The Atherstone, Nuneaton, and Warwickshire Times. — 1883-03-03 (Atherstone, Warwickshire, England)

THE STATE OF IRELAND. STARTLING DISCOVERY OF DYNAMITE  A stai thug discovr ry was made on Friday last, at the post office of Ballydehob, county Cork. Durim, the present agratian agitation this locality was the scene of organised opposition to the autlimities, but recently the place became more peaceable. During 'Thursday hight, however, an unstamped missive was slipp,d into the post office, and was there found on the following morning. The oniii,sion to stamp it seems to have been the menus of averting disastrous consequences, for had it been stumped, the postmaster would have impressed the date stamp, and that in all probability would have been followed by an explosion. On the parcel was pasted a label bearing, in largo and rather shaky handwriting, the following address, "On her Majesty's service. To the Right Ron. Earl Spencer, Dublin Castle." Imagining it to be a hoax, the postmaster went, into the kitchen for the purpose of throwing it into the fire as a parcel of rubbish. His wife and family were in the apartment, and just as he was about to throw the parcel from him he felt within it something like the gut's' pereha used in connection with telegraph wlres, veld remarking that it would create an nu-pleasant smell if he burnt it he determined upon , opening it and examining its contents. On cutting open the parcel his suspicions were aroused, and after going into an adjoining yard for the purpose of making a careful exatnination,he found that the contents resembled cinders. He was just about throwing the parcel into a gorge close to his house when he observed a peicussion cap affixed to a piece of upright fuse placed in the centre of what was subsequently ascertained to be 6oz. of dynamite. The dynamite was placed around the fuse in a compact manner, and was firmly bound with calico and cord. The parcel was immediately handed over to the police authorities but so far n 6 clue has been obtainsd to the perpetrators of the ontrage, awl they complain that the principal link has been destroyed by the postmaster, who indiscreetly burned the addressed label. The outrage has caused great alarm in the district, and the residents are sorely excercised as to how the dynamite found its way into that remote locality. The police, in the course of their investigations, have made a thorough but fruitless search of the house of an ex-suspect named Richard Hodnett, now incarcerated in Cork Gaol tinder the Crimes Act. 'lke Dublin Correspondent of the Daily News, telegraphing on Saturday night, says : There is a wonderful anxiety now on the part of certain trades organizations in the city todissociate themselves from James Carey, the informer. The Dubli a trades societies are all more or less political organizations, as is proved by the fact that their funds and the machinery of the or, ionizations as well are frequently used for political demon strations, such as O'Connell processions, atmusty processions and demonstrations such QS that of the interment in Dublin of the remainsof the late Co!. O'llahoney. The Brick. layers Soeiety of Dublin met last night to disavow connection with James Carey," and to expel him from the society. A resolution was adopted to this effect, awl also condemning the Plurnix Park aasassinations, a course which the Bricklayers' Society did not think it necessary to adopt at the time when the assassinatiors were committed. One of the speakers—a Mr. Queale— said lie had entertained a good opinion of Carey until he went on the witness table.—A resolution which was ruled out of order, nml was therefore not put was moved and seconded to the following effeet —"That we, the bri:klayers of Dublin, hate and det-st Carey for the way he conducted the cold-blooded murder of Lord Frederick Cavendish and Mr. Burke, and we hereby call on the lovernment to transfer him from the witness-box and place him in the dock, to be hanged on the 7th of Mar —(laughter and cries of 'Order, order') --his body to be skinned and stuffed with briars— order)—and hung on the gaol wall as an emblem of pallooality, awl his rotton careaso to be buried in the aPI3OIOIII'S grave with a stone over it—(cries of 'Order')—•The principal aseissin (and afterwards informer) of Lunt F. Cavendish and Mr. Burke. 7th May, 1852' "