The Sun.
London, England, 1849-05-05 00:00:00

EXCHANGE.

Gibra1tar.............. .;.••
Leghorn • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 22
Genoa ................ 26
),idea • • • • • • • • • • • • • • ••
Venice................
%Triples ...... • • .... • • 40%
p0r0z........ 1163¢
Messina • • • • .• • • • • • • • . 120
Lisbon • • ..........
)porto • ... • • .. • • 53
Rio Janeiro • • ...... • . 21*Ii
auenos Ayres .. ••.. • •
New York, 2l days'slgiat
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or BULLION, 1`22 02
Foreign Gold is bars.. £3 17 9
Portmgal Gold Coln 0 I 0
Spanish Doubloons .. 0 0 0

New Dollars „ 0 4 10U
ISllver ln bars ........ 0 4 11 A,

FIRE AT A Slw-MlLLs.—Between two and three
o'clock this morning, a fire was discovered on the premises of
Messrs Connor and Co., saw-mills, Broadwall, Surrey, whose
premises were destroyed about twenty months since. A
female neighbour for hours previous had been annoyed by
the smell of burning wood, but no cause was traced till the
outbreak of the fire, near the engine-room. Without the
least delay assistance was procured from the West of Eng-
land and London Establishment stations in the Waterloo-road.
On the firemen entering, a great quantity of timber was found
on fire. Fortunately a very good supply of water was ob-
tained, but it was with the greatest difficulty the firemen
succeeded in their efforts. The damagl done to the property
is very considerable, but the firm is insured.—Another fire
happened last nigh at Messrs. Bunting's, linen-drapers,
King-street, Covent-garden. The ready assistance however,
afforded from the Chandos•street station, prevented much less
of property. The gas-light had ignited the stock in the
window..

Rtmonso.—On Tuesday last the Islington Ringing.
Society rang, at St. Bride's, Fleet-street, a muffled peal,
as a last tribute of respect to the memory of the late
Mr. C. Dillon, many years a compositor of the St.
James's Chronicle, formerly of St. Mary, Islington, and
late of 77, Hatton-garden. It was performed by the
►ollowing friends:—J. Lloyd, treble; J. Sewell, 2d; A.
Swanson, 3d; J. Haines, 4th; W. Smith, sth; J. Cattle,
6th; T. Smith, 7th; G. Thomson, tenor. Conducted by
Mr. J. Lloyd.

PIRACY IN THE MEDITERRANEAN.—A letter has
been received from the agent for Lloyd's at Smyrna, by
Lloyd's agent, at Malta, dated Smyrna, 16th of April,
1849, giving information that several piratical boats in
the neighbourhood of Scio and My tilene have been plun-
dering small craft and visiting villages on the west of
Scio. Her Majesty's steamer Tartarus, and the French
steamer L'Averne would make inquiries after those boats,
and a Turkish war cutter is cruising in the neighbour-
hood. The two former vessels have completed a very
searching tour for the pirates, but have not wet with
them. One of her Majesty's brigs will shortly proceed
in the same direction.
FATAL ACCIDENT ON BOARD A STEAM-BOAT.—
A most distressing accident, which has cast considerable
gloom over Bristol, by the awfully sudden death of Mr.
Samuel Hunter, sailmaker, of 47, Queen-square, Bristol, oc-
curred on Wednesday last. The deceased went down to
Kingroad to witness the departure of the Pomona for Trini-
dad, having supplied the vessel with sails. On returning
homeward in the Samson tug, when near the 131ackrock,
which is between Pill and Bristol, a man on deck observed
the deceased fall backwards into the engine, and hr.
mediately gave an alum; upon the engine being stopped
and the body got out., he was not only dead, but so
frightfully mutilated that lie was scarcely recognisable. At
the inquest Mr. King said he was in company with Mr.
Hunter, and that deceased fell throogh a hole which
lid been made by some boards being lifted up which
had covere I the engine room ; aad lie supposed that Mr.
Hunter must have been unaware of the circumstance. The
captain of the vessel said that the hole was used as a means
that the cover was as frequently
of giving light and air to the engineer, for the purpose of
oiling the engine,
a down,thethe angineer,
haantcinfot
fall
blame attached to "
s
a occasioned by any fault in the
A
management o the vessel. pilot, who wit-
nessedconstruction or
aid the deceased was sitting on the
the accident, s
surrounds the eneince.house, and that the en-
fence which
the deceased to rise while the cover was
deceased'sa nl(dci
f
aineer requested
nleefitubperaws
which he went to sit down again, but
being taken of 1; after
missing his hold, be fellbackwards into the engine, and was
killed iostantanemb-Iv. The jury
returned a verdict of acci-
dental death, accompanied with a recommendation that in
future, when it was necessary to open the_hatchway, a
grating should be placed oYer