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London, England, 1844-08-30 00:00:00

SUBMARINE OPERATIONS j which was most dangerous to ships' anchors-1°
AGAINST THE WRECK OF THE EDGAR AT situated. A number of small anchors has also
SPITHEAD. sent up by the divers, probably belonging to flsbritog
These have been proceeding with great vigour boats that have become entangled fr,.,rn time to
under the able and zealous superintendence of Lieu- in the remains of the Edgar, owing to the iliac
tenant Barlow, the executive engineer. The great position of the wreck buoys. The Edgar taus' 70,t,
mass of timber imbedded in mud, composing the , sunk with her head to the eastward, because her,,,
centre of the hull of the Edgar, which was discovered der, which is now on board the Success, nearly n,,
on the 23d of May, and which from an accurate sur- feet, was found to the westward of the wreck of.
vey taken by that officer stood 13} feet higher than hull. In former years it had been proved that (IS,
the general level of the bottom, has been lowered ten could make each other hear at the bottom, by ape;:,//
feet by the continual removal of pieces, which have ing very loud ; but not so as to hold a conversed
either been loosened or fractured when necessary by conveniently. This year, it was found that wrtet.
frequent small explosions. The quantity of gunpow- might be distinctly read at the bottom ; for alte,
der expended in this manner, from the commencement sage on a piece of parchment, sent down by Vero,
of the season to Saturday, the 17th instant, inclusive, nant Barlow on deck to Lieutenant Fairholme be to
was more than 3,900 lbs. Amongst the large masses was read, and an appropriate reply in writing 01_1„er,
of wreck recovered, the greater part of which has same piece of parchment was sent up by the Is;:r,
been piled either on the watering island in the dock- who was provided with a pencil. It was found,,
yard behind the rigging-house, or on the island in the wards, that very small print may be read distinc_'olo
harbour, near Clarence victualling-yard, 40f feet at the bottom, but pencil-marks, made on cow'
length of the keel has been sent up. Thirteen more paper or on a card, become obliterated.
guns have been recovered since our last notice of thesT,
operations, of which nine were sent up in one week,
from the Bth to the 13th of July. The first of these
guns was discovered by sweeping, and the others
found not far from it, at the distance of from twenty
to twenty-five fathoms nearly north-east of the two
lighters then moored over the hull. Of these guns
Corporal Jones sent up four, viz., one 32-pounder,
two 18-pounders, and one 12 .pounder. Lance-Cor-
poral Girvan sent up one 32-pounder, and one
6-pounder; and Private Herbert, of the East India
Company's Sappers and Miners, sent up two
18-pounders, and a very large fragment of a 24.
pounder, wanting only three feet near the muzzle of
its total length.
On the 10th instant, the volunteer seamen of the
Excellent, who had been practising diving for two
months at Spithead, taking it in their turns for one
day at, a time, ceased to be employed, and afterwards
returned to their ship with a certificate from Major-
General Pasley, chiefly in consequence of the favour-
able report of Lieutenant Barlow, but also partly
from his own occasional observation, not only of their
being well qualified as divers, and of their zeal and
diligence as workmen, but also of their regularity and
good conduct when off duty, and or the friendly
manner in which they had behaved to the sappers and '
miners, riggers, and pensioners, and others employed
in the same service. In this satisfactory communica-
tion, addressed to Sir Thomas Hastings, their com-
manding officer, the fact of one of their number,
Quartermaster Germain, who took the place of one
of the constant military divers when ill, having on
that occasion sent up a piece of the keel of the Edgar,
was noticed. Lieutenant Fairholme, R.N., an officer
of the Excellent, also had authority from his com-
manding officer to remain at Spithead one week with
Lieutenant Barlow, with the laudable view of learn-
ing the art of diving, as well as the use of the voltaic
battery for submarine explosions, &c., and went re-
peatedly to the bottom, as Lieutenant Barlow had also
done. On one occasion Lieutenant Fairholme met
with one of the regular divers at the bottom, and
from want of experience went round him before he
returned to his own ladder, in consequence of which
his breast or signal line became entangled with this
man's, and on lseing hauled up his feet were upper-
most. This accident, which only caused him a tem-
porary headache, was another confirmation of the su•
periority of Mr. Siebe's improved diving apparatus.
