The Sun.
London, England, 1841-10-21 00:00:00

ANTI-MONOPOLY ASSOCIATION.
The Committee of the Metropolitan Young Men's
Anti-Monopoly Association met on Tuesday evening at
Musket es Star Coffee- house, Waisted-street, New -road,
at seven o'clock.
The objects for which the Committee was called toge-
ther were principally for the enrolment of members, and
after some routine business had been transacted the
meeting separated about half-past eight o'clock.
A great many members were admitted -during the
course of the evening.

PERILOUS BALLOON DESCENT.

Mr. Gypson, the aeronaut, made his 45th ascent from
Spalding, in Lincolnshire, on Thursday last, the 14th.
Throughout the day a wind blew in strong breezes
from the S.W. by S., which caused great difficulty
during the inflation, by constantly throwing a back
pressure on the gas conveyed by pipes from the gasholder.
At about half-past four in the afternoon, all the gas that
could be obtained having been conveyed into the balloon,
preparations Were made for the ascent, when it was found
the ascending power was so deficient, that all the
aeronaut could carry with him, to assist in his
descent, was fifteen pounds of sand, and a small
rape. The ascent immediately took place, the
balloon being drifted rapidly over the town,
towards Ilolbeach, when, as Mr. Gypson states, from
a sudden and extraordinary expansion of the gas, he
was quickly borne through some immense masses of
clouds that floated a short distance from Spalding. In
consequence of being so near the, ocean it was necessary
fur Mr. Gypson to part company with t:_e clouds as
quickly as possible, to accomplish which the large valve
was thrown open to its utmost extent, and the balloon
was .veen repaesing the clouds over Ilolbeach marshes,
a spot very favourable for effecting a safe descent, and
where •Mr. Gypson first reached the earth, with a very
' slight coectoedon; but an individual who was within a
few feet'of the balloon, on se,,ing the unexpected visitor,
started off, panic struck, and no entreaties of the aero-
naut could induce him to return or render any assi,t-
ance. In one minute a mile existed between the voyager
and the spot he first landed upoh; during which short
time, according to the statement of several gentlernew
who followed.the balloon on horseback, Mr. Gypson must
have had five or six violent concussions, for the ground
breeze blew with such • velocity that the balloon, car,
and aeronaut, altogether above Tour hundred weight, hav-
ing now a very small quantity of gas to give it any
buoyancy, ices borne onwards to the ocean, defying some
of the best horsemen in this part of the country to ap
preach it, some of whose cattle were dead beat in their
meritorious attempts to render Mr. Gypson assistance.
Balloon, car, and occupant bounded over the marshes
till it approached an inlet from the sea, into which it
plunged, and Mr. Gypson was dragged through, immersed
in water, for 30 or 40 yards, when, fortunately, at the fur-
ther extremity, a sloping green mound presented itself, •
on which remained the remnant of a willow, arid this
proved the anchor of the aeronaut, who clung to it till
some persons came to his assistance, and -relieved him
from his perilous situation. Mr. Gypson experienced
the greatest humanity from a gentleman of the name of
Golding who supplied him with an entire change
of clothing, he not having a dry thread to boast of ;
brandy was not wanting to complete the remedy for cold,
Mr. Gypson having already taken in a considerable
quantity of salt with the water in which he was im-
mersed. We are sorry to hear that Mr. G. sustained a
serious injury on the wrist of the right hand from bind-
ing the valve-line round it, to give him command over
the valve, which was however rendered useless by the
violence of the wind, which forced a great-quantity of silk,
forming the upper hemisphere of the balloon, into the
valve, and all escape of gas was thereby rendered impos-
sible. The balloon sustained but comparatively small
injury, but Mr. Gypson, in addition to the injury on;the
wrist, likewise met with a serious hurt on the right leg.
He was, however, conveyed by his friends bock to Spald-
-1 ing the same night, and is expected to make an ascent
from a neighbouring town in a week or ten days. •

THE LAMENTABLE ACCIDENT

ON THE THAMES.

The dreadfully distressing accident which took place
after the great rowing-match on Monday, has, under
the peculiar circumstances of the case, excited the
strongest feeling of regret and f:commiseration. The
following are the latest reports on the subject :—lt
appears that Mrs. Coombes and Mrs. Goodrum, ac-
companied by a younger sister of Coombes and his
infant child, and a Mrs. Philips, proceeded to Putney,
in a boat rowed by the son of Rush, a waterman of
the Horseferry, and another lad, in order to witness
the match. They embarked for their return about half-
past fire ; and, on arriving facing Cheyne-walk, Chel-
sea, they went on shore there to take some refreshment,
the evening being exceedingly cold. The party re-
turned to the boat in a few minutes, and were accom-
panied by a man who was acquainted with them, but
who had not before been in their company. This per
son, whose. name we understand to be Oliver, and to
be a waterman's apprentice, stood up in the bow of
the boat, and while they were determining who
should row, the wherry drifted athwart the chain
which secures the floating barge at the extremity of
the new Cadogan pier at Chelsea, and swung along-
side. The height of the wind and the force of the ebb
tide pressed, the boat so severely that she began to fill
with water, and before any effort could be made to save
the females, who were sitting art, she went down stern
foremost, not however before Oliver, the two oritenal
rowers, and Mrs. Philips, contrived to sprine, on the
' barge, but the others, none of whom exceeded the age
of twenty, sunk to rise no more. An immediate alarm
was given, and within a few minutes a number of boats
came to the spot, and, notwithstanding the darkness of
the evening, used the roost strenuous efforts .to recover
the bodies, but without effect. At the time of the
accident Goodrum- and Coombes, having succeeded
in defeating their opponents, the Maynards, were
at Lambeth drawing the stakes, and first received
intelligence of the melancholy event as they were on
their way home, from a stranger, who, seeing them in
watermen's. dresses, asked them if they knew whether
the bodies of Coombes's wife and child had been found.
This, as may be supposed, was like a thunder-stroke to
the two young men (for Goodrum soon found that his
wife had shared the fate of. her sister-in-law), who im-
mediately proceeded to Che!sea, where they were en-
gaged during the whole night and Greater part of yester-
day in dragging, but unsuccessfully, for the bodies, and
it was not until three yesterday afternoon that they had
been enabled to bring up that of the child, which was
found near Vauxhall-bridge.

