The Sun.
London, England, 1824-04-27 00:00:00

ASCENT OF MR. SADLER.

MANCHESTER, APRIL 24. Ytstercla P Mr.
SADIE n. ascended in his balloon from the yard of the old Wool-
len Cloth Hall in Salford. For some time Mr. Sadler has been
engaged in making; preparations for his ascent. His first
intention was to inflate his balloon with carburetted hydrogen
from the Salford coal-gas works, hut a proposal haring been
made by Robert Howarth Peel, list;. of the 3d. Light Ma--
goons' now in the barracks here, and ceusin we believe to
Mr. Secretary Peel, to ascend with him. varion., experiment 4
were made; with the view of ascertaining whether •• the bats
loon, when inflated with carburetted hydrogen; would be
tulliciernely buoyant to carry two persons. In the first in-
stance it was found that the coal gals, both from the Menthes-
, •
ter and Salford gas works, was much too ponderous for the
pnrpole. Some changes were, however, made in the mode of
preparing it, particularly by substitutingg• common coal for the
Wigan cannel.- It was then found to be of considerably Jess
specific gravity, • but it was still considered too heavy. Mr.
Sadler therefore determined to inflate the balloon partly with
goal gas, and partly with hydrogen gas ; and he rreceeded to
construct, in the Cloth Hall y trd, art spparatuso for procurieg
the latter, consisting of two wooden vats, end) six feet long.
four feet broad, and six feet deep, for holding, the iron and.tli-
luted sulphuric acid, and a third rat, of the same dimensions,
to be filled with lime and water, to nitrify the hydrogen from
the sulphurevus acid gas which comes over with it, and which,
if suffered to pass into the baLoon, would be injurious to the
texture of the silk of which it is composed.
About half-past four o'clOck, the balloon being then nearly
filled, 31r. Sadler began to prepare for attechipg the car to it.
He then got into the car, accompanied by 31r. Peel; anti tre,
flags, a grappling-iron and rope, and a quantity of ballaet, pac-
ing been deposited therein, allonn was partially released fee
the purpose of trying whether it would accent: ; hitt it was'found
to be too heavily loaded. A quantity of ballast was then thrown
cut, and another experiment made ; hut still the
„balloon
would not ascend. A third and a fourth experiment Were
equally unsuccessful, and Mr, Sadler found, to his great triorti-
fication, and no less to the disappointment of his intended con .
panion, that balloon was not sufficiently buoyant to carry
them both. Mr. Peel was therefore romnelled .o relinquish his.
scat. A Gentleman who accompa&ed Mr. Sadler from Liv
pool, being rather lighter than Mr. Peel, took the seat wh eh
he h.td 'vacated, and anoth r ineffectual attempt was made
wee .C. The balloon v a not sufficiently buoyant to carry t-7o
persons ; the Gentleman therefore got out, leaving 31r. Sadler
alone. The balloon was the, released, at 7i minutes past five
o'clock, and bounded at once into the air in t-ie fines;: wyle
&able, clearing all the buildings without (lactate, and ascend.
Mg with great swiftness.. As the wind wax fats, its progrei,s
through the air was extremely rapid, and in something less than.
two minutes and a half after it left the earth it passed into a
cloud and disappeared. The wind, at the tithe, wasntbout
point to the 'Lastward of North. A few minutes before In
ascent the weather, which till then had keen fair, thortelt
gloomy, changed for the worse, and the aeronaut set out on pia
Journey in a heavy shower of rain, which continued to taltree
Isome time.

'!'he balloon, when it went up, was cstiniatul to contfi:n
about 22,000 cubit feet of gas, of whici about 16,000 feet wer:
coal g

