Star.
London, England, 1802-07-06 00:00:00

CARNZAIPS BALLOON.

A confiderable degree of difapprobation having
been esprefred by the multitude on Saturday, at
M. GARNFRIN not decoding, he, on Sunday, pub-
licly advertifed that he would afcend yetlerday al-
though the weather thould not prove favourable,
although it might be impoffible to attempt the
defcent by the parachute. It was likewife adver-
tifed that Captain Sowoss would accompany him,
but which proved to be a miftake on the part of
M. GaitielEßlN, as he mifundarftood the Captain in
the converfation he had with him on Saturday on
the fubjeit in the Cricket Ground. The Captain
however, yefterday morning, in the moil hand-
Come manner, told M. G. if he could not get any
body to accompany him, fooner than he fhould be
without a companion, he would go with him. In
the courfe of the morning M. G. received a letter
from a lady, offering to accompany him ; to which
he returned for anfwer, he lbould with to have an
interview with her before be gave his content—
but the lady did not make h.r appearance. M.
G. alfo had the offer of feveral gentlemen to ac-
company him ; among whom were a Mr. CARBER-
RY, and a gentleman of the name of BROWN. The
latter was fixed upon by M.G. to accompany him.
About twelve o'clock the operation for filling
the balloon commenced ; at half pail three M.
GAILIIIRIN arrived on the ground, and infpeeted
the operations, and affified in filling the balloon.
He did not appear in the leaft difmayed at the
unfavourable appearance of the weather, although
it rained very bard, ani the wind blew a brilk
gale.
About a quarter pail four the Prince of WAI,III,
with the Duchefs of Dtvowsk ma on his right
arm and Lady Moararm on his left, arrived on
the
iground. They were folltSwed by Lord and
Lady BISSOILOUGN. Lord and Lady CATHCART,
Lord and Lady CHOLMONDIILBY, and Lord and
Lady Was. RUSIBL, Lord CHATHAM, Lady Hot-
LAND, Lady Matioustat, Mrs. Easirtas, Mr. and
Mrs. Hats, and a great number of other Noble-
men and Gentlemen of diftinetion.

M. GARKILIII and Captain Somme having met
with great difficulties in their late excurfion from
Ranelagh when they landed, the people fuppoling
them to be impoßors, M. GAR', sits applied to the
Prince to firm a certificate of his being the man
who went in the balloon. &c. whisk his Royal
Highnefs agreed to in the moil condefcending
manner. His lignature was followed by that of
the Duchefs of DEVONSHIRE, Lord CATHCART,
and Sir RICHARD Foals.

During the preparation, the wind was fo ex-
tremely imilierous that it was with' the greaten dif-
ficulty four ropes could fupport and a gte it num.
ber of men could keep it down three men got
into the car to endeavour to Ready it, but without
effe&, and it was tried if it would rife with three
men in it, bin it was found to be impriaticable.—
If it could have been managed, Mr. Caaasaay
would have been the third man.

About half pelt tour M. G. thought the balloon
fulficiently filled and in a proper Rate for riling,
and Mr. BROWN got into the car, M. G. then
dreffed himfelf in a jacket, in which ho always
makes his serial excurfions ; he took a tumbler of
rum and wataf.and took his feat. Juft before he
entered the car, Lord CATHCART and Lord STAN-
Hors withed him a pleafant voyage ; the latter
thook hands with him.

