The Sun.
London, England, 1824-05-28 00:00:00

COURT OF KING'S BENCII-(Titri DAY.)

THE SOCIETY OF STAPLE INN.
The -Parish of St. Andrew, Holborn.
Mr. SCARLETT moved for a Writ of Prohibition,
to restrain the Churchwardens and Overseers of
this parish from letting or selling seven pews.
St. Andrew's Church, claimed by the Society of •
Staple Inn.—The Court granted rule Nisi.

The case of the King, on the prosecution of
G. Chetwynd, Esq. M. I'., against the Proprie
tors of the British Press Newspaper, was again

resumed for the third times and left arguing whet/
our Paper went to press.

VIE LATE FATAL AERONAUTIC EXCURSION

{_FURTHER. PARTICULARS.]
During the time the Curonyr's Jury nere'sit-
ting at the Plough, at Bedington, the father of Mr. Harris
arrived, with a brother of the deceased, a boy, about fifteen
years of age. They appeared much afflicted at the melancholy
event—they took refreshment in the bar, every room in the
house being filled, in consequence of the influx of stranger+ into
the village. The old gentleman was asked if the deceased ;lila
auy rank in the navy ? He replied in the negative, and said,
that he was apprenticed to a cabinet-maker, and that he rau
away during his apprenticeship, and took a voyage to the East
Indies, and on his return to England, after sixteen months ab-
sence, he went to his master, and honourably served the remain-
der of his time, and sixteen months in addition. Owing to
the circumstance of the Jury being at the time viewing the body,
Mr. Harris was prevented for some time from seeing the re-
mains of his son, and went in the interval to the room of Misa
Stocks. Mr. H. asked her what his son had said to her during

the voyage ? she gave him nearly the same accounts as that
which appeared in our paper of yesterday. He then went into
the room of the deceased several times, and after Wards was in-
troduced to the step-mother of Miss Stocks, and he was heard
to say that he had repeatedly told his son that he was building
a machine for his own destruction ; to which he said the answer
from his son was," Never mind that, father, but go and attend
to your own business."
Miss Stocks passed Wednesday night in a very bad state, con-
tinually moaning. She says it is too much for her to bear, anti
is continually praying to God to relieve her. She often says she
is afraid her recovery is impossible. Yesterday morning she
said, with apparent satisfaction, that her side was better. About
seven o'clock, she drank about half a cup of tea, after which she,
has complained of increased pain and restlessness. She awoke
from a very short slumber, in the greatest fright, fancying he:-
self in the balloon.
A messenger arrived in town yesterday evening (in company
with the mother-in-law of Jane Stocks), from Carshalton, and
states, that she was so far recovered as to bear the removal from
her bed to have it made. Mr. Thompson, one of the Committee,
conversed with her for some time, in the course of which she said,
that she was never so much delighted as with the ascent, she felt
not the least dread, but when the balloon entered a cloud, it was
so intensely cold, that she was seized with a shivering. By the ad-
vice of Mr. Harris, she took a small glass of brandy. The next
moment he pulled out his watch,and said, "Now we will descend,
hold this (giving her the valve line) whilst I put my watch in my
fob." She says she caught hold of it, and held it tight; and
then Mr. Harris exclaimed, " Good God, the gas is bursting
through." She then fainted, and knew no more of what-passed.
It is therefore believed that she must have opened the valve,
and caused the accident."
Yesterday the Reverend Mr. Ferrers, the rector of Beding-
ton, came to the assistance of the sufferer, and remained witli
her some time. She expressed to him a great wish to see the
mother of the deceased, or some of her own family, and ap-
peared to be considerably composed. Soon afterwards her mo-
ther arrived, and remained with her till she left in the evening,
when the surgeon pronounced her daughter much better, tine
fever having considerably decreased.
Miss Stocks had not yesterday been apprised of the death of
Mr. Harris. On Wednesday, when Mr. Graham and one of
Mr. Harris's Committee were in conversation with her, she
said, " Poor Mr. Harris, is he alive ?" A person present said
" Yes, he is doing well." She replied, "I am glad of it, for
I thought somebody told me he was dead." She said to Mr.
Graham, " I was not afraid, I am sure, till Mr. Harris ap-
peared greatly alarmed, and said ' God protect me,' and then
I fainted,"—lmmediately aft, r the inquest the body of the de-
ceased was laid out and put into a shell, by order of the Church-
wardens, Messrs. Simpson and Lambert, and last night was,
conveyed to town.
As many false reports of the circumstances attending the
offer of Miss Stocks to accompany Mr. Harris have been circu-
lated, it may be proper to supply the following particulars,
which are said to be authentic :—Mr. Harris having advertised
for a companion, and mentioned fifty guineas as the suns re-
quired for the ascent, three gentlemen applied to him during
the inflation, each offering thirty guineas ; but for some priyate
reasons these offers were declined by Mr. 11. On his retiring
from the Committee-room to dress for the ascent, Miss Stocks
,came to the window of the Committee-room, and intimated that
she had seen the advertisement for a person to accompany Mr.
anti was herself willing to do so. Oil being informed that
fifty guineas were required, she appeared considerably disap-
pointed; but her application being mentioned to Mr. Harri.s„
he went to her, and seeing her display much of the cool cou-
rage to necessary in a perilous enterprise, offered her a -seat
in his car. Miss Stocks was then introduced to some female
friends of the Committee, who with great propriety, asked
her if she did not wish the attendance of some of her fa-
mily ? She replied that her mother, who was outside of the
gate, had consented to her ascent, but had declined enter-
ing the gardens. She was then induced, with much persua-
sion, to take a glass of wine, but would not accept the offer„ of
additional covering, which some persons thought necessary as
she was dressed in white, without a shawl.—Mr. Harris entered
into his thirty-second year on Monday last, and the day pre-
vious was also the anniversary of his wife's birth-day. We are
sorry to state Mrs. H. is very unwell ; she was rather more
composed yesterday.