The Sun.
London, England, 1811-08-14 00:00:00

THE ,BALLOON.

'AS tibr'iteaclerg.wij natMally be anxious hkrbitr
the pro Less aticklescibt Of the intrepid aeronauts,
we jiieledt to theta the follas ittg dekail of the in-
telesting..speclacle
Al about seventeen minu'te's before three, as stated
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in bur 'paper' ot. yesterday;' M. Sadler and Capt.
Ndt having taken their seats, a ngrometer, titer-
ropmeteyeipumpass, twograp,.ling itoni, a telescope;
'o4llllst, amounting to. about 1301 b. weight, and re-
treshMent'having been previot.sly stowed in the car,
Mr:Sadler,: jun.' desired all hands to let go, himself
still holding• by the car, and immediately afterwards
the machine began to ascend iu,a most, majestic
manner, and continued to ascend almost in a per-
pendicular line lb a: height of about 30 yards; it
.then ::toOk.an easterly clirwtton, still continuing to
ascend in a gentle
,manner. The aeronauts were
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anon at a sutticient,height to have an. extensive view
of the 'country beneath them, which was covered
with innumerable crowds of speaators. Mr. Sadler
Vales, that during this tilll.o Mr. 'Paget remained
pet:lee:lly cool and collected, and remained so through
the whole of the voyage, and the impression which
was made-unon his ininti-by this sublime scene, for,
the first time; may mote, easily be imagined than
described.. He was for some minutes deprived of
the •Power of expression, 'and incapable of Conimur
niCatifig. his sensations' to' his companion ; he still,
ho'e osier, continued ICE,WaVe his flag, and communi-
cited by signs with those friends he had lett
below, but whose forms soon became, indistinguish-
able int he mass. At three o'clock the balloon still
colitinuing - to ascend, the a6ral travellers observed
beneath them what appeared re be t'wo large cisterns
of water, but which subsequent obserVatiou proved
to them were the Etst India Pecks. The them mu-
meter 1;0W stood 'at tie and a half, but from some
accident which happened to the barometer, no ob-
servations on that could be made during the coo-
tinoance of the' voyage. The balloon now being
tevte.tlistendt-d, it oecame necessary to let out sums
of the gas, and, and tills was done at intervals till
the balloon descended. Mr. Paget. was now busily
employed in preparing the grappling irons and other
apparatus lot deseending, and throwing .Out baittist
as occasion required. The ascent of the balloon now
b coque very and the travellers were bpa.n. at
an immense height. At ten minutes past thrte,
they cthsst'd the Thames at Galleons Reach, and the
sound of a piece of ordeal ce eons Wept wich was
(tit:Mittel hs;ard by Mi. S.etier, al .d his compact!),
a.'d they observed the smoke, vancit apparently
arose front the earth, ho' could not, ,at shat time,
distinguish: any of ject teal ly. Mr. Sadler upon
this waved tits (lit;, and a oilier piece of oldttance
was discoarged, as if to retu.r, tie compliment as
E hey 'passed. The c•I vOl Loodon, the tour nudges,
tlie-Thrirnes, amid -.he Gerool Ocean, were t
ton; ••e 6. (leuts,. audat this period Mr.
Peer; d,e tee ciiik Of a bottle of•Madeiraeatid the
, tit 'he Pitoce Regent was dr obi; in:a bumper.
To pros teat welch at this period, for the; first time,
;,resented itself to:the view of My. Paget, was be-
yed tee potter of description; the capital was at
i eat tune pronounced by liim to be a-s Mall village,
nor could lie be persuaded to the contrary, tilt the
tour bridges, nernely, London-, Westminster, Black-
triais, and
,Battersea, which, from. their interceptin4
the rli.er s-were 'rendered more conspicuous than
ether objette, were pointed out to 11;rn by, Mr.
Sadler,; and to do justice to the scene which .pre-.
id their iew at this time, is beyond the
power of,.latiguage to :describe. As the ee'ronants
continued their course down the river, they were
saluted by the discharge of several. more pieces of
and at half lust three. they drank the health
of t eir'friends at Plat kney, and the Tower Ham-
lets Militia. At half-past • three, Mr. 'Sadler per-
ce,vlng that the balloon was approaching the sea,
telt it prudent to look mit fora spot on which to
Oral a landing ; and in order to cense the:balloon
tadt‘sceld, a quantity of gas was let out. by opening
the. valve. The balltion then :.descended /till the
ships in the river, frorn Woolwich to the Now,
Came' vertettly distinguishable.
Utt erossing theiiver at St. Clement's Reach,- the
balloon descended so low, that • tbeetavellers
tinetly heard persons conversing.ia the Gravesaid
boats, which were 'passing down,-tire; river, some
of e horn tried out,*here are you going." Mr.
Paget threw out a. loaf, which fell to leeward of one
of the (boats ; the people on board, however saw
the transaction, and answered it by three cheers.—
At -ten, minutes beto!e tour; Tilbury Fort came in
sight, and they had a petted view of the town of
Gravestod. Mr. Sadler .now observed, that rte
country round the Forti was perfectly flat, and re-
marked to his fellow voyager, that it would be dee
stirable‘to band oil 11411 's.de the river ; and measures
Were .taken, to accomplish that object. On their
neater approach to the earth, they saw reapers at
wore' in a is heal-field, and *hailed them tor assist,
atice4 an immediate chase commenced over hedges
and Remiss ditches ; the balloon, however, for some
lead ; at this time a brisk gale teas
hl 'Wing, which reateled.the descent extremely dirs.
ficult ; the g-appling irons were, hoe ever, thrown
out, .amid dragged along the ground ; their course,
they caught, the clothes or a labeurer, and he be-
came su completely etitaligled, that he could not
extricate himself till lai94hirt was literally torn from
his back. •
number of p,ersons were by this time collected
together in airchrte.tions, by whose shouts, and by
the hovel appearance of the balloon, the cattle in
the fields; were alarmed to that :degree, that • their
aCtloll,became truly ludicrous. Dutrug,,this lime the
car trequentltiouched, the ground, and rebounded
hp again- for ibVeral yards,; and, by one of these
stiocks, Mr..Paget was thrown out of the car, .but
had spflicient:presence of min to-catch hold of the
rim of the car at the same instanteby which, he per-
stivertd in holding till as3istahce'strrived, and every
airing. was secured, end 'his companion, Mr. Sadler,
,rehmed from his petileue,situation,
.fincisately land-
ed obi eiTra firtfza. At this time it watlted fine mi.
entet'lfour and'the travellers were within
300)-}isrds of TilberyTdrt'end about 150•
yard's
from
4e'll.lvcfs!heYL-Tig..haeing occupied a space of one
• beer an d,) minett.A.2 'The:Balloon was spun se-
cacti; .frid, 'being' pidaed in a boat, the Aesonatits
dossed ''erver the -river to Gravesend, where they
.lianedigtely.:after proceeded in a post-
ch,ape and four to town, ,followed by a crowd of
spetaatot4, which, attirtaal by-a view of the
'lona itritt,car, se cureid 13ff:the-tots' Of 'title-4411" la-

