The Sun.
London, England, 1855-12-04 00:00:00

IRELAND.

THE ELECTIONS.
DUBLIN, Monday Morning.— A. meeting of Roman
Catholic electors, friends of Mr. Meredyth, was held
yesterday in the Chapel•yard of Duleek, when, among
resolutions, one was proposed to the effect that the
meeting emphatically deprecated and condemned the
employment of all undue means, whether clerical or
landlord, in subsidising the independent expression of
opinion, or swaying the free exercise of the elective
franchise ; and they held that, if ever there could exist
any justification for resorting to such means, there was
no necessity on the present occasion for dictation or co-
ercion of any kind, and they therefore committed the
claims of Mr. Meredyth to the dispassionate good sense
of the constituency. From this it is quite clear that
Bishop Cantwell is about to be treated to a sample of
the independent opposition Hof which he is so warm an
an advocate.

The election for the borough of Armagh com-
mences to-day, and the polling is fixed for Wednesday.
The contest will be between two Derbyites (Messrs.
Miller and Bond). The Liberals made a faint effort to
bring their old favourite (Major-General Rawdon) into
the field, but on a comparison of notes they discovered
that the number of pledges given to the other candidates
was so numerous as to preclude the possibility of the
gallant General's return.

THE INDIAN SERVICE.
The Right Hon. R. V. Smith has conferred an India
cadetship upon Mr. William Edward West, who ob-
tained the first place at the last October entrance exa-
mination in Trinity College. Mr. West, who is but 17
years of age, is son of the late Dr. West, of Dublin, a
distinguished scholar, and one of the most accomplished
linguists of the day.

THE WATERFORD MURDER.
The three persons against whom'a verdict of " Wilful
murder" has been returned for the recent murder at
Tallow have been committed to the county of Water-
ford gaol. Conway is described as a ferocious-looking
man of about 35 years of age ; his mother is an old wo-
man over 70, and his sister about 30. They are all ex-
tremely ignorant, and seem unaware of the conse-
quences of a conviction of the offence with which they
stand charged.

TERRIFIC EXPLOSION AT WOOLWICH.

At about 20 minutes past 11 o'clock yesterday morn-
ing, a terrible explosion took place in the Royal Arsenal
at Woolwich, and produced a great amount of consterna-
tion and alarm in the town and neighbourhood. An im-
mense volume of smoke immediately arose from the loca-
lity whence the sound proceeded, and the rockets which
were flying about indicated the immediate source of the
mischief—namely, a shed used by Mr. Hales, the con-
tractor, for the making of those destructive mheiles of
war. The police were instantly on the alert, and fire
engines without delay were brought to bear upon the
burning niass.
We regret to say that the damage done was net con-
fined to combustible material—several men working in
the shed, to the number of eight, were all more or less
injured—of whom one was so shockingly burned and
mutilated as t() require the amputation of both his legs.
The poor fellow, however, died subsequently to the ope
ration. The names of the sufferers are as follows :
Collins, labourer, aged 26 years, single ; had
been employed in the arsenal about six years.
Henry Langham, 2d foreman, aged 25 years, married ;
14 years in the arsenal.
David Bryant, labourer, aged 30 years, married.
Thomas Wheelwright, labourer, aged 19 years, single ;
five years in the arsenal.

Phillip Bullock, labourer, aged 43 years, married ;
six years in the arsenal.

John Kirwin, who was in such a mangled state as not
to be able to give his name, died, after amputation of his
legs, at half-past two o'clock.
Thomas Holland, labourer, aged 40 years, married ;
about 11 years in the arsenal.
The poor creatures were carried to the hospital, some
in one of the ambulance waggons, the others on
stretchers. The sight Wm truly horrible.
In the shed which is destroyed the workmen were en-
gaged in painting the rockets after they had been filled ;
and on the end of the rocket is a sort of cap made of iron,
with a number of small holes in the top, which sometimes
get filled up, but must be kept cleaned out, and, as one
of them was engaged in this operation, made use of a
gimblet, which is contrary to rules, and in working the
instrument about caused the iron to heat, and the com-
bustibles of which the rocket is composed to explode
with such force as to send soma of them as far as the
butt in the arsenal, and in all directions ; one of them
struck a Russian gun-carriage which bas been brought
from Bomarsund, and exploded with such force as to
break the wheels, and otherwise injure it.
A number of other sheds of precisely the same descrip-
tion are built all round it, but fortunately none of them
took fire, although the sides show the force with which
the rockets struck.