The Sun.
London, England, 1862-07-12 00:00:00

FIRES.

About one o'clock yesterday morning, a destruc-
tive fire broke out in the large warehouses of Mr,
G. Mills, an upholsterer, carrying on business in
Allen-court, Oxford-street. When the police dis-
covered the flames they were raging in the ground
floor warehouse; they soon ascended to the next
floor. The Royal Society escape and the engines
of the London Brigade, with the land steam-engine
by Shand and Mason, were soon in attendance, but
unfortunately the firemen had to wait ten
minutes before the West Middlesex Com-
pany's plugs yielded a drop of water. As soon
as supply could be obtained, the foreman, under
the direction of Mr. Staples, the chief officer
of the C district, went to work, and hap-
pily succeeded in confining the fire to the ware-
houses in which it began. The damage, which is con-
siderable, will fall upon the Westminster Fire-office.
The origin of the fire could not be accounted for.
Another fire broke out in the workshops belonging
to Mr. J. Price, a cabinet-maker, situate at No. 1 a,
Ruston-street, Hoxton. It commenced, from some
unknown cause, in the ground floor, which extended
30 feet in one direction and contained a great
amount of stock. The alarm having been promptly
given, the Royal Society's escapes and the parish
engine attended, as well as those of the London
Brigade, under Captain Shaw, several manual-
power engines, and the land steam engine by Shand
and Mason. By the time this force arrived the
workshop was on fire from end to end. The firemen
ultimately succeeded in getting the flames extin-
guished, but not until the workshops were destroyed
and some damage done to the stock in the yard be-
longing to Messrs. Turner and Co., and that of a
cabinetmaker, No. 1, in the same street. Mr. Price
and Messrs. Turner were fortunately insured in the
Phamix Fire-office. Early yesterday morning a
telegram was received at the Southwark-bridge-
road brigade station that a serious fire had broken
out at Woolwich. The moment the message ar-
rived Mr. Henderson, the chief officer of the D dis-
trict, started with a muster of firemen and an
engine. Upon arriving at the spot he found the
premises belonging to Mr. Keith, a hairdresser and
tobacconist, No. 46, and Mr. Scanlan, an eating-
house-keeper, No. 45, Artillery-place, in flames.
The engines belonging to the Royal Arsenal bar-
racks had preceded the London firemen, and had
got into full play, being manned by the police and
military. The fire could not be extinguished until
Mr. Keith's premises and all they contained were
destroyed. Fortunately, the sufferer was insured
in the Scottish Union Fire office. The first floor of
the premies belonging to Mr. Scanlan is also burnt
out. He was insured in the Royal Exchange Fire-
office. The premises of Mr. M. Cohen have also
received trifling damage by fire and water. He
was uninsured.

MARKETS-THIS DAY.

COVENT GARDEN.

The show of fruit is by no means extensive, but the sup-
ply of vegetables is large. In most kinds of produce a fair
average business is doing, at the annexed rates :

FRUIT.

s. d. s. d. s. d. s
d.
Pine apo ples, perlb 6 otolo 0 Cherries, per lb. 0 4to 1
5 0
Colonial do., each 0 oto 0 0 Foreign ditto, punt 6 6
Grapes,per lb 5 otolo 0 Filberts, per lb 0 o too 0 0
Foreign do 0 oto 0 0 Cobnuts, per lb 0 °to
Peaches ... ... . 2O oto 40 0 Almonds, per bus 00
oto 0 6
Nectarines, per dzlB 0t036 0 Walnuts, per 100 oto 0 0
Apples, per hf-sv. 0 oto 0 0 Figs, per d0z....
. o oto o 0
Pears, per do
Oranges, per 100. 6 oto 12 0 Currants, Psr" . 8 oto 12 0
oto 0 6
, r
Lemons, per 120 3 6to 7 0 Plums, per :
do. 0 oto 0 0
Gooseberries hf sve2 6to 3 6 Greengeirtre
es4p P p
Strawberries pr pt 0 4to 0 6 Rat3pb rt 0 4to 0 6
VEGETABLES.
Bots per lb .. 0 10 to 1 0
Sha •
Horseradish, pbn 1 oto 1 6
parsley, per ditto 0 3to 0 4
Celery, per ditto 0 Bto 1 0
Beet, per doz. .. 1. 6to 2 0
Parsnips, per do. 0 oto 0 0
Small salad, p. pn, 0 2to 0 0
Mushrooms,p ptl. 1 6to 1 9
Artichokes, each 0 4to 0 6
Cabbage lett,score 0 oto 0 0
Endive, per score 0 oto 0 8
Radishes, dz hnds 0 oto 0 0
Tomatoes, doz... 0 oto 0 0
Walnuts, per 100 0 oto 0 0
Chillies, per ditto 0 oto 0 0
Capsicums, per do 0 oto 0 6
Rhubarb, per bun 0 3to 0 6
Asparagus, pr do. 2 oto 3 6
Seakale, per bun. 1 0 to 1 4

Greens, dz bunch 2 6to 3 0
Cabbages.pr doz. 0 9to 1 3
Savoy do., pr dz. 0 oto 0 01
Cauliflowers, pdz 1 oto 3 0
Brocoli, per bun. 0 oto 0 0
Potatoes, per ton 90 to 120 00
New ditto, pr pd 11 oto 16 6
Peas, per i sieve 1 6So 2
Turnips, dz bunch 2 6co 6
0
3 0
Carrots, pr d 0.... 5
Cucumbers ...... 0 If to 1 6
0 to,
0 Garlic,
p peerr
sieve • 00 06_ tt 0 8
oo 00
Sorrel,
Green peas,l2.-8V.1.2 to 0 0
nruies. spbrottlet:,.h...s...
10
00 leo 01 06
New Do., dz bun 0 9to 1 2
French beans, 100 1 oto 2 0
Leeks, per bunch 0 oto 0 0

NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL.
Turkeys, Os Od to Oa Od; geese, 3s 6d to 5s 6d each;
goslings, 3s 6d to fis 6d ; ducks, 2s Od to 3s 6d ; ducklings;
2s 3d to 3s 6d ; rabbits, is Od to is 6d each ; wild do., 9d
to is Od ; pigeons, 6d to 9d each; large Surrey fowls,
10s Od to 18s Od; chickens, 5s Od to 10s ; barn-door fowls,
4s Od to Os ,Od ; capons, N Od ; hares, Os Od to Os Od ;
grouse, Os Od to Os Od each; ptarmigan, Os Od to Os Od ;
partridges, Os Od to Os Od ; woodcocks, Os Od to Os ; snipes, Os
Od to Os; teal, Os Od to Os Od ; wild ducks, N Od to Os Od ;
widgeons, Os Od to Os Od ; plovers, Os Od to Os Od each ;
guinea fowls, Os Od to Os Od ; roasting pigs, Os Od to Os Od
each; Ostend fresh butter, 10d to is id; English, le
to is 3d per lb ; English eggs, 7s Od to 8s Od ; French do.,
58 6d to 6s 6d per 120 ; leverets, Os Od to Os Od each.