The Sun.
London, England, 1869-09-15 00:00:00

ABOLITION OF THE DUTY ON FIRE
INT
SURANCES .

rrHE Directors of the ROYAL INSURANCE
COMPANY, in anticipation of the above, beg to intimate
that on all new Insurances now effected there will only be
payable (provisionally) the proportion of Duty for the time
between the date of the Order and Mulstumner Day next.
ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY.

HEAD OFFICES:
Royal Insurance Buildings, Liverplol,
and
Lombard-street, London.
CAPITAL, TWO MILLIONS STERLING.

Important Announcement.
Increased Share of Life Profltg.

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

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

CNE HUNDRED & SEVENTY DESTITUTE
ORPHAN CHILDREN are being maintained in the
ROYAL ALBERT ORPHAN ASYLUM, at the moderate rate
of £25 per annum ouch. Funds greatly needed.
CHARLES A. WILIAEII, Sclerotimi
OZCeI .84, gh0P140114440, S.QJ

ABSOLUTE SECURITY POLICIES, L
-3.-UN-
FORFEITABLE, UNCONDITIONAL, and UN-
CHALLENGEABLE, issued by the PRUDENTIAL
ASSURANCE COMPANY, 62, Ludgate-bill, London,
E.G. 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 Unchallengeable.
For the reason referred to, many persons hesitate or
decline to assure on the ground that, i n; no 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 ospe-
cialls 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 bo 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 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 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
Assuran3es—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 unchallengeable on any ground
whatever. They may therefore be aptly termed Absolute
Security Policies.

The PRUDEXTIA7. ASSURANCE COMPANY pos-
sesses an income of £215,000 a year. Its position is un-
gnestionable, and it obtains the largest amount of new
business of any of in the Kingdom. b'PEOIAL
AGENTS WARTED.

HENRY HARBEN, Secretary.
RATHKEALE AND NEWCASTLE
JUNCTION RAILWAY COMPANY.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the next HALF -
YEARLY GENERAL MEETING of the Shareholders
will be held at the Court House, Newcastle West
County Limerick, on MONDAY, the 29th day of Sep'etn-
ber, 1869, at the hour of Eleven o'Clock in the forenoon,
precisely, for tho purpose of transacting the ord:nary
business of the Company, pursuant to Act of Parliament.
The Transfer Books will be closed on tho 6th of Sep-
tember, and will not be reopened until after said Meeting.

DEVON, Chairman.
H. WILLIAMS WOOD, Secretary.
Company's Offices,
6, Westminster Chambers, Victoria-street, London,
August 28th, 1869.

EXCELLENT BEEF TEA, for 234. a Pint.—
Ask for LIEBIG COMPANY'S EXTRACT of MEAT.
ONLY SORT WARRANTED GENUINE by the Inventor, Baron Liebig,
whose signature is on every genuine jar.

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Supplied to the Rritish, Prussian, French, Russian, Dutch, and
other Governments.

CANCER 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., Strar d.
By order, H. J. HIPP.

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—
Hia Royal Highness the Prince of WALES, K.G.
Prosident—His Grace the Duke of BUCCLEUCIL K.G.
This Hospital, founded in 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 for 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 premises of this hospital are capable of
containing several hundred more bode had the Committee
the requisite funds to maintain them.

Coniribt:tions are recoived by their bankers, Messrs.
Brown, Hansom, and Co., Abohurch-lane ; also by Messrs.
Coutta and Co.; Drummond and Co.; Glyn and Co.;
ferries and 0o.; Ransom and Co. ; Proscott, Grote, and
Co.; Smith Page, and Co.; Barclay and Co.; Williams,
Deacon, and Co.; Nisbet and Co.,:Berners-street ; snciat
the Hospital from 10itill 5.

LIST FOR THE USE OF VISITORS TO

THE METROPOLIS.

MUSEUMS.

Antiquarian—Somerset 11ouse. -Idmission by application
to the secretary
Botanic—Royal botanic Society of London, Regent's-
park. Admission daily by orders from fellows. Royal
Gardens, Kew. Open doily, 1 till 6, free.
British—Great Russell-street. Open free on Monda3 s,
Wednesdays, and Fridays, 10 to 4 ; summer months 10
till 7. Closed Ist till 7th January, Ist till ith May, and
Ist till 7th September; also on all thanksgiving days.
City— Guildhall. A collection of antiquities, &c. Daily,

f 0 till 5.
Geological—Jermyn•street. Open daily (except Fridays)

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Eras:
India—lndia Office, Charles-street. Asiatic natural his-
tory, antiquities, &c. Open free on Mondays, Wednes-
days, and Fridays, and on Thursdays by orders. _ _

Kini's7College—Slritnd. Anatomy and curiosities. Daily,
10 till 4.
Patents—South Kensington. Models and inventions.
Open free daily.
Royal Institution-21, Albemarle-street. Various objects.
Daily, 10 till 5.
Royal Military Repository-IV, olwich. Models of fortifi-
cations, cannon, and warlike appliances. Daily, 10
till 4.

Royal Polytechnic [restitution-309, Regent-street. Scien-
tific, with lectures. Open daily, till 10 p.m. is.
S. oane's-13, Lincoln's-fun-fields. Antiquities, curiosities,
and pictures. Open Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Fri-
days in April, May, and June ; and Wednesdays from
February to August Admission on application to the
Curator.

Society of Arts—John-street, Adelpld. Inventions, pic-
tures, curiosities, &c. Daily: admission by member's
order. _ _

.......,.•
South Kensington—Cromwell-road. Open on Mondays,
Tuesdays, and Saturdays, 10 till 10, free ; on other days,
10 till 4,5, or 6. 6d.
Tower of London—Ancient amour, &c. Open daily, 10

till 4. ls.
Trinity House—Trinity-square, Tower-hill. Models of
lighthouses, ctre. Daily, 10 till 4.
Tussaud's Waxwork-58, J3aker.ptreet. Open daily till
1.0 p.ni, lg.

Considerable excitement was caused on Sunday inkhe
East-end of the metropolis by a desperate attenti,t at
murder and suicide. A young man named Charles Gobey
had been living with a gill, named 111ary Ann Chambers,
at 12, Schoolhouse-lane, Stepney. In rebruar3- last she
gave birth to a child, and subsequently, in consequence
of the constant cruel treatment she experienced from
Gobey, she left him and went back to live with her
mother, taking the child with her, at Upper Cornwall-
street, St. George's-in-the-East. One day 'last week
Gobey called to see her, but was told that she was out ;
and the man was afterwards beard to threaten that he
"would knife his old woman" if she did not return and
live with him. On Sunday morning, at a little after ten
o'clock, Gobey again went to the mother's house and asked
Mrs. Chambers to persuade her laughter to return home
with him. She replied that she would not do so ;
and at that moment a married daughter of Mrs.
Chambers entered the room with Gobey's child in her
arms. He at once seized hold of the child and endeavoured
to cut its throat with a clasp knife ; but the woman suc-
ceeded in preventing him from effecting his purpose. Un-
fortunately the girl Mary Anne then made her appearance,
when Gobey rushed at her and stabbed her twice in the
breast. He then went into the back kitchen, and, standing
opposite a looking-glass, commenced hacking at his own
throat. Meanwhile a policeman and a doctor had been
sent for, and Gobey was secured and removed to the
London Hospital on a stretcher, where be now lies in a
precarious state. The injuries sustained by the young
woman, although severe, are not considered to be.*of a
dangerous description.