The Sun.
London, England, 1842-02-25 00:00:00

THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.)

CORN MARKET.
The arrivals of Wheat were small, but of Barley and Oats
good. The Wheat trade remained, as on Monday, with some
transactions in foreign. Barley continues very dull. Oats
found a very indifferent trade, and did not maintain Monday's
prices. The Flour trade as last stated.

SMITHFIELD.
Of Cattle the supply was but moderate, with a heavy trade.
Of Sheep the supply was short, with a brisk demand; the best
Downs making ss. per stone. Of Calves the supply was fair,
with a pretty good trade. Of Pigs there was short supply, and
a brisk trade. Head of Cattle at Market : —Beast, 643;
Sheep, 1600 ' • Pigs, 287; Calves, 115. Prices . —Beef, 3s. 4d.
to 4s. 6d. ; Mutton, 4s. to 55.; Veal; ss. to 6s. 2d. ; Pork,
4:-. to ss. 2d. The retail trade was better, and the demand for
meat equal to the supply. _

YEA MARKET.
The Market was inactive, but holders were firm, and ob-
tai-ed full rates for all sorts. Company's Congou Is. lOid
cash. The public sales declared were large. The deliveries
keep gcod.

COLONIAL MARKET.
The market was in a dull state for produce generally, and
t! ere was little prospect that any improvement would take
p'ace; priers, however, kept firm for all the leading articles.
The imports were to a fair extent.
TALLOW MARKET.
The demand was good for Russian Ta•.low on the apt at
495. 3d. per ewt., and 495. 3d. for delivery. South American
quoted at 41s. to 48s. per cwt., and Town Tallow 50s. per cwt.
Co

WES, ISLE OF WIGHT.
(FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.)
ROYAL VISIT TO THE ISLE OF WIGHT.
The greatest exertions arc making at Portsmouth to get ready the
:oyal yacht, the Queen ; and all the men of war are also fitting up
with every possible despatch, and her Majesty and Prince Albert
are expected to arrive at Portsmouth on Monday next. Norris
Castle, it is expected, will be selected as a Royal residence for the
Princess Royal, whose health requires a change of air, and the fine
breezes of the Isle of Wight have been thought likely to prove
highly beneficial.

ENGLISH AND SCOTTISH LAW,
FIRE, AND LIFE INSURANCE, AND LOAN
ASSOCIATION.
The First Annual General Meeting of the Proprietors of the
English and Scottish Law Fire, and Life insurance and Loan As-
sociation, was held at the Offices of the Association, en Wednes-
day, the 23d of February, 1842, James Frederick Fuller, Esq., i❑
the Chair, at which the Directors submitted the subjoined state-
ment of the business effected by the Association from the date of
its commencement up to Christmas, 1841.
SECURITY TO THE MISURF.D.
The Directors expressed their satisfaction that, in the short
period of eighteen months, the whole of the capital stock, amount.
ing to one million sterling, was appropriated, and the deposits upon
the 20 , 0 0 Shares, into which it is divided, was paid up. This
fact, while it affords a convincing proof of the confidence with which
the undertaking is regarded as a mode of investment, also supplies
that security to which every insurer is entitled.
PROGRESS OF THE ROSINESS.
The Directors were enabled to lay before the meeting the fol.
lowing gratifying statement :
From the commencement of the Institution, up to
Christmas, 1840, 350 Life Policies were issued,
producing, in premiums
In the second year, ending Christmas, 1841, 457
Life Policies were issued, producing, with re-
newals .

12,944 6 5

Making a total, in two years, of 607 Life Policies,
and an aggregate of premiums of £18,804 0 4
From this sum only one claim, arising from death,, amounting
to 1001., is to be deducted; and against this is to be placed
1,0921. 19s. 4d., resulting from lapsed policies. Independently of
the above sums, 4,6921. 19s. 10d. has been paid to the Association
for annuities.
This summary of the transactions effected in the Life Depart-
ment exhibits a degree of success which the Directors believe has
rarely, if ever, been equalled in the history of. Life Assurance
Offices.

