The Sun.
London, England, 1837-08-16 00:00:00

AEROSTATION.

DECENT OF THE ROYAL NASSAU BALLOON.--PRO-
VIDENTIAL ESCAPE.—Never on any previous occasion has
the Royal Nassau Ballnon during its progress iemained
so long in view as on the occasion of its ascent from Vaux-

hall Gardens ou Monday last. At no period of the ascent
were the cords which connect the ponderous machine with
that fragile tenement of human beings, the car, invisible
to the naked eye, and, after crossing the Thames, the
grappling-iron and its connecting rope were distinctly visible.
So low was the balloon when passing over Brompton and
Kensington, that hundreds of persons proceeded to the
fields at the rear of Kensington-crescent, anticipating that
the aeronauts meditated a descent there. So at Chiswick,
crowds of persons ran to the Duke of Devonshire's park,
conceiving that the descent would there take place. The
first attempt, however, at descent made by Mr. Green
was in a large open field belonging to Mr. James Stan-
inough, the miller, at Isleworth ; but no person being
near, before assistance could be obtained a sudden gust ofl
wind (there having previously been almost a calm) wafted
them towards Hounslow, when, after parsing over Spring
Grove, the residence of Henry Pownall, Esq., the late
candidate for Middlesex, Mr. Green determined on de-
scending in Osterley-park, the seat of Lord Jersey, situated
between Hounslow and Norwood. Mr. Green's intention
was to effect his descent on the open lavrti between the
mansion and a splendid lake which runs through the
park, but unfortunately. the grapples caught in the
upper branches of a venerable and stupendous elm
tree, which rendered the situation of the aeronauts
most perilous. Mr. Green at first endeavoured to ex-
tricate the crrapple, but the weight of the balloon soon
tore away the branch on which it had at first fixed, when
it more firmly adhered to the trunk of the tree, while the
balloon, being beat about by the wind, threatened every
moment to destroy the tree. The escape of the gas having,
however, been effected, the car ultimately remained fixed
like a nest among the top branches, its full fledged inmates,
much to the amusement of those below, climbing its sides
and sitting across it. Mr: Trumper (Lord Jersey's steward),
and a number of gentlemen of the neighbourhood, used
their utmost exertions to relieve the, gentlemen frorntheir

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unpleasant situation, which was no easy task, the tree being
upwards of eighty feet high. After numerous attempts,
Messrs. Green, Gye, and Hughes, succeeded in duscending
the.trcc, and reaching terra firma, 'followed soon after by,
Captain Polhill ; but the fifth " intrepid acronaunt," whose
name our reporter was unable to learn, although undaunted
while soaring, through boundless space, was so nervous at
the idea of descending the tree, that he was. not " safely
landed" until twenty minutes to ten o'clock, when Mr.
Tru:nper, having procured some ladders, the " gallant gen-
tleman" made his descent, " amid the cheers of the assem-
bled multitude." Yesterday morning, by the aid of a num-
ber of workmen, the car was got down, and safely stowed
with ,the balloon in a spring van, and conveyed to Vauxhall
Gardens.
MRS. GRAHAM'S DEscxst.—The balloon was carried
in nearly a straight line from the point of ascent. After
having been up about half an hour, Mrs. Grahain and her
companions descended within a quarter of a mile of the spot
of ber former descent, and in a field the propery of Sir C.
Trotter, near Kensal Green. The anchor caught in a
hedge, when several persons ran to the assistance of the
aeronaut. The balloon was then released of its gaseous
contents, shortly after which it was placed in the car, with
which the whole of the party returned in a post chaise to
the Rosemary Branch, where they arrived between ten and
eleven o'clock.