The Sun.
London, England, 1842-02-21 00:00:00

HUNTING APPOINTMENTS.

Her Majesty's stag-hounds, Monday, Salt Hill ; Wednesday,
Ditton Marsh, Surrey-11.
Brighton harriers, Monday, Thunders Barrow ; Wednes-
day, Patchain; Friday, Dyke Road-104.
Brookside harriers, Monday, Newmarket Hill ; Thursday,
Telscombe Tye-10b.
Mr. Robertson's hounds, Monday, Wooller Cottage; Wed.
Itiffington • Fri., Pallinsbut ns ; Sat., Mindram
Mr. Candler's hounds, Mon.' Witley Park; Wed., Upton
Snodsbury ; Fri., Boar's Head, Severr, , Stoi,e-10.
Cheshire hounds, Mon., Oulton ; Wed., Tatton Park;
Thurs., Withington Hall; Sat., Norton Priory-10i.
Whitehaven harriers,-Monday, Linethwaite—loi.
Mr. Hillier's hounds, Monday, Clock, Bickenhill
Wednesday, Dimchurch ; Friday, Hatton-11.
Mr. Atty's hounds, Monday, Hamptor. Heath; Wednesday,
Bettisfield ; Friday, Gresferd-10j.
East Kent harriers, Monday, Northbourne Mill ; Tuesday,
Ratling Court-10k.
Albrighton Hunt, Monday, Woodcote ; Thursday, Enville ;
Saturday, the Ball, Cover Heath-10.
Shropshire hounds, Monday, Ruyton ; Wednesday, Hawk_
stone ; Friday, Stoke Heath-10i.
Warwickshire hds., Mon., Chesterton Windmill ; Tues., Sut-
ton Village; Thurs., Red Hill, Whimpstone Bridge-10i.
Mr. Farquharson's hounds, Monday, Milborne Wood; Thurs-
day, Bishop's Caundle.
Mr. Archer's hounds, Monday, Pantillie Lodge ; Thursday,
Hornacot Chapel-10.
Major-Gen. Wyndham's hds, Mon., the Compasses; Wed ,
Heath Com. ; Fri., Blackdown House; Sat., Lisg •te Common.
Marquis of Hastings lids., Mon., Leckington Hall; Wed.,
Stanley, Derbyshire ; Sat., llatherc Turn-- toi.
Findon hounds, Mon., Kennel; Tues., Liolm Bush;
Dial Post; Saturday, Kennel.
Mr. Meynell's hounds, Monday, Egginton ; Thursday,
Snelston ; Saturday, Chartley-10.
Mr. Mure's hds., Monday, Stetchworth Park; Thursday,
Bownbridge-10.
Harewood lids., Wed., Toulon ; Fri., Bickerton Bar-10b.
Heythrop hds., Wed:, Gawcomb ; Fri., Eyford-10b.
Berkshire hds., Fri., Lew Heath-10%.
Mr. Fane's harrs., Th., Blewbury Down; Sat., Eweline.
Mr. Giles' lids., Th., Bosbury Turnpike-10.
Torquay harrs., Th., Knave's Ash.
Sir M. W. Ridley's lids., Wed., Styford ; Th., Matfens ;
Sat., Nunnykirk-1%.
Whitecross hairs., Wed., Marsh ; Sat., Little Kimble-10i.
Puckeridge lids., Wed.,
Sat., Bark way-10. (;rest Hales; Fri., Blakesvvane;
Mr. Brand's lids., Wed., Berkhampstead Common; Fri.,
Warden Hill. •

Col. G. Wyndham's hds.,.Wed., Westdean Park ; Fri.
Phil's Wood; Sat., Gamble'e corner.

