The Sun. — London, England, 1825-04-05 00:00:00

E 1.0 NJi6N -JOURNA DAILY ExtractO-Oin the Morning PrTers, April, 5, 1825, [NEW •TIMES] 4aeli curiosity is excited among our legal fd4uds, about certain letters, which are said to have been addressed to the Lord Chancellor, re- 1 lative to the proceedings of the Scotch Jury Court. Our readers are perhaps aware that this Court is of recent introduction into Scotland, and that,by the system adopted there,the preliminary steps are taken in the Court of Session. On dil (how awful is this safety-valve expression !) that animadversions blue been made upon the manner in which the Judges of the Court of Session usually prepare cases for tie Jary Court. On die'. that these animadversions proceeded from an individual ranking high in the Jury Court. On exit that two of the Judges - of the Court of Session wrote to the Noble and Learned Peer above- men -firmed, for the parpose of repelling and refuting the. charge—and of course our Scotch friends are eager to get a sight of the whole correspond ence. It cannot be disputed, but that the Jury Court has hitherto attained .very little popularity among the litigants of Scotland, who are, one and all, connoisseurs in such matters. We can easily understand that the system of employing one Court to prepare a cause, and another to try it, may be somewhat unpleasant to the unfortunate parties who have to pay them both ; and, in fact, -.re have heard, that out of ten causes- remitted for trial to the Jury Court, hardly one, on an average, is actually tried ; arbitration being generally prefered to the risks of an unknown and napopulttr jurisdiction. A Bill is now in progress through Parliament on the subject of the Scottish judicatures, and, we learn, that it is opposed by almost all the counties in Scotland, and by the great majority of the Scotch Law, practi tioners. The objection is said not to be now, as it, was at first, a prejudice against the use of Juries as a mode of .deciding civil cases, but that the engine is wielded under the management of an establishment separate from the ancient Civil Court of that country, and that the forms and the very languagge of the new tribunal are unnecessa rily adopted from the English system. Every coun try, we know, has its own law-jargon : the Scotch naturally enough prefer their jargon to ours; and if that which they employed was sufficient for con ducting their business,we know no solid reason why they shonld notbe itidulged with its use. Certainly it would be easier "for the very learned English Lawyer, who presides in the Jury Court at Edin burgh, to make himself master of that barbarouS tongue, than it would be to instruct two hundred Advocates, five hundred Writers to the Signet, one hundred and fifty Procurators, and a million .)f parties (for all Scotchmen are litigants) in our dear vernacular galimatias. So at least Say our Sccekch friends ; and surely their prejudices, so far as they are not inconsistent with the ends of justice, deserve some indulgence. [THE PUBLIC LtDGERI • We are sorry to observe the strong disposition which. still prevails to believe that there is unfa wit-arable intelligence in town from India, but that it is kept back by the Court of Directors. A report to this effect was revived yesterday with so much confidence, and received with such eagerness, that no time, we think, ought to be lost in undeceiving the public mind, if it has really received a wrong bias. The very great preparations that are making at the In dia House to rend out supplies of men and stores. serve to corroborate the .general opinion, and this display of energy, Which would have tranquilized the public at any other time, now serves to confirm their terrors. In the mean time' this panic fe:eling - eneenders extraordinary things ; and it would be very difficult to make many.. people be lieve that they are not real, but visionary. There ' I"; a very general belief,, for example, that the unfortunate affair at Barrackpore has been at tended with far more. disastrous conseqUences than is usually represented ; and that, instead of having put down the mutinous spirit of the troops, it has caused it to spread to a fright ful extent. In counexion. with this, there is a report that alarm prevailed to such a ; degree at Calcutta, that many of the inhabitants, the most wealthy of course, had begun to take steps for placing themselves and property in a place ' of greater security. • We mention these rumours, on account 'of the industry with which they are propagated, as well as the credulity: with-which. they are received, end in. the hope that they may be tontradieted, if false. It is the more neces sary to set the public mind right on this -matter, .consequence of the strong prejudice which it serves to keep up against the present Governor- General, whose administration was unpopular enough, in all conscience, before; and which is uow loudly charged with being the sole cause of all the difficulties that press upon our Indian possOssions. [THE TIMES.] • The•case of Mr. Burnett, a colonist of some cbusequeace at the Cape of - Good Hope, has been frequently before the public, That gentle man has -now arrived in Englaud„under a sentence of. five years' banislimentfrom that colony, end is, endeavouring to obtain such redress from Minis.