The Express.
London, England, 1851-10-01 00:00:00

THIS DAY, Noox.
Ceara of WIM. Wienath wWiwi. State of the Weather.
LW. Cabo. Overeset.

The returns from tie following places did not reach this
°Sea in time for publication yesterday; they therefore
tadicam the data of tie weather oa Monday morning at
eine o'clock.

Wawa'
Kutunews (Ma'am)

S. therm Rata
SM. I Hard Wind I Rain
8.8. W. Miran, iireese Itaia
IL Hard Wind Heavy ➢ain

THE BALLOON ACCIDENT AT

MARNZ.—The following details are given in a letter written
by the survivor:—" Launched into the air, without anchor
and without vane, it was difficult for us to entertain the
idea of descending immediately, on account of the wind.
Another still more powerful motive deterred us, and that
was the darkness. Vb.'e decided on waiting for day-break,
as the wind, which blew from the north, caused no fear
that we should be driven out of France. There was one

danger attendant on our position, and that was, that
the balloon might carry us to a height of from
5,500 to 6,000 metres, where we should be inevi-
tably exposed to a cold of from 15 to 20 de-
grees, particularly during the night. After some time we
opened the valve 15 times successively, in order to arrest the
progress and make us descend. M. Merle, suffering from
cold, enveloped himself in a piece of canvas, and lay down
in the bottom of the car. I leant on my elbows on the edge
of the car, endeavouring to distinguish some lights in the
towns wo might be passing, in order to ascertain the pro-
gress of the balloon. I had just refused M. Merle to take
his cotton nightcap, as being more convenient than a hat ;
when, feeling myself affected by the cold, I asked him
whether we should descend a little. He did not reply. I
took him by the arm, but he was senseless, and I thought
he had been attacked with apoplexy. I afterwards thought
that he must have been in a perspiration when he first as-
cended, and that the cold had seized on him before
ho was sufficiently aware of his position. I then pulled
strongly on the cord attached to the valve, in order
to descend as quickly as possible, and at the expiration of
about three-quarters of an hour I came to the ground, with-
out any shock, in a meadow about four leagues frorn Troyes.
I continued to use friction on the body of M. Merle for some
time, for the night was so dark, and the fog so thick, that I
knew not in what direction to seek for assistance, but with-
out producing any effect. Soon after, hearing a cock crow,
I directed my steps towards the spot, and discovered a farm,
the proprietor of which came to me. We carried my com-
panion into his house, and then sent for a medical man.
During an hour and a half, the farmer and myself did every-
thing in our power to restore animation, and when the
doctor arrived, he pronounced that all further attempts were
useless. The balloon during this time had remained under
the care of a man belonging to the farm, after which, with
the kind assistance of some peasants, I packed it up.
A MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT occurred at St. Just
West, Penzance, on Sunday last. A party who had been
nut shooting, and had returned,when, as one of them, named
Thomas Wembath, was trying to draw the charge from
his gun, by some means the gun went off, and the
whole charge entered his mouth and blew his head to
atoms. He was soon placed on a plank and carried to his
home, about a mile distant, where he had in the morning
left a wife and three children.

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