Star. — London, England, 1819-07-10 00:00:00

IOLY PATE OF MADAME MAN. THE CELEBRATED .ERONAUT. the Paris Papers, reeeirwl this freeman) PAWS, JULY a. tordinary which bad been for some 7etl to take place this evening at Tivoli, :nalized by a shocking catastrophe -- inmerota spectacles which had been an le public, was the ascension of Madame in a luminous balloon furnished with v, at half-put ten, this intrepid aro in white, with a hat and plumes of the mounted her parachute. At a given ikon rose, but so slowly that part of the me in contact with the surrounding trees. throwing out some ballast, Madame soon rose rapidly. The ascension was y Bengallights; the teronata waved her air resounded with acclitmations. All he balloon entered a slight cloud, which ollscured the Bengal lights. Madame set the match to the fire=works, in I , ley might produce the expected effect, perceived that some rockets took a per 'rrctiiir. towards the balloon, and set fire' r. id it. Immediately a dreadful blase r jaw the heats of all the spectators, in but little doubt as to the deplorable ,:brt unate erroaout. 45siblc to describe the scene which rvoli :J. Cries of lamentation burst from all then of females felt into convulsions— n was painted in every face ! 's-darmcs rode off at full gallop towards here it was supposed the fall might take in about a quarter of an hour afterwards ted to Tivoli, with the lifeless body of Ma cit A RD. She fell in the Rue de Provence, rr of the Rue Chaussat—she was in her Nweloped in the het-wot k which had at the balloon. not ad•I; that by the desire of the public sements ceased. A subscription was simul nnmencei in favour of the family of Ma. :ett A nn. This unfortunate lady was about age.—Gar.cite de France. ANOTHF,It ACCOUNT. .ul event has changed into mourning the e fete which was to have been given to soli. Scarcely had the Balloon of Ma- NCLIARD got clear of the garden, when it a considerable height. The Parachute Rue de Provence, and the unfortunate v: as brought lifeless to Tivoli. ?victors of the Garden have presented the the evening to the- family of Madame RD; and, on departing, every person.bas-' add sometliing •to the slim already cOl lurnal de l'aris. A THIRD ACCOUNT. icholy event has terminated in a deplora- T the fete given this evening at Tivoli. iLANCIIARD. who ascended amid the plan immense concourse of spectators, was pre torn a great height in the air, and fell upon i the Rue Taitbunt. Her body was brought the spot from which she ascended. It l• ugine the shock which this terrible cads 'e to the spectators. females fainted, and every one withdrew citing the conclusion of the fete. It is sup . the fire-works which came in contact with is the balloon ascended• bad got deranged, he rockets, having by this accident changed :tion, set fire to the balloon. A subscrip made at the gate of Trivoli for the family fortunate sufferer, and every one hastened his offering.--Quotidienne. xcumus, the husband of Madame BLAZE: as the first who constructed Parachutes and iem to Balloons, for the purpose of escape accident. During an excursion which be from Lisle about the end of August, 1785, adventurous seronaut travelled without distance of not less than 300 miles, he let log from a vast height in the basket of a and thepoor animal falling gently through ached the ground unhurt. Since that period ice and management of the parachute have ied much farther by other serial travellers z icularly by M. GARNIAIN, who has dared yto descend from the region of the clots* very slender machine. This ingenious and , .rentlnan visited London during the short 1802, and made two fine ascents with his in the second of which he threw him I amazing elevation with a parachute.-- ided for some seconds with an accelerating , till it became tossed extremely, and took le oscillations that the basket, or car, was at sown almost into an horizontal position. It Iver Mary-la-bonne and Somers Town, a nd razed the houses of St. Pancras. At last it struck the ground in a neighbouring 59 violent was the shock as to throw poor ,Is on his face, i .by which accident he re ane cuts, and bled considerably. He seemed , ch agitated and trembled exceedingly at the ::as released from the car. One of the .h? parachute had chanced to give way (as likely the case with Madame BLANCHARD), ity.vard circumstance deranged the appara urbed its proper balance, and