The Sun.
London, England, 1867-06-12 00:00:00

Greek 5 per Cents., 1824-5, ex Coupons 14
Do. Account
Do. Coupons
Do. Account
Gaateinala 5 per Cent „
1 elian 5 per Cent 1865
Do, Account
Do. Mareminana Railway
Alexica.r. 3 per Cent
Ditto for Account
Dn. 1864
Do 6 per Cent. Anglo-French

mtevideau G per Cent:_

61,)orish Imperial 5 por Cent —
Now Granada —
Do 3 per Con -1
Do. Deferred
Do Land Warrants (Hectares)
Po -avian 5 per Cent 1865
Do Account —
Do 41 per Cont., 1865
Do 41 per Cent. (Uribarron)
Do 41 per Cent., 1862

Do Account
'ortrigueso 3 per Ct., 1853, '6, '7, '9,'60,'2,'3 43} 3
Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ Si —
Do 41 per Cont. 1850
Do 41 per Cent., 1860
Do 3 pm Cont., 1859 —
Do 5 per Cent., 1862 B7
Do. 5 per Cent., 1864 —
DC'. Anglo-Dutch 1866 B6l
Do. do £6O paid i pal
Sardinian 5 pbr Cent
SpAnish 3 por Cent .... 3Bl
Do Account • —
Do New Detetidd —
Do. Account
Do Passive 2ll 54
Do Account 254
Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded l4l 1
Do Account
Swedish 4 per Cent.
die
Do. Scrip, £6O paid
Curkish 6 per Cent. 1854 —
Do. Account
Do 6 per Cent. 1858
Do. Account
Do £lOO Bonds .
Do 6 per Cent. 1862

Do Account
Do £lOO Bonds 6l
Do. 1863
Do. 5 per Cent, 1865 341
Do. Account, June 14
Do. 6 per Cent., 1865
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Austnan, o per Cent. la, 10 Florins
44 per cent., Ex. 25f.
Dutch 24 per Cent. Ex. 12 Gail
1:00. 4 per Cent. Certificates ....
Freitch Rentes, 3 per Cent., Ex. 25f. —
'tangs& 3 per Cent. 1851, Ex. 2sf.
Do. Account
TWO O'CLOCK.
Consols, Money 9ll 5
Do. Account 95 1

LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET—This Day.

The market opens with a better tone. Sales
probably 10,000 bales.

DUTY ON FIRE INSURANCE.

The Parliamentary Return of the Fire Insurance Duty
paid in 1866 has just been published, and, with the excep-
tion of a few outstanding amounts, consists entirely of duty
at the reduced rate of ls. 6d. per cent. _ _ _

As it is interesting to observe the effect which the recent
reduction of the Fire Duty may have had in stimulating
an increase of Fire Insurances, we have made up an ac-
count for the two years, as though the duty had been at
the reduced rate all along. We thus got a measure of the
progress of each company during the past year, and the
result is as follows:

Increase in 1866 over 1865.
North British and Mer-
cantile £5,803
Royal
Alliance 3,263
Sun 2,995'
London and Lancashire 2,950
Liverpool and London
and Globe
Scottish Commercial 2,109
Imperial 2,085
County
Western and Albert
(Amalgamated) 1,774
Northern
Phoenix
Law
Westminster
Royal Exchange
European
Norwich Union
Scottish Union 1,091
Commercial Union
London
West of England 985
Lancashire and Bir-

London &Southwark 4370
Scottish Provincial 358
Caledonian
Kent 225
Hercules
Hand-in-Hand
Birmingham Alliance 172
Manchester l7l
Provincial
Salop
Church of England
National of Ireland
Notts and Derby 93
Emperor 9O
Royal Farmers
Scottish National 66
Midland Counties 63
Shropshire dr North
Wales
Essex and Suffolk 47
Norwich Equitable
Netherlands
Oldham

Total £55,770
Decrease.

mingham (Amalgd.) 961
General .. 9ll
Law Union
Guardian
Atlas
Yorkshire
Scottish 6Ol
Union 495
Queen 487

Preserver £l4
Patriotic
Empire and City and
County & Friend-

in-Need (Amalga-
mated) 135
Home and Colonial 193

Total

While the increases sho4n above in certain cases—as,
for instance, those of the North British and Mercantile and
of the Royal—have been remarkable, yet the net increase
(X 55,299) can hardly be said to be adequate to the expec-
tations of Fire Insurances entertained by many as the re-
sult of the reduction of the Fire Duty.

Death of Two Females by Fire.

CORONER'S INQUEST-THIS DAY.

This morning Mr. Payne, the coroner for the
City of London, held an inquest in the Board-
room of St. Bartholomew's Hospital, respecting the
death of Mrs. S. S. Thorne, aged 20, who resides
in New-street-square. From the evidence, it ap-
peared that the deceased rushed down stairs enve-
loped in flames, and nearly burnt to a cinder. She
was immediately conveyed to the before-mentioned
hospital, but expired on her admission. No cause
cal at present be assigned for the sad accident.
The jury returned a verdict of " Accidental death."
Another inquest was held on the body of Mary
Reade, a servant of the Blue Last Tavern, Comp-
ton-street, Clerkeuwell. It appeared that the de-
ceased was cleaning a plate-glass window over the
fire-place when her clother became ignited, which
resulted in death. The jury in this case also re-
turned a verdict of "Accidental death.";