- ters as the harsh treatment to which helms been &objected may appear to call for. Undor these circumstanfes, it -may be useful to the general administration of our colonies ; ts well as to the individual prin ci pa lly.concerned, to restate : the of, forme with which this gentleman is charged. ,Hav krgasuiteat issue in the Court of Systice, involv-1 ing property to the amount of. 60,000 dollars, ig which Mr. Burnet was plaintiff, and-one Robert gait. (manager of an estate. belonging .to the Go. Yitril Of CR I k. (I „Some r se t farm), defer ant, ..somo occurrences took place which led-him to impugn 1.144, grounds on which -certain .decisions of that giallo were made. r. Burnet t, the tefore. ad d fess elka mcny - lria I to the,Governor, in which he cbarg. ft6:lllwAvof the members,ofthiA Court:obit a.viola• tioCof just ice, in their, ca pack, of Comnaissioitera -440=41.1 aLt-Burßett. gave .publicity. atm th fr*lnerialy•noi:AW- 1 1 , 944ftptgate.044 trial with haviutdone so; but merely forwarded, it to the Governor with the view of obtaining re dress in the' only quarter where he could with propriety look for it. Ile was, however, found guilty, and subjected to the severe sentence be fore-mentioned. If this case is truly stated, and wt have every reason to believe so, it carries its own comment with it, and may be safely left to make its own impression on every unprejudiced mind. [BRITISH PRESS.] The state of Ireland, we are rejoiced to learn, presents from day to day a nearer prospect of that political union and stability which can alone. en sure its prosperity, and give energy and effect to its Government. The system of policy pur sued by the Marquis Wellesley elinces its wis dom in its practical result. A memorial has been transmitted from the Magistrates of Cork, pray ing the removal of the Insurrection Act from the whole county, with the exception of three barn hies : there is little doubt but that the prayer of this memorial will be complied with, as all ac counts from that quarter of the country agree in representing it as tranquil and well-disposed. The county of Tipperary,we have reason to expect, will likewise soon cease to be subject to the regula tions of this Act; when this shall have taken place, the whole of Ireland will, then be relieved from its operation,-there being no other districts to the security of which it has for some Mate past been held essential: All the views of the Noble Marquis, as to the measures which the real wel fare of Ireland required, will then have com pletely verified. if he recommended those mea sures—as he did—with earnestness, and if Par liament adopted them with energy, it was from a firm conviction that they would contribute, not merely to the repose, but to the rank, respect, and importance of the Sister Kingdom ; and that, coupled with others that were in contemplation, they would lead—as they no doubt will—to that day of light and glory, which will be the com-, mencement of a new era to Ireland ; which, by healing those divisions that have so long strove against her .peace, will lead to that union of social interests and constitutional rights, which will put the prosperity of both kingdoms on one common basis, and bind them together in one common interesttheir interest as British sub jects. • C3IORNING CHRONICLEI It appear; that a meeting has been holden at Canterbury, at which the Lion. and Rev. Hugh Percy presided, when resolutions were carried to petition Parliament against the claims of the Catholics. The meeting, as may be supposed, consisted, exclusively, of Clergymen of the Church of England. It has been suggested, that they Would have been better employed had their object been the reformation of some cry ing abuses in their own establishment, rather than the indulgence of a spirit of persecution, under the cloak of a zeal for the Protestant re ligion, They would have found before their eyes, in the instance of their own Chairman, subjects of greater importance to the momentous interests for which their order was instituted, than all the dangers that they affect to anticipate from the emancipatio►► of their Christian brethren-- , we mean, the abuse ofpirtronage and the evil of pia ; ralities. This young gentleman, who has the good