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London, England, 1869-08-24 00:00:00

BRITISH HOME FOR INCURABLES,
_Clapham rise.

Instituted 1861.
PATRONESS.
Her Royal Highness theTrincess of WALES.
TREASURERS.
George Moore, Esq.; Mr. Alderman Gibbons.
This Institution, extending its operations to all parts of
the kingdom. provides for those afflicted with incurable
diseases a home for life, with every comfort and medical
attendance. l'atients are admitted, and annuities of .£lO
obtained by election.
No person under 20 years of age, nor of the pauper
class, is eligible.
Full particulars and the necessary forms may be pro-
cured from the Secretary. Donations and annual sub-
scriptions are earnestly solicited.

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BANKERS.
Messrs Barclay, Bevan, and Co., Lombard-street, E C.; and
Messrs. Drummond, Charing-cross, S.W.
ED WD. WEAVER, Secretary.
Offices, 73, Cheapside.

NURSING.--ST. JOHN'S HOUSE and
SISTERHOOD for TRAINING NURSES for
HOSPITALS, Families, and the Poor: established 1848.
President—The Lord Bishop of LONDON.
The nursing at King's College and the Charing-cross
Hospitals, and the Galignani English Hospital at Paris,
is at present supmintended by the Sisters of John's
House.

Ladies or others wishing to qualify themselves as
members of the House or Sisterhood, or as pupils to be
trained to nurse, are requested to communicale with the
Lady Superior.
Donations and Subscriptions to the General Fund, the
Sisters Fund, or the Nurses' Pension Fund, may be paid
to Messrs. Coutts ; or to the Lady Superior, at St. John's
House, Norfolk-street, Strand, W.C.

A BSOLUTE SECURITY POLICIES, UN-
El- FORFEITABLE, UNCONDITIONAL, and UN-
CHALLENGEABLE, issued by tho PRUDENTIAL
ASSURANCE COMPANY, 62, Ludgate-hill, 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 Unforfeitablo, Unconditional,
and Unchallengeable.
For the reason referred to, many persons hesitate or
decline to assure on the ground that, i is; 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-
chilly commend itself, being entirely free from all condi-
tions of forfeiture on account of non-payment of premium,
or from any other cause whatevei; 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 piemium paid. bearing the same propor-
tion to the total amount assured as the number of pre-
miums actually paid nifty 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 timo to withdrawn on
the discontinuance of the assurance.
The assured will thus always have the option of retain-
ing either an ascertained fix,!d sum payable at decease,
or, in case of need, of withdrawing a certain amount, ne-
coriling t the duration of the Policy, snob 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 one 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 tbis 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-firo years, and the shortest
five years, as shown by the Tables. Thus, bankers, credi-
tors, and others holding policies of this ells.; 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
Aro 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 ho unchallengeable nu 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 tho largest amount of new
business of any office in the. Kingdom. SPECIAL
AGENTS WANTED.

HENRY HARBEN, Secretary.

A.D. 1720.

ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE
CORPORATION.
(Established by Charter of his Majesty George the First),
For SEA, FIRE, LIFE, and ANNUITIES.
Offices—ROYAL EXCHANGE, London.
Branch Office-29, Pall Mall, S.W.

OCTAVIITS WIGRAM, Esq Governor.
JAMES STEWART lI9DGISON, Esq Sub--Governor.
REI JOHN MANNING, Esq Deputy-Governor.

DIRECTORS.

Robert Barclay, Esq.
John Garratt Cattley, Esq.
Mark Currie Close, Esq.
Edward James Daniell, Esq.
William Davidson, Esq
Lancelot William Dent, Esq.
Alexander Bruce, Esq.
Fredk. Joseph Edlmann, Esq.
Charles Hermann Geschen,
Esq.
Riversdale Wm. Grenfell,
Fantis Alex. Hamilton, Esq.
Robert Amadeus Heath, Esq.
Medical Referee, Same

William Tetlow Hibbert,
Esq.
Wilmot Holland, Esq.
Egerton Hubbard, Esq.
Nevile Lubbock, Esq.
George Forbes Malcolmson,
Esq.
Lord Josceline Wm. Percy.
Charles Robinson, Esq.
Samuel Leo Schuster, Esq.
Eric Carrington Smith, Esq.
Joseph Somes, Esq.
William Wallace, Esq.
Charles Baring Young, Esq.
Luel Say, Esq., F.R.S.

FIRE and LIFE ASSURANCES may be effected on
advantageous terms.
FIRE DUTY.—This Tax having been abolished, the
PREMIUM is NOW the only charge for Fire Insurances.
STOCK.—No Extra Charge is mado for the
use of Steam Thrashing Machines.
The Reversionary Bonus on British LIFE POLICIES
has averaged nearly 2 per cent. per annum on the sum
assured.

Equivalent reductions have been made in the Premiums
ayable by persons who preferred that form of Bonus.
The Divisions of Profit take place every Five Years.
Any sum not exceeding .£15,000 may be insured on one
die.

This Corporation affords to the Aseured
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
ATp

ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON.
ROBERT P. STEELE, Secretary.