The Sun.
London, England, 1869-05-26 00:00:00

WEST INDIES AND MEXICO.

Leave St. Nazaire on the 16th of each mouth for St.
Thomas, Havana, Vera Cruz, Now Orleans, Porto Rico,
Haiti. Santiago de Cuba, Guadeloupe, Martinique.
JAPAN, NORTH ND SOUTH PACIFIC, AND
CENTRAL AMERICA (via Panama).
Leave St.....Namaica..aautlast-Bth - of .eata- month 'for. MSP"
tinique, St. Martha (United States of Columbia), Culon,
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 Japan..
Hand books, with full details of all the routes of this
company, can be bad of
STRINGER., PEMBBROKE, and Co.,
Agents, 8, Austinfriars, London, E.O.

A BSOLUTE SECURITY POLICIES, UN-
C-3,- FORFEITABLE, UNCONDITIONAL, and UN-
CHALLENGEABLM, issued by the PRUDENTIAL
ASSURANCE COMPANY, 62, Ludgate-hill, London,
E. G. 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 ground that, an the 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-
cittlls 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 denase, when even a de-
fault is made in payment of the premium, a fixed sum in
respect of every ptemium paid, bearing the same propor-
tion to tie 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 importnia al vantage, every pacy 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pressly state what sum can at any time be withdrawn on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 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 th.-3
case with ordinary assurances.
Creditors assuring the lives of debtors will appreciate
this feature as one greatly protective of their interests, and
it will likew'se commend itself to bankers, capitalists, and
others who are iu 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 bo withos any
conditions as to voyacincr, foreign residence, or other usual
limitations. By this freedomr from restrictions of all kinds
the objections before referred to will be entirely removed,
and the Policies will becomo 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 el tss as security,
may always know the utmost amount they may be called
upon to advance so as to maintain the full .benefit of the
Assuratzes—a matter of great importance where policies
are held as collateral security.
It is only'necessars-- to add that, as a consequence of the
policies under these tables being unforfeitah7e and uncon-
j ditional, they will 815-) be unchallengeable on any krouud
whatever. They may therefore be aptly termed Absolute
Security Policies. .

The PRUDENTIAL ASSURANCE COMPANY pos-
sesses an income of £215,000 a year lts position is un-
questionable, and it obtains the larest amount of row
business of any office in the Kingdom. SPECIAL
AGENTS WANTED.

HENRY HARDEN, 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.

OCTAVIUS Esq Governor.
JAMES STEWART 111D0SON, Esq S üb-Goveroor.
CHARLES JOHN MANNING, Esq Deputy-Governor.

Robert Barclay, Esq.

DIRECTORS.
William Tetlow Hibbort,
Wilmot
Holland, Esq.
Egerton Hubbard. Esq.
Nevile Lubbock, Esq.
George Forbes Malcolmson,
E
Lord sq.
J osceltne Wm. Percy.
Charles Robinson, Esq.
Samuel Leo Schuster, Esq.
Eric Carrington Smith, Esq.
Joseph Somes, Esq.
William Wallace, Esq.
Charles Baring Young, Esq.
Luel Solly, Esq., F.R.S.

John Garratt Cattley, Esq.
Mark Currie Close, Esq.
Edward James Daniell, Esq.
William Davidson, Esq
Lancelot William Dent, Esq.
Alexander Druce, Esq.
Fredk. Joseph Edlmann, Esq.
Charles Hermann Goschen,

sq.
RivEersdale Wm. Grenfell,

Esq.
Francis Ales. Hamilton, Esq.
Robert Amadeus Heath, Esq.
Medical Referee, Same

FIRE and LIFE ASSURANCES may be effected on
advantageous terms.
The Duty on Fire Assurances has been reduced to the
uniform rate of is. 6d. per cent.. per annum.
No charge is made by this Corporation for Fire Policy
or Stamp, however small the Assurance may be.
F.l "MING STOCK.—No Extra Charge is made 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.
Any sum not exceeding £15,000 may bo 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 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
HALF.

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