The Sun.
London, England, 1864-01-18 00:00:00

N°. 22,328

THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 18, 1864.

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my 17th ascent on January 12th took place from there.

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This series of experiments necessitates the use of the bal-
loon at all seasons of the year, winter as well as summer.
The last was on October 9. The weather in November was
far too windy to attempt an accent.
Mr. Coxwell was with his balloon at Woolwich by the
middle of December to gat all ready by the 21st, but cir-
cumstances prevented the ascent on that day. Again the
balloon was partially inflated on December 30, and also on
December 31, on which day the inflation was nearly com-
pleted, but ice formed on the top of the balloon, and when
the filling was resumed a strong wind arose and nearly
drove the balloon on the gas holders, when Mr. Coxwell de-
cided upon letting off the gas and waiting for more favour-
able weather.

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On Monday, January 11, the balloon was thoroughly
examined, and it was ready to ascend on Tuesday, at two
o'clock in the afternoon.

No balloon, as far as I can ascertain, has ascended in
England during the present century in the month of Jan-
uary, and never one during any of the winter months, which
has reached any considerable elevation.

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to 30fr. ; a maE,rnifi3ent salon, capable of dining more than
300 persons, and where there is a table d'hote at six o'clock.
Dinners and breakfasts are served a la carte in the coffee-
rooms, as well as in the apartments. There is a reading—
room with the best English and foreign papers and publica-
tions, a music-room, and a drawing-room for the use of tra-
vellers without any additional charge. There are also baths,
billiard-rooms, smoking divans, post-office ; cabs, carriages,
and omn buses going to the railway stations. The servant•
speak all languages. This superb hotel, possessing all that
modern luxury and comfort can combine, and situated in the
most fashionable part of Paris, is recommended to the atten-
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Independently of their Two Hotels, the Compagnie Immo-
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on the Boulevard des Capucines, opp .site the ROTUNDA of
the GRAND HOTEL, where Families can reside as in their
own private residences, and where they may rely upon find-
ing the utmost comfort.

Winter ascents are certainly the most hazardous; the
balloon requires constant watching and attention ; we,
therefore, took our friend, F. Norris, Esq., of the Conser-
vative Club, who has made previous ascents, and could
assist Mr. Coxwell as well ns myself. Mr...... Norris under-
took to watch the first deposition of dew on the hygro-
meters, and to fill two large bags with air at the highest
point we might reach, for analysis by Professor Tyndall.
We took a dog and three rabbits to note their behaviour
when above the clouds, and the effects of low temperature
and sudden changes upon them.
HEIGHTS AND COURSE OF THE BALLOON.

The balloon left at seven minutes after two, with nearly
a south wind, and passed ever the river Thames, but when
at the height of 400 feet the wind changed to a point with a
great deal of west in it, and we found ourselves passing
down the centre of the river. At 29, at the height of 550
feat, we fell into a strong S.W. current, and crossed Til-
bury Railway at 2 14. Hainault Forest was west at 2 21,
and our course was N.E., or nearly directly towards the
Blackwater river, Under these circumstances we did not
dare to rise as we intended. At 243 we saw a large town
east of us, which we thought was Chelmsford, and inferred
our course was nearly north. At 254 we saw Malden and
the Blackwater at an estimated distance of 15 to 20 miles
east. We were then about 7,500 ft high, The wind continu-
ing south nearly we determined to go above the clouds. At
3 8 we were 8,600 ft high, and the wind veered to S.S,W.
At 3 16 we were 9,500 ft high, and the wind changed to
S.S.E., and continued in this direction, we believed, to our
highest point, which was nearly 13,000 ft. Then the earth
was quite obscured, and we had nothing whatever to guide
us as to our rate of motion or of our locality; and, as the sun
would set in little more than half an hour, we gave up the
hope of reaching five miles high, resolved to pass down-
wards through the clouds and ascertain our position. At 337
we were 10,500 ft high, in five minutes we descended to
8,500 ft, and beneath the clouds still 6,500 ft from the earth,
which looked barren, and as there was no place that any of
us knew we could not determine our locality at all. At four
o'clock we saw a forest of pines. We still descended slowly
to 1,250 ft by 47. We saw a village, and after passing this
the earth looked barren ; there were no villages and scarcely
any habitations. The mist was so thick we could not see

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two miles ahead, and we came to the ground at 4 15'near
Brandon.

TEMPERATURE OP THE AIR.

