The Express.
London, England, 1850-07-09 00:00:00

AKENSION OF AN AERONAUT ON
HORSEBACK.

P.trie centipOndont, Writing last eventing, eye
Ice Innouocement of the ascension of M. Poitevin
Lteebock tad ached no Uttle cariosity. The entrance to
1.1...0:eta:1e east night at the Champ-do-Kars was lir , and
n: crowd were as eager and as great as at the races,
wz.re to gratuity is paid. M. Patens is about forty, and
• red thoroughly versed in the art of infestation. At
4 .ck the inflation of the balloon, which wn called the
.se and was *bout 120 feet in circumference, was coin
trawl. A strong southerly wind retarded the operation.
:Le halm was every moment blown en its side, sad several
tato the gale by its violence threatened its distrusting. At
'or. about hairnet five. the iodation having been come
f.ve, the cords of the netting, to which a kind of platform
tl • vier: woe k to bold the ballast had been attached, were
~:teed. The wind was now so impetuous that it required
ut...ed efforts e, b 0 men to hold the balloon. Some of the
eve. ter n lent their sesistans at this critical moment, where
it wee.ed uncertain if the pagination weld be terminated,
sotwiltstaisding the danger M. Poitorla persevered.
A orsitiful white pony was sow led oat; he wee well bred
at 1 ice lied awl bridled in the French masser, so apparatus
him was fined ander his body by a wide
I..te a string linen cloth, to which ware fastened sevenl
we'llr et: api, united, about sin inches above the shoulders
• ta.l :ers of the animal, to four " porta mousquetons."
Iu eis•inee between the back of the hone ankthe wicker
•,.•:f-re c•ctsaiing the ballast was about seven or eight
beet, a commune's= to which we. made by a rope ladder
tni.:h sr. peons left Is the centre. and by this opening
• I...sse 1 tr, sea of the valve. M. Paten* in the ter
tine of a jockey, then mounted his horse, and gin the
• dnparurs. Yoe ease minutes the crowd appeared
• to turn their way into the enclosure, but the
t.:...:eurs of Verssilles, who attended to prawn order,
Xmas Rees ordered to fix bayonets, a spas, was isms-
tats., t:saed about the aeronaut. The order " Let go"
wee• cow g rest For some moments the hone exhibited
rh .1 a. iteseasa, and appeared vary frightened, but so soon
In :II NI loos had commened its mast, he remained quite
sot.oc'ne, his legs hanging is if he were attacked by
F. r annatant this balloon, forted by the wind,
we. wn•ct at right angles with the aeronaut and his horse,
in) as w.• accounted in the bills, wars not protected by
sec lord i or other apparatus of safety.
%be on of the spectators was very obvious, and sons
lace fect.d. As to M. rennin, quits unconcerned, he
note, thew with his sap and whip, and seemed as such
at t.e i •sa as lf he had been taking an airing in the Champs
1..)e.te1. The sheens of the assembled multitude now
irt• chd him from all quarters. He soon left the saddle for
the peati.rn bt Reese of the rope ladder, for the papas of
t....4.tug,Lig sufficient balsa to accelerate his ascension, and
tt• n resumed tie seat on the hone. The balloon, which was
sir :en to the north ear, remained a long time in sight. It
started at tea minutes putt air, and at • quarter to seven it
was ale' Stile, following the course of the Heine, sometimes
obscured by the clouds, and again reappearing es they
Snared sway. 31. Poitain exhibited an greatest coolness
ac,l MTV,.
The aeronaut touched ground at eight, after a voyage of
two hot" 5' Hrni, canton of Brie.Conthe-Hobert, depart-
ment of Seise-EA-Mune. He rode from thews to Paris
on the pony on which he was mounted during his amens
tscal tsip.

CIMICH AND STATE return
presented yesterday to the Hoses of Commas. showing the
somber of pert admitted to the Tower, Kew Gardens,
Hampton C,,,rt Palace, lke , during sash month
of the Ist: tire years, and also showing the
amount 41 &IS Ultra by the Chapters of St.
Paul's aid Weetraisstu for the imbibition of those ea
Wear. It appears that during 1849 no lon
than gi Of> visitors repaired to liamptos Court,
and 13711r0 to the Kew Botanic Gardens. Is July
tearly 30 000 vie' kid Hampton Court. To Kew the Writ
augur 01 visitors was is August, when 31,100 persons
tfAls the./ pleasure in the gardens. The Tower does not
appear to Lo by any memo so popular a plate of PobA°
amuiemi nt. The somber of vision to the Armoury last
Isar sow COW: the number to the Jewel Bosse 41,400.
The receipt', at Gd. each person, fell somewhat short of the
mousse. With regard to Westminster Abbey sad
Bt. Pao:'s, it seems that the total sam neonved
fat tee' at the Abbey in 1849 was NV. lts.
Of this &arms, 774. was paid to the torathalsowers,
W. was paid far charges the =onuses% and 1961. was
carried t 4 the "Ornamental Fond," from which, it same,
all the meet improvements and decoration ia the chili
have been made. At lit. Pears last year the amemat if
few taken was sly 4301 , the wholicif shish is Oval he the
serum Th is exhibition seems to he a deallahogiSe. Sines
IhIG the receipt' have fallen off every year, sad last ear
they had decreased 1601. spas the mamma that
Poua-Law RaLlzi.—Yestastlay a parliessistary
doeumeat wee based, ham which it awmtre that the capes-
Mare ler the ariateasale sad oat door relief Is belied,
ix the halt-year aided the 30th Yank last was 367,8341.,
whilst is the earreepeadiag hall-year el 1849 It was ea mash
as 1140,6111 , shade' a dames et ao tees than 261,1771,