The Sun.
London, England, 1869-09-21 00:00:00

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

Branch Office-7, King- street, St. James's.
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 Unchallengoable.
For the reason referred to, many persons hesitate or
decline to assure on the ground that, i it; ne event of in-
ability or unwillingness to continue payment of their pre-
miums, the Assurance will become forfeited. To this
cliss 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pressly state what sum can at any time be withdrawn on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, foreign residence, or other usual
limitations. By this freedom from restrictions of all kinds
the objections before referred to will bo 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-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,
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Assurances—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 unforfoitable and uncon-
ditional, they will also bo 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.

NEATII AND BRECON RAILWAY
COMPANY.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That the ORDINARY
GENERAL HALF-YEARLY MEETING of the above
COMPANY willibe held at their Offices, No. 1, West-
minster-chambers, Victoria-street, 'Westminster, S.W., on
THURSDAY, the 30th September instant, at 12 o'Clock
at noon precisely, for the transaction of the general busi-
ness of the company.
And Notice is Hereby alto Given, That the Transfer
Books of the Company will be CLOSED on and after
THURSDAY, the 23d inst., until after the close of the
above Meeting.

D. HOWELL MORGAN, Secretary.
1, Westminster Chambers,
Victoria-street, Westminster, S. W.,
15th Sept., 1869.

CANCEL, 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. Hertslet, Esq., Lord Chamberlain's
Office, St. James's Palace.

Bankers—Messrs. Coutts and Co., Strand.
By order, 11. J. JIJPP.

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 QUEEN.
Vice-Patron—

His Royal Highness the Prince of WALES, K.G.
President—His Grace the Duke of BUCCLEITCH, 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 fer 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 3,000 and 4,000 weekly.
The Committee earnestly solicit the assistance of the
benevolent, as the promises of this hospital are capable of
containing several hundred more beds had the Committee
the requisite funds to maintain them.
Contributions are received by their bankers, Messrs.
Brown, Hansom, and Co., Abchurch-lane ; also by Messrs.
Coutts and Co.; Drummond and Co. ; Glyn and Co. ;
Hcrries and Co. ; Ransom and Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and
Co.; Smith, Payiw, and Co.; Barclay and Co.; Williams,
Deacon, and Co.; Nisbet and Co.,:Berners-streot ; undat
the Hospital from 10itill 5.

An international system of money orders has
been effected between the United States and Switzerland,
through the instrumentality of Postmaster-General Cres-
well and Jacques Duks, Chief of the Federal Post Depart-
ment and Vice-president of the Swiss Federal Council.
The exchange of postal orders between the two countries
is to be effected through the agency of two post-offices,
termed International Exchange Offices. The International
Exchange Office on the part of the United States is New
York, and that on the part of Switzerland is Bale. About
one hundred and fifty of the largest money order post-
offices in America, designated for the purpose by the
Postmaster-General, aro authorised to issue money orders
on the Postmaster at New York, payable to beneficiaries
in Switzerland, and to pay orders issued by that Postmas-
ter for sums remitted by the post department of Switzer-
land, for payment to beneficiaries in the United States.
Hence, an international money order cannot be drawn
by a postmaster in either country directly upon a
postmaster in the other, but must be drawn upon the In-
ternational Exchange Office of the country in which the
order is issued. An international postal order must not
be drawn for a larger sum than fifty dollars in United
States currency, and must not contain a fractional part of
a cent. The fees for the issue of international postal.
orders are the same as for domestic money orders, viz. :
On orders not exceeding $2O, ten cents; over $2O, and
not exceeding $3O, fifteen cents; over $3O, and not ex-
ceeding $4O, twenty cents; over $lO, and not exceeding
$5O, twenty-five cents. No other currency than United
States or National Bank notes can be received or paid.
The general rules in regard to issuing domestic orders.
contained in the book of money order instructions, aro to
be observed in the issue of international postal orders, in
so far as those rules are applicable. The usual forms are
to be observed to secure the payment of sums for which
the money orders have been lost. A man wbo owes a bill
in London can pay it in four hours by simply going to
Wall-street and purchasing a document known as a "cable
transfer," a device born of the groat Atlantic telegraph
enterprise, whereby the equivalent of the money which he
gives in New York will be immediately delivered to his
creditors in London.