The Sun.
London, England, 1859-05-03 00:00:00

' place, Regent's-park, Esq. ; James Morgan Cobbett, of
Edenbridge, Kent, Esq.
City of Manchester—James Aspinall Turner, Esq.; Thomas
Bazley, Esq.
County of Renfrew—Sir Michael Robert Shaw Stewart, of
Greenock and Inackhall, Bart.
Town of Greenock—Alexander Murray Dunlop, Esq., of
Corseck, Advocate.
Town of Paisley—Humphry Ewing Crum Ewing, Esq., of
Stmthlev en.
County of Haddington—The Honourable Francis Wemyss
Charteris.
Borough of Huddersfield—Edward Aldham Leatham, of
Heath House, near Wakefield, Yorkshire, Esq.
Borough of Wakefield—William Henry Leatham, of Hems-
worth, Yorkshire, Esq.
Town of Southampton—William Digby Seymour, of the
Inner Temple, London, Esq. ; Brodie McGhie
of Portman-square, Middlesex, leßserinz,sfey sq.sheridan,
Esq.
Borough of Dudley—Henryßorough of Chatham—Sir John Mark Frederick Smith,
K.H.
County of Perth—William Stirling, Esq., of Keir.
Town of Perth—The Honourable Arthur Fitzgerald
Kinnaird.
Borough of Leicester—John Biggs, of Stonygate, Leices-
tershire, Esq. ; Joseph William Noble, of Danett's Hall,
Leicester, Esq.
Borough of Reigate--The Honourable William John Mon-
son, of Gatton, Surrey.
Borough of Totness—The Honourable. George Hay, com-
monly called Earl of Gifford; Thomas Mills, of Tolmers,
Hertfordshire, Esq.
Borough of Reading—Francis Pigott, Esq.; Sir Henry
Singer Keating, Knt.
Borough of Truro—Montague Edward Smith, Esq.; Au-
gustus Smith, Esq.
Town of Berwick •upon-Tweed—Charles William Gordon,
of Fyvie Castle, Aberdeenshire Esq.; Ralph Anstruther
Earle, of Everton, Lancashire, '
Esq.
County of Linlithgow—Major Walter Ferrier Hamilton
the younger, of Westport.
Borough of Colchester—Taverner John Miller, of Streatham
Elms, Streatham, Surrey, Esq. ; Philip Oxenden Papil-
lon, of Leiden, Colchester, Esq.
Borough of South Shields—Robert Ingham, of Westoe,
Durham, Esq.
Borough of Sunderland—Henry Fenwick, of South-bill,
Chester-le-Street Durham, Esq. • William Schaw

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Lindsay, of Portman-place, London,, Esq.
Borough of Gateshead—William Hutt, of Gibside,
_ Durham, Esq.
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County of Hereford—James King King, of Staunton-park,
Herefordshire, Esq. • Montagu William Graham, com-
monly called Lord William Graham, of Hereford-street,
Middlesex; Humphrey Francis Mildmay, of Shoreham-
place, Kent, Esq.
Borough of Great Marlow—Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas
Peers Williams, of Temple House, Berkshire; Lieut. -
Colonel Brownlow William Knox, of Wilton-crescent.
City of Norwich—William Coutts Keppell, commonly
called Viscount Bury, of Quiddenham, Norfolk; Henry
William Schneider, of Sussex-gardens, Middlesex, Esq.
City of York—Joshua Proctor Brown Wesfbead, of Lea
Castle, Worcestershire, Esq.; John George Smyth, of
Heath Hall, Yorkshire, Esq.
Town of Newcastle-upon-Tyne—Thomas Emerson Head-
lam, Esq.; George Ridley, Esq.
Borough of Calne—The Right Honourable Robert Lowe.
Borough of Brighton—Vice-Admiral Sir George Brooke
Pechell, of Castle Goring, Sussex, Burt. ; William
Conyngham, of Sussex-square, Brighton, Esq.
City of Bath—William Tite, of Lowndecs-squire, Middle-
sex, Esq. ; Arthur Edwin' Way, of Ashton-ledge,' Scorner-
setshire, Esq. •

COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—Ttris DAN. '. .
Amsterdam .-- ... ~• Short. . 11 lll ' 11 In
Ditto . ' • 3 Months. 11 -14 ' 11 'l5
Rotterdam-- • 11 •14 - 11 il5
Antwerp • • 24 92V 24 971
Brussels — 24 921 24 971
Haniburgh ! — - 13 . 4 13 4i
Paris
Ditto
Marseilles
Frankfort on Maine — 115 1151
Vienna
Trieste
Petersburgh — 32 321
Madrid
Cadiz — 49/ 491
Leghorn — 31 0
31 40
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Genoa — 25 45 25 60
Naples ' 391 401
Palermo — 120 1201
Messina — 1201 : 121
Lisbon
Oporto
Rio Janeiro
New York — • • • •

E.I. Co's bls. House bls. 60d
Calcutta, Co.'s rupee 26 24
Bombay ditto
Madras ditto — 26 24-
East India Company s Bills drawn, from the 9th to
the 2oth inst.

