The Sun.
London, England, 1845-03-22 00:00:00

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FHE FUNDS—(CLOSING. PRICES)
ONE CLOSING
PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES.
3 per Cent. Consols
Consols for Account ..... ......
Exchequer Bills, 1,0001., 11/2d.
Ditto 500/. ~
Ditto Small „;,162 59' pm. 59
Ditto Advertised -- 11111-
~. i. . ~,. ....
PRICES OF FOR 4 ONE CLOSING
GN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES.
Brazilian Bondi
Chilian Bonds 4 per Cent...-
Columbian Bowls, ex Venezuela 141,44 1414
Mexican, 5 peCent. 1837 ......
Ditto. Aecodtit . .. ...,. 3634 37
Peruvian Bout% 6 per Cents — 33%
Portuguese Bdds, 5 per Cent
Ditto, Converted. 67% 6814 681.4
Ditto, Account .
Span ishAper Gent, a 0
Ditto Account
Ditto, Passive
Ditto 3 per Cent.
Dutch, 2% per Cent
Ditto, Account — 635,41
Ditto, 4 per Cent., Certitic 9914t/ 991/2
PRICES OF
RAILWAY SHARES
Aberdeen PAID, AT ONE 2 O'CLOCK. CLOSING PRICES.23/4
[firming., and Gloucesterloo 134 133 133
Bristol and Exeter
Cal.idonian
Cambridge and Lincoln 1%. 6% 7
Chester and Holyhead... 5
Cliurnet Valley
Cornwall
Diss, Beecles, Yarmouth 1% ...... 23/1
2% 45
Direct Northern
_
—^ -- "*--... 214 'r, li

Dublin and Belfast June. 2; 6%12 6 ......
Dublin and Galway..... 211/2 3
Eastern Counties
Ditto Perpetual, 5 per
Cent, No. 1....41. 13s. 4(1 l% ...
Ditto ditto, No. 2. l3s. 4d —
Eastern Union lO .. ...
Ditto Extension
Edinburgh and Glasgow 50
Ditto, Quarter Shares 121 A
Ditto New 4 Shares... 2,4 —
Great Grimsby ar.d Shef •
field
Great South. and West.
(Ireland)
Ditto Extension
Great North of England..loo
Ditto New 2 23
Great Western BO .—...180%._. "
Ditto % Shares 5O lOl%
Hull and Selby 5O —
Ditto Quarter Shares 12%......
Do. Half Shares
Kentish Coast IAI.. . . . . 134
Lancaster and Carlisle... 15
Lincoln, York, and Leeds 1%
London did Birminglim (Stock) 233 .. .
Do. New Thirds
Do. Quarters
London and Brighton... 50
...
London and Croydon, 13/. 15s. 9d lB4
Do. Guaranteed 5 per
Cent.
London and S. Western 41/6210d 80 7934
Do. New
London and York ...... •.. 2 % 3IA
Lynn and Ely
Manchester and Leeds... 73
Do. % Shares
Do. Vi Shares
Do Sixteenths 21%
71A%
Manche:ter and Birmin. 40
Do. Quarters 4 ...... 11
Midland... 100 l4O 139
Do. New

3%
611 A
15%
5%
3%
1314

23
... 1791/2
1011/2

Midland, Birm., Derby...loo lO7 '1071,4
Newcastle and Darling-
ton Junction 24 ...... 473/4..,
Do. New Brandling... 10
Newcastle and Berwick 11A 1414.....
Newcastle and Carlisle...loo
Newark and Sheffield ... 11/a 314,3/
North British

_._ .
Do. New
Northern and Eastern... 45
Do. Quarter Shares... 1214
North Wales
Norwich and Brandon... 10
Do., New ......... ..... 1
Richmond and West End

Junction
Rugby, Worstr, & 'Ting 1
t.-cottish Midland lEh ... .. 2%
Shrews., Wolverhamp., .
Dudley, and Birm 2%. ..• • 4%%• • • *** '• ••
South Devon..
South Eastern & Dover 3312 s 4d... 43......
Do., No. 1 8
Do., No. 2. ............ 2
Do., No. 3
South Wales • 2q...... 6N%
Trent Valley ............... •
=2 ...... 17%
Waterford and Kilkenny 1 .. ... 31A
West Cornwall 11A... .. 41h 5'A........
Yarmouth and Norwich
York and North Midland 50
Ditto Scarboro' Branch. 20 . .• • .............••
Do. Selby
Do. Extension ll4 14...

