The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1836-10-04 00:00:00

THE EXIILOSION AT THE POST-OFFICE.

APPREHENSION bE THE DELINQUENT. ln the'aceotint of this'affair we gave in-a late ntiblication,, we
mentioned, that other letters,' stippliied to be charged in a sirni
, fit Yiriamiker, to thOte'whicht ad exploded, tradtheen 'sent fOrWard
'to London by the mail. The express which Mr. Banning'
'dallied to be f(irviarded-fer 'the preVentiOn'df •siecident 'arri=ved.
.in time, and the' letters 'were carefully opened. It Was 'found,l
that across each seal of three of them was placed under each
:Seal Of thredbf thein was placed one of those ca.rubtiiiible ,pel-
'rets.denominated.Waterloo craekers; and that the letters con tamed about one mince and a half of fUlthinating silver, 'which
was' pronounced by.a.chemist to possess a force 'equal to 3,50
tiniesitie same quantity of gunpowder. This was •Ini-Xed 'With
pieces of nails and'sreall'sprigs: 'ran of these letters. Were ad -
dresSe'd to persons high in authority at -HaVarra, 'and' one ,to a
lady of dAtinction. All three Were addressed-as abOve.•Atotirth
was addressed to ajentfernen, and didnot ciinfaiii Ally7pOteder.
This Nit 'letter gave an account of his voyag,e• from liiiv York,'
in the Virginian, Captain Harris. 'lt entered' into sonte Peetiliar'
details,'Several of which Were rather disgusting. It then directed'
the person to•whotnf the letter' was addressedlo forward to -iiiin,
Id a bank in Lonrt6n,rfifteen 'hundred dollars. This letter was
addressed to forward to him, to a bank in London, fifteen tun-
' dred dollars. This letterwas signed Jose ,Gomez Pelayo, and
' as it'seerned,to give a clue' which might lead to the,discovery of
the wretch, Mr. Peacock, brother and partner to the. eminent,
solicitor,for the. Post-office, was' dispatched to Liverpool, where,
be arrived' on Wednesday night last. On 'Thursday morning
•; Mr. Whitty and this gentleman met for. the purpose of concert-
!, int.,' the hest measures for tracing 'out the object of their-search.
They,inunediately sought Captain Harris, who had no reeollec-
' tion of such a person, or such a name on hoard the Virgipian.
On looking; however, over the' list, of steerage passengers, they ,
' found themaine of Gotnez. On questioning the mate, they found
' that he-had been an exceedingly reserved character on ;boaid
theship, never having been on deck more than three, times
' during the whole voyage- that he never cooked anything;
' conk' speak but little English; and that he' was, familiae-with
none of. the the steerage oassongers, with the exception of one
feinale,Lthe widow of a captain. who had been drowned on Lake '
Erie. One of the children' of this lady, he seemed, particularly
attached to, and he spent much of his time in• fondling it. In
bther respects he rendered himself very disagreeable,. his' Want
evinced
et the
t:
of cleanliness being constantly complained of by the passengers.
He was compelled, by force; to change his apparel three tithes,
and ultimately he was placed apart from other passengers. All
this perfectly agreed with the information contained in the let-
ter beforetnentioned; and left' no driuht, upon the minds of the
. .
inquirers, that he was the man of whom they were in search
Captain Harris-manifested great eagerness to render assistance,
offering the services of himself and crew for, the purpose. One
material, point was ascertained, which was, that Gomez had a
large heavy, and exceettingly 'curious trunk in his possession.
This,-Mr. Whitty neutrally concluded, 'Must 'have been cone
tveory:,dh,a-
veiinthgerbityhaocna'eratectrerter, to the place where he lodged.
'Jas.s
inwahiden ntiwh,t3aihnl
t( e:
cy.i,h,nah,
(eiNtaiciroend.
conveyed
thaty.ceeMa,dit
ni itti.
e.,
preceding
'to this subject, therefore; he directed his inquiries. After-much
trouble, the first part 'of which• arose from the carters and por-
ew 1
ii
tvanishedtv wa,l t ferdo In
them,the a
porter,piersand .nqaumaisa,
forward, and after menytii)owto
Saturday, hunk t
(lastlh e
d a eiGenkgo:n
)tehhzee,
,had conveyed the sametrunk from the lodgings of the party in
Temple-street to the Saracen's-head, where he had booked to
go to London by the. Red Rover 'at five o'clock heit morning.
It was ascertained, on inquiry at the Saracen's-head, that GORICZ
had on:Saturday night. when he booked himself,, inquired the
neison was found who had seen
way to-the Post-office ; , and ,
bias put the letters into the box. The statement, that the letters
had lain in the Pest-office forsome time, insist, therefore,.bein
correct, as it seems that he dropped the letters in the Post-Office
at the last moment previous to his departure. It was found,
that he had lodged with Mr: O'Hare. Temple-street, where he
earafflaliert;tienris.,
stated that he .was a Portuguese. He had communicated in
French with a French family who lodged with Mr. O'Hare,
-and. said he had been a'servant in Havana, and was going no to
or iut et
these v
'tlheetistaitmYe coach; and was seolown
and the remains of some'Waterloo crackers, were found in the
-London 'to seek a ituatiou. He was setehnrotuogwh•
fire-grate in his tooth. Mr. Peacock, who has
tirriteodstiatglyreie,ooofkeltdaghitiicnisteyiratbuyl
the trunk •depoSited. On Sunday night- intelligeuee- arrived,
that Gomez. was captbred, though we have not learned anipar-
at the Swan with Two Nets, Lad-lane, London, where
titulars; save that he haul a brace of pistols' and a ' dagger upon
lv be brought to Liverpool, where
his person. He will immediately
he will; doubtless, be fried forthe capital 'offence.

YORK WOOl., MA R fiET,' SEPT;. 29.---The supply of wool to
thim dai's'inarket- has been good. The -demand has been very
limited indeed, which has caused a decline in price from our
last (imitations pf-from- a--halfpenny-to' one penny per lb. A
many-lots remain over unsold.