The Sun.
London, England, 1869-06-12 00:00:00

WEST INDIES AND MEXICO.

Leave St. Nazaire on the 16th of each month for St.
Thomas, Havana,- Vera Cruz, Now Orleans, Porto Rico,
Haiti, Santiago de Cuba, Guadeloupe, Martinique.
JAPAN, NORTH AND SOUTH PACIFIC, AND
CENTRAL AMERICA (via Panama).
Leave St. Nazaire on the Bth of each month for Mar-
tinique, St. Martha (United States' of Columbia), Colon,
Aspinwall (Isthmus of Panama), La Guayra, Porto Ca-
bello, Guadeloupe, Trinidad, Demerara, Paramaribo,
Cayenne. &c., Callao, Valparaiso, &c., San Jose, La Uniob,
San Francisco, China, and Japan.
Hand books, with full details of all the routes of this
company, can be had of
STRINGER, PEMBBROKE, and Co.,
Agents, 8, Austinfriars, London, E.C.

ABSOLUTE SECURITY POLICIES, UN-
FORFEITABLE, UNCONDITIONAL, ami UN-
CEIALLENUEAELE, issued by the .--PRUDENTIAL
ASSURANCE COMPANY, 62, Ludgate-hill, London,
E.C. Established 1848.

The Directors of this Company, in deference to an ob-
jection not 'infrequently urged by persons invited to as-
sure, that the ordinary mode of Life Assurance is in their
opinion defective .or uncertain, by reason of the operation
of the customary coudii ions, have resolved to p.-omulgate
the present Tables, and to Issue Assurances under them
which shall be absolutely Unforfeitable, Unconditional,
and Unchallengeable.'
For the reason referred to, many persons hesitate -or
decline to assure on the ground that, in the event of in-
ability or unwillingness to continue payment of their pre-
miums, the . Assurance will become forfeited. To this
c'ass of the public the system row introduced will espe-
cially commend itself, being entirely free from all cur di-
tions of forfeiture on account of non-payment of premium,
or from any other cause whatever; while at the mme
time it absolutely guarantees at ,13,:a.ase, when even a de-
fault is made in payment of the vemium. a fixed sum in
respect of every pentium paid, baring the same propor-
tion to the total amount assured as the number of pre-
miums actually paid may bear to the whole number origi-
nally contracted to be paid.

fiesides this important advantage, every policy will ex-
pressly state what sum can at any time be withdrawn on
the discontinuance of the assurance.
The assured will thus always have the option of ret,in-
in, either an nscertaTtiod fis. d sum payable at decease,
or, in case of need, of withdrawing a certain amount, ac-
cording t the duration of the Policy, such amounts being
set forth on every Policy; and rendering unnecessary any
future reference to the Company ou these points, as is the
case with ordinary assurances.

Creditors asturing the lives of debtors will appreciate
this feature as one greatly protective of their interests, and
it. will likewise commend itself to bankers, capitalists, and
others who are in the habit of making advances collaterally
secured by Life Policies, as they can at any time learn, by
mere inspection, the exact value, either immediate or re-
versionary, of a Policy of this description.
Every Policy issued on this plan will be xvithert‘t any
conditions as to voynaing.:,, foreign residence, or other usual
limitations. By this freedom from restrictions of all kinds
[ha objections before referred to will be entirely removed,
and the Policies will become at once positively valuable as
actual securities.

In addition to the foregoing statement, of advantages,
the number of premiums is strictly define& The longest
term provided for is twenty-five years, an,l the shortest
five years, as shown by the Tab'es. Thus, bankers, credi-
tors, and others holding policies of this ellas as security.
may always know the utmost amount they may be called
upon to advance so as to maintain the full benefit of the
AssuraLzes—a matter of great importance where pol'cies
are h4•ld as collateral security.

It :s only necesspry to add that, ns a consequence of the
rolieies under these tables hying imforfe!table and uncon-
ditional, they will also be unehallengeable on any #trouud
whatever. They may therefore be aptly termed Absolute
Security Policies.-

The PRUDENTIAL ASSURANCE COMPANY pos-
sesses an income of £215,000 a year Its position is un.
questionable, and it obtains tho largest amount of now
buiane,ls of any offico in the Kingdom. SPECIAL
AGENTS WANTED.

HENRY HARBEN, Secretary.

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FoaxIGN-Yown,

THE MASSACRE IN EAST AFRICA;

Lieutenant Prideaux, in a letter to the Telegraph, throws
some light upon the meagre accounts of the massacre of Mr.
Powell and family. In the first place, the massacre did
not take place in Abyssinia at all. The country of Bask),
in which the calamity is stated to have occurred, does
not belong to Abyssinia, either geographically or
politically, but is properly a dependency of Egypt.
It is inhabited by a set of irreclaimable savages,
of Negro or Shankela origin, between whom and
their Christian neighbours an interminable feud
subsists. Though superior in physique and courage
to the Abyssinians, as a rule, the latter nevertheless bed
them in great contempt, and always denominate them the
" Bctrea," or slave-race. Thus Mr. Powell followed the
advice of his two friends, and avoided the dangers of
Abyssinia, but unfortunately plunged into a region not
less unsafe.

In Macerer, who accompanied Mr. Powell, and was
killed with Lim, Lieutenant Prideaux recognises an old
acquaintance. His proper name is Jean Baptiste
Mackerel-. He was not an Englishman, but a native of
Alsace, who, after having served for some years in the
rench army, came to Abyssinia as an adventurer, and
tered the service of the late Mr. Bell, Theodore's friend
!hd counsellor. After that gentleman's death he became
'nothing more nor less than a private soldier in the King's
army, and afterwards accompanied Captain Speedy in an
elephant-shooting expedition in the Atbara country.
Eventually he became a dependent of Consul Cameron,
and shared his captivity, in and out of chains, till released
by Lord Napier's army. lle then went to Egypt, but his
roving habits led him to persuade Mr. Powell to hazard,
his life in the jungles of Bazen.
Lieutenant Prideaux much fears that the murderers
will go unpunished, and it is, unfortunately, impossible to
entertain any hope of justice. The Government of Egypt
can do nothing—indeed, the country is not yet under sub-
jection, and many years will probably elapse before it will
be so. As to another expedition, the Times and other
papers simply allude to the idea, with the comment that
it is not to be thought of.

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