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London, England, 1849-10-18 00:00:00

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NOTE. —The deaths are returned according to the
superintendent registrars' diitricts, as it is found im.
practicable to distinguish every place separately.

THE MAILS.--SOUTHAMPTON, WEDNESDAY, OCT.
17.—The United States' mail steamer Washington,
Captain G. W. Floyd, arrived here at noon to-day from
Bremen, with 89 passengers. She is to leave on Satur-
day the 20th for New York, after taking in coals, cargo,
mails, &c. The Royal Mail Steam-packet Company's
ship Medway, Captain W. Symonds, took her departure
this afternoon at the usual hour with the West India
and Pacific mails in charge of Lieutenant Davies, R N.,
Admiralty agent. She had 117 passengers, amongst
whom are Sir F. Hopkins and Captain Percival for
Barbadoes, Dr. Dakyn and Dr. Maclean for Jamaica,
&c., and a full cargo, with a small quantity of specie
and quicksilver on freight. The company's steamer
Trent sailed yesterday for the Tharnea, where she is to
undergo a complete overhaul. The West India and
Mexican mails, due on the 22d instant, it is ex-
pected will be brought by the Great Western, which
vessel was to receive them at Bermuda from the
Severn. The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Na-
vigation Company's ship Pacha, Captain John
Weeks, sailed this afternoon with the mails for
Vigo, Oporto, Lisbon, Cadiz, and Gibraltar. She
took out 12 passengers and 90 tons measurement goods
on freight. The Erin, Captain T. J. Russel, left on
Monday for Gibraltar, Malta, and Constantinople; at
the latter place she will relieve the Tagus, ordered
home. The Erin had 300 tons of freight for the Turkish
and Black Sea markets, and 30 passengers, amongst
whom were Lieutenant-General Ellice and family. The
Madrid is expected about the 18th or 1911 from Leg-
horn, Genoa, Civita Vecchia, and Gibraltar. The Ripon,
Captain J. Soy, leaves on Saturday, the 20th, with the
outward East India and China mails. The Hindostan
will be due with the return mails from Alexandria on
the 26th. This fine steamer, we understand, will not
make any more trips to Alexandria, but is intended to
leave Southampton for India, via the Cape, about the
midddle of November, to resume her station,between
Calcutta, Ceylon, and Suez.
Yesterday morning, at Apthorp, the Earl of West-
moreland's seat in Northamptonshire, Ernest Fitzrt y
Neville, Viscount Burghersh, Captain in the Fusilier
Guards, eldest son of the Earl of Westmoreland, our
Minister at Berlin, led to the hymeneal altar Miss Lack,
daughter of the late William Lock, Esq., and grand-
daughter of Lady Elizabeth Tollemache. The ceremony
was performed in the presence of the Duke of Welling-
tun, who gave away the bride; the Earl and Countess of
Westmoreland, Lady Rose Fano, the Hon. Julian Fans,
Lord Fitzroy Somerset, and the Misses Charlotte and
Katherine Somerset, and other family connexions. The
Noble and Gallant bridegroom is in his 26th year, and
the lady slightly his junior.

