The Sun.
London, England, 1841-07-13 00:00:00

FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE.

ARRIVALS.
William Gooderich, Esq., Airs. Gooderich, John Gooderich,
Esq., and the Misses Gooderich (of Matson-house, Gloucester-
shire), at Long's lotel, from the Continent, after an absence
of two years ; Mr. and Mrs. Gillett and the Misses Gillet, at
ditto ; -Mr., Mrs., and Miss Burke, and the Masters Burke, Lt
ditto., from Paris ; Mrs. John Portal and Miss Portal, at
ditto, from Hants ; Captain Mildmay, at ditto, from Dogsmer-
field Park ; Henry Thompson, Esq.. at ditto, from Yorkshire ;
John Penie, Esq., at ditto, from Ireland ; Mr. Levings, at
ditto, from Faris; Colonel Mudie, and Mrs. Alleyne, at the
Portland Hotel ; Admiral Sir D. and Lady Gould and Miss
Atty, at Coulson's Hotel.
DEPARTURES.

Mr. and Mrs. B. B. Williams, from Portland-place, on a
visit to Lady Susan and Captain Hotham, Woi;liners, Hcrts ;
Thomas Penriee, Esq., and the Misses Fountain, from Long's
Hotel, on a tour to the Lakes; Mrs. Coote and Miss Nike,
from ditto, for Leamington ; Rev. William Maskell, front ditto,
for Devonshire; William NieLolson, Esq., from ditto, for
Dublin ; Edward James, Esq., f..om ditto, for New York ;
Herbert Wykeham, Esq., from ditto, for Tythrop ; Howell
Gwynr.e, Esq., from ditto, for 13egbie-house, Glamorgan-
shire ; Sir James Carnac, from the Poi tland Hotel, for Tun-
bridge-wells.

VAUXHALL GARDENS.
THE NASSAU BALLOON. 1
Yesterday the gardens of Vauxhall were well attended by i
those who were anxious once more to behold the ascent of Mr.
Green and his companions in the celebrated Nassau balloon. ,
There were present within the gates about 3,000 spectators;
many of them persons of fa'hion, many men of science,
and many ancient aeronauts, whose anxiety to witness a fresh
ascent called them to the scene of their own exploits. Amongst
the company were the Duke of Brunswick, Mr. George Womb-
well, &c. The ascent took place from the spot used in former
days for similar purposes. The weather was calm at the mo-
ment, but the clouds above the heads of the company threat-
ened both wind and rain. It was blewing not violently, hut
steadily, at the moment of the ascent, about 25 minutes past
6 o'clock, from the north north-west point of the compass. The
balloon consequently took a south-south.t asterly direction, and
as near as could he guessed by those in tke grounds pased
over the Elephant and Castle, and made its course majestically
towards Greenwich, and the Essex coast of the river. The.
ascent was a very fine one. Mr. Green appeared in high spi-
rits at finding himself once more on the spot of his former
ascents. He was accompanied by Mrs. Green, Captain Dud-
ley Ward, Captain Curry, Alr. Hepworth, Mr. Davidson, and
Mr. David Dully, a gentleman who has on former occasions
ascended with Mr. Green.
The balloon, after leaving the earth, took r.n easterly direc-
tion, and had not ascended many minuteshefore Mr. Gi een dis-
cove' ed that the valve would not act. With the assistanee
of
Captain Curry, he applied great force to the valve-line, which
gave way, leaving the valve unmoved. Mr. Green, in conse-
quence, announced his intention of making as speedy a descent
as practicable ; but at this period the new church at Eltham
was almost immediately under the balloon; end, to be certain
of nut descending on it, Mr. Green found it necessary to dis-
charge balla t. This caused the Laloen to ascend to the height
of between 6,000 and 7,000 feet. Having no means of dis-
charging gas, Mr. Green opened the neck of the balloen so as
to admit as much atmospheric air as postib!e. This was so
successful, that a gradual descent speedily commenced. The
aeronauts were unfortunately over a very woody country, but
Mr. Green succeeded, notwithstanding the inoperativeness of
his valve, in effecting a safe and easy descent. after remaining
an hour and a quarter in the air, in a clover field at Ilextahle,
near Birchwood, in the parish of Sutton-at-Horne, near Dart-
ford, in Kent. Tice balloon having been thus brought to the
earth with its full complin not of gas, Mr, Green tpd consi-
derable trouble in disci:as-ging it; but. he neverthele s suc-
ceeded in reaching the Ile al Gardens before the close of the
amusement, with the whole of his party, who all expressed
much satisfaction at their trip. Mr. Green admitted that, in
all his ascents, he never had to contend with so formidable a
casualty, and the completeness with which he surmounted it is
a demonstration that there is little danger in aeronautics under
' scientific management, even the only lady in this trip, Mts.
Green, having sustained no sort of iticenveniet.ce.

LORD STANLEY ON THE CORN-LAWS.—In
order to give his arguments two faces—one to frighten
the manufacturers, and the, other the agriculturists—he
assumes that the reduction in price compared to the last
ten years, will not be more than 3s. per quarter, and yet
this is to " sacrifice the agricultural interest of the
country." Although he disclaims being .the author of
these calculations, he has adopted them, reasoned from
them, and clearly wished his hearers to believe that they
were true. It is here as explicit as words can express.
" The advantage to be derived to the consumer of corn,
from removing this protection, and adopting the princi-
ples and the plan of Government, while you throw the agri-
cultural labourers out of employment, while you ruin the
farmers, while you injure the landlords and diminish the
employment they are able to aflbrd—the advantages to the
consumer is somewhere about 3s. a quarter, as compared
with the average price of corn in this country for the
last few years. And that is the advantage which the con-
sumer is to obtain from the sacrifices of the agricultural
interests of this country." I boldly ask, is this an example •
of ingenuous, honest argument? Either he believes that
the reduction will be more than 3s. per quarter, or he
cannot be sincere in his alarm for the destruction of the
agricultural interest. If this be not " thimble rigging" in ,
argument, I know not where to look for it.—Lctter in the
Preston Chronicle.
TIIE NEW PARLIAMENT.—There are two
rumours afloat upon this subject. One is, that Peel will,
upon getting into office, proceed at once to prorogue the
new Parliament to an early day in January, without
bringing forward any specific measures upon corn, cur-
rency, timber, or sugar ; the other is, that he will not,
after all the money that has been expended in the cor-
ruption of voters, have a working majority ; and, in
consequence, that another dissolution of Parliament will
be the result in the early part of next year. Nous
verrons. In the mean time, let every one pay his rates
and taxes, and Register. That is now the duty of every
Liberal.---British Queen.
Miss Delcy has been offered very tempting
terms to proceed to New York, but is not disposed to
quit England at her early age, before she has the oppor-
tunity of further developing her • powers in some new
operas. 3,1 r. Macready, we hear, has also made her very
liberal proposals to be the Prima Donna of Drury-lane
i next season, but it seems the negotiation has not ended
favourably, from the manager not pledging himself to
produce pusical pieces of a strictly operatic character,.
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