The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1839-10-01 00:00:00

PROMOTIONS.

Rev. Edward Hawkins, M. A. to the Perpetual Curacy of
Coleford, in the Forest of Dean, vacant by the resignation
of the Rev. T. Dowell: patron, the Lord Bishop of Glou-
cester and Bristol.

Rev. Giles Daubeny, to the Rectory of Lydiard Tregoz,
Wilts, vacant by the death of the Rev. R. Miles : patroness,
Mrs. Collins, of Betterton.
Rev. Thos. Chambers, M. A. of St. John's Coll. Cam-
bridge, to be Head Master of the Royal Navy College.
Rev. J. A. Body, B. A. of St. John's College, Cambridge,
to be Chaplain to the Manchester Poor House, vacant by the
death of the Rev. Edward Hayes.
Rev. W. E. L. Faulkner, M. A. to the Perpetual Curacy
of St. James's, Clerkenwell, with Pentonville, vacant by the
death of the Rev. Thomas Shepherd, M. A. of St. Edmund's
Hall. This living is in the patronage of the inhabitants of
the parish. The candidates for it were—Mr. Faulkner, and
the Rev. Robert Crawford Dillon, D. D. of St Edmund Hall.
The poll continued three days ; at its close the numbers were
—for Mr. Faulkner, 1576 ; Dr. Dillon, 1330 ; majority for
Mr. Faulkner, 246.

Rev. Mr. Bennett, of Dublin, to the Curacy of Knock
breda, Belfast.

Rev. Robert Bland, of King's College, Cambridge, to the
Vicarage of Tutbury, Staffordshire ; patron, the Archdeacon
of Derby.
Rev. George Lardner Foxton, M. A. Curate of Martley,
to the Vicarage of St. Peter's, Worcester, with the Chapeldry
of Whittington annexed, vacant by the cession of the Rev.
Wm. Smith, Vicar of Overbury ; patrons, the Dean and
Chapter of Worcester.
Rev. John Delmege, to the Curacy of Banagher, Ireland.
Rev. Robt. Cage, to the united livings of Tessara, Diocese
of Elphin, Ireland.

Re;. Chatterly Bishop, to the Ministry of the Church of
St. Catherine, Northampton.
Rev. W. R. Mahony, to the District Curacy of Farnham,
Ireland.

BLOWING UP THE WRECK OF TIIE ROYAL GEORGE

(From the Times.)
We learn with great satisfaction that Colonel Pasley, with
the usual success which attends well-directed perseverance,
has at length succeeded in firing off one of his enormous sub-
marine mines of gunpowder against the wreck of the Royal
George, at Spithead. At two o'clock on Monday afternoon,
as we learn from our Portsmouth correspondent, a cylinder,
containing 2,320 lb. of powder, was carefully lowered to the
bottom, where it was placed alongside the most compact por-
tion of the wreck which has yet been discovered by the di-
vers. This operation was effected by means of hauling lines,
rove through blocks attached to the bottom of the ship by the
divers. When everything was ready, the vessel in which the
voltaic battery was placed was drawn off to the distance of
500 feet, which is the length of the connecting wires, and in-
stantaneously on the circuit being completed the explosion
took place, and the effects were very remarkable. At first
the surface of the sea, which had before been perfectly smooth
and calm, was violently agitated by a sort of tremulous mo-
tion, which threw it into small irregular waves, a few inches
only in height. This lasted for three or four seconds, when
a huge dome of water made its appearance, of a conical or ra-
ther beehive shape. At first it appeared to rise slowly, but
rapidly increased in height and size till it reached the altitude
of 21 or 30 feet, in a tolerably compact mass. It then fell
down and produced a series of rings, which spread in all di-
rections. The first, or outer one of these, having the aspect
of a wave several feet in height, curled and broke, as if it had
been driven towards the shore. Neither the shock nor the
sound was so great as had been expected by those who had
witnessed the former explosions by Colonel Pasley, where
the quantity of powder was only 551 b. ; but the effect produ-
ced on the water at the surface, considering that the depth
was 90 feet, was truly astonishing. What the effect has been
upon the wreck will not be fully ascertained by the divers till
the present spring tides are over, and the long periods of
slack water at the neaps enable the divers to remain for up-
wards of half an hour under water. In the mean time, it is
highly satisfactory to know that Colonel Pasley has com-
pletely established his command over the application of the
voltaic battery to sub-marine purposes, and that he can now
with certainty explode his charges at any depth of water.
This will give him the power of placing his cylinders against
the most refractory parts of the wreck, and, by blowing these
to pieces, and dislocating the knees, timbers, and beams,
enable him to draw the whole up, bit-by-bit, to the surface.
Any person who has seen the operation of breaking up a ship
on land knows that this is the only way of going to work
with a mass se firmly bound togather as a line-of-battle-ship,
that even the action of 57 years of decay under water goes
but a small way to disintegrate the parts. The manly per-
severance of Colonel Pasley, therefore, we are well convinced,
will, in the end, effectually clear the noble anchorage of
Spithead of this extremely troublesome obstruction.

FURTHER PARTICULARS.
(From the Morning Herald.)
PORTSMOUTH, SEPT. 27.—1 t has been already stated that
Col. Pasley succeeded on Monday in exploding, by the ap-
plication of the voltaic battery, 2,3201 b of gunpowder against
the wreck of this unfortunate ship, but that the effect upon it
will not be fully ascertained by the divers until the present
spring tides are over. The divers have, however, since
descended to explore, as far as was practicable, and they re-
port so favourably of its beneficial results as to leave no doubt
whatever that by a repetition of two or three similar explo-
sions, every fragment of this hitherto serious im! ediment to
the most important part of the anchorage at Spithead may be
readily severed and brought up to the surface. It is well
known that the Royal George originally carried none but
brass guns, but that some time previously to her catastrophe,
those on her lower deck were landed at Plymouth, and iron
guns, 36 pounders, substituted for them, which were trans-
ferred from the Glory. About three o'clock on Wednesday
afternoon the divers secured one of these and a brass 24-
pounder, which were soon afterwards hauled up. The for-
mer came up, mounted on its carriage as it was found. It
is much corroded, but the carriage, which is constructed of
elm, has suffered no decay. The brass 24 pounder is a beau-
tiful piece of ordnance, and is in as perfect a state of pre-
servation as when it came from the foundry. These guns
have been deposited in the dock-yard, and have excited the
greatest curiosity, and the same may be said of the timbers
that have been removed from her, much anxiety having been
exhibited to obtain possession of any portion for the purpose
of conversion into articles of use.