tre4sed..tn Such ti degree, that, lona betofe their Ai:
rival in town, the chais-.. could only proceed at it'.
wtiking. pace. In t't s manner they proceeded tit
Hackney, at wt ich place they' arrivki., as we have
stated, at ten minutes vast nine- o'cici.k, in retied
health and spirits. Mr. Sutler, in alluding to 0,11
various occurrences of the voyage, passes the
est COMplitTleittS on Mr.. Paget, whose sieddif-sR,
intrepidity, -add pers.inal courage, he 'SAP, he i%11.1.
not sufficiently admire. The only exthortlinai
sen,ation which Mr. Paget experienced *as an tat 4
treme ruin his ear, when .the balloon wa, at its'
greatest height, Which gradu thy 'went off as it de
scended, and Jolt him pelleelly. free trout any in.
convenience.

Thus' -tat'minated an event whieh preclveo as
strong an interestiin, the people of t he. Melt npolib,
and almost all surrounding vi.la?:,es, but
towards the Eiscend of the town, as was ever Axy
cited by any subjem of public imp tance;

MAIDSTONB, *AUGUST jB.-.--WARNIiM TO
INN-
KREPEUS.--A few days Since, a most frasid
was committed on Mrs. :Smith, "lait'cllEVA.or the
Swan Inn, in this town, .usually trequentet by Tra-
vellers, by a person styling himself to be in ma, ca.
pacity. It, being past Live o'clock, and, the liaoks
shut up, -he requested the-loan of tour pounds from
the landlicly, as be had a cliequet hat he should want
changed in the morning ; be slept there that night
and went out in the.mnrning, pretending to get Lis
cheque cashed, and leaving two boxes tied up, as i 4
usually done by Travellers, rto suspicion was enter-
tained that he ix as gone. On inquiry, it mt.; ascer•
tained that :be bad decamped without paying he fOur
pounds or his bill ; upon opening the boxes
proved to be only a,t'ew deals nailed together in th,l
shape. of boxes, and, 'quite empty. .J 1 is getietalir
bel eyed that this is the yery identical tan ‘c.,:,0
committed similar traudi in the North of gugland.