Had the same thing happened with the original diving
apparatus of Deane's pattern, in which the helmet is
open at bottom, this valuable officer must inevitably
have been drowned. An accident had previously
occurred on the 12th of June, by an air-pipe separat-
ing from the pump on deck, whilst one of the volun-
teer seamen divers was at the bottom ; but no injury
was done to the individual in consequence, as the
safety valves with which that and all the other helmets
had been fitted by General Pasley's directions, and
which at the time were all in perfect order, prevented
the air from escaping, and the man was drawn up
perfectly unconscious that anything was amiss. The
same accident happened to Lance-Corporal Girvan,
on the 27th of July, whose air-pipe on deck separated
from the pump, on which, being fully aware that
something had gone wrong, he made the signal, and
was drawn up sensible, but much injured, especially
about the throat and head, as the air rushed violently
out of his helmet, in the same manner as if no safety-
valve had been attached to it. General Pasley, on
receiving the report of this accident—the third that
happened in the course of three seasons from the same
cause—was very much grieved, and at the same time
surprised. The first two accidents alluded to were
easily accounted for, as the helmets of the divers had
not been all provided with safety-valves at that time.
But this last accident at first appeared in some mea-
sure unaccountable, fur no report of the state of the
helmet had been made in announcing it. But as soon
as the helmet was carefully examined, the cause became
apparent. Owing to the safety-valve not having been
taken to pieces since the commencement of the sea-
son, it had become clogged with verdigris, so that it
could not shut properly, and a great portion of the air
was enabled to escape in consequence. Girvan was imme-
diately sent to Haslar Hospital, and, under the excellent
advice and treatment there, is rapidly recovering, his
general health fortunately not having been injured,
and his eyes only remaining weak and bloodshot.
After this accident, Lieut. Barlow had the safety-
valves of all the helmets taken to pieces and cleaned,
and this practice which has thus been proved to be
indispensable, will be repeated once a-week for the
future. Before this occurred, even the divers them-
selves placed such confidence in these valves, that they
were not aware of the necessity of overhauling them.
Another accident, but of a less serious nature, after-
wards occurred to Private Sticklen. After having
done his work at the bottom, whilst being hauled up
by signal to the lighter whence he had descended, his
helmet struck against a pig of ballast attached to a
diver's rope-ladder hanging over the side, which broke
one of his three glass eyes, so that the water rushing
in filled his dress and rose nearly to the top of his
helmet ; but, as this occurred near the surface, he
sustained no injury or inconvenience, except swallow-
ing some salt water.
Besides the volunteers of the Excellent, three vo-
lunteer seamen of her Majesty's ship Collingwood,
now at anchor at Spithead, and carrying the flags of
Rear-Admiral Sir George Seymour, were instructed
in the art of diving under Lieutenant Barlow, and
the system followed was personally inspected and ap-
proved by the Admiral himself, whose ship is provided
with a complete diving apparatus. The air-dumps
had always been examined and cleaned; the necessity
of which, if neglected, constantly forces itself upon
the attention of the divers and their assistants, but the
state of the safety-valves, unless periodically exa-
mined, could only be known by an accident.
