The Sun.
London, England, 1859-04-01 00:00:00

£17,946,611

THE LONDON.—The attention of Clergymen,
Officers, and Professional Gentlemen, is especially
drawn to the advantages offered in these elegant and spa-
cious Saloons, which fulfil all the requirements of a West-
end club of the most aristocratic and exclusive character.
F. SAWYER, Proprietor, 191, Fleet-street.

THE LONDON.—S AW Y E R'S famous
LONDON DINNER, consisting of two soups, two
fish, two entrees, joints, two sweets, cheese, and salad, at a
fixed charge of 2s. 6d. (attendance, 3d.), is served frnm Two
till Eight in the spacious Saloon.
In the Coffee-room, Dinners from thejoint, with vegetables,
cheese, and salad, Is. Gd. (attendance 3d.), and soup, fish, en-
trées, &c., a la carte, are served from One till Nine o'clock.
Ladies' Private Rooms and Dining Saloons. Spacious and
well-ventilated Wine, Coffee, and Smoking Saloon.
An extensive and carefully selected stock of Rhenish, Mo-
selle, and other Wines, imported expressly for the London
Dinner. Open on Sundays from Four till Nine.
F. SAWYER, Proprietor, 191, Fleet-street.

OINOPOLION TAVERN AND HOTEL
FOR GENTLEMEN,
Nos. 1, and 2, Brownlow-street, High-Holborn. '
The Best Served Dinner in London for is. 6d.
A Succession of Joints, &c., from One till Seven o'Clock.
Henekeys, Abbott, and Co.'s Wines and Spirits.
Private and Smoking Rooms. •

THE PATRICIAN. --This Establishment is
now Open for first-class DINNERS, LUNCHEONS,
&c. The PATRICIAN DINNER, in the large Dining-room,
at 2s. 6d., comprising Soup, Fish, Entrees, Joints, Pastry,
Cheese, &c. The Wines with corresponding economy. In
the Coffee-room, Dinners and Refreshments ala carte. Spe-
cial attention is invited to the numerous Private Apartments
for the Patrician Dinner, at ss. The Smoking and Chess-
room combines comfort and elegance. The lavatories, vesti-
bules., and spacious entrance, with the general unique arrange-
ments, ensure an acknowledgment that this noble Mansion is
worthy of its title—THE PATRICIAN.
Orders, addressed to J. HOLMES and CO., The Patrician,
New Coventry-street, will have the best attention.
N.B.—Open at Five on Sunday.

WHY NOT PRESERVE YOUR HAY P
RICK CLOPIT__,S and Second-hand,
At BRN.TAMIN EDGINGTON-s,
2, Duke-street, London-bridge, S.E., and West-end.
32, Charin, (,•-eross.
MARQUEES, `•-•NTS 87,e
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Illustrated Catalogue free.

PPPS'S COCOA.—Epps, homoeopathic chemist,
London.—This excellent preparation, originally pro-
duced specially for the use of homoeopathic patients, having
been adopted by the general public, can now be had of the
principal grocers. Each packet is labelled James Epps,
homeopathic chemist, London.

HART'S PATENT ECONOMISING GAS
BURNER, the great desideratum of the age to all con-
sumers of Gas. By its use the objections to the introduction
of Gas into private dwellings are removed, inasmuch as every
particle of gas, on reaching the orifice of the burner, is fairly
consumed, and thus the diffusion of those noxious vapours so
injurious to health, and destructive to works of art, bindings
of books, &c., is entirely prevented.
The burner can be fitted by the most inexperienced hand to
any chandelier or bracket.
May be had at the Depot, 69, Fleet-street, E.C., price Two
Shilhngs each : one sent on receipt of 30 postage stamps.

SURE CURE.-LAMBERT'S ASTHMATIC
BALSAM, without confining the bowels or affecting the
head, truly efficacious and pleasant, is admitted to be the best
medicine for immediately relieving coughs, colds, confirmed
cases of asthma, and consumption. It frequent y cures per-
sons whom the faculty pronounce incurable, admirably allays
the tickling which provokes frequent coughing. In approach-
ing consumption its effects are truly beneficial. Persons de-
prived of sleep, or even • yiug down for fear of suffocation,
may depend on relief in a few minutes after taking it.—Pre-
pared only and sold by W. Lambert, chemist, 20, Jermyn-
street, Haymarket, and by all druggists, in bottles, 134 d.,
2s. 3d., and 4s. 6d. each. Be particular and ask for Lambert's
Asthmatic Balsam. The name and address is engraved on
the stamp.

THE DREADFUL EXPLOSION AT

BOUNSLOW ,POWDER

We are enabled from inquiries made on the spot,
to place before our readers some further particulars
with reference to the deplorable accident which oc-
curred on Wednesday morning at Messrs, Curtis
and Harvey's Powder mills, near Hounslow. In
order that our readers may understand the details,
it is right to state that the mills are situate in an
enclosed piece of ground covering upwards of 100
acres, distant 21 miles from Hounslow. In the
grounds there are in all some 30 or 40 powder mills,
each of which is situate 80 or 100 yards from its
neighbour, and in order to check the concussion, in
the event of such an accident as the present occur-
ring, the works are surrounded by a plantation of
trees. The process of manufacture is conducted in
somewhat the following manner : the charcoal,
saltpetre, and brimstone are first ground pnd pre-
pared in different houses, and then brought to the
incorporating mills, when they are ground between
large iron rollers, mixed in proper proportions, and
brought to the consistency of thin paper. The
mixture in this stage is called a " green charge,"
and is brought to a preparing house, when it is
pressed by a hydraulic machine into hard cakes of
some two or three feet in diameter and half an inch
in thickness. It is then broken with wooden
mallets, and carried in boats and carts to the gran-
ulating or corning houses, where the lumps are
placed in a hopper and then dropped into iron
rollers, which form it into grains. In all these
operations the utmost precautions are taken to
prevent accident. The quantity of powder in any.of
the mills never exceeds ten barrels, as, when that
amount is manufactured, it is removed to the
magazine. As none of the unfortunate workmen
engaged in the press house and corning house
destroyed have survived, it is impossible to
tell what quantity, but as each barrel con-
tained 100 lbs., and as in all probability.
all were full, 2,000 lbs. must have exploded. The
accident occurred in a pressing house close to the
stream called the Colne. Four workmen, named
Lencocks, Littleford, Davis, and Allborn, were
engaged at the time, and were killed on the spot.
The granulating house exploded immediately
afterwards, instantaneously killing two men named
Compton and May. The wind at the time was
providentially from the west, or otherwise the dis-
aster might have been more lamentable, as, had the
flames been driven in the direction of the other
buildings, some hundreds of lives might have been
lost. The Government inspector visited the scene
yesterday, and remained for some hours making
inquiries.

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