The Sun.
London, England, 1841-12-29 00:00:00

METROPOLITAT
SOCIETY, No. 3,
DIRE

Z LIFE ASSURANCE
Princes-street, Bank.
LTORS. _ -

John Allcard, Esq.
Richard Low Beck, Esq.
Edmund C. Buxton, Esq.
James Dawson, Esq,
Thomas Fowler, Esq.
Francis Fox, Esq,
William Storrs Fry, Esq.
Hobert Gjant, Esq.
Thomas H. Hall, Esq.

Benj.'Hawes, Jun., Esq., M.P.
Joseph Hoare, Esq.
Jnhn Laurence, Esq
William Josh. Lescher, Faq.
Joseph Peiso, Esq.
Joshua Scholefield, Esq., M.P.
Henry Sturt, Esq.
John Taylor, Esq.
George Vaughan, Esq.

The Directors hereby give notice to Members whose Pre-
miums fall due on the sth of January next, that the same must
be paid within thirty days from that date.
The Premiums are payable Yearly, Half-yearly, or Quarterly,
on the sth of January, sth of April, sth of July, and sth of
October, either of which several days constitutes the commence-
ment of the year to MEMBERS. Persons, therefore, desirous
of entering the Society, AS MEMBERS, on the sth of
January next, should appear, or lodge their proposals at the
Office on or before that day.

So various are the plans now before the public f 0 r effecting
Assurance on Life, that it may, at first sight, seem difficult to
make choice between them. As, however, all prudent offices
make a considerably higher charge in the annual premium
than experience has hitherto shown to be necessary, but differ
in the mode of disposing of the surplus or profit, the following
classification may be made :-
Ist. Proprietary Offices, where all the surplus from pre-
miums and other profits is divided exclusively amongst the
Share or Stockholders.

2d. Offices where the same is divided in various proportions
between Share and Stockholders and the assured.

3d. Offices of a strictly mutual character, where the whole
of the profit is equitably distributed amongst the assured only.
The Metropolitan, which is of the last class, was established
in 1835, and although no paid agents for town or country have
at any time been employed, nor any expensive system of adver-
tising resorted to, yet its advantages have been so well appre-
ciated by the public, that the annual premiums alteady exceed
36,0001. _ _

In consequence of the prosperous state of the Society's af-
fairs, the annual premiums of members of five years' standing
have been reduced forty per cent., and a confident expectation
may be entertained of an increased rate of reduction at no dis-
tant period.
A plan of the Society, with tables of rates, may be obtained
on application at the Office.
RICHARD HEATHFIELD, Superintendent.
Princes-street, Bank, December 8, 1841,

IMPORTANT.—Many Persons after learning
that so many wonderful Cures have been effected by
PARR'S LIFE PILLS, have a great desire to procure the
Medicine which has done so much good. In doing this, how-
ever, caution must be observed, as certain individuals, without
honour or honesty, are offering a dangerous substitute instead of
the genuine Medicine. The Proprietors cannot, of course,
_ be
accountable for any untoward results that may ensue to those
who have been thus imposed upon, but they can point out an
effectual means to prevent further imposition.
Purchasers may be sure they have the genuine Medicine, if
they find the words PARR'S LIFE PILLS engraved on the
Government Stamp, in White Letters on a Red Ground. Ob-
serve, also, that the name of Mr. Edwards, 67, St. Paul's,
London, is printed, as Wholesale Agent, en the 'directions
which are wrapped round every box. Price Is. lid., 2s. 9d.,
and I Is. each.
Instances of Cures, when every other remedy had failed, are
received daily. The following, from a highly-respectable indi-
vidual, is selected from hundreds of• a similar nature :

FRO3f MR. lIOLLIER, CHEMIST, DUDLEY.
To the Proprietors of Parr's Life Pill 3.
" Dudley, Sept. 14, 1841.
" GENTLEMEN,—I forward you a copy of a letter sent to me
(as under), and which you can make what use of you think
proper. 1 am, your obedient servant, E. HOLLIER."

" Tipton, Staffordshire.
" 1, Joshua Ball, hereby testify, that 1 had been dreadfully
afflicted with Rheumatic Gout for 17 years, so that I have at
times kept my bed for months together, and could not get an
thing to do me good, till I took Parr's Life Pills,' which I
am very happy to state have nearly restored me to perfect
health. As witness my hand, this 11th day of September,
1841. " JOSHUA BALL."