The Sun.
London, England, 1869-05-14 00:00:00

WEST INDIES AND MEXICO.

Leave St. Nazairn on the 16th of each month for St.
Thomas, Havana, Vera Cruz, New Orleans, Porto Rico,
Haiti, Santiago de Cubs, Guadeloupe, Martinique.
JAPAN, NORTH AND SOU CH P ICIFIC, AND

CENTRAL AMERICA (via Panama).
Leave St. Naz•aire on the Bth of each month for Mar-
tinique, St. Martha (United States of Columbia), Colon,
Aspinwall (Isthmus of Panama), La Guayra, Porto Ca-!.
bollo, Guadeloupe, Trinidad, Dari]or,u,t, Partingribo,
Cayp..., 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, Au.stinfriars, London, E.C.

A BSOLUTE • SECURITY POLICIES, UN-
Cl- FORFEITABLE, UNCONDITIONAL, and UN-
CHALLENGEABLII, issued by tho PRUDENTIAL
ASSURANCE COMPANY, 62, Ludgate-hill, London,
E.O. Established 1848.

The Directors of this Company, in deference to an ob-
jection not unfrequenily 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 A,•snranc,s under them
which shall be absolutely Unforfeitable, Unconditional,
and Unchallengeable.

For the reaso. n 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-
cialls 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 decease, when even a de-
fault is trrlde in payment of the premium, a fixed sum in
respect of every premium paid, baring tits 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 a lvantage, 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pressly state what sum can at any time be withdrawn on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 retAin-
ing either an ascertained fix.A sum payable at decease,
or, in case of need, of withdrawing a certain amount, ac-
cm,ling t the duration of the Policy, such amounts being
set forth on every Policy, and rendering unnecessary any
future reference to the Company on these points, as is the
case with ordinary assurances.

Creditors assuring the lives of debtors will appreciate
tl►is feature as one greatly protective of their interests, and
it will likewise commend itself to bankers, capitslists, 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 i,sued on this plan will be withou,t any
conditions as to voyaging, foreign residence, or other usual
limitations. By this freedom from restrictions of all kinds
th 3 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 staiemPut of advantages,
the number of premiums is strictly defined. The 1 ngest
term provided for is twenty-five years, and the shortest
five years, as shown by the Tables. Thus, bankers, credi-
tors, and others holding policies of this class as security,
may always know the utmost amount they may be called
upon to advance so as to maintain the full benefit of the
Assurances—a matter of great importance where policies
are held as collateral security.

It is only necessary to add that, as a ennsequence of the
policies under these tables being unforfeitable and tltlCOTl-
ditiona!, they will also be unchalleng,able on any vrouud
whatev,.r. they
may therefore ba aptly term3d Absolute
Securily

The ITUD.ENTI AL ASSURANCE COMPANY pos-
sesses an income of £215,000 a 3-oftr Its position is un-
quest!onable, and it obtains the larprest amount of new
buqin,-ss of anv office in the Kingdom. SPECIAL
AGENTS WANTED.

HENRY HARBEN, Secretary.

A.D. 1720.

ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE
CORPORATION.
(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.

OCTAVIIJS WIGRAIL, Esq Governor.
JAMES STEWART H9DGSON, Esq Sub-Governor.
CHARLES Joux MANNING, Esq Deputy-Governor.
DIRECTORS
Robert Barclay, Esq. William Tetlow Hibbort,
John Garret Cattlev, Esq. Esq.
Mark Currie Close, Esq. Wilmot Holland, Esq.
Edward James Daniell, Esq. Egerton Hubbard, Esq.
Davidpon, Esq Nevilo Lubbock, Esq.
Lancelot William Dent, Esq. George Forbes Maloolmson,
Alexander Druce, Esq. Esq.
Fredk. Joseph Edl man n, Esq. Lord J oscel in e Wm. Percy.
Charles Hermann Goschen, Charles Robinson, Esq.
Esq. Samuel Leo Schuster, Esq.
Riversdale Wm. Grenfell, Eric Carrington Smith, Esq.
Esq. Joseph Somes, Esq.
Francis Alex. Hamilton, Esq. William Wallace, Esq.
Robert Amadeus Heath, Esq. Charles Baring Young, Esq.
Medical Referee, Samuel Solly, Esq., F.R.S. .

FIRE and LIFE ASSURANCES may be effected on
advantageous terms. _ _

he Duty on Fire Assurances has been reduced to the
uniform rate of ls. 6d. per cent. per annum.
No charge is made by this Corporation for Fire Policy
or Stamp, however small the Assurance may be.
Fit fIIING STOCK.- No Extra Charge is made for the
use of Steam Thrashing Machin€3.
The Rever,ionary Bonus on British LIFE POLICIES
has averaged nearly 2 per cent.:per:annum on the sum
assured.
Any sum not exceeding £15,000 may be insured on one
Life.
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.

This Corporation affords to the AsFureil
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.