THE Sadler arrived at the Star inn, in this
1 town, last night, a little before eleven o'clock. It appears, that
as soon after the-ascent of the .l.yllOon as he could make an oh-
' set yation with 'regard to his course, he found that he was goirag
in the direction of Liverpool. After he had proceeded, as
thought, about half way to Liverpool, the balloon still rnnidly
ascending, he entered another current of air which carried' hint
with great velocity to the south-east. He was then, as he judged
from the distended state o 1 the balloon, about two mires high ;
but his barometer having been handed out of the ear when
was lightened with the view of enabling it to carry, Hr. Peel,
and not having been returnee, he was unabl: to date mire 114
elmtion with accuracy. From the time of ..first enter,ag tie,.
clouds, he was constantly enveloped by them, and was eximsed to
a continued
.shower of snow, which completely drenched him.
Under these circumstances be thought it expedient to 0...-scenti
quickly as possible; he therefore opened the valve atti deremel el.
with great rapidity. When he came near the earth, whiC,4 *.1.4
in the neighbourhood of ,'honk's Heath, near Klutsfora,
tttrew out his grappling iron, which caught on the atthop of a
tree, and, he Succeeded in getting out of the balloon and tecur-
ing it; but m doing so he received a blow either froth the grap-
pling iron or.the tree, which he afterwards distovered.he.d. -in-
flicted a severe wound on the back of his head. He watexacL)v
thirty minutes in the air.' It happene ; most oppottimely
at the time of his descent a chaise was passing »long the39A a:
no great distance, and some persons who observed the balloon.,
directed it to the spot where it was likely to descend, and Ms.
Sadler found the chaise ready as soon as he IlLd St Med
balloon.- After his return to Manchester, the wound on hi.-4
head was examined by a surgeon ; and we are happy to spa;,
that no serious consequences arc likely to result ;row

•
SPANISH GA LLANTIt'i.—PERTS, thee .Mi6'tter
and favourite of Philip 11., King of Spain, a n anof grew. tleuta,
as we may judge from his political writrnga, reposed !1i.3
happiness in the possession of his •mistress, who been
deprived of an eye from her birth. .Ail the riches 'ant :14Oo-
ours which his Royal Mast..: had the power to bestoskts.r.j7on
a favourite, were light in his estim: tina compared to the
..:arms
and society of his one-: yed beauty. P. , ahnost izr .rove
from the description of the Lady, obliged Peres hit(Shiee him
to her. The King found so much reaivalue in the connteran.Ce,
illumined by one bright eye only, that he:sacrifices-4. hisTrit:nd
and Minister. The lady was made the KiUg'sioisttlee.„ • Peres,
disgraced at the Court of Madrid, where his friertds entiks-
voured in vain to recolcile him with the Sovereign. to
had used some harsh- expressions whca he found his 111i3iy.Fs
carried off, retired to France. Ile was graciou.siy
Henry IV. -Conversing one day with the Minis,ier i)eti tis
adventure, King Henry said, tie could not understand yovs
lady deprived of one eye could have 5..; many charms.—" Nre,"
replied Peres, " 'tis by the provideuee of !leaven thi,v,yoyng
lady was born with one eye : with this iroa.:ty of •natiiritl
she has put all Spain in combustion ; if the had
eyes, sire would have reduced the world Li "'lcs•
de la Cour de Madrid.)

part of the game killed
'provided they . i'' '
PRESERVATION OF C; A NE.—Tke Rig!it jlcqi.
Lord GWYDI.II has issned circular letters. ttl' ,1;,
tenants, on his extensive t' states in Perthshit...,
the Right lion. Lord
' tentive in protecting the- game from beingT dt
stroyed by poachers anti other unqualitiel rtr,...
oplrlottnhiesiirngr:slpmencitityleie
ftuhrimrds,
a.. e
‘,..t..
presented to
sons. Sonic time ago a halidAome sword, dirk, and
Gwyn v a by the tenants on tfr' estate
with the following motto :--ti i`l
....ie tenants of the
pistols, were
estate of Perth, otTer this mark of their ~zratitacl,e,
affection, and devotion to their Hindi-loved. and
honoured Chieftain, Lord Gw-roYn, regretting
their inability to show, in a inure suitable niau-
ner, his kindness and liberality to thetn.—Ortn-
mond Castle2 0 Aur,tist3 IS23."—(Glagew Jotivs.)

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7'lllE LON-1)0.N JOURNALS.

DAILY
,T;..xtraots front the Moaning Pipers, April 27.

