The Sun.
London, England, 1869-07-03 00:00:00

WEST INDIES AND MEXICO.

Leave St. Nazaire on the 16th of each month for St.
Thomas, Havana, Vera Criag., Now Orlraus, Porto Rico,
Haiti, Santieco de Cuba, Guadelupe, Martinique.
JA PAN, NORTH AND SOU Hi P k CIF IC, AND
CENTRAL AMERICA (via Panama).
Leave St. Nazi're 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, Paratnaribo,
Cayenne, &c., Callao, Valparaiso, &c., San Jose, La Union,
San Francisco, China, and Japai..
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.

4 BSOLUTE SECURITY POLICIES, UN-
La- FORFEITABLE, UNCONDITIONAL, and UN-
CHALLENGEABLE, i;sned by tho PRUDENTIAL
ASSURANCE COMPANY, 62, Ludgate-hill, London,
E.C. Established 1848.

The Directors of this Company, in deference to an ob-
jection not unfrequently 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 conditions, have resolved to promulgate
the present Tables, and to issue Assurances under them
which shall bo absolutely Unforfoitable, 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
class of the public the system now introduced will espe-
cially commend itself, being entirely free from all condi-
tions of forfeiture on account of non-payment of premium,
or from any other cause whatever; while at the same
time it absolutely guarantees at dacease, when even a de-
fault is made in payment of the premium, a fixed sum in
respect of every premium paid. bearing 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.
Besides this important advantage, every policy willex-
pressly state what sum can at any time be withdrawn on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 retain-
ing either an ascertained fixed sum payable at decease,
or, in case of need, of withdrawing a certain amount, ac-
cording t tho duration of the Policy, such amounts being
set forth on every Policy, and rendering unnecessary any
future reference to tho Company on these points, as is the
case with ordinary assurances.

Creditors as!uring the Eves 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 fesued on this plan will be without any
conditions as to voyaging, foreign residence, or other usual
limitations. By this freedom from restrictions of all kinds
the 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, and the shortest
five years, as shown by the Tables. Thus, hankers,'credi-
tors, and others holding policies of this el 1€34 as security,
may always know the utmost amount they may be called
upon to advance so as to maintain the full benefit of the
A ssu ra ef .43 a matter of great importance where policies
are Imhl as collateral security.

It ig only necessary to add that, nq a consegnence of the
policies under these tAhl.,s being, unforfeitable and uncon-
ditional, they will also be unchallengcable on any ground
whatever. They may therefore be aptly termed Absolute
Security PoliiPs.

The PRUDENTIAL ASSURANCE COMPANY pos-
ses,:es an income of .X 215.000 a year Its position is un-
questionablo, and it obtains the larzcst amount of new
In!inr•Ns of :Inc office in the Kingdom. SPECIAL
AGENTS WANTED.

HENRY ITARBEN, Secretary.

A.D. 1720.

110 YAL
CEOXRcIionRAATT GI
OEN ASSURANCE
(Established by Charter of his Majesty George the First),

For SEA, FIRE, LIFE, and ANNUITIES.
Offices—ROYAL EXCHANGE, London.
Branch Office--29, Pall Mall, S.W.

OCTAVIUS WIGRAM
JAMES STEWART lI7DGSON, F
CHARLES JOUN MANNING, ]
DIREC•

Esq Governor.
F.sq Sub--Governor.
Esq Deputy-Governor.
JTORS.
William Tetlow Ribbed,
Esq.
Wilmot Holland, Esq.
Egerton Hubbard, Esq.
Novilo Lubbock, Esq.
George Forbes Malcolmson,
Esq.
Lord Josceline Wm. Percy.
Charles Robinson, Esq.
Samuel Leo Schuster, Esq.
Eric Carrington Smith, Esq.
Joseph Somes, Esq.
William Wallace, Esq.
Charles Baring Young, Esq.
iuel Say, Esq., F.R.S.

Robert. Barclay, Esq. _
John Garratt Cattley, Esq.
Mark Currie Close, Esq.
Edward James Daniell, E.q.
William Davidson, Esq
Lancelot William Dent, Esq.
Alexander Druec, Esq.
F redk. Joseph Edlmann, Esq.
Charles Hermann Goschen,
Req.
Riversdale Wm. Grenfell,
Esq.
Francis Alex. Hamilton, Esq.
Robert Amadeus Heath, Esq.
Medical Referee, Sam.

