The Sun.
London, England, 1805-10-04 00:00:00

BALLOONS.

The celebrated AEronatat,. Ronr.wrsoN, has an-
nounced hiS intention of conStruaing a balloon 196
feet in diamoter, and capablecofmising the weight of
74() quintals (about 33 tons). Fifty persons will be
able to embark in it with comfort, atid. will find in
it all the conveniencies of animal and social life,..abd
provisions. for Several. Months. The ballOan may
travel at all elevations, and i.n all temperatures, and
May be employed to make physical,and astronomical
experiments in all partS of the world. Geography
Will derive from' it great advantages, because the
Manumits will, not be. checked cithetr by mountains
or by forests. Perhaps with the assistance of the
trade-winds it may even make, the circuit of the
Globe between the tropics. The globe for this appa-
ratns will be 'made of taffeta, mantifa tired on put...,
pose at Lyons, and of a boat of deal, weighing
90,000 pounds. It will be furnished with cordage
of silk, and provisions, and Will have its kitchen, two
work-,shop, a wash-howe, aa obseivatory, a chapel,.
an academical salowz, a card-room;
anS cur concert-
rfnnn. It will likewise carry a smaller balloon, and
a paraChnte in'enseaf accident. "The bonOUr cif won-
grueling such it balloon, which, according to.thein-
genious projector, will not cost more than a.ship, of
the line, oNlit, be says, tO.belong to all the learned
societies of Earope:---He the-refire invites them' to
contribute td the .expetlee, and insures,tD each ,sub-
scribit4acaderny the right of furnishiwr two Aiiro-;
4 outs for this •spentific expedition.
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At ten o'clook On .Tuesday night-a • son of Mr,
Pwriots, of Park street, come from Scotland,
went, in company with Capt. CLAR.g.E, to Billings,,
gate, with inteot-to go on hoard the Margate Floy,
for Margate, 'Orel-Joy having.sailed a little before
their arrival, ,:they; took a baat,vhopring,,to,oyertake
it ; but they had not proceeded fir, when the, boat
upset, and they were both drowned. The water-
man saved himself by clinging to the boat. The
' bodies Of Mr: PETr.as and Capt. C tAnKa were found
qv, Wednesday, and conveyed to the house of /Mr;
PETans,.• who:arrived in town at ten o'clock„ yester-
day morning,-to witness the ditressing, scene.
Masters in the Navy are to.. be ,allowed half
pilotage whepever. they take 'charge,, as Pilots, of
the Ship they, belong to, and are entitled to prinne-
, tion as I.katenants. The half-pay of those qualified
for tat. and 2d rates,, is, for.thetirst: fifty, on the list,
6s, irr day; for the next 60, 4s. (id. per day ; those
• (itt dified tot third ratei, 104,, 4s, per dt.iy, ; muddied for
fourth and ti if rates, too, 34., tid; per 4 day ; ran i
who have served 'in the 'Navy five years, two tit
which as M..tres or..Midshiptnen, to have 3s. per
day. • There is no retirentent or gyorannuation men-
, tloned ; but agreeable to -the old system, it may be
presumed that they Will receive half their preSent, p.ty,
agir,:ble to the largest rates they have served in.
A w:nnan in Anderston, in, the neighbourhood of
Glasgow:, who has been affliaed, with a dropsical
complaint since th 'Ilona) of June, has received
tireat relief, and there is a fair proApett of a cure,
rrom eating the vs Of Bohea
On Tuesday ,-A,'iutight a tire broke out at Whitby,
in a tenerrtent in Baxtergate, eccasioned'by an old
Man melting brimstone in making matches, which,
threatened the destruetion not only of the houseit-
but, from the (!loseness of its situation, of the
turrounding prernkes. By great' exertiOns, however,
it was got +ander i bout 11:1' tog etleoed much injUry.
TO give Out! /Pod the polish tf Mahogony.—Plane
the sUrface,'lnd rub it with a solution of pirrousiacid,
Afterw'ards one ounce and a hrtlf of dragon s b-thilood d
'iligisOlved in a pint of spirits, of %rate, ,and oner
'of a pint, of carbonate of soda are, to he well miked
together and":llltered. The liquid in this thin
to be laid,,on .the Wood with a.soft brush ; repeat
• this process',two or three tittles at intervals, and, uly
it 4then. dry ; the stirfake will resemble a mirror.