Ile operations at Spithead were much impeded
and retarded by such very violent gales of wind
in the early part of the month of August, that the
divers were prevented from working from time to
time. The Success frigate, in which they were quar-
tered, rolled and pitched violently. The Drake sail-
ing lighter was obliged to take refuge in Portsmouth
harbour, and the operation of sweeping for guns and
wreck, which was carried on at all times when prac-
ticable, by Major-General Pasley's orders, was
necessarily Suspended; but on the 23d of August
when he again visited Spithead, he was pleased to find
that an 18-pounder had been sent up that morning by
private Sticklen, of the East India Company's Sap-
pers and Miners, which was discovered by sweeping
at the distance of about 15 fathoms to the north-east of
the lighter. Next day, when he repeated his visit, a
large floor-timber, broken by some of the previous
explosions, was sent up by Corporal Jones, who after-
wards took down a large crate, in which he sent up,
besides staves of casks, &c., 91 shot of various sizes,
chiefly 32-pounders, lying over a mass of shingle ; for
no other sort of ballast was then used at the time when
the Edgar was fitted out. It now seemed almost cer-
tain that the whole of the remaining woodwork would
be removed this season ; but doubts were entertained
as to the guns until the evening of that day, when, at
. the last slack tide, a 32-pounder, discovered by sweep-
ing, was sent up by private Herbert, of the East India
Company's service. This gun was found at the dis-
tance of about 80 fathoms to the northward of the
position of the hull of the wreck, over which the
lighters are moored, and only twenty fathoms south
of the Success frigate hulk, and, as other
guns had previously been found twenty fathoms
south of the lighters, it follows that the explosion
of the magazines of the Edgar had scattered the
guns of that ill-fated vessel to the distance of 100
fathoms from each other. The cause of this explosion
is as much a secret as the so-called invisible shell by
which Captain Warner recently destroyed the John
o'Gaunt off Brighton ; but the fact of the Edgar's
guns being thrown to such unexpected distances by
the force of gunpowder, which is not to be despised, li
renders it possible, that by extending the sphere of
action of the boats employed in sweeping, most, if not
all of the missing guns, may be discovered in the
course of the season. The number of those now re-
maining at the bottom is nineteen whole guns, and
three small fragments of guns broken to pieces by the
explosion of the magazines • certainly not by any of
the submarine charges fired by Lieutenant Barlow, ;
to separate the parts of the wreck. The removal of
the lighters from their moorings being exceedingly
troublesome and inconvenient, they have remained in
the same position over the hull of the Edgar ever
since it was discovered, whilst a launch has been de- •
tached to a distance with a diving apparatus to search
for guns, which, if found, are got up by means of the
masthead tackle of the Drake sailing lighter, In
sweeping for guns and wreck a great number of
sinkers, or large stones, by which the wreck
buoys were moored, have been discovered, •
and sent up from time to time by the divers,
at considerable distances from each other, and even
from the wreck ; for one of them, with 4
the skeleton of a buoy attached to 'train and
distance of 50 fathoms 4 was found at the
here -
‘o the north-east of the spot
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remains of the hull—that part of the wreck

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ACCIDENTAL DEATH OF ;
REV. DR. CARSON, OF TOBERMORE.,
It is our melancholy duty to announce the erjel •
of this disintinguished and venerated divine, in
took place on the 24th instant. The circumstance9c6;
Dr. Carson's decease, which were in all respects to
trying and affecting, are as follow :—Having 1)-00
for a few weeks in England, where he had geese
ecclesiastical business, he was about to return ho
wards on the 16th instant. He reached the qusic't,
which he was to take the steamer to Belfast, 11
siderable period before the hour of sailing;
while walking leisurely upon the wharf, he Pnd
out his watch to ascertain how long time tot •
elapse before the vessel would leave the hati7ete,
While in the act of looking at the timeto
he unconsciously approached too near the
and, in an instant, was precipitated into jilt
tide. The fall to the water was about nine feet/lc/el
the depth of the liquid element was twenty-fived •
more. No sooner, however, had he sunk than alo •
boat from the quay was pushed off,, and, iinme4o.l4
on his rising to the surface, he was safely placedrdet,
His arm, which had been dislocated at the 811°1'1,
was speedily adjusted, and the injury sustained did 01
appear so great as to forbid his being conveyed_ t°
berth in the Falcon, then about to sail. The
was unusually long, extending to about twenty' I,
hours ; and, although every attention was paid to,'
while on board, it was found, on his arrival in Belk
that he was in a state of extreme debility, although'
was not conceived of danger. He was removedY
residence of the Rev. Mr. Wilson, Baptist mill
where he remained till his decease. He had not 1.0
long there till symptoms of congestion of bloodll.act
the lungs presented themselves; but, under thelAthl
cious treatment of Drs. Moffatt and Purdon, joitiev
his son, Dr. Carson, of Coleraine, it was expectedl
the attack would be arrested. On Friday eve.
however, an unfavourable change presented tot
and, on the morning of Saturday, he breathed his ity
He retained the full vigour of his mental Aloe
throughout his illness, and evinced the greatestlolo
ness and composure under the visitation. ,
He "
the 68th year of his age.—Banner of Ulster.
