The Sun.
London, England, 1851-08-20 00:00:00

ASCENT OF MONT BLANC.

Sia,—May I take the liberty of requesting a little
space to record our success in the ascent of Mont
Blanc on Tuesday and Wednesday, the 12th and 13th ?
I was accompanied by three other gentlemen from
Christ Church, and twenty guides. We left Cha-
mouny at seven o'clock in the morning on Tuesday,
and got to our bivouac on the glaciers at the Grands
Mulets at four o'clock. Here we made a fire and
dined, and at midnight started again with lanterns, as
the moon was not up, along the Glacier de Tacconay,
reaching the Grand Plateau (where the avalanche
swept away Dr. flamers party, in 1820) about four
o'clock in the morning. After a great deal of trouble
amongst the crevasses, and having at times to cut
each footstep in the iee with hatchets, we scaled the
Mar de la Cote, and got to the summit of Mont
Blanc at half-past nine o'clock on Wednesday morn-
ing, where we remained half-an-hour in the enjoy-
inent of a perfectly cloudless view.
In descending we got back to the Grands Mulets
by one o'clock. The most dangerous part of the
journey now commenced, as the extreme heat of the
day had thawed much of the snow on the Glacier du
Bossons, which threatened at every step to give way
beneath us. We were, however, all tied together
with cords ; but for this one of our party would ha ve
been lost. We ultimately arrived in safety at Cha-
mouny at half-past six o'clock in the evening, where
the whole village turned out to meet us, and a little
fete was prepared by M. Tairraz, of the Hotel de
' Londres, in honour of our safe return. Guns were
fired, and wine distributed, and at night the bridge
was illuminated with pine branches. I believe we
formed the largest party ever assembled together on
the summit ; but the increased number of guides was
necessary from the treacherous state of the snow,
after the bad weather that has prevailed here lately.
I should have liked to have sent you a few details,
but I feel some delicacy in intruding on your columns
to the extent I have done.
Your obedient servant,
ALBERT ssaru-
Chamouny, Hotel de Londres, Aug. 4,
ANOTHER ACCOUNT.
de a successful
This popular writer has recently no ith
ascent of Mont Blanc, in comply"'
sin yi
of Sir Robert
Sackville West, Mr. C. Floydthe Hon.
(a %Liineal College,
Peel), and Mr. Phillips, of
Oxford. The party started froCrnia_bhainouny at half-
past;, the 12th instant,with
seven on Tuesday morn porters, and cross-
sixteen guides and almost as at the Grande
arrive-A
ing the Glacier des Bossons,
v were to sleep, above the
they a quarter past four, P.M.
Muleta Rocks, where
level of perpetual snow, at
bivouac, having brought up
stopped until midnight, when
Here they made
and
wood for a firen, a
with
Grandlanterns, Plateau ut the
et
fourinoo moon
n was
tnhoetyup, againd
,set
f':es reached the
the party was swept away
byrmoning ti
avalanche during Dr. amel's fatal attempt
ibnyltBh2eo, and they were told to keep dead silence as
they Pass-- Finally, after a great deal of danger and
fatigue, they all got safely to the summit at half-past
nine on Wednesday morning, without a cloud to de-
stroy the view. Mont Blanc had never before been
invaded by such a large party. The return was ac-
complished in much less time, but the danger was fa
greater, through an unexpected thaw on the glaciers
below the Grand Mulet. However, they all got to
Chamouny at half-past six on Wednesday evening,
where they were welcomed with guns, illuminations,
and every kind of demonstration the inhabitants, who
hid watched them all the way with telescopes, could
command. On the night ot the ascent Sir Robert
Peel was at Chamouny, and invited all the villagers to
a supper to drink to their successful return.

THE POLICE
_ORCL AT THE ExtuutvoN.---A very
handsome silver teapot has been given to Superintendent
earze, by the command of the Queen, as a mark of her
iNiujesty's appreciation of the constant zeal, intelligence, and
discretion shown by him when in attendance upon her
Majesty on the occasions of the Queen's frequent visits to the
Exhibition ; and a handsome gold watch to Inspector John
neckerson (13 division) and Robert Lester (C division), as a
" mark of approval of their attention in
M the discharge of
Phan_teirduties when in attendance upon her ajesty
cesses on the occasions of their visitingto the t xhibition.
handsome gold watch is also given Inspector N1L514.12
Smith O'Brien (I) division), from the Prince of Wales. as a
token :of appreciation of his attention when in attendance
upon his Royal Highness and Prince Alfred at the Exhibition.
Diepetphee were received yesterday at the olonial.
Office troutthe Gor eruor of Van Diemen'. I.4ind,