The Sun.
London, England, 1840-05-13 00:00:00

THE ROYAL GEthtiGE..

Colonel Pasley began his proceedings for the :removal
bin
of the wreck of the Royal George on the Ist „r
mouth, but up to yesterday nothing very remarkal wan
effected.
At eight o'clock in the =riling the red flags at' Spit-
head announced that a
on of
was W be attet
and at eleven o'clock one of those huge cylinders, whie f
have already been described, and filled with 2,116/0
-
gunpowder, was lowered to the bottom. One of (oboe:
Pasley's dive.-s ( GeJrge Hall), who has acquired greg'
expertness in ti:ese operations, descended his rope Fodd"er
a little in advance of the cylinder, and succeeded
ing it securely to one a the lower gudgeons or br3ees
on the rudder-post, within six or eight feet of ;the
keel. The diver having re,enounted, and the vessels bei 0g
is
withdrawn to a safe distance, the enormous charge s
ignited by means of the volta,Cc apparatus. Within I'
1r
Than two seconds alter the shock was felt the sea rose 01
the spot to the height cf about 15 feet, or not quite half 0
high as it did on occasion of the great explosions last Yertr;
a oifference ascribable, probably, to- the cylinder oa • ;I3
present occasion having been placed under the hull ro-
stead of alongside it. The commotion in the water, bow-
ever, was so great as to cause the lumps and lighters_ 0
pitch and roll at a great rate. The \whole surface of h,
sea for several hundred yards round v vas presently corm'
with dead fish and small fragnicn is of the oYliaci:l3l..
Amongst these were innumeraWe to How candles, as
mass of butter a foot and-a-Ina in length, evident
driven up from the purser's store ro em. .a
sided, and the boats had returned from
As soon as the vast commotion the water bad
scramble for the candles and dead the
ceded again to the bottom, and soon reported
the whole stern of the ship had bee,t2 driven to plef,gee''
and that, so far as he could ascertain, &titre Wa3:110V1 ir
and wide channel directly fore and aft Ole ship, front soli
to stern, through which both the flood aotl ebb tides Wiai
rush, and thus {he mud with which the but,ll of the led
George has been salted for half a century w ill be ssattber
out, and the way ci,eareckfor Colonel Fat lel'',
nfort,
operations. From the auspicious manner, indeCa,
fish, the dinvilei:epr;o::
he has commenced, thet-c can be little doubt aw °`
mate success.

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divertissementrruesda €,,id the
applause
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..TroEmSTuYne'SN'elifficL7A.Bla'Ri,EN:er—e Operieforiollo,43—.e-nretto
h e 0
night. Rubini has resueled his place, an '•- tl'
ii
on ntahbel ys e cattended
f YlvioinbseT.amTbhureindi,ueethewitaltt::
only moreeau in the opera that was .e ...urea. In the balls .
c,
fair daughters of Terpsiehor -' • • -It was ets3.l6
e were rill.islnk -
turgid that they hd a crossed the Channel. The Queen, „it,
took her '
seat in the Royal box • • . tha COranienee° 1.,
just before
of the fine telzetto, " Ti
1 parli d'amore," retired un
ss of
after the opera. Their Royal Highnesses the Duche
red
Cambridge and Princess Augusta of Cambridge all ° 116,111iss
theie theatre with their presence. Sir Robert, Lad}, 2..,- • teas
el occupied the Queen Dowager'slle farl6,oege
joined during box.
the progressof the performance by Prince
of Cambridge. Oreel
HAYMARKET THEATRE.—A new' - ;bt•
called The Place Hunter, was produced here
on , !
It is, w '
L believe, a French tmport ; the plot is purely Isar
equivoque. At the fall of the curtain there was some ‘•
probation, mingled with applause. •
• dr Ma, lin
SURREY THEATRE.—A new tragic --ra e•
ular plac ,
three acts, was produced on Monday night at this poi' It is.
of arnu,ement, and met with a favourable recepti",'e scene
lb
entitled Don Juan of Arragon, or the Covenant.
d Silva,
is laid near Saragossa, at the castle of Don Games e
or_uiia, a
an aged noble, who is preparing to espouse Dontne
ed lover of
damsel of his own illustrious lineage. The rayon name of
his lady, Don John, proscribed as a rebel, under the .ost the
Raymond, is magnanimously protected by Gomez ogrnala,__ ay,
emissaries of Charles the Fifth, and binds himself to ,'!__g,
sacrifice in return at the summons of his Julia as
restored to royal favour, and blessed with the fair
r_aftion
bride, the jealous and vindictive Gomez demands a eliewt•
either
of this fatal pledge, and leaves him the choice of deat. y
e- but '4
'on or steel. He accepts the first alternativ . :_,
pots the ____, desnairiuft
anticipated in his purpose by the affectionate au.
.ne hod,
Julia—they perish together, and Gomez dies by his ow
full of pity and remorse at the misery he has inflicted: .
__l
VICTORIA THEATRE.—A new bistordicr:
drama, in three acts, called the Tribute of One weigh
Virgins, has been brought out here. The piece possesses
ve_
degree of interest. Strong efforts are making by the iftzel!_,...s
ment to gain a due share of public support, and their ta
upon it will be ratified, we hope, in a most decided and permit'
nent manner.
VIED."'
PARISH OF ST. MARTIN'S-IN-THE-. f
—On Tuesday afternoon, at four o'clock, the parishienes.:f
St. Martin's-in-the-Fields dined together, to the. nutl3beir•ia
about two hundred, at the Artichoke Tavern, Blacks/al ~,
celebrate the aunivmary oft!ie triumph 01 Itefaai pi.incipVi
in the election of their vestrymen. Mr. Leader,_M•P•2
representative for the city of Westminster, presided.

ENTI IN VDIII ON's
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SOW-STREgT.—(THIS DAY.)

11E-EXAMINATION OF RICHARD GOULD.
About two o'clock, Richard Gould was placed at the
lar, before Mr. HALL, for re-examination, on the charge
of burglary. and stealing certain monies, in the dwelling-
I3ouse of Mr. Teinplemaa. in Pocock's-fields.
Mr. Jardine and M. Twyford were present, and the
Duke of Brunswick v as also on the bench.
Mr. HOBLER said, that from the evidence necessary to
be adduced in support of the charge against the prisoner,
a remand would be necessary ; but in the meantime he
would proceed to show that Mr. Templeman was in posses-
ion of money on the evening before the robbery.
Mrs. Lovett, Mrs. Morgan, and other persons, who had
Paid Mr. Templeman money the day before the robbery,
Were then examined, and the investigation was procceJing
when we went to press.