EXPLOSION 'OF A PO WDEItaTICILD
We regret to state that one of the extensive powder-mills
belonging to Messrs. C. B. Curtis and Harvey, gunpowder
manufacturers, situated on Hounslow Heath, exploded on
Saturday forenoon, and occasioned the loss of two lives and
the infliction of serious injuries on three other persons. The iv/
explosion took place a few minutes after ten o'clock, and the
tremendous report caused thereby was heard for many miles 1:7,
round the neighbourhood. and occasioned the greatest con- :It'
sternation and alarm, particularly at Hounslow, Twickenham,
and the adjacent villages, the inhabitants of which rushed from ,j 3.1,1
their houses, fearing it was an earthquake. Immediately on _,/WI
the cause of the report being ascertained, hundreds of persons ,;(1,,
hastened to the spot, anxious to learn the extent of damage,
when it was found that one only of the mills had exploded, and
that the remaining portion of the extensive premises
had
escaped uninjured. The mill in question, which was called a
corning mill, was situated ( n the banks of the river Colne,
and, as are all the erections forming the works, was a detached
building. Two men were employed in it, of the names of
Henry Finch and William Woolman, whose custom it was
to commence at seven o'clock in the morning, having first tvl•
had their breakfast, and work until eleven o'clock, when rii.9
they broke off for dinner. Saturday morning they went tj 1°44
their work at their usual time, at which period the mill con- ;10
tamed about a dozen berre!s of dry powder, each barrel consist:
ing of 1001bs., making a total of about 1,2001b5. weight. ()I
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the cause of the accident nothing positive can ever be known,
Osi
neither of the unfortunate men surviving to tell the tale, and
the building itself is levelled with the ground. Three other ,
men, named Alfred Malthouse, William Calvin, and Peter 15
Thomas, employed on other parts of the works, who were eeei-
dentally in the close vicinage of the mill, have sustained most t
serious injuries from the effects of the explosion. Air. FrogleYj '
surgeon, of Hounslow, was most prompt in attendance, with
Mr. Sannemanit, his assist ant, and immediately attended to the
unfortunate sufferers, two of whom ('Thomas and Calvin) were
subsequently conveyed to their own residences, where they ans
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lying in a most precarious state. Malthouse. however, was
more seriously injured, so that it was found impossible tore neee
him from the premises, and when our reporter left very little
hopes of his living through the night were entertained. The
bodies of Finch and Woolman were found at a short distance
from the mill in a frightfully disfigured and mutilated condi-
tion, and were removed to one of the sheds to await-the core'
ner's inquest, which, it is understood, will be. held on TnesdaY
next. Both men have left widows and families. The explosion
wid not, we understand, occasion any stoppage to the works. iIP
MELANCHOLY ACCI EN'f. ,101
On Saturday afternoon, about a quarter past, four ").,
o'clock, a serious accident took place in the extensile
:40c
iron.toundry carried on by'Messrs. Rennie and Co., Au
Holland-street, Blackfriars-bridge. It .appears that se-
veral workmen were engaged during the afternoon in
the arduous task of casting an immense diving bell, the
mould for which had been completed some hours pre'
rid of
vious. The cauldron. which is of very large size, a I
suspended over the furnace by means of a powerk,
crane, contained on this occasion more than six tons er
metal, and while in the act of being slung to the re- 40
quired spot, through some derangement of the ma'
chinery, the ponderous vessel overbalanced, and di'"
charged the burning liquid in every direction
among the labourers employed, setting fire at th,.
same time to the massive beams and rafters of the build
ing. The utmost alarm was occasioned by the accident'
and every assistance was rendered to the unfortunate_
sufferers—six in number—who were conveyed in coaches
to Guy's Hospital in a state of great suffering. The
floating engine from Southwark bridge was towed to thle.
spot, and several of the brigade establishment soon fug,
lowed ; but the workmen on the premises so successful
exerted themselves with the fire-engine attached to the
foundry, that their services were scarcely required+
and before five o'clock all danger of the fire extendiug

was at an end.
The names of the unfortunate men scalded by thed
meta.: are—Burton, Hardy, Perry, Dolphin, George, it°,
Barry, the latter of whom is frightfully burnt in every
part of his body, the injuries sustained by the foro
being chiefly confined to their legs and feet. The daro6gB
sustained by the building is comparatively trifling.

