The Sun.
London, England, 1849-10-18 00:00:00

TB:CTRS I)AY EVPI4I NG-, OCTOBER 10, )8-9

BALLOON FROZEN.
EXTRAORDINARY AERIAL VOYAGE.
(FROM A CORREEPONDENT.)
Mr. Gypson, the celebrated aeronaut, being en-
gaged by some gentlemen of Bedford to make on
ascent with his magnificent silk balloon, the " Royal
Albert," made his hundreth ascent at a quarter before
five on the evening of rriday last.
Some brief outline of the dimensions of this
gigantic machine may be interesting to our readers.
Near eighteen hundred yards of the richest silk were
consumed in its construction; the silk being wove in
narrow breadths, are joined by a seam in the centre
to give an additional strength to the whole. It stands
seventy feet high, is forty feet in diameter, and one
hundred and thirty-eight feet in circumference, and
it is computed that above five hundred thousand
stitches have been made in sewing the seams and in-
serting the bands that sustain the outlet valve at the
crown of the balloon and the safety valve at the
neck : over the whole surface is the mual
net-work, recently increased from Eighty-
five pounds in weight to ninety eight pounds ; its
ascending power, when inflated with the purest de-
scription of coal gas, is equal to fifteen hundred
weight—if inflated with pure hydrogen it
would be above thirty hundred weight—
the lifting power of hydrogen being above
double that of coal gas. Altogether the " Royal
Albert" is the largest aerial vehicle ever constructed
for the reception of gas in this country, with the
exception of the balloon built by order of the pro-
prietors of Vauxhall•gardens, in the year 1836, now
called the Nassau Balloon, the descent of which on
the house-tops in the London-road, must be still fresh
in the recollection of our readers.
Mr. Gypson was accompanied in his voyage by Mr.
Henry Smith, the indefatigable.engineer of the Bed-
ford Gas Works, by whose exertions the machine was
supplied with an ascending power far superior to that
generally obtained in provincial towns. Two residents
of Bedford were candidates for aeronautic honours,
but the terms they offered Mr. Gypson declined, and
a large cargo of ballast was deposited in the car. The
balloon rose in fine perpendicular style, and acted
upon by a high wind, speedily outstripped the railway
trains in its progress to London. The aeronants
shortly after quiting the earth entered the clouds, and
became invisible to their friends on terra firma,
piercing the dark massy clouds that hung suspended
like Mahomet's coffin between earth and heaven. The
voyageurs were saluted with a sharp shower of sleet,
or fine snow, that drifted over them in all directions,
and froze as fast as it fell, till the aeronauts became
encased in 'a spangled shroud of silvery ice. The
balloon winged its way with the rapidity of lightning
through the massive bodies of snow-charged vapour
with which it was surrounded, still ascending. I