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[MORNING HERALD.]
Tba Parisians, by Iheir own account, must he
Aiie most frivolous of human creatures. It was
s4,ceptly stated in one of the French Papers, that
tiVationymous letter was addressed to the Di-
i.t..ctor of the IN:luseum, threatening destruction to
lho Pictures, if (.4000 francs were not supplied
OW writer, and whet was still more curious,
upon. non-compliance, he essayed the execution
of his threat upon a Ruben', of little velne• The
PrigiCeas professes to explain this mys-
tery. It is a marvellous fiction, got up to gull
.14‘e curiosity and engage the babble of the Pa-
roons—and sow previoas experiments of the
*sole kind are mentioned. Among them were the

punch-talked-of petat'ds, let off under the win-
:ACM.5.Of the Duchess -of Berry—the piqueurs, who
ypread terror through the French capital for
• 4t-ielcs, alit) even mouths--sell the extraordinary
ve.rsonage who was .so prodigal of his exhaust-
tfvs wealth as to fling it out of the window, to
-t.Yre great gratification of the passers.4ty. But
what was the object of these inventions ? It was
to divert the attention of the Parisians from the
rry,asures proposed by the Ministers in the Chain-
ber of, Deputies. What were the questions under
discussion on the several emergencies of the pi-
'pours , the petards. and of the man who scattered
`gold out of the window,' %cc do not recollect, nor is

it material. The measure, from which it is de-

aigned to turn away popular attention at present,
by the mystery of this new Vandalism against
Rubens and the Arts, is the Minister's proposal
for reducing the interest of the debt ! if the
French are really such a giddy race as to be
blown about by such ridiculous stories circulated
abroad as the above, it should matter little, one
Nroold think to the Ministers what was the sub-
ject of their frivolous and idle gabble. One
thing is certainly very rob° ble--it is, that all
these wonders of an hour were really fabrications
of the police. If it were otherwise, some one
offender, nt least, must have been brought to

•
justice., It is quite incredible that a person,
havi►►g given notice of his intention, should find
his way into the Louvre whilst shut against the
publir, and put his threat into execution without
d.2tvctiou.

[mouNtr4GHtintoNtoLlt.]
Soveral private expresses were received yester-
day from Paris, but they bring no news in any
degree calculated to cloud the bright prospects
of which at present Europe, with the exception
of unfortunate Spain, has the hope of enjoying
the reality. The debate on the reduction of the
interest of the national debt commenced on fia-
tarday, and was adjourned to 3;osterday, for the
)4inisters of his Most Christian Majesty .were
'perfectly aware, that this most important.subject
wily required discussion to Convince all, hat it
would be attended with great advantages to
France: Wagers were laid in Paris that it
would eventually he adopted in the Chatithers,,
by a division of 3 to 1, amongst the Deputies.
Thi! nentes continued to improve, and on Satur-
4ay evening they Were purchased at 1O t'. loe!
lor money. An idle rumour was in: circulation.
that
,the Holy Alliance intended soon to theetat
Prague, for which there i, not the slightest foun-
dation. F.ilgland led the way in partially re-
ducing the interest of the National Debt. 'France
41S now following the example of England ou :a`
wreatly .extended principle, and before six.
inoriths pass away, Austria, Russia, and' Prussia,
attempt similar operations. The success of
fillise great financial measures is dependent eu-
+tirely on the continuation of the blesiings 'of
;peace.

[aurrfsit ram.]
The Paris Papers of Saturday and Sunday,
which readied us yesterday, possess little of any
hiterest. The Journal des Debitls alludes to the
rumoured meeting of two of the confederates of
'the Holy Alliance—the Ituysian 'Emperor and
:,Frederick'William of Pressla,'n t Prague, on the
•'ilihject of the sitnation of the East of Europe.--,
The Journal des Minds doos not deny that such
solnterview is arranged, though it Seeks to"throw
doubts upon it, and says, that far from heitiO
itivitied; (he Powers of the Ointinent are at tins
:e4*ent;ill'perfect accord, and inn spirit of pence
And conciliation respecting the affairs of the East.
This we de not believe. Strong jealousy, we are per-
sanded, exists On the part of Austria, excited by the
ili-concealed designs of Russia, against the two,
`,rinie'ipalittes and the Turkish Provinces. The
-two EsOperorri parted coldly at their last meet•
nt'ts.7.ernosvitz, and arranged nothing re--
ipecting Greece. Failing in bringing over Aus-
tria to his plans, Alexander may now consent to
--ti'dtnit Frederick-William as a sharer in the
penal spoil, and strengthen himself against Aus-
itia and France' by the alliance. The two latter

Powers must regard the increasing power 'and
liinbition of itus,ia with no friendly eye. °nine-
Atninot 1V33 about to set out on his mission to the
Porte. There is nothing beSitle of any moment
in the Paris Journals worth attending te.

