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

ASCENT OF Al ON 71 BLANC BY ALBERT

S t//TH.
CHAMONIX, Auo. 1.1.-I'hia quiet Alpine valley has
for the last w. ei teen in a most unusual State of activity
and excitement. About seven days ago the people
leerned 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 rs were at once on the gut
vice, and the adventurous parry were regarded with
much intere.,t wherever they went. Oa Tuestte9
morning, at seven o'clock, all the preparations being
eomplete, the party set out from the Hotel de Loudres.
It included Mr. Floyd, said to be a son of the general
of that name, and cousin of Sir Robert Peel ; r'
Phillips, a third Oxtordman, and Mr. Albert Smith'
with sixteen guides, sixteen porters, and a number of
aspirants for tiie post of guide who attended the
vo)agers and their paid party fir the purpose of learn-
rug the route to the summit of the mountain. Afer
'heir departure tele,copee were tixed from the win-
dows 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
the night—on the Grands Melees. Yesterday morning'
as soon as daylight afforded a clear view, the adven-
turers were again visible by aid of a good glass, and by
twelve o'clock were seen making the final ascent. They
d
rested on the summit fur about twenty minutes',
then commenced their descent, arriving here last night
about seven o'clock. The excitement during the P'l34.
vious twenty-four hours had been very great W
Chamonix. Anxious wives and parents having 13'19;
bands and sons among the party up in the snows. and
(he interest being by 710 means diminished by the few
that Sir Robert Peel (who hu'f arrived here after the
departure of his rela,ive for the ascent) invited pearl)"
all the men remaining in the village, about
sixty in number, to an entertainment provic!eL
at an auberge, where they were supplied Ifvitt
wine and other popular liquids in which to drip*
"the health of the Englishmen who were sleeping 0°
Mont Blanc." This ceremony was performed very zee'
lowly, and repeated in the most willing manner again
and again till lung after midnight. When in the even'
ing the party from Mont Blanc approached the village;
nearly all the inhabitants assembled to meet them. Gans
were fired in quick succession; the harps and fiddles. (2,
the valley were in requisition, and a sort of half coadom
half triumphal scene ensued. The travellers and guides
looked very jaded and sun-scorched, and had very blood-
shot eyes and rather dilapidated costumes; but, in other
respects, seemed to be in tolerable condition. This SO;
cessful ascent by four Englishmen turns the scale n'
numbers in favour of the English; the French tourist°
having been hitherto accustomed to point with satishte;
tion to the fact that more of their countrymen than 0
ours had succeeded in reaching the top of the King 0,
the Alps. The present forms the 25th ascent—the fires
dating in 1787. The cost as well as the labour and 1'1;
ger of these daring excursions is very great. The t°,,
of the village declares that the ascent will coat the Ptu'd
of four travellers fully 1501.

HUNGARIAN MUSIC.
The harmony of Hungary has been so seriously
turbed that it is really cheering to hoar of its restora'
lion and accord. The continental newspapers are wardeven to romance in their praises of a band of Hangar''.„.
musicians, whom they designate the "tanned children
of the heath." They are fifteen in number ; the elke:
cation ut the airs of their native land is lauded in 11):
must enthusiastic terms. They have performed before
he Emperor of Austria, the King and Qusen of Sax°l3Yi
he King of Prussia, and Ernest, the reigning Dulcet%
Coburg and Gotha, from these illustrious personages ta
Director Ktluz ly brings strong rec,mmendatory resi
moniali. An English speculator of cApital who h"rf,
them perform in the theatre at Amsterdam has take-
Ise Hanover-square Rth.ms for the purpose of WO'
,ucing them to the Lond.•ti

ANOT t.lt EXPLOSION.
(FROM A CORRES•PONDENT.)
HANLEY POTTERIES, AUG. 18—A most melancboll
loss of life has occurred morning, at the CO3I
nines of John Ridgway and Co., at Übbcrley, near to
this town.
Seven men and boys who first descended the 911flf!
lave lost their lives. They went down about half-P551
o'clock, and bad not proceeded more than silt);
yards along the level, when the explosion of sulphur
took place. It is supposed that one of them must has
Deell some distance before the others, as they are 13%
so much burnt as blown to pieces. One man has hi
-1111 blown fr, and the whole are very much disfigured,
Nearly five hours elapsed before they were got outla
he shalt, there being so much sulphur the men CO
not proceed along the level. After having sent down tee
,hats a great quantity of water, they obtained the 1113 t
bodies at half-past eleven o'clock. of
The men must have neglected their instruction
not lighting candles (they had lamps with them) wile
first going down, but had done so, which has caused 5,
(Duch trouble ro many.
The names of the sufferers are as follow :
George Sumner, single man.
Edward Forrester, married, eight children.
William Goodfellow, a boy.
William Hopkin, married.
Thomas Jones, married, three children.
George Mounttord, young man.
.R Ileancock, married, eight children.
P.S. Several otters were going down the shaft at 038
time, but escaped injury.
Th,

