The Sun.
London, England, 1869-06-16 00:00:00

WEST INDIES AND MEXICO.

Leave St. Nazaire on the 16th of. each month for St.
Thomas, Havana, Vera Cruz, New Orleans, Porto Rico,
Haiti, Santiago de Cuba, Guadeloupe, Martinique.
JAPAN, NORTH AD SOUTH PACIFIC, AND

CENTRAL AMERICA (via Panama).
Leave St. Nazairo on the Bth of each month for -Mar-
tinique, SL Martha (United States of Columbia), Colon,
Aspinwall (Isthmus of Panama), La Guayra, Porto Ca-
bello, Guadeloupe, .Trinidad, Demerara, Paramaribo,
Cayenne, &c., Callao, Valparaiso, &c., San Jose, La Union,
San Francisco, China, and JapaL. . .

Hand hooka, with full details of all the routes of this
company, can be bad of
=Z. STRINGER, PEMBBBOKE, and Co.,

Agents, 8, Anstinfriark London, E.C.

ABSOLUTE SECURITY POLICIES, UN-
LFORFEITABLE, UNCONDITIONAL, and UN-
CHALLENGEABLE, issued by the PRUDENTIAL
ASSURANCE COMPANY, 62, Ludgate-bill, 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 be absolutely Unforfeitable, 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 decease, when even a de-
fault is made in -payment of the premium, a fixed sum in
respect of every premium paid, ly aring 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pressly state what sum can at any time be withdrawn on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 fixcd 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 ad'ances 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 witharkt 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 f❑ll benefit of the
Assurances—a matter of great importance where policies
are held as collateral security.

it is outs neees,ary to :1(1(1 that, as n consequence, of the
rolicies under those tThlos helm: unforfeituble and uncon-
ditional,.t hey mill als.) ho urchallengeablo on any ground
whatever. l'hey may therefore ho aptly termed Absolute
Security

The PIM DE:\ 11.17, ASSURANCE COMPANY pos-
p,,,sses an inrome of V 15,0110 a. yonr Its position is un•
questionablo, and it obtains the birgest amount of new
bu:incoss of any or ice in the Kingdom. SPECIAL
AGENTS WANTED.

HENRY HARDEN, 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 Mull, S.W.

OCTAVIUS WIGRA3I
JAMES STEWART lIIDGSON, E
CHARLES Jons MANNING,
DIREC

, Esq Governor.
.sq Sub-Governor.
Esq Deputy-Governor.
JTORS.
Robert. Barclay, Esq. Tetlow Hibbert,
John Garratt Cattley, Esq. Esq.
Mark Currie Close, Esq. Wilmot Holland, Esq.
Edward James Daniell, Esq. Egerton Hubbard, Esq.
William Davidson, Esq Nevile Lubbock, Esq.
Lancelot William Dent, Esq. George Forbes Malcolmson,
Alexander Druce, Esq. Esq.
Fredk. Joseph Edlmann, Esq. Lord J osc,eline Wm. Perry.
Charles Hermann Goschen, Charles Robinson, Esq.
Esq. Samuel Leo Schuster, Esq.
Riversdalo Wm. Grenfell, Eric Carrington Smith, Esq.
Esq. Joseph Somes, Esq.
Francis Alex. Hamilton, Esq. William Wallace, Esq.
Robert Amadeus Heath, Esq. Charles Barit', Young, Esq.
Medical Referee, Samuel Sony, Esq., F.R.S.

FIRE and LIFE ASSURANCES may be effected on
advantageous terms.
The Duty on Fire Assurances has boon reduced to the
uniform r: to of ls. 6,1. per cent. per annum.
No charge is made by this Corpo:ation for Fire Policy
or Stamp, however small the Assurance may be.
F.A rIIING STOCK.— No Extra Charge is made for the
use of Steam Thrashing Machine 3.
The Rover,ionary Bonus on British LIFE POLICIES
has averaged nearly 2 per cont.: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 AsFured
Liberal participation in Profits, with the guarantee
of a large invested Capita ]3tock, 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.

LONDON FEVER HOSPITAL is the only
institution in the Metropolis for the treatment and
prevention of contazious fevers.
CONTRIBUTIONS will be gratefully received by
Messrs. Dimsdale and Co., 50, Cornhill (Messrs. Drum-
mond, Charing-cross ; Messrs. Coutts, Strand ; Messrs.
Iloare, Fleet-street ; and by the Secretary, at the Hospital,
Liverpool-road, Islington, N.

Ia`STABLISHMENT for GENTLEWOMEN
during TEMPORARY JLLNESS.
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. Tho Bishop of London is Visitor,
and it is managed by the Marchioness of Ormonde, the
Lady Laura Palmer, Mrs. Edward llomilly, 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. Coutte and Co.'s, 59, Strand.
W. C SPRING RICE lion 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 tho QrzEN.
Vice-Patron—

His Royal Highness the Prince of WALES,
President—His Grace the Duke of BrcaxrcH. K.G.
This Hospital, feunded itt 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 ;or 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
deetiolte sick has for a considerable period averaged be-
tween 3,000 and 4,000 weekly.
The Committee earnestly solicit the assistance of tho
benevolent, as the premises of this hospital aro capable of
containing several hundred more beds had the Committee
the requisite funds to maintain them.
ContribLtions are received by their bankers, Messrs.
Brown, Hansom, and Co., Abchurch-lane; also by Messrs.
Coutts and Co.; Drummond and Co. ; Glyn and Co.;
lorries and Co.; Ransom and Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and
Co.; Smith, Papuo, and Co.; Barclay and Co.; Williams,
Deacon, and Co.; Nisbet and Co.,:Berners-street-i and.at
the Hospital from 10 till b.

the wife of the Emperor Francis Joseph. The Empress
of Austria is immensely popular amongst the Magyars,
and, according to an interesting letter in the Incl,,rendance
Beige, the reconciliation of Hungary and the regeneration
of the Austrian Empire was due largely to this
most charming of regal ladies. Shortly after
her marriage, says the writer, the Empress
went but little into the world, and was not
popular with the lively Viennese. Nevertheless, she took
a keen interest in the affairs of her country, and her intel-
ligence enabled her to foresee that the policy of the Austrian
Government would end in Sadowa, even long before that
catastrophe took place. She was opposed to the Italian
war in 1859, and urged the policy of reconciliation with
Hungary. But her advice was not only not taken, but
very ungraciously received by her husband. Her position
became a very difficult one. When, however, it was seen
that she had been more farsighted than the Em-
peror and his advisers, he at once rendered her justice.
His former confidants were set asideritatd.the Empress was
listened to on an equality with the first statesmen.
Hungary is now her favoured residence, and her long
sojourns there are regarded with some jealousy by the
Viennese.