The Sun.
London, England, 1847-10-07 00:00:00

BALLOON ASCENT.

Mr. Hampton, the celebrated aerona4-... whose
name will ever be remembered in matters of aerosta-
tion, from his three descents, some few years since,
add; his parachute, particularly by one from Chelten-
ham, on the 3d of October, 1838, when he made a
triumphant descent from an altitude of two miles in
10 minutes and 12 seconds, at which time the balloon
reached the earth before the parachute, made a splendid
ascent from the Vauxhall Gardens, Manchester, on
Monday last, in the presence of several thousand
persons. The following is Mr. Hampton's account of
nis aerial voyage :
" From the situation of the gardens being incon-
venient for inflating, astthe gas had to be forced down
hill, and as I had been informed by the proprietor of
the gardens, previous to my coming to Manchester,
that the main was twelve inches, which I found only
to be three inches, caused me great difficulty in in..
fluting. From such cause, and the anxiety of the
managers of the gas works to render me every assist-
ance in the business, I was compelled to commence
the inflating the day before my ascent, at eight o'clock
in the morning, and continued during the night and
the two days, until the ascent, and, after all exer-
tions, could not complete the inflation as I had
Aished, and in consequence, I was obliged to decline
the offer of three gentlemen who had proposed to ac-
company me. Indeed, so slight was the ascending
power, that I was obliged to dispense with the grapnel
I usually take, and only have a small one no larger
than my hand, which, had not the day been calm,
would, of course, been attended with danger. After
placing only four bags of ballast in my car, I then.
found I had sufficient power to ascend front
the gardens, and gave orders to remove the balloon
windward of the place where I had been filling, so ea
to clear the trees. I gave the signal to the two gen-
tlemen who had hold of the car to let go, when she
immediately rose slow and steadily. After leaving the
gardens, finding my ascending power very slight, I
was obliged to throw out two bags of ballast, when she
rose more rapidly, and the wind being from north-east ,
she took a south- west direction over the town. I then
got into another current, and as she still ascended, I
passed through a layer of dense clouds, and lost sight
of the earth altogether. For some minutes I remained
in such clouds, scarcely able to distinguish the ropes
round the car. At last a most beautiful light sur-
rounded me, which indicated I was still rising, and
in a few seconds more rose above the clouds, which
presented one of the grandest sights possible to
behold. Beneath the car was an appearance of one
immense forest of snow, layer over layer, which
appeared as if I could have stepped out of the
car, and walked on the same, and the car
appeared to drag on them. After viewing
this beautFul field of snow,. I then looked
it my compass t ehi what direction I was going,
+red by a small feather fixed by a thread to the car
perceived that the balloon had changed her comae
And was going south south- west. Having passed
through three layers of clouds, the upper one ap-
peared as if it bid divided the balloon, as by lookir
tip I could perceive the upper and lower parts of. s
balloon free, end the zone, being surrounded byi
cloud, appearing like gauze. So beautiful and stil
was the atmosphere that I remained for acme seconds
Here was one of the grandest sights aeronauts so
often witness, if they ascend high enough, that it
would take a painter to depict anti a poet to describe.
On my right were layers of clouds, one above the other
like large blocks of granite glittering in the full ray
of the setting sun, and appeared to form a Gothi
arch sufficiently large for the balloon to pan
under, on the edges of which tho setting
sun shone with all the splendour and brilliance of
the variegated rainbow, the beautiful tints,:the awful
dead silence ; not a sound could be heard, earthly
nature appeared all dead. Such was truly heavenly
and totally indescribable. Alone, sitting in nay car
at an altitude of two miles, above four different layers
of clouds, and twice seeing the setting sun, first in,
total darkness, and then passing to the grand views I
have before described, can only be imagined by aliosa
who have witnessed them, in whose minds they must
arouse thoughts of the great workings of the Al-
mighty Creator. In about a quarter of an hour,
thinking I had left the town, I prepared to descend,
and passir g through layer after layer of clouds, some.
times in perfect darkness, at other times in full view
of the setting sun, and long before I came in view of
the earth, I could distinctly hear the whistle of the
railway trains and the buzzing of the town, which in-
dicated I had not, as anticipated, got away from Man.
the ter, for when I came through the clouds,
as the shades of evening were closing,
could perceive the gas-lights, like stars shoot-
ing, and the different factories, with their
lights glittering, and then found I had little time to
lose in my descent, as I wished to pack up before
night came far on, but had some difficulty to find a
place suitable for such purpose, being surrounded by
the different buillings in the vicinity of Manchester.
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am happy to say, I effected near Phillips-park, eller
remaining in the air three-quarters of an hour,
Several hundred persons immediately assembled in
the grounds, and many rendered assistance in packing
up the balloon, and 1 immediately returned with the
same to the Vauxhall-gardens."

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tuations in the English funds he;,,e been rapid and exteu,
sive, the general result shor:a considerable inaprovenieLt.
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TRELEIGII MINING COMPANY.—The annual general
meeting of shareholders in this company was held ties-
terday, at the aloes, 57, Old Broad street. Mr. G. P.
Carr, in the chair. Mr. Nicholson, the secretary, read
the dieector's report, and the statement of receipts and
expenditure, by which it appeared that there had been a
progressive, increase r,ithin the last six months of the
year as compared with the first. In the first six months
the amount of ore raised was 6,3031. ?is. Id. at a cost of
5.7101. 1 1 s.6d. In the latter six months the amount was
10,4881. 11 s. 4d., at a cost of 6,0021. 43. 3d. The Gacd
to make
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up; the continued poverty of the lode, and the
of
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directors not to continue further operations in that quar-
ter. The financial statement for the past year showed,
that, after a payment of two dividends of ss. per share
on the paid up capital, the appropriation of 300/. towardia
a reserved fund, and also providing for all liabilitiev
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