The Sun.
London, England, 1802-08-04 00:00:00

fltt. EAtickika

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THE tviearlier, tit.itit has hitherto been eXtitmely
tinfavourable to M. GAINER:B's aerial expert-
n'c'tts, has at last proVed propitious. About five
eeslockayesterday., the different avenues to Vauxhall
were nearly filled, bUt the crowd was by no means
so great as that Which was assembled in the neigh.
bourhood 'of LORD'S Cticket-ground acid partly
froth the nature of the place, and partly from the-
prudent precautions adopted by the Proprietors
of Vauxhall Gardens, the inconveniences and acci-
dents which attended
.M. GARNERIN's last ascen-
sion, were prevented. There was no temptation
for the crowd to press close to the,Gardens, for the
height of the:trees 'Would' in that case have pre-
ciOded all hope of seeing the- Balloon till it had
.
attained a- cbnalilVrAle elevation. For the Same
reason, or because the people in the neighbourhood
of Vauxhall were not fraudulently disposed.
_there
Were scarcely any scaffolds eretled. Constables-were
provided to keep the people out of the adjacent•
fields, and one large one adjoining to Vauxhall was-
kept for the company who were in the Gardens,
(the luxuriant foliage of which' soon intercepted the
l'iew of the Balloon) to withdraw into, from which
they could see it in its progress. In the centre of one
of the large walks of the Gardens, a platform was
ereCted about five feet high, on which the BallOon
Was placed, the barrels from which ii was filled-
‘Yere placed at some distance from the platform, and
longinflammable air was conveyed into it through
Jong oilskin tubes. The hour at which M. GAR-
igE RI N
mentst was tq ascend,iwas staled in the Advertise.
o ae-half,past sixtaa , but it was near seven befsre
the Adventurourtavellers ascended the platform.
They were received with great acclamations. The
Stranger who-was to make his first aerial voyage,
lis a Gentleman well known about the town.; he is of
aw size, and somewhat about the age or 35 ; hia
with is bur:cars/ GLAsstoaD. He took
.his seat
t Much calmnGAßNEess ; he was followed into the
Madame R IN; who carried. in one
balm a small basket with_ refreshments, and in the.
-L a telescope ; and M. GARXERIN having
tlldde the final arrangements, got in also. The per.
*NS on the platform then let go, and the Balloon rose
With the most m 'jestic slowness through the trees,
aolitist the loudest- acclamations. Mr. GaassroaD
and 11/44. Ga.:AXE:UN waved the Flags 'of England.
cd France ;,.antt,Madame GARNERrx, who 'apa
ared nett the least alarmed upon the occasion,
tossed her hund,a,n6l.-.l)4lothe spectators adieu with
e greatest,:gaiery.„ SMhen the Balloon had attaiti-
the `at a consideral)le height; and was apparently over
.Pkiver, kitten its a basket, suspended to a pa.
ehate was dropped frOm the Car. She descended
'tit several yards with great velocity , but the Pa.
rachute soon, expanded, and Puss landed in perfea
Safety in the garcletss belonging to the Spread Eagle
144blie-h(id,e, near Milbank, In the basket was a
l'aPer written with these words This kitten
Yseended in a Balloon, and whoever will bring
'! to Madame GAR NER IN, No. S, Poland-street,
'nail receive one guinea reward."
It crossed the River toward's the Abbey, about a
"ivarter of an hour after it went tip; and as it came
verY l
low at this times it was feared it would descend
sn the water : but in a few minutes more, it. rem
sullied its formerelevation, and prolonged the plea_
htue of the sigLt for a considerable time. GAI-
iEktN seemed to have the business completely at
3 ()Wll disposal, and to go up and conk down at,
'lte-alloon remained visible in its full
greet stripes could be distinguished for more than
40/1
411 hour, and the waving of the Hags nearly as
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11a
fIIC Balloonwas seen from every part of-London,
tri;rticularly the Westaend of the town.. Soon after
parachute descended, it appeared, looking from
raj' ring
-cross, to. be immediately above West.
ttat;er Abbey ; it seemed quite steady, almost
plc ,`)narY, but gradtially descending,- Many peo_
the dov‘n from Charing-cross, thinking tp:fiee.
'
hre_ 4 ravellers land in Westminster. A gentle,
11,11.42 e carried the Balloon towards St. James's_
ally into %Oita the-Populace flocked. gradu-
the descended, till-the fits were seen waving, and
in
a°ltittrs of 'the. Ball:s6hacould be distinguished ;
cioui,3hort time'ii;des:,ended so rapidly,, that no
to remainea.isa Itlaa- intention of the travellers
was'ulaht inside the rails of St. James's Pork. It
lean,uw above the West'
end oldie canali hundreds
conir!" the rails, and ran inside, confident it was
Lefolng down, and fearful the Travellers would alight
war:" they, the spectators, could come up. Hundreds
aNiil running along the strand. and other streets, ex_
So als° the Balloon to come down in the Park.
e daly S een,
could, wds the Balloon, that the persons in the Car istin •
called to the and several persons inside the
lingm,
expelling an-answer The
~lauon could not then be
_more than a quarter
\via
a ile high- To the disappointment of those
kept ad leaped the rails, . however,, the Balloon
over over the Green. Park ; it nearly crossed.
latir
flrrjalla
St. James's Palaces
, the Aeronauts waving
Lg, the populace: at the end of Pull.,
t
A great crowd out of the Park ran
the
sr James's-street ; the Balloon was nearly over
ciao
ne reet, a little to the left, now ascending gra-
jt
tha t-Y3 but making very little 'way over the ground.
Df xt took .t course across Bond-street, and many.
koin: spedators made 'no doubt GARNER IN was
a 411,% t land at the Pantheon, above which he
taut arrived ; but the BallOon_then took a dire&
ra),:itv course for Welling's Farm, -passing nearly
farrips'ate° Cricket Ground, and going dirett for
dara„ a°. At this time,• eight•o'clock, from the
i!„ofists,c.mote than the distance, sight was lost of
'")r) the Attie down in the Earl of ROSL IN' grounds
.s
all S°Uth side of Hampstead, where the travellers
atited safety, soon after eight. otrock. The
u, •
n as in sight of London an hour.
.r
Pan, • JAmrs
of Paris,
eta arata, • de 64,R! A, the Proprietor of the
was"he first person who assist.
-moue voy
fr,„os. QuNE agers.-ao Being personally known to
pri . • Rita, he had followed the Balloon
tske mrose.hilt, where a
aiitt? their station party .o.
f friends had
. ion. When Mr. de MAR IA Came
would
~..uaring, Mons. GAR NRR IN requested he:
the da4Y_, l.d 01 the rove affixed at the bottom
recit:t6t orf M. de Niaata did r and, at the
lvio9" G14=1141:12 he got iaato the .Car