EmghOzi4G.
The .Cat.l)o.l4e. Association.ot- Dublin, which has
"been:sitting/foe. some months, is-deCidedly:a.rri..
cl.levous, if riot an illegal society. Wer the
„members .nyowtqlly the As,st.!whlYe
wider iGltnt ts ternied the C(lnventinn Act, would
Ite.ofthe liktter description ; but because ;he),
Duty as4o'ol;te midi the approbation of the opt«
ri!y of the Qatholics,:they",are out of tin jurt,Fl.,
,diction of the,Conrts.. This wav he kw, th(-Igf)
connu(oi sense'; and it Is equally abiurir th
find a low ILktiliosit:l3ari-isters, a few lean Citize'n49
ioteispers.od ith otti..? or two fa(sraziers; added to
6°"'e, quianuncs from the Dtiblin
represt.i,ling the" catholics of t,refalid in a
one Pair loom, 1\10.,1, Capel.streetl 'The wJloli
h both t to its J.4et‘tiiig up'und
its pre,elmcals ; hat from tijo acid
:,powcr ir arrogates and aituSes, a source tif
a imisit'of ighoiant an'
error and irrtjottipti
sireicheil AbsoCidtion do s'
not affect to lie assetiibled fdelliefuritieriaCe
Catholic Emancipation only—it mimics the forms

and functions of a National Parliament, and
may be termed the fourth &tate of the Itealm,
convened in that part of the United Kingdom
called No. 4, Capel-street, Dublin. The busi-
negs of the whole island is discussed in this
" Chamber" every Saturday after the members
have made their markets for Sunday, and
the proceedings of the Imperial Parliament
criticised and corrected with becoming senatorial
supremacy. Did this assembly really represent
the opinions or feelings of what has been denomi-
nated the Catholic " Aristocracy," it would be
entitled to some occasional attention on subjects
immediately appertaining to the situation'and the
claims of the Irish Catholics generally ; but be-
cause a score or two of quacking politicians find
a puddle for themselves to dabble in, we are not
to conclude from the fuss or flutter which they
make, or the mud which they disturb within
those narrow liounds, that the entire country is in
a storm. The very contempt, however, in which
the " Motions" and " Debates" of the Catholic
Association are viewed in England, renders them
a serious evil to the Sister Island. If any such
assembly were convened and sitting in Edinburgh,
or any other part of Great Britain, its proceed-
ings would be under the controu I of British opinion,
and at a period like the present could do compara-
tively little mischief, for the bane of to-day would
be followed by an antidote to-morrow. The dis-
cussions of the " Chamber " in Capel-street have
the privilege of perfect exemption from this cor-
rective, and consequently their noxious properties
are allowed to operate with unmitigated viru-
lence on the rude minds and fervid sympathies of
a prejudiced multitude. Is the ulcer to be per-
mitted to proceed as heretofore without applica-
tion of check or caustic ? e trust not, for the
sake of Ireland itself. It is folly to pour balsam
into the ancient wounds of that unhappy country,
as the Government is now doing, and at the
same time tolerate a set of incendiaries in in-
flaming the worst passions of the lowest rabble.

