The Sun.
London, England, 1829-09-04 00:00:00

AN UNEXPECTED VISIT.

(From the New York Morning Courier, Aug. 5 )

About ten o'clock on Friday evening the oc-
cupants of No. —, Hudson-street, were not a
little startled by observing the fore-feet of a gal-
lant steed unceremoniously obtruded through one
of the windows of the third story of their resi-
dence. At first they believed it to be a visitor
from the nether world, but on casting up their
eyes they found the noble animal mounted by a
gallant knight armed cap-a-pie and prepared for
combat. The terror of the ladies in a measure
gave way to their curiosity, and one old dame
who is famous for astronomical knowledge,
boldly advanced to the window and greeted the
stranger as an old acquaintance, at the same
time introducing him to her friends as the man
of the moon. Whether the visitor was displeased
with this ill-timed familiarity we know not, but
certain it is, that he immediately descended to

the next or 2d story, and here again his
Bucephalus made his congee by protruding
his fore-feet through a window. A monkey had
quietly selected a place near this window for the
purpose of enjoying an uninterrupted nap, after
the exhaustion and languor of an intensely warm
day—but alas, how often are the wisest pur-
poses frustrated by events the least probable to
occur : Jacko had but half dosed through the
first ten minutes of his siesta, when the huge
hoofs of this unearthly charger came in contact
with his tail, and severed it from his body ! One
long, loud, and unharmonious scream proclaimed
his agony, and told the inhabitants of the neigh-
bourhood that" murder most foul" was being per-
petrated. We heard the cry, and with thousands
of our fellow-citizens hastened to the spot. We
have looked death in the face—we have heard

its leaden messenger whistle past us and smiled
at his fruitless journey—but we had never seen
a soldier mounted on a fiery steed suspended
between heaven and earth, in an attitude which
declared him other than mortal ; and at this
sight our soul quailed with fear—our legs ceased
to be at our command, and when we called upon
them to bear us from this dreadful apparition,
they were unable to obey. Thus compelled to
remain, we ventured to look around us, and saw
horror and dismay depicted upon the coun-
tenances of our neighbours and friends. We
now began to revive, and felt that indescribable
sensation on which is founded the remark, that
misery loves company." We gradually grow
more composed, and could calmly examine the
object before us.
The horse and rider were considerably above
the usual size, but admirably proportioned ; both
appeared to be in the full vigour and prime of
life, and both had about them a gravity and for-
mality of manner which denoted them to be na-
tives of another sphere. After remaining sta-
tionary for some time, the horse deliberately
wiihdrew his feet from the window, and with his
rider commenced his descent. As he approached
the earth, a large cloud which hovered over the
head of the knight became distinctly visible, and
some power from within it appeared to regulate
the movement of the horse. Slowly and'majes-
tically he descended—a deathlike stillness per-
vaded the multitude, the combined effect of fear
and awe. In a few moments they reached the
pavement and stood before us apparently without
life or motion. A thin column resembling
smoke was seen to pass from the dense mass
which hovered over the knight, and after a short
interval the horse's feet began to disappear as if
sinking into the earth !
The crowd was slightly agitated—the legs of
the horse disappeared, accompanied by the feet
of his rider—the body of the horse and the rider
slowly sunk from view—not a breath was heard
among the multitude, but a gentle waving in the
rear told us that they had already lost sight of
the dark mass that was suspended over the rider's

head. This was still visible to us, who were in
front, but gradually sinking as it were into the
earth—in a moment more it was gone, leav-
ing nothing to be seen but a dark pile resem-
blii,g a horseman's cloak ! Notwithstanding our
fears, we cautiously approached and raised from
the earth the only vestige of this singular visit-
ant. But who shall tell the sequel Were it
not our duty, reader, we would not. We stated
before that we raised from the pavement this
remaining vestige of the apparition—a label
caught our eye ; we hastily seized it, and by the
light of a dark lantern, which we held in our
hand, read aloud as follows
This balloon, with horse and armed knight,
ascended from Castle Garden on the evening of
Friday, the 31st day of July, 1829, at nine p.m.
The finder will be liberally rewarded on returning
RiNTED and PratiISHED
it to the Proprietor of the Garden r
Onus) In,

