Star.
London, England, 1814-08-01 00:00:00

FRENCH FASHIO.VS.

Some Milliners place it the distance of a finger's breadth nar-
row and smooth ribbori, which form circles round the crown of
straw hats. These hats are much worn ; and with white, long,
fiat feathers, were the prevailing head-dress at the two extra-rdt.
nary fetes at Ttivoli. Carnations, roses, blue-belle, and ►ipe ears
of corn, are still ivorn ; corn-flown, and pocks have also come
into tasl•inn again. Sometimes flowers are placed tipoh the brim
of the hat, In the English style. Few Italian straw hats are to be
twee. hose of sewed straw, substituted in their stead, have' at
present a cockade of straw, a bunch of the saute, or traw-eo-
Isar( d flowers.

'the waistcoats are male long, as are likewise the shirrs of the
coats; and the row:loons, in lini,ation of the Erglishotre scree-
times much *lder at the Mete than higher np.

MR. SADLER'S BALLOON.

Mr. Sadler and Miss Thompson arrived in town in
good hearth, on Saturday, about one, and went to
litulington-house. They had landed at Coggeshall,
in Essex, at-halt-past five o'clock, on Friday, after tra-
velling 4R miles, at the rate of a mile a minute. The
aeronauts met with no deviation of current even at
their utmost height, but continued a regular north-
easterly course throuehout the wh _le of it. When
the balloon stopped of itself, the furrow made m the
Send was entirely act oss it, and at least 18 inches in
depth. It is necoless to say they experienced all pos-
sible kindness and attention from the whole party, and
were hospitably received It the 'junior Mr. Willshei's
'house, Great 'Fry, near Coggeshall. Mr. S. was fur-
iirshed with a horse to go anti picture a poNt-chaise,
but he rode about from town to town- for the space
df Vile miles, from six o'clock in the evening tilt near
three in the morning. Miss Thompson had just lain
down to take some little rest, when the chaise arrived,
and she got into it direetty, to shorten the anxiety of
her friends. They had only travelled about three
mi e, VP hen it is supposed from the post.boy having
fahen asleep, for, by going too much on the side 01
the ro id the chaise was overturned a little declivity
might occasion this when the balloon and car were
xtrunted ova the top. The travellers wete both much
bruised, and proceeded withont further interruption,
except the greetingt of the people, which increased in
the me;ropi hs to such a degree they sould scarcely
set through the streets.
So:great, indeed, was their rapidity of descent, that
he found it proper to throw cut some ballast, part of
which not sinkirt so fast as thAnselveF, came after-
wards into the car and upon the paper whereon Miss
Thompson was writing her observations. They came
suddenly below the clouds, and obtained a dis-
tinct gloomy view of the country beneath them, as not
even a light shadow from the sun had pierced through
the density of rap ur which they had just left behind
them. It w.:s a fortunate circumstance that Mr. S.
had determined on descending, as in about eight mi-
nutes more the balloon would have been riding over
the ocean. Mr. S. making choice of a corn field to
aligl.t upon, prepared his companion with some very
shott directions, which she promptly obeyed, when
they bounded upon the earth like other mortals, but,
rising again, were intl el4ed into another field by the
high wod, before the grappling irons took effect
which they did upon it hedge, but t! eir cord breakiieg,
the balloon dragged the
.car a little distance, till
became weakened Irom a total exhaustion of gas., and
,topped of itself.
Mr. Stiller, sen. and Miss T. *a dl leave town in a
few days fur Y.:lk, to atecend from thence during the
itaGSS.

fox days ago, as Mr. Masox, Qf Bev,rley,
steward. to Sir M. NT. SYKES, Bert. !umber for York,
was rettiiiiiinir hoax front v sit lie had been paying
humr in the neig..bourhood, La WAS thrown
tis horse in the ti;wri Garton on the %Voids,
nett YioleLt tts.st he died initial/Iy.

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