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On the ground was 42 deg., decreased to 381 by 2 10;
then increased to 45 deg,by 2 25, and the sensation was one
of great warmth; at 2 28 it decreased to 411 deg, was 38
deg at 2 30, and 31 deg at 2 35, at 6,200 ft high; it was then
nearly constant about 30 deg, till 3 0, when our height was
7,500tt ; it then decreased to 20 deg by 3 16, at the height
of 9,500 ft, and continued to decrease, and was 11 deg at 3 31
at the height of 13,00Gft ; it increased to 16 deg in six mi-
nutes on descending to 10,000 ft, and constantly increased
with decrease of elevation to 40 deg at the height of I,oooft,
and to 42 deg on the ground.

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Naval and Military Intelligence.

Al though it was expected that warm currents of air might
be met with, it was quite unexpected to meet with such
within 1,000 feet of the earth, and extending to nearly 4,000
feet high, the thickness of this warm S.W. wind was fully
3,000 feet.

THE NAVY.

Every exertion is being used in the equipment of the iron-
plated frigate Caledonia, 35, 800 horse power, in order to pre-
pare her for the first division of the Chatham steam reserve,
in readiness for immediate commission.
In accordance with instructions received at Chatham-
dockyard from the Admiralty, the officers connected with
the department of the Director of Works, who have entered
the service subsequently to April, 1859, will be required to
pass the examinations before the Civil Service Commis-
sioners to be eligible for promotion, or entitled to a super.
annuation allowance.

At the height of half a mile the temperature was nearly
4 deg warmer than on the ground; at this height hitherto
we hate always found the temperature from 12 deg to 16
deg colder. in this respect differing from all previous ex-
periments
TEMPERATITUE OF TICE DEW POINT.

Dew was deposited at a temperature of 35 deg before
starting ; at 36 deg between the heights of 1,500 and 3,000
feet ; at 26 deg at 4,000 feet, decreased to zero at 9,500 feet ;
and the dew point was 4 deg, 5 deg, and 6 deg below zero,
at heights exceeding 10,000 feet; on passing below 10,000
feet the dew point was the same as the temperature of the
air, and therefore the air was saturated with moisture, and
continued so till we very nearly reached the earth.
APPEARANCES OF THE EARTH, AND ABOVE THE CLOUDS.
On leaving the earth was dull and the air very misty.
When afterwards viewed, its appearance was very different
from that in summer. All looked barren, bleak, and ice-
bound ; every sheet of water was covered with ice, and Mr.
Coxwell, notwithstanding his 502 ascents, said he never
before had seen sheets of water in their frozen aspect, with
those peculiar white fringed edges which attracted our spe-
cial attention.
At 2 45, at the height of 7,000 feet, we heard a railway
train, and then the " tick, tick" of a threshing machine, and
afterwards, at the height of 7,200 feet, we hard people's
voices, and these were the only sounds we heard.
At 3 29, on looking down, we saw snow falling upon a fin e
cloud, whose surface was unbroken and even being free from
irregularities, and whose boundary lines were very sharply
defined. At this time dense clouds were far above us, and
the air seemed to be full of snow.
At 3 31 we were about 13,000 feet high, and as we are
quite ignorant of all meteorological conditions in the higher
year, it was with the deepest
decision to descend ; we were
atmospherereg
in fine but thick snow, we had lost sight of the earth, with,
we believed, no great length of land before us, and even that
retl hear atd thisxtr. timee Coxwell's
of the
being towards the sea. Had we ascended another mile our
descent mast have been very near the coast, and, consider-
ing that the sun was about setting, with large sheets of
vapour obscuring the view, I felt that Mr. Coxwell's judg-
ment was again wisely exercised, and I abstained from in-
fluencing him in any way whatever.
From 3 32 fine granular snow covered my notebook, and
continued till 3 47, when we were about entering cloud in
descending, whose thickness was about 600 feet, through
which space we passed in two minutes. The balloon must
have been laden with snow. The cloud was saturated with
moisture, as was the air below the cloud, till within 1,000
feet of the earth.
At 4 9 it became so dark that it was with difficulty I
could read the instruments. The sun had set, a dense mist
was everywhere, and we could not see far ahead. Mr. Cox-
welt then began the descent ; the place was quite barren, and
seemed uninhabited, the grapnel passed through light sand
for some little time, but the descent was managed so admi-
rably that we came down without causing injury to a single
instrument.