3ft keep the altoon from again ascending. By
this time a great crowd was colleded; nearly Soo
people, who pressed so much On the Car that Mad.
G4Ntßini nearly fainted. Several horsemen for-
dmately arrived about this. time,. and with their
whipS, they made a ring. Before Mad. GA RN ERIN
or any other person could get out of the Car, it was
necessary to. throw 'in a quantity Of balFast ; it
was.with some difficulty, and .after a lapse of near
a Quarter of an hour, a spade was procured, and a
quantity of earth dug up, which was tiii-01%;11 into
the Car before Mons. and Madame GARN ER IN, and
(heir companion, Mr. GLASSPORD, alighted. Mr. De
MAR ra. condueted Madame GARNERIN to the Hamp.
stead Road. Fortunately •a carriage going to .town
passed at' the time, in which were,three GenAlemen,
and a Lady ; they, on inquiry, politely offeredthe two
vacant places which brought them fo
court-road, where a Gentleman of the name of W 1 r.r
L I AMi (who was -present on horseback when the &L.
[bon descended), had.provided a hackney-coach,'into
Willett Madame GARNER IN, Mr. DE' MARIA, and
Mr. WILLIAMS got, and drove to Vauxhall-gar-
dens, where they arrived at a quarter before ten
o'clock. They .were -received by the speCtators
without, and the company .within the Gardens,
with the most enthusiastic joy. Madame GAR_
NERIN was in high spirits, and did not appear
at all agitated in consequence of the journey.—
The only inconvenience she-sustained was in being
very wet in the feet, from walking in the grass to.
the public road. This is_t he ninth ascension of that
Lidy in a Balloon, and twice she has descended in a
Par:,chute.
Moos. GARNER IN and Mr. GLASSFORD terhaih-
ed on the.ground until the Balloon was packet-111p;
it Was sent to Mr. Gonsa.l.4.'s, the coachmaker's,
at Hampstead, and soon after Mr. GARNERIN re-
turned to town. He arrived at Vauxhall Gardens
' soon after eleven o'clock: The Gardens were then
crowded. After the brilliant display of fire-works,
::Monsieur and Madame GARNERIN publicly appear-
,ed, in the Promenade, and were received with the
titerOst resped And cordiality by their numerous ad-
mirers, . who all strove to express how much they
were gratified by their skill and dexterity.
Madame GARNERIN appeared elegantly dressed
in whitennuslin;. with a turban and 'a white veil.
Her figure is extremely elegant and graceful ; it is
somewhat above the 'middle size of females. Her
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face is extremely handsome and expressive, anfyher
eye very animated ; her hair is dark, but h.f` eom.
plexion is fair beyond what is usual in'Ladies her
sup
Country, •

