WESTERN LIFE ASSURANCE AND ANNUITY SOCIETY.
3. PARLIAMENT STREET, LONDON.
Founded A.D. 1842.
Directors.
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.
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.
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 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 in the Prospectus.
Specimens of Rates of Premium for Assuring 100l., with a Share in three-fourths of the Profits:—
| Age | £ | s. | d. |
| 17 | 1 | 14 | 4 |
| 22 | 1 | 18 | 8 |
| 27 | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| 32 | 2 | 10 | 8 |
| 37 | 2 | 18 | 6 |
| 42 | 3 | 8 | 2 |
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.
BANK OF DEPOSIT.
7. St. Martin's Place, Trafalgar Square, London.
PARTIES desirous of INVESTING MONEY are requested to examine the Plan of this Institution, by which a high rate of Interest may be obtained with perfect Security.
Interest payable in January and July.
PETER MORRISON,
Managing Director.
Prospectuses free on application.
DAGUERREOTYPE MATERIALS.—Plates, Cases, Passepartoutes, Best and Cheapest. To be had in great variety at
McMILLAN'S Wholesale Depot, 132. Fleet Street.
Price List Gratis.
BENNETT'S MODEL WATCH, as shown at the GREAT EXHIBITION, No. 1. Class X., in Gold and Silver Cases, in five qualities, and adapted to all Climates, may now be had at the MANUFACTORY, 65. CHEAPSIDE. Superior Gold London-made Patent Levers, 17, 15, 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 Pocket Chronometer, Gold, 50 guineas; Silver, 40 guineas. Every Watch skilfully examined, timed, and its performance guaranteed. Barometers, 2l., 3l., and 4l. Thermometers from 1s. each.
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PHOTOGRAPHIC PICTURES.—A Selection of the above beautiful Productions (comprising Views in VENICE, PARIS, RUSSIA, NUBIA, &c.) 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.
*** Catalogues may be had on application.
BLAND & LONG, Opticians, Philosophical and Photographical Instrument Makers, and Operative Chemists, 153. Fleet Street.
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.
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.
IMPROVEMENT IN COLLODION.—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 Negative, to any other hitherto published; without diminishing the keeping properties and appreciation of half tint for which their manufacture has been esteemed.
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PHOTOGRAPHIC CAMERAS.—OTTEWILL'S REGISTERED DOUBLE-BODIED FOLDING CAMERA, is superior to every other form of Camera, for the Photographic Tourist, from its capability of Elongation or Contraction to any Focal Adjustment, its extreme Portability, and its adaptation for taking either Views or Portraits.
Every Description of Camera, or Slides, Tripod Stands, Printing Frames, &c., may be obtained at his MANUFACTORY, Charlotte Terrace, Barnsbury Road, Islington.
New Inventions, Models, &c., made to order or from Drawings.
W. H. HART, RECORD AGENT and LEGAL ANTIQUARIAN (who is in the possession of Indices to many of the early Public Records whereby his Inquiries are greatly facilitated) begs to inform Authors and Gentlemen engaged in Antiquarian or Literary Pursuits, that he is prepared to undertake searches among the Public Records, MSS. in the British Museum, Ancient Wills, or other Depositories of a similar Nature, in any Branch of Literature, History, Topography, Genealogy, or the like, and in which he has had considerable experience.
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MURRAY'S RAILWAY READING.
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THE GUILLOTINE. An Historical Essay. By the RIGHT HON. JOHN WILSON CROKER. Reprinted from "The Quarterly Review."
The former Volumes of this Series are—
LOCKHART'S ANCIENT SPANISH BALLADS.
HOLLWAY'S MONTH IN NORWAY.
LORD CAMPBELL'S LIFE OF LORD BACON.
WELLINGTON. By JULES MAUREL.
DEAN MILMAN'S FALL OF JERUSALEM.
LIFE OF THEODORE HOOK.
LORD MAHON'S STORY OF JOAN OF ARC.
HALLAM'S LITERARY ESSAYS AND CHARACTERS.
THE EMIGRANT. By SIR F. B. HEAD.
WELLINGTON. By LORD ELLESMERE.
MUSIC AND DRESS. By a LADY.
LAYARD'S POPULAR ACCOUNT OF NINEVEH.
BEES AND FLOWERS. By a CLERGYMAN.
LORD MAHON'S HISTORY OF THE "FORTY-FIVE."
ESSAYS FROM "THE TIMES."
GIFFARD'S DEEDS OF NAVAL DARING.
THE ART OF DINING.
OLIPHANT'S JOURNEY TO NEPAUL.
THE CHACE, THE TURF, AND THE ROAD. By NIMROD.
JAMES' FABLES OF ÆSOP.
To be followed by
BEAUTIES OF BYRON: PROSE AND VERSE.
A SECOND SERIES OF ESSAYS FROM "THE TIMES."
The ANCIENT EGYPTIANS. By SIR J. G. WILKINSON.
JOHN MURRAY, Albemarle Street.
COMPLETION OF THE WORK.—On the 30th September, cloth 1s.; by Post, 1s. 6d., pp. 192.—WELSH SKETCHES, THIRD (and Last) SERIES. By the Author of "Proposals for Christian Union." Contents:—1. Edward the Black Prince. 2. Owen Glendower, Prince of Wales. 3. Mediæval Bardism. 4. The Welsh Church.