Tien;-al

£584 16 4

Madras
Bombay

TERRIFIC FIRE AT BRISTOL.

Since the memorable riots in 1831, no conflagra-
tion has occurred in Bristol equal in extent or fury
to a fire which occurred on Saturday, at the sugar
refinery of Messrs. Fridge and Tripp. These works
consisted of several large store and boiling houses,
_
with numerous smaller buildings attached, which
had been erected at various times in a somewhat
irregular manner, as the business required increased
acc)mmodation. The older warehouses stood partly
at the stone bridge over the river Frown, at the
point where that stream was formerly connected
with the floating harbour. Another large and more
commodious block of premises was connected inter-
mediately, and a third and still more extensive
warehouse, ten stories in height, joined the latter.
The whole of the buildings were recently thrown
open on their -north-eastern front by the covering
in of the Froom ; and the creation of a new street
called Rupert-street, in commemoration of a charge
made by Prince Rupert in the immediate locality
during the Civil War. The back portion of the
works extended to Host•street, a narrow thorough-
fare, containing a low and densely populated class
of houses, and a wooden bridge formed a connexion
between the Rupert-street works and another ex-
tensive range of warehouses running up the hill
towards Steep-street. At about half-past 11 on
Saturday morning an alarm was given that a fire
had broken out in one of the filtering houses in the
older portion of the works. These houses were
fitted with cylinders and other apparatus employed
in the process of refining sugar, and
.the origin of
the devastating calamity which ensued is said to be
that a carpenter, employed on some woodwork con-
nected with some-of the cylinders, incautiously set
down a lamp near some felt packing. An ignition
took place, the flames instantly communicated with
the calcined, charcoal in the:cylinders, and the work
of destruction commenced. There were on the
premises nearly a thousand tons of this highly
inflammable article, and the fire spread from
cylinder to cylinder and from floor to floor with
frightful rapidity. The engines of the police
force and the carious fire offices, with
their brigades, were quickly in . attendance,
and with ari unlimited quantity of water (for
the ready supply of which .much credit is due
to Mr. Bell, engineer of the Bristol Water Works
Company) endeavours were made to arrest the pro-
gress of the flames. These efforts were compara-
tively of no avail. By a little after one o'clock the
entire range of buildings, which were upwards, of
200 feet in length, and in breadth varied from :30
to 100 feet, were raging with fire. Floor after
floor fell in with a:tremendous crash, and volumes
of smoke and fire belched forth as if in defiance of
the attempts which were heinc,e' made to subjugate
the flames. The warehouses of Pickford and Co.,
'the well knnwii carriers, which...2*in' those of
MeSsrs. Fridge and 'Tripp, were Considered in so
much peril that all the goods were remotred.: The
;bakery of :Mr. Merry, an Host-street,' wt.§ three
times in flames, but *as, after all, preserved. The
'heat- from the burning mass was so intense that it
was difficult for a spectator to.stand within a hugs
'dyed yards of the scene .ofthh conflagration ; and
the rain, which fell heavily about mid-day, steamed
off the apparel of the lookers on. The extensive
bedding manufactory of Messrs. Johnstone and Co.
situate on the opposite side ofßupert-street, had to
be kept saturated with water, and the streams
poured on the walls of these premises hissed off in
columns of steam, so excessive was the heat. The
fire had reached its highest point at about half,
past one o'clock, at which time the scene was gland
and appalling. The whole mass of buildings were
wrapped in :flames, which shot forth from every
aperture and ascended high up into the air with a
fury that was magnificently terrible. At half•past
two, the block in which the fire originated fell
in, and in another hour one of -the walls of the
most recent and extensive erections also gave *ay;
Then the fury of the fire was expended, but not
extinguished. Throughout the whole - night and
all 'day yesterday the firemen endeavoured vainly
to put out the, flames, and from the nature of the
stock it is expected that some days will elapse be-:
fore the fire is utterly extinct. RUpert-street. has
been barricaded, to -prevent injury to passers-by,
from the expected falling in of. the remainder of
the walls. The: loss of property is estimated at
about .Eloo,oooi There were upwards of 500 tons
of raw sugar Stored on the premises, the whole of
which was burnt. Of charcoal the stock was about
1,000 tons, only 15 of which were saved:- 'Messrs:
Fridge and Tripp are, it is understood, fully in-u-
-sured.. About 200 workmen will•be thrown out of
employment by .this untoward. event.

TIM DAY'S MARKZTS.

HAY MARKETS.

SMITHFIELD.,—Meadow hay, £2 15s to £4 1O ; clover,
do., £4 Os to £5 ss; and straw, £1 4s to £1 8s per load,
A slow trade.

CUMIREIILAND.-Meadow hay, n 15s to £4 lOs ; clover
do., £4 Os to £5 5s ; and straw, £1 5s to £1 8s per lead.
Supplies moth rate, and trade dull.
WitrincitArrm.--7:3leadow hay, £2 lOs to X 4 lOs ; clover
do., £4 Os to .E 5 5s ; and straw, £1 3s ti £1 7s per load.
Both hay and straw sold slowly, at our quotations.