fortune to be related-to the Duke of Northumber land, and to have married a daughter of the. Arc hbishop ofCanterhury, holds, at this time (pruh pu dor?) more valuable preferments than have fallen to the lot of all the eminent Divines, Scholars,and Au thors (who had nothing but their merit to recom mend then)) as rewards for their services to the public, during half a century ! He holds the great Prebend of Finsbury, in St. Paul's ; another Pre bend, of large value, in Canterbury Cathedral; one of the most lucrative Archdeaconries in Eng land ; the rich rectory of Bishopsbourne ; and other benefices, amounting in the whole to many thousands per annum [MORNING POST.] We have already observed that the Oath in Sir Francis Burdett's CathOlic Emancipation Bill is nearly the same as that of 1791. A similar Oath being in agitation in the year 1768, the Pope's Legate at Brussels wrote against it to the Catholic Archbishop of Ireland. He praised the Catholics " for submitting to the Penal Laws, severe indeed, but not contrary to the pro fession and exercise of the. Catholic Re ligion. But that they, instigated by one of the herd of false Reformers should take the Oath, would of all enormities be the greatest ; so intolerable and scandalous that the Holy See would be compelled publicly to censure it. It is intolerable to declare that in heart they detest what is there called detestable" (deposin g and murdering the King), " a s it i s defended and maintained by most Catholic Na , tions, and has been often followed in practice by the Holy See."—Upon that oath ,Father Burke, titular Bishop of Ossory, 1767, says" would it not be absurd that a Catholic Priest should swear fide lity to King George as long as ha isrofesseth an heterodox religion, but if he should embrace the orthodox faith, that then and •in that case, the I same Catholic Priest ought instantly to abjure the very King to whom he before swore alle giance !—impiety most horrible ! " And be well-recollected, that the Catholic Bishops of the' present day unequivocally declare that the prin ciples of their religion are unchanged, and must ever remain .unchangeable! These Papers at lehgtymay he found to the Appendix to the Bishop of Cloyne's -Pamphlet of 1786 : Parnell gives a Paper by an Irish Bishop, blaming their publication, but. admitting their authenticity and force ; just as a few years ago, 1816, when the detestable notes to the 1-theimish Bible were pub lished ; Dr. Troy, who sanctioned the publica tion, would not disavow the notes, or say they were untrue, but blamed the publicatioo . of them when called on rather itt.au unequivocal manner. [MORNING ILCRALD.I • The project of building Ministerial regidences, to be occupied by the heads of departments for tho.,. time. being, i 4 _obviously imitation of the. French.- • 10, Plifit every. Minister. has his ',-hotel".--and.this,occords.well Keith the,genius :and roam:ten of that peop!e. It sounds pomp ously, and helps out the desire of a French Minister to be always the great personage—the Minister, in fact—in all places, and at all hours, whether in the parade of office, or in his night gown and slippers —one consequence of which is, that when dismissed, he becomes a more in significant and common-place mortal than before —like an ancient actor descended from his high heeled socks, and divested of his robe of tragedy. The late Lord Londonderry made some innocent attempts to introduce certain Gallicisrns of lan guage in the House of Commons—which some times met with rebuke and ridicule. But Gal licisms of Government like this are to be look-' ed to much more vigilantly, both as they increase the public charge, and as they are foreign to the usage and spirit of the administra tion of public affairs in this country. It has been often and justly remarked, that the business of the Legislature and the Cabinet in England is transacted with a remarkable absence of show— and that the ;Ministers, out of the immediate sphere of their official duties, are'like the rest of their fellow-subjects of the same class. This is a distinction of which the nation is proud, and which should not be abandoned. It would also increase the obloquy and odium to which the holders of place and power are already sufficiently exposed. A Minister driving up to the door of his private residence, with what state he pleases, will escape hatred and detrac tion from the multitude. He is regarded as deck ed out in his private fortune, and not in the spoils of the public. As to the expediency or justice of the thing with reference to the private cir cumstances of the individual, it is neither probable nor desirable that any man should be a Cabinet Minister in this country, to whom it could be seriously an object. Should this foreignism he adopted, the next thing, perhaps, will be to compel the attendance of the Members of the House of Commons in their places en costume, like the French Chamber of Deputies. These latter, with their fleur delis spangled suits, look exactly like so many state servants, wearing the Royal livery. STOCKADES.