The Sun.
London, England, 1841-06-08 00:00:00

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Oct 1859 ----
12 11-16 India Stock for 0pg....348
Jan. 1860.
FOREIGN FUNDS.

Austrian, 5 per cent Portuguese, 5 per cent.
Ditto,
Belgian, 5 per cent — New Ditto —
Brazilian Bonds.. . — Prussian, 5 per cent.
Buenos Ayres, 6 per cent Russian, 5 per cent —•
Chilian, 6 per cent...—. Ditto, Metallic
Colombian, 6 per cent... Spanish, 5 per cent 23}
Ditto, 1824. 2li Ditto, Deferred .. 11 i
Danish, 3 per cent — French, 5 per cent.llsf. —c.
Greek, 1815, 5 per cent — Exchange —f. - e.
Mexican, 5 per cent.... French, 3 per cent —f. —c
Ditto, 6 per cent, 1825. \ Dutch, 24 per cent. ... 521
Peruvian,lB2s, 6 per et.
SHARES Ditto, 5 per cent 991

Great Western Railway (65 paid) . . 93i
Ditto New Shares (50 paid . 64
DAt.5 Fifth (4 paid) II
London ;44 Brighton (50 paid).
London and Birmingham Railway (90 psi)
Ditto New Shares (2 paid) ... 24i
London and South Western
London and Croydon Railway (Trunk) l3g
Midland Counties Railway (100 paid) .. BB
Nurth Midland Railway (100 paid)
Ditto Thirds ( 5 paid)
South Eastao 4141/ Dover (33 paid)... 14i
tSta.ti IAN FUN DS,rrnauson.r, Juan 5
Actual Debt, 24 pCent.
Uothachild's Loan, 5 per C.nt I0)4
1,9§11 of Minions, 3
4 r
per Cent ...
ne

.thixty,piven.

Loan of city, IMO pertgPi s
Society of commerce, 4 4 per Cent lOO
Bank of Belgium, 5 per Lent
.. 75%

"iraTionalSeilety. : - ..... —
Exchange on Londom (short)
—Brussels Papers, June 5.
4fMTRIAN FUNDS.—Visma, MAY 29
give pee costa. kjaajiqueu......... ....... ............ lOs li
FOAIT per Centir.....”.....muntur 99 i,a
Three per Cents. •••••••••11.??,•111,.. 4 175,
Bank Shares .. ",........•........ .. • . ' pm. l6ll
.—AltesmeineZeitung. June g

CONFLABRATION AT DUNSTABLE.—Late on
Saturday afternoon the principal insurance authorities in the
C.ty received intelligenc'e.feetn Dunstable of a most destructive
fire happening in that town on tki morning of Wednesday,
last, by which 21 houses were entirely destroyed, and pro-
perty to the extent of some thousands eonseined, It was
diacovered at about five minutes after one o'clock rcging
i5,":04141 on the premises occupied by a Mr. Thomas Fossey,
a confeetiow, which stood in High-street, on the west side,
near the corner of Church-street. The p
stories high, and were conaTActedremises were three
Church-street.
principally of wood, having
a white frontage, and several spig outbuildings at the
back. The flames in less than seveu vis after the
nzito
..tbseswgry shot through all the apartments its this 4wej)ing-
Itotiv, 4444 'ere blazing from the numerous windows witii
great violence, And, ,within a quarter of an hour, the destruc-
tion of the whole prengoa was complete. The adjoining
houses to the east, occupied by Ni. Clark, chemist and drug-
gist. and on the opposite side by Alr.—H.aPsi boot and shoe-
maker, and Mr. Cheshire, upholsterer and cabinet:N4r. next
became a prey to the devouring element. It had, in addition ti,
the above houses, eityploped those belonging to Mr. Burgess,
tailor, Mr. Chesnire, whol,atale grocer, in High-street, and com-
municated to a range of .de,elling-houses in Church-street,
tenanted by labouring men .endAi* families. The distress
amongst these poor creatures was trulyhesxtFending. Thee ha l
bluely time to save their wearing apparel, hetroee the terrible
work of devastation burst upon them, and ere many reinto.;,),44
elapsed their habitations were 'educed to a heap of rut„ s: Suet)
seas tie fury of the flames, that in twos urs 21 houses and lie.
terat ositheklings were burnt to ti.a gnd. The amount of
, s
damage itt iligib,Aricet is stated to be, Mr. Fossey, 8001. ; Mr.
::lark. chemist, 1,0061. M. Durgess, WI! ; Mr. !COI) ire. gro-
No, mi.. Ttrynas Cheshire, v.:ki
maker, 5041.t.ting.
cer I ti,ol'.L• Mr. Halifax,
ATy. Young, 30. ' a" .414: Plivatrt 14°Q!
dome of these are insured in several' fire-ollices f 6 tb,c etc, ;,n,t
if tl.;eir nnestive losses. /lost of the families who are iisirTh!
place in Bedferdshire for fiCileiiel
Obtiii anreh7street are straw-i..l.,ait makers ; they are great
sufferers tis.s.o Jzf them being insured. ;;;;ring the raging,'
the fire, wnich was sritbs,nt,exception the lerge4 pat basta'en
):ears, the iflarees ii!irnitiiited
the adjacent country to the extent of re24y Akle,. rqkvi(6l
tially no lives were lost.
We hear that her Majesty, at the conclusion of
Ay grand dramatic entertainment given by the Queen
Dowager et Marlborough House, expressed herself in the
Midemeiselle Re 1, n hor reading and delivery of passages
mnst gra(4%" lksilein appiobation of the talents displayed by
front the inoat celebrated Prsaich ,Oassies. On the following
day a royal souvenir, consisting of a valuable brilliant orna-
ment, was forwarded through the medium of one of the prin-
cipal ladies of the bedchamber, as a token of the Queen's ad-
miration of the young tragedian's performances.— Obseretr.