The Sun.
London, England, 1802-08-05 00:00:00

HAGUE, lULY 24'

Yesterday our Legislative Body, which was not
to have met till Otiober, was unexpeaedly sum-
moned by the Direaory to meet on the zd of
August. The cause of this is the near approach of
the important moment when the Indemnifica-
tions in Germany, our own Indemnifications
for the Territory ceded to France, and the aas
which have relation to the renunciation of the
Stadtholdership by the PRINCE‘Of ORANGE, toge-
ther with other stipulations of the Peace of Amiens,
will be finally adjusted, and carried into execution.

It will be remembered, that when the Procession
proclaiming Peace passed the New Church in the
Strand, a person on the cop of it, leaning on one of
the stone urns, it fell over and killed one man be-
low. The urn was fastened on by a spoke of wood
which was rotten. Since that time the church has
been ordered to be repaired, and this work is now
proceeding. Yesterday a man at work on the top
of the Church, happened to touch the stone urn on
the North.west corner next Little Drury-lane, and
it fell over. It came down upon the top of the iron
rails below, and a splinter flew off, which struck a
man so violent a blow on the back,"-that lie was
carried to a Surgeon's speechless. He was imme-
diately put to bed, and the proper steps taken for
his recovery. The splinter came down first.
It was about the size of a common plate. The vio-
lence of the bkw tearing the back of his coat, came
on his loins, and knocked the poor man into street,
flat on his face, which is much bruised, where he
lay for some time speechless. The vase followed
the dired course of the splinter, and rolled into the
street without doing any mischief. The vase that
fell was the only one on that side of the Church.—
All the rest were removed in the course of the day.
This forenoon about eleven o'clock, a decently
dressed man was apprehended in Exeter-'Change;
accused of having picked a Gentleman's pocket as
he was walking along the Strand.

A child fell out of a first floor window in Little
Brook-street, near the New road, yesterday morn-
ing, but pitching upon its head in an unpaved yard
where the ground was soft, it fortunately escaped
with only a contusion which is not likely to pro.
duce any fatal consequence.
On Tuesday, afternoon a smart looking woman
went into the shop of a Haberdasher in Holborn to
purchase some trifling article, which she paid fo,r and
left the shop, when immediately the shopm:in missed
a card of black lace, value 61. He went in pursuit
of her, but his pursuit was inefTetqual.
The same afternoon a Gentleman passing near the
Obelisk, St. George's-fields, had his pocket picked
of Bank Notes and Bills of Exchange to the amount
2+71. with which the thief got clear off.
There are three Serjeants now in the Garrison or
Citadel of Hull, about to be discharged, whose ages
are 80, 68, and 6o years ; and who have served 64,
46, and 44 years rearedively.

MONS. G IRNE 11,1

THE following account has been transmitted to
us by that Gentleman :

