The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1867-10-08 00:00:00

SERIOUS EXPLOSION IN WOOLWICH
ARSENAL .

On finitude", morarn—g a.ulou explosion took place
in No. 6 shed of the Red Laborst.ry, in the Royal
Arsons! where about thirty lade were euiPted
a he hasardoss work of 611in4 " pellet*" or'eurtridiss,
hereby nearly all within the buildins were much
jure& and 13 seriously so. Two of ths boys have
in.. died.

P.S. Ram, killed by ths Fenian, at Manchester, vu
• Irishman.

TIN Sheffield fadepeadent stales that the notorious
resdkied has resumed work as a saw grinder.
ittaels OF THII BISHOP OF OXFOIIII.—The Bishop of
Oxford is Bs&nog from a Donors atiaelt of bromthitls.
711 t regideoto of Wombatleo and the singing club of
bat place serenaded the Princess of Wales one night
ast. week.

Too death is annonneed of Mr. Waddintion, who so
Di filled ths °Moe of Under Secretary for the Home
Department.
TIM reward of £lOO lensed by the Government for the
apprehension of the person who setnally fired the pistol
at Ill'llonnell has been iciareiraed to MOO.

PILOPOBRD CAPTORS OF TIM AMOUNT AT BRIIWICE•
OLTWOID BY FIJBANB.—Last week • letter which
beers the poistroMos mark of Berwick-upon•Tweed, and
whieh was addressed to • certain person in Manchester,
accidentally fell into the hands of the ollic.rs connected
with the detostive force in London, and it
minutely detailed a plot for the purpose of wising the
armoury at Berwiek-upon.Tweed. Toe letter, with the
omission of name. Lad initiels, is as follow. :—" Dear
—,--Received your.; can make short work of them;
no saint kept at night; barrack walls easily sealed ;
there are 300 or 400 minuses and about 80 rides kept in
the armoury, also sin deld-pieoes and seven 33-pounders,
besides ammunitioe for the volunteer*. No one In
barracks but the militia stag and families, about 13
soldiers in all, and • number of them generally out at
night. We will easily menage at in one night. sod—
(Here follow particulars as to the movements
of certain members of the Pinion body,
which are suppressed for obvious reasons.) We esn
number 33, with— and —, nil true. Be hen- as
soon as possible. Just one gunboat here. lam making
armngernents with —(several persons end towns men-
Bassi:ll to bring the bags which will wine daring the
week. We can muster from 150 to MO. We will
mettle and be at peace in about • month. We are sore
of suoeess. Don't ezpeot aseirtenee from the soldiers
and the barracks, but if they do we will do the motel.
We hope to hare it settled by this time neat
month." After this sentence followed some writing
Is cypher, which of O.IIIIIIJ is unreadable. On
this letter being received by the police authorities
in London, Sergeant Langley WY despatched
to 13.irwick-upon-Tweed. On his arrival be found that
the statement relative to the armoury was minutely awl
particularly °orient, and that the formidable garnson of
13 we, the number of soldiers who guarded it. The
Mayor immediately convened a meeting of the magis-
trate' to take steps to protect the armoury, and
measures were promptly carried out which entirely re-
moved any apprehension that might arise as to any
Fenian ettaek.