LEEDS CORN MARKET.-.Sept. I.
There has been a small arrival of Grain up to this slice
market. —The weather has been tolerably fine since Se:
turday, and some Wheat has been secured in fair cad"
tion ; to-day the weather is very fine which has caused the
market to be very heavy, the finest samples of Wheat tail
be noted Is. per quarter lower than last Tuesday, the tat
dling qualities Is. to 2s. and for the inferior samples 01
New and stale OW little demand when offered' at &ftill
further reduction. Grinding Barley fully supports the
price of last week ; Oats dull sale, and rather lower, 00-
less for fresh short English which are scarce, and- far
maintain the price of last week. Shelling 6d: to le. .Per
load lower. Beans and Pease with difficulty support ItO
week's price. Malt, Flour, and Rapeseed, without_lo/
material alteration. New Wheat of this year's growth is
wanted by the millers to mix with Old. A parcel of NeW
to-day has been sold at 735. weighed 601 b. •
Wheat, Norfolk and SuffOlk, 601 b.
York. and Lincoln. 601 b.
Barley, Norfolk and Suffblk
Yorkshire and Lincolnshire
Grinding
Beaus
Oats, Potatoe
illeahng, Foreign 12d. to 13t1....Englisli 12)4d. to 14d. perl":
Shelling 325. to 345. per IL%
Rapeseed, English, 271. to 29! Foreign, —l. to —l. per idn-

LIVERPOOL CORN EXCHANGE.—Sept. 1.
WnEAT, English, White, per 70Ib.
Red

- Scotch, Welch, and Mans
Irish, White lO 0 10 0'
--- Red S a 10 9
Foreign 9 9 10
5.
OATS, English, Welsh, and Scotch, per 451 b 3 3 9 s
Irish
Foreign
BARLEY, English, Malting, per Imp. quarter— 34 0 39 ~
-- Scotch and Irish, per 601bs.
Feeding 4 6 311
BEANS, English, per Imperial quarter 4l 6 • 43 0
--.. Irish, &c.
Foreign
PEASE, English, per Imperial quarter 3t3 0 ' 41 n
Foreign
FLOUR, English, per 2801 b. 52 0 ~, n.k ..-... 0
Irish
OATMEAL, English and Irish, per 2401bs 29 0 30 0
INDIAN CORN, per 4401 b.
RYE, per Imperial quarter
MALT, per Imperial quarter ...........
56 0 .
IMPORT of GRAIN for the Weer ending Aug. 31.
Wheat.' Oats. I Barley Flour. I OPT,.
Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. I I
Foreign, We Irish, &c. Sckm. 1.0'"'"
7,701 6,176 1,663 11,465 598 10,

APPLES.—The crop of apples in this neign-
bourhood is unusually abundant, the trees being so cal"
pletely loaded with the gifts of Pomona that the branche!,
are propped up in every direction. So great a hit of fruit
as the present has not been remembered by the oldest
habitants.—Cheltenham Chronicle.

BIRTHS.
On the 3d inst. in Hereford street, the lady of Bernard
Brocas, Esq. of a son.
At the Chateau du grand Egard, near Brust44 "
lady of G. R. Tayler, Eq. of a daughter, '

MARRIED. •
On the 21 inst. at St. James's church, Mr. T. Hal get.rs
of Northampton, to Frances Mercey, the youngest dal"'
ter of T. Oxenham, Esq. of Welwyn, Herta.
On the 2d inst. at Sculcoates, near HuU, Mr. R. John'
son, of Watling-street, to Sarah, youngest daughter of?*
J. Bulmer, Eyq. of the Tyne tron,works, Newootl°'
upon-Tyne.
On the Sd inst. at St. Mary's, Islington, Mr. E. SharP
of Beaumont-street, Marylebone, to Frances, otly dative'
ter of Mr. Vorley, of Islington.

DIED,
On the 2d inst. Charles Johnston, youngest so° of
Lieut.-Gen. R. Bell, of Ormond-street.
On the 2d inst. Mr. Henry Stokes, Brunswick-rows
Queen-square, aged 81.
On the Sd inst. at Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire, El'eabctilo
the wife of G. Cathrow, Esq. aged 59.
On the 2d inst. at Clapham, John Henry, son of Iv,
R. Hill, of Chancery-lane, solicitor, aged 21.
On the 25th ult. at the house of her son, Captain J'
to
Macdonnell, of Killichonate, Catherine, widow of the
la
John Dhu, of Aberarder, and the last survivor of I
he
children of Colonel Alexander Macdonnell, of KePrel3
who fell at the head of his own regiment in the battle ot.
Culloden. Mrs. Mactlennell was a
of the old school.
perfect model of a lady

by MORD° YOUNG, at the
Swig Arm, LOMAT,