The Sun.
London, England, 1836-09-27 00:00:00

SHOCKING EXPLOSION.

On Saturday night, about nine o'clock, a circumstance
occurred at our Post-office which had nearly proved fatal
itioijuronye individual, and might have been productive of severe
to many, if the full intention of the contriver of the
wickedness had taken effect, though who were the intended
victims it is impossible to say. 'We need not inform our
commercial readers, that letters fbr foreign countries require
that the postage should be paid, or they are never for-
warded, but, instead, are sent to the Dead Letter Office,
in London, there to be stamped, opened, and returned, if
practicable, to the writers. On Saturday night, a number
of letters of this description, which had remained in our
Post-office beyond the regular period, were handed over to
a man, named Barnard, for the purpose of being stamped,
previously to being forwarded to London by the
mail. Amongst these was a bundle, containing seven
letters, all directed in the same hand, and in the
Spanish language, to official personages at Havana.
The stamp is a heavy steel implement, with which the let-
ter is struck with some violence. He had got through all
the letters but this particular bundle, and they had been
removed as he operated upon them. He also mot safely
through the first four of these, but in striking the fifth, the
percussion produced an explosion which shook the whole
building. Every clerk in the office, even those at the
greatest distance, was stunned, and one who stood within a
few yards of the spot was thrown violently to the ground.
When they recovered, in some measure, from the shock,
they looked round for the poor man, Barnard. The floor
around him was completely covered with the tattered frag-
ments of the letters, for all the remaining three had ex-
ploded, and he lay upon the floor, bleeding and insen-
sible. He was found to have been shockingly injured ;
his hands being torn almost asunder, and portions of
the flesh and skin peeled from them. His face
was completely denuded of the skin, and one of his eyes
was forced backwards with such violence, that its use
as an organ of vision is lost irrevocably. The thumb-nail
of the left hand was torn off, and, what is more extraordi-
nary, was shot through the left cheek. The poor man is
in a very dangerous state, though hopes are entertained of
his recovery. The bag which contained the other four
letters, having already been made up, it was despatched by
the mail during the consternation incident to the disaster.
Mr. Banning instantly forwanied an express to the General
Post.office, informing the parties there of what had oc-
curred, and warning them to be careful how they opened
these letters.' It is to be hoped that they may be found
to contain some clue which will lead to the discovery of the
contrivers of a scheme so diabolical. The explosion was so
violent that it put out all the lights and blew out five panes
of glass.—Liverpool Albion.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

VESSELS ENTERED INWARDS AT THE CtfS.

TOM-HOUSE, SEPT. 26.
The Rapid, Allen, from Trieste ; Ocean, Morro, Antwerp ;
Iris, Whelan, Mauritius; Campbell, James, Tobago; Star of
the West, Rashleigh, Cadiz; Cossack, Clark, Now Orleans;
Brothers, Glandflad, Tcneriffe ; 'Jane, Lewis, Charente ; Sir
Edward Banks, Norwood, Rotterdam ; Attwood, Strannack,
Harnburgh; Finish, Stronghill, Bordeaux; Britannia, Downie,
Harnburgh; Amelia, Hutchinson, Virginia; Dcazic, Parker,
Matanzas; Latona, Mann, Halifax; Daphne,-Sharpe, Guern-
sey ; Brunswick, Robinson, St. Petersburgh ; Raverinc, Ro-
binson, St. Domingo; Grice, Roberts, Guernsey; Alacrity,
Page, St. Andrew's ; Charles, Stars, Bayonne.
ENTERED OUTWARDS FOR LOADING, SErr. 26.

The Lady M'Naughtcn, Faith, for Sidney; Dove, Lash-
brook, Muscat ; Ramona, Bridge, Rotterdam ; Carl Frederick,
Prins, Hamburgh ; Tyne, Martin, Ostend ; Emerald, Hough-
ton, Boulogne; .Anna, Roberts, Jamaica; Jane, Wilkinson,
Mauritius; Arcturus, Fayne, Baltimore ; Lord Byron, Tuckey,
Lisbon ; Marlborough, Cowley, Jamaica ; Favourite, Cabden,
Malta.

CLEARED OUTWARDS WITH CARGO, SEPT. 06.
The Ann Wiser, Barrows, for Launceston; Harlequin,
Middleton, Boulogne ; Dove, Lashbrook, Muscat ; Imperator,
Suger, Stettin ; Anna, Helbrandt, Stettin ; San Juan Baptista,
Dearons, Cadiz.
CLEARED OUTWARDS IN BALLAST, Saer. 26
The itlorgainetha, Cossens, Rushingsillc ; Espoir, Laud,
Gravelines; Mentor, Darmstray, Elsineur.