, by J. B. SALE, Musical Instructor and Organist to Her Majesty. 4to., neat, in morocco cloth, price 25s. To be had of Mr. J. B. SALE, 21. Holywell Street, Millbank, Westminster, on the receipt of a Post Office Order for the amount; and by order, of the principal Booksellers and Music Warehouses.

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A GLOSSARY OF TERMS USED IN GRECIAN, ROMAN, ITALIAN, AND GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE. The Fifth Edition enlarged, exemplified by 1700 Woodcuts.

"In the Preparation of this the Fifth Edition of the Glossary of Architecture, no pains have been spared to render it worthy of the continued patronage which the work has received from its first publication.

"The Text has been considerably augmented, as well by the additions of many new Articles, as by the enlargement of the old ones, and the number of Illustrations has been increased from eleven hundred to seventeen hundred.

"Several additional Foreign examples are given, for the purpose of comparison with English work, of the same periods.

"In the present Edition, considerably more attention has been given to the subject of Mediæval Carpentry, the number of Illustrations of 'Open Timber Roofs' has been much increased, and most of the Carpenter's terms in use at the period have been introduced with authorities."—Preface to the Fifth Edition.

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Printed by Thomas Clark Shaw, of No. 8. New Street Square, at No. 5. New Street Square, in the Parish of St. Bride, in the City of London; and published by George 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, January 22. 1853.