The Sun.
London, England, 1869-09-20 00:00:00

WEST INDIES AND MEXICO.

Leave St. Nazaire on tho 16th of each month for St.
Thomas, Havana, Vera Cruz, Now Orleans, Porto Rico,
Haiti, Santiago do Cubs, Guadeloupe, Martinique.
JAPAN, NORTH AND SOUTH 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-
bello, Guadeloupe, • Trinidad, Demerara, Paramaribo,
Cayenne, &c., Callao, Valparaiso, &c., San Jose, La Union,
San Francisco, China, and Japat,.
Hand books, with full details of all the routes of this
company, can be had of
STRINGER, PEMBBROKE, and Co.,
Agents, 8, Austinfriars, London, E.C.

BSOLUTE SECURITY POLICIES, UN-
LA- FORFEITABLE, UNCONDITIONAL, and UN-
CHALLENGEABLE, issuod by the PRUDENTIAL
ASSURANCE COMPANY, 62, Ludgate-hill, London,
E.O. Established 1848. _ _ _

Branch Office-7, King-street, St. James's.
Tho 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, 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 tho 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pressly state what sum can at any time be withdrawn on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 tl 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 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 Lifo 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
Assurances—a matter of great importance whore 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 unchallengeablo on any y,rouud
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 iu the Kingdom. SPECIAL
AGENTS WANTED.

HENRY HARDEN, Secretary.

NEW ORLEANS, JACKSON, AND GREAT
NORTHERN RAILItnAII CO3IPANY. SECOND
MORTGAGE CONSTRUCTION BONDS, endorsed payable in
Sterling in London —The HALF-YEARLY INTEREST on the
above Bonds, duo on Ceo lst October next, will be PAID on that
day, and any succeeding day, at the Counting-house of Messrs. J.
Henry Schroder and Co , 145, Lea !enhall-street, between the
hours of Eleven and Two o'clock.
The Coupons must be left for examination two clear days be
fore applying for payment.
London, Sept. 15, 1869.

NEATII AND BRECON RAILWAY
COMPANY.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN. That the ORDINARY
GENERAL HALF-YEARLY MEETING of the above
COMPANY willlbe held at their Offices, No. 1, ;Irest-
minster-ehambers, Victoria-street, Westminster, S.W., oi:
THURSDAY, the 80th September instant, at 12 o'Clock
at noon precisely, for the transaction of the general busi-
ness of the company.
And Notice is Hereby also 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. ROWELL MORGAN, Secretary.
1, Westminster Chambers,
Victoria-street, Westminster, S.W.,
15th Sept., 1869.

VANeER 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—Gee. T. Hertslet, Esq., Lord Chamberlain's
Office, St. James's Palace.
Bankers—Messrs. Coutts and Co., Strand.
By ordor, H. J. JTJPP.

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.