:e United States sloop of war, Dolphin, has beei,
fitted up for a scientific exhibition. One of the objeotsto
to obtain soundings, if practicable, from the Bermudas
the coast of England.
ACCIDENT WITH BELLS.--A frightful and fato
occurrence took place on Friday afternoon, in the belfry
..
St. Mary's Church, Monmouth. In the course ee the aftrr.
of
noon the bells had been ringing a merry peal in hoochor
the judges opening the commission. The ringing Was, s'
ere
pended at intervals, and at half-past six o'clock the nob.,
were about recommencing a peal. One of their nun:tt/1
named Jones, raised his bell, and after a few pulls he f°w i
to
that something obstructed the machinery. He went PP the
ascertain the cause, when he was horrified to disenvernto
mangled body of his younger brother under the bell. :red
upper portion of the face and skull was completely ehatA tbe
in, and the back part of the head was cloven in two, ah'bieh
brains bespattered the roof. The dreadful calamity w De
befel the poor little fellow was the result of his danger
bee,
curiosity. He must have introduced his head into the hie
which he was doubtless viewing just at the moment
brother raised it- his death immediately followed.
011. ARRIVAL OF THE NEW SCREW STEA—.S
FRANKFORT.—On Sunday night, at a late hour, this !leo
screw-steamer, destined for the Mediterranean, arrive the
the Mersey, after a run of 18 hours from the Clyde, in
face of heavy head winds. She is one of Messrs. Niahlie
Jones, and Co.'s fleet—is of 700 tons burden, has two oltei
and capable of the same freight as a full-rigged brig- Ito
engines and screw have worried admirably in the &lie,
which they have been subjected, and this is the first Be
going steamer to which Beat ie's patent for the irall"•
application of the screw has been applied.
BLACKFRIARS-BRIDGE.—The works rendered rlirf
cessary consequent upon the sinking of one of the Pie,rstbe
this bridge, are nearly completed, and it is expected tha`eele
carriage traffic may be resumed in a few days. The %ea
of the immebce weight of stones and earth over the so-oge
pier has been removed, together with the heavy etnheAnots
en either sloe; thus reducing the bearin on the foln.e
of the pier by several hundreds of tens.g The whole of
earth and pavement has been removed from the defective
arch down to the crown. These substances have bee, re,
osoll
placed by a strong wooden stage or platform, made by c.”-10;
ing and interlacing of large logs of hard wood, which ber
their preservation have been steeped is gas tar, and of A
anti-rot solution. Ou the top of this stage or platfor
the
thin layer of concrete has been placed, and upon that eft
ordinary pavement will be spread. It is believed kil
,e l be
Walker, the e gineer, that this stage or platform wlsse
quite sufficient to b,ar the weight of any traffic that DAY Pi
over the bridge. When the whole is completed, there
not apparently be any change in the bridge, as the works:oj
be entirely excluded from the public view, and the stage:ob,
be between the ordinary pavement and the crown of the a'
The cost of these alterations will not exceed 1,500/.
DEATH OF SIR HENRY JARDINE.—ThiS genue.fl.—atit
,b,
who received the order of Knight Bachelor from George
Fourth in 1825, died a few days since, at his reeiderjele
Harwood, near Edinburgh, at the advanced age of 85; pee
was appointed King's Remembrancer to the Court et,851.
chequer in Scotland in 1830, but resigned that office ill •t i•
e
SUSPICIOUS DEATH OF A GIRL.—We regret that
is our duty to record the discovery of the death of a Yget ri
girl under circumstances lead to some suspicion t
eete
deed of the blackest dye has been perpetrated. It loth
that on Sunday afternoon, the body of a girl named: the
Jones, aged 19, a Servant at the farm of Blaenycwra, its
parish of Conwil, was found in a pond of water in the n-0
bourhood, bearing every indication that death bad teat
place some time previously. As the water was nokltetti°
two feet deep, and there are marks of cuts on the oh-test
nate young woman's head, suspicions were engendered toes
foul play had been used to compass her death. Inforothre
was accordingly forwarded to the coroner_ , who held a Pd bf
minary investigation at Ftynnonfine on Monday, attenderoed
John Hughes, Esq., surgeon, which was afterwards edit the
for a week in order to enable inquiries to be made, 'lbw
neighbourhood by the police and others interested in 'l°oo
ing the ends of justice, and elucidating the true circurnet
of the affair.— Welshman.
A 1
EXTENSIVE CAPTURE OF SPIRITS.—A seaureb b
ut
made in the Southampton River, on Thursday evening, ht- ber
ten o'clock (by Mr. Witt, one of the tide-surveyors 7.55, of
Majesty's Customs of this port), of the cutter L voe,
Shereham, Captain Joseph Lovitt, and three men' The
Daniel Brading, Francis Fleming, and James Hatcher.
coo
boat contained 58 tubs and 24 flagons of brandy. She_ch of
into the port purporting only to have oysters on bcom_stere
which they found a small quantity, but under the oy
was found the casks and flagons of brandy, carefully der
cealed. The boat is now in the Southampton Docks, I.7Fri-
seizure. The kegs and flagons were landed yesterdaYe'ri are
day), and placed in the Queen's warehouse, and the th_eeise
in the borough gaol. They were brought before the w,...00
trates yesterday, and remanded to await instructions jo'rtb
• the Board of Customs in London. The seizure to
about 3001., including the boat; and great creditis duee~
Mr. Witt for the manner in which he effected the captor
Hampshire Independent.
MELANCHOLY, SUICIDE.—On Wednesday inOra
as the schooner Change, belonging to Messrs. :aster,
Earle, sod Woodall, was entering the Humber, themSo_
Mr. George Davis, jumpe c
d overboard and was Crowned' "__loll
reason is given for the commission of the rash
Advertiser.
FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT.—Sunday evening, betWeell
five and six o'clock, a veuth, named John MacarthZ.,__Fe
irdeeeet
at 2, Orange-court, Great Wild-street, Lincoln's
risuome on,s,
in leaning out of the second floor window to
answer
hithBe::
who had knocked at the street-door, overbalanced fjzig •
and fell on the stone pavement. He was remove: hries
College Hospital, with a fractured skull, and n
b At
entertained of his recovery.
A metre!. was obst-ri. et] at L)ons on
from I3tthe Pe'
about e oven o'clock at night. It proceeded pita, d_u
poised over the
urse from
and renibitiett fora short lime as if
irregular co s
Dauphit,e. It then 1, !lowed a sort of _ all
south to north, and, gradually descending, ateePr."--
once with a loud detonation.