—The Burmese stockades, of which drawings and plans have been sent to this country, seem to be formi:lable tbrtifications of the kind. For a considerable space round the first inclosure the ground is thickly set with bamboo' stakes, bending outwards, extremely sharp, and lying hid in the jungle grass. In their effect upon a person attempting to make ' his way through them, they are not unlike dog spikes.— Next comes a high pallisado of stoat bamboos firmly set in the ground, high, and bound close together ; then another space thickly set with spikes ; then another pallisado, which one might call a counterscarp. When this is surmounted, a broad ditch or space also set with spikes; and within a third palisado, which we might term the searpment, through the interstices of which the Burthese level their muskets at the assailants.— I 4 the body of this kind of fortress is a large shed, under Which the garrison live. The Burmese soldiers always carry several bamboos for the purpose of fortification, and make a stockade in a night. The utmost uncertainty still prevails as to the numbers of the Burmese. They are variously estimated from three to twelve millions. TRADE TO JAVA AND THE EASTERN ARCHIPELAOO.- 7 A pamphlet has just appeared, containing some interesting in formation upon the subject of this commerce, and the proceed ings of the . Dutch Authorities in India, under the title of " Hints on the Political and Commercial Relations between the English and Dutch in the East Indies, suggested by the - late Treaty," to which a copy of the Treaty is annexed. AMICA/34.F.,C4X.13 DUEL.—In ConSequettee Of dispute at the last meeting; of this " Corporation" Society, bet:;een Sir Thorium Whelim and Mr. Hynes, the parties met yesterday evening, the former gentleman attended by Mr. Madder, and the !atter by Mr. Sutter : when, after an exchange of shots, it is said, the parties separated without coming to any satisfactory arrangement.--(Du slin Paper. I DREADFUL OUTRAGE.—Last night, a most atrocious and diabolical attempt was made on the person of John Graham, a cotton-spinner in Mr. Dunlop's Mill at Broomward, Calton. He was going home from his daily labour at a quarter before r . ; eight o'clock, and, when near Barrowfield road, was attacked by two men, who came out from among a crowd, one of whom, named John Kean, fired a pistol at him, and shot him, in the back. The wretch was soon after taken, and, after a most dreadful resistance, was conveyed inside of the gate of Mr. Dunlop's mill. The crowd then collected round the gate, and commenced throwing stones, and uttering horrid imprecations against the unfortunate individual who was shot. Shortly afterwards the sheriff, magistrates, and a posse of Constables arrived and cleared away the rabble from the gate. The Riot Act was read. A party , of Dragoons were sent for and on- arrival preserved or der during the evening. The individual who was shote was carried to his lodgings in Clyde-street, Calton. Dr. Corkin dale was sent for, who extracted some slugs from his back, which had perforated the spine, and stated that he was in imminent danger. The mob afterwards collected around his lodgings, and continued to utter oaths, and sing songs, prepared for the occasion, which they, as a glorious termina tion of a Nob, us they called it, continued to do till dispers ed by the military. This morning an immense crowd col lected around the mill, and commenced throwing stones at the windows , and, after breaking a pane or two of g lass, were dispersed, hen they afterwards proceeded to where Graham was lying in Clyde-street, and where they appeared to in crease in numbers. Graham was examined by the surgeons this morning, and their opinion is that he is dying. Kean has been committed to jail- The necessary steps, we under stand, are taking to bring this case before the ensuing Circuit Court, which meets here on the 2fith April.—(Glasgon. , Cou rier, March 31.) DREADFUL STAGE-COACH ACCIDENT.--Yester day an Inquest was helclin the committee-room of St. Thomas's Hospital before T. SHELTON, Esq., Coroner, on the body of James Greedy, only nine years of age, who was killed in conse quence clone of the Croydon stage-coaches driving over him on Friday night last.