19%
18%

3514
234
441/2
313/4
631 i

51%
793/4
12,4
314
534
147
65

107%

FRENCH RAILWAYS.
Boulogne and Amiens... 4
Bordeaux and Toulouse 2
Bordeaux, Toulouse, and
Cette
Great North. of France.. 4 -- •••
Lyons and Avignon
Orleans and Vierzon ... 2
Orleans and Bordeaux... 2
Paris & Lyons, Laffitte's 2
Paris ard Lyons, Gan-
neron's ... ..
Paris and Orleans 2O - .......... * '
Paris and Rouen
Paris and Strasbourg ... 2
Paris and St. Quentin ... )
Rouen and Havre
Sambre and Meuse ..... 2
Strasbourg and Bale ... 14
Tours and Nantes, Mac-
kenzie's 2
Ditto, ditto, Levevre5... 2
JOINT STOCK BANKS.
British North American 50 ..... 453/4 ...... • .......
London Joint Stock. .. . . 10

2%
6►,4
31
18%

463i4
2A
2,0
325(2
13%

2%..••••• ********

2%
214
45%
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ALARMING AND DESTRUCTIVE
FIRE AT THE APOTHECARIES' HALL,
LIVERPOOL.
Liverpool has again been the scene of a dreadful
conflagration, which, if less disastrous in its results
than some of the extensive fires that occurred about
two years ago, was certainly more threatening in its
aspect during the short time it raged. It commenced
yesterday afternoon, between three and four o'clock,
in the manufactory or laboratory connected with
the Apothecaries' Hall, situated in Back Colquitt-
street. The Apothecaries' hall itself, which
is one of the largest and most handsome
edifices in the town, is situate in Colquitt-street.
The building in which the fire originated is
four stories high, at the corner of Wood-street, im-
mediately in the rear of the main structure, but
separated from it by Back Colquitt-street, which is
about eight yards wide. The fire was first observed
bthyreaeloa'be7louclric7 man, named Dilston, about half-past
He was at work in the third story
when he observed a dense smoke in the room. A fire-
engine being kept upon the premises, he immediately
took steps to get it into play, with a view of putting
a stop to the flames, but, just at this time, police-offi-
cer, No. 11, Anderson, who was leaving Seel-street
Station, observed, as he was passing along Colquitt-
street, the flames bursting from one or two of the
stories. He instantly gave the alarm, and proceeded
to the fire-station, where he found the horses had
scarcely a moment before been unharnessed after their
return from the fire in Lodge-lane. Of course no
time was lost by Mr. Hewitt in again attaching the
horses, and in a few minutes the engines were at the
scene of conflagration. Short as was the interval be-
tween the alarm being given and the arrival of the
engines, yet it was found utterly useless to attempt
to save the laboratory. In fact, it was completely en-
veloped in flames, which were bursting forth with
great intensity and fury across the street, threaten-
ing the destruction of the splendid building opposite
and the property surrounding it. The exertions of
the firemen were therefore judiciously directed in pro-
tecting the premises adjoining. Two hose from the
engines were passed into the interior of the Hall, and
water from these was poured upon the doors and
windows outside, and in front of the laboratory.
At the same time from both sides engines were
throwing water upon the large doors of the gateway,
and, although the woodwork was partially consumed,
and the cornice stones cracked by the intense heat,
thelmilding sustained no further injury, if we except
that consequent upon the introduction of the water
pipe and the flooding of the whole premises. Next to
the laboratory, in Wood-street, is a low building,
the public-house of Mr. George Cato. To the roof
of this a branch was passed, and a continual stream of
water dashed upon the walls, in order to prevent the
flames from proceeding further in that direction,