was at this time the aeronauts witnessed the remark-
able phenomenon of the sun, which had set before
they left the earth, assuming a retrograde action.
The most gorgeous blending of red and purple
stretched across the sky, as slowly and progressively
the setting sun rose in the west, floating on thin
air, and subjected to the rays of a glorious
sunshine. The gas that had been in a condensed state
the whole of the day was now two miles and a half
above the clouds, assailed by a rapid and powerful
expansion, so that it became necessary to open the
valve and relieve the balloon of the extreme pressure
that was thus inflicted upon the whole surface of the
silk. But here arose an extraordinary incident—the
hose of the safety valve, which had been tied up
before leaving the earth to prevent the admission of
atmospheric air, was found to be frozen quite hard, so
that it became impossible to extend it to allow the
superfious gas to blow off. Under those circumstances
Mr. Gypson endeavoured toopen the valve at the crown
of the balloon, but that, too, from the peculiar descrip-
tion of luting with which the valve was luted, was
found to be inseparably frozen. As such Mr. Gypson
had but one alternative—he quickly passed himself
through the hoop, and, with his knife, made a large
incision in the lower part of the balloon ; the gas
streamed forth in one continuous stream through a
two-foot opening, and singular to relate, the gas that
had been passed into the silken globe an invisible
vapour, rushed out as white as the steam from a
stearthengine, such was the effect of the frosty
air upon the gas. And thus the aeronauts
were rescued from the jaws of destruction;
for had not such an expedient as the knife been
adopted, nothing could have prevented the silk giving
way to the extreme force then acting upon it, at three
and a half miles above the earth, for such was then their
altitude, as shown by the sinking of the mercury in
the barometer. The mercury at starting was 28
2.10, and at the higheet altitude 14 1-10. The escape of
the gas in the aperture made by Mr. Gypson with his
knife was the dismissal of danger, and the adventurous
voyagers regaling themselves with a little real old
cognac, congratulated themselves on their providential
escape; true, they had an abundance of ballast in the
car, but with the silk frozen as hard as a wet linen
cloth in a winter's night, it would have availed them
but little had the silk been beyond the reach of an
incision. They had now a tendency downwards,
and began to shake off the glittering ice or frozen
snow that had rendered their garments a coat of mail.
The mercury now rose to 19 3-10, which showed a
mile lower than their highest elevation, still descend
ing, but very little warmer. They again tried the
valve, but could not open it, and in their efforts to
accomplish the object repeatedly brought down the
crown of the balloon, the valve obstinately refusing to
give way. The rays of the sun were now lost; Sol
had taken his final departure for the night, and a
rapid condensation of the gas was the consequence.
Ballast was brought in requisition and the downward
tendency checked, as it became highly necessary to
have full command over the valve before the final
descent was attempted. Mr. Gypson and his friend
describe the immense masses of clouds over which
they were floating in appearance as most magnificent
—undulating like hill and dale, here a silvery tinge
on the higher range of the snow-like mountains, and
there the frowning scowl on those resembling dingy,
dirty ice—in some places they opened and displayed
the beauty of the scenes below, which in the autumnal
tint, and yellow leaf that now graces the robe of
mother earth, scenes far surpassing in grandeur and
sublimity any that can be imagined by man ; lan-
guage becomes too insignificant to convey one's im-
pressions, and the pen shrinks from a task which
would tend at best but to give a petty caricature of
its vastness and of its graphic power on the mind. So
Mr. Gypson and his companion enthusiastically speak of
the soul-exciting scene that laid below-them. The tra-
vellers were now within a mile of the earth, the tem-
perature of the air much warmer, so that the silk re-
sumed its accustomed softness, the valve opened with
a very slight effort, the grappling iron and cable were
extended, and the shades of night displayed a solemn
stilness reigning around ; the wind carried the
balloon across the country with great velocity, the
grappling iron took hold of a quick set hedge, tore
it up by the roots and rapidly approached
the buildings of a farm-house ; bags, ballast,
and all were thrown out to avoid 'it, and the balloon
cleared all obstruction by ascending again. A second
descent was made and accomplished with safety,
though not without some violent oscillation, near Ott-
moor, in Oxfordshire, 59 miles from Bedford, and the
time occupied in the journey was 44 minutes. Not a
soul was to be seen, and the travellers had nearly
emptied their aerial vehicle, when a ploughman " home-
wards plodding his weary way," approaching the
monster of the air, took a sly peep, and likewise took
to his heels; entreaty and persuasion were useless, no-
thing would induce him to return. Mr. Gypson and his
friend, after much delay, succeeded in getting a con-
veyance to take them to a railway station, and reached
Bedford at 11 o'clock the next morning. After all the
perplexities and hazards of the trip, the aeronauts
affirm they would give balloon travelling the prefer-
ence by far to either coach or rail.

THE STAR PACKET COMPANY.---GRAVESEND, OCT.
17.—The annual general meeting of the proprietors of
this company was this day held in the large room of
the Literary Institution, Harmer-street. Mr. James
Ilarmer, of Ingress Abbey, Chairman of the Board of
Directors, having taken the chair, the secretary, Mr.
Dobson, proceeded to read the auditors' report, which
was to the effect that there remained it balance in hand
from the season of 1848 amounting
,to 6941. I Is. 9d. ;
that the receipts from the boats and from the Blackwell
Railway Company ou the year just ended were 18,523/.
3s 6d. ; receipts from goods traffic and other incidentals,
66/. 11s. ; making a total of 19,284/. 6s. 3d. ; that the
expenditure of the year was 17,016/. 31. Id., leaving a
balance in favour of the company of 2,2681. 3s. 2d.—
(Loud cheers.) The directors' report was then read,
stating that such a balance of 2,2681. 3s. 2d. was now
available for appropriation among the proprietors. They
however recommended that a dividend of five per cent.,
or of ss. on each share, should be paid to the pro-
prietors—(Cheers)--and that the residue should be paid
over to Messrs. Ravenhill and Co., of Blackwell, for the
Jupiter, a wry fast boat recently built by that firm for
the company. Both these recommendations having been
unanimously adopted by the meeting, the present board
of directors, the treasurer, secretary, and auditors were
re-elected by acclamation ; and, thanks having been
voted to the chairman, to Mr. Dobson, and to the afore-
said officers, for their able and efficient manawoment of
the company's affairs, the meeting separated 'evidently
highly satisfied with the present cheering aspect of their
finances.

