The Express.
London, England, 1850-09-14 00:00:00

THE L413,4),1N1T147911T GALE.

The Cbtorrieur di Ls Gironde, of Wednesday, give.
fallopein Owls of the death of Lleuttosat " Mr.
Male witgimpeaded from Ariandsam, at, a quarter-pest eta,
deet,:nded at a gearter-paatorres in the comesnarot Cats,
on nem:rem spat of growth situated hat mien the prepertyof
*Xid.Rogus nod that of K. Balsamic Bevels or eight pea-
emits who with at work in.the usiehhourhood, name laid
hold of the balleen, the moped of which bad caseht holt of
.e.fie taw. „In e..hes,memoetta the halloo* Was lying• quietly
on tho ground, and the horse was dimagaged - The figs of
the poor animal were completely bonumbed, sod it lame-
Weedy ley down. It men afttersoar. is, however, rdimered
Melia gelotriahugisp,•begaa to sat the prim as neighing had
hippo's& At this isteneat the wind wes blowing ostler
bash, and the balloon which the effort. of the pentane" could
scarcely restrain, having been freed from the weight of the
Ithmeosegtdred aft additional simensimal form. Mt. Gale,
who will dry getlck in his inevenenV end very impatiens,
gm. directions to the peasinM which went but Isadly uader-
stood try thene,M ha spoke In English." The stronautittall
graittalthe elle,-Ited me smog. d In fastening wide topes
We the balloon width nadseemed w attactithe horse, when,
new mass 'order notthederstood by thy peasants,- they
times" AM reporebleit bell the balloon. The halide thus
freed, ascended in a perpeedieslar Her, ind the branch of
the tree to which-Vet grapnel! lad fastened broke. At this
nyment Mr. Gee, who wee atadliog up, was thrown down
into the bottom of the of lift the shock. Toil fil added to
the escape of pi, caused by the prodigious %AV nsional force,
must hats donned and suffocated thetmfortnade man, for
be wes not Kea WM. eisarwardo, and he was n.) more vi-
sible to the inside mumbled. Tme balloon, is this second
itseendon, went about two mile", but whit. took place during
this period no one an tell. A peasant of Cestss prstenda
that, as the balloon was paming over a fie grove' he distin-
guished the aeronaut lying down in the car, his heed bang-
ing met the side with test theme protruding from the mouth,a self Mid bet suffocated. If such be the feet, a alight
Adel Woillibes soffit:tenet. here thrown him out of the car,
and this accouot upped" the more probable, as a hole was
made in the bottom albs car through which Mr. Gale as•
ended when Itavarg the horse. We must, for the sake of
troth, mention that, at the MOM et of his fire ascent,
MT; Gehl was tot perfectly sober ; he had taken m ve than his
Meal guantity'of spiritooot liquor, MI his state of e seas-
IMO wee nab that Mr. CI ford was alarmed, arid proposed
kithithed Id, his stead. The proposal°a was, however, re-
jessetvand Mr. Clifford wormed-IA apyreheosfon to several
serretes present. At eight o'clock 'the son in law of M. Le-
'bundle a field the plume of ehite feathers with which
W sad of the horse had been ornamented, and which Mr.
Mikalowl taken off it end stock bilis own cop. On receiving
this tardnestion, some penione, Mr. Ciiff mil amongst the
nelinher; *wit totbe plea- Where It was expected Mr. Gay,
wont& hum Mine down lathe Commune of Cedes, and' atter
• loos search the bslloon was found in a field beyond the
Croix-d'Hitax, still half fall of gas. It was not tom and every
tidier was in its plan, bat no trace of the aeronaut could be
MIMI dieting the evening. After some iovutigationa and as
lbeidght was fin admitted, Mr. 'Clifford proposed to empty
the balloon, and to carry itback to Bordeaux, thinking that
Nr.,Odle not seeing any one near it the time of hie d. scent
Mfg gliebidfidenti go In search of assistance in some of the
hellersear, and *hers he would stop for the Light Be-
-I=wominewever mad. at sops of the ketoses, but no
'lodi him. Ott the fbllciWies "d/y, Minder, the
Windt* foiltiM W.V. rdtbied, butwithinit avail. Testa.
daY, thi proco,rear of the republid received a letter from
M. Palmetto, dating that the body of the unfmunate man
had been found on Ms estate at Costae. It appeared that at
beesk of day an intialfitant of the iornmupe, in taking his
covessef their patture, saw oats of the animals preoced to •
dump Ohms", and hegin smelling at aomething lying there.
He went to the spot, when he was horrified at wicks the body
of a man, the face coMpletely eaten awey by dogs and, wild
animale, and the limbs in a broken and mutilated condition.
The place when the body was Sound was upwards of, a ma.
from where the halide° had been discovered. Itifoemation
Was immediately siren to the proper authotitias, and they
proceeded to the spot, and drew up a prods verbal "lithe
affair, and the body was carefully removed. At 8 ticlosit Id
the evening ft was taken to Vincentits, preparatory to In
beteg Interred." ,
The ildoorial &midair of the same day gives • somewhat
different semount of the cause of the death of Mr. Oslo. It
says :—" it nightfall. Mr. Gd• effected his &meat tietwese
Peasant aid Martignao. He hastened to re/ease the horse
from the repey. which attached, ,to the car, end, by his
e*giiiitivif.gestures Nebo cold 110 t speak Pet nob) he ix-
trestipelud to the !Tatubs,:ropwuhowloodhasizeltzle that thoney were to
W hen
he supposed that his whiles were understood, Mr. Gale
gain Mat Into the ear, in order to open the rely. a aod empty
thoballoon as piomptly as passible. Finding some part of
the cordage impede his movements, he drew a long knife
from his pocket to cut it, when the poloist., not knowing
the use he was going to make of the memo, and doomed at
his excited manner, all at once go their hold. The bal-
loon, relieved from the weight of the horse and a portion of
the ballast, then row again with prodigious rapidity. carry-
ing with ieths onfortunitte aeronaut, 'impended by hit Mode,
which clutched one of the ropes. The position was frightful.
Only the energy of despair could have prolonged it for a few
inrants. Mr. Gal., no doubt, must have soon lost his hold
and fallen from e peat height."

