The Sun.
London, England, 1847-07-01 00:00:00

NING

ANOTHER. BALLOON ASCENT IN
MANCHESTER.
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On Monday evening last; -Mr. Gale made a second and
More, successful ascent In"this balloon, the " Prince of
Wales,". from tie Pomorit-s Gardens. The balloon was
moored by,the side.-of-the !mall lake in these very pic-
turesque gardens, and
,in small gravelled area, which
allowed' the spectators to' form a large ring around it.
Tle .balloon from its • great height when inflated,
was, a. y9„ry _conspicuous 'Object from the outside of
the..gardsiii, and attracted the attention of great
Crowds on the Chester .-and the Stretford roads,
and ell the elevatd spots and banks in the neighbour
hood s 6 desirous were some parties to have ogood
view of it, that they.ascended-to the top of a new and
very high Chiinuey in the-neighbourhood. The
Of dee balloon having been commenced on Saturday, it
was quilt!tfUlly-infisted by Monday afternoon, but from
the' quality of theigas :which bad been-supplied, Mr.
Gale wee nevertheless very doiabtfill whether it would
Nl* slitters-lit buoyancy to ',!eiiable him to 'ascend
with.: his Aloublp %ear, -.or take up the supplemental
baHoons,'Jkituse ofzlahich we shall presently describe.
Mr. Gate calcul4e.sflitat,with gas of the- pecific gravity
Of •350'fila li-ftlloort albul;tl
.have sufficient buoyancy to
take lit litl:6l!!tiff, three other persona; his ,supplementary
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air 30 or 40 feet below the upper. The lowering of
the lower division of the car stretches out a rope ladder,
and the aiironautst then descends (as represented in the
illustrated placards announcing Mr. Gale's ascent)
through the hole in the bottom of the upper car. The
car having been affixed, Mr. Gale and a young man, his
assistant, entered it, taking with them *wt. of ballast;
and having a frame hung to the bottom of the car on
which were placed the fireworks necessary for firing the
royal salute. Mr. Gale then allowed the balloon to ascend
a short distance and then descend, it being held by a rope,
for the purpose of testing its buoyancy, the proprietor
of the gardens being, of course, very urgent that the
supplementary balloons should, if possible, be attached,
in order to keep faith with the public. This experiment
showing &at Mr. Gale had somewhat under-estimated
were then
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the buoyancy of the balloon, the supplemental balloons
from
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of each side of the balloon, and having a canvas
pipe leading to them from the neck of the main
balloon. There use is as follows :—When a balloon fully
inflated ascends, as the atmosphere becomes more
rarefied, the expansion of gas in the balloon renders
it necessary to allow a considerable quantity to
escape, in order to prevent the balloon from bursting ;
this escape (which takes place to such an extent, that
Mr. Gale calculates that a balloon in ascending 2,000
feet, loses one-tenth part of the gas which it originally
contained), being directed into the supplemental bal-
loons, by choking the neck of the large balloon, inflates
them, causing them of course to stand up from the upper
part of the balloon like two wings, as represented on
the placards, and enabling the aeronaut to ascend very
much higher than he would otherwise be able to
do. These balloons, however, though thus ultimately
aiding the ascent of the parent balloon, do necessarily
at first check it to some extent. The supplemental
balloons having been attached, and all the number-
less little arrangements of ropes, &c., having been
completed, Mr. Gale, about half past seven o'clock, libe-
rated the balloon, which immediately rose rapidly and
majestically, amid the cheers of the spectators, and the
playing of two bands of music. The balloon passed over
the Chester-road, and bore, for a short distance, to the
south-eastward, as though it were going in the direction
of Stockport,—the direction which it took on the former
occasion. As, however, it rose, the upper current of
air carried it in a southward, and subsequently in a
westward direction. When the balloon had ascended to
the height of about 4,000 feet, Mr. Gale flowered the
lower car, and shortly after descended the rope ladder
with considerable rapidity ; of course, at the distance at
which the balloon then was, Mr. Gale appeared to the
spectators in the gardens merely as a speck. After
he had reached the lower car, he discharged the
fireworks attached thereto. These had a rather
curious effect, as the explosive substance fell• 2004
or 300 feet from the balloon befofe they eitploded.
Mr Gale having discharged the fireworks, ascended to
the upper car, and the balloon then ascended rapidly,
having been liberated of a weight of about fifteen pounds
by the discharge of the fireworks. The greatest height
attained was about a mile and a half. This was
without the aid of' the supplementary balloons, as
Mr. Gale, having no object in ascending higher,
did not inflate these, but permitted the gas to escape
in the usual way. Mr. Gale, after a journey of
rather more than half an hour, descended at eight
minute: past eight o'clock, at Mr. Timperley's farm, at
Sinderland, in the parish of Bowdon. The descent,
into
which was of the gentlest description, was a pasture
field; there was a great crowd of the country people I
assembled, and Mr. Gale having thrown his grappling
iron to them, was pulled in by them. They behaved to
him with the greatest kindness, and he was brought to
the gardens (where he arrived about half past eleven
o'clock) by Mr. Wright, of the Bay Malton inn.
Mr. Gale's ascent was witnessed in the gardens by a
very numerous and respectable company, who after-
wards promenaded about these really
.very pretty
grounds, the animation of the scent being further in•
creased by a great number of boats on the river. The up-
per part of the gardens was very tastefully illuminated,
and about half-past ten o'clock a display of fireworks
took place ; the rockets were most excellent, but the set
pieces were only indifferent, chiefly from having been
badly set. The Temple of Henan, which is a large
transparency extending nearly across the gardene, and
illuminated,
with a Chinese temple, was also
with a very pleasing effect. Two bands of music
and a party of Lancashire bell-ringers enlivened the
scene by their performances, . The _outside -passengers
on the omnibus which left' Manchester for Altriechana
and Bowdon at seven o'clock, had an excellent. view of
the balloon all the way from Stretford to Altrmeham ;
they saw its rise and descent, which one gentleman said
would be in Sinderland; and they also saw, the flash of
flame, on the ignition of each rocket discharged by. the
aeronaut (who was distinctly seen to descend from
and re•aseend into the upper car), followed by
a report, and then by a small balloon-shaped
dark object, which at first was conjectured
to be a small balloon, but it soon resolved itself into a
wreath of thin smoke. Six or seven of the dis-
charges were seen and heard. As the omnibus en-
tered Altrincham, the balloon being obviously descend-
ing, many persons were hastening thence along the
Manchester road to be in at " the fall." The clear sky
of the lower atmosphere (though higher up there were
dark clounds) rendered the balloon an exceedingly
beautiful spectacle for miles round the site of its ascent.
-Manchester Guardian.

FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT.—"BRISTOL, JUNE 29.—A
frightful accident occurred to-day at the factory of
Messrs. J. and S. Fry, the extensive chocolate manufac-
turers, Union-street, in this city. The Messrs. Fry are
the manufacturers of Churchman's milk chocolate and
B
r workedgrindingy by steamand compres-
sion
Bristol
ristn
of pthateecnotccooca opao,waanadulintna theebi
ne
is used. - - To-day, at about twelve o'clock, as one of the
men in the factory, named William Robyn, was employed
in oiling some parts of the engine, his shirt sleeve and
some other portions of his clothes were caught by a
wheel, and his person drawn rapidly into the machinery.
The popr man alarmed the factory with his cries, but be-
fore the engine could be stopped he experienced injuries
of the most dreadful nature ; his ribs were broken and
his abdomen torn open, and the intestines drawn out and
wound round the wheels and strap of the engine. The
machinery was stopped as speedily as possible, and mes-
sengers were dispatched in search of medical aid.
Within a few minutes Dr. O'Brien, one of the physicians
of St. Peter's Hospital, and several other members of
the medical staff of the hospital, were upon the spot, and
having disengaged the body from the wheels, rendered
all the assistance in their power. • The poor man, how-
ever, lies in a hopeless state, and it is evident that death
must speedily terminate his sufferings.
THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPIL-011 Monday a man
entered the Wolverton station of the London and
Northern Railway, and took a third-class ticket for Bir-
mingham, the train started, and had nearly arrived at
Blisworth, a distance of ten miles, when a police-officer
inquired of the station-master at Wolverton what parties
had taken tickets at that station by the last train. On
the information being afforded him the officer was led to
believe that a person suspected of a robbery that was
committed in the neighbourhood the previous evening
had proceeded with his booty by that train. The elec-
tric telegraph from Wolverton to Blisworth was imme-
diately put into use, and the necessary information sent
thither. Ou the arrival of the train at Blisworth, the
carriages were inspected, and a person answering the de-
scription found. He was apprehended, and the stolen
Boors were found in his luggage. The prisoner was
brought back by the next train to Wolverton, and safely
lodged the same evening in the Aylesbury Gaol.
SUGARED MEDICINES.---A singular mode of prepar-
ing medicines appears to have been recently adopted in
France, by covering the most nauseous descriptions of
them with sugar in a confectioned and highly-finished
state so as to represent sugar-plums and comfits, and to
deceive any fiehons as to their exact quality and real
substance. This is now extended from small kinds of
confectionary to articles of a larger description,equalling
the size of sugared almonds, as they are called, and
containing a verY considerable quantity of the medicinal
properties which it'reay be intended to incorporate, or
rather conceal therekand in this state are imported
into this country for inMediate use.
A GORMANDIZER.—There was found dead lately
on the banks of Pulganny, alias the Water of Badenock,
near Drumlanford- house) a craigy heron, the stomach of
which, when examined, actually contained the amazing
number of 39 fine burn trouts.—.Ayr Advertiser.

r md istioons,--find,:* cwt. af- ballast ; the gas
th which hema4a, his ascegts- in London had a
ecific gravity 61'111960400, whilit that which he ob•
int& frniriAlsi.l4loliister-:gtit
.works, though of a
Fietior iluslity:Sof.**-burning purposes to which. it is
dinarili App.ber6344-% sp:4 fie gravity of 475, 1,6 d
Li, therefore re q• :Jess auoed Or balloon purposes. ,
llAhe `neces4Aye ;_.;.,2., admit having been made, the .
üble car ;was •-: . ' • tOi-t.he billtioni about seven
dock. .•.Thipt y : -,..7':
__of tyro lagri baskets, placed
6 one on the to. „.., tthe..fither tting into it apd,, ;
.
kor.4 a large ~..- - • • tit "bo
_4,,-..the upper ang i
wee- ctiiiiiptirtsbettkjefe Meng. tr.aseent fastened
FhtiltWaggetsitbatir thftcgretil-rors 8,4' be,
relaxe as to aTiovi o lower sinti.' It -
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