The Sun.
London, England, 1803-10-04 00:00:00

PRISTOL, OCT. 2.

Tills mmiling about three o'clock there was a
fire on the opposite 4j4te of
tit rt e!, a short distance from the bridge, at a sugar.
hulloe beionging to a Mr.' Worsley ; a great quan.
tity f sugar was saved, and taken into Bath,:
street, where ,it was guarded by the
although much was consumed with the inward part
of the building. It is suppOSed the loss is abOut
70031, It Was:insured for more titan 11,6001. h,
is nut known at present how it- happenrd, but re.
ported, that the men were at work at the time.
Portutiate;y for the inh,lbitants th4e was' no wind...
The coy accident that occurred was, one.of the, fire,'
men had his hair burnt from his head,
,at the, time
the root

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AMERICA.

- - ..4..V,..F.R ,AT NE.AVYOI4„K. • •
" Mayprls 0160, .141elst York, Aug. 4..
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Till Mayor, having, ptir-uant.,to authority,
vested in him by Jawt•-arull'Y 'advi" of the: Health
Committee,' requested the Physicians, to. report .to
hint the.number of cases of infedious br malignant
1, ver, under their care since the ad •of July hist,
tog,ql4er with the problble,,cause ot the -diserte in
each case; presents'to his fellow wizens the follow., -
ingiesult :-That Out of 3o'Physicians who have
reported to hina, 18 have ovit with an ease of the
`..tbove dewription in their pra6tice. Fr in the other
reptirt-, 1! appears, that from the 20th of July to the-
silt of Avvst, 33 cases of biliousmalignant fev.-r
ila ,c .:cL.o, red ; NI ;;teen ,of.which have tertninatid in
death, eigh: Ili rec.orery, and that nine still rem in
doubtful. In this account is included the Captain
of a New Lood )ri packet, who died after his de.
nurture from this port, and tie, papers announce two
tither caea of the same description,. Avhich.must be
a.lded to the list. That, of the above number, 13
wet e t.tken ill on board' of vessels lying near or in
the Coffee.house Slip, 17 resided in or %vett occu-
pied in its vicinity, and, with one.exception, be.
t wee n that and the Oud Slip ; .and of the three•
0111,:rs, one resided in Garden.streer, and two were
labonrrs.,in a sugar-house, where the blood em.
ploy NI in that business, at this se4son of the year,
Is very liable to putrify„. And since active measures
have been taken. to Cleanse that petit Of the city in
which it Originated,. only 'three cases 'of bilious
fever have occurred. -These fats seem to indicate
.thesause of the.-disit'inper, anti to point out the steps
im'lnediitely nceeSsary to ei;.nlicate it, or prevent its
progress.. An,e)ttretbe attention to cleanlitu!sq, anti
a cordial co-operation With' the gentleo,., en who
have utnlertal:c6 the otli:.:e of inspeClu.S,./iti the dis.
co very and remoValof nukances, at ti a very Alen.
61111 use of liMe,.' wherever` the ,filth 'cannot be
removed, are measures which the Mayor earnestly_
recomMen.is to his fellow-citizens, a'sHbest adapted
to the ends proposed.
" The Citizens may be assured, that a true
state of fats will be given to them from time to
time, by the I lealth Corumittee,'. and the Gommis...
sioners of the Health (Mice,' who meet every:even,.
inglat the Alms-houses,; and they. are cautioned not
tp•givc easy credit .to. alarming ieports, propagated
by fear and a spirit of exaggeration."
The following is the 'report of the Committee
'since the above.addrebs:— .. . .
On the 2th of Auglist, 3' "deiths, and t 6 new cases
9th , 4 ditto t 6 ditto
loth . t ditto is dittio
Cif` the above, ii Ir.:ye been sent to the marine
hotipi tat. Thc total nut •hcr of deaths 'As New
YOrk, for the week coon -
~,,
,on the the '6th int, was
,77, eight of which number fell viAitns to the
maiignaot fever, and five died of disoiders nut
.mtnitioned. . . .

.At the Mansion House, On Saturday,. Aft-. Ird.
ron master of the (:).Iclies at the Blue Boar, White.
chapel, was summoned before the:LoßD.MAyott., by
a poor woman, who had booked and iraiti 'for a par-
etl that was to' be sent by his coach, and which _WAS
ios;.. The value amounted to 4.1. los. The. par-
eel was stated to contain, a watch, a shirt, and
tither wearing apparel. his -demand was resisted
on the grouoil that a notification had been made at
the Coach Office, signifying that the proprietors of
the coaches would not answer for moffey or jewels,
_unless they were paid for as such; It was therefOre
contended,
_that the watch 9tne under the deserip.
tion of jewels. The Lento MAY-oR, said, that as
no watches were specified in the restriaion;*and as
theswomm had paid tor the hooking and carriage,
(II,:
proprietors - were atThwerable. His Lordship
told the woman, that Willie was not paid the money,
she might sue the defendant at common law. But
he weadd advise the Clerk, on proof of the lOss, to
tattle the 'business.