The Sun.
London, England, 1850-03-13 00:00:00

REACTIONARY.

`Lahitte .. •.• • • ... 121,770 1
Bonjean ... •-• •• ... 120,641
Foy • • ••• ... 122,183
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The return of the Democratic candidates is con-
sidered
certain, and is attributable to the desire of
the great majority of even the really moderate party
to mark their disapprobation of the intrigues of the
parti-pretre.
There was a slight diiturbance on the Place de la
Bastille. on--the' nights of Sunday and Monday.
The Wowing is the account given of it in the
journals :
"An immense crowd assembled yesterday on the
Place de la Bastille. Arnonr them were from 1,000 to
1.500 men en Mouses: come cf them, who appeared to be
Socialist lerders, announced that numerous deputations
would arrive in the course of the day f-om the environs
Sunday, soma: of Paril, to ;Jlace funeral wreaths upon the column. On
nih were induced to accompany
ssooeld:ai7ssts,who had been drinking at the
the latter to the column. yid to place. wreaths upn
t. A rumour was spread that these soldiers had
come as delegates from the regiments of the garrison,
and that ve3terday the manifestation would he re-
pPatA. It appears, however, that on the return
t) their barracks their con duct was disappro ed
v of by
molt of their comrades, and the officers were informed
that it had not been authorised. The Petrie of yester-
day evening states that the soldiers who went to the
column were musterered by an editor of one of the De-
mocratic Socialist journals. and that he was sided by a
sergeant whose term cf service is about to expire, and
who was Feduced from his duty by a promise of employ•
went in the otli•ze of the journal in question. In the
course of the afternoon of yesterday the fillowing noti-
fiaaiion was issued by the prefect of police, and a brigade
of srrgeas de ville was sent to insure its execution :
" "lhe authorities have caused to be respected the
homage paid to the memory of the dead interred beneath
the column of the Bastille, but for the last few days
some manifestations have assumed a character threaten-
ing to public tranquillity, and an order has been given
to put a step to them. Emblems of a s?ditious kind,
or which aro contrary to the regulations of the police'
which may be placed at the foot of that monument, wil
be removed.
It appears that the persons assembled dispersed
quietly when called on to do so by the authorities.
There were rumours circulated on Monday that a
serious misunderstanding had arisenbetween CARLIER,
the Prefect of Police, and M. FERDINA.ND BARROT,
the Home Minister, on account of the dismissal by
the latter of M. ROGS, the officer through whose in-
discretion in removing the inzmortelles from the
Column of July the troubles of which the Place de la
Bastille has been the scene originated. M. CARLIEIt,
it appears, is supported by General CHANGARNIE&,
whose object is to court a collision with the people,
which may place bitnselrat the- ci -cf'fi. Dictator-
ship—an; object which the cond. :of M. LOGE was
well calculated to attain. On t subject of this a'.
leged difference the Aloniteur du Soir and the rat; ie

say—
Several journa's have announced with a ccrtt in
degree of satisfaction that a serious misunderstandii g
has arisen between the Minister of the Interior and the
Prefect of the Police. We are authorised to deck re
that not only does no misunderstanding now exist, tut
that there has never existed anything of the kind."
The Assembly was
yesterday engaged in the dis-
cussion of the motion f,,r the third reading of the
Education Bill.
PARIS BOURSE, MARCH 12. --Latest Prices—Five
per Cents., 93r.; Three pee Cants., 57f. 65r.;
Bank of
France, 2,285 f.
BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT TIIE

LONDON STCCK-VICCIIANGI4I4 111Aucit 12. •
Central of France (Orleanm and Vierzcn), 12N—Great In-
dian Peninsula, 114—Orleans and Bordeaux, 5 - Rouen and
Havre, 9!—Tours and Nante3, 34 •

SPAIN.
Madrid journals of the 7th have arrived. They are
without interest. The B was clo.;e1;

GERMANY.
The Prussian Government dispatched General
RAUCEI tram Berlin on the 11th, to recall all the
Prussian troops from SAileswig, and to withdraw
from the Sclllesv,•ig-Liokarmytein ay all the Prussian
officers at present serving in it, as Prussia has deter-
tnined to abstain from all interference between the
King of DENMAIIK and the Schleswigers.

ITALY.
It is announced that the PorE will return to Rome
ou Holy Thursday. He will embark from Naples,
and be escorted by the French fleet from Civita
Vecchia.
A Council of Ministers was held at Naples on the
Ist, to consider certai❑ dispatches which had been
that day received from London. The British fleet
was expected to make its appearance in the Bay of
Naples.

EXPLOSION AND LOSS OF LIFE
AT HOUNSLOW-
ADDITION AL PARTICULARS.
TUESDAY EvereiNG.—The explosion which oc•
curred at Messrs. Curtis and Harvey's gunpowder-
mills at Hounslow, reported in this journal of yes.
morning, Mr.
terday, has been attended with the loss of eight lives,
and a far greater destruction of property than was at
first expected. Yesterday(Tuesday)
Curtis, one of the proprietors, and Mr. Ashby, the
manager of the works, instituted a most searching
inquiry, for the purpose of ascertaining, if possible,
by what means the disaster occurred, the result of
I which showed that the first explosion took place in a
timber building, about twenty feet square, termed
" the treble dust-houSe." This building contained
powder of threefold strength, and at the time
of the explosion two men named Robert Gla-
zier and Lincoln Strange were therein. From
the fact of both these parties having been
killed instantaneously, it is extremely difficult to tell
what was the cause of the misfortune. One thing,
however, is quite certain—that no fires or lights of
any description were ever allowed to be used in that
portion of the works. The men were also strictly
prohibited from wearing.their boots or shoes in the
place, lest that the friction caused by the grit ad-
higenriintegdtaontaheemxplsohdoeu.ld cause the powder to become
The two poor fellows who were in this building
Were forced completely through the roof, and their
bodies frightfully mutilated; portions of limbs and
pieces of flesh were sent flying in sundry directions;
in fact, the whole of their remains had not been found
at a late hour in the afternoon.
In the cooperage at the time of the calamity there
were about 20 men at work. The heavy pieces of
timber and portions of the machinery as they were
hurled about fell upon the roof, and having broken
it in, the materials fell amongst the coopers, and it
twhaesmonelsycabpyed mgfertotilig under some shelves that many of
being crushed to death.
A man named Underwood, who works in what is
technically called the " black business," ran out upon
hearing the third explosion, followed by another man
named John Compton. The former escaped without
receiving any injury; but, whilst the latter was run-
ning away his clothes took fire, and he was most
fearfully burned, so much so that it is questionable
whether he.will recover. A mate of his, named
Thomas Penfold, wh,
do
ev wen at five o'clock in theas following, was completely
dashed to atoms, and,
noon, the whole of his remains were not found. Some
portions of bis body were found during the day near
the river Comae.