The Sun.
London, England, 1858-12-07 00:00:00

George Sholto Doujas Pennant to b. Capta;n, vice .tohr.
Vince it -Hawksley -Williams; -prom aed ; Lloyd' Power
Allen, Gent., ta be lieutenant, vice Geargc ShAlo Do: ea.,
Pennant, prom( ted.
Harapsl ira Militia Artillery—S3ccnd Lieutenant Coal
Thomas Beeching to be First Lieutcnnat, from the 6th
November, 1858.
MEDIORANDUM.—West Kent Light Infantry Militia—•
Ensign John Harris, absent without leave during the lat
training, is removed from the strength of the Reg.mmt.

BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED.
William Mills, watchmaker, Tamworth.
BANKRUPTS.
William Ellis, jeweller, Halesworth, Suffolk, to surre
der, Dec. Pl, at half-past twelve, and Jan. 13, at tau, at
the Court of Bankruptcy.
Uriah Neville, shoemaker, Northampton, Dec. 17, at
half-past twelve, and Jan. 20, at two, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. •
Richard Thomas Fitchett, tailor, Hanover-e,trect, Hano-
ver-square, Dee. 17, at eleven, and Jan. 18, at twelve, at
the Court of Bankruptcy.
John Gostling, saddler and harness maker, Er st Dere-
ham, Norfolk, Dec. 17, at one, and Jan. 18, at two, at the
Court of Bankruptcy.
John Thompson, carrier, Hadlow, Kent, Dee. 17, at i• -
twelve. and Jan. 18, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
William Greenacre and George Robe.ts, drapers, Ox-
ford-street, Dec. 17, at eleven, a_d Jan. 20, at one, at the
Court •..* Bankruptcy.
Samuel Cullingford,, draper, Woodbridge, Suffolk, Dec.
18, at half-past one, and Jan. 18, at twelve, at the Court of •
Bankruptcy.
William Cornish and Andrew Cornish, builders, Bir-
mingham, Dcc. 20, and Jan. 10, at half-past ten, at the Bir-
mingham District Court.
Benjamin-Tonks, jeweller, Birminghom, Dec. 18, and
Jan.ls, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Conrt.
Henry Great rex, hotel keeper, Llanrwst, Denbighphire,
Dec. 17 and Jan. 11, at eleven, at the Liverpool District
Court. _ _

Charles Barlow, hatter, Cleveland- square, Liverpool,
Dec. 20 and Jan. 10, at eleven, at the Liverpool District

William Hunt, silk an 1 cotton manufacturer, Manch:s-
ter. Dec. 16 and Jan. 13, at eleven, at the Manchester
District Court.
SCOTCH BANKRUPTS.
James Brown, shipowner, Dundee.
William Wrigvt, general agent, late of Manchester, now
of Poitree, Isle of Skye.
A. King and Co., merchants, Glasgow.

COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—Tits DAY.
Amsterdam
Ditto - 11 171
Rotterdam — 11 171 11 17
Antwerp -
Brussels — 25 27t 25 32f
Hamburgh
Paris
Ditto
Marseilles
Frankfort on ntine —, , 118 k 119
Vienna
Trieste
Petersburgh — 341 34a
Madrid
Cadiz —49 i
_49l_ ,

29 75 n
25 50 ?.,a
41 §I
123
1231
r a
53

j,;,,shorn — 29 Of
Goos, — 25 45
Naples
Palerta6...
1221
Messina
Lisbon
-'lfio 52k 4..-Egga
Op art°
Janeiro
Now York —
E,lt coino bis. house Ws. COd
26 231
„ 26} 23;L4
Calcutta, -
~,....
Bombay dittol Aiill dr47-n ftsars the 24th' t. to
m .I.dras ditto - 'l;r - ' ''-! 1. .1* t'. t„
Eas t India Company's, - • f.. 49.1 5 0
the 8 L._ 0 t
4'
Bew,al — kk _
Madras 4
..13ombay
~....

• Cols ripeo

£1,201 5 0

Foreign Gold in Bars (Standard)....per oz. £3 Jr
Mexican Dollars ..... ............ 0 5' Of
Silver in Bars (Standard) ........ 0 5

THE GREAT EXPLOSION AT iruz,
RA GHEE.

