The Sun.
London, England, 1869-07-09 00:00:00

WEST INDIES AND MEXICO.

Leavo St. Nazaire on the 16th of each month for St.
Thomas, Havana, Vera Cruz, New Orleans, Porto Rico,
Santiago de Cuba, Guadeloupe. Martinique.
41102 A Nr,-"jpFrir-Atria suurril 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-
bollo, GuaelolonpP, Trinidad, Demerara, Paramaribo,
Cayenne, &c., Callao, Valparaiso, &c., San Joso, La Union,
San Francisco, China, and Japat..
Hand books, with full details of all the routes of this
company, can bo had of

STRINGER, PEMBBROICE, and Co.,
Agents, 8, Austinfriars, London,'E.O.

A BSOLUTE SECURITY POLICIES, UN-
-1-1- FORFEITABLE, UNCONDITIONAL, and UN-
CHALLENGEABLE, issued by the PRUDENTIAL
ASSURANCE COMPANY, 62, Ludgate-hill, London,
E.O. 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 be absolutely Unforfeitahle, Unconditional,
and Unchalleugeable.
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 decease, when even a de-
fault is made in payment of the premium, a fixed sum in
respect of every pi emium 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pressly state what sum can at any time be withdrawn on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 neod, 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, 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 defined. The longest
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
Assurauces—a matter of great importance where policies
are held as collateral security.

It is only necessary to add that., as a consequence of the
policies under these tables being unforfoitablo and uncon-
ditional, they will also be unchallengeable on any ground
whatever. They may therefore be aptly termed. Absoluto
Security Policies.

The PRUDENTIAL ASSUIL COMPANY pos-
sesses an income of £215.000 a year Its position is un•
questionable, and it obtains the largest amount of new
bu.iness of any office in tho Kingdom. SPECIAL
AGENTS WARTED.

lIENR V lIARBEN, Secretary.

A.D. 1720.
OYAL EXCIIANGE ASSURANCE
CORPORATION.
(Established by Charter of his Majesty Georgo the First),
For SEA, FIRE, LIFE, and ANNUITIES.
Offices—ROYAL EXCHANGE, London.
Branch Office-29, Pall Mall, S.W.

OCTAVIITS WIGRAM, Esq Governor.
JAMES STEWART 119D0SON, Esq Sub.-Governor.
CHARLES JOHN MANNING, Esq Deputy-Governor.

DIRECTORS.

Robert Barclay, Esq. ---
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John Garratt Cattloy, Esq.
Mark Currie Close, Esq.
Edward James Daniell, Esq.
William Davidson, Esq
Lancelot William Dent, Esq.
Alexander Drum, Esq.
Fred k. Joseph Edl man n, Esq.
Charles Hermann Goschen,
Esq.
Riversdale Wm. Grenfell,
Esq.
Francis Alex. Hamilton, Esq.
Robert Amadeus Heath, Esq.
Medical Referee, Sam

William Tetlow Hibbert,
Esq.
Wilmot Holland, Esq.
Egerton Hubbard. Esq.
Nevile 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.
mei Solly, Esq., F.R.S.

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

FIRE DUTY. This Tax having been abolished, the
PREMIUM is NOW the only charge for Firo Insurances.
FtirMING STOCK.— No Extra Chargo is made for the
use of Steam Thrashing Machinca.
The Rover,ionary Bonus on British LIFE POLICIES
bas averaged,nearly 2 per cent. per annum on the sum
assured.

Equivalent reduction% 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 practice, with the secu-
rity of an Office whose resources have been tested
HALL by the experience of nearly a CENTURY AND A

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

ONDON FEVER HOSPI rAL is the only
institution in the Metropolis for the treatment and
prevention of contagious fevers.

CONTRIBUTIONS will be gratefully received by
Messrs. Dimsdalo 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.

IrSTABLISHMENT 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 Lanra Palmer, Mrs. Edward Romilly, the Lady
Caroline Russell, Mrs. Cecil Russell, and other ladies.
All information 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 HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn.-road,
in the immediate vicinity of tho Great Northern
Railway Terminns_Bing's Cross.

Patron—Her Most Gracious MAJESTY the QUEEN.
Vico-Patron—
His Royal Highness the Prince of WA:LER, K.G.

President—His Grace the Duke of BVcCLEUCH, K.G.
This Hospital, founded iu the year 1828, the first to
establish the principle of free admission to the sick poor,
without the 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 capabie of
containing several hundred more beds had the Committee
the requisite funds to maintain them.
Contrib,:.tions are received by their bankers, Messrs.
Brown, Hansom, and Co., Abohurch-lane ; also by Messrs.
Coutts and Co.; Drummond and Co. ; Glyn and Co.;
Herries and Co.; Ransom and Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and
Co.; Smith, Para,3, and Co.; Barclay and Co.;
Deacon, and Cu.; Nisbet and Co.,;Bornern-street •I and at
the Jlooßital from 10 till 6.