MANCHESTER. CHAMBER Or
COMMERCE. 141 d
A special meeting of the Chamber of Commerce waseo,
on Thursday, to consider the Ministerial proposition,
was very numerously attended. Holland /bole, Esq., Vice'"'
President, was called to the chair.
'I he following resolutions were adopted unanimously
1. That, in the opinion of this meeting, the propositions ~
modifying the Corn-law which have just. been submitted to tb°
House of Commons by her Majesty's Ministers are totallY
adequate for every beneficial purpose ; that they are basedne, al,
unjust principles, and have been framed for the exclusive ,
vantage of a particular class, without reference to the Irani.,
and interests of the great body of the people, and ostentntion,6
regardless of present distress, and 'of the ruin which imPen
over the manufacturing and commercial community. to
2. That in expressing their opinions this meeting reitersi
the declaration the Chamber has frequently put forth, nal° 3:j 7'
that it denounces partial or class legislation of every kind, sni.„
repudiating all protection, whether of manufactures or 'Wig
culture, claims, as an indefeasible right, the power of f
~..t4•
exchanging the products of our industry for the food of other
fit_
countries.
3. That these resolutions be set forth in a petition to the..%j6,i,
House of Commons, and be forwarded this day for presel.T.
tion, with a prayer that the measures proposed by ii In •
jesty's Ministers may be rejected by the House, and that no
proposition may be entertained wbicb has not or its bas,ia_ta.,
entire repeal of all duties on the importation of food.—,oP7
cheater Times.
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FLANDERS,
DUTCH, AND HAI I'"A
BURGH MAILS.
winter b • •
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BRUSSELS, FEB. 17.—The average price of wheat .177,001.
A
and that of Rye 12f. 52c. 1-i- 4,
141.13
9.—ThewelerlEwNaNsA2,lfinh.:.,
becoming more
every clay the ,mercury in Reaumier's thermometer os.
deg., -or 13 deg. below zero (freezing), morningln chats
lug. The accounts from Hungary, Transylvania "7,33-sassef f-4
and Servia, complain of the interne cold, and the'fas% we".
of snow, by which the roads are rendered nearly i.P..,;oves
In Wallachia, Transylvania, and some parts of HungarY'A but
of wolves add to the horror of the season. The last"' leastir
one from Bucharest was attacked on the road by tiles- by the 3t
compelled by famine to leave their retreats. We learn it'bout
last mail that the post-carriage was found on the road, W*- f ,;'"
o
driver or horses, but with the letters and goods entottea'`os
two men and the horses, little more was found than the • :411
scattered about the carriage.
19
The fete given the day before yesterday by to
don, the British Ambassador, was extremely brilliant•
ea°
of the Archdukes honoured it with their presence. I, d
Baron Von Kinneiitz, the Prussian Ambassadori has -I'd
audience of the Emperor, to present his credentials, an (jai.. irk
since been presented to the other members of the inPe'
family. 444
• on is 9
M. Milakovitsch has arrived here on a special mein
Secretary to the Vladika of Montenegro. kit
Kamm, 11011, FRB. 15.—After an interruption, of the' kit 3
gation 1)7 the ice, since the 2d of January, the last shirve.
this port, soon after which the. Elbe was frozen over• sir
first three ships arrived here yesterday afternoon, viz" from
Edward Banks steamer, from London ; the Zamillie,
Messina ; and the Pomona, Captain Hinrieksen, from St' fr cf(
Sir Robert G,goovs;
cheers ; the first direct from the Leewards, the two lOC ".°
Cuxhavvn. -
CHRISTIANSAND, FEB. 3.—A large black buoy, witb '"
pretty long iron chain to it, has been taken up
at Myer
sand. It is said to belong to the port of Lynn, in England, to 6
COPENHAGEN, FEB. 12.—We do not see here any reaowo
believe the statement of some German journals, that our Cr°o,;l
Prince and Princess intend shortly to go toßerlin.---116
burgh Papers, Feb. 15. „ rie,;
IHE HAGUE, FEB. 16.—We hear that the Pro'c"