Tiiere is at present residing la the parish of Car.
uke, a son 9.1:44e !lame of Reid, aged. 96 ycari.

whose great, %re a t orgadchildren have arrived th
ni
years of an ood.' Ho is strong and healthy, KW

very likeT#.46liee even the fiirti gerwration,-,
The neighbourtv.oti- of Castle street,, Oitfhrti..

market, *has beco much convoked tor: sevetal..days,
from a hob-goblin having haunted the. Oode of a

carver and
,godrr, and at totervals driven, the ta.,
hilly from the house by his shriek's and meanings.

The ghom has lieer yrt been seen, but 114. dis-

coal 'sounds have been beard abroad, ..4b tifo,t of dm
go,stp.f deckle. Peirce officers are in Attendance to
seize the •upetrialltiral ag,lu- it- he appears, aoti also
to keep :be:-p,ypulace
On Monday Mr. \V. A. Smith, of Paik-street*
Westamster; had his pocket pfeked at Hackney, at

the time Mr. Sadler was ascending with his b.lioort.
A peasant of the n.ien-,-ot J. •Angely wail
edit Mentz, on the I ttli ult. a,ong with a %:eomact
with wittin he cohabited, of .h...vitiL mitritcred ten
persons during the last eighteen ar.oltlll3, It aNa
peared, by the evidence, that the criminal was a
wood-cutter, and resided-six miles ftom. the city
being idle, and desirous of subsisting Without lw•
.boar, he detertuine,l to sot, all single travellers Who
passed thiough ti neighbourag wood ; for this put.:
pose he used to _conceal himself in a high lieu,
and take deLberate.aim at his.bictim : if he fell, he
descended to finish his Work, ,and after plundering,
buried the body ; if, on the contr.iiy, he missed-Ills
aim, or the person, though wounded, attempted t'
escape, he gave the signal ;to a dog /which lie In d.
trained, and which effectually prevented that de:.
sign. The .number of persons, who • bad-.,,dder,i„.
disappeared while pass'aig through, the wood, gave
rise to suspicions, anti led .to the appreheusion.of
Angel),
.and the woman, both •of whom, struck.
with remorsi:, male a full concession of their gui;t...
Antiely atid-th'iWornan were exeCuteA on the .i stilt;
and dog Taiscsliot by order of the Magiitrates.
About lakoatifoUths since a young cuckoo was
taken irom,j4,ll.edge sparrow's ties', in the neigh-
tiourhqnTd of Liskeard, and carried into the lionse of
Mt: noon, a hair-dresser of that town. in this
room was .a canary bird, which, upon seeing tit:
elickOo, immediately became very much agitated,
The young. bird, wasp then put into the cage i l :t
the.canary..Nrd, 'instantly began to feen it,
and' hivcolitinued 'this tender'office to the piesent
time. 'Sete ,iy,ears since a, somewhat similar In-
stance occutici+, at Port. Eliot, where a young
cuckoo, „had been taken from a' titlarr4
nest, iirgnediately fed by a tame thrush, until.,
in the coldmonths, 'the young bird commenced.irs
winter sleep. It Is probable that this bird worl I
have sur‘ived the season, and• awaXeried at tl,ia
usual• time, as it was kept warm flannel, bias the
noise of a trumpet awakened' it before the time
which nature has allotted, when it cratvled across
the cage and expired.
An extraordi, try heifer-was lately killed by 51r.
Tomlinson, ut Moultin, Lincullishile, which w,19
only 22 months old, but I,veb4lleti
AN IMPORTANT CanTrots.—The spurioo
riot's of the Chevalier RusiTsres Mt'dicii.es,which which
are sti,il vended, have induced him to adopt an ail,
4E601101 preCattlioll, to which he respectfully et tect
attention. A
.bill of dir,-efions is given with esi
box and bottle of the genuine Medkines.i.whh:n,
on insFe6tion, will .she w nis name,•ris length, in ine
water-mark. By ,attending to :this .circtinistAnce,
and to,that nf his name hying en<irtnett on the stait4t,
purchasers .t.Oll avoid the imposition 'of the de:ete-
TiOnS trash sold under his name, and he certain of
olitaining.ihogeDueine Mi-dicines„ which 11,11;e main-
,taitml their rquiation upwards of .fiftyyear's.
Poll. milli., .i*,l4 21.
• , • •
CORlNEtiCtilii-hitig, AUG. 14..4.Vil have not many
fresh atrivais of Wheat to-day,nnt• .rnuelt of re-
maining. supplies . coastwise, but a
,‘tew • thousand
quarters of Foreign are come to htirtd, the trade
lleavlis 'hardly-at cast quoted priees ; ilirley in shout
supply:,,, and but little in demand ; Malt. and White
Pease nearly 21._.last currency.; }leans tit .each quit sit
litrle vartitiorci* the fresh arrivals of fats are some-
what coikittetlibler and second, with info' ior, named
rather Inwr.WFissur at Monday's advance at 6s. I,et
sack.
Wheat -68 s aSp a lees
Fine ditto ~,- tu4, a 141
Rye - - 405 a 45%
Battey -32 i a 38*
- •Os a- 7;s
whitereas,boactssos.a 56s
Carey titan ,441; a sos