ENCZOACHIIIOIIII ON ST. hmzs's AND TIM
°saw l'atuut.—l would ask what amenity there can be
to looking at the plan for what is termed improvements
proposed in St. James's Park, opposite to Buckingham
Palsies," to pat the country to an expense of about 15,1401,
when certainly 1,60 W. would accomplish all that is required.
It is prepaid to alter the present line of iron railing to the
enclosures of St. James's and the Green Parke, to which
this. CAA be no objections ' • bat why, or for what mama, the
present ornamental pines of water is to be destroyed, and
etociroashed alma by a stiff, formal, and unsightly enclosure
of iron railing, which is estimated at 16,0001., it is utterly
bahoesiblik to conjecture • there is nothing gained by it, and
it is not of the slightest 'advantage either to the palace, or
much lees to the public. There is a sum of 6,1161 put down
for iron railing gates, dm., in frost if the date. What
has become of expensive bronze railing put up by the
late Mr. Nash ?—Correspondent of 27tc Builder.
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STRIZE AT MONYWEARMOCTII COL-
mahr.—Ois Mosley last between two and three hundred
of the mat lowers employed at Moakarearmouth Colliery
struck work, owiag to • change in the mete of payment for
a coolie portion of work, sad which was intended t• be
made by the omen et the twittery. On Tuesday, 'de Burns,
the viewer, applied to the borough magiatzetes for four war-
rants maims the pitmen who had left their work without
liave ; end on Monday be made en application to the Wm,
on What of the onuses of the colliery. He said the
pitman had refused I. work Itemise the owners
wished to pay them by the score instead of the
yard, as they formerly bed done. The °worn did not
want to matte a reduction of wages, neither did the work-
sea seek lot an advents; sad the men, sill refusing to
work, the owners were determined to turn eev.ral of
them oat of their houses that day, and be feared that the
peace might be broken; he therefore hoped that the ma-
&strides would grant the protection of the police, which
was accordingly granted. On Wednesday aittrnoon, Mr.
Burns, accompanied by a number of bailiffs, rimmed by •
mamba of the borough polioe, prosiedtd to Mookmare
mouth Colliery, and removed twenty (muse oat of their
houses. The goods were removed by the colliery cuts,
partly to Morkwemmonth, and to • quarry and fields near
Southwick, when several of the workmen encamped tot
the night. The same evening a miesiios at the workless
was held at Hatchinima'a Tavern, Kingeteset, Monkweare
Mouth ; the room was crowded to eases.. John liebtlint
pitman, was ealltd to the chair. The meeting was glee
addressed by Muer& Martin Jade and Joseph
&Milder from Newcastle, and several of the workmen,
from which we authored the following alatimeste, via.:—
That the owners of Monkweanneath Colliery hod changed
the mode of wattles themal in s portion of the mine, to
• system whisk Is termed the Derbyshire Lose-wall, and
the hewers had been paid at the rate of 94.. and 10J. pee
yard, for working the seam, the average Prise fend Wad
IM:per yard, that the owners had sow ameidered to change
the male of payment, via., to pay the mu by the
Mon. which would, consemently, be a reduction of the
metes wages. They stated' that 10 yards of coal Made I
sopre, which at the Mirage price of 94. par yard would be
71. I. per booth the'
ram for blasting bad ls. ed. the
Wen 2e. 6d., which animated altogether to Hs. 64'. per
some' and the owners wished to pay them for the isms
work fia. per wore, sad thee also the workmen were to
aid blast the coal sad find their own gunpowder, and be
subject to set oat and lay oat Mr the same =out,
which`would-amoust to a rednetioa of every otisl.hewer's
wages from 2e. to le. IM. per day. Thla being the whole
cause of the strike. They also consideired they had bees
illegally tamed 'eat of their homes,' without having •
Month 4 notice, tad' hire determined to try the cue by
law. 'lt was Barthel • Stated that one of the workmen
said that ha emderstooi that the mutes wished the men
to make an eat at what mice they would work at per
seem, and a emthmitsee was appointed to mike that sr-
nnomiestee /VMS also Sated- that there were now 260
eanhttetterde estlefiki, and 159 off-hand man ware working
in the selisele_blit leveed of than had given up. A number
of stork seen hithateered to watch the furniture in the fields
dark/4 &Oh/ gilt, mad several of them offered the tormonts
all the &elm: they shad afford in their dwellings. The
whelks elftlthaterakere urged the men to keep the peace, and
thesmodipedereatour were
Her ik& ectsdneted in the most orderly manner.

