The Sun.
London, England, 1869-09-11 00:00:00

LONDON HOSPITAL, IVhitechapel-road, E.
The great East-end receptacle for Accidents and
Urgent Cases. 4,932 In-patients last year, of whom 4,059
were free cases.
CONTRIBUTIONS earnestly requested.
WE. J. NIXON, House Governor and Secretary.

ABOLITION OF THE DUTY ON FIRE
INSURANCES.

TIE Directors of the ROYAL INSURANCE
COMPANY, in antic;pation of the above, beg to intimate
that on all new sumnees now effected there will only be
payable (provisionally) the proportion of Duty for the time
between the date of the Order and Midsummer Day next.
ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY.

11E1D OFFICES:
Royal Insurance Buildings, Liven:l)ol,
and
• Lombard-street, London.
CAPITAL, TWO MILLIONS STERLING.

Important Announcement.
Increased Shire of Life Profits.

ALL NEW INSURANCES, with Participation, EFFECTED
AFTER IST JANUARY, 1868, will become entitled to an INCREASED
SHARE OF THE PROFITS, in accordance with the Resolution
passed at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders.

JOHN 11. MeLAREN, Manager.
JOHN B. JOILNSTON, Secretary in London.

ABSOLUTE SECURITY POLICIES, UN-
FORFEITABLE, UNCONDITIONAL, and UN-
CHALLENGEABLE, issued by the PRUDENTIAL
ASSURANCE COMPANY, 62, Ludgate-bill, London,
E.C. Established 1848. _ _

Branch Office-7, King-street, St. James's.
Tho 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 tho operation
of the customary conditions, have resolved to promulgate
the present Tables, and to issue Assurances under thorn
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; no 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 ox
pressly state what sum can at any time to withdrawn on
the discontinuance of the assurance.
Tho 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 those points, as is the
case with ordinary assurances.
Creditors assuring the lives of del tors will appreciate
this feature as ono 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 Lifo Policies, as they can at any time learn, by
more 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, 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 detintyl. The longest
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 the full benefit of the
Assurances—a matter of great importance where policies
%re held as collateral security.
It is only necessary to add that, as a consequence of the
policies under these tables being unforfeitable and uncon-
ditional, they will also be unchallengeable on any ground
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 the largest amount of new
business of any office in the Kingdom. SPECIAL
AGENTS WANTED.

HENRY HARBEN, Secretary.

RATIEKEALE AND NEWCASTLE
JUNCTION RAILWAY COMPANY.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the next HALF-
YEARLY GENERAL MEETING of the Shareholders
will bo held at the Court House, Newcastle West
County Limerick, on MONDAY, the 29th day of Septem-
ber, 1869, at the hour of Eleven &Clock in the forenoon,
precisely, for the purpose of transacting the ordinary
business of the Company, pursuant to Act of Parliament.
The Transfer Books will 133 closed on the 6th of Sep-
tember, and will not be reopened until after said Meeting.
DEVON, Chairman.
11. WILLIAMS WOOD, Secretary.
Company's Offices,
6, Westminster Chambers, Victoria-street, London,
August 28th, 1869.

TIXCELLENT BEEF TEA, for 21d. a Pint.—
Ask for LIEBIG COMPANY'S EXTRACT of MEAT.
ONLY SORT WARRANTED GENUINE by the Inventor, Baron Liebig,
whose signature is on every genuine jar.
Supplied to the British, Prussian, French, Russian, Dutch, and
other Governments.

CANCER HOSPITAL (Free) : founded 1851.
—Brompton, S.W., and 167, Piccadilly.—Over 8,000
cases treated since foundation. Remedies and diet very
expensive. Over 40 in hospital, and many cases unable
to be admitted for want of FUNDS ; at present over 300
out-patients.
Treasurer—Geo. T. Hertsleti Esq., Lord Chamberlain's
Office, St. James's Palace.
Bankers—Messrs. Coutts and Co., Strand.
By order, H. J. JUPP.