BLAND & LONG, Opticians, Philosophical and Photographical Instrument Makers, and Operative Chemists, 153. Fleet Street. * * * * * 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. * * * * * 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. * * * * * 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. Thomson, Esq., 48. Berners Street. The Bonus added to Policies from March 1834, to December 31. 1847, is as follows:-- Sum Time Sum added to Policy. Sum payable Assured. Assured. In 1841. In 1848. at Death. £ £ 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 1000_l._, the annual payment for which is 24_l._ 1_s._ 8_d._: in 1847 he had paid in premiums 168_l._ 11_s._ 8_d._; but the profits being 2¼ per cent. per annum on the sum insured (which is 22_l._ 10_s._ per annum for each 1000_l._) he had 157_l._ 10_s._ added to the Policy, almost as much as the premiums paid.