threatened the :r during the whole of his descent with im destruction. The feeling of such extreme tx) much for lrman nature to bear. atastrophe of Atilitme BLANCHARD has a . esemblauce to that which befel Roma and ROMAIN in 1785. From some vague idea of being better able to regulate the ascent of the balloon, they had incautiously suspended below it a small smoke one of ten feet diameter—a combination to which may be imputed the disastrous issue. Scarcely a quarter Of an hour had elapsed after their ascension, when the whole apparatus, at the height of above 3,000 feet, was observed to be on fire, and its scattered fragments, with the unfortu nate voyagers, were precipitated to the ground. They fell near the sea shore, about four miles from Bou logne, and were instantly killed by the tremendous shock, their bodies being found dreadfully mangled. The only other fatal Accident with balloons which we at r e sent m sent recollect, happened in Italy several Vears the loss of Ro E n and ROM AI N, when a enetian Nobleman and his Lady, after having per formed successfully various ascents, fell from a vast height and perished on the spot. TILE COMET. ~ ORFORD, JULY io. " The Comet was observed, at the Radcliffe Observatory, on Thursday night, at 10h. 46m. 18s. mean time, and the following was ascertained to he its situation at that time : Right Ascension - - - - 7h. 12m. 316. L Declination, corrected for refraction 49*. Om. 9s. N. " From a previous comparison of its right ascension with that of a known fixed star, it must have passed the meridian below the Pole at about 6 minutes past 12, but the sky was then thickly overcast." " PARIS, JULY 7. " It was M. Mascrt.r.us, Member of the Chamber of Depu ties, who first perceived the Comet which has beeh for some days remarked in the meridian of Paris. Being by chance at the Observatory, he discovered in the Constellation of Lynx a lumi nous body, which he judged to be a Comet, but which another supposed to be a Ball of Fire. Ile apprised M. Costvat.tra of his discovery, and observing the strange luminary with more attention, assured himself that he was not deceived. AU the observations since made have confirmed the conjectures of M. MAncrtams; and we are assured that Messieurs the Astrono mers have written to the Honourable Deputy a very obliging letter on the occasion. It is not true that this is the same Comet which was pointed out by M. Ports. The Marcell:a is more bril liant ; its nucleus is smaller, but it is better marked than that in the Comet discovered by M. PONS, which is besides situated of another part of the Heavens, towards .tbe Constellation Lea."— Gazette de France. Our Astronomers are the more to be reproached for not having foretold this Comet, since it appears certain that M. PIAUI, the celebrated Astronomer at Palermo, had announced its appearance to her Royal Highness the Duchess of Bram." ENGLAND. There i 5 a land amid the waves, Whose sons are fam'd in story, Who never were, nor will be slaves, Nor shrink from death and glory ! Then strike the harp, and bid it swell, With flowing bowls before ye, " Here's to the Land in which we dwell : " To England—Europe's glory !" Blest land, beyond all lands afar ! Encircled in the waters — With lion-hearted sons in war, • And beauty's fearless daughters. Go, ye whose discontented hearts Disdain the joy before ye— Go, seek a home in foreign parts Like England, Europe's glory ! Whether in sultry climes ye rove, A solitary stranger, /- Or seek the foreign fair one's love, Where lurk deceit and danger, Where will ye find dmestic bibs, With social sweets before ye— A land so great, so good as this, As England, Europe's glory? ASSESSED FAXES. As the Act for allowing a certain composition on the Assessed Taxes has now passed, a brief account of it may be useful to some, and not unacceptable to all our Readers. It appears that the assessments made for the year ending on the sth of April List shall remain at the same amount, to all persons who shall compound for the payment thereof, for the term of three years. The composition is an ;addition of 5 per cent. on the present assessment ; and the advan tage resulting from it is thisthat if last year a man paid for window tax five pounds, he is by the Act al lowed, for five shillings more, to open double or treble the number of windows, at his own discretion ; and in the same way for horses, carriages, and other assessed articles—with this proviso, that the increase in his es tablishment be made in articles of the same kind.