The Express.
London, England, 1863-10-07 00:00:00

LIFEBOAT SERVICES.

RYE, SUSSEX, TOTIMAY Num.
Mr. A. B. Vidler, Lloyd's agent at Rye, reports :
—" On Busday the brig Sir Colin Campbell. of Whitby,
wan seen making for the harbour, with a signal of disuse
flying, about three pm. It was blowing a pie from the
and there wee a heavy sea runnieg at the time. The
lifeboat et the National Lifeboat Institution stationed at
this place was immediately manned and launched and pro-
ceeded to the vessel. When about two lengths from the brig
the lifeboat met the crew in their longboat, and the captain
sot liking to mom the bar in his own boat owing to the surf,
the crew, six in somber, were taken into the lifeboat. and
safely Laded into Rye Harbour. They were much ex-
hausted from pumping, the reseal having six fest of water
in her hold. After briuging the crew of the brig ashore,
the lifeboat returned to the vessel, sod with the crews of
two assisted to lighten her, and the next tide, the
weatLer moderating, the yowl was got off the bar and
brought into harbour."

The Emperor of Russia has arrived at the
Masan of Orieeda, on the southern coast of the Cristo'.
His Majesty will not return to St. Petersburg, it Wthemsht,
for mini weeks.

EXPRESS FROM PARIS.

THE LATE BALLOON ASCENT.

010 X ODE OWN

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PARIS, TUISDAT Evrarnto._

To M. Nadir's short amount of the went of the
"Giant" balloon (sent yesterday) he adds the fol-
lowing explanations addressed to the French papers:
Allow me to add some explanatory details which appear
to me to be necessary. My ;principal pre-occupation was
whether the doable covering of silk, supported by the net-
work, would be strong enough to bear the terrible premise
of 6,038 cubic metres of gas. There bad never before been
any experiment made in those proportions except that of
the famous City of New York, which burst like a bomb
before it went up. I do not speak of other secondary
difficulties in an operation of such considerable proper-
lions and Of such a novel character. Those multi-
plied difficulties prevented ns from starting until five
instead of four, and then without having time to attach
the compensating balloon, which would have required an-
other hour. For some of the spectators, it is, perhaps, wall
to add that the interest of the spectacle did not lose much,
as they would only have seen the balloon look a little
longer and not quite filled. The compensating balloon is,
In fact, only a prolongation of the other, and which would
fill when the gm in the larger one dilated. The name it
bears sufficiently shows the purpose for which it was in-
tended. I have been informed that some of the spectators
calculated on seeing the balloon steered ; this ia an addi-
tional proof that the same thing cannot be too often
repeated. It nevertheless appeared to me that all the
journals had at great length explained that the theory of the
steering of balloons was an absurdity ; that to contend against
the air it was necessary to decide on being like a bird,
heavier and not lighter than the air ; that the screw
appeared to solve the problem ; that in order to make the
costly experiment of a first aeromotive in practical proper.
Lions, I had resolved to procure the necessary MOUTON, not
by a public subscription, but by a spectacle interesting
enough to secure the desired result ; that I bad, as the first
subscriber to the screw which will conduct us in the air, in-
curred at my own risk and peril the expense of this giontic
balloon, which will, I hope, be the last ; that this balloon
is not therefore an object, but a means ; not the pima, but
the prologue. lam willing, for the benefit of my beloved
screw, to pledge myself to risk my boom as many times as
may be necessary, but as to steering balloons, never! )(say
persons were not able to enter the ground for want of a suf.
ficient number of paying places. Thom persona might have
secured tickets, which were to be had two days before all
over Far!s. This does not prevent me from offering them my '
mauves, begging their indulgence for en unskilled director
of spectacles, who is the find to suffer from their non-
admission. Some of the spectator; lam told, also com-
plain that the interred enclosure bad no mats provided. I
am not aware that chairs were ever placed in the Champ
de Mars for any public exhibition, any more than at Long-
champs or at Vincennes. I thought I was doing ► great deal
in placing 2,000 metres of seats; for the ladies who find
entered. The posting bills and tickets did not promise that.
In order to Nattily everyone I shall endeavour to have seats
for the second ascent, which will take place on the 18th inst.

