The Sun.
London, England, 1828-07-30 00:00:00

BALLOON ASCENT ON 11ORSE,ACI;

An immense crowd collected yesterday in tL,?
Gardens and in the neilibouthood of the
Tavern, City-road, filling every house-top and emi-
nence which could command a view of the Garden.,,
to witness Mr. Green's ninety-ninth asvent.in a bal-
loon. Such exhibitions have been so comnl,,n
late, that they have ceased to attrtet much at
; and we are afraid, though the Gardens coo _
tained a great number of persons, that Mr. Greco
did not. find the pubfic curiosity very profitable to
him. Thu novelty, which am:tete:l the people--
though, bowever often it may be seen, a balloon a- -
cending majestically into the untried reztons of Ili,.
air is a glorious sight—was the annonucemfllt th:it
'Mr. Green was to mount on a pony. Many
garde(' this as a hoax, or as intended only as a litre ;
and, as the announeement was coupled with a rteie: -
vation in favour of the weather, it was getteraPy eon •
eluded that when the time came Mr. Green would
find the wind too violent to allow of this new Pe-
gastan flight, Fortunately for his reputation, end
greatly to the satisfaction of the spectators, the
weather, which had been occasionally showery
and stormy, became fine towards evening, though
-there was still a good breeze; and after wait-
ing •nearly two hours beyond the anointed
I five o'clock, the poor pony was brought out,
placed in his stall, under the balloon—Mr. Gwen
mounted Into, the ropes were loosened, and fl? lcd-
loon soared aloft taking a southerly direction, rarrv-
ing with it the man and the animal. The pony evi-
dently disliked the excursion, and plunged violently
at the moment of the ascent, greatly to the terror
of the spectators. What Mr. Green may have Mt
at commencing such a journey, with such a compa-
nion, we know not; his exertions to preserve quiet
and order seemed wholly to occupy him, and per-
haps his fears were not equal to the spectators' ap-
prehensions ; but we never saw a neck that we
thought in greater jeopardy than Mr. Green's, VN-
cept. one that was placed in the hands of the exeee-
tione. After a short time the pony seemed to he-
come somewhat reconciled to his situation, and to
remain comparatively quiet. Long after the balloon
had reached such a 'height, however, as to rends,
the struggle, of the animal imperceptible, we saw
what we conjectured was the grapnel fall down,
if Mr. Green had not got all his materials under
his command. Indeed, we shall not be convinced
that his life is safe till we have heard of his return to
terra firma.
The balloon is one with which Mr. Green has;
made several ascents before, and was made, we un-
derstand, chiefly by his son. It is perfectly welt
formed, but plain, having no ornaments whatever ;
but the alternate slips of silk of which it is composed
are painted brown and dark yellow. The material
was wove expressly for Mr. Green; and the whole
cost him, although time greater part of the work was
done by members of his own family, upwards of 30t;1.
It was capable, we were informed, of containime_e
about 11,000 cubic feet. The expence of filling it
with the carboretted hydrogen, at the Gas Werbs,
which is far ,the most convenient and cheapest,
tEO/. By the old method of filling such vehicles
with hydrogen, generated by sulphuric acid and
balloon was filled over night, at the Independen:
iron filings, it would cost neatly 1001. Mr. Green',
Gas Works at naggerston, about one mile and
half from the tavern, and conducted thither by ,em-
veral men with ropes very early yesterday mornine.
It was allowed to remain in the gardens, fastened to
the ground by weights, and there, gracefully swine-in?,-
to and fro, formed a beautiful spectacle the whole day.
For a long time the spectators, sonic of whom
assembled at a very early hour, were lost in conjse.
taring what Mr. Green meant in announcing an
ascent on horseback, till they were at length shown
a very pretty Shetland pony, one of the smallest of
the breed we ever saw. • It has been very carefully
trained by Mr. Green, to whom it belongs, and has
already made one or two ascents with him to such a
height as the ropes would allow. The keeper de-
scribed it as very docile, being accustomed to walk