—, A person, for instance, may , after paying h is com p o- 1 sition-money upon one horse, keep two or morel without any additional charge of tax; but if to hisl horses he Ode a carriage, he is still liable to the carriage-tax. No composition can be entered into under the Act with any person who has become chargeable in the present year, by reason of any dif ferent or additional establishment set up before the sth of last April, to a greater amount of duty thtn has been charged upon him in his last year's assess-1 ment, without including as well the amount of duty' so charged in the said assessment, as the increased amount of duty so becoming chargeable by reasdi of such different or additional establishment. If a person wish to take advantage of the compo sition only for three years in enlarging his establish-, Inent, he is required to give six months previous no tice of his intention to discontinue the same, and must actually have ceased to keep the same one calendar month prior to the expiration of the said period of three years. This is a point which we would recommend to all compounders to bear in mind, otherwise they may find themselves unwarily invol ved in a very serious expense, greatly exceeding their means or wishes to pay. Compositions on dwelling-houses are to cease at the end of the year of removal, and on other articled by the death of the party compounding. The monies to arise by 'virtue of the composition entered into under this Act, are to be payable at the same times, in the same proportions, and to the same persons, as the duties of Assessed Taxes are now payable. By the said Act too, any person may, by paying his annual composition in advance, gain the advantage of a discount of S per cent. per annum, calculated for the period or periods by which each respective sum shall be paid sooner than the period prescribed for the payment thereof. But a moiety the annual sum payable by the composition entered into, is to be paid within ten days after the date of the certificate, of composition ; which composition cannot be entered into after the 31st of October, 1819. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. IPSWICH RACES—Szcorn DAY. Wednesday, the following horses started for the Gentleman's Purse of 50gs: Major Wilson's eh. h. Trimmer, 4 yrspld - Mr. James Edwards's cb. e. Pluto, 3 yrs old Mr. Jones's eh. e. by Soothsayer, ditto 1 0 1 2 0 2 3 3 3 Such a strongly contested race has not for many years been witnessed upon our ground, particularly the second heat. The distance, about two miles and a quarter, was performed in little more than four minutes. The riders of Trimmer and Pluto kept abreast the greater part of the way, and from Nacton cor ner every effort was practiced to urge the speed of the horses. The second being pronounced a dead one, excited much interest. Twu horses started for the Sweepstakes, viz. Major Wilson's f. Shidant, and a bay filly, by Timekeeper, named by H. A. Crickets, Esq. which was woo by the former. The afternoon was very fine, and a great number of personsyere present. On Thursday, for the Town Purse. Sir C. Bunbnry's ch. c. Comus - Mr. Jones's ch. c. Soothsayer - Mr. Turner's b. c. by Timekeeper I 1 2 '2 3 3 The Ordinaries and Assemblies were but thinly attended. The performances at the 'Theatre gave entire satisfaction to Very gen teel audiences. T. S. Omen, Esq. and Sir WILLIAM Itowi.rv. Bart. the two County Members, and R. A. Csicsirz and Ww. Nrwrom, Esqrs. the Representatives of the Borough, were upon the Course each day ; in compliment to,theni the postilions of several O:stlemene carriages wore blue favours. HENRY 13s- RING and DURO, Esqrs. arrived at Ipswich on Tuesday night. Upon the Race Course, Mr. BARING'S postilions sported orange favours, and many of his partizans wore a flower of the same colour In the button-holes of their coats. FLAN -en( 7 (From thg Vie extr"r' e announce - been sign ,iong the nu „laced to the ANCHARD works. Acccnjingli clothed :.., ;Ile colour, -sal the ball z..svotks can T vever; by 7,ASCHARD s urdnated by s t and the s o-.!dea tb 0 ! ; Asc . li‘rn r was i'ctilar the hottoa . 