The Sun.
London, England, 1851-08-05 00:00:00

CREMORNE GARDENS.

The balloon ascent of Signor Giuseppe Lunardini,
the Spanish aeronaut, yesterday evening, was dis-
tinguished by a very novel feature of two very ele-
gant and beautiful ladies from a distinguished party
in the gardens declaring their wish to visit the
celestial region before the ordinary period allotted
them by nature. Such a desire, expressed by such
authority, could not be resisted, even by the proprie-
tor of the gardens ; for the evening was serene and
the air seemed propitious. On reaching the higher
regions, however, the deceptive steadiness of the land
breeze ceased, and the upper air seemed almost to
threaten a turbine. The continued oscillation of the
balloon, although they afforded matter of enjoyment
to the undaunted aeronauts of the gentler sex, uroused
the attention of their more anxious conducteur de
voyage, who speedily lowered the grapnel. The weight
of this had the effect of steadying the balloon in its
course, thus proving the accuracy of the experiments
made by Messrs. Monck Mason and Green, in the
voyage of the Nassau balloon from London to Ger-
many. In 15 minutes 14 miles of country had been
traversed, although in a very roundabout and teetotum
course, until finally the balloon was permitted to de-
scend in the.vicinity of Hounslow, upon a field closely
bordering upon the property of Sir Frederick Pol-
lock—so closely, indeed, that at one time it was
feared the Lord Chief Baron might have to put the
law of trespass into execution against the celestial
invaders of his own kitchen-garden. The return of
the fair aerial voyageurs to terra
_firma was not unat-
tended with excitement if not with danger. The
grapnel which was to bring them back to earth first
struck upon a field of wheat, but here the soil being
loose it made no hold. A venturesome rustic vainly
endavoured to secure it, but being dragged along by its
force his heels tripped up and he gave up the attempt,
roaring out loudly at his disappointment. It
remained for a gallant female, his companion, rendered
strong as a Joan of Arc by her sympathy for her own
sex, whom she thought in danger, to secure the anchor
to a firm holding. She held on her hold undaunted,
and finally brought the struggling balloon to a stand-
still. The moment of danger having passed, several
valiant dragoons, from the neighbouring barracks, now
came up to ronder further assistance. Two young
branches of the Pollock family also distinguished
themselves by their looking on, and the generous
hospitality they extended to the lovely beings who
had seemingly descended from heaven to their father s
residence, by pointing out the road to the Bell Inn,
Hounslow, and leaving the ladies to find their way
thither by walking two miles and a half. By this
assistance, however, and some little on their own
part, the fair and gallant band were enabled to reach
Cremorne-gardens even before the firework.,_ and
thus assured of their safety a numerous, delighted,
and fashionable audience of about 10,000 persons.

THE LATE GOLD DUST ROBBERY.—Fro in infor-
mation that has come to the knowledge of the solicitors to
the London and Soath-Western Railway Company, there is
good reason to believe that a regular gang has long been
formed for the plunder of this line, and that the parties en-
&
gaged in the robbery of silks, &c., were the same parties who
committed the robbery of gold dust on the railway on the
Bth of May last. In fact, one of the parties has proved that
a sale of a portion of the stolen silks was negotiated by
Pamplin, who was recently convicted and sentenced to ten
years' transportation for the gold dust robbery at Winchester.
Important information has heen received, implicating several
retail dealers in London, and Pamplin Rill in a few days be
trou444 slit of Winchester gaol to giyt gyasuwasiust