The ascension I made yesterday from Vauxhall,
was unquestionably performed in the most favour-
able weather experienced this season.
The day was so calm and serene that I should
have been glad of that opportunity to make the
experiment of the Parachute, which seems to have
fixed more particularly the expeCiation and interest
of the Public. Anxious to gratify curiosity on this
occasion, and to shew my eagerness and ackno•a-
ledgments on this first arid only opportunity, I male
the offer, which was rejected.
The calm of the day assisted much in the operaa
Lion of filling my Balloon. At five it was ready
to ascend, and remained on the platform ereded for
the purpose, till the signal was given. A quarter
after seven was the rime Madame GARNERIN and
Mr. GLASSFORD seated themselves in the Car will
me, and we gradually -ascended, under the rtnat
flattering auspices, and with the plaudits of a gad
nerous multitude surrounding, whose unanimaua.
approbation has raised amonument that will be ever
dear to my 'pride and gratitude. After having
cleared the trees, we perceived an immense number
of speaators, which enlivened, beyond the po;sibie
lity of description, the beautiful picture of the
Metropolis, which we explored at an elevation of
200 yards. Having obtained this height, I launched
a cat with a parachute, in miniature, which encoma
passed a column of air 38 inches and a half in its
basis. The.descent was gradual, and the cat tell,
with its little vehicle, in the garden of a man who
insists on receiving three taenineas as an inclemniii-
cation for the trespass committed by poor puss, or
at least its piture, with the parachute.
Unaler such well-grounded pretences, I have this
very moment received a letter from a Mr. C. of
Hampstead, desiring, that I should " appoint a
Surveyor immediately, to ascertain the damages
done to his premises, in consequence of my descent
and trespass on them yesterday evening with my
Balloon, which; when estimated, Mr. C. presumes
I will instantly reimburse."
Digression aside, I return to my Cat anditsPa
rachute ; the experiment with which, by proving
sufficiently the elasticity of the air, must do away
the uneasiness which my own descent, by means of
a parachute of a greater magnitude might excite ;
an experiment which, I trust, will take place be-
tween this and the loth inst. Having thrown away
some ballast, the Balloon went up progressively, al..
though it appeared stationary. However, the dilata-
tion of the inflammable air, caused by the diminu-
tion of the weight of the atmosphere, compelled me
to open the valve. According to the barometer,
we were then at the height of 300 yards. The
temperature being nine degrees lower, the inflama
mable gas condenseditself, and the Balloon was sea-
sibly lowering on the Thames, so as to make people
believe that our Balloon was coming down upon it,
which was clearly perceivable by the movements of
the numberless boats which were put in motion, in
order to proteet the descent.
I should most certainly have performed it, had
I been by myself, in order to reascead, and prove
thereby how little dangerous it is to descend on a
river. .EverY' one will readily conceive that the
regard due to the timidity of a young woman, and
of a newly initiated aeronaut, made me rtjea the
thought. Having made a proper use of my bal.
last, and being seconded by a degree of •dilata.
tion which the inflammable air received from the
warmer temperature we were then in, we rose sen-
sibly above St. James's-park, and reached an ele-
vation of 4.00 yards, when I set at liberty a pigeon
carrier, which immediately took an unsettled direc-
tion, and seemed wandering wild for a time ; we at
last lost sight of him, and I am informed that ,he
returned to his nest at night. I have often -in for-
mer ascensions let loose, at the height of 1500
yards, birds which were seen flying about my ma..
chine, and came at last to perch on my car, in a
state of stupefaaion and drowsiness, the most ex.
traordinary.
When above Westminster Abbey, we were seve-
rally engaged with the sensations which affected
each of us most.—The curiosity of my travelling
companions led them more particularly to the oh-
servati nof sounds. They oh creed the sensible
evaporation of the noise coming from the earth, al.
though we were not at a great height. This effetf,
which is produced by the ratification of the air,
proves the use of trifling philosophical experiments
on the constitution of the atmosphere, where so
many changes are felt in rapid succession. It hap.-
. pens, sometimes, that inexperienced aerial travel_
lers are led into error on account of the sounds pro-
duced, when the lower part of tile Balloon offers ca.
vities tolerably regular, and of an extent equal not
only to the reflection of the voice of the aerial tra-
vellers, but susceptible even to reflect the sounds
which come from the surface of the earth. Such is
the effect which constitutes the magic attributes of.
the Invisible Girl: ?r'

Invited by the serenity of the atmosphere, I kept
my travelling companions at a moderate distance
from the earth. But, it becoming late, I was under
the necessity of landing, which I effeded,, at the
time and place mentioned in all the Papers, with
the assistance of a few very polite individuals.—
Notwithstanding the annoyance of the mob, I fold-
ed, after inexpressible toils, my Balloon, which has
been since brought to the Pantheon, where
,Mrs.
GARNER TN attends in person, in order to answer
the questions, and to acknowledge the kind interest,
and peculiar marks of attention she was honoured
with at her return to Vauxhall. GARNERING
Aagast 4, Igoe.

It is said, that the beautiful Palace and Gardens
of Chantilly having been advertised to be sold,
one of the most augfest Personages of the French
Republic immediately disposed of a cumber of very
fine Brazil diamonds for 3,500,000 livres, This
sum will, it is imagined, be laid out' in the rur..
chase of Chantilly, which will then be made a pre-
sent of tc-Madame Mu RAT.

The quantity of rain that fell during the last
month was equal to 5887. inches in depth ; and
nearly equal to all that foil between Christmas-day
last and the zith of May.,