COMMITTAL OF A FRIENDLY SOCIETY'S SECRETARY
FOR EMBEZZLEMENT.—WiIIiam Harper, shopkeeper, of
Steeple Claydon, was, at the recent Petty session at
Buckingham, committed to Aylesbury Gaol for two
months' imprisonment, in default of the Payment of 91.
fine and 10s. costs, for having embezzled 4/. 10s., the
property of the Benevolent Sick Society of the Help.ia.
Need Lodge of the Nottingham Ancient Imperial United
Order of Odd Fellows, of which he was secretary and
treasurer. The charge was made out by his having
entered 41. 10s. as having been paid to Mr. Cowley, the
lodge surgeon, whereas he had not paid the amount. It
was also ascertained that he ban, unknown to the officers
of the society, drawn 54 of the society 8 funds from the
Buckingham savings' bank, which sum he had not ac-
counted fur. The proceedings were under the Friendly
Societies Act of loth George IV. sec, 24.

PUGILISM.
JOHN GRANT AND ALEX. KEENE FOR 100 Soya. A-
SIDE.—The concourse of sporting faces which gathered
on Tuesday at early morn about the terminus of the
South-Western Railway, in the Waterloo-road, told even
the most unobservant of wa3 farers that something un
usually exciting was in progress. At the hour ap-
painted, nine wanting one quarter, the whole platform
was densely crowded, and the railway authorities wisely
determined to open the side gates, usually resorted to on
racing occasions for the purpose of preventing interrup-
tion of the ordinary business of the money-takers'
offices. A monster train at 21. for the first class, 1/. for
the second, and 10s. for such accommodation as the
third might afford, was the result, some 500 being
therein embarked, which number was swelled by tri-
butaries from the ordinary trains, and, on its arrival
at Winchfield, by a numerous addendum of the cu-
rious who had travelled across country upon hearing
of the whereabout of the coming conflict. A field,
one mile from the place of debarkation, was the spot
chosen for the lists, and there, within an excellently ar-
ranged ring, contrived by the veteran commissary and
assistants, the men stood up. Keene's victories over
William Cain, Young Sambo, and Phelps, combined with
his aristocratic patronage, had elevated him to the first
position among the boxers of the day. Grant, on the
other hand, was known to be stronger, and his victory
over Haggerty, his defeat of James, and even his draw
with Madden, had proved his game and strength. With
these qualities in a high degree, and the certainty that
he had not only improved, but was at all times a difficult
customer even for a "fine fighter," the 6 to 4 and 7 to
4 was readily taken by his friends. Before shaking
hands 2 to 1 was offered, and occasionally accepted.
[gene weighed within a trifle of 10st., and hal the
advantage of reach;' Grant was 10st. 31bs. at scale, but
was by far, as the event proved, and his build in-
dicated, the stronger man. The fight was rapid and
busy, by far too much so on the part of Keene, who
seemed determined to win (or lose) in a gallop. True
he had the best of the hitting, but it was soon clear he
was the weaker man, a fact pretty well known pre-
viously. He rattled away, never refusing a rally ; and
at the end of most rounds getting an ugly fall, whenever
by a missed blow he gave his adversary a chance of
clinching him. In the sixteenth round he hit with both
hands with remarkable force and precision, bringing
Grant on his knees. Grant, whose physique is immense,
recovered surprisingly, and from The very next round
had quite a trick-and, tie game of the fighting, with all- •
to nothing the best of the throwing. Ia the forty-sixth
round he caught Keene, who was on the get down, a '
fearful right-hander on the side of the head, and closing, 4
threw him, when the battle was done, and Grant hailed I
as conqueror, at the end of ono hour and five minutes. t

