The Sun.
London, England, 1837-06-19 00:00:00

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THE LAST ASCENT OF THE NASSAU BALLOON.
—At an early hour on Saturday morning Mr, Green returned
to Vauxhall-gardens from his aerial trip of the preceding day.
Mr. Green states that himself and his fellow-voyagers effected
an easy descent in a turnip field at Offleyhole farm, three miles
distant from the market town of llitchin, Hertfordshire, and
thirty-seven miles from London. The farmer gave his unex-
pected vests a hearty welcome, and generously waved all
claim for damage done to the growing crops. Mr. Green
says the trip was a pleasant one, and highly gratified his com-
panions, to most of whom all the varied changes of scenery
had the delightful charm of novelty ; but to the experienced
aeronaut no unusual phenomena presented themselves. By a
skilful manoeuvre the balloon, in passing over the metropolis,
was kept depressed below the lowest stratum of clouds, so that
the aeronauts had a clear and interesting view of the great
cities of London and Westminster, and their suburbs. The
course in which the balloon was carried was nearly due north,
slightly inclining to the west. The travellers passed over the
Horse Guards, the new National Gallery, the Colosseum, and
thence were wafted over Highgate, the balloon being still
kept so much depressed that at the last place Mr. Green was
able to distinguish his own cottage and garden. Barnet and
Hatfield were afterwards successively brought under view.
They afterwards began gradually to mount above the clouds,
and attained an altitude of 4,000 feet, when preparations were
made for a descent, which was accomplished at half-past seven
o'clock in the evening, in the manner and place before de-
scribed. Mr. Green states that it is in contemplation to make
an ascent for scientific purposes.
On Wednesday morning, Mr. J. Denman saw the
body of a man suspended in R.-field at Coed Helen, near Car-
narvon. He immediately cut him down, but life was extinct.
In the pocket of the deceased was a paper, on which he had
written, " My last. I have from my infancy lived in a state
of ease and affluence. I have sold a landed estate and other
property left me by my ancestors for upwards of 6,0001., and
I have lost all my money in business and speculating in vari-
ous ways, and am now reduced tipi state of poverty, and can
not live after this." All that card be learned of the unfortu-
nate man was, that he took up his lodging at a house at Car-
narvon, where lie only slept, but did not eat in the place. No
clue whatever could be found to his name, or whence he came.
—North Wales Chronicle.
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A gun has just been invented in America, by which
thirty shots can be made in a minute. Its capabilities have
been tested in a battle with the Seminoles, in Florida, and
found completely successful. It is stated that one hundred
men, armed with this gun, would be equal in point of efficacy
in battle, to one thousand armed with any other, A few more
inventions of this sort, and the game of war is at an end.
On Saturday morning, Covent-Garden Market was
well supplied with an immense quantity of green peas and
strawberries, which arrived on board the Belle Eliza French
steamer, from 13oulogne, on Friday evening, at Freshwater-
wharf, Thames-street. The sudden arrival of them has caused
a great depression in the price of English peas.
Some most cruel miscreant has committed a series
of atrocities on the cattle grazing in the cow meadows at New-
castle, which are horrifying to humanity. Several cows have
been dreadfully cut with some sharp instrument, and wounds
from 10 to 30 inches long have been inflicted on them. Two
cows thus wounded have died, having walked with their bowels
I trailing on the ground.—Tyne Mercury.