1 1ck tcaor ;tying them ite of tile ur impos! ow pit .t.ente , 'de; ; numb onstcriatinn wh 'ace, aid in ley returnee ante ilthe,NC t the corner ai-achale e; • che:l it to t We need t I the amuse tneously col .ame 5 years cf a A frightft aqr.iticent ight at Tiv .ante IILAN k fire at 1 in the liven:UM ' Prof 'cents of 'LANCHAR lied to a ected.--Jo A melan( ble manner • adaine Bt dits of an ii cipitatecl fie a house in t LlAss to th easy to ima trphe gave Several 1 witlicut posed that I the trees as and that di their direct tion was m of the unfit to deposit 1 M. 111. A CNA rte, wa annexed thl iu case of a tndertook when this halting a d thisvn a d( parachute, lite is real pectic I ,. en cirri( cad partic rzpecedly th that :irked Ft :ace of 't ?loon, i :em an de>cend 5.... ch wide 'roes th ro o v - Imost gri . ortunatel Ad, bat FAIINrItt eired sur o be n ; ; i( omen?. I ar. of ti t r most • uot distu a,: Anti; re •ne,liate d was ca at rein BOXING. Over is training on so well, that he has become an equal fa vourite with his formidable antagonist, Dosing:l.y. The fight takes place on the 21st instant. The match between Randall and Scroggins may be considered off, as the £lO aside down will be drawn. Randall took pos session of a lush crib in Chancery-lane yesterday, and will not fight under £200; and Scroggins s patrons have no objection to be off a bad bargain ! TENNIS-COURT. A second match has been played between ➢Tr. Cox, and the celebrated Frenchman from Paris. The latter is the champion player in his own country. Mr. Cox took the extraordinary lead of winning eighteen games against four. The Frenchman, who was Junked at the superiority of his antagonist, got into a pas sion, and could do nothing with the ball. It was, however, insisted upon by his partisans, that Mr. Cox was principally in debted for victory to his repeated practice and peculiar know ledge of the Court. It is well known, in the sporting world, that first-rate fives players in enclosed Courts have been beat with the utmost sancfroid in open ones. The Frenchmen have in consequence offered to hack their man for £3OO a-side, to play against Mr. Cox in a named Court in Paris. This challenge, it is expected, will be accepted, and decided almost directly. Sunday, a boy named Buchanan, twelve years of age, leading a bull to water, in the parish of New Kilpatrick, near Glasgow, was so dreadfully gored by the animal, that he fell a victim to its ferocity ; after which it continued to gore and trample on the dead body. The shocking spectacle was discovered by the deceased's sister, who happened to come to the spot. A meeting of Mr. OWEN'S Committee was held on Thursday, at the Crown and Anchor, when it was resolved to have a Public Meeting on the 19th instant, in order to open a Public Subscription, for the pur pose of establishing an Institution on his Plan, in the neighbourhood of the Metropolis. The prejudices which were entertained against this. Gentleman's ope rations, by the friends of freedom and Christianity, are fast dying away, as his writings come to be exa mined. The most entire religious freedom is secu red ; and the Bible forms the subject for the religious education of the children. Any person holding a share in his Establishment, or residing in it, is always at liberty to sell out his share, or leave the Institu tion. Surely such a scheme as this can come from and lead to no evil. We long to see some experiment begun in the vicinity of the Metropolis. Lately a Privy Council was held at the Treasury- Chambers, presided over by Lord HARROWEY, and consisting of the LORD CHIEF JUSTICES of the Courts of King's Bench and Common Pleas / and the Loop CHIEF BARON of the Exchequer, SIT WILLIAM SCOTT, and Sir WILLIAM GRANT, and attended by the AT TORNEY GENERAL, &c. to investigate the circum stances attending the death of a Maltese at Athens, who was shot by Mr. W. Kinnaird, in January last. Mr. Kinnaird had presented himself at Malta for a trial, and was sent home a prisoner to England. After a full investigation and examination, Mr. Kinnaird was discharged, being honourably Acquitted of any charge against him. It appeared by the evidence transmitted by the Consuls of the Levant, that the firing on the deceased was in absolute self-defence. EXTRACT OF A PRIVATE LATTER FROM FLORENCE, DATED JUNE 20, 1819. " The Princess of WALES is grown extremely large and corpulent. She is recovered from the shock of her incomparable daughter's death, but it affected her powerfully at the time. Apart from political considerations, the