WOOLWICH, Ocr. 19.
ROYAL ARTILLERY.

The following regimental order has just been issued
by Colonel J. Webber Smith, C. 8., commanding the
royal artillery in Ireland, and inserted in the order book
to-day, at Woolwich _

" Artillery-office, Dublin, Oct. 13, 1841.
" The Colonel commanding cannot allow Quarter-
Master Perkin to quit this command on his promotion
to Quarter-Master of the Ist battalion Royal Artillery,
without expressing the high sense he entertains of his
valuable services in the field (in the Peninsula) under
his immediate command, as well as during a period of
nine years as quarter-master serjeant to that part of the
regiment quartered in Ireland ; and the Colonel, feeling
assured that Quarter-Master Perkin carries with high
the respect of all officers under whose orders he has
acted, wishes him every prosperity, and hopes his exem-
plary character as a soldier (which has obtained for him
the honour he now holds) for a long period of upwards
of 37 years (34 of which as a non-commissioned officer)
will have the effect of stimulating others to follow his
meritorious example.

It is requested that this order may be Inserted in the
order books and read to each troop Company of detach-
ment in this command. " ny order,
(Signed) "EDWARD TREVOR, daptain, RA;
" Acting Assistant AdjetanteGeneral."
Quarter-Master Perkin's services have extended over
a very lone. period, having been employed in the expe-
dition to Italy in 1805, and at the occupation of the
Island of Scilly, in 1806 and 1807. He returned to Eng-
land in 1308, and again embarked for Portugal in 1812,
where he served and in Spain during the campaigns of
1813 and 1814, and was present at the battles uf Vit-
toria, Bidassoa, Nevelle, &e. ; at the sieges or St. Sebas-
tian and Bayonne, and the occupation ter Bordeaux. He
returned from France to Enzlittei in August, 1814, and
in the same month embarked at Portsmouth fir Arne-
; rice, and was present at the operations against Neat
Orleans ; at the taking of Fort Bowyer, Mobile Point,
' and returned to the Netherlands in June, 1815, and was
present at the tiirrender of Paris, where he continued
with the army of ocCupation until November, 1818.
NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
t ~.,triald Ilenry,
. EXpErtlatiNTAL TRIAL OF THE DEVASTATION.
At °Re, o'clock this afternoon Commander Hastings
110),negkitl7.1,) tit-Ilsie
Itee-
t
t
Devastation steam- ' \N
season, attended
recently commissioned the
men, who launched from the Woolwich
attended with all the officers be-
longing
exl board to receive a number of scientific
first
experiraentPat st7d a wish to be present during her
Lords CommisSienersi(P down the river. Two Of the
they. exnected to be re- the Admiralty had stated that
an-
nounces that other uPro-esnetnit;uist.ness would prevent them
but it was aftemeas an-
from carrying their oriein
half-past one o'clock tlii; a inteetion into effect. At
n.
't up on Sir Winter::
1,000 tons burden, and ".01e)leild:il "80, I-Tweeds' of
stoetta Petted tram
beam, built of the bc..l -"sin"; great breadth of
le, but
Symonds'e plan, fleeing
opposite the dockTird, ei;vol,vll:7
the river
she had 'scarcely- reached the ...'
t'l
when the tiller broke, eed the helieenhtrae6aZusnta.,3- unmans
able, and Au viiry eearly run ag,rohunonwdoupon the opposite
only StltMett
Sthaerrtilth tilite
or Essex. shore. This accident
the pre epee of mind of British seamerviereta'
oats put on withia a few minutes and a
end
one of the -spokee of The capstan acted as a guide rrt
the majestic
to the
I helrn until the -accident was rectified, and
I vessel turned into the middle of the river aeeienaaji9t3hte
I less than six inches of a fishing smack, which had rum
observing her moving forward in the Caine
1 dinirsechilroei.°7ll:-rything having bean set to rights, she
proceeded down the river. Amongst the officers and
1-:
eresteit were Commander Henry Boyce ::Fitchn(„tifi -seci„7 11
~ ere Henderson, master attendant at Ply-
' niotitti I): e•kveel. ..." le. -Hewitt, master engineer at Wool-
wich Dee:iv:lrd, t, ter ern. have to report on the state of
perfectio' a of the engine, and Mr. Maudslav and his
b:other, and 7.,1r. Field (of the firm of Mauds-lav, Sons,
and Fip'h-i), by whom the. engine was constructed, at an
nstinvitM exeense, 'or 19,0001. The engine made 18
strokes per minute, and afterwards, when the tide Was
in her favwlr. 19 'Strokes in the same time, The everage
sPeed 'obtained leis 'l'l .i- miles,
.per
.hour. . . ~,.._
:__ and. it is expected she wilt
obtain, h:- having her:.trull power ou, a velocity
rif4Lsr- Zte_
wen
is -contained in a fifth lessrootn, is a fifth
ifali -!_,-,...7.,e,;;T7..and consumes a-tfritto4:l7(i 13/Van any of
. jean eOirs screw
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