All the cords being cut but one, the wind had
fuch great power over the balloon, n it fwung fo
much as to touch the ground feveral times: It
refembled a fhip at anchor in a tempefluous fea.
About a quarter before five fignal gun was fired
for their afcenfion, M. G. having intimated that
every thing was arranged to his fatisfattion. The
lan rope which held it was cut, and 'the balloon
afcended in q moll Ready and majeflic Ityle, con-
fidering the heavy rain that fell, and the high
wind; the balloon took its conrfe towards High-
gate, but was out of fight in three minutes. The
voyagers were only obferved to throw our ballatt
once ; they had only two flags, which they waved
with great spirit, all the reft having been loft on
the excurfion from Ranelagh: the populace gave
them feveral huzzas a,. they aft-ended.
All the avenues leading to.the Cricket Ground
were fo completely blocked np with carriages, that
the Prince and his party waited in vain till-L(lller-
ter pall five o'clock for their 'earn ages to get up,
but ending it in vain, they Were obliged to walk
through ea pouring rain, the Panics conduping
the Ducheis of Davonsmiax, and they Were
obliged to milk a full qoartei of a mile to David-
area, where their carriages were; fometimes they
were obliged to walk in the hOrfe roads, at others
through mud. -
Townfend and Sayers, the Bow-greet Officers,
attended them in their walk; and a party of Lord
Cathcaxt's Regiment of Horfe Guards on foot,
but it was with the greateß difficulty they could
fafely condua them thrgugh the immenfe crowd
and between the carriages, and they arrived at
their carriages, with no other injury than being
wet through-to the (loin, and the addition of plen-
ty of mud.
The balloon was not the fame that went up from
Ranelagh ; it was of an oblong form, and, from
the prevalence of a (hong and uniform wind dur-
ing about three hours, which the inflation occu.
pied, its pofition in the netting was confiderably
deranged, fo that when it got into the air, its ap-
pearance was different from the Ready thajefly
and elegant proportion of the balloon of Bane.
lagh ; being extremciy irregular and , aukward,
the car teemed not rightly balanced, and the bal-
loon, while it remained 'in fight (which was not
above three minutes) twang continually round in
confequence. But all theft difadvantages ferved
onIT to difplay the fliperior courage and determi-
nation of and hii companion, who
continued flourilhing the united flags of Great
Britain and France as long as they remained in
fight. A thick cloud, however, intervened be.
tween the anxious eyes of the immenfe affem-
blage, and the interefting objet which they pur-
rued, while it was yet near and perfeaty dittin-
guifhable. The wind was nearly in the fame di-
ration as on the day of the afcent from Ranelagh,
btu from the clime of place added to the thick-

nets of the atmofphere, we fear the general vie*
from the various part; of the city was not near fo
good. Within the ground, the number of per-
fons, chiefly of the f it dittindion, may be efli-
mated at about one thoufand ; many more were
prevented by the pi etS from coming np in time;
a considerable number remained in their carriages
in Baker-greet and on the New Road, and futile
who had got out to make the bell of theii way,
were coming in when the afcent took place. Be-
fides the Prince and his party, there were prefent
on the ground Ladies HVNLURR and Wllltklbti
Lords STANHOPI. HOLLAND, and Carmcser,
Colonel GRLVI LL E, Captain Sowot s, Mr. Wyss E,
&c. The difplar of female charms was greater
than we have ever witneffed, and wanted but the
acceflion of more favourable weather to render it
irrefiltable ; as it was, it afforded a confiderable
alleviation of the vexations of the rain and wind.
There were three large tents and a pemarleat
wooden building, which afforded etcher to the
greater part of the fpeaators.
The hate without the gardens remains yet to
be defcribed ; and it was of fuel) a nature, as has
not only never been defcribed. but we will venture
to fay, never witneffed. The entire !pace of
Baker.ftreet from Portsnansfquale, and above a
mile of the New Road, was crowded with coaches
and carriages of various deferiptions, the palfen-
gets in which confoled therofelves for the want of
a nearer view, in being perfeelly fecure from the
ra'n. The vaft number of females in the win-
dows, and even on the roofs of all the houfes
within fight of the ground was extremely intereft-
lag. Some cid& fpeClators nbrerved, that it might
afford no inadequate idea of a Roman army form-
ing the tfihrds.—When the balloon was off, the um-
brellas moving between the ground and the Jew's
Harp Houk had a molt uncommon and aflonith.
ing effect. The crowd in the fields round the
Jew's Harp Houfe was In great, that they were
full an hour in pang the Gate leading into the
New Road, and many ladies loft their (hoes in the
mud, and were forced on by the crowd without
them. We are extremely concerned to fiats in one
of the pal ages leading from the fields, the crowd
preffed fo much upon a lady, that her arm was
broke. The crowd was fo immenfe, that their
numhers cannot be correttly eflimated. A gen.
tleman who had his leg broke by the falling of
the fcaffold. Was taken to the finfalo's Head in
the New Road, where his leg was fit; he Is a to-
bacconift from Liverpool.
The [freers and avenues leading into the New
Road below, or call of the ground, continued
blocked up with carriages for above two hours
after the balloon went off.