Ladies travelling, or temporarily subjected #
deviation of equable temperature, will find in Ito igel;
ICulydor a renovating and refreshing auxiliary! 01
ling the cloud of langour from the complesl!sipaii
immediately affording the pleasing sensation std
restored elasticity of the akin. The distressiei ole
unsightly varieties of cutaneous eruptions ‘lllollt
promptly eradicated by the Kalydor. Spots, it°
freckles, discolourations, and sallowness, yiel tho#
specific qualities, and are succeeded by a stslipte,
and transparency of the skin, giving rise to se?...tof,
of the utmost pleasure and surprise. Being UnTes iFy
preferred, its consequent great demand excitor
cupidity of unprincipled shopkeepers, who give eon
of "Genuine" Kalydor to some compounds of tut cc/'
manufacture, of the most deleterious character' Itte
taming mineral astringents utterly ruinous el
complexion, and by 'their repellant action ends° oif
health. It is, therefore, imperative on urchssn IY
see that the words " Rowland's Kalydor' art
wrapper. All others are fraudulent counterfeits 1
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NEWLY INVENTED SPECTACLES, TELBSCOIIi,
—ln consequence of the great inconvenience fee .
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tended with injurious effects to persons' eye-sigh,
country, by their not being enabled to be properier 4
with spectacles, &c., and which have come Unit 9.
notice (to a great extent) of the Messrs. S. and 'ope,
mons, Opticians, 39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly, tor,
site the York Hotel, they have contrived means 17/00 Ar
individuals, at the most remote part of the glebe',oo,',
suited with their Newly Invented Spectacles, 11:4 Sr
their age, and, if making use of Spectacles, nerni
length of time they have done so. Immediateiero
Newly Invented Spectacles are placed before
vision, that mist and dullness which appear beLd
eyes is at once removed, every object becomes e',70011
distinct, so that the most aged imperfect sight ilf„,
to its youthful, natural, and original state. 1'1,4r
Achromatic Telescopes, Opera Glasses, Microscope
of the same kind of Lenses, to surpass any ever Cori
vented. Their Sound Magnifiers, Invisible Irei°801:
ductors, will enable persons at an advanced sgel
forty and fifty years standing of extreme clegi'p
lo
en
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join in general conversation • they are not in them
perceptible, nor more uncomfortable than having Of
piece of fine wool in its place. Sent, carriage frey
distance.—Caution : Messrs. S. and B. Soloinons,ii
clans and Aurists, are not in any way connectedoof
person of the same name in their immediate neig tois:,
hood, nor in any part of the country. To prevefogi
takes, be cautious, and observe—only to be, 000,1
39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly, opposite the Yorks
[ADVERTISEMENT].—A STARTLING cilsnightit
HOLLOWAY'S PILLS.—A gentleman named
late of the West Indies, but now residing in vat 5,,
road, Liverpool, had suffered for many years vb,"tber.4
ceased stomach, with flutterings and a sinking at the
of the stomach, and palpitation of the heart, Pc] fer
of breath, with a continual craving after substantial or
together with a depression of spirits borderieg 0100'
lancholy. He paid hundreds for advice without it 04
ing the least benefit, but, however extraordinsrts of
appear, he was radically cured in about six wee,..7,0 Tiv,„
his ailments by these wonderful pills. Sold k";i'sr;
fessor Holloway's Ointment) at Professor Holl°wiii
tablishment, 224, Strand (where advice Val for;
gratis), and by almost all respectable vendor* 0
cinu throughout the civilised world. IA
PERIPATETIC PREACIIERS.—TiIe quiet
Glenbucket, where all the parishioners have I it
the Established Church, had, the other week, a vv seAli
one of those peregrinating parsons who have 011,18"-
from the south to enlighten the darkness of this O%Fr
quarter of the kingdom. On Sunday fortniglit'to fl 4;
Church preacher in a neighbouring parish celroval,
pare the way—an advanced post, or a stray/ t.'of Ole",;
to give notice how the wind blew in the district :0 f‘ige
bucket. He, however, stood
."alone in his gl?rls."
