The Express.
London, England, 1863-10-13 00:00:00

TO TZZ ZDTIOB OP THZ 7/PRZISS.

Bra —The place from which we ascended waa the
Crystal Palace. There were in the ear, besides siren and
Ur. Cozwell, the Hos. Robert J. Walker, M. A., Counsellor
at Law in the Supreme Court of the United States, and
late Secretary of the Treasury, Governor of Kansaa ;
Eaq.,of the United States ; Count Frans ichaff-
gotech of Berlin ; and Rowe, Fag.
We left the earth at 4b. 29m.; in four minutes we were
2,500 feet above the sea ; at 4h. 38m. the height was 5,400
feet, increased to 7,100 feet at 4h. 43m., when Leedom-
bridge was directly sower es ; at 413. 46m. the height was
7,2oofeet ; we then gradually sank to 2.300 feat at sk. 15m. •
inareared to 3,3oofeet at 56. 22m. ; decreased to 1,100 feel;
at sh. 360. ; iesersarcl to 8,400 feet by lib. ; end to •
higher point afterwards. hut it was too clerk to read the
instrumeota, mod we were ow the ground at 611. 40m.
The temperature was 541 deg. at starting, was at the
freezing point at the height of 5,600 feet, when we were
over London, and wee 31 deg. at 4k. 43m., when London.
bridge was tandems, end degreased to 221 deg. at 7,2013 feet ;
It then increased to 441 deg. at 1,600 feet, decreased to
26 deg. at the height of 6,600 feet ; after which I could
not read the in/crammer.

Tbs air Wasis;ostratrly dry at gnarling, ow iles
continued so, bat at UMW we paned tkurough sprees=
were very moist, bat without 'liable vapour. Th• same pb•-
0061460 U I experienced to my recent Recent from Wolver-
hampeoe.
The hedths of our respectiveacivereigns IMO given—vi:,
caw Queue. the Emperor of Austria, sad the rtimitteet of
the United States.

Miss the Hem ID. Walker gave the toast, " May
Kinked sad America be always at peace." Them toads
were Mese when we were 7,000 feet high, and directly over
Leedres.bridge.
The some around was probably one that mars' be
equalled in the world with one glance—the homes of
3,000,000 of people were seers, and so distinctly that every
large building at every part wail easily distinguished, while
those almost under us—vs. the Reek and Newpte, the
docks, and surrounding buildings, &c., in such detail that
their inner courts were visible, so that their ground plane
could have been drawn. Camion.street, leading to St. Paul's,
was easily teased; it was difficult to believe at first that that
small building was St. Paul's. Looking onwards, Oxford-
street was visible; the parks, the houses of parliament,
and Milbank Prison, with its radatiog lines from the centre,
at ono, attracted notice. In fact, the whole of Load= was
visible, and some parts of it vary clearly so. Then all
around there were lineal of detached villas, imbedded as it
were in abundance of shrubs; and beyond, the country.
like a Arden, with its fields so well marked, becoming
walla sad nailer as the eye wandered further and fur-
ther away.
Apia, locking down, there was the Thames, without the
slightest mist, with all its winding mune throughout its
whole length, with innuateratd• ships apparently very ling
and narrow, sad steamboats like moving toys; Gravesend
was visible, as were the month of the Thames sad the coast
leading on to Norfolk. The southern boundary of the
mouth of the Thames was not quit* so clear, bat the sea
beyond was seen for many miles; and whco higher up I
looked for the coast of France, but I could not see it. On
withdrawing the eye it was arrested by the garage-like ',-
jimmies of the county of Kent, till again London claimed
yet more general attention ; smoke, thin and blue, was
curling above it and slowly moving away in beautiful curves,
from all but that part south of the Thames ; here the
smoke sow leas blue and became apparently more dense, till
the muse was evident, it betog mixed with mist rising from
the ground, the s3utbern limits of which were bounded by
an eves line, doulitlese indicating the tutting of the sub-
soils of gravel and clay.
The whole of the sceca was surmounted by a loopy of
blue, the sky being quite clear and free from cloud every-
where, exceptiug near the horizon, where a circular band of
cumuli and strata clouds, ex mediae all round, formed •
fitting boundary for such a scene. The sun was seen setting,
bat was not ilea visible, except *small part seen through •
break in • dark stratus cloud, and looked like au eyo over-
seeing all. . . .

The sunset, as sera from the earth, is described as fine, the
air being clear and shade.' sharply defined ; bet as we ADO
the golden hues decreased ie Intensity, and at this time
ejaculations escaped from all the occupants of the car.
}loth Mr. Walker and Mr. Miles Lase seen the enemata of
the fez west, sad they expressed themselves as never' haviog
seen anything so rich and picturesque. The richness of
these colours decreased in intensity Loth right and left of
the place of the sun, but their etfecte extended to fully ODD-
fourth pert of the circle, where rues-colour clouds limited
the scene. The remainder of the circle wad completed
partly by pore white cumulus of very mantled and sy na.
metrical forme.

