The Sun.
London, England, 1869-09-27 00:00:00

ABOLITION OF THE DUTY ON FIRE
INSURANCES.

THE Directors of the ROYAL INSURANCE
OMPANY, in anticipation of the above, beg to intimate
that on all new surances 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.
HEAD OFFICES:
Royal Insurance Buildings, Liverpol,
Bu
Lombard-street, London.
CAPITAL, TWO MILLIONS STERLING.

Important Announcement.
Increased Share of Life Profits.

ALL NEW INSURANCES, with Participation, EFFECTED
AFTER IST JANUARY, 186 S, will become entitled to an INCREASED
SITARS OF THE PROFITS, in accordance with the Resolution
passed at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders.

JOHN H. McLAREN, Manager.
JOHN B. JOHNSTON, Secretary in London.

THE LONDON SURGICAL HOME for
DISEASES and ACCIDENTS of WOMEN, for
the Reception of Gentlewomen and Females of Respect-
ability upon a weekly payment. Under the management
of Mr. Baker Brown.

The private medical attendants of the patients aro
invited to visit them, and to moot in consultation before
treatment.

Full particulars can bo obtained on application to the
Lady-Superintendent, 18, Stanley-terrace, Notting-hill,
W.; or to Mr. Baker Brown, 136, -Harloy- street, W.

A BSOLUTE SECURITY POLICIES, UN-
EA- FORFEITABLE, UNCONDITIONAL, and UN-
CHALLENGEABLE, issued by the PRUDENTIAL
ASSURANCE COMPANY, 62, Ludgate-bill, London,
E.O. 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 Unforfeitablo, Unconditional,
and Unchallengeable.
For the reason referred to, many persons hesitate or
decline to assure on the ground that, i n; ne 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 ex
pressly state what sum can at any time be withdrawn on
the discontinuance of the assurance:

The assured will thus alwayti have the option of.retain-

ing either an ascertained fixtd sum pay able at decease,
or, in case of need, of withdrawing a certain amount, ac-
cording t • the duration of the Policy, such amounts being
sot forth on every Policy, and rendering unnecessary any
future reference to the Company on these points, as is the
wiLth ordinary assurances.
' Creditors asy:nring the lives of debtors 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 Life Policies, as they tan 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 freeom from restrictions of all kinds

the objections before referred to will be entirely
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,
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 a consequence of the
policies under these tables being unforfeitable and uncon-
ditional, they will also be unchallongeablo 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.