The Sun.
London, England, 1863-10-22 00:00:00

Descent of the Giant Balloon.

Th
been telegram, dated Hanover, Oct. 21
has ,
received:—" The wounded persons from
M. Nader's balloon have been conveyed to this city,
of Hanover sent an aide-de-camp to
inquire e following
and placed under the care of the French Legation.
M. St. Felix has sus-
tained a fracture of the left humerus, besides iThKre
agfter their wants.
con-
tusions on the face. M. Nadar has both legs dislo-
cated. Madame Nadar has sustained a compression
of the thorax and contusions on the leg.,,
M. Nader has telegraphed from
By a telegram received last evening, we are
Hinfaonromvee
informed that
thatthat it is unnecessary to send medical
assistance from Paris. Although the injured per-
sosays, that M. Godard,
one of the passengers accompanying M. Nadal.,
per-
sona wererrnncsuffering,
of
last all
evening was going on well.
opened the balloon with an axe to allow the gas to
escape. . I

OCCUPATIONS OF EMIGRANTS.--It appears from
he official returns that last year 2,438 agricultural
labourers, gardeners, carters, &c.,
emigrated kits compared
with 1,289 in 1861), 202 bakers (137 in 1861), 179 black-
smiths and farriers (96 in 1861), 27 bookbinders and sta-
tioners (9 in 1861), 300 boot and shoemakers (179 in 1861),
42 braziers, tinsmiths, whitesmiths, &c. (26 in 1861), 19
brick and tile makers, potters, &c. (12 in 1861), 499 brick-
layers, masons, plasterers, slaters, &c. (363 in 1861), 27
builders (16 in 1861), 124 butchers, poulterers, &c. (68 in
1861), 46 cabinetmakers and upholsterers (34 in 1861), 938
carpenters and joiners (626 in 1861), 10 carvers and gilders
(6 in 1861), 750 clerks (458 in 1861), 78 clock and watch
makers (78 in 1861), 17 coachmakers and trimmers (8 in
1861), 135 coal miners (69 in 1861), 46 coopers (28 in 1861),
8 cutlers (6 in 1861), 120 domestic servants (54 in 1861), 12
dyers (4 in 1861), 33 engravers (9 in 1861), 226 engineers
(95 in 1861), 4,127 farmers (3,207 in 1861), 1,667 gentle-
men, professional men, merchants, &c. (838 in 1861), 26
jewellers and silversmiths (24 in 1861), 23,549 general
labourers (17,913 in 1861), 4 locksmiths, gunsmiths, tcc.
(1 in 1861), 92 millers, maltsters, &c. (26 in 1861), 26 mill-
wrights (9 in 1861), 1,720 miners and quarrymen (1493 in
1861), 378 painters, paperhangers, plumbers, and glaziers
(220 in 1861), 28 pensioners (10 in 1861), 93 printers (51 in
1861), 11 ropemakera (4 in 1861), 32 saddlers and harness
makers (10 in 1861), 7 sailmakers (none in 1861), 49
sawyers (40 in 1861), 765 seamen (245 in 1861), 90 ship-
wrights (13 in 1861), 1,268 shopkeepers (1,146 in 1861), 166
_
general smiths (83 in 1861), 568 spinners and weavers (12in 1861), 22 sugar bakers, boilers, &c. (16 in 1851), 253
Sur-
veyors (14 in 1861), 406 tailors (2 10 32 in 1861),
tallow
chandlers and soapmakers (4 in 1861), 22 tanners
and car-
riers (21 in 1861), 10 turners (10 in 1861), 64 wheelwrights
(21 in 1861), 9 woolcombers and sorters (12 in 1861), 1,050 i
other mechanics not specified (537 n 1864, and 7,728 not
distinguished (3,930 in 1861).
As regardstheother sex,
8,983 were returned last year as domestic and farm ser-
vants, nurses, ke. (4.662 in 1861), 179 g-nt ewomen and
governesses (64 in 1861), 378 milliners, dressmakers, and
needlewomen (169 in 1861), 12,854 merried women (9,106
in 1861), 5 shopwomen (5 in 1861), 54 mechanics not before
specified (38 in 1861), and 14,641 remained undistinguished
(12,568 in 1861).
The number of boys under 12 taken
bra of girls under
12, 7a,d1:0
3,510 (2,224 in 1861);
and the number of children undistinguished
.as to age or
sex was
aas(t4,7y7e2ar in was
186 71) 5;38 of infants, (4,941 in 1861) ;
15,594 (19,248 in 1861).
DA!IS' STRAITS FISIIING.--The Narwhal, arrived
at Dundee on Tuesday‘ with one fish, reports that the Diana,
of Hull, had got four fish, and the Brilliant, of Kirkcaldy,
three fish. The Dundee ships are reported as follows:-
Cn
six fish; Wildfire, five fish ; Tay, three fish;
E m a
clean. No further accounts
a e
,r d
one °iv n
fish , ;
and
poiyuia,
from tne Dundee, which, when last seen, was icebound, and
had sustained some damage by the pressure of the ice. The
Peterhead ships had not been seen, and their success is,
therefore, Unknown.