TESTIAIONIAL TO DR. BROWNLESS.—A public
meeting of the friends of 1)r. Brownies; and subscribers
to the Royal General Dispensary, Aldersgate• street, and
the Metropolitan Dispensary, Fore-street, was held last
night at the Queen's Hotel, St. Martin's-le-Grand (Mr.
Wm. Pritchard, High Bailiff of Southwark, in the chair),
for the purpose of carrying into effect the intention an-
nounc,d at a previous meeting in Aldersgate-street Lite-
rary Institution, of presenting Dr. Brownless with a tes-
timonial of their esteem upon the occasion of his resignieg
his position as resident physician in both the above dis-
pensaries. The chairman spoke of his worth and skill
in terms of the highest admiration, which were warmly
responded to by the meeting. Dr. Trueman said that
Dr. Brownless had shown there was one grand defect in
all our dispensaries—the want of a resident physician ;
and had disclosed to them that a new feature must be
added to our hospitals and dispensaries, that there must
be a visiting physician for the poor, to attend at their
homes on all those cases which did not admit of removal.
Nothing would more tend to mollify the condition of the
poor; and Dr. Brownless, by his attention to them in
this way, had obtained for himself the gratitude of his
patients. Resolutions were passed, embodying the sen-
timents of the meeting in regard to this gentleman, and
appointing a committee to receive subscriptions, and to
decide on the form of a suitable testimonial, and other-
wise to carry into effect the object of the meeting.
NOVA SCOTlA.—Several vessels have arrived at
Boston from Nova Scotia, loaded with live stock. They
report that the drought has cut off the crops to such an
extent that the cattle cannot be supported there the
coming winter. Oxen can be purchased there for 20
dollars per yoke, and horses at one quarter their value.
Farmers owning several cows are giving away two to
have the third fed through the winter.—American Paper.
ARRIVALS OF S?ECIE.—The following arrivals of
specie in bullion and coin have just taken place from the
countries mentioned;--The American line of packet ship
American Eagle, from New York, has brought 32 pack-
ages of specie, consigned to three firms of commercial
eminence in the metropolis; the Calista, from Belize, 1
box of silver, addressed, and 2 cases of bullion, consigned
to a firm of eminence in the metropolis; the Thomas
Blyth, from the Mauritius, 3 boxes of specie, consigned
to separate parties, and 1 package consigned to order;
the Princess Victoria, from Maranham, 1 box of silver,
addressed to a commercial firm; the Nestor, from Cadiz,
7,774 sheets of copper, consigned to a house of com-
mercial eminence; the St. Vincent, from Sidney, 1 box
of silver, consigned to order; the Bussorah Merchant,
from Bombay, has brought 11 boxes of treasure and 37
boxes of Sycee silver, consigned to a house of com-
mercial eminence in the metropolis; the American line
of packet ship Prince Albert, from New York, has
brought 11 packages of specie, consigned to two separate
houses in London; the John llorrocks, from Islay and
Arica respectively, brought from the latter place, in ad-
dition to 14,458 packages of copper ore, consigned to difs
lerent parties, 706 bars of copper, addressed to a firm of
commercial eminence ; and the ship Bangalore, from
Singapore, has brought 10 cases of specie, consigned to
order.

ROYAL SAPPERS AND MINERS.-WOOLWICH, OCT.
l i .—The half-yearly inspection of the companies of this
branch of the Ordnance service at bead-quarters at
Woolwich was made by Lieutenant-Colonel Reid, C. 8.,
Royal Engineers, Commandant of the Royal Sappers
and Miners here. The four companies assembled at
half .past ten o'clock A .M., to show their kits, with which
Lieutenant-Colonel Reid appeared much pleased, every-
thing being in the best order, and the men well ap-
pointed with necessaries. The barracks and the books
of the companies were also inspected in detail, and gave
great satisfaction, which occupied until dinner time. At
three o'clock P.M. the companiei assembled again, and,
headed by their brass band, the whole under Brigade-
Major Walpole, proceeded to the Common, each man
having been previously served with twenty rounds of
blank cartridge. On the arrival of Lieutenant-Colonel
Reid, the companies went through the manoeuvres of
Light Infantry during a fi ,Id-day, and showed that
they were equally well qualified to serve as soldiers as
they are to work as mechanics, and they are admitted
to produce superiuc work in that department of the
service.

ROBBERY OF LADY TREVELYAN BY A Do-
MESTIC.—On the evening of Thursday, the 4th instant,
the above-named lady was plundered to a serious amount
by an individual named Adam Proudfoot,who previously
occupied the position of footman in her Ladyship's
family. The rubbery was committed at Ward's Hotel,
in this city. The prisoner was tuken before the magis-
trates at Morpeth, and by them handed over to the au-
thorities of this city, where ho will be examined on
Monday. The missing moneys have not yet been reco-
vered, although Proudfoot, we believe, confesses to have
taken the cheque from the cash• box, which he says ho
burnt.— Durham Advertiser.

IMPOIITATION or CORN.—By the new Custom
'Luse Act it is required that the dutics imposed on corn,
grain, meal, and flour shall be paid inamcdiatt ly on im.
portation into the United Kingdom, whether the same be
entered to be warehoused or nut. Before this Act was
passed, corn, &c., was allowed to be warehoused without
the payment of duty.