Martinsburg Gazette And Public Advertiser

Cannon Foundry in Montreal Gaol - It was discovered on Friday, the 29th ult. that John Moore, (one of the two soldiers of the 76th Regiment, who is confined for assisting Burke with tools to break gaol,) had melted the water pipes of Ward No. 2, made moulds, and cast the metal into six small cannons capable of carrying a pistol bullet, and some of them well executed, one of them completely finished, marked G.R. ornamented with the Crown, and proved; the others were in progress so as to form a regular battery. Information has been given, that they were intended to shoot the jailor and sentry, as soon as an opportunity should afford to make a sortie. Moore is stated to have been a troublesome and dangerous man in his Regiment, and to have made an attempt to blow up Fort Erie; he has also deserted to and from the Americans.