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

THE EXPLOSION AT THE POST-OFFICE.

APPREHENSION OE THE DELINQUENT.
In the account of this affair we gave in a late publication, we
mentioned, that other letters, supposed to be charged in a simi-
lar manner to those which had exploded, had been sent forward
to London by the mail. The express which Mr. Banning
caused to be forwarded for the prevention of accident arrived
in time, and the letters were carefully opened. •It was fotind,
that across each seal of three of them was placed under each
• seal of three of them was placed one of those combustible pel-
lets denominated Waterloo crackers,. and that the letters con-
tained about one ounce and a half of fulminating silver, whiCh
was pronounced by a chemist to possess a force equal to 350
times the same quantity of gunpowder. This was mixed with
pieces of nails and small sprigs. Two of these letters were ad-
dressed to persons high in authority at Havana, and. one to a
lady of distinction. All three were addressed as :bove. A fourth
was addressed to a gentlemen, and did not contain any powder.
This last letter gave an account of his voyage from New York,
in the Virginian, Captain Harris. It entered into some peculiar
details, several of which were rather disgusting. It then directed
the person to whom the letter was addressed to forward to him,
to a bank in London, fifteen hundred dollars. This letter was
addressed to forward to him, to a bank in London, fifteen hun-
dred dollars. This letter was signed Jose Gomez Pelayo, and
as it seemed 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
he arrived on Wednesday night last. On Thursday morning
Mr. Whitty and this gentleman met for the purpose of concert-
ing the best measures for tracing out the object of their search.
They immediately sought Captain Harris, who had no recollec-
tion of such a person, or such a name on board the Virginian.
On looking, however, over the list of steerage passengers, they
found the name of Gomez. On questioning, the mate, they found
that he had been an exceedingly reserved character on board
the ship, never having been on deck more than three times
during the whole voyage; that he never cooked anything;
could -speak but little English; and that he was familiar with
none of the the steerage passengers, with the exception of one
-fernale, the widow of a captain. who had been drowned on Lake.
Erie. One of the children of this hely, he seemed particularly
attached to, and lee spent muc!r of his time in fondling it. In
other respects he rendered himself vet y disagreeable, his want
of cleanliness being constantly emnplained of brthe passengers.
He was compelled, by force, to change his apparel three times,
and ultimately he was placed apart from other passengers. All
this per•rectiv-aereed with the information contained in the let-
ter before Mentioned, and left, no doubt upon the minds of-the
inquirers, that he was the man of whom they were in search
C 'ptain 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 exceedingly curious trunk in his possession.
This, Mr. Whitty naturally 'concluded, must have been con-
veyed, either by a carter or porter, to the place where he lodged.
To this subject, therefore, be directed his inquiries. After much
trouble, the first part of which arose from the carters and por-
ters having, with one occord, vanished from the piers and quays,
when they heard that Mr. Whitty wanted them, a porter, named
Jas. Lynch, No. 98, came forward, and, after mentioning the
man who had conveyed the trunk to the lodgings of Gomez,
said that, on the preceding Saturday, (last Saturday week,) he.
had conveyed the same trunk from the lodgings of the party in
Temple-street to the Saracen's-head, where he had booked to
en to London by the Red Rover, at five o'clock next morning.
I t was ascertained, on inquiry at the Saracen's-head, that Gomez
had on Saturday night. when he booked himself, inquired the
way to the Post-office; and a person was found who had seen
him put the letters into the box. The statement, that the letters
had lain in the Post-office for some time, must, therefore, be in-
correct, as it seems that he dropped the letters in the Post-office
at the last moment previous to his departure. It was found,
wsaesl lettere,
that he had lodged with Mr. O'Hare. Temple-street, where he
stated that he was a Portuguese. He had communicated in
French with a French family who lodged with Mr. O'Hare,
going up to
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mediately booked himself by the same coach, and was set down
at time Swan with Two Necks. Lad-lane, London, where he found
the trunk deposited. On Sunday night• intelligence arrived,
that Gomez, was captured, though we have not learned any par-
ticulars, save that he hula brace of pistols and a dair.ver upon
his person. He will immediately be brought to Liverpool, where
he will, doubtless, be tried for the capital offence.

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