circumstances under which she received the news were enough to produce the most painful effect on her feelings. On the arrival of the courier, there was no confidential person near her who understood the English language, and in the hope of finding very different information, she herself opened the letter which conveyed the fatal intelli gence. She fainted, and was ill for a length of time afterward. At present she resides at Pesaro, a small town, not 'far from Ancona. Her suite and establish ment are not on the grandest scale. The celebrated Baron, or Courier, for he is one, and was the other, forms part of it : he is now a man of a certain age, a large person, and of a dull character of countenance. Young AUSTIN, the boy whom the Princess adopted, and about whom such extraordinary assertions were made by Lady DOUGLAS, is grown a fine handsome young man. " The Princess has now taken a fancy to another child, the son of a peasant, of whom she is said to be equally fond :he goes with her every where. Her chief amusement is the Opera, which she almost en tirely supports. The custom in Italy is generally to hire your box for one opera, which is played succes sively far a number of nights, and when a new one is per formed you pay again for it. The Princess has had the operas frequently changed, and they say that it costs her from five to eight thousand pounds a year. " The Baron was some time since at Milan, his native place, but he found it so disagreeable as to depart very soon. Some of his relations are still there, and his origin and former situations are too well known. go The residence of the Princess is not far from the sea, but there is no view of it, owing to a hill or small mountain which rises between She has been visited by several of the German and Italian Princes, and one of the Archdukes paid her a visit lately. Lord BY HON still continues to reside at Venice." LEEDS, Application for pecuniary assistance having beeil made yesterday evening to the Committee of the Workhouse, by a person desiring to emigrate to Ame: rica, the Board came to an unanimous resolution', that they have not power to comply with any such application. Monday last, as two little girls, named Sarah and Rachael Gardener, the former nine years old, and the latter only seven, were sitting at their father's door, who is landlord of the Nags Head, at Battersea, a mad dog ran Up to them and bit one in the cheek and the other in the hose. They were subsequently bled, but notwithstanding all the usual means were resorted to, symptoms of hydrophobia increasedinith such rapidity that they died in a short time after.—A mad dog, supposed to be the same, passed through the town of Wandsworth, and on his way bit several dogs ; but fortunately Goff, the constable, shoe him. Thursday afternoon, as John Fitzpatrick, one of the labourers employed in clearing the rubbish at the house which fell in Market-street, St. James's, was front of the building, a large chest rolled off one of the Boors, and falling upon the poor man, crushed him dreadfully. He was carried in a state of insen- sibility to St. George's Hospital. Friday sennight a most melancholy circumstance occurred at Halsted, near Chelmsford, to SAMUEL Guc, about 12 years of age, youngest son of Mr. Joii Gm?, of the Ship Inn, irS that town. The yotitlt was at play with some other boys in a loft, at Mr. WA LFORD'S brewery, which is over that part in which large casks are deposited to receive the beer as it is brewed, and which is generally tanned into thenm from a trap door in the loft. The trap door had been left open, as the men were about to commence the filling of a VI-hogshead cask, the head of which Ilap;. pened to be directly under the trap door in the loft, when this unfortunate youth slipped through the trap door into the cask, which caused instant suffo cation. He was got out with all possible expedition, but the vital spark had fled, and every endeavour to recetver him proved ineffectual. Yesterday morning, about two o'clock, T. Trend, one of the Bow-street Patrole, while on duty near Hornsey, stopped two men with a cart, containing four sheep, supposed to have been stolen. On his way with the men and cart to meet his brc ther patrole, one of the villains felled him to the earth by a tremendous blow on the head with a large stick, which nearly rendered him senseless. -W hQe in this condition, they inhumanly drew-his cutlass and inflicted several desperate wounds'on his head, &c. The two villains escaped on hearing anothtr patrole coming up, leaving the cart and sheep behind them. 