2 JANUARY 1892, Page 9

An explosion of a serious kind occurred in Dublin Castle

on Thursday at 2 p.m., in a cellar under an office occupied by Mr. Cullinane, of the Finance Department. He was not in the room, but the floor, ceiling, and part of the furniture were smashed. It seems clear that the explosion was due to some agent more powerful than gas, probably gun-cotton ; but it is uncertain whether its intention was to kill Mr. Cullinane, or to blow up the Irish Privy Council, whose chamber is imme diately above the office. The former is the more probable theory, as the Council is hardly powerful enough to excite the deadly malice which must have dictated the cowardly deed.