—Eliza Gilman said, that on Friday night, aboutB o'clock, she was walking in company with A nn IJawkins along High-street, Borough, when her attention was attracted by a stage-coach drawn by four horses, which were driven at a most tremendous rate., She Oserved to her friend at the time, " Where dreadful she it was that coachmen . should drive , so fast !" She hart- arcely uttered the words when she was alarmed by a shriek, and on lookink round she saw the de ceased under the feet of one of the horses, and the wheels of thecoach afterwards passed-over his head. She ultimately had hiM conveyed to thehospital, but lie was quite dead. Ann Hawkins corrobotitted the evidence cf last witness, but would not swear positively its to their galloping. Mr. Charles Pell, of 11, Natation-house -street, in the house of Sir John Lubbock, banker, deposed that he was an outside passenger on the above night. The coach was called the "Defiance," Croydon stage: The coachman (who was present) drova.the coach at about six miles an hour. The deceased was behind a chaise-cart, driving in the contrary direction, and on getting down he ran between the leaders and the wheel-horses, when he was knocked down and: run. over. The coachman immediately pulled up, got down, and rendered every assistance necessary. Did not conceive any blame to he attributable to the driver,•but• conscientiously believed it to be accidental. Mr. James Telpost, of 12, North umberland-streets Commercial-Toad, : glve evidence to a similar effect, and the jury, after a short.deliberation, returned a verdict of—Accidental Death, with a deodand of ss. on the wheels. DREADFUL ACCIDENT.-Yesterday an Inquest was held at St. Thomas's Hospital, before T. SHETON, Esq. on the-body of Charlotte Sanderson, aged seven years. The deco med: was residing with her aunt in Red Cross-street, Borough; she was preparing tea on .'Wednesday, and while in the act of taking the kettle off the tire her pinafore caught fire, and Mrs. Page; a lodger, met her upon the stairs screaming, and the overp ower i ng heat of the flames caused her to swoon, out of which she never recovered. Her face, breast, and ams were literally burnt to a cinder. Verdict—" Accidental Death." Dieti v nt Salisbury,. of a cancer in the tongue, Mr. J. 13La.NenAlt,n, hairdresser, and one of the City•Ser pAntx, aged 5,5., lie was.in the habit of . plaxing much on qje . -rew's-44rp,,.-an4, the, ane - generalli.tised was : made or ,hraw. tongue Jw3.liggarnq afig4l l ,aiist.the:,OrrOiling.ifii!aasa !ia.hept hiin in perpetual torment iince the. uTontiiot BALLOONS. ASCENSION OF MESSRS. CHARLES AND GEORGE GREEN, THE AERONAUTS. Yesterday Mr. CHARLES GREEN, the Aeronaut, in company with his brother GEORGE GREEN, made his 28th ascent from the gardens of the Eagle Tavern, City-road. The number of disappointments which the public have recently ex ' perienced by the failures which have taken place in the Metro polis, induced Mr. Green to make an ascent from London ; and as a gratification to the holiday folks, he fixed upon Easter Monday for his aerial voyage. It was announced in the hills that the ascension would take place precisely at three o'clock, and at that hour there was sufficient gas in the balloon to raise the machine into the air; but owing to a very pressing desire of Mr. Green's brother, the ascent was delayed fbr the purpose of giving the balloon more ascending power by the introduction of a greater quantity of gas, sufficient to carry both of the intrepid voyagers. By half-past four o'clock the process of in flation was completed, and though above an hour had elapsed beyond the time announced for the ascent to take place, the utmost good humour prevailed throughout the large as semblage collected: on this occasion, The weather during the day was remarkably fine, and though several trifling acci dents occurred, in consequence of persons climbing on the garden walls, and the roofs of the summer houses, nothing of a Serious nature took place to disturb the general. joy. The roofs of the houses, from which a view of the balloon could be commanded, were covered with spectators, and some of the in habitants in the vicinity of the gardens had their rooms crowded at one and two shillings a head. A more lovely even• ing we scarcely remember, and at half-past five o'clock, when the signal gun was fired, announcing that the ascent was about to take place, the entire atmosphere was unclouded. Mr. Green and his brother entered the car amidst the shouts and clapping of hands of the assembled thousands. . The former instantly proceeded to attach the car to the netting of the balloon, which occupied him about a quarter of an hour. The guy-ropes were then unfastened, and a trial. was made of the power of the machine. After placing about 2(10 pounds weight of ballast in the car of the balloon, it was found that it had, barely an ascending power; Mr. Green threw out a bag containing 25 pounds of sand, and made. another trial, and but for the balloon being confined to the grOund by a long "rope, it would have instantly cleft through the air; Mr. Green had, however, contrived that the balloon should ascend. a considerable height, and be brought .down again to the platform on which it was filled, twice, before he de tached the rope from the machine. The spectators were parti cularly gratified by the manner in which the ballon was raised and lowered again at pleasure, and the most deafening shouts of approbation rewarded the voyagers when they mounted with the magnificent machine majestically into the vault of Heaven: A finer ascent never took place, and it was Mr. Green's object, by carrying as much ballast as possible, to pass over London,l that the inhabitants might have a close view of him, and he did not throw out any ballast till the machine was over the county of surrey, in which direction the voyagers sailed, the wind being north-east. The balloon remained in. sight of those who witnessed the ascent for half an hour and upwards. Three 1 , carrier pigeons were taken by Mr. Green in a small wicker basket, one of which he was to set at liberty on arriving at his greatest altitude, and the other two he was to dispatch as soon as he effected his descent, to convey to his friends at the Eagle Tavern the . name of the place where, and the time when, he descended. - In the company, which, though numerous, was not altogether the most select, we noticed a young lady, named Stocks, who, it will be recollected, narrowly escaped destruc tion in an serial voyage with Mr. Harris, who was killed by falling with the car of a balloon, at Beddington-park, near Croydon, in May last. She attracted very general notice. MESSRS. GREEN'S ACCOUNT OF THEIR VOYAGE. " At half-past five o'clock the balloon left the earth, amidst the cheers of thousands of spectators—and as we passed over the metropolis, we heard the shouts of the inhabitants in the different streets. To give the public a more distinct view of the machine, as it moved with grandeur and sublimity through the atmosphere, we determined not to attain too great an altitude. Our course was west by south south west, and on crossing the River Thames, we passed directly between Waterloo and Blackfriars Bridges. The River Thames, with its serpen tine form, appeared to the naked' eye not larger than a Loa constrictor. When we were at our utmost altitude, st. did not appear to be larger than a dog-kennel, and the monu ment not bigger than a walking-stick ! When at a distance of about 4,000 feet from the earth, we liberated a pigeon. .It has been stated, that in consequence of the extreme rarity of the air at such an elevation, a pigeon cannot use its wings ; but we found that the moment the pigeon left the car, it flew with ease and rapidity in a zigzag direction towards. the earth, till we lost sight of it. The thermometer varied from 69 to 75 ; the barometer, on leaving the earth, stood at 30 inches two-tenths, and when_at our highest elevation, it stood at 21 five-tenths, giving an altitude of about a mile and three-quar ters. We passed through slight currents of air, and at times the earth was completely obscured from our view by detached bodies of vapour. We did not pass through a single cloud, and our voyage was very pleasant. Having been in the atmosphere about an hour and three quarters, we determined on making our descent, the country appearing open and convenient for such purpose. The first sound we beard on descending was the barking of a dog ; the barometer then stood at 26 inches,,which shewed that we were about three quarters of a mile from the surface of the earth. Having reached the earth without any concussion, and finding the spot on which we landed was a ploughed field, and unfavourable for emptying and packing up the machine, we agreed that one of us (Mr. G. Green) should alight ; he did so, and Mr. Charles Green re-ascended, and pr needed onwards to a grass field about a quarter of a mile distant, on the estate of Lady Glynn, in the parish of Ewell, a distance of nearly two miles from Epsom, where a safe descent was effected, with the assistance of a number of country peonle. Having packed up the balloon, we started in a chaise and four for London, and arrived at the Eagle Tavern about _eleven o'clock the same night. To the directors, and engineers of the, Independent Gas Company we feel ourselves particularly obliged, for their activity and good management. , " CHARLES GREEN. " Goswell-street, " GEORGE GREEN. " Monday night, 12 o'clock, April 4." A vast crowd of persons had assembled at the Eagle Tavern When the Messrs. G reen arrived, and great plea - Aire was ex= pressed at their having made so fine an ascension, abd,at their descent and-return. MR. GRAHAM'S ASCENT. . . Mr. GRAHAM, who has already made several excursions, ascended yesterday from