Part 6

TO BOOK BUYERS.--All Readers, Collectors, Librarians, and persons fond of Literature or Literary Information, should not delay sending for a Catalogue (gratis) published nearly every month, of purchases of Books, Old and New, at extraordinary low prices, and in good condition, in every department. English and Foreign, to

THOMAS COLE, 15. Great Turnstile, Lincoln's-inn-Fields, London.

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Just published, No. I. price 3d., or stamped 4d., of the

JOURNAL OF THE PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY.

CONTENTS.

Introductory Remarks.--Inaugural Meeting of the Society.--Proceedings at the First Ordinary Meeting.--Papers read: 1. Sir William J. Newton upon Photography in an Artistic View; 2. Mr. R. Fenton on the Objects of the Photographic Society; 3. Dr. J. Percy on the Waxed-Paper Process.--Review and Correspondence.

No. II. will be published on the last day of this Month.

TAYLOR & FRANCIS, Red Lion Court, Fleet Street.

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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.

BENNETT, Watch, Clock, and Instrument Maker to the Royal Observatory, the Board of Ordnance, the Admiralty, and the Queen,

65. CHEAPSIDE.

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{275} 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 if 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."

Catalogues sent upon Application.

A. ROSS, 2. Featherstone Buildings, High Holborn.

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TO PHOTOGRAPHERS.--MR. PHILIP DELAMOTTE begs to announce that he has now made arrangements for printing Calotypes in large or small quantities, either from Paper or Glass Negatives. Gentlemen who are desirous of having good impressions of their works, may see specimens of Mr. Delamotte's Printing at his own residence, 38. Chepstow Place, Bayswater, or at

MR. GEORGE BELL'S, 186. Fleet Street.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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PHOTOGRAPHY.--Collodion (Iodized with the Ammonio-Iodide of Silver).--J. B. HOCKIN & CO., Chemists, 289. Strand, were the first in England who published the application of this agent (see _Athenæum_, Aug. 14th). Their Collodion (price 9d. per oz.) retains its extraordinary sensitiveness, tenacity, and colour unimpaired for months: it may be exported to any climate, and the Iodizing Compound mixed as required. J. B. HOCKIN & CO. manufacture PURE CHEMICALS and all APPARATUS with the latest Improvements adapted for all the Photographic and Daguerreotype processes. Cameras for Developing in the open Country. GLASS BATHS adapted to any Camera. Lenses from the best Makers. Waxed and Iodized Papers, &c.

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Just published, price 1s., free by Post 1s. 4d.,

The WAXED-PAPER PHOTOGRAPHIC PROCESS of GUSTAVE LE GRAY'S NEW EDITION. Translated from the French.

Sole Agents in the United Kingdom for VOIGHTLANDER & SON'S celebrated Lenses for Portraits and Views.

General Depôt for Turner's, Whatman's, Canson Frères', La Croix, and other Talbotype Papers.

Pure Photographic Chemicals.

Instructions and Specimens in every Branch of the Art.

GEORGE KNIGHT & SONS, Foster Lane, London.

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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.

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WESTERN LIFE ASSURANCE AND ANNUITY SOCIETY.

3. PARLIAMENT STREET, LONDON.

Founded A.D. 1842.

_Directors._

H. E. Bicknell, Esq. | J. H. Goodhart, Esq. W. Cabell, Esq. | T. Grissell, Esq. T. S. Cocks, Jun. Esq., M.P. | J. Hunt, Esq. G. H. Drew, Esq. | J. A. Lethbridge, Esq. W. Evans, Esq. | E. Lucas, Esq. W. Freeman, Esq. | J. Lys Seager, Esq. F. Fuller, Esq. | J. B. White, Esq. | J. Carter Wood, Esq.

_Trustees._ W. Whateley, Esq., Q.C.; L. C. Humfrey, Esq., Q.C.; George Drew, 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. | Age £ s. d. 17 1 14 4 | 32 2 10 8 22 1 18 8 | 37 2 18 6 27 2 4 5 | 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.

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ESTABLISHED 1841.

MEDICAL, INVALID,

AND

GENERAL LIFE OFFICE,

25. PALL MALL.

During the last Ten Years, this Society has issued more than _Four Thousand One Hundred and Fifty Policies_--

Covering Assurances to the extent of _One Million Six Hundred and Eighty-seven Thousand Pounds, and upwards_--

Yielding Annual Premiums amounting to _Seventy-three Thousand Pounds_.

This Society is the only one possessing Tables for the Assurance of Diseased Lives.

Healthy Lives Assured at Home and Abroad at lower rates than at most other Offices.

A Bonus of 50 per cent. on the premiums paid was added to the policies at last Division of Profits.

Next Division in 1853--in which all Policies effected before 30th June, 1853, will participate.

Agents wanted for vacant places.

Prospectuses, Forms of Proposal, and every other information, may be obtained of the Secretary at the Chief Office, or on application to any of the Society's Agents in the country.

