The Sun.
London, England, 1869-09-02 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 do 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, &:0., San Jose, La Union,
San Francisco, China, and Japan. •
Hand books, with full details of all the routes of this
company, can be bad of

STRINGER, PFMBBROKE, and Co.,
Agents, 8, Austinfriars, London, E.O.

A BSOLUTE SECURITY POLICIES, UN-
FORFEITABLE,, UNCONDITIONAL, and UN-
CHALLENGEABLE, issued by tho PRUDENTIAL
ASSURANCE COMPANY, 62, Ludgate-bill, London,
E.U. Established 1848.
Branch Office 77, King. street, St. James's.

The Directors of this.Corniany, in.deference to an ob-

jection not unfrequently urged bYrpersons invited to as-
sure, that the ordinary mode of Lifo Assuranco 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 be absolutely Unforfeitable, Unconditional,
and Unchallengeable.
For the reason referred to, many persons hesitate or
decline to assure on the ground that, i n; ne 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 decease, 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 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pressly state what sum.can at any time be withdrawn on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 fixed 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 on these points, as is the
case with ordinary assurances.
Creditors assuring 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 without any
conditions as to voyaging,' oreign 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 defined. The Inngest
term provided for is twenty-fire 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 tho full benefit of the
Assurances—a matter of great importance where policies
irp held as collateral security.

It is only necessary to add that, as n consequence of the
policies under these tables being uuforfeitable and uncon-•
ditional, they will also be unclodlongeable on any kround
whatever. They may therefore be aptly termed Absolute
Security Policies. •

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The PHUDEIN 1 lAL ASSURANCE COMPANY pos-
sesses an ineome of £215,000 a year Its position is un•
questionable, and it obtains the largest amount of- rew
business of any office in the Kingdom. SPECIAL
AGENTS WANTED.

HENRY HARDEN, Secretary.

A.D. 1720.

1 OYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE
CORPORATION,
(Established by Charter of his Majesty George the First),

For SEA, FIRE, LIFE, and ANNUITIES.
Officos—ROY AL EXCHANGE, London.
Branch Office-29, Pall Mall, S.W.

OCTAVIUS WIGRAM, Esq Governor.
JAMES STEWART liIDGSON, Esq Sub-• Governor.
CHARLES JOHN MANNING, Esq Deputy-Governor.

DIRECTORS

Robert Barclay, Esq. William Tetlow Hibbert,
John Garratt Cattley, Esq. Esq.
Mark Currie Close, Esq. Wilmot Hollsnd, Esq.
Edward James Daniell, Esq. Egerton Hubbard, Esq.
William Davidson, Esq Nevile Lubbock, Esq.
Lancelot William Dent, Esq. George Forbes Maleolmson,
Alexander Druce, Esq. Esq.
Fred k. Joseph Edl ma un, Esq. Lord J oseeline Wm. Percy.
Charles Hermann Goschen, Charles Robinson, Esq.
Esq. Samuel Leo Schuster, Dn.
Rivoredale 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.
FIRE DUTY. Tbis Tax having been abolished, the
PREMIUM is NOW the only charge for Fire Insurances.
F.PI^IIING STOCK.— No Extra Charge is made for the
use of Steam Thrashing Machine 3.
Tho Reversionary 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 be insured on one
Life.

This Corporation affords to the Assured
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 practicc', with the secu-
rity of an Office whose resources have been tested
by the experience of nearly a GEN-runic AND A
HALF.

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

ONI)ON. FEVER HOSPITAL is the only
aJ institution in the Metropolis for the treatment and
prevention of contagious fevers.
CONTRIBUTIONS will bo gratefully received by,
Messrs. Dimsdale 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.

ESTABLISHMENT for GENTLEWOMEN
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 Harley-street.
This establishment, which was opened in 1850, is patro-
nised by her Majesty. The Bishop of London is Visitor,
and it is managed by the Marchioness of Ormonde, the
Lady Laura Palmer, Mrs. Edward Romilly, the Lady
Caroline Russell, Mrs. Cecil Russell, and other ladies.
All inform/I+lon 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. Cout.ts and Co.'s, 59, Strand.
W. C SPRING 117(3F; Hon. Sec.

ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road,
in the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern
Railway Terminus, King's Cross.
Patron—Her Most Gracious MAJESTY the QurEN.
Vice-Patron—
His Royal Highness tho Prince of WALES, K.G.

President—His Grace the Duke of BUCCLErCii, K.G.
This Hospital: founded iu the year 1828, the first to
establish the principle of free admission to the sick poor,
without tho delay and difficulty of Governors' orders, is
wholly dependent for support on voluntary contributions
and legacies.
It affords relief to a large number of in-patients, and, in
addition to this, the average number of attendance of the
destitute sick has for a considerable period averaged be-
tween 8,000 and 4,000 weekly.
The Committee earnestly solicit the assistance of the
benevolent, as the premises of this hospital are capable of
containing several hundred more beds had the Committee
'the requisite funds to maintain them.
Gontributions are received by their bankers, Messrs.
Brown, Hansom, and Co., Abchurch-laue; also by Mesirs.
Count; and -Co.; Drummond and 'Co.; Glyn and Co.;
Harries and flo.; Ransom and Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and
C 0.4 Smith,.Papid, qnd go-t• .Bitrol@zend Co.; Williams,
Deacon, and Co.; Nisbet ancLei,..),olllerfi-Street ;:iinkAt
jrom 10011
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