The Sun.
London, England, 1847-06-17 00:00:00

BALLOON ASCENT•

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(FROM A CORRESPONDENT.)
balle°oo'
Mr. Hampton made an ascent in his splendid
the "Erin-go-Bragh," from Stoke-upon-TreA. of
Monday last, accompanied by Mr. G. Wise Facile,' to
Shelton. Three other gentlemen were prepare.ero,
ascend, but from a slight accident at the ges-wnsob
Mr. H. was not able to get a sufficient supplY f°l.o„ of
purpose, or the balloon would have been cap was
ascending with six I ersons. Although the weather rot;
wet many thousand persons attended to view the aseeco
the balloon is about 40 fret diameter, and when °flea at
is attached about 90 feet high. We left the groilloar.
seven o'clock, and after remaining in view half as
abode
we entered a dense cloud and remained obscured
ten minutes; during this time the cold was intenseefra9ri,
the altitude could not be less than three miles; th
which
h
fication of the air was so great that the balloon. . 00
could not have been more than half-filled wit
leaving the earth, filled out to her full size, and else_oo
charging gas rapidly from the lower valve fore
upper
time, and Mr. Hampton was obliged to open th
_Pp
valve to allow the gas to escape. At thisstlll3.3fleed
prospect was most splendid from the mountain °
glimpse
clouds under us, and occasionally we caught a
setting sup,
of the earth; here we had a full view of the
which gave the clouds an appearance of chalky olvilieb
tains. Mr. Hampton commenced his desee!it•
otter as very gradua, passing through the clouds* which
. .th
were so thick thatl we could not see each
auze
a ..
car, and at other times appeared like al
hogearth,
tween us, until at last we came in view
°f
utlrrounded by
which time the prospect was most lovely,usid
acarcely,be
woods and hills, although the latter
different
waters
chalk lines
distinguished until near the lanci----the
glittering like silver, the roads appearing laikiepeared like
marked out, and the different villages I__.‘nce, made
small dots, which, from the sublime apt
remaine" in the
me loth to descend and much wished to I must PreParef
air. At this time Mr. H. informed me 0
. b. thalaPP
fpx..4lze worst, SS he could perceive ) Aifr,
the silk, caused by condensiVia Afif yiee„..t sod
there was a strong Breeze blowing iiarin 111,40e0t.
ordered me to sit itrtlie bottom of ,the car Aserivia„:log
ILL'a
gulated the descent; from the grapnel‘nciia•fi:•st,
hold ,we rpceiveckseveral violent shocks,_ but-the bs
rit
was aoti`brotiglzt`niiT by. a large tree, bufriotbefOt_et
was ` disqbereat* nf' several large burnishesat'irlot
ten'inehes'diatteter.-' Several persons -then dame
assistance.On in'quiry -we found ourselves at rule7,i
lane," about three miles from Macclesfield, and 113°.,,--
have travelled not less than thirty or forty miles, frog
the different currents of air, which took the balloon 10
diffTent directions. We were in the air about On'
quarters of an hour. Many of the country people '—
followed the balloon for miles.

SI
Yen
VAEXHALL GARDENS.—A grand gala was
on Tuesiay at the Royal Gardens, Vauxhall, on. the
sion of the debut of Mademoiselle Caroline, the well- :
equestrian, who has just returned from a continental Lel;
having achieved in the principal cities which she visited
greatest triumphs, especially at the Imperial Theatre Appeal•
Petersburgh, where she had the honour of frequently aPPe"
ing before the Emperor and the Russian Court.
tiOn
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY.—At the 031.115" -"11,A0
held on June 11, the degree of Bachelor in Divinity we -It;
ferred on Anthony Henry Plow, Queen's. In our univ, o.
news of Saturday last we misprinted the name

BIRTHS. "
On the 12th inst., in Carlton-terrace, Lady Lytt
of a son. late
On the 20th ult., at Beyront, Syria, Mrs. J. G. MOOOO
of Dorset-place, Regent's-park, of a son. to/
On the 10th inst., at Tours, the wife of WilliaM
Clarke, Esq., of a daughter.
On the 11th inst., the lady of Robert Clemen, Esq.,
Richmond-terrace, Queen's-road, Dalston, of a Sent
Of
On the 12th inst., at West Wickham, Kent, the lady
the Rev. Robert Inhbald, M.A., of a daughter.
On the 13th inst.. in Cavendish-square, the lady 00.
Marjoribanks, jun., Esq.. of a son.
On the 13th inst., the wife of the Rev. G. S. Drew, Inctliir
bent of Old St. Pancras, of a son.
On the 14th inst., Angela, the wife of Henry Pedley, ""
of Upper Clapton, of a son.
On the 14th inst., in Chapel-street, Grosvenor-square, tll6
lady of Cholmeley Dering Esq., of a daughter, still-born. J.
On the 14th inst., at .thomlield-road,
M. Morlet, of a son.

MARRIED. , vjir
On the 10th inst., at St. John's Episcopal Chspeh
burgh, Robert B. Blackburn, Esq., to Frances Ge°,2%,„e" tor
youngest daughter of the late Rev. Edward Dewing,
of Rainham, in Norfolk. rrt—iruPP'
On the 12th inst., at Barnes, the Rev. Horace W. Acod
8.A., of Exeter College, Oxford, to Georgina Theresa, fie
daughter of Mr. Pyle, of-Barnes•terrace.

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On the 14th inst., at HarndDI
en, Mar aret, the ;wife of /WI
Wise Harvey, Esq., aged 76.
On the 6th last: C
,at Edinburgh, Catherine B. . 13e?'
ron
non, ne,-mrid daughter of the icte Efujer-Gencre.l Beat ./1 ei
On the 10th inst., at Montpellier-road, Brighton, Ciroll
third daughter of the late Kilpin Warne:, Es
ps
On the 10th inst., at Beverley, Thomas B. Phillid, tt
stlo'a,
On the 11th inst., at Newcastle-on-Tyne, Richar Hu
Esq., barrister-at-law, aged 38.
OdOi hnantil; a of
:eilalntltis,iangste.a
57.t11e. Rev. William Harriot, Vic__
Clare
On the 11th inst., Philip James Burrard, student at ,
llall, Cambridge, aged 21. So
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an
On the 12th inst., Mr. Thomas White, of Mims H,
Mims, Middlesex, aged 46. Al °.l
On the 12th inst., at Brunswick-terrace, Windsor,
Dinah Carolina Adkin, aged 89. '
ia Burt
On the 12th inst., at Pimlico, Miss Sopht ag ,a 73
the
On the 13th inst., at Streatham-paragon, Harriet ,
daughter of S. Sarlster, Esq., aged 44. Willif'la
On the 13th inst., at The Firs, Great Malvern,
Webb Essington, Esq., aged 61. relict of tile
On the 13th inst., at Brixton-hill, Cordelia,
late Mr. T. Wilson, bookseller, aged 68.
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