the gardens of the Star and Garter, Kew Bridge. It will probably be recollected that last year several attempts were made by him to ascend from Hammersmith, but they all proved ineffectual, and the failures were attributed to the bad quality and scanty aupply of gas from the Brentford gas-works. Mr. Graham, feeling determined to efface the remembrance of his past disappointments, announced to the good folks of Kew, Bentford, Hanimersmith e &e. that on Easter Monday he would ascend -from the place before' stated, and would allow those persons holding tickets of admis aim' front last October, to have the privilege of introducing a friend gratis. The process of inflation commenced at eleven o'clock,the gas being laid on from the Brentford GasVi r o*s. The Balloon is the same in which Mr. Graham made ten ascents last summer. It is composed of stripes of crimson and yellow silk, with a zone of bright green. From eleven o'clock in the morning, parties of most respectable persons entered the ground. A band of music enlivened the company during the period the preparations were making, &c. The concourse of persons outside was immense ; the gardens were well filled ; lew-bridge was loaded ; the trees in the vicinity woe climbed, while every convenient station that could command a view was occupied. About half-past eleven o'clock a small pilot bal loon was dispatched. It went steadily to the westward. Two persons ware desirous of joining in the trip, 'and had offered' 20/. and 251. for a seat, but their offers were refused. About two o'clock the balloon was half inflated, when a second - pilot was dispatched, and took'a southerly direction, and was a long time in view. Every thing seemed to promise a fine ascent— About four o'clock the balloon was three parts filled, and its ascending power having been tried, it was considered to be suf. ficiently buoyant to carry the adventurers, and the supply of ' gas was therefore stopped. A light cane car was then attached to the ballot). At this time it was generally believed. that Mr. Sadler, jun., who is desirous of treading in the steps of his fa-. titer, was to accompany Mr. Graham. Scarcely had the balloon and car been attached, when Mr. Sadler jumped into the latter, to undertake the journey, and he was joined by Mr. Graham. In a few minutes, the whole of the preparations being com pleted, a quantity of ballast was put into the car, and the aeronauts were provided with a strong grapple, and a bottle of brandy. The wind Was now S. W. and'to 'prevent any acci dent Erma the trees, the machine was moved offthe stage to the opposite corner of the ground. The signal was given for as cending, but unfortunately Withvut'effect • and though every bag of ballast was take n cut, t h ere was still too great weight, and young Sadler was compelled to vacate his seat. The bal loon then ascended with Mr. Graham alone, in a steady and majestic manner. The aeronaut stood up in the car without his coat, waving his fl ag, and bowing to thespectators as he parted from. them. . The balloon continued to rise very slowly for the first quarter of an hour, and then' for a time seemed stationary. The refieeficiii•of the sari on the variegated colours remagred it. a eery impefsingspectaele. For the firsehalf hour thexhoJe wae,dbitinctly visible. f It then s e emed to ascend and tStraYel nibie untij the a' eloae i e t c e e : e no longer percep tible;a2id thi'Vailoori" Writ aftfiinialled'in 'laza: It • &Minded ifi ' view an hour and ten minutes, when it was observed to descent with every appearance of perfect safety. THE DESCENT.—After a pleasant journey of one hour an o fifty minutes, Dlr. Grah a m d escen d e d, at ten minutes past sip o'clock, in a field in the village of Oakshot, a mile and a hai l beyond Claremont, 12 f rom L on d on, an d 1 4 f rom K ew , ant arrived in town at twelve o' c l oc k l as t n i g h t . H e says , than when in the air he experienced the most severe cold, partial• larly in his feet. Owing to the clearness of the day, he had delightful view of the country. The greatest altitude the loon attained was about two miles. The field in which hE alighted adjoined the estate of Jlr. Williams, from whom he experienced the greatest kindness and attention. LONDON NIA KETs. PnwE oF BREAD. The highest price of• Bread in the Metropolis, is Il d• tvi the 41b. loaf—there are tthers who sell from a halfpenny 14 three halfpence below that late. IMPORTATIONS OF (MAIN LAST WEEK. English. Irish. ForeV IVheat .12,748 T--- , Barley Malt 5,530 Oats 23,447 Rye ___-- 350 ..--- 1.394 Peas Tares ... Rapeseed Brdok ....... Mustard Seeds Flour .. Linseed __. , &5 4 5 b" ....--- 219 8,3.17• 1,6 50 SEEI)s, April 4. New English R. Clover, pet cwt...47s 56s 76s—fine SO's Old Ditto New Foreign ditto s4s 69. 