Abort an hour before the balloon afcended,
fcaffolding, which had been ereaed in a field fa
the north-eaft end of Lord's Cricket Ground, fen
fuddenly to the ground, about fifty perfons were
on it at the time, and fcarcely one efeaped unhurt;
the following, who were the moil ferioully injured,
were carried immediately to the Middlefer Hofpi-
tal—a young woman with a diflocated fhoulder ;
a boy about twelve years of age, a compound
fradure of the thigh another boy, 4 broken leg ;
a very decent man, about fifty years of age, a f i ac-
ture of tie vertebra ; and a poor journeyman
coachmaker, who was !landing under the feaffokl:
tag, had his face dreadfully liwerated and a frac-
ture of the orbit of the ele, and the bridge of his
nofe ; it is feared that furgical aid win pot be suf-
ficient to fare the lives of the two lad. It was fail
near the fpot, where thefe dreadful incidents hap•
pened, that fome mifchievous and depraved per-
tons cut the ropes, by which this ilege was held
together, in order to profit as pickpockets by the
general confufion.
It was precifelyfave uriwatis Wet-afros o'cloctwhen
the Aeronauts afcended, and we have the pleafure
to fay, that notwithflanding the violence of tht
wind, they rofe, to the height.of 7800 feet (about
a mile and a half), and defcended at
,to Minutes
after five without the leaft injury at Chingford,
near Epping Fora, having traverfe4 fpace
of 17 miles in nearly fifteen minutes. The Gen.
tlemen came to town in a poi chaife about so
o'clock hft night. Mr. GARNBRIIII will give a pan.
ticular ftatement of his aerial excurfion to-morrow.
M. GA a Balm returns to Paris immediately, be.
ing engaged to be prefent at the Fete, pit the lath
intlant.

We have received American papers to the 6th
of June. A letter in the Gazette of the United
States, dated Elizabeth city, North Carolina, May
25, rays, 44 We mentioned to you in our left the
alarm occafioned by the Negroes. Wt have tried
as, but could not find fair-tient evidence againa
them to put them to death. At Camden they
have hung four, and whipped and cropped feve-
mi. In Currituck. they have condemned two to
the gallows ; and in Perqulmans's they expea one
or two : we have whipped, cropped, and tranf-
ported three." •

From the Philadelphia Gazette, June s.—Mr.
BOLAND, a paffenger in the brig Hannah, from
St. Bartholomew's, confirms the account of the
burning of Baifeterre, as publilhed in this Paper
on Wednefday. He fays the Hannah lay fourteen
days off Baffeterre ; and that, at the time of her
departure, the plantations were on fire, and a
French 74 gun Ship was bombarding the town.

The mention of the 012arantine Laws com-
menced on the tft June for New York. Vet Tels
fromsEurope, as well as coaaers, mutt be vifited
during the rummer feafon by the Health Officers,
before they are permitted to enter at the Cuticula
Houfe.

On Sunday, the Both May, the churches at
Philadelphia were hung in black, as a tribute of
refpea to the memory of Mrs. WASHINGTON;
and it is expeaed that the American ladies will
go into mourning, in honour of that exemplar,.
charaaer.

The firft American literary fair was opened at
New York, on the firft of June, and attended by
a peat number of Printers and Bookfellcrs from
the principal towns of the United States. A
Chairman was chofen, and a Committee appointed
to rept* rules for the future management of the
fair. . • •