The following is an extract of a ktter from Kurachee of Oct. 22 :
"Since Scinde became a 2ritish province, a
greater calamity has not
o.Z:cursed within the pre-
cincts
f
ttan that which happened on
o K urra ch
Tuesday last. A ce,
gout, 10 minutes to 2 p.m.,
whole of the population
startled by a fri the
ght-
ful explosion, which seemed at first as
if a broad-
side of 68 pou,aers, double-shotted, had been di-
charged in the centre of the cantonment The firss
t
shook had scarcely resounded through the atmos-
phere when it was succeeded by a second more
loud, and, as it proved ultimately, more disastrous
than the former one. Every house in camp shook
to its foundation. In an instant, all eyes were
directed to the spot whence this awful concussion
proceeded, and dense volumes of dark smoke were
perceived to envelope the space of ground ems.
pied by the arsenal and powder magazine.
For a short time hundreds who witnessed these
huge banks of clouds were kept in awful suspense
as to the source whence they emanated. Imagining
the magazine had blown up, people ran in all.
directions front the supposed scene of danger.,
Europeans; in the neighbourhood, and with +2,leir
families far from the spot ; a general exe4l.us took
place in the bazaar, where Parsecs, '1
ss
biuulmen,
and Hindoos might have bees, seen
jostlin
other in their anxiety to recure their treasug each
re and
to save their lives. to the honour of most of the
European male irlabitants, be it said, they..rushed
with one accord, as it were, to the scene of this
frightful accident—the arsenal. It was speedily
discovered that the upper-storied building on the
left hand side of the principal entrance had been
blown down, and that the fire resulting from
the explosion was rapidly extending to the whole
of the southern side of the buildings. No
sooner had the danger become known, then the
alarm bugle sounded through the lines of the
whole of the troops in the station, and ten minutes
afterwards the EuroFean andnative regiments were
on the ground to lender assistance.
" The wh.3lc of the brigade and station staff,
together with the chief officers of the civil service,
including the commissioner and his assistants,
were promptkv in attendance, and, with some excep-
tions exerted themselves manfully.
" The explosion was caused by the ignition of
some composition which Sub-Conductor M`Cabe
was pouring into a rocket on the ground story of
the building. It seems that in this roomthere was
a considerable quantity of combustible materials
used in the construction of firework, and that when
the composition ignited the sub-conductor, with
great presence of mind, managed to extinguish it
at the risk of his life, but immediately afterwards
a similar accident occurred, and when he was
shouting for water to some of the Lascars, the
whole of the material took fire, and exploding
with terrific force, shattered the building to
pieces. The upper story was chiefly filled
with saltpetre and sulphur.; The adjoining
store-room contained all the Enfield rifles and
old musketry ammunition, which quickly ignited,
and from the peculiar manner in which it wa-s
packed, the explosion of it created great alarm., and
caused much injury to those who wero unfor-
tunately near it at the time.
" Providentially, at the time of the explosion,
there was little or no wind, otherwise the conse-
quences would have been most disastrous. Fatigue
parties, both of Europeans and Natives, were at the
same time employed in carrying ont the stores of a
perishable nature they could lay their hands on ;
and it was very satisfactory to witness the noble
emulation between the men of the 14th N. 1., and.
the extra Battalion, and those of the depot, her
Majesty's 46th and 51st Regiments, in the perfor‘
mance of this work.
" The conflagration laQ.ted the whole of TueF,day
night, throughout wtich constant explosions of am-
munition boxes occurred. As evening set in,'when
the extent of he danger was known, those who had
tic,lfrom the cantonment began to return, and crowds
assembled in the neighbourhood of the arsenal to
gaze on the burning mass of ruins. No illumina-
tion or artificial display of fireworks could excel in
grandeur or brilliancy the spectacle after each suc-
cessive explosion. On Wednesday morning the
fire was finally got under, and parties from different
regiments set to work to clear away the debris.
Although it was supposed at first that the whole
of the ammunition had been lost, in the cobrse of
the day thirty boxes were recovered, and we have
no doubt a good many were found yesterday.
" A sad loss of life, as well as the destruction of
many thousand rupees worth of Government pro-
perty, has been the melancholy result of this acci-
dent. Two Europeans, Sub-Conductor Laughlandl
and Laboratory-man Cattle, and two natives, were
killed on the spot. Store and Park Sergeant ,
who was dreadfully mutilated, lingered in assslnt
misery until Wednesday evening, when be
Sub- Oonductor 111‘Cabo miraculously War'
ed:
with a laceration ou his left leg, and a
tusion the right knee. eon-
hasSergeant
Bradley
tory-
... L abo ra
'boon severely wounded on this
Pheek, and his hand terriblyisclo.siva ) head and
man Wells has also been
feo Se'
:geant Marsh wasinjured about
,
the head, arms, n
cut on the side of the. head ..nd otherwise bruised. Four natives, who were loadly wounded, were con-
veyed to thQ Oeners,
11 Hospital, where they
are ; another
,was. taken to the Artillery Hos pital
now
along with tae Europeans, and had his le
tated, but he died -yesterday evening. gxtrm-
m

11,AND CENTRAL TERMINI:IB.--We are inform
that local meetings are about to be held in. Whiteced
hapel,
Borough. Clerkenwell, and Holborn, in support of accentral
terminus in consequence of the great 'ins of time in going
to and from the different suburban lailways, and the great
expense of carting goods to and t..om the various stations.
A MATRIMONIAL CONI:eLICATION.—The Burling-
ton (Iowa) HawkeYa toils of a lady in that vicinity, who, by
liatnifige). has kot herself into the following distressing
situation m regard to her own family. She is sister-in-law
to her father, aunt to her brothers, sister to her uncle,.
daughter tv her grandfather, and great aunt to her own_
Ohildren,