The Sun.
London, England, 1868-05-29 00:00:00

Do. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872
Do. 51 per Cent., May 1879
Do 5 per Cent., Rup. Deb. 1872 —
Do. do. 1877 —
Do. do. 1882 —
Do. Deb., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873 —
Do. Bonds, 5 per Cent., £l,000
Do. under £l.000
FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRIM. S.

Argentine Iteputic, t; per Cent
Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent. 1859
Brazilian 5 per Cent — xd
Do. 41 per Cent., 1852 —
Do. do., 1858....
Do. do., 1860 —
Do. do.' 1863 —
Do. 5 per Cent., 1865
Do Account 7B 71
Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent —
Da 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent ) 47
Cuba, 6per Cent.
C ilian 6 per Cent 751
Do. 4} per Cent —
Oc). 6 per Cent., B —
Do., 1867
Do., 7 per ,Cent., 1866 lO/
Do., Scrip X 32 paid
C )1 mbian, 6 per Cent.
Danish, 3 pir Cent., 1825 — x
D inubian Principalities,' ler Cent 73}
Do 8 per Cent., 1867 , 80}
.!e.r.ador New Consolidated, 1 per Cep-. 13 1
Egyptian, 7 per Cent ••• ....
00. SOCOild Issue Bof 1
D.'. £5OO Bonds —
Do. £lO6 Boads Bll
Do. 1861
Do. Account
Do. £5 o 0 Bonds —
Do. £lOO Bonds .... 82_
Government Bail way Debentures .... 92
Greet 5 per Cont., 1824-5, ex Coups —
Do. Account
Do. Coupons
Do. Account
Guatemala 5 per Cent .. —
Honduras Gov. Rail. Loan., 10p. Ct., £25 p
It,lian 5 per Cert., 1865 —
Do, Account ~ —
Do. Maremmana Baiway 55
Mexican 3 per Cent —
Ditto for Account
Do. 1864 —
Do 6 per Cont. Anglo-French —
itontevideau 6 per Cent. .. —
hioorish Imperial 5 per Cent
New Granada l5l
Do 3 per Cen 37
Do. Deferred
Do Land Warrants (Hectares)
Peruyian 5 per Cent. 1865 —
Do Account .. 871 61 71 7
Do 4} per Cent. (Uribarren)
Do 41 per Cent., 1E62 -
Do Account - 961
Porte guess 3 per Ct., 1853, '6, '7, '9,'60,'2,%-, 42 .
Do. do., 1567 4l
Do. do., Scrip, £2O paid —
Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St
Do 41 per Cent. 1850

Do 41. per Cent., 1860
Do 3 per Cent., 1859
Do 5 por Cent., 1862
Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1864, £lOO Bonds., 88i
Do. do. , £B4 15s. do.
Do., 1866, £lOO Bonds
Do. do .£B4 los. do ...•••
Do Nicolas Railway 641 51
Sa -dinian, 5 per Cent
Sp finish 3 per Oen
Do Account
Do Now Deferred ............... .
Do Account
Do Passive
De Account
Do Cora. Cert. of Coup. not funded
Do Account
Tuesish 6 per Cent.
Do Account ..
Do 6 per Cent. 1858
D° Account •
Do £lOO Bonds . . . .
Do 6 per Cent., 1862
Do Account
Do £lOO Bonds ... ............. .
Do. 1863
Do 5 per Cent., 1865
Do Account ... .. .
Do 6 per Cent., 1865 62i 1i 2
Do 4 por Cent, Guaranteed
Venezuela, 3 per Cent.
Do 6 per Cent., 1862
Do 6 per Cent. 1864
Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates
Dividends on the above payaole in London.
Belgian, 41 per cent., Ex. 25f.
Dutch 21 per (lent. Ex. 12 Guil
Do Account
French Relates, 3 per Cent., Ex. 25f.
AUEATIAU o per Cent. Ex 10 Florins
lts.lian 5 per Cent. 1861, Ex. 25f. —
Do. Account slf L
CLOSING PRICES.
Consols, Money 951 I
Do. Account, 4th June 941 xd

GREAT FIRE Ai CiREEAWICH.

