4 AUGUST 1866, Page 3

A Parliamentary return has recently been published, ahowiog the amount

of insurance dety paid-in 1865. It appears that the Royal Insurance Company shows an increase of business in 1865, as compared with 1864, of 17,708/. The business of the Phcenix was 4,983/. greater in 1865 than in 1864, whilst the Sun shows an increase of 4,882/.