The Sun.
London, England, 1851-08-19 00:00:00

ASCENT OF MONT BLANC BY ALBERT

SMITH.
Cnaatoeux, Auer. 14.—This quiet Alpine valley has
for the last weir been in a most unusual state of activity
and excitement. About aeven days ago the people
learned that three students from the University of Ox'
ford, and an English author, were getting themselves
into condition for attempting the ascent of Mont
Blanc. Guides and villagers were at once on the qui
vice, and the adventurous party were regarded with
much interest wherever they went. On Tuesday
morning, at seven o'clock, all the preparations being
complete, the party set out from the Hotel de Londres.
It included Mr. Floyd, said to be a son of the general
of that name, and cousin of Sir Robert Peel ;
Phill:ps, a third Oxfordman, and Mr. Albert Sulitur,
with sixteen guides, sixteen porters, and a number of
aspirants for the post of guide who attended she
voy agars and their paid party fur the purpose of learn'
ing the route to the summit of the mountain.
their departure telercopee were fixed from the
doers of the inn, and in other places, to watch
the progress of the toilsome ascent, and before six
o'clock it was evident the voyagers had crossed the
great glacier, and had arrived at their resting place for
Awficern.
tha night—on the Grands Mules. Yesterday morning'
as soon as daylight affordal a clear view, the adven-
turers were again visible by aid of a good glass, and 07
twelve o'clock were seen making the final ascent. They
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rested on the summit for about twenty minutes, and
then commenced their descent, arriving here last night
about sewn o'clock. The excitement during the pre
vious twenty-four hours had been very great
in
Chamonix. Anxious wives and parents having haei
bands sect sons among the party up in the snows, acct
the interest being by no means diminished by the f
that Sir Robert Peel (who had arrived here after the
departure of his relative for the ascent) invited Pearl);
all the men remaining in the village, 000,
silty in number, to an entertainment proviclehu
at an auberge, where they were supplied it,
wine and other popular liquids in which to du%
"the health of the Englishmen who were sleeping 0"
Mont Blanc." This ceremony was performed very see:
lously, and repeated in the moat willing manner again
and again till long after midnight. When in the eet°3.
ing the party from Mont Blanc approached the village'
nearly all the inhabitants assembled to meet them. gull
were fired in quick succession; the harps and fiddles e,
the 'valley were in requisition, and a sort of half comic*
half triumphal scene ensued. The travellers and guicila
looked very jaded and sun-scorched, and had very bled°
shot eyes and rather dilapidated costumes; but, in other
respects, seemed to be in tolerable condition. This sue
i
cessful ascent by four Englishmen turns the scale 0
numbers in favour of the English; the French tourie,,
having been hitherto accustomed to point with satistaei
tion to the fact that more of their countrymen than et
ours had succeeded in reaching the top of the sing 01
the Alps. The present forms the 25'h ascent—the fire
dating in 1787. The cost as well as the labour and al;
ger of these daring excursions is very great. The gs
of the village declares that the ascent will coat the Wl'
of four travellers fully 1501.

IIUAGRIAN
The harmony of HuA
ngary hasMUSIC
been so. serienslY
turbed that it is really cheering to hear of its restate
Lion and accord. The continental newspapers are wisrn,,,
even to romance in their praises of a band of Hunger"':
musicians, whom they designate the " tanned cars"
of the heath." They are fifteen in number ; the 04;
cution of the airs of their native land is lauded
most enthusiastic terms. They have performed both.,
the Emperor of Austria, the King and Queen of SaOriJoi
the King of Prussia, and Ernest, the reigning Delletio
Coburg end Gotha, from these illustrious personages L.
Director Kdozly brings strong recommendatory testa
mounds. An English apeculetur of capital who 111w2;0
them perform in the theatre at Amsterdam has to.
the Hanover-square Rooms for the purpose of intro'
during them to the London public.