(THIS DAY.)

It is many years since the inhabitants of Green-
wich have witnessed a fire of such magnitude as
happened this morning, which for hours continued
to rage, destroying in it progress property roughly
estimated at several thousand pounds sterling. The
premises in which the disaster commenced belonged
to the Messrs. J. and G. Rennie, boiler manufac-
turers, situate in Ravernsbourne-street, Greenwich.
A police-constable of the R division in going his
rounds had his attention directed to huge volumes
of smoke pouring forth from one of the factories
140 feet long, and nearly as wide, which contained
a great number of boilers partially finished, and
other valuable property. The officer knowing
that all hands had left off work felt convinced that
a fire was burning within the premises, and at
once sounded an alarm in the usual way, and
having obtained assistance he sent off fur the aid of
the engines. Before, however, the news could be
communicated to the nearest station of the Metro-
politan Brigade the fire told its own tale by shoot-
ing through the different windows of the immense
building, and rising so high into the air as to prove
a far more speedy messenger of danger than the
persons despatched by the police for the same ob-
ject, and the consequence was that the firemen of
every station on the south side of the Thames
turned out with their engines, as well as Captain
Shaw with an engine from the chief station in Wat-
ling-street, so that in less than half an hour there
were six powerful land steamers, by Shand, Mason,
and Co., on the spot, and a great many manual
power ones. Tlie mains of the Kent Water Works
having been drawn, it was found that the water was
supplied so scantily that it was not sufficient to
feed one half of the engines present, and, as a last
resource, some of the engines were backed to the
edge of the River Ravensbourne, but even here the
water was exceedingly scanty, and the flames in
consequence, being to a certain extent unrestrained,
lapped over and ignited another building, similarly
constructed, and exactly the same size as the one
first mentioned. No sooner did the lower part of
this factory shon, the least signs of fire than, as if
by magic, the whole fabric shot forth huge sheets
of flame from every part. The London Salvage
Corps, under the direction of Mr. Superintendent
Swanton and Mr. Foreman Cooper, was in-
formed that there were a large number of
boilers for her Majesty's Government in another
part of the premises, and it was feared that if the
flames should, reach them that tbey would be de-
stroyed. The greatest care was therefore taken by
the salvers in covering over the premises, and
thereby saving the costly work which had taken
many months to bring to perfection. The firemen,
however, although they labourered under such dis-
advantages from the want of an adequate supply
of water, did the best that was possible
under the circumstances, and ran no little risk
by conveying the hose from the steamers
to the extreme ends of the buildings. Owing to
the cause above named—the want of sufficient
water—the fire could net be said to have been en-
tirely extinguished until 10 o'clock this forenoon,
nearly eight hours from
.the time of the outbreak.
Respecting the origin of the fire nothing that can
be depended upon can at present be learned, but
various rumours are rife in the district that some
evil-disposed person was the:cause of the mischief.
The Messrs. Rennie, it should he stated, were highly
respected by the many hundreds of men they
employ, and it is not likely that any of them
would do an act that would deprive tneir families,
of bread during the rebuilding of the premises. The
whole of the two factories, each, as before stated,
140 feet long, have been burned out, and the costly
contents consumed. The stores, containing boilers
for the British Government, are all saved, and great
as the destruction of property has unfortunately,
been the premises burnt down form only an incon-
siderable portion of the works at Greenwich, and
the business can, iu conjunction with the factory at
Holland-street, be carried on as usual.
The buildings were insured in the Phi:6mi'
Fire-office.

THE METROPOLITAN BOARD.—This Board have
of late been particularly unsuccessful. The Duke
of Buccleuch succeeds in maintaining Mr. Pollock's award
for £8,325; the Park-lane Bill is a second time rejected,
and the committee on the Thames Embankment (North
and South) Bill on the 21st ordered costs of £3OO each
against the Board to be paid to two petitioners, the Mar-
quis of Salisbury and Mr. Drummond, because they had
been (the committee report) "unreasonably subjected to
expense" by tto Dvard.