London: JAMES DARLING, 81. Great Queen Street, Lincoln's Inn Fields.
Now ready, price 25s., Second Edition, revised and corrected. Dedicated by Special Permission to 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 that amount: and, by order, of the principal Booksellers and Music Warehouses.
"A great advance on the works we have hitherto had, connected with our Church and Cathedral Service."—Times.
"A collection of Psalm Tunes certainly unequalled in this country."—Literary Gazette.
"One of the best collections of tunes which we have yet seen. Well merits the distinguished patronage under which it appears."—Musical World.
"A collection of Psalms and Hymns, together with a system of Chanting of a very superior character to any which has hitherto appeared."—John Bull.
London: GEORGE BELL, 186. Fleet Street.
Also, lately published,
J. B. SALE'S SANCTUS, COMMANDMENTS and CHANTS as performed at the Chapel Royal St. James, price 2s.
C. LONSDALE, 26. Old Bond Street.
TO NUMISMATISTS, &c.—For Sale, on Moderate Terms, a considerable portion of the celebrated French Work entitled TRESOR DE NUMISMATIQUE ET DE GLYPTIQUE published under the Superintendence of MM. PAUL DELAROCHE, HENRIQUEL DUPONT, and CHARLES LENORMANT; 15 Parts. Paris, 1836. Royal folio, eight bound and seven unbound, in good condition, price Fifteen Guineas. For farther particulars, apply to
MR. GEORGE BELL, 186. Fleet Street, Where the Work may be seen.
PHOTOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION.—An EXHIBITION of PICTURES, by the most celebrated French, Italian, and English Photographers, embracing Views of the principal Countries and Cities of Europe, is now OPEN. Admission 6d. A Portrait taken by MR. TALBOT'S Patent Process, One Guinea; Three extra Copies for 10s.
PHOTOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION, 168. NEW BOND STREET.
PHOTOGRAPHIC CAMERA for SALE.—To be disposed of, A PHOTOGRAPHIC CAMERA, with Combination Achromatic Lenses, and Apparatus for the Daguerreotype and Collodion Processes. Price 5l. 10s.
Apply to E. FLOWER, 32. Gell Street, Sheffield.
TO ALL WHO HAVE FARMS OR GARDENS.
THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE.
(The Horticultural Part edited by PROF. LINDLEY,)
Of Saturday, September 17, contains Articles on
Agricultural College examinations
Anacharis alsinastrum, by Mr. Marshall
Antwerp, effect of the winter at
Arachis, oil of
Ash tree, leaves of
Books noticed
Bossiæas
Burnturk farm, noticed
Calendar, horticultural
—— agricultural
Cider apple trees
Cineraria, culture of
Climate of Antwerp
—— of India (with engraving)
College (Agr.) examinations
Conifers, new applications of leaves of, by M. Seemann
Coppice, how to prepare for fruit trees
Dahlias at Surrey show
Drainage discussion
Evergreens at Antwerp, effect of the winter on
Gomphrena amaranthus
Grass land, to improve
Ground nuts
Gymnopsis uniserialis
Henderson's (Messrs. E. G.) nursery
Hop mould
India, climate of (with engraving)
Leaves of the ash tree
Leschenaultia formosa
Manure, saw-dust as, by Mr. Mackenzie
Manuring, liquid
Martin Doyle
Milk preserving, by Mr. Symington
Newcastle Farmers' Club
Nuts, ground
Onions, by Mr. Symons
Orchard houses
Pig breeding farm, by Mr. Hulme
Pine wool, by M. Seemann
Plants, variegated, by Mr. Mackenzie
—— vitality of
—— new
Plums, Dowling's
Potato sets, dried, by Mr. Goodiff
Radish, Black Spanish
Reaping machines
Sawdust as manure, by Mr. Mackenzie
Sobralia fragrans
Steam culture
Stock, does live, pay? by Mr. Mechi
—— value of, in the United States, by Mr. Shechan
Village excursions
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.
ORDER of any Newsvender. OFFICE for Advertisements, 5. Upper Wellington Street, Covent Garden, London.
BEST HISTORY OF FRANCE.
Price 5s. cloth, lettered.
BONNECHOSE'S HISTORY OF FRANCE, translated by W. ROBSON, Translator of Michaud's "History of the Crusades."
"This work is in general use in all the French schools, and the French Academy have recently decreed the Author the first Montyon prize."
London: GEORGE ROUTLEDGE & CO., Farringdon Street.
This Day is published, price 10s. 6d., the Second Volume of MISS AGNES STRICKLAND'S LIFE OF MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS, forming the Fourth Volume of her LIVES OF THE QUEENS OF SCOTLAND, and English Princesses connected with the Regal Succession. With a Portrait of Mary at the Age of Twenty-five, from the Original Painting presented by herself to Sir Henry Curwen of Workinton Hall.
WILLIAM BLACKWOOD & SONS, Edinburgh and London.
Printed by Thomas Clark Shaw, of No. 10. Stonefield 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 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, September 24. 1853.