up stairs, and to lie down on the hearth-rug at time
command of its master. It drinks tea out of a cup,
bows to ladies, and offers its foot to gentlemen whet'
it is commanded to salute them. In order to she
the wondering and doubting crowd that no trielt
intended, the beautiful little and well traine,ii
decorated with blue satin housing, bridle and rib-
bands, was led round the gardens, towing to tho
company, and much exciting their admiration; still
those who could not get near enough to see by what
machinery the pony was to be sent aloft, donbteo.
that Mr. Green meant to (keep his word. All
doubt was, however, at length dissipated when tit,
ear was removed, and its place supplied by a
round platform, made, we understood, of strong and
close wicker-work, and covered with green cloth.
Its diameter was just large enough to permit the
pony to stand in it, and time feet of the animal wevs
fastened to the bottom by means of straps, \Odell
buckled round the upper part of the hoofs. It had,
a ledge round it about five or six inches high, riot
six strong cords, at equal distances from one anuthe,-,
' suspended it to the usual strong ash hoop to which
the cord net spreading over the whole balloon
fastened. Some ballast was fastened in it to keep if
steady; and other ballast at Mr. Green's command,
as well as his grapnels, and the rope communicating
with the valve of the balloon, were fastened to the
-ash hoop. The platform on which the pony rya,
Gbew this
rloeenisbo4l:ollop so
when
nseatthe:t
seated
oitlhtehettppopne;,
rpoasret
placed was slung very little more than his own pony
through
the r.
the hoop. - We could riot ascertain if he had sect:red
himself to the hoop or netting, on account of the
great crowd, but he had the mans of doing so, and
we have- no doubt he took this preeaution.
what we heard of the pony, and what we •krvm.
quite still after it had mounted a short
animals, we are inclined to suppose it wejititr of
aid
got beyond the sound of the music '',iistance, and
, and time acclama-
tions with which
such a precaution as this mr.
sary. It was a few
Mr' 9. w" 'veered at parting; vet
such been highly neves-
was finally adjusted in
milKitci.i after seven when the pony
much to like; and :cs place, which it did not seem
the adventurou.aeronaut having
theft got all h;, preparations ready, the balloon was
allowed quit the earth for the upper regions,
been through a great part of the day
dark and lowering, seemed then calm and serene.
Mr. Green seemed to have equal confidence in his
materials and in himself. He was in no wise alarmed
apparently at his situation, but parted the terrictl
and soothed it into quietness. His assistant,,
one of whom Was his son, seemed to be as much
interested in his success and safety a-1 he was Min-
self and though they all exerted themselves to
that every thing was secure, Mr. Orem doing. much
of the necessary work himself, Ito one seemed at all
alarmed or doubtful as to the result. Mrs. Green
was aLso on the ground, and seemed not to share
those a„prebensions which were felt by most of the
..I„evtatoies We understand that Mr. Gin de
;eel' fide& safely in the neighbourhood of Shooter's.
hill, Kent.

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Cottrier states, that the 92d goes to relieve the 65th, whirl
is under orders for the West Indies; hot the Courier sup-
lice.ses the fact that the 65th is not to embark for some
months to come. The Courier also ventures to assert
that the -21st Foot has not been ordered to march! The
'?lst is now marching, and wi 1 arrive in the neighbanr-
hood of Bristol tomorrow or the day after. 'Theii the
With is not ordered to Ireland, hut.to Chester Castle or
Liverpool. Will the Courier say that further orders will
not await that
.regiment when it gets near to the place of
embarkation I or that if, on more mature consideration, it
lee deemed advisable not to send an Irish regiment into
Ireland at the-present moment, the Sidi will not tithe the
!dice of some other corps now serving in 'Lancashire, and
that other corps be sent to Ireland ? If it be farther
:iretentleil that these movements have been made in ordiriary
..nurse, we will undertake to prove that a very great esp;•mre
!,.'s been ounveas:w ily and wantonly ineurrtd.---Monthig
Chronicle.,