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

Descent of the Giant Balloon.

T htelegram, dated Hanover, Oct. 21,
has been received
"Thewounded persons from
M. Nadar's balloon have been conveyed to this city,
and placed
under the care of the French Legation.
efollowing
g : L
The King of Hanover sent an aide-de-camp to
inquire after their wants. M. St. Felix has sus.
tained a fracture of the left humerus, besides 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.,,
By a telegram received last evening, we are
informed
that Al, Nadar has telegraphed from
that it is unnecessary to send medical
Paris. Although the injured per-
n all was going on well.
Hanover,
saossisstwan were
re e fomffering,
La France of last evening says, that M. Godard,
suffering,
one of the passengers accompanying M. Nadar'
opened the balloon with an axe to allow the gas to
escape.

OCCUPATIONS OF EMIGRANTS.-It appears from
the official returns that last year 2,438 agricultural
labourers,
2noa2rtabl &c., ern;grated (as compared
with 1,2 89 gardeners,
in 01),
bakers (137 in 1861), 179
1861),black-
-27 bookbinders and sta-
lB
st
in: ni eh; (9an idn farrierslB6 ) , boot3o(9o6in
and ahoem a k e r s (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.
(888 in 1861), 26
jewellers and silversmiths (24 in 1861), 23,619 general
labourers (17,913 in 1861), 4 locksmiths, gunsmiths, So.
(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 ropemakers (4 in 1861), 32 saddlers and harness
makers (10 in 1861), 7 sailmakcrs (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), I_6_o_
general smiths (83 in 1861), 568 spinners and weavers (sul2r6.
in 1861), 22 sugar bakers, boilers, &e. (16 in 1861),
2tsallow
veyors (14 in 1861), 406 tailors (232 in 1861),
chandlers and soapmakers (4 in 1861), 22 tannetr:leti;
ghta
cur-
riers (21 in 1861), 10 turners (10 in 1861),
64
'61861), 1,050
(21 in 1861), 9 woolcombers and sorters (12 ill
d. 7,728 not
rd:
other mechanics not specified (537 in 1861), ahne
other sex,
distinguished (3,930 is 1861). As regard%tand farm
8,983 were were returned last year as. domes L
ntlewomen and
vants, nurses, &C. (4,662 in 1861), 179 ,
, gdressmakers, and
governesses (64 in 1861), 37
-- 8 `uil4liner:ried women (9,1(16
needlewomen (169 in 1861), 12,85
undistinguished
'll remained
(" in
1861), andl4,6
of
in 1861), 5 shopworn= (5 in 1861), sU4jrm mechanics not before
specified
(4,941 in 1861) ,of girls under
boys tinder 12 taken
abroad in 1861). The number.
• •
(2,221 in 1861);
12,
of undistingnUed as to age or
and the number childrenabro77ll9lo"(4,7y7e2arinvilaB6l)s;3Bof infants, 3,510
DAVIS' STRAITS FISIIING.-Tho Narwhal, arrived
as:Dwunasd ices:sl494T(lue9;d2a4yS in
witlllBo6nl.
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 :-
Caruperdown, six fish; Wildfire, five fish ; Tay, three fish;
Emma, one fish ; and Polynia, clean. No further accounts
from Inc 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,
i therefore, unkuOWn.