F. G. P. NEISON, Actuary. C. DOUGLAS SINGER, Secretary.

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UNITED KINGDOM LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY: established by Act of Parliament in 1834.--8. Waterloo Place, Pall Mall, London.

HONORARY PRESIDENTS.

Earl of Courtown Earl Leven and Melville Earl of Norbury Earl of Stair Viscount Falkland Lord Elphinstone Lord Belhaven and Stenton Wm. Campbell, Esq., of Tillichewan

LONDON BOARD.

_Chairman._--Charles Graham, Esq. _Deputy-Chairman._--Charles Downes, Esq.

H. Blair Avarne, Esq. E. Lennox Boyd, Esq., F.S.A., _Resident_. C. Berwick Curtis, Esq. William Fairlie, Esq. D. Q. Henriques, Esq. J. G. Henriques, Esq. F. C. Maitland, Esq. William Railton, Esq. F. H. Thomson, Esq. Thomas Thorby, Esq.

MEDICAL OFFICERS.

_Physician._--Arthur H. Hassall, Esq., M.D., 8. Bennett Street, St. James's. _Surgeon._--F. H. Tomson, Esq., 48. Berners Street.

The Bonus added to Policies from March, 1834, to December 31, 1847, is as follows:--

+----------+--------------------+---------- Sum | Time | Sum added to | Sum Assured. | Assured. | Policy | Payable | +--------------------+ at Death. | | In 1841. In 1848. | ---------+----------+---------+----------+---------- £ | | £ s.d.| £ s.d.| £ s.d. 5000 | 14 years | 683 6 8 | 787 10 0 | 6470 16 8 * 1000 | 7 years | - - | 157 10 0 | 1157 10 0 500 | 1 year | - - | 11 5 0 | 511 5 0 ---------+----------+---------+----------+----------

* EXAMPLE.--At the commencement of the year 1841, a person aged thirty took out a Policy for 1000l., the annual payment for which is 24l. 1s. 8d.; in 1847 he had paid in premiums 168l. 11s. 8d.; but the profits being 2¼ per cent. per annum on the sum insured (which is 22l. 10s. per annum for each 1000l.) he had 157l. 10s. added to the Policy, almost as much as the premiums paid.

The Premiums, nevertheless, are on the most moderate scale, and only one-half need be paid for the first five years, when the Insurance is for Life. Every information will be afforded on application to the Resident Director.

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HAWKINSON'S SEATONIAN PRIZE POEMS.

Third Edition, fcap., cloth, price 7s.

POEMS. By THOMAS EDWARDS HAWKINSON, M.A., late of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge.

London: T. HATCHARD, 187. Piccadilly.

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Just published, Twelfth Edition, price 7s.

PROVERBIAL PHILOSOPHY. By MARTIN F. TUPPER, of Christ Church, Oxford.

London: T. HATCHARD, 187. Piccadilly.

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VENN'S LIFE.

Just published, Seventh Edition, fcap., price 7s.

THE LIFE AND A SELECTION from the LETTERS of the late REV. HENRY VENN, M.A., Author of "The Complete Duty of Man," &c. Edited by the REV. HENRY VENN, B.D., Prebendary of St. Paul's.

London: T. HATCHARD, 187. Piccadilly.

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TO ALL WHO HAVE FARMS OR GARDENS.

THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE,

(The Horticultural Part edited by PROF. LINDLEY)

Of Saturday, March 5, contains Articles on

Beet, sugar, by Mr. Deane Birds, predatory Books, noticed Calendar, horticultural ---- remarks on Cattle, chest diseases in Cedar and deodar, by Mr. Glendinning Chemistry, agricultural, by Johnstone, rev. Coffee planting Crops, theory of rotation of, by Mr. Russell Deodar and cedar of Lebanon ---- in Morayshire, by Mr. Grigor Drainage, by Mr. Mitchell Farming, steam ---- Tullian ---- careless Forest, Delamere, by Mr. Lipscomb Fruits, changing names of Fuchsia, culture of, by Mr. Mayle Fungi, Indian (with engraving) Horticultural Society's Garden noticed Hovea Celsi Hyacinths in glasses Irrigation, Italian, by Capt. Smith Land, to fork, by Mr. Mechi Law, cost of prosecutions Mangold wurzel crop on a wheat stubble, expenses per acre, by Mr. Mechi Plants, spring treatment of bedding, by Mr. Lucas Ploughs and ploughing Rothamsted and Kilwhiss experiments, by Mr. Russell Societies, proceedings of the Horticultural--Agricultural, of England Steam power Sugar beet, by Mr. Deane Temperature of January, 1838 Tubs, slate Ustilago vittata (with engraving) Weather statistics Wheat, Lois Weedon system of growing, by Mr. Goodiff

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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.

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OLD LONDON.

"Fac-simile" etchings of a Set of Drawings, showing the Fortifications, round London, as directed to be done by the Parliament in 1642.

No. s. d.

