The Sun.
London, England, 1869-05-24 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 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-
hello, Guadeloupe, Trinidad, Demerara. Paramaribo,
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.
compaEy, can be-bad of

STRINGER, PEMBBROKE, and Co.,
Agents, 8, Austinfriars, London, E.C.

ABSOLUTE SECURITY POLICIES, UV-
FORFEITABLE, UNCONDITIONAL, and UN-
CHALLENGEABLII, 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 giound that, in the event of in-
ability or unwillingness to continue payment of their pre-
minms, 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
timo 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pressly state what sum can at any time be withdrawn on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 pay-able 4 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 ae.suring the lives of debtors will appreciate
this feature as one greatly protective of their interests, and
it will likew3se 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 freelom 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-fire years, and the shortest
five years, as shown by the Tables. Thus, bankers, credi-
tors, and others holding policies of this el IFS as security.
may always know the utmost amount they may be called
upon to advance so as to maintain the full benefit of the
Asstn•ar.ces—a matter of great itnportaneo where policies
:11,, held n 6 collateral security.

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It is mils necessary to told that, as consequence of tlw
policies under these tables being maw-reliable aud uncon-
ditional, they will also be unchallengcable on any ground
whatercr. they
may therefore be aptly termed Absolute
Security Policies.

The PRUDENTIAL ASSURANCE COMPANY pos-
sosseg fill income of X 215,00 a year Its position is un•
question:lbl,, and it obtains the largest mount, of new
busity•Na of any office in the Kingdont. SPECIAL.
AGENTS WANTED.

lIENIIV HARDEN, Secretary.

A.D. 1720.

ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE
CORPORA TION,
(Established by Chr,rtArtf his Majesty 1x.:1 First),
For AEA, FIRE; LIFE, and ANNUITIES.
Offices—ROYAL EXCHANGE, London.
Branch Office-29, Pall Mall, S.W.

OCTAVIUS WIGRA.II
JAMES STEWART riIDOSON, I
CHARLES JOHN MANNING,
DIREC

Esq Governor.
:sq Sub-Governor.
Esq Deputy-Governor.
)TORS.
Robert. Barclay, Esq. William Tetluw Hilbert,
John Garratt Cattier, 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 Druee, Esq. Esq.
Fredk. Joseph Edlmann, Esq. Lord J osceline Wm. Percy.
Charles Hermann Goschen, Charles Robinson, Esq.
Esq. Samuel Leo Schuster, Esq.
Riversdale 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 Solly, 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 tnay be.
F. .711ING STOCK.- No Extra Charge is made for the
use of Steam Thrashing Machine. 3.
The Reven.ionary 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 large 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.