INCINDSANILUI AT LONG CLAWSON AND CONILIT
TM. OP ISM OWNIII QV TKO POOPIPTY.—On Taseday
Vat, this village,wos agar the rose of a der ruetire firee
which entirely esweemed two large wheat horror the
plo-
party et Mr. Ridding. An lavestigatiso Iree tarn place;
and her eirenoureoses of la extremely raspieions chancier
ish=ourpired, • warrant area obtained, arid Mr. Bidding
wan oneresl sod owned before the magistrates $1
16110114110 Ma dtit hart. The priories' error is that
of a wrlocilipat urea Am Hardy, who &proof
that, to pre through the steolt•yard from glearriog,
the saw Mr. Riskliag, who antra her to rake baste and
let away ; whoa she reared her father's bouts, whir le
160 per •Sfr as saw the An. Ulna this evidosee the pri-
soner wee ressaaded till Monday ket, when he woo tally
committed fee trial We asiererad the property had been
issued cooly a few dap, la the Glebe firoolke.—Sfeerford
Mornery.
BOAT ACCIDENT.7-A boles crew of four ROPlian

ettentea wen pin off to their ve7oscfrOm.i;rtiihieldt.
dna, to ffottudor afibt, wham they quarrelled, the boat
eepoistodAnd two of thou wen drown& The men belonged
to theatisian barque Argo, sad the tames of the MOO
drowsed an Baer °metal( Etwadrozo, and Joh!. GronnerelL
The body of Brasetron has been picked op.—Sunderland
Herald.