Tick Beans . . 34s a 401
Ditto (fine old) . dos a 41$
Oats - 203 245 a 295
Poland ditto . 3es a 3 is
Potatoe ditto . p.s
Rape Seed . 381. a 411.
Pine flour - BSs a yos

tkilliont Hodgson, (aged Iq) was indiEled fnr a
IftlC Horiet Halliday„ Spi:,sicr, at Leeds, 'in the
County of York, on the 12th of April last.
• Mr. HeYwoim, the Bidding Ci,unsol, related the
circumstance), lot the case, and called
Hamlett ty, the proset•nitix, Wlui stated, I.
lived` servant with Mr. Cummins, who keeps a :;lass
and china. shop in,Leeds. My mistress permitied
on :Good Friday evening, •to go and see my
trio h-rs ; this was ten minutes past seven o'clock,
called open stay sister in Coach-I,ane it) the way to
my mother's who lives at Quarry-hill, about half a
;rule from thence. I did, not Lind my sister at
boutti., I went to Thomas Itivenctofi'4 whose •fa.
mil: my sister was accpiainted with, and found her
• and Mary Ravencreft. Mary Itavencrolt accoin.
patted me to my Mother's. My sister went to the
yard-end, and I stood with her a short time ; I then
followed Ilavencroft, and at the top of Coach-lane
the prisoner pissed by me ; he asked me where I
was going, and I told him 'home to my • mother's,
and nothing more passed then. Ravencroft and. I
went,to My mother's, and stopped there, tika quar-
ter paSt eight o'clock. We came away together -
&two Quarry-hill, and met the prisoner near Amen
Court ; he clicked hold of Me, and.asked, cite if I was
going hone, ; replied yes ;he said no, you.shall
not, you must go• back withme';' he took hold, of
me by my I.vasit ; I endeavoured to get from him
but be `would not let me go ; I struck 'him Over the
face•with my hand ;' struck me again, -and said
it was knock for knock, but see thee home yet
rernsed to go till he had left me ; he did not 4,ave
roe,'and I could not get from' hint.' We 'went
wards; disputing ,is we' walked,- whilst we canna to
Call lane, and Dtinean-street '; before we -
into. Citll,7lat!e, we met a young man whom the
prison;r krioek•P'd down ';• I did' not know- hint.
then - liberty; • 11.4yeocroft • ran away'
toWarOs the ytist:Oifice, situated' pt. the end of
Call-lane and' Duncan-street ; ;had:
. been with Havener-Olt, overtook me and...pushed
me against tin will. • I struck hiM, and begged him
to let inc go he' said, you shall not till 'Hodgson
comes. up; • I.lodgson-•.iame tipitotitc,tiarelyi;' he laid.
bol'd'of,tne the shackle ni my -arm, and we then.
welt t op Duncan-iittet ;, I was about 100 yards dis-
taneelrom home at that time he then took me-by
04, wrist anti spoke to Field •; ratteiripted to-get
' awat;• hr WhlSpered to 'Field, who 'waS near ; 'lie
took' Me by thP.Waist nod ried• me across
gate ;,„ my
,feet were, off the ground,' acd• rib carried
the iiitOtin entry in_,Briggatc, near Boar lane end :
he ;-hail riot' said any thing to me forced ' nit
thrtingh the entry into a' yard: itaveneroft andlield
Nvere, following ; 11 wished; her to go for my master
When We'were at Duncan-street cad; atid. saw- her
struggling with Field in get from him ; I called out
to, INr to go for hint ; the prisoriereartied the down
the yard ; llaveaccrofr was at a little distance
Field drait:tged her down the yard, and we we all
in, ii,e yard at 6+e• .same time, . Prisoner forced trier
part through another entry ; he pushed me.for.
wards, and I attempted to