The following appointments have been made at the Admi-
ralty :—Commander Charles E. Stevens, to the Cumber-
land—Lieut. Archibald G. Bogle, to the Duncan—Lieut.
William H. Geoid, Lieut. John E. Stokes, Lieut. Rowland
M. Sperling, and Lieut. Edward Denny, to the Hector;
Lieut. W. J. Walker, to the Britannia—John P. C. Cle-
ments, master, to the Prince C,,nsurt—W. H. Fawek-
ner, master, to the Hector—Thomas W. J. Downes,
midshipman, to the Satlej—Barton R. Bradford, naval
cadet, to the Aurora—Julian W. Torbett, assist.- paymas
ter, to the Hector—Richard Simpson, chief engineer, to the
Prince Consort—Charles Wright, chief engineer, to the
Fisgard from the Hecate—W. C. B. P. Jones, engineer, to
the Prince Consort—James Elwess, Daniel Wishart, Robt-
B. Turner, and Henry J. Hall. assist.-engineers to the
Prince Consort—Charles L. J. Underwood, clerk, to the
Hogue—and William Betts nominated to a naval cadetship.
Lieut. Jas. Grant, Lieut. C. J. Carey, Lieut. C, F. Ryder,
and Lieut. E. B. Wadlow, to the Prince Consort—Lieut.
A. J. N. Collins, to the Excellent—Charles Dickson, chief
engineer, to the Hector—Thomas E. Buckle, engineer, to
the Dauntless—Thomas E. Woodfield, acting engineer, to
the Hector—Charles H. Thompson, Leopold M. Green,
Josh. Turner, and Josh. J. Taylor, first-class assist, engi-
neers, to the Hector.

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QUEENSTOWN, Jan 17.

The Royal Mail steamship Asia, from Boston on
the 6th and Halifax en the Bth, arrived here at 4
p.m. to-day, with 70 passengers and 61,540 dols.
sbe landed 122 sacks of mails and 11 passengers,
and proceeded immediately. All well.
The Asia experienced very severe weather.
NEW YORK, Jan. 5 (Evening).

The Federal pickets at Winchester, Virginia,
were driven in on Friday, but the Confederates
have not continued any further movements. Gene-
rals Fitzhugh Lee, Early, and Imboden are still in
the vicinity of Winchester with 7,000 men, pro-
bably with the view of opening a long section of
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.
Federal accounts from Charleston on the 31st ult.
confirm the reported shelling of the city on Christ-
mas-day, having caused considerable damage. The
Confederates erected a battery on the Stono River,
firing upon the gunboat Marble Head, and seriously
injuring her. Two gunboats went to her assistance,
driving the Confederates from their batteries, which
were afterwards captured by an expedition from
the gunboats.
The Federals have occupied Lame& and
Indianola in Texas. General Magruder has issued
a proclamation that Western Texas would be de-
fended. San Antonio and Austin were being for-
tified, and the Federals would be driven to their
ships.

Four regiments embarked on the 22d ultimo at
Port Hudson, it is supposed for the Red River.

The mutineers in Fort Jackson, below New
Orleans, are to be tried by court-martial. _ _

The presence of coloured delegates at the Free
State Convention in Nay, Orleans caused consi-
derable controversy, and several white delegates
withdrew. .

The Federals have destroyed extensive saltworks
and private property at St. Andrew's Bay, and
burnt every house in St. Andrew's City.

General. Butler has arrived at Washington to
confer concerning the exchange of prisoners. The
New York 7inzes asserts that the Government will
insist upon the recognition of General Butler by the
Confederates, and will place all Confederate pri-
soners under his control.

It is reported that an appropriation for bounties
to soldiers will be passed in Congress. These ap-
propriations will necessitate a further issue of 150
million treasury notes.

The examination of three of the Chessapeake
pirates has been commenced at St. John's. The
counsel for the prisoners contended that the case
did not come within the province of the extradition
treaty, as the offence was committed at sea out of
American jurisdiction. The case was still proceeding.

The New York Police Commissioners have refused
to vacate their posts until the Governor's power to
remove them is legally decided and the charges
against them have been investigated.
The New York Legislature assembled to-day,
The Governor's message recommends the adoption
of a system for the protection of the State banks in
consequence of the intention of General Grant to
create national banks. He denounces the draft as a
failure, and declares that President Lincoln's as-
suamption of power in his capacity of commander-
in•chief has wrought a revolution in the Govern-
ment, renderitig the civil power under the State
laws and judicial decisions subordinate to military
authority. The country can only be saved from
national ruin by the Administration adhering to its
pledge to restore constitutional union.
Further developments of extensive shipments
from New York to the South have come to light,
and more arrests have been made.