1. Plan of the Fortifications 2 0

2. A Redoubt with two Flanks, near St. Giles' Pound; a small Fort at East End of Tyburn Road; a large Fort, with four Half-Bulwarks, across the Tyburn Road 2 6

3. A small Bulwark at Oliver's Mount, against Tyburn Brook 1 0

4. A large Fort, with four Bulwarks, on the Reading Road, beyond Tyburn Brook; a small Redoubt and Battery on the Hill from St. James's Park 2 0

5. A Court of Guard in Chelsea Road 1 0

6. A Battery and Breastwork in Tothill Fields 1 0

7. A Quadrant Fort, with four high Breastworks, at Foxhall 2 6

8. A Fort, with four Half-Bulwarks, in St. George's Fields 2 0

9. A large Fort, with four Bulwarks, at the end of Blackman Street 3 0

10. A Redoubt, with four Flanks, at the end of Kent Street 2 6

11. A Bulwark and a Half on the Hill at the end of Gravel Lane (the View up the River showing London Bridge, is very interesting) 3 6

12. A Hornwork, near the Church, at Whitechapel Street 3 0

13. A Redoubt, with two Flanks, at Brick Lane 1 0

14. A Redoubt, at the Hackney corner of Shoreditch; a Redoubt, at the corner of the road to Edmonton, at Shoreditch 3 0

15. A Battery and Breastwork, on the road to Islington 3 0

16. A Battery and Breastwork, at the end of St. John Street 3 0

17. A View of London from the North, showing the Fortifications from Whitechapel to Tothill Fields, also the old Walls and Gates of London, from the Tower Hill to Ludgate. Size 40 inches by 8. (A marvellous View) 10 0

18. A Battery at Gray's Inn Lane 2 6

19. Two Batteries at Southampton House 2 0

20. Portrait of the Author, Captain John Eyre, of Col. Cromwell's own Regiment 1 0

Subscribers are requested to send their name to MR. PETER THOMPSON, 1. Osnaburgh Place, Trinity Church, Regent's Park (where the original Drawings can be seen). The Prints to be paid for on delivery.

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NEW ARCHÆOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL PUBLICATIONS.

AKERMAN'S REMAINS OF PAGAN SAXONDOM. 4to. with Coloured Plates. Parts I. to III. 2s. 6d. each.

NUMISMATIC CHRONICLE and JOURNAL of the NUMISMATIC SOCIETY (Quarterly). No. 59. 3s. 6d.

BOWMAN'S RELIQUIÆ ANTIQUIÆ EBORACENSES. Remains of Antiquity relating to the County of York 4to. Plates. Nos. 1 to 4. 2s. 6d. each.

THE ULSTER JOURNAL of ARCHÆOLOGY. 4to. Part I. (Quarterly.) 12s. per Year.

CAULFIELD'S EPISCOPAL and CAPITULAR SEALS of the IRISH CATHEDRAL CHURCHES. 8vo. Part I. Cashel and Emly. Plates, 1s. 6d.

DUNKIN'S ARCHÆOLOGICAL MINE. Comprising the History of the County of Kent. 8vo. Parts I. to III. 8d. each.

HUNTER'S (REV. JOSEPH) HISTORICAL and CRITICAL TRACTS. Post 8vo. Nos. 1 to 4. 2s. 6d. each.

SUGGESTIONS ON THE ANCIENT BRITONS. 8vo. Part I. 7s. 6d.

PUBLICATIONS OF THE ANTIQUARIAN ETCHING CLUB for 1852. 4to. 67 Plates. 10s. annually.

RETROSPECTIVE REVIEW. Comprising Copious Critical Analyses of Old Books. 8vo. Nos. 1 and 2. (Quarterly.) 2s. 6d. each.

JOHN RUSSELL SMITH, 36. Soho Square, London.

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LORD MAHON'S HISTORY OF ENGLAND.

Now ready, Vol. II. (to be completed in seven vols.), post 8vo., 6s.

A HISTORY OF ENGLAND, From the Peace of Utrecht to the Peace of Versailles, 1713-1783. By LORD MAHON. Third and revised Edition. (A Volume to be published every Two Months.)

JOHN MURRAY, Albemarle Street.

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THE DEVEREUX EARLS OF ESSEX.

Now ready, with portraits, 2 vols. 8vo., 30s.

LIVES OF THE EARLS OF ESSEX, in the Reigns of Elizabeth, James I., and Charles I., 1540-1646. Founded upon many unpublished Private Letters and Documents. By Capt. the HON. WALTER BOURCHIER DEVEREUX, R.N.

JOHN MURRAY, Albemarle Street.

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Just published, pp. 720, plates 24, price 21s.

A HISTORY OF INFUSORIAL ANIMALCULES, living and fossil, with Descriptions of all the Species, and Abstracts of the Systems of Ehrenberg, Dujardin, Kützing, Siebold, &c. By ANDREW PRITCHARD, ESQ., M.R.I.

Also, price 5s.,

A GENERAL HISTORY OF ANIMALCULES, with 500 Engravings.

Also, price 8s. 6d.,

MICROGRAPHIA, or Practical Essays on Microscopes.

London: WHITTAKER & CO., Ave Maria Lane.

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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, March 12. 1853.