Monsieur GAINERIN received for his ascension,
from the Proprietorb of Vauxhall, 2561. and a third
of .last night's receipts.

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Vilbank,Tersons took. their stations so early as
four oclock, sitring dawn, that they might secure
places by the time the Balloon went up, Milbank
wascOnsplOely covered and crowded.. _There was
no.rniiving on: it, The Thames was covered with
boats for more than a mile. ,A person. might almost
have' walked across. Many genteel parties were on
the water, and the sight was very beautifid. The
Surrey side of the water .was equally crowded. Into
the. meadow in the North-east of Vauxhall Gardens,
persons were admitted for a shilling each, but the
populace broke in and fillectitfor nothing.
The public roads, the fields, and surrounding
placesi'ilortned one immense throng of people-. Al-
though) the multitude occupied every space of
ground,' the walls, the trees, &c. we heard of only
two accidents: part of an old wall, opposite the
•cotieh entrance into the Garden., fell, down, but
providentially no person was materially hurt. The
other aceident was, . the oversetting of a wherry,
near ...Milbank, from being
:overloaded. By the
number' of boats near, the
,persons who were in the
'wherry escaped with a ducking.
-Several scaffolds were erected
.for
.spectators, but
['The 'tecolkelion of
_what: happened to the scaffold at
Mary..le,bOnne deterred Most people from ascending
them. A Publican, we understand, had refused tol:,
-for tl4 use of liis upper front windows. He ereCted
a scaffold-on a level with the windows of his first
"floor,in• expeaation of making a great stun: He
first demanded: two shillings from each person for
admittance, and finding.that nobody would gkve that
sum, he lowered his demand to one
.Yet,
notwithstanding, there were not much moreoltan.
:twenty persons oh the scaffold.

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The' pickpockets were very nttnierotis yesterday
evening; a notorious gang was
.pOsted on Vauxhall
l'errace, where a very great crowd was Conetted ;
but we have not learned that they carried theit, de.
,predations to that pitch of violence which was coiti-.
Initted,at the time of the ascent from Lord's Cricket
.Ground.

A ludicrous occurrence took place on Monday at
St. Alphage's church, in Canterbury, when an old
man, so debilitated as not to be ab 4; to walk, was
fed to rho-altar on an ass, while the Priest performed
the. ceremony of joining him in wedlock with a
damsel, apparently 01 his own age.
A -Letter just received from Surat, mentions two
murders corn nitted there on the r nit of
January, oo two pail% Parsee Ladies, the eldest
About nine or ten years of age, by two or three
womnen and a boy, of their own cast,. who were
tempted to. the 'perpetration of the crime by the
lure of the jewels vi hmh the unfortunate Ladies
wore, amounting it is said, io about three thousand
rupees.. One of the deceased was decoyed by these
Wretches into a compound, and there pushed into a
well, where she .was kept tot several hours; about
six o'clock in the evening, the body was taken out
and plundered : -the other was drowned in a tank,
and afteiwards stripped of her jewels. To prevent
a discovery, it was the intention of the murderers to
cut up and salt the bodies in small pieces, and to
bury them in different parts of the compound';
but on.the Ladies being missed, a hue and cry was
sent round by their relations, and Mr. OitoWe's
people dispatched in search: They passed the house
and compound where the horrid scene had taken
place, and the murderers being alarmed, and appre-
hensive of the bodies.being found on the premises,
carried thetwout into the -street, where they were
found by the Constables on their return, and the
Iguilt of the perpetrators fully established, by the
property found in their houses and the well and tar*.