The Sun.
London, England, 1839-10-16 00:00:00

SECOND DIVISION.

Clarke, J. A., St. Thomas's Hospital Medical
School ; Francis, Univ. College ; Harrison, ditto ;
Knight, ditto ; Langley, Leeds Medical School ; Law-
ford, Univ. Coll.; Timms, St. Saviour's Grammar
School ; Waddy, Royal Birmingham School of Medi-
cine ; Whitaker, Middlesex Hospital School of Medi-
cine ; Wilby, King's Coll.; Woolgar, Univ. Coll.
The follo.ving students are arranged in the order of
their proficiency in the undermentioned subjects, in
which the examination was voluntary :
Chemistry—Fox, Todhunter, Langley, and Ashby.
Natural History—Langley and Fox.

THE ROYAL GEORGE.—We gave an account
in our last number of the blowing up of a port•ioa of
this vessel, under the superintendence of Colonel Pasley.
The following additional particulars are furnished by the
Hampshire Advertiser :—" The sound was net so -great
us had been expected, but the shock was distantly felt
on shore, appearing at our office on the Parade, to shake
the entire ground. Up to Thursday several detached
parts of the ship, as welt as the main capstan, ew!) tillers,
and an iron 30-pound gni' on "its carriNfe, marked
" Glory," and a brass 24-pounder,' were .brought to the
dock-yard. The iron gun is totally changed, so that
it can be cut with a knife, 'or even •scraped with
the human nail, and will actually make an
impression on paper similar to that of blacklead. The
carriage, which is made of elm, is marked " Glory," and
is in a high state of preservation, being scarcely affected by
the water. The brass gun is a beautiful piece, per-
fectly free from corrosion. It is marked on the breech
ring " H. Scalch, Fecir, 1758 ;" has dolphins with the
Royal arms of the Master-General of the Ordnance
before them. Weight 50 cwt. 2 qrs. 24 lbs. The Royal
arms are quartered as before the union with Ireland,
Prance still occupying the third quarter. The breech
ring has three perforations of several inches deep, in which
it is supposed iron plugs have been ; they have been
discovered in pieces of ordnance previously removed
from the sea ; it is imagined they may have been also
used for facilitating the movings of the gun on its
carriage. In the present instance the iron has been
operated upon by the chemical properties of the copper
and totally destroyed. Persons accustomed to observe
sailors, especially in the olden time, have doubtless
noticed them frequently take off their shoes
when going aloft, which they frequently stick
into the mortise bar holes of the capstan head for
security. It is curious, and at the same time pregnant
with a good deal of melancholy interest, that in the
present case the recovered capstan contains several
pairs of shoes with silver buckles, just as they were
placed by those gallant tars whose mirth and revelry
has so long been hushed in death. Two othor iron
guns have since been recovered. Lie effect of the ex-
plosion has not been fully aseartaine I, but the side which
stood erect is reported by the livers to be blown in.
It is pretty clear, however, from tile appearance of the
recovered portions, that the powerfui egeney of gun-
powder was not requisite to have produced a separa-
tion, as all the wood and iron that was not imbedded
in the mud or blue clay is totally destroyed. 'A.
very slight mechanical pressure would have doubt-
less effected every purpose. We understand that
Captain Dickenson,, whose recovery of the trea-
sure sunk in the Thetis in South America, was
so distinguished, not only by seamanlike skill, but
great mechanical tact and ingenuity ; and for perse-
verance and labour accompanied by excess of danger
was described by a great naval authority to:.be quite
unparalleled, devised a plan as long ago as 182.5 for
raising the Royal George entire, if still strong to hold
together, and even, if that proving impracticable, of
breaking her asunder by explosion, and removing the
wreck piecemeal. We furthermore understand that
the plan submitted to the Lords of the Admiralty,
was refused only on the ground that the business was
not to be done at all. It is rumoured that Captain
Dickenson would have done it without any expense to
the Government, if allowed to retain what he should
recover ; whereas Colonel Pasley was allowed to spend
six or seven thousand pounds, which will swallow all
the recovered property, and has to be paid for his ser-
vices after ail."
NOVEL MONOMANIA.—During the last week
an individual, reported to be connected with a wealthy
cloth house in Liverpool, has been exhibiting at the
west-end of the town what may be termed a sort of
hackney-coach monomania. It has been the practice of
the individual in question to drive about at night ac-
companied by five or six empty hackney-coaches. On
Thursday night the same party hired a band of musi-
cians, and, at the head of his usual cavalcade, stopped
in the Haymarket and ordered the musicians to strike
up. The police, however, interfered, and the gentleman
in a rage set to and broke the whole of the instruments
of the musicians. Accompanied by six or seven hackney-
coaches, during the whole of the night, the party in
question went to every night-house at the west-end.
SINGULAR HARE HUNT.—On Tuesday week
the Inverness barriers found a hare in the neighbour-
hood of Fort George, which, after a beautiful run, was
seen to take to the sea under the walls of the Fort.
The hounds were hallooed forward, and reached the
strand ere their game got out above sixty yards. The
pack gallantly taking the water, a most interesting sea
hunt took place, when one of the dogs, Old Bimbo,
maintaining his leading character by sea as well as by
land, swam in to poor puss, and bore her ashore in
.1
triumph.—lnverness Courier. ,
On Monday morning, at half-pest twelve o'clocky'
an alarming fire broke out on the premises of 'titian,
Sammersgill and Co., teadealers,S4, Lamb's
street. The fire originated in the front bed-room on
the second door, from a lighted candle being placed too
' near the bed curtains. By the very prompt arrival of
the engines and brigademen, they succeeded in confin.
, ing the fire to the bedrooms, which were destroyed.