After acknowledging the cordial co.operation of the Edinburgh
Board, and bearing testimony to the services of their Actuary, Mr.
Baylis, the Directors concluded their first Annual Report with an
energetic appeal to the Proprietors present, to exert their influence
in promoting the business of the Association, and establishing, upon
an enduring basis, its character, usetblness, and prosperity.
The Auditors' Report, comprising a balance-sheet of the trans-
actions of the Association, from its commencement to Christmas,
1841, and also the Directors' Report, having been read, were una-
nimously adopted. and ordered to be printed and circulated.
A cordial vote of thanks to the Directors, Auditors, Edinburgh
Secretaries, and other officers of the Association, having been
agreed to, the meeting adjourned, after moving a vote of thanks to
the Chairman, which was unimously carried.
147, Strand, 23d February, 184'2.

. . .
The new NumLer for March of Bentley's Miscellany
is as usual profusely illustrated by Crowquill, Cruikshank, and
Leech, while the literary department is also full of wit and humour,
more even than we recollect in any one previous number. Among
the numerous droll contributions we may mention " The Harmo-
nious Owls," by a well-known " Pilgrim in London, with an Illus.
tration by Gs urge Ci uikskank ; " Miss Dogsnose," with an illus-
tration by Leech ; " The Philosophy of Physic," with numerous
comic embellishments, by Alfred Crowquill ; " The Saddle," a
Wiltshire story, also illustrated, by Paul Pindar ; " Old Green,"
Offiey's "Regular Customer," with a portrait by Leech; "Valentine's
Day," " Tommy Daddy," and " The Barber of Northallerton."
The number possesses interest, moreover, for readers of a more
serious character, among others, "The Enthusiast at Shakspeare's
Tomb," with the Great Bard sitting with his friend by his own fire.
side, and a " last year's pippin of his own grafting," his swot d, and
Atin Hathaway's bed, by way of Illustration ; " The Banquet Hall
of Death;" " Aunt Sarah's Ghost ;" and " English Country Life,"
by Martingale, giving us one of the best pictures of a poacher's ►ife,
we recollect to have met with. We must not close this notice, how-
ever, without alludiug to the interesting Romance of " Richard
Savage," (illustrated by Leech), which proceeds in the same
vigorous and spirited manner in which it commenced ; the scenes
are pointed, indeed, with a truth and nature which will render this
story worthy of a place among the best works which have appeared
since the novels of Sir Walter Scott. The account of Savage's in-
troduction to Sir Richard Steel, and subsequent intimacy with the
worthy knight, the interview of Savage with his daughter, Miss
Wilfred, and the quarrel between Steel and Savage are equal in
their way to anything we remember in modern fiction. Altogether
from whatever cause, Bentley's Misoellany manifests increased spirit
and resources, and will, if it were possible, become even more po-
pular than ever.

ST. MARY'S, MOORFIELDS. The Very Rev. Dr
Kirwan will deliver lectures in the above church on the evenings
not Sunday, Wednesday, and Friday next, upon the Roman Co-
tholie doctrines of " Satisfaction " and " Restitution." Evening
terv-ice commences at six o'clock ; lecture immediately atter.

I ti the case Darbon v. Rosser, fin• breach of promise,
it will be recollected the Jury gave 1,6001 damages, which being
thought exorbitant, the Counsel for the defendant applied for a
new trial, or a reduction of the damages, when on the recommen.
dation of the Court, the parties agreed to reduce the amount to
61501. The taxed costs alone amounted to 58g/. so that the defen-
dant has still to pay 1,436/.
The Speaker will hold his first Levee on Saturday
next, Feb. 26 ; the second on Saturday, March 5; and the third
and last for the Session, on Saturday, March 12.

A box, containing 1,500 sovereign and 500/. in
Bar.k of England notes, addressed to Messrs. Cunlifres and Co., Black.
burn, was OtOICII from the Liverpool cow yiridtg lout,