The War in Japan—Captain
'Tooling and
Commander Wilmot.

The following epitome of the services of the above
young officers of her Majesty's ship E u raylus, 35
guns, and flag-ship of Vice-Admiral Kuper, C. 8.,
who lost their lives at Kayosima, Japan, may be
interesting :

Capt. John James Stephen Joslin was only 37
years of age, and entered the navy over 23 years ago,
19 years and 9 months of which had been employed
in active sea service. He was acting lieutenant of
the Scout, 14, Corn. Loring, in the East Indies, in
1847 ; and senior of the Thetis, 38, Captain Kuper,
C. 8., in the Pacific, from July 1850, to the spring
of 1854, when he joined the Eurydice, 26, Cap-
tain Ommanney, in the White Sea, and re-
mained in her until promoted to commander,
Nov. 2, 1854. As commander he served in the James
Watt, 91, at D evon port, from May, 1856, until June,
1857; in the Princess Royal, 91, in the Mediter-
ranean, from Feb., 1858, until Dec., 1859, when he
joined the Queen, 86, and again served on the same
station until advanced to the post rank, Jan. 31,
1861. He was appointed to the Euryalus, 35, screw
frigate, flagship of Rear-Admiral Augustus L.
Kuper, C. 8., Feb. 10, 1862.

Commander Edward Wilmot was only 30 years of
age, and since he entered the navy, in 1845, had em-
ployed the whole of his time at sea. He was mate of
the Prince Regent, 90, employed on particular ser-
vice, from J une, 1852, until the spring of 1853, when
he was appointed to the royal yacht Victoria and
Albert, and remained in her until September follow-
ing, when his captain, Lord .Adolphus Fitzolarence,
G.C.H., obtained flag rank. He was advaneed to
the rank of lieutenant, Sept. 26, 1853, and after a
few months' employment in the Excellent, gunnery-
ship, at Portsmouth, joined the Royal Albert,
121, June 24, 1854, and was employed in the Medi-
terranean until Aug., 1858. He was lieutenant of
the Indus, 78, flag-ship of Vice-Admiral Sir
Houston Stewart, on the North American
and West India station, from Nov., 1858, until the
spring of 1859, and was flag-lieutenant to Rear-
Admiral George Rodney Mundy, C. 8., in the
Hannibal, 89, in the Mediterranean, from May,
1859, until advanced to the rank of commander,
Dec. 24, 1861. As commander he served in the
Agamemnon, 89, on the North American and West
India stations from Jan., 1862, until paid off in

October following; and his appointment to tho
Euryalus was on San. 29 of the present year.

Causes of the late Earthquake.

To our minds the inferences to be drawn are—

1. That every earthquake is not absolutely the same
in its development. 2. That an earthquake is in-
variably the result of an equalisation of force from
some central portion of the earth, where such force
has accumulated, to the surrounding parts. 3. That
the force may in some cases take the form of elec-
tricity, and that the shock felt may be, in truth,
a subterracean electrical storm causing no neces-
sary disruption of the earth's surface, but instanta-
neous and widely radiated shock or vibration. 4.
That the force may be developed in the form of heat
as well as electricity, giving rise, in the central
point, to volcanic explosion and disruption of
the earth, with vibration communicated to
surrounding districts. 5. That earthquakes which
are due to accumulation of heat, from suppression,
may occur without any special antecedent atmo-
spheric phenomena. That earthquakes due to elec-
trical discharge may, as Dr. Stukeley explained, be
preceded by special atmospheric variations indicat-
ing disturbance between the electrical forces of the
earth old of the watery vapour above; and may
end in a discharge from the earth, upon its coming
in contact with clouds negatively electrical, followed
by a vibration instantaneously felt through a large
tract of the earth's surface, but not of necessity pro-
ducing either breakage, v3icano, or geyser.
The earthquake of Monday was probably of this
last-named character.—Social Science _Review.