'frand now lies in a dreadful condition from the injury he had received, and strict search is being made for the offsuders. DARING ltoasaay.—On the morning of the 2Fth ultimo, a pane of glass_ was cut in the shop• Window of Mr.Monnier, clock and watch-maker, Southampton street, Strand, and the thief succeeded in carrying off two watches, a gold and steel chain, and a silver watch-case: This daring act was effected at the ' public hour of nine, while Mr. Monnier was at break fast in a hack room. Next morning' a 'paper packet was found in the area, containing the steel chain and the following polite Note,* written on a slip of paper. We insert it literally : ntox A' num). " &r--having made as mast a f poisibly Could of them gritty 'Watches and Cue ihave sent yea back this Chain as i Could get nothing for it and i thought it was of co use to any body but the owner i have sent yon Back,'" an ornament for your window So no mute at present froditohr humble Servant' " calve Ma WHIN YOU CAN." UNION HALL—Wednesday' a gentleman who sta ted his name to be Atkinson was brought to the Of fice in custody, and examined before T. P. VA Nee, Esq. charged by M. Rotaner, of the Surrey Theatre, with having on the preceding evening behaved in a mo't disorderly manner in the Theatre, during the per formance, to the great annoyance of the audience and interruption of the performers. Mr. Atkinson admitted the impropriety of his conduct on the occa sion, and said he had been spending the afternoon with a friend, where he had taken a glass too much, but expressed great contrition for having created a disturbance; and on his promising before the Magi.- trate not to be guilts. of a similar offence, Mr. Ito, ratter, on the part of 'Mr. Dihdin, consented to waive any further proceedings: the Magistrate, however, fined Mr. Atkinson ss. for having been intoxicated, which he readily paid, and was discharged. COURT OF it ROUICS 7i:6—Yesterday Mr. James Yallop, of ('harks -street, I larper-street, Kent-roar', master-baker, was summoned before the Commissio ners, to chew cause why he refused to pay 21. Ss. to Philip Howe. The following are briefly the facts of the case:—The plaintiff is keeper of a chandler's shop-in Brandon-street, Newington ) and dealt largelr • with the defendant for bread. His customers .have for some time suspected that the loaves were not the weight commanded by the Statute, and one person at length ti ied the question, and found them much deficient: in consequence of which an information . was filed against the plaintiff at Union Hall, and he was convicted ; but not being able to pay the penalty a distress was levied on his goods, and in consequence he suffered much, both in his credit and business— The present proceeding was to recover the amount of the penalty and costs so awarded, on the ground that the plaintiff had been innocently led into error by the conduct of the defendant, who, as the baker, ought in justice to be responsible. The defendant said, his bread was always the weight required by the Act; and he made it a prac-. rice not to send any bread out of his house which he had not previously weighed. If the loaves were af terwards knocked about, or damaged, so as to be made lighter, he was not responsible for dm; and he hoped the Comntissioners, as tradesmen, would dismiss the complaint. On the other hand, it was urged, that this was a new sort of defence which the bakers had adopted; but although their bread. might, when pulled full of steam from the oven, be found weight, yet when it came to be exposed four or five hours to the wind and sun, it would be found very. deficient. The Commissioners said, that whenever the seller of bread was convicted, the baker, in every such car, was liable to the payment of the fine. The plaintiff. it seemed, had been regularly convicted, and they unanimously agreed that his claim was well founded, and accordingly adjudged the baker to pay the whole sum, with costs, in a week: I •P IA .. i • l j . 1 1 I I t •i j, ! t. 1 l i i 1 1 , . I i 1 i 111 i . 4 i I ' 1 f • 1 ' I 1 11 'k 1 1 , I 1 , . i I ..' i . I r _ . t • r IP; . / I I 1 : ..... . , , , ii . I ( ! ' ri l • ;. 1 I t ' 1 • i . I ' 1 i .1 i . 1 :•/:, 1 .') 4 , ti