The Sun.
London, England, 1836-12-21 00:00:00

THE GREAT BALLOON.

PAIttS) DEO. 19.—.. A considerable sensation has been for
the last two or tided tlayB redted itl Paris, donSepende
of a public announcement that the great balloon, which has
acquired such universal celebrity by its voyage, from Ing-
laud to the CohtlecA Wag tel make an ascent in this city
previous to Its departure for London. The balloon having
boon inflated in the yard of the military barracks, in the
Faubourg Poissoniere, a short distance from the Boulevard
of the same name, this day was fixed on for its ascent. Pre=
vious to the hour of its ascent a considerable ithitiliOr of
persons had collected on the spot, and every point in the
vicinity from which a sight of the balloon could be obtained
free of expense was occupied by the curious, The weather
was, however, most unfavourable for such a spectacle ; it was
damp, gloomy, and raw. As the balloon was completely
distended with gas, its size and elegant form were fully dis-
played, and excited general admiration. At 2 o'clock Mr.
Green gave the signal for starting ; the ropes which attached
it to the ground were let loose, and the balloon slowly and
majestically rose almost perpendicularly (for there was
scarcely a breath of air stirring at the time), amidst the
cheers of the bystanders. But their delight was of very
short duration indeed, for the balloon had scarcely risen to
the height of 100 yards from the ground, when it was all at
once enveloped in a thick mist, which most effectually con-
cealed it from sight. At the moment of its disappearance
it had just begun to take a south-easterly direction, and it
is probable that it will descend very speedily ; for it is not
likely that the aerial voyagers (six of whom were in the car
—viz. Mr. Green, four gentlemen, and a lady) would choose
to make a long trip in such disagreeable weather as the pre-
sent. The ascent was witnessed by a number of distin-
guished individuals.

Lord Brougham left town on Saturday, to join Lady
Brougham and his daughter at Worthing, where they arc
sojourning for the benefit of their health.
Last week the fishermen of Abbotsbury, in the
Royalty of the Earl of llehester, caught upwards of .5001bs.
weight of turbot, of a size and number greater than was
known to be taken in the memory of the oldest man living
on that coast.

An affair of honour has taken place in Longford,
between a Lieutenant and a Cornet of the Queen's Bays,
arising, it is said, out of an intrigue between the latter and
the Lieutenant's wife. An exchange of shots took place
without damage. The lady has since left her husband, and
the Cornet is about quitting the regiment.

Yesterday morning the Bristol, . Portsmouth, and
several other of the western mail coaches, did not arrive at
the Post-office until half-past eight o'clock, the roads being
in numerous places so inundated, that it was dangerous to
proceed in the dark. At ten o'clock the Bath and Bristol
night coaches had net arrived, being then three hours be-
yond their usual period of arriving.
In the earlier part of the last century, the gross
weight of the cattle sold at Smithfield did not, on an ave-
rage, exceed 3701b5., and that of sheep 281b5.; whereas, at
present, the average weight of ()ken is estimated at about
8001 b., and that of sheep at about 801bs.—/IPCulleck.
A PPREUENSIONT OF TIIE SUSPECTED MUlt-
DERER.—The Irishman, John Dimsey, to whom suspicion
attached ►with respect, to the horrible murders at Kirton
Lindsey, of which we gave some account yesterday, was ap-
prehended at Sheffield, brought to Kirton Lindsey, and
examined there last Saturday. On being asked whether he
would make any statement be sullenly replied, " I have no-
thing to say at present." lie was remanded for further
examination on Thursday next.
A remarkable instance of the advantage with which
steam boats of adequate power arc capable of being em-
ployed in towing ships when they arc disabled by any acci-
dent, or when extraordinary dispatch is required, was exhi-
bited yesterday, when a large and loaded vessel, the United
Kingdom, was towed over from Calais harbour by the steam•
ship, the Magnet, in fifteen hours. • The Magnet left Ca-
lais at eight o'clock in the morning: with the United King-
domin towond arrived at Blackwall at eleven in the evening.

Some of the Paris newspapers have announced that
Lord Lyndhurst was on his way to England, in order to
assist at the dinner which the members of the Glasgow
University have offered to Sir Robert Peel. This, how-
ever, is not the fact, for if we are correctly informed, the
ex-Lord High Chancellor will not leave-Paris before the
opening of Parliament. Lord Lowther, son to Earl Lons-
dale, and formerly a member of the Wellington Adminis-
tration, means to stay in our capital till the same period.—
Paris Paper.
We learn,
,on good authority, that Sir Michael
Shaw Stewart is so seriously indisposed that no prospect
exists that he will ever be able to resume his Parliamentary
duties, and that a change in the representation of Renfrew-
shire must take place at the first election, if not sooner.—
'Glasgow Evening Post.
Another fall of snow, being the fourth in the course
of the present winter, took place on Monday last. The
storm, though extremely threatening at its commencement,
did not continue so long as either of the two former ;
and a thaw took place in the course of the night. The
country is extremely wet, and the rivers and streams are
constantly running ►n full flood.—Neweaslle Journal of
Saturday.
Randle flohne, .in his " Booke of Armoric," de-
scribes an heraldic bearing thus :—" He beareth pies, a
heading-block fixed between two supporters, with an axe
placed therein ; on the sinister side a n►aule—all proper."
The late Sir Robert Greenhill Russell, though in
Possession of a landed estate of 10,0001. a-year, retained
his studentship of Christchurch to the time of his decease.
There is, we believe, but one Annual issued in Scot.
land—that one (the " lixeiteinent"), is of 40 unpretending
character.