Chemay will shortly retnrn to the Hague, to assist in the eass
lation of some matters still pending between the Netheri ••,
and Belgium. f tberi
THE HAGUE, FEB. 18.—The Second Chamber 0, -•*1
States-General received yesterday a Royal Message, w'tb e pet
important project of law on the Notarial-office.
L StOilt)
DISTRESS IN THE METROPL,--pti
On Friday last, Sir Benjamin Hall presented a Pet`:t,005,00
the House of Commons praying for the repeal of the C 0 llo? to
from the Auditors of the Accounts of the parish of St. ' pia,„
lebone, in which the petitioners state, " That, in 1831, theoptifre
zette average p, ice of wheat was 665. 4d. In that year the
iticf!e,f4,'
age number of paupers depending on the parish was 7 ,9,4'nogi
a population of 122 206, thereby showing, that more no 4i.
in fifteen was depending upon the parochial rates for olgre'er,
In 1835, the price of wheat fell to 395. 4d., and the nuiti. ti# VI;
paupers was reduced ty 3,4458, the population being .4",, pr
time 129,102, being less than one in thirty-seven receivlo4,l4
rochial reliet. In 1841, the price of wheat again rose to fitg
and the number of paupers advar ced with it to 5,679' bac4,54.
that time one in twenty-four, the population being 13','1,0
The average number of persons returned weekly, tronl
January, 1842, to the 17th February, 1842, has beef,'"
In the workhouse ••• ..... 1,939
Out-door poor ....
Total
• teen f
of
Thereby showing, that, at the present time, one in 511 lig;
the population of the wealthiest parish in them etror c'er
Great Britain is dependent on the parochial rates forth .
mon necessaries of lite.
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Mr. B,ANSFORD'S 0 n ..re_nesd a eve q ,
ing next, Mr. Ransford, the well-known singerisleo...
give a splendid concert (it' we may judge from theielaiclif..
engaged) at the Hanover-square Rooms. Miss -Atrotorat., ;:
liemble and Miss Rainforth will sing a duet from I'6o
and Mr. Wilson some oechi of
smthoestbaedstmpierrefdorSinenetcrsi: 17!,,
The band, including a few
conducted by Signor Negri.
That fascinating artiste, Mademoiselle Celestel
been extraordinarily attractive at Birmingham 142-ofslll'..l
verpool. She last night took her benefit to one
,01,544'"''
most crowded houses ever known within the ssiiirriffl"''
the theatre. Her admirable acting in Foreigni j3sileo;."
elicited shouts of applause. She goes to Bath and
iii the ensuing week, and returns to the HaYniar
Easter Monday, to commence the new season• c orti;.;e
TIVERTON MARKET, FEE. 00,0%
Wheat, Os 6d to 8s per bushel ; Barley, 31 to 3s 6d ;
ts tlei" kb'
to 2s 4d and 2s 6d—an abundant supply, waders Due
Pannier—Turkeys, 4s to 6s each ; Geese, 4s to bodt. to 1
4s to 5s per couple ; Fowls, 3s to 3s fid ; Butter,
per lb; Eggs, 7d to 8d per dozen ; Potatoes, It Ilb2rdoe1016,711b;",
abn i'd to 6
for 6d ; 3a to 4s per bag of 8 score--supply ably'
slack. Shambles—Beef, 6d to 7d per lb ; Mutton
Veal, 6d to 9d ; Pork, 5d to 6d; Dry Bacon, little ~jorpi;
good, demand good. Cattle—There was very a_
ti" 'll3°,'' •
noticing in this market, with the exceptien of
on_.
Calves, which sold dear. We heard 20/ asked for lei $•
have
We
general run
nrdu.n alas from 121 to 161 each. Sheep, fr.nn Ur •
ir:peelViirv:Oid.R,sioEnrcefNroomuErvrthnseotPpicoAestPooltSß:::::lrind yilo
l,:osfEthtithae: Erittbb."--:eicirl7;ertytpterosPole::or:
subscribers, complaining of the loss of their paPer.!,_ have sig
which was regularly forwarded from this office.
detect
the pir
to bespeak the aid of our friends in enabling us to
811 .19the
derers. That can best be done by acquainting o:instituted
non. arrival. A rigorous investigation will boum flepor,",
penalty of the offence is transportation.—Cork S ".,,TjOr
.13 0
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LICENSED VICTUALLERS
war.' &rick
oa
Friday, Feb. 18, Mr. Hughes in the chair, a Fred for
eSioe
tcyz,EhTel; a —atAtthaeimr meeting of
N ,New
whe
Bridge Comm .iettt:eeet,ofvtihtscekaAfrui°a-ort
guinea was pa d in each of the following case!Lni: Waulerkets.
Taylor, 246, City po;ice, for apprehending .w,eet,, blaossvo
robbing Mr. Todd, Union, Oxford-street, 1 5"
sonfsci
mist
b,
Sce. This offence was visited with a
years' transportation.—To Thos. Gorland, Jones c, of
Brown, F 142, for detecting Thomas Brow.aonibc.,.°
at their lodgings in Charle,-street, Drury lad_
melting down a pewter pot, the properdtytodo
Rainbow, Liverpool-road, Islitigton.—
D 114, for apprehending John Francis, for Bobbing
ter pot.
Bricklayers' Arms, Palk-street, Grosvenor-AI
eirG:sescroreugove
dy,
Afn robbie:°girrg;*

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