I have seen London from above by night, and I have seen
it by day when four miles high, but nothing could exceed
the view on this oceneion at the height of one mile, varying
to n mile, with a clear atmosphere. The roar of London,
even at the greatest height, was one ea:menden rich sod
deep snored, and added interest to the goitre! eiroornitances
in which we were plated. My attention is of amenity con-
stantly required at the instruments, sod my notes upon
gamed views are very hastily made, and my deseriptioor,
therefore, Deeemarily ingorfact, but Mr. Nike took notes
on this 000.1/10€1, sod I hope the public may have the benefit
of them.
I have remind erased 00I12110;601116011111 from gentlemen
who New tus, a 1,. on nom by t-perk, Oxford•etreet, and
Deptford, in fact at palate separated from each other by
esTer4 noise, elating that the tahoon mute their respective
zeniths, indicating how few 1.11..011/ really looked directly
overhead, end elm how little elnfidenco can bt placed in
estimated obesmatima, partiealerly thole made near the
zeitith.

After 6 o'clock I watched tl e inertial ug blankets' over
the earth, the lighting•up of the villa,ce and towns, the
vaiiishing of the bounitarmi of gelds, the distinct risibility
of the first star, sod the circimatanias generally, till on
nearing the earth Mr. Colwell Leagued me, as No. 1, with
a bag of mod to discharge when No. 1 should be allied oat,
the Count Sclutlfgotsch with No. 2, and Mr. Miles with
No. 3. Oe eeering tbo mall No. 'obeyed by emptying his
bag, and we torched the earth as one side of a high thorn
hap. No more mad, we shall rise nicely, and rise we di
hopped over the !sodas tato the next field, and slid along till
the groped caught in the hedge we had just paned over,
and our journey was ended. Vivid lightning almost
demo-
distely played, at first startling Mr. Coxwell, who ex-
' claimed, '• What's that :^ haring the vicinity of • light
mar the gas escaping from the balloon. Our place of de-
anent the bounds:Moot the counties
of Hardt:inhibit, sod Bedfordshire, at the farm of Mr. Joseph
L.ke, who wee preenut.
The dement was gentle, very unlike that in Lincolnshire—
and it was unlike too in other particulars. There, sod in
fact always far from Loudon. we meet with ousel willing
assistance, but near Loudon but little assiatenos is gives
wiltualy ; and the °emcees or the balloon is made a pretext
for se much eatortien as Mr. CO2/.011 will put up with.
This was the atm us this shag two guises were
iequired to carry the tour • r rive miles. What was
paid I know Dot. One a 1 must make to Chi. la the
meant Mr. James Kiog, who kiadly 'hove me sad the Hoe.
Mr. Walker from Pintos to Ilitchin, for which our thanks
are doe.—l am, ka, JAMES GLAUBER.
Blackheath, Oat. 12.

The death of the Arebbishop of Dublin formed
the acid to* of dasesues ba all die protestant place. of
inowerseluilab 14 on Sunday. Every church was draped in
,sad the bells oif Quist Church, St. Patrick the
Collage Ice., tolled muffled peals throughout the
rimy. The erect preachers devoted portions of their
sermon. to a review of the benevolent and charitable dis-
position, tategrity, sod tah•llectoal abilities of the deccesed
prelate. sad dwelt particularly on his Christian character,
from whose life • lesson might, they said, la learned. The
soagregatioes were, despite the inclemency of the weather,
unusually large.
Carew. Faison.— thee Samaria DAY.••••
MONDAT. OCT. 12. —Ad:1,1.6040 on payinest, 7,793; ditto
by seams tickets, 2,212 ; 1.4.1.1004.

intervention. As to the pre-sent Government,
however, Mr. COWPER, as Sir ROBERT
somewhat superfluously declares for him, is a
sure supporter of Lord PALMERSTON ; whereas ?Ir.
Pam, is certified to be "a hearty and independent
" well-wisher " only. That is the amount of
difference between the candidates, except indeed
that one of them bears the name of PEEL, which I
we are glad to find has not yet become a disad- I
vantage at Tamworth, in spite of the generous
• efforts of the head of the family. It may be
assumed, therefore, that the electors of Tamworth
have preferred the " independent well-wisher " of
Lord PALMERSTON to his thick-and-thin sup-
porter, and the near relative of the late Sir i
ROBERT PEEL to the namesake of Lord PAL-
essroN's Chief Commissioner of Works, though
recommended by the late Sir ROBERT PEEL'S
namesake. In short, at Tamworth as at Coventry,
having nothing to choose in political professions
between the candidates, the electors stood up for
their local independence—and as local independence
is itself a principle worth fighting for, we are quite
disposed to congratulate the Tamworth electors on
their triumph.

ML.