ANOTH.tilt EXPLOSION.
(FROM A CORRESPONDENT.)
HANLEY PuTTEttIES, AUG. 18,—A must melancbcdi
loss of life has occurred 'this morning, at the c°s
mines of John Ridgway and Co., at Übberley, near t-
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this town.
Seven men and boys who first descended the shall
have lost their lives. They went down about half-Pal/
six o'clock, and had not proceeded more than silty
pods along the level, when the explosion of suira
s;
took place. It is supposed that one of them must "'o
been some distance Word the others, as they are bit
so much burnt as blown to pieces. One man bag ~d,
arm blown ff, and the whole are very much disfigur-of
Nearly five hours elapsed before they were got 00 id
the shalt, there being so much sulphur the men °°11,130
not proceed slot* the !eve I. After having BM down
shalt a great quantity of water, they obtained the '""
bodies at half•past eleven
The men must hive neglected their instruction
not lighting candle) (they had lamps with them) e,
first going down, but had done so, which has caused P.'
much trouble to many.
Tee names of the sufferers are as follow :
George Sumner, single man.
Edward Forrester, married, eight children.
William Goodfellow, a boy.
William Hophin, married.
Thomas Jones, married, three children.
George Mouuttord, young man.
R. Heancuek, married, eight children.
P.S. Several others were going down the shaft at th•
time, but escaped injury.