went to listen to the worthy man's ministratio° It
the Wednesday a body of cavalry was ohserft is
aroaching from Towie. The good folks had Vora
ti t
on Sunday, that a certain southern pulpiteer vrZed Ord
them, but the crowd that now approached I°°,l„s' pel7
as if an attempt was to be made to 'spread the w:,,per
the arm of flesh, than like the quiet, meek 113P,Teorr
modern days. The fears of the people on this it off
if any existed—were however, soon dispelled•
found that no hostility was intended—no °belt sriti
creeds, or the only alternative, cold steel into tboit
=ells. The crowd that appeared OR horse eol)fr'e
only composed of quiet, peace-loving Prirlitep
peripatetic audience accompanying the fentcirsl
preacher; the latter worthy, having •"ence.ll
1,
that he would get few to appreciate his elo`4l rerc-i
Glenbucket, and thinking it a pity that so te°'7loll,o
should be lost to the world, took the wise pFeclicor;°
carrying a congregation along with him. It is Iteadito
way and a good plan. It makes scarcity of s'AbliP'
less apparent, and numbers more conspicuous.--
Herald-.

116*
BIRTHS. ,:,.., the
On the 25th inst., at Down-place, BerkeaL— ,t*
Mrs. Fitzmaurice, of a son. Telgloll-e
On the 7th2 inst., at Tunbridge.walls, Lady '
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of a son. m grej"bil '
On the 22d inst., in Belf,,rave-place,Brig__ol2, Or
est
Sherriff, of a son.
td Be
On the 22d inst., Mrs. Dowse, Garway-road,- ' isdi of
of a son. , a ,
On the 25th inst., at Ventnor, Isle of Wiggin'ov.,
lad' a
Captain H. W. Hadfield, late Madras army, °,;,.&11- 'ille 11-#
On the 26th inst., at Gillingham, DorsetsP'.-' 10,
the Rev. W. L. Collett, of a daughter.
,1n.... tile
On the 27th inst., at the Parsonage, PenicA'D '
of the Rev. Joseph Salt, of a daughter. '
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On the 27th inst., at Teignmouth, the lady of S• °et
Iles
Esq., of a son. .0 of the
On the 27th inst., at Wilton, Norfolk, the wife
W. H. Hanson, of a daughter. ot
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IARIED. ELlWiir Id, e Grit
On the 27th inst., at Westbu-upon-TrrTh neogiciOe'
son of the late Edward Strachey,ry Esq., of the IV' "
Service, to Elizabeth, daughter of the late BO' ook
son, of Woodbury,Cawbridgeshire. tg, Seri: to*
On the 27th inst., at the Church of St. James
.„„t toc.,rtiel-
sey, Mr. Joseph Haycraft, of Deptford, -n.e'cisey,
.7- pgr
youngest daughter of Mr. G. Bayly, of BerronF. shoe', of
On the 27th inst., at Battersea, Adolef,hus, daughte.
of Battersea-fields, to Charlotte Amelia, ues- .a.dtene
1 P. Hultne, Esq., of the Clapham-road. Kohut l'• 'h-erio.
On the 27th inst., at Portsea, the Rev. to CA .7404
son, B.A. of Corpus Christi College, Cambridqc,., of '-'
Bronncker, second.' daughter of W. Atfield, T-'''s
House, Southsea, Hants.
iirill°
DIED. to villa'
On the 26th inst., at York-place, rill- n ve#
Ball, aged 73. a ShlbtlePtea-istit'
On the 26th inst., Archibald Little, Escl,,," .„-- t , Lieu
On the 26th inst., at Burtca Lodge, x."---e'
General Lord Keane. abetht if. °
On the 22d inst., at Mudeford, Ilants, Eiii,..,_th, ....at
W. Adair Bruce, 2 sq., of Lansdown-crescent, Pal”
..r.Ol--
On the 9?,a lust., William Potter. bookseller, 0 P`""."
.
Lehnster• square, aged 44. yorkebir* e-
On the 25th inst., at Crow Trees, Rastric,k_,,oooB, 1.0
infant daughter of Captain Atherton, Hew a
shire. ir . oxhide, FM',
h a
On the 25th inst., at Southampton, Ric _
le ,s„,rough-
.lios
Alderman, and many years Mag:strate of th
_&,:w.
On the 26th inst., at Lansdown-creacent
Allan Thompson, Esq., aged 83. „_,r,„ii3,-,Calitulellen:f°artil
On tile 27th inst., at Corsham, Wilts, kx'"'ackie, 9dbsto,
daughter of the late Major-General George.
0-ti the 27th inst., at Southampton, 'Edward ..erl
Esq late of Topsham, near Exeter. ___,..-0f
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