,get away i• but all at-
• tempti proved trielfi-ttual- 'The prisoner 'immedi-
ately lilted me oft the grOundinfo'hisartus, and car-
ried, me We a stable about three or titer yards• off;
rbegged frequently 'of' him to let rue go, -but. he
NVolliq not ; SCl:eatnCd out to Havencroft to get
aiiuie one to asgist me, for he meant to' murder me.
Prisoner tont( hold of my arms and struck me ;
d;:--n thee, will kilt thee it thou won't hold'
tra'Y tongue ; thou'inight.as well hold thy din as not.
Ile struck me again over the breast, and Celled me
••d iWo :teried• out 'as' loadns• I possibly could y 1.
t,iiii•ted away, and he effected his purpose ; the door
opii-i-ied it little way ; r had thrown nie thAvo
third time, and as I lay,' I saw a light • and heard
; him. somebody was cooling, but he said'
iS' not, it is only .the wind. A light came for-.
• the door, he then struck me again over the
breast, and .saiLi d---n thee that will quileten thee
tot., hilts.; .the; light came nearer, he, gut op and
atA fastened, the -door got up direttly,
and n.rittested seMe one to
,eorne and assist ale ;
I lie petson whir tie, light :-came, the' door ;
prisopersaid, you,
.you have UQ'business here;
h:.;! !pushed rrre tit,m ~the, door „when I endea.
Vinuted to . open it lie. took ;:rte by the •arms- arid
palled ote•ttway ; the petson.at the dooi per..
Lys l l4We'rram,e busitteAs there, than those who Are
the WeV,:orit ; ptisoner Said,. they
have found us out, but tliey ocver shall brie,
kill.,thee in the •plaLe,, Tiie light was Owing:, I
,he. would .tet nie,..;nut.i. he stop
;, till the light is•gone, VA let theo out ; I sai(.l, I
alttii deierinAbett to gothic the light is there, for I'd
make thee suffer ; the light came ~near t be,dpor,.he
itiecg(., !O. b —ll
.'vu alt likes und6trqk ovur iace
with his ..clent.l.4:d.tiA.; he fastened. hintself:,)o the,
Taylor C:niiin(l for-
-061:•
4iwirti a rig,lit Itrei:iiitobervd him talknt, bat
1 Wititils eopi.10:1(J0, that i do nut know wthat-
.:lltersolut.-. wetit lisck•-to the
IJstelledi Me,-Taylor Went
tii•
.s, e tor the prisoner, bin eot:Ild obtain
.n6'
.rani 4 Mr. 1.:iylor• woOldlee hie riglifed;
the puis,anees nonie,./ and he asked toe if
n.Ol been a igWecthe:irt of tnito ; Mr.
soid would see the prisoner but, it he s.op-
ro sivii•Sns:ittria,.Bus.btiry•,-.Mi Tay.
‘‘. non I
,gent. from the stable, she was,
~f+tr lifts' at ilia etltt tinsel ; 'Mr. Taylor's'. house is
• I turd lilatiet. in my baud,
,and she bitl•Me
'put it on; -Mr,,Taylor lighted Me out of the yard,
41,0 I wet t did' not tell my' mistress that
• • itight I" di4Aot kilbw got up,
• ihe'beXt fil:.;ttOing fit 'tik!,,Listuti time
hero,;. six ;I told my Master all but tho.o,,,teht 'of it;
inkfre4l:wns poorly in bed, -and did' not get up',
•r,lTdid riot tell my mistress till Saturday '
tile II Ltoldher the wittile ;On :Sunday
gave Ler the linen I had on.
gye 'answers to: several other questions,
tinough delicacy, forbear to mention.)
The IK64tletittni untierent a-long cross-examina”..
' tit)n by :Vir. RAINS, as Counsel for the prisoner, n
tnecOurse lyttieli fihe said] I guy master,
A,oung man liiid-Osed me very ill, hut did not men-
,the,particularS. I did not :oppoint to meet the
—prisotier neat-the-Globe Entry; I saw the prisoner

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