The United States sloop of war, Dolphin, bas be
fitted up for a scientific exhibition. One of the objeete
to obtain soundings, if practicable, from the Bermudas to
the coast of England.
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a still
ACCIDENT WITH BELLS.—A frightful an- of
occurrence took place on Friday afternoon,
in the be r
St. Mary's Church, Monmouth. In the course the l
oto of
noon the bells had been ringing a merry peal ill hOnas
Bus.
the judges ppening the commission. The ringing was
sell
pouted at intervals, and at half-past six o'clock the -
were about recommencing a peal. One of their bn7ound
named Jones, raised his bell, and after a few pulls be to
that something obstructed the machinery. He went Ole
ascertain the cause, when he was horrified to di-seele The
fge.
mangled body of his younger brother under the bell. red
upper portion of the face and skull was completely she'dte tise
in, and the back part of the head was cloven in two, an.,,,bieb
brains bespattered the roof. The dreadful calamityLrotso
befel the poor little fellow was the result of his denb'bells
curiosity. He must have introduced his head into the. bia
which he was doubtless viewing just at the moraes"
brother raised it- his death immediately followed.
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ARRIVAL OF THE NEW SCREW STEAD' o(
FRANKFORT.—On Sunday night, at a late hour, this
screw-steamer, destined for the Mediterranean, arriTw„ tbe
the Mersey, atter a run of 18 hours from the Clyde, :ea*
face of heavy head winds. She is one of Messrs. lue;sts,
Jones, and Co.'s fleet—is of 700 tons burden, has two Wo
and capable of the same freight as a full-rigged brig. .0o to
engines and screw have worsed admirably in the tr: ger
which they have been subjected, and this is the fire",,,/ect
going steamer to which Beattie's patent for the lug"
application of the screw has been applied. lei
BLACKFRIARS-BRIDGE.—The works rendered... of
cessary consequent upon the sinking of one of the Pie,
this bridge, are nearly completed, and it is expected that bole
carriage traffic may be resumed in a few days. The Wijoe
of the immence weight of stones and earth over the 8'112040
pier has been removed, together with the heavy stone on
en eitier steel thus reducing the bearing on the fonnuef tie
of the pier by several hundreds of tens. The whole
earth and pavement, has been removed from the defect'
arch down to the crown. These substances have been ass
placed by a strong wooden stage or platform, made by cro
fot
Mg and inter lacieg of large logs of hard wood, which „
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their preservation have been steeped ill gas tar, ar
anti-rot solution. On the top of this stage or p
thin layer of concrete has been placed, and upon these,
ordinary pavement will be spurted. It is believed 1-:11 be
Walker, the e gineer, that this stage or platform 'vio
quite sufficient to bar the weight of any traffic that maY kill
over the bridge. When the whole is completed, there will
not apparently be airy change in the bridge, as the works will
be entirely excluded nom the public view, and the stage oh,
be between the ordinary pavement and the crown of the
The cost of these alterations will not exceed 1,500/.
and o
Dl ATH OF SIR 1.-LENRYJARDINE.—This gentle- the
who received the order of Knight Bachelor from George cs,
Fourth in 1825, died a few days since, at his resideo Ile
Harwood, near Edinburgh, at the advanced age of /35!. pt.
was appointed King's Remembrancer to the Court 01,957,
chequer iu Scotland in 1630, but resigned that office in
that $
Semeloes DEATH OF A GIRL —We regre- 0,21;
is our duty to record the discovery of the death of $ That a
girl under circumstances whi :h lead to some suspicion
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deed of the blackest dye has been perpetrated. t
that on Sunday afterno n, the body of a girl named, the
Jones, aged 19, a servant at the farm of Blaenyewra'
parish of Conwil, was found in a pond of water in then otee
bourheod, be..ring every indication that death bad,, 'boat
place place some time previously. As the water wask.onu
forWt
two feet deep, and there are marks of cuts on tuer the'
nate yOung woman's head, suspicions were engenclere 010
foul play had been used to compass ,her death.
-1-13,1,erforefr
was accordingly forwarded to the coroner,_ who hew
minary investigation at Ftynnonfine on Monday, gaol! aro&
John Hughes, Esq., surgeon, which was afterwards eciPiii the
for a week in order to enable inquiries to be Madeitutber
neighbourhood by the police and others interested in 000
ing the ends of justice, and elucidating the true circuree
of the affair.— Welshman.
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EXTENSIVE CAPTURE OF SPIRITS.---A se.zu re
about
made in the Southampton River, on Thursday evening' 4 bet
ten o'clock (by Mr. Witt, one of the tide-surveyors ofd or
Majesty's Customs of this port), of the cutter Lei:l vise
Sh .reharn, Captain Joseph Levitt, and three men' The
Daniel Brading, Francis Fleming, and James Hatcher. colt
boat contained 58 tubs and 24 flagons of brandy.
into the port purporting only to have oysters on boarovatere
which they found a small quantity, but under the coae
was found the casks and flagons of brandy, carefallY__doe
coaled. The boat is now in the Southampton Docks, nyie
seizure. The kegs and flagons were landed yesterdsY:ii are
day), and placed in the Queen's warehouse, and them is'
in the borough gaol. They were br.,ught before th
trates yesterday, and remanded to await instructiops2ottb
the Board of Customs in London. The seizure 011,, to
about 300/, including the boat ; and great credit 9
Mr. Witt for the manner in which he effected the capture'
Hampshire independent.
wornil3g
.111kLANCHOLY, SUICIDE.—On Wednesday ,ardirot
as the schooner Change, belonging to Messrs..
Earle, ai,d Woodall, was entering the Humber, tor,: No.
Mr. George Davis, jumped overboard and was
reason is given for the commission of the rash act.
Advertiser.
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FEIGHTFUL ACCIDENT.—Sunday evening,
_esidirtg
five and six o'clock, a youth, named John MacarthY:l_.lo.fieide,
at 2, Orange-court, Great Wild-street, Lincoln'serl,,u,,,e ore,.
in leaning out ot the second floor window to answrbinise
who hau knocked at the street-door, overbalancedt
and fell on the stone pavement. He was remove
hopes iDare
College Hospital, with a fractured skull, and
ath
entertained of his recovery.
It proceeded
over the piajodu
A meteor was observed at Lyons on
fromthe tlh'e"-E'st!
about e'even o'clock at night. thi.oourse from
and remained for a shot t time as it potiseirdreogvuelar
all
Dauphit d. It then t Il‘med a sort o: .
south to north, and, gradually descending', ttielPFD"
once with a loud detonation.