The Sun.
London, England, 1862-10-21 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET.

CITY NEWS---THIS DA:Y.

CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK.

The Money Market to day is a little firmer, and
full rates are demanded by discounters for all de-
scriptions of commercial bills. The concession re-
cently made for paper of a very superior description
is no longer allowed, and the cause of the movement
appears to be the withdrawal of supplies of money
recently available for discount purposes. The low
rates of interest now allowed on deposit accounts
by bankers and others has no doubt stimulattbd
much of the joint stock enterprise lately intro-
duced, and the heavy calls on various de-
scriptions of shares also exercise an in-
fluence. There is now, as our readers are
aware, a disposition to encourage new under-
takings, and, in some instances, the applications
are excessive, which, allowing for the subscriptions
of speculators, still show a desire on the part of the
public to effect investments. No one seems to
anticipate any important change in monetary
affairs, but if new projects are successfully brought
forward they can scarcely fail in conjunction with
other circumstances to create greater firmness than
that recently experienced.
_ _

The dividends have been announced for payment
on the Louisiana 5 per Cent. Bonds, and on the
Ecuador Bonds.

A dividend of 5 per cent. on the shares of the
Norwegian Trunk Railway will be payable on and
after the 23d inst.

During the last few days there has been very
little activity in the Foreign and Colonial Produce
Markets. Sugars, in some instances, are a shade
cheaper, but coffee, rice, fruit, and spices have re-
mained at about previous rates. A fair amount of
business has been done in saltpetre, and the tallow
market has shown symptoms of renewed animation.
The operations, however, have been chiefly of a
speculative description and for forward delivery.

Two o'CLocK.

There has not been much activity in the funds
to-day, but the few transactions, real and specula-
tive, that have been negotiated have taken place at
the improved quotations of the previous afternoon.
Consols are 931 I,- for money and the 6th proximo.
Although the market is by no means active
the daily transactions are still in excess
of the average prior to the payment of the
dividends. Since then the demand for stock on
behalf of investments has increased, and specula-
tion has been stimulated by a variety of circum-
stances, including the recent progress of events on
the continent.

The New Threes and the Reduced are 92} ; Ex-
chequer Bills show no change; Bank Stock has de-
clined to 236 ; and India 5 per Cent. Loan is sup-
ported at 1091 I.
Foreign Securities are generally well supported,
and rather more business has been transacted.
Turkish 6 per Cents., 1854, are firm, at 821 83;
ditto, 1858, at 69i ; the New Loan has improved
to prem. ; and the Consolides are 38! ; Egyp-
tian, 891-; Portuguese Scrip is firm, at 2i prem. ;
Peruvian ditto, 4 dis. ; Russian ditto 2 prem.; Sar
dinian have improved to 831 ; Spanish Passive
are supported at 21i 22 ; ditto certificates at 91 .
Italian, at 721 a ; and Venezuelan, at 29Pg 1.
The dealings in the. Railway Share Market
were very limited, but prices generally have exhi-
bited a firmer tone. South Westerns, Midlands,
and South Easterns have advanced as. ; North Wes-
terns 10s. ; and Great Northerns 15s.

The Foreign and Colonial lines have remained
without any material variation. South Austrian
and Lombardo-Venetian realize 221 ; Great
Luxembourg 141 ; Dutch Rhenish 176. Cape Town
and Dock have declined to 1061. East Indian re-
main steady at 1061 'a, and Scindes at 1041,
Joint-Stock Bank Shares were largely dealt in at
a further slight advance in most instances. Alli-
ance of London and Liverpool realise 201 a ; Impe-
rial Bank 126; Metropolitan and Provincial, 131
144- ; and Union of Ireland, 7to 71. Standard of
British South Africa are quoted 2 prem.; and
London and Colonial, 11 2 prem.
In the Miscellaneous Nlarket there was no
change of importance. Royal Mail Steam realise
63i ; London General Omnibus Company, 11 ;
and Berlin Water Works, 51.

BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK,
Bank Stock
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities
New 3 per Cent. Annuities 92k 2
India Stock
Ditto b per Cent.
Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent 94
Ditto 51 per Cent.
(Ditto Debentures, 4 per Cent., Oct., 1863 101 k
D 'to Ronds Vl.OOO
Ditto under £l,000
Consols for Account, Nov. 6 .... . ot I
June March.
Exchequer Bills £l,OOO, 3 per Ct. .. 20
Ditto £SOO
Ditto Small
FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK.
Brazilian, 5 per Cent. —
Ditto 41 per Cent., 1852-58-60
Chilian 3 per Cent. —
Ditto 41 per Cent Bs}
Etryptian, 7 per Cent B9l 9 1
l'eru sign 41 per Cent
Ditto 41 New, 1862, A Scrip, £53 paid .. 11
Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853
Ditto Scrip, £l5 pd
Ditto Paid-up Scrip
Ri,,,.ihn .5 per Cent 182? £ St —
Ditto 41 per Cent .... 921 3
-.--

Ditto 3p.ei Cent., 1859
Ditto 5 per Cent., 1862, Scrip, £3218s pd. 2.
.. 901 1
Ditto Paid up Scrip
83f
Sardinian 5 per Cent. ..
Spanish 3 per Cent
22 11
Ditto Passive.,
Spanish Cert. of Coup. not funded
83
Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854
82
Ditto Account .....
69
Mao 6 per Cent. 1858
Ditto Account
Ditto, £lOO Bonds
Ditto 6 per Cent , 1862 (Scrip), £5O paid 1
Ditto, Paid up Scrip . 681 / I-
Venezuela, per Cent.
Ditto Account
Ditto 11 per Cent
D,vidends on the above payable in London.
Dutch 2i per Cent., Exchange 12 Guil.
Ditto ('!ertifinatzs, 4 per Cent.
Italian, 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25f.
Ditto Account
Consols, Money TWO O'CLOW.
93, /
Ditto Account
93

GREAT FIRE A 7 HULL-A POLICEMAN
KILLED.

A most serious fire occurred at Hull on Sunday evening.
About seven o'clock an alarm was given that the ware-
house of Messrs. Lee, Smith, and Co., wholesale grocers,
High-street, was on fire, and a large body of the police,
with the nec,ssary apparatus, were despatched to the spot.
At the time the fire was discovered, and indeed during the
whole of the day, a terrific storm was raging in Hull, and
the southerly wind served to fan the flames into a tremen-
dous conflagration. The upper portion of the warehouse,
containing hemp and flax, was speedily in a blaze. Every
effort was made to arrest the progress of the flames, but all
attempts proved fruitless. The fire had obtained too great
a mastery, and for nearly twelve hours it raged with un-
interrupted fury, consuming everything in the build-
ing. From the position of the building, the hose had
to be taken up a narrow passage. Along this pas-
sage on the right hand side was the' warehouse wall,
and while the fire was at its height this wall fell with a
mendwhful crash, burying a number of police officers and other
o were beneath attending to their duties. For a
moment all was
themselves, the men
but, speedily recovering
_ern who had e'scaped, at once set to work
to remove the
debris
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recover
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out
c o rn -
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search for the remaining three
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engagedh a d li aed the
fire raged with fearful fury, and
removingPienn the ruins were exposed to the
heat of the flames, while the smoke
the wall remained in a almost suffocated them
Besides this another portion
very threatening state ; but the labourers
man was recovered, were not deterred
from their humane work, and as each
the cheers of the multitude stimulated them to renewed
exertions. A policeman, named Redfern, was taken out
dead, having been literally crushed to pieces,
native of Mirfield, in the West Riding, andhacbHei injured
iwnatshae
Hub police force many years. The following were
Police Constable M'Cormick, very seriously Wounrdeedd'
;
Henry Parkin, employed by Messrs. Lee, Smith, and Co.
also seriously hurt ; Police Constable Revel, injured in the
foot, and bruised by the falling of a beam ; Police Con-
stable Franks, much bruised; Police Constable Hard-
battle, suffering much from the quantity of smoke inhaled
while in the discharge of his duties; Sergeant Bentley,
laneh.braised. A seaman belonging to her Majesty's ship
Cornwallis, Was &so injured by the falling of the wall;
Bad, indeed, nearly all who were engaged in attempting
to extinguish the fire saffered in some way or other, the
operations being carried on under the most difficult cir-
cumstances.Nv The origin of the fire is not )et definitely
so Sa,a, although it is supposed to have broken out amongst
me
,eBtj hemp. Neither can the amount of damage be yet
144tedi but it will be many thousand poUildal