The Sun.
London, England, 1802-08-13 00:00:00

ENcitsli BALLOON.

•
W.! regret that under this title we lave Only• to
record Disappointmerita disappointment, which
it waS evident to the Parties concerted must
• occur, Ought to have been trade known tb the
Public at an' earlier. hour. 'lt being positively
stated in the Advertisements and. Posting-bills
that the Balloon would ascend at four o'clock
yesterday afternoon, an immense crowd flocked to
Greenwich for therurpose of witnessing the Expe-
riment. A great number of persons arrived there
between two and three, and several having attempt-
ed to gain admittance into the ground from which
the Balloon was to have. ascended, they ‘vcre in-
formed that the experiment would not take place
until. to-morrow {this da%'), at three o'clock. They
naturally inquired why the circumstance had not
been publicly made knOwn—in answer to which they
were informed, that the Crier had been sent out to
give public notice, that the Balloon would not
ascend till the next day. With this novel mode,
however, of informing the Public of such a circum-
stance, many who had trudged nine or ten miles,
were not very well satisfied, nor did they fail to ex-
ercise very freely the privilege of grumbling: Grum-
bling being of no use, they were forced to content
themselves with the satisfadion of having had their
walk for their pains, and to turn their 'attention to
their journey homewards.

About three o'clock a ,:vr;tten Bill was posted up,
close in the neighbourhood of the Ground from
which the Balloon was to have ascended, in which
it was stared' that Mr. BARRETT rcsoedfully in-
formed the Inhabitants of Greenwich, and the
Public at large, that in consequence of an unavoid-
able disappointment, the Ascension 9f the Balloon
would not take place, till this day at three o'clock.
This, however, was only information to the neigh-
bouring Inhabitants, and to those who had already
come from London, who, though extremely numer-
ous, Were but few, in comparison with those who
were still upon the Road. Many even of the In_
habitants of Greenwiich remained ignorant for some
time afterwards, that the experiment would not
take place. An immense crowd continued flocking to
Greenwich in coaches, chairs, on horseback, and on
foot, from three till half pas four, fully expelling
to be gratified by a sight of the English Balloon.—
Several stationed themselves on the Road, with
Telescopes in their hands, expelling to gain a sight
of it as it passed. The disappointment was of
course the greater, as it svag wholly unexpected.
The reason given for the disappointment was,
that the Balloon could not have been properly filled,
before nine o'clock in the evening, which of course
rendered an ascent with it out of the question ; but
why this circumstance was not discovered, and pub-
licly communicated at an earlier period, we could
not learn.

A few who left Greenwich, at three o'clock, in-
formed several, Whom they mct, of the postpone-
ment of the experiment ; but most of them who re_•
ceived the information, only answered that they
were not to be hoaxed, and then hastened onwards,
certain in their own minds of becoming spedators
of the exhibition, as they had met with no public
contradiCtion of what had been publicly announced.
The Balloon is,, we understand, extremely superb
in itf, appearance, and about fifty feet in height.