The Sun.
London, England, 1850-08-12 00:00:00

ST. LEGER.

6 to 4 apt Voltigeur
7 to 1 agst Windischgratz

DERBY.

8 to 1 agst Grecian
40 to 1 apt England's Glory
40 to 1 agst Goliah .

DENMARK.
, The. following details of the explosion at Rends-
burg are taken from an official source :
About noon yesterday a terrific report was heard,
that shook the walls of the houses, broke all the
glass in the windows throughout the part of the
town in the vicinity of the building, and shattered
the tiling and slates of the roofs. For some
minutes all. was consternation, and many imagined
• that a bombardment of the town had begun,
and that- a Danish shell. had fallen into thier
dwellings. Every one rushed from the upper rooms
• to the ground floor or into the streets. kwas soon
ascertained, however; that the laboratory on the
Eider island had exploded, and that some of the
. houses nearest to it had been partially destroyed or
. set on fire. A rocket blown upon the stabling of
the inn, the City of Hamburgh, set it in flames, but
by the prompt assistance of the military, who were
instantly called under arms, they were extinguished
, within:it- doing much damage. There must have
been, comparatively, bat a small quantity of powder
. in the place, or the houses on the Parade could
scarcely have escaped destruction ; it was princi-
, pally shells and shrapnels in their completed state
that exploded. The building in which the
Danish prisoners are quartered is close to the
• laboratory, and the inmates and their guard rushed
into the street at the first alarm ; some of them
_ were wounded by falling splinters. Two horses
in a waggon standing on the Parade fell to the ground
after plunging violently when the explosion took
, place, and.were found dead. General Willisen im-
mediately took every measure to remove the alarm
. of the inhabitants. The whole garrison was under
arms, in five minutes after the accident, and the fire-
• engines, which have recently been put in good order
and exercised, were in readiness; after an examina-
tion of the locality, the General issued the following
notice:—
" The inhabitants of Rendsburg are informed that the
explosion which has just occurred is only the conse-
quence of sonic of the ammunition in the laboratory
having taken fire. The several magazines of the fortress
are out of danger, and beyond a few shells which are pro-
bably still lying in the building, no further explosion is to
be apprehended. The damage to the stores of the army
- is quite unimportant, and only the loss of a few lives is
to be regretted. T:le inhabitants are hereby required
to put their houses again in repair, ancrnot to allow this
misfortune to deprive them cf that calm confidence with
which they had till now met every occurrence.
" I cannot omit the expression of my thanks to the
people of Rendsburg for the prompt assistance they ren-
dered on this cceasion. " V. WlLiasert.
" Rendsburg, August 7."
In the first alarm many of the people were im-
pressed with the, belief that the explosion was caused
• by some act of treachery, and had been the work of
, Danish agents. That impression will probably re-
main, though the supposition is perfectly groundless.
. To remove it the Civil Commissary at head••quarters,
M. Schow, published a proclamation, which, though
in- part a repetition of General Willisen'e, may be
added :.
• "To calm the excitsment in the public mind respect-
ing the explosior,V which a part of the laboratory of
the fortress has been blown up, I beg to inform them,
that though great dstn34ge has been done to the roofs
and windows cif the houses in the town, and
the loss, of several lives is to be lamented, yet
the daniaze in a military point of view is not material.
The accident was caust•d by some splinters of iron
among the matter with which sbrapnels were being
filled giving out -parks in the process of pounding. It
is a remarkable f.ct that the nine workmen engaged in
this operation, and who were in the building where the
explosion took place, hey?, not been injured.
• Rendsburg, Auz. 7." " CHs. Schow.
Oa the west coast of Schleswig the Danes are
landing troops, and taking possession of the island,
without encountering any resistance. They have thus
occupied all the Island cf Sylt. The whole of the
coast, as far south Fohr, is in the hands of the
Danes ; and for the avant of the means of defence by
sea, the Holsteiners regard the loss of all the islands
of the west coast as inevitable.
The Danish journals state that the number of men
and officers who have died of` their wounds since the
battle of Ilstedt, a:al been buried in the churchyards
of Flensburg, are—Danes, 436 privates and 33 ofli •
eers ; Holsteiners, 148 privates and 12 officers. The
number still lying in the hospitals at Flensburg is
stated by the same authority to be 1,347.
The Holstein prisoners of war, as they arrive at
Copenhagen, are pieced on board a line-of-battle ship,
which has been prepared for their reception in the
same manner as in 1848.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT
(THIS EVENING.)

HOUSE OF LORDS.
The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Woolsack
at F&ve o'clock.

PETITIONS.

Lord CAMPBELL presented a petition praying.for
an alteration in tile law for arraigning prisoners, and
that instead of being eallf.d on to plead nut guilty, they
should plead that they wished to be tried:
Lord REDESDALE presented a petition from Port-
lsnd aga4nst the Portland Harbour
NATIONAL GALLERY (EDINBURGH) BILL.
Oa the motion of the Earl of MINTO, this • Bill was
srl a third time and patird.
SPITALFIELDS AND SUOREDITCH NEW
STREET BILL.
This Bill was read a second time.
PORTLAND HARBOUR BILL.

The Earl of CARLISLE moved the committal of
this Bill. '
Lord REDESDALE moved that it be. referred to a
:Select Committee, in order to give private parties op-
.posed to the Bill an opportunity of being heard.
The Earl of CARLISLE thought all the parties in-
terested had already best] heard both before a Com-
mission oa the spot, and before a Select Committee of
the House of Commons, and the inhabitants of the island
bad agreed to. abide by the award of the Commissioners
of Woods and Forests.
Strangers were then ordered to withdraw, and their
LordNhips divided, when there appeared—
Contents (for the committal of the Bill).., is
• Non conterfts (for Lord Redesdale's
amendment)
Majority for Ministers —l2
The Sill then passed through Committee.
• MEDICAL CHARITIES (IRELAND) BILL.
On the order of the day for the second reading of
this Bill being read.
The Earl of LITCAN expressed a hope that this
Bill would be referred to a Select Committee up stairs.
Lord bIONTEAGLE presented a petition from
Leitrim against this Bill. He hoped the Bill would be
Withdrawn, but that another Bill on the subject would
be introduced next session.
. The Duke of LEINSTER said it was a most import- ,
ant measure, and if withdrawn, he hoped it would be
introduced nest session with amendments and improve-
ments.
The Earl of MOUNTCASHELL hoped the Bill
would be withdrawn.
The Earl of RODEN thought the subject was too
*portant to he pressed et this late period of the session.
"rhe Earl of ST. GERMANS hoped the Noble Lords
on his side of the 1-I‘.ino would not ohiect to affirm the
Principle Gf the rill if the Government would withdraw
ir for the present kevsicu after the principle had been
5 armed.
The Earl el' GLEN GALL objected to the Bill alto-
gether. The atee;cal men merely wanted places, and
tbent like hogs in a farmyard, who have the swill given
to them, would be quint end contented, although before
the swill was given thi m they disturbed the peace of the
.tarm-yard.
VI- The Marquis of CLAITRIC ARDEi thought it advise-
-;-!:.1 hie that the principle of the Bill should be affirmed, and
After that had take place he would not object, if the

: . —Cob ~f the ciou:so were that it should be Withdrawn ;
, • hU UP ler; thar..p4u*ibility of withdrawing it to their
rk°'j lotilltip. He w7ull, therel4e, rave_ the Btoond read-

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