The Sun.
London, England, 1869-05-21 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 de Cuba, Guadeloupe, Martinique.
JAPAN, NORTH AD SOUTH PACIFIC, AND
. _ _

OENTRAL AMERICA (via Panama).
Leave St. Nazairo on the Bth of each month for Mar-
tinique, St. Martha ((Tufted States of Columbia), Colon,
Aspinwall (Isthrau3 of Panama), La Guayra, Porto Ca-
bello, Guadeloupe, Trinidad, Demarara, Par:l3ll%rib°,
Cayenne, &c., Callao, Valparaiso, &c., San Jose, La Union,
San Francisco, China, and JapaL.
Hand books, with full details of all the routes of this
company, can be had of
STRENGER, PEMBBROKE, and Co.,
Agents, 8, Austinfriars, London, E.C.

I P.3OLUTE SECURITY POLICIES, UN-
_ CV :FctRI.4T-AiThEr-441.(40NpITION2tL, and UN-
CHALT.ENGE AELM, i,,Fmed by tho-' PRUDENTIAL
ASSURANCE COMPANY, C 2, Ludgate-trill, London,
E.O. EstabliFibed 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 p-omulgate
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, iu the event of in-
ability or unwillingness to continue payment of their pre-
miums, the Assurance will becoml 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 da3eAse, when even a de-
fault is made in payment of the wernium. a fixed sum in
respect of every premium paid, b-a,ing the same propor-
tion to the total amount assured as the number of pr^-
mbuns aet,:ally paid may hear to the whole number origi-
nally contracted to Le paid.
Besides this important advantage, every policy will ex-
pressly state what sum can at any time be withdrawn on
the discontinuance of the ass ra pee.
The, assure i will thus always have the option of set-du-
bog either an ascertained fixd sum payable at decease,
or, in case of need, of witielrawinx a certain amount, ac-
cording t the duration of the Policy, such amounts being
sot forth on every Policy, and rondering unnecessary any
future reference to the Company on these points, as is the
cacti with ordinary assurances.

Credit.us assuring the lives of debtors will appreciate
this f•ature as one greatly protective of their interests, and
it will likew.se comment 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 vain,. either immediate or re-
versionary, of a Policy of this description.
Every Pulley issued on this plan will he without any
conditions as to voyaging. foreign residence, or other usual
limitations. By this freedom from restrictions of all kinds
the obiectiens before referred to will be entirely removed,
and the Policies will become at once positively valuable as
act nal seen rit ies.
In addition to the foregoing statement of advantages,
the number of premiums is strictly defined. The I"ngest
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 disc 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
are held as collateral security.

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

The PRUDENTIAL ASSURANCE COMPANY pos-
sossos an income of £215,000 s per Its position is un-
questionablo, and it obtains tho Imwst amount of new
btkaint.as of any office in tho Kingdom. SPECIAL
AGENTS WANTED.

HENRY lIARBEN, Secretary.

A.D. 1720.

ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE
CORPORATION.
(Established by Chfater of his Majesty George the First),
For SEA, FIRE, LIFE, and. ANNUITIES.
Offices—ROYAL EXCHANGE, London.
T2rA.m..11 O 1 cA)--29, Pall Mall, S.W.

OCTAVIUS WIGRAM,
JAMES STEWART IF)DOSON, E
CHARLES JOHN MANNING, I
DIREC

, Esq Governor.
Sub--Governor.
Esq Deputy-Governor.
:TORS
Robert Barclay, Esq. William Totlow Hibbert,
John Garratt Cattley, Esq. Esq.
Mark Currie Close, Esq. Wilmot Holland, Esq.
Edward James Daniell, Esq. Egerton Hubbard, Esq.
Willia-n Davidson, Esq Nevile Lubbock, Esq.
Lancelot-William Dent, Esq. George "Forbes Maleolmson,

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Alexander Druce, Esq. Esq.
F redk. Joseph Edl mann, E.:rt. nerd 3osceline Wm. Percy.
Charles Hermann Goschen, (Marks 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 Baring Young, Esq.
Medical Referee, Samuel. Scaly, Esq., F.R.S.

FIRE and LIFE ASSURANCES may be effected on
advantageous terms.
The Duty on Fire Assurances has been reduced to the
uniform rate of ls. 6d. per cent. per annum.
No charge is made by this Corporation for Fire Policy
or Stamp, however small the Assurance may be.
r 'SUNG STOCK.—No Extra Charge is made for the
use of Steam Thrashing Machines.
The RoverAonary Bonus on British LIFE POLICIES
has averaged nearly 2 per cent.: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 Assured
Liberal participation in Profits, with the guarantee
of a largo 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
by the experience of nearly a CENTURY AND A
HALF.
ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON.
ROBERT P. STEELE, Secretary.