83s--:fine--s Old ditto ditto New Whiteditto ) - s 74s 78s—fine — O. Old ditto 3'is 48s 63s—fine 70b New Trefoil.. per cwt 6s I7s 20s—fine 24ir Old ditto 44 8s 14s—fine 215 New ltibgrass Old ditto 2ls 30s 3.3sdne 485 English Carraway Seeds 403 44s 48s—fine 9 25 Foreign ditto 32s 40s 44s—fine --s Coriander do. is 6d 11s 10 3—fifle --5 St.Foili....per qi • 42s 46s—fine 70 5 " Rye-Grass lBs 29s—hne 2 1 s Pacey ditto 4os 47s Linseed for feeding • ' 42s 43s—fine 43' Ditto, for crushing 36s 40a—fine 45 5 Canary Seed 67s 74s—fine 10 25 , White Mustard Seed.. per bushel 7s 9s—fine 11s Brown ditto Turnip Seeds s* 7s Od—fine 1 03 Tares Rape Seed . ~. per last NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL By the Carcase. Beef • 3s 4d to 4s 0,1 Veal' 4 s 0,1 to 5 A - • • Nlutton . 3s 40 to 5s O l !Pork ... 4s 0,..1t0 Lawb, Eis cid to 7s 4d. SNIVITIFI ELI) HAY April 1. • Clover,O. 1001 Od to 107 s tit! I Hay, Old 90s oil to 97' 61 —lnf.—. so, od to 97i od —New I n f. 65 3 Od t o Os 0 4 —New.... —s Od to - 7. s 041 Straw .... 40s Od to 47' ST. ..T.VN . II;IS'S. d Hay 65s Od to -100 s• Od I Clout r . 80s Od to lOO' Od 1S pi Ditto —s od to --sod ;tiaw ...36s Od to oils WH 'TECH APE L. nd Clover ....84A od to 120 s 3d 1 Hay 7os Od to 105 c - i Straw ....44s Od to 52s od --- Int( tior ,—s od to •--4°• PRICE OF HOPS, per Cwt., April 4. Kent Pockets Sussex Pockets 120 s. to 182 s. to 1385. per 4 ''' Essex Pockets Farnham, fine 91 9s to 121 Os—Seconds', 8! 9s to 9 1 9 " Kent Bags Sussex Rigs Essex Bags RAW HIDES. 84 Best Heifers & Steers, per st. Ordinary .... Qs 6d to eta 3s 2d to 3i 4.: Market 'Calf .. each.. i m o d Middlings' es 10.1 to 3c ocl Lambs.. .. O s od to 04. SHEEP Polled Downs Ss tht to 5s Od 4hearlings , os OI to 05 1 1 Lambs Os od to 09.°, PRICE OF LEATIIER. Butts, 50 to 5611)5 each per th......19d to ia d Ditto, 56 to 66Ihs each 92d to il ~ Dreasing Elides 194 to 41 ~'. Coach Hides 914 '; 1 Crop liides, 35 to 38Ibs for cutting l6d to 1 Ditto .... 40 to 45Ibs Calf :Lins..Ss to 401bs lBd to 41 Ditto 45 to 551bs ' .24d to soiJ A Ditto 55 to 751bs 2ed to V." Small Seals (Greenland) 17d to - • Large ditto t t o, to : 43 0 6 .! Tanned Horse Bides - Spanish Horse Hides Rd to PRICES OF TALLOW, SO. Town 'Fallow 4.5 s Od —s Od Yellow Russia 41s Od 42s nd White ditto.. 405 04 —s Soap ditto.... 38s od od Melting Stuff . 36s On —s od Ditto Rough.. —s Od —s Od AP, &c. per 11216.—Apr 4 Yellow Soap g qs Mottled g gf Curd Graves 6$ Idi°J Good Dregs PRICE OF CANDLES, FROM TALLOW CHANDLER'S 00 4 1 : Price of Candles, per dozen, 6s 6d a 7s Moulds, 9 9 . 6 6(.1 per dozen allowed for ready money. PRICE OF RAW FAT, per Stone of 81b..:—.Ap:ril Price of Tallow (as stated • by the Tallow Melters), COAL MARKET, himicit 39. Ships at Market. Ships sold 86 Newcastle - - 47 39 : 1 &milerland - 2.21. PtiCe* 283 6d to s g „,„ 2io's &t "to • BIRTHS. • or On the 29th ult., the lady of Edward Collingwood; IZA"' Dissington-hall, Northumberland, of a daughtei. . _ t o' Yesterday morning, M rs . T. P. D av id son, S out bsul street, Bloomsbury-square, of a daughter. On the 3d inst., in H a tto n - gar d en , t h e l a dy o f .1011 11 ' 54° '' M.D., of a son. DIED. 0 91' At Berlin, on the 18th ult., Mr. Von hiliegrtatx , ster of, State and Justice, an individual who attained Of and honourable post which he filled in the'Stfte . eptiteloki his own supefior merit, aided, of course: by the ittipartiol 7 00 ment of the King. His death will be &IV's - 9 a reitts l D 7 Prussia On Saturday last, at Walcot-plac e , LaMb e th, Miss /34 0 p, aged 67. (0.04 On the 3d inst., at Evercreech, Somerset, Jane, retie late-Rev. John Je nkyns, B.C.L. • dfors 3 ; On the 4th. inst., at his father's hone, in U pper / , ,, ,,, e. 4 ,, 0. place, aged 26, Esme, eldest son of Thomas Clarke, Saddlers'-hall. • 0 . At his house, Ebury-street, Pimlico, Win. AdatoOr i ' aged 70. xrp li,CA On the Ist inst., Mr. Joseph Smith, sib., a Norio' Albany-road, Camberwell. e ,J #ls On,the 2d Thst,, achis father's house, in his 29tbj . 11 . 3 40 14 eldest" Sodßarnes, of Jonathan Ba Eq., of U pper . ran"' green, Surrey. - On the 2d inst., of a decline, aged 4'l'7, Margaretr. 3.44lll°lej of A, Cruse, Little - Britain. • gg. Pained .. 1 7t1 tiblished for. the PROPItrETQRSI °trier,' No; 312 - , Strand, by J. tf:•CmtriY.ol, MARRIED. -On Thursday last, at Newton Ferrero, Vero:lshii+ the second son of Sir John Perring, Bart., Manlairkof Frances Mary, only daughter of the late Henry Roe, Ufa" Onatim. 0 14° On Saturday, the 2d inst., at St. Mary's, IslingiOn, Mr. Iv, win, of Watling-street, to Miss Carr, Park‘ s t ree t, isiineoso On Saturday, the 2d inst., at St. Pancras New Claire: 4 • t or James Wyness, of Tower-street, to Lucretia, ,second dai4 of the late 111 r. Theodore Page, of Blackfriar‘rbie.