[Tit F. TIMES.]
The proceedings of the French Chamber of
Deputies on Saturday last derive whatever in-
terest belongs to them from 'the new' project for
reducing the live per cents., which then came
under discussion. M. Labourdonnaye made a
speech of some length in condemnation of the
measure. lie began by objecting that the new
plan would create so much more capital, and
would so sensibly retard and embarrass the
operations of the Sinking Fund.—[ln fact, it is
manifest that if a smaller interest be paid under
the Ministerial project,.' it will, by the greater
scope for allowing the funds thus granted, c.on-.
tinue to he paid for a longer term than according
to the proportion in whiCh the interest is re-
duced ; that, for instance, the interest will be
reduced by one fifth, but that the period during
which the burden continues will be increased by
one fourth.] M.-Labourdonnaye then alleged
that the law would he injurious to' the agricul-
tural interest : the fundholders having suffered.
so much from the diminution of their int-ernes,:
would fear to reduce them further by investments.
at a high rate-of purchase -in land. • Ile hustle
quoted the. words of M. Corvetto in 1817, Who,.
in presenting the plan of a loan, declared the
,Government to pledge itself to the payment of
a perpetual annuity 'to the fundholders. " The
capital," said he, " will never be redeemed."
.After some intermediate speakers, the Minister'
of Finance rose to explain the-motives and pro.
liable consequences of the •project. From the
great rise of the funds,. they
,had
.got into the
hands of speculators, and became exposed to
hazardous fluctuations. The Government, for
the sake of the 'fundholders themselves, pro-,
posed a plan embracing a twofold, object—lst,
to reduce the public debt ;. and 2d, to substi-
tote for a stock which could rise no higher,
one susceptible of a Considerable rise, and not
liable to the risk of any redemption but that to
be effected by the Sinking Fund. A four per.
cent. stock would not yield Such advantage ; no.
•one could in that case have been found to engage.
for the redemption Of the existing fives. A :if
Per cent. scheme had been equally uttcuccessful.
To effect any bargain, it was 'necessary to have
the power of redeeming ; to be able to redeem, it
was necessary to issue at once a stock which, it.
would be possible to tiegoeiute at such a price as
would produce the. means of redemption. The
Treasury has the means of accomplishing the
conversion of the fives into threeS at 75, for such
Fundholders as may Prefer that change to•the
repayment ; and threes have been selected
by Government, in order that they may not get
into the hands of the -great monied -companies,
until after the fundholders haVe• refused • them.— ,
As a concession to the companies thus restrieted,',
and to provide sufficient means forthetetlemp-
tion of the fives, the Government loweiGitpooed,i
to the Ist of January, 1826, the actual relief to
arise from a reduction of the interest.., The Mi-
nister then proceeded to coriillat 'the objections
urged against the project; anda fter a speech which
lasted an hour, the discussion was adjourned.

[NEW TIMES.)
It was not mdy in defence of Oil Gas that The
Times on Satn-rday displayed its singular co'nfu-
Bien of ideas. Speaking of the. French Chamber
of , Deputies, the Editor says, there are no less
than 2'25 Emigrants and 350 Nobles, out of a list
of 460 Members. This is la least an odd way of
stating the nuinbers,and seems at first sight to look
like calculating a majority of 575 out of 460. Our
worthy cotemporary probably does not fliPllll this;
'hut he has taken care to conceal very ingkiously
from his readers What he does mean : probably
because he- has ,no very cldar conception what he
means himself—how many ofihe. Emigrants are
Nobles, how many ~a the Nobles are Emigrants,
`how' many 'of the Members are both Emigrants
and Nobles, and bow many ire neither NobleS
nor Emigrauts ? " The proportion of •such men in
the Upper [louse," added he," is still greaten"—
Such men? What men; my dear Editor? ~And what
proportions are you talking of ? Do, for ;leaven's
sake, endeavour to understand yoUrself first : and
then you will have some little chance of enunciating
your propositiotrintelliglbly. If we castoor view
back to the Leading—Journal of Friday we shall
find a very equivocal puff of the proposed West

India Company, as " superior to the common bub.
bles of the day." Does our itfgentotis rival mean
to hint that this is an uncommon bubble ? Would
he insinuate that it limn absurdity to suppoie that
if individual West India Merchants find their
pursuit unprofitable, the same business, when con-
ducted by a Court of Directors, each having his
separate interests to promote, shall suddenly be-
come gainful ? If this be the distinction intended
between common bubbles and uncommon bubbles,
we can easily understand it ; but then it is but
a left-handed compliment to the new West India
Board.