The Sun.
London, England, 1865-08-08 00:00:00

Disgraceful Termination of a Balloon Ascen,

Captain Adams made another successful ascent in his
Cremorne balloon " Garibaldi," from the Pomona Gardens,
on Saturday last, and got under weigh precisely at ten
minutes past seven, the plaudits of the thousands of people
who had assembled to witness it following him as he went
off in the direction of the city. The captain, in the course
of his journey, which only lasted 40 minutes, attained an
altitude of nearly two miles, and met with at least a dozen
different currents of air, and ho drifted about in a zigzag
fashion all over the city, until having expended all his
ballast, and went over Ashton-road, he was obliged to de-
scend, the balloon describing almost a right angle in its
course over the river, owing to the strong wind. The cap-
tain came down on a sort of croft in Palmerston-street,
where an immense crowd of the lowest class of people had
hastened to meet him ; and he declares that never during
his experience of 118 ascents did he meet with so much
disrespect and insult as awaited him. Ono fellow, as soon
as the balloon had descended, approached it, and with
something he had in hand made a slit in the balloon a yard
long, and somebody else made a second hole. Captain
Adams vehemently remonstrated with the people, and a
gentleman who had seen the rent made in the balloon
gave,the man who had done it a severe blow on the back
of the head, but this did not check him, for, aided by a
nuniter of others, he laid hold of the balloon in the basket
and commenced dragging at it. The main portion of the
crowd, whisch had become very excited, swayed backwards
and forwards as policemen belaboured them with their canes
to drive theia off the car, and at last the captain succeeded
in folding his balloon ; but it was with groat difficulty that
the police officers could prevent the ringleaders oft he riot
from utterly destroying the balloon, and everying o--
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men. Evidently a great proportion of them were
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Garibaldi's name, coupling it with threats. Captain Adams,
with his dog “Jank,,, a poodle, got into a house, where ho
concealed himself from the infuriated mob, and in about an
hour and a half afterwards he succeeded in evading them
by escaping through a number of passages behind rows of
houses, and into a cab. He estimates his damage at £l5
or £2O, and as the ringleaders of the riot are known, it is
hoped they will be brought to justice. Two of the police
officers, named Thompson and Tyler, who rendered most
efficient service, in driving the crowd from the cart con-
taining the balloon, and preventing further damage being
done by the miscreants, were somewhat roughly handled.
It was deemed advisable to shelter the balloon in the police
yard at Fairfield-street.—/liancheater Examiner.

THE HEALTH OF JEFFERSON DAVIS.—The For-
tress Monroe correspondent of the New York Times, writ-
ing on July 29, says :—" I have the best authority for say-
ing that Jefferson Davis is in good health, even better
than when he arrived at this place. His eyesight is not
impaired, and his appetite is remarkably good. There are
many rumours afloat regarding Jeff, but no alteration has
taken place in his health or condition. No one is allowed
to see him except Surgeon Craven and the guard."
THE IRISH GOVERNMENT AND THE CATTLE
PLAGUE.—Professor Ferguson received instructions on Sa-
turday at a late hour from the Government to at once pro-
ceed to London and other parts of England to investigate
the nature of the cattle plague at preseint raging there, and
with as little delay as possible to report on the best means
of preventing its occurrence in Ireland, and, in case of its
appearing, of limiting as much as possible its extension.—
Freeman's Journal.