The Sun.
London, England, 1836-01-09 00:00:00

THE FUNDS.

Consols which left off yesterday at 921 for the Account,
may be quoted at present 92i ; for next Account, 93 ; Exche-
quer Bills, 20; India Bonds, 4 6 ; Bank Stock, 2 l3f 214} ;
India Stock, 252 253 ex-div. In the Foreign market. Spa-
nish Active have reached 501 51 ; Portuguese, 841 85 ; Three
per cents, MI 55.
The general topic of conversation this morning entirely
relates to the great calamity and destruction by fire of 700
houses-at New York —a loss computed at twenty-five mil-
lions of dollars.

HALF-PAST ONE.
The dreadful fire at New York continues to excite the
greatest emotion in the City, fearing the consequences that
might result to our commercial concerns with that country ;
but, according to the private letters received this morning, it
is stated that on Paris and Lyons the greatest weight will MI.
The accounts in the American papers have been exaggerated,
and the total loss of property, instead of 25, will be 15 millions
of dollars.

Consols for the Account, 921 s ; for money, 91t3- Ex-
chequer Bills, 22 ; India Bonds, 4 6.
In the Foreign Market, Spanish Active, 50i ; Portuguese,
841 a ; 3 per Cents., .544 ; Cglombian, 33 ; Mexican, 38.

THREE 0' CI 0 CK.

Couch for th• Account, 92,

THE FUNDS -C
BRITISH
Bank Stock 214
-3 per Cent. Red 91%
3 per Cent. Cons 9114
•3%se, per Cent.
Ccnt. Red 1001,4
New :iv, per Cent 9974
I per, Cent. Assented
Dissented
Long Annuities to expire
18,;(1 l6 5-1
Oct, 1830
16 3-16

LOSING 'PRICES.
FUNDS..
Omni.= 4%,, pm,
India Stock "
Ditto Bonds
South Spa Stock
Ditto Old Annuities
Ditto New Annuities
x. Bills, 101,0/
pm,
Ditto 5001 ..
Ditto 5014--
Bank Stock for Opg.
Luba Stock for Act

Jan. 1831 I Consols for Act.
FOREIGN FUNDS. _ _

Austrian, 5 per cc nt
Belgian, a per cent ' 101 g
Bmilian Bonds
Buenos .Ayres, 6 per turd. —
Milan, 6 per cent 43!4
Colomb.an, ti per cent
Ditto, 15•..?-1 33%
Danish Bonds

Portuguese Bonds, 5 per cent.
Ditto, Now Ditto Bsk
Prussian. 5 per cent.
I.ussian Bonds, 5 per cent. lO%
Ditto, Metallic
Spanish, 5 per cent SQY
Ditto, WI. 5l !,4
, French 5 per cent

_......... _______ .
Greek Rnsls, 181% 5 per tent ! Exchange. —f. —e,
Mexican, 5 per cent.
Ditto, 6 per cent, 18-25 ....... 3314 . Dutch, *24 per cent 55
Peruvian, 18'25,16 per cent -...—• i Dato, 5 per cent lO3

The Lady of the late Viscount Milton was safely
delivered of a daughter at six o'clock this morning. This
event confers the title of Viscount Milton upon Lord Fitz-
william's second son

The following facts respecting the yearly consump-
tion of food, &c., in the metropolis, cannot fail to be read
with interest :—The consumption of animal food is very
great ; but to form a proper idea of its extent, the average.
weight, as well as the number of the animals, must be ascer-
tained. About the year 1700 the average weight of the
oxen sold in the London market was £3701b.; of calves 501 b. ;
of sheep 281 b. ; and of lambs 181 b. ; the present average of
weight is, of oxen 8001 b. ; of calves 1401 b. ; • of sheep 801 b. ;
and of lambs 501 b. The number of oxen annually consumed
in London has been estimated at 110,000, calves 50,000,
sheep 770,000, lambs 250,000, hogs and pigs 200,000 ;
besides animals of other kinds. Smithfield is the principal
market for the above articles ; and the total value of but-
chers" meat sold there annually is stated at 8,000,0001. The
.i.quantity of fish consumed in the metropolis is Comparatively
• small, on account of the high price which it generally
I)ears ; but this will probably be remedied, though some
.kinds of fish at particular seasons are cheap and of good qua-
lity. There are, on an average, annually brought to Billings-
gate-market 2,500 cargoes of fish, of 40 tons each, and
about 20,000.t0ns by land-carrie ; in the whole 120,000
tons. The supply of poultry being inadequate to a geneL.
ral consumption, and the price consequentlyhigh, that ar-
ticle is mostly confined to the tables of the wealthy. Va-
nison is chiefly sold by pastry-cooks at a moderate rate, but
tie chief consumption, which •is considerable, is amongst
the gentry and proprietors of deer parks. The annual
consumption of wheat- in London • may be averaged at
900,000 quarters, cask Containing eight Winchester
bushels.
silf: porter and ale 2,000,000 barrels, each eon-
aintug .
:3, ;6 0e gallons,; spiriti and coMpounds, 11,000,000 gal.
lons
05,000 pipes ; butter, 21,000,0001b5.- ; and
cheese,
Osoo,ooolbs. The quantity of coals consumed is
t261,'
about 1,200,000 chaldrons of :36 bushels, or a ton and half
to each chtildron. About 9,600 cows are kept in the vici-
nity of London, for supplying the inhabitants with milk,
land they are supposed to yield 7,900,000 gallons every
year ; even this great quantity, however, is considerably
increased by the dealers, who adulterate it by at least one-
fourth with water before they serve their customers.
A most determined and atrocious act of robbery was
committed on Monday night in the vault belonging to
the family of Lord Maynard, in Little Easton Church.
The entrance to the vault is by an iron door situated
outside the church, a railing being in front. The door
of this railing was first forced open, and the thieves then
appear to have attempted to break open the iron door,
but, being baffled in this, they partially removed an im-
mense stone which is placed over it. Still failing in ob-
taining ingress, they employed themselves in displacing
the brick-work, which is 14 or 15 inches thick, from
ono side of the door. In this labour considerable time
must have been expended, as an opening is made the
whole. height of the door, and sufficiently wide to admit
a nerson sideways. There were in the vault at the time
13 or 14 coffins, from nine of which the plates have been
removed ; several of the coronets and nearly all the
hinges from the outer coffins have been taken away,
which was doubtless effected with little difficulty, mini;
to the decayed state of the wood. There is no • doubt
he thieves supposed the plates and ornaments were of .
a costly nature ; the former were of brass only, and the
ornaments were of very trifling value. The whole
amount of the plunder indeed does not, it is suppose4;*
exceed I Os.—Chelmsford Chronicler