NOTICE.—The usual fifteen days allowed for payment
of FIRE PREMIUMS falling due at Midsummer will ex-
pire on the 9th of July.
FIRE and LIFE ASSURANCES may be effected on
advantageous terms.

FIRE DUTY. - This Tax having been abolished, the
PREMIUU is NOW the only eletrge for Fire Insurances.
F.P.IIIING STOCK.- No Extra Charge is made for the
use of Steam Thrashing Machine.‘
The &von-ion:try Bonus on British LIFE POLICIES
has averaged nearly 2 per cent. per annum on the sum
assured. •

Equivalent reductions have been made in the Premiums
payable by persons who preferred that form of Bonus.
The Divisions of Profit take place every Five Years.
Any sum not exceeding £15,000 may bo insured on one
Life,

This Corporation affords to the Aseurod
Liberal participation in Profits, with the guarantee
of a large invested Capital Stock, and exemption
under royal Charter from the liabilities of part-
nership.
The advantages of modern practice, with the secu-
rity of an Office whose resources have been tested
by the experience of nearly a CENTURY AND A
HALF.

ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON.
ROBERT P. STEELE. Secretary.

.ONDON FEVER HOSPITAL is the only
ALA institution in the Metropolis for the treatment and
prevention of contagious fevers.
CONTRIBITTIONS will be gratefully received by
Messrs. Dirnsdalo and Co., 50, Cornhill ; Messrs. Drum-
mond, Charing-cross ; Messrs. Coutts, Strand ; Messrs.
Hoare, Fleet-street ; and by the Secretary, at the Hospital,
Liverpool-road, Islington, N.

14' STABLISIIMENT for GENTLE WOMEN
during TEMPORARY ILLNESS.
The relatives of Clergymen, Naval. Military, and Pro-
fessional Men, Governesses, and Artists may, for a small
weekly payment, receive the comforts of a HOME, com-
bined with the best medical and surgical treatment, at the
establishment, 90, Upper Barley-street.
This establishment, which was opened in 1850, is patro-
nised by her Majesty. The Bishop of London is Visitor,
and it is n'anaged by the Marchioness of Ormonde, the
Lady Laura Palmer, Mrs. Edward Romilly, the Lady
Caroline Russell, Mrs. Cecil Russell, and othei. ladies.
All informeion respecting it may be obtained on writ-
ten or personal application to the Lady Superintendent.
Subscriptions received at the Institution, and by the
Treasurer, at Messrs. Coutts and Co.'s, 59, Strand.
W. C SPRING *RICE Hon Sec.

ROYAL FREE HosprrAL, Gray's-ion-road,
in the immediate vicinity of the Groat Northern
Railway Terminus, King's Cross.
Patron—Her Most Gracious MAJESTY the QUEEN.
Vico-Patron—
_ His Royal Highness the Prince of WALES, E.G.

President-:—llis Grace the Duke of 13 UCC K.G.

This Hospital, founded it/ the year 1828, the first to
establish the principle of free admission to the sick poor,
without the delay and diffloulty of Uovirruors' orders, is
wholly dependent '.or support en voluntary centributicts
and legacies.
It affords relief to a large number of in-patients, and, in
additi"n to ibis, the average number of attendance of the
destitute sick has for a considerable period averaged be-
tween 3,000 and 4,000 weekly.
The Committee earnestly solicit the assistance of the
benevolent, it° the premises of this hospital are capable of
containing several hundred more beds had the Conamittee
the requisite funds to maintain them.
ContriV.tions are received by their bankers, Messrs.
Brown, Hansom, and Co., Abehurch-lano ; also by Alessrs.
Coutts and Co.; Drummond and Co.; Glyn and Co.;
Rerries and Co.: Ransom and Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and
Co.; Smith, Pate, and Co.; Barclay and Co. ;
Deacon, and Co.; Nisbet and Co., Bernars-street i srid at
the hospital from 10 till 5.