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
CURRA.GI.I. OCTOBER MEETING—Cm 16.
Stewards—Marquis of Waterford, Sir T. Burke, Bart.,
J. Courtensy, Judge, Mr. R. hunter.
Among the company present were Lords Waterford,
Howth, St. Lawrence, Miltown, Chime!, Marquis of
Drogheda, Sir 1 homas Burke, Colonel Westenra, Cap-
tain Haworth, 17th Lancers; Mr. Webb, 17th Lancers;
Mr. Russell, 17th Lancers; Captain Peel, 58th; Mr.
Lane, 17th Lancers; Mr. Poulett and Mr. Holdsworth,
2d Queen's; Mr. Watts, Mr. Courtenay, Mr. Hunter,
Mr. Browne, Ranger; Mr. Mangan, Captain Gambier,
Artillery; Mr. Irwin, Captain Lambert, 85th Regiment;
Mr. Knox, &LI.
Scurry Stakes of 5 sovs. each, with 25 soya. added.
Anglesey Post. 2 sovs. each for entrance.
Lord Lurgan's ch m Fugitive, aged, 7st 91b ..(Foley) I
Mr. Mangan's b f Portia, 3 yri, ist Glb (Keegan. jur.) 2
Mr. Kennedy's br h Kingfisher, 6 yrs, Bst 121 b (Ryan) 3
Lord Waterford's ch m Misfortune, 6 yrs, Bst 12Ib 0
Mr. Walsh b m Panic, 6 yrs Sit 12lb (Miller) 0
Mr. Lane's b m The Darter, 4 yrs, Bst (Mbgee) 0
Mr. lrwin's br g Best of Three, aged, 7st 71b (Dunne) 0
Lord Waterford's ',eh cby Birdcatcher, 3 yrs, 7st 71b 0
Mr. O. Ctiu,rains's eh c Brother to Jahus, 3 yrs, 7st 0
Won by a head.
First Class of Trainers' Stakes.—Sweepstakes, 5 sovs.,
3 ft, with 30 sovs. added, for two years old. Anglesey
Post. Second horse to save his stake.
Mr. Armstrong's ch f Doll Tearsheet, by Freney or
Tearaway, 7st lllb
Mr. Irwin's b c King of Oude, Bst 91b
Mr. Murphy's b c Little Larry, by Teat away (Mahon) 3
Lord Waterford's b c Rebut, Brother to Boa Mot,
Bst 41b
Mr. E. Orford's b f Bstteraway, Bst (Dawson)
Sir T. Burke's fby Birdcatcher (Foley) 0
Won by a couple of lengths.
Sweepstakes, 15 sovs. 5 ft, with 20 sovs. added from the
Trainers' Fund, and 20 soya. by the club. Waterford
Post.
Col. Westenra's b h Trouncer,s yrs, 9st Ilb (Wynne) 1
Mr. Irwin's ch h Ballinafad, 5 yrs, Bst 6lb (Chifney) 2
Lord Waterford's ch g Poor Yorick ... (Doyle, jun.) 3
Six declared, 2 soya. ft.
Great National Produce Stakes.—Sweepstakes, 10
soya. each, for the produce of mares covered in 1846
by stallions whose owners have subscribed 25 sovs.
each to the stakes.
After several false starts, Chatterer bolting, a star
was affected.

Mr. Watt's b c Chatterer, by Magpie ...(Canavan) 1
Mr. Armstrong's ch f Dull Tearsheet, by Freney or
Tearaway
Mr. Irwin's ch c Pio Nino, by Retriever (un) Recluse 3
Mr. Bouchier's b c Victory, by Napier, dam Young
lambic, by Vestris (both un)
Mr. Colgan-'s ch cby Tearaway (Dude) 0
Mr Maher's bc, by Elves, Oatmeal (un) ...(Dawson) 0
-c, by Elvas, Repart©e (un) (Doyle, jun.) 0
Lord Waterford's ch f Queen Margaret, by Freney 0
Colonel Westenra's b f Whisper Low, by Freney... 0
Won by n length.
Match for 50 sovs. each, 25 ft. Four miles.
Sir G. llampson's bl m The Widow, 1 Ist 21b
Captain Gordon's Rambler, lOst 7lb ............. 2

Won in a canter.

DIMINUTION OF ELECTRICAL
INTENSITY, AND THE PROBABLE CAUSE
OF THAT DIMINUTION.
It has been proved by several experimentalists that
the electricity of our atmosphere has been gradually
diminishing since the month of January last, and
with it an essential property, termed ozone, a product
of electrical action, which could not be detected in the
atmosphere of London during the height of the cholera.
During the rage of the cholera at St. Petersburgh, it
was ascertained that a magnet capable of sustaining
fifty pounds, had its power reduced to twenty-five
pounds at the height of the pestilence; a fact that
importantly arrests our attention in evidence of electric
abstraction being the primary cause of cholera. Facts
such as the foregoing, thus determined and corrobo-
rated, an inquiry arises as to the probable cause of so
essential a deficiency of the electric fluid in the at-
mosphere at this season more than at any other ; we
are taught, and believe, that everything is by the will
of God, nevertheless there are mediums through which
the will of Omnipotence is rendered manitest unto
min.