RESPECTFULLY informs the Clergy, Architects, and Churchwardens, that he replies immediately to all applications by letter, for information respecting his Manufactures in CHURCH FURNITURE, ROBES, COMMUNION LINEN, &c., &c., supplying full information as to Prices, together with Sketches, Estimates, Patterns of Materials, &c., &c. Having declined appointing Agents, MR. FRENCH invites direct communications by Post, as the most economical and satisfactory arrangement. PARCELS delivered Free by Railway. * * * * * 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. * * * * * HEAL & SON'S ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE OF BEDSTEADS, sent free by post. It contains designs and prices of upwards of ONE HUNDRED different Bedsteads; also of every description of Bedding, Blankets, and Quilts. And their new warerooms contain an extensive assortment of Bed-room Furniture, Furniture Chintzes, Damasks, and Dimities, so as to render their Establishment complete for the general furnishing of Bed-rooms. HEAL & SON, Bedstead and Bedding Manufacturers, 196. Tottenham Court Road. * * * * * 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.