The obsequies of Archbishop Hughes will be
conducted with imposing ceremonies.

Congress assembled to- day at Washington. A
bill was introduced to prevent military interference
in elections.
The Star and Golden City left San Francisco on
the 4th for Panama, with 1,460,000 dols. for Eng-
land.

The City of Baltimore was intercepted off Cape
Race on the 2d.

COMMERCIAL.

Money easy but active, at 7 per cent. Gold, 511
per cent. prem. The market has been animated,
bnt the rate underwent very little fluctuation.
Exchange on London—Bankers' bills, 166 ; on
Paris, 3,45.
Stocks advancing. New York Centrals, 1321 ;
Illinois Centrals, 1181; Erie, 1091 ; Six per Cent,
United States Bonds, 105.

Cotton steady ; middling Upland, 81c. to 82c.

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Petroleum, crude, 320. to 33c. ; refined, 47c. to
48c.

JAPAN.

NEW YORK, Jan. 5 (Evening).
Advices received here from Kanagawa to the
lst December state that the city was still guarded
by Europeans. A peaceful solution between the
Tycoon and Europeans was expected. The Tycoon
was at war with the Daimios. Business was im-
proved. The Japanese had paid an indemnity of
10,000 dole. for intercepting the American vessels
Star and Pembroke.

MEXICO.

NEW YORK, Jan. 6 (Evening).

Advices received here from Mexico to the 20th
ult., report that General Dobludo has given in his
adhesion to the French.

A PERFECT PARIS.—Nine o'clock struck, and
hunger came with it. I proposed to my companion
to pursue our popular investigations while breakfasting. A
kind of restaurant was apparent just at that moment—if we
may so call the simple eating houses which are spread over
the colony. The servant, the knives and forks, and the
linen were of exquisite cleanliness; we seated ourselves and
continued our talk. It must not be imagined that the cite
which we are visiting is the only one of its kind. There
are many others around Paris, bat this is the moat com-
plete. Do not think, either, that every kind of help and aid
for the masses is centred here; it is not so. What you see
here you may behold grouped around the Mairie of each
arrondiseement. Paris is full of prerogatives for the people,
There does not exist, that I am aware of, one single public
establishment which is not its tributary. In all the theatres,
without exception, there are places reserved for the people ;
clean, convenient places, and at moderate prices. The
people, as a rule, represent one fourth of the audience.
It is forbidden to let the places in advance, and the
crowds patiently await the opening of the doors
under lighted and sheltered galleries. They no longer
take their ticket and a cold at the same moment. For all
national, political, and scientific ceremonies, their seats
await them—nothing is complete without them. As may be
imagined, however, they find it necessary to look about
them, if they would not be pushed out of their rights by
unceremonious officials. In railways, their carriages make
up for want of luxury by exquisite cleanliness. They have
feet-warmers in January, blinds in July, and cushions
always. The prices are moderate, and, another good thing,
on the suburban lines the prices are lower on Sundays and
fete days. It is a happy and moral
innovation which en-
ables the artisan to enjoy his holiday in fresh air, and in
the company of his wife and children, In all the Govern-
ment works, and throughoutYaris, Sunday is a day of rest
for the workman—the veritable seventh day of Genesis.
Still, if he has answered to his call every day during the
week, ho receives his salary for the seventh day. And this
is but just, for it would be a farce to give him a day's rest
without the means of a day's nourishment. To the glory
of the Parisians be it said, this example has spread as ra-
pidly as that. of the midwives. In great establishments, in
n
manufactoes,in large and small shops, everywhere the
Christian precept is welcomed ;on the fete-day the work-
shopsqquit, the shutters aro shut. Many shopkeepers
were rebellious, an I only yielded after long struggles. But
Sunday is at last victorious. Monday is put to flight.
What Paris wills God wills.—Paris Souge par Jacques
Fabien.

The France Centrale of Blois has received a
" communicated" note for an article relative to the
question of the Government breeding-studs. That journal
without discussing the measure of which it has been the
object, remarks that the article to which the "communi-
cated" note refers was copied texually from the lloniteur
de lndre of Chateaurous, designated by the Prefect of the
Indre for the publication of official notifications,