Interesting details of the ascent of the Nadar
balloon, said to have been narrated by Prince
Wittgenstein, are given by the France. The most
extraordinary is that at half-past 8, when the
balloon attained the height of 1,500 metres, the
aeronauts saw the sun, which had set for the earth
below upwards of two hours before. The effect of
the light upon the balloon is described as something
marvellous, and as having thrown the travellers
into a sort of ecstacy. Although they met with co
rain, their clothes were all dripping wet from the
mist which they passed through. The descent was
more perilous than at first reported. The car
dragged on its side for nearly a mile, and the pas-
sengers took refuge in the ropes, to which they
clung. Several were considerably bruised—though
as before stated no one sustained 'any very
serious injury. Everybody behaved well. Nader,
visibly uneasy about his fa4r charge the young
Princess de la Tour d'Auvergne, was told by her to
attend to his duty as captain. "Every one at his
post," said she, " I will keep to mine." Nota:th-
standing all the shaking which the car underwent
the 37 bottles of wine provided for the journey
were all found unbroken, and they were most
joyously broached when the party got on terra
firma. The rifles, the crockery, as well as a cake
and 13 ices pzesented to Nader by Siraudin of the
Rue de la Pair, were all uninjured. When the
descent was effected the lights and the speaking
trumpet soon attracted a number of peasants,
who brought carts and helped the party
to the village of Barcy, where most of
them passed the night ; but M. Nader and
the Prince de Wittgenstein, with two or three
others, came to Paris by the first train from Meaux.
It is said that the descent was resolved upon in
consequence of the advice of the brothers Godard,
and contrary to the wish of M. Nader, who, as

captain, had made every one of his oompauions sign
an agreement to act upon his orders, even though
the vote should be unanimously against him. He,
however, yielded his opinion in deference to that
of these experienced aeronauts. A truly extraor-
dinary statement is that they fancied the wind was
blowing them to the sea, and certain destruc-
tion, whereas they were going due east, with no sea
at all before them nearer than the Caspian.
There was great disappointment in the receipts
at the Champs de Mars, which are said to have
realised only 27,000 fr., whereas 150,000 fr. bad been
calculated upon. The papers say that the public
broke down the barriers and got in for nothing in-
stead of paying their franc. It is quite certain
that at the moment of the ascent there could not
have been less than 50,000 people on the Champs
de Mare, and on the terraces and heights around
there must have been four times that number.

The Europe of Frankfort gives a circumstantial
account of a proposition made by Lord Russell to
the Austrian government, which was very ill re-
ceived by M. de Rechberg. The English minister,
it is pretended, sent the draft of an identical note
which be wished to be signed by France, Austria,
and England, declaring to Russia that she had for-
feited all her rights to Poland uuder the treaties of
1815. It is a curious fact that 'the Pays, which
bas recently contradicted in so positive a manner
all rumours of fresh negotiations, deals with this
in a singularly tender manner. It says it
is " not in a position either to confirm
or to •leny it." But it states (and this
is a curious circumstance, if the news is true)
that M. Drouyn de Lhuys knows nothing
about it. It further observes, as a ground for
doubt, that Lord Russell was not in London ou
Sept. 30, on which day a telegram from him is said
to have been received at Vienna, and it
further thinks the English ministers do not send
important telegrams abroad when they are absent
from the capital. These are the "reserves" which
the Pays thinks it right to make in reproducing the
assertions of the Europe. It might, however, be
suggested that, inasmuch as, according to the re-
iterated statement of the Pays itself, France is now
waiting for some proposal from England and
Austria, nothing is more natural than that those
two powers should interchange ideas without 3f.
Drouyn de Lhuys being kept informed as to what
they are doing—so long, at least, as they base come
to no decision.
The Patrie says that Prince Czartoryski has
made a formal application to the cabinets of Lon-
don and Paris, in the name of the Polish govern-
ment, demanding the recognition of Poland as a
belligerent nation.
At the Bourse there were considerable fluctua-
tions, but ultimately the Rente rose 25c. for cash
and 10c. for account, and Mobilier fife.