Star.
London, England, 1823-09-08 00:00:00

ST. PETERSBURGH, AUGUST 15.

On the representation of the Grand Duke Constan-
tine, that several landowners and others, in the Go-
vernments of Wilna, Grodno1 &c. send their children
to the Jesuits' schools in the Austrian States, his Ma-
jesty the Emperor has ordered that this shall not in
future take place : that the children who are already
in such schools shall be taken back ; and, in future,
when children are sent abroad for education, the
schools to which they are sent must beexpressly stated.
During the month of May, goods to the amount of
224,000 rubles, were imported into Taganroj ; the
exports, in the same period, amounted to 1,036,573
rubles. The value of goods exported from Arch-
angel amounted, in June, to 2,381,0000 rubles.
HANOVER, AUGUST 25.
The Court goes into morning for a fortnight, for
her Serene Hiiihness the Landgravine of Hesse.

A Dutch Mail has arrived this forenoon with
Papers to the 6th instant. The following is the only
article which trey contain of any interest:

ALGIERS, JUNE 12.

The Government has returned to its despotic pro-
ceedings. A ship laden with various bales of goods;
and bound to this city, was obliged, in consequence
of a storm, to be at the expense of 10,000 francs for
iceairs at Marseilles and Nice. On its arrival the
Captain would not unload till he was indeninified
for the expenses, which he proved by proper docu-
ments. Those to whom the cargo was addressed,
complained to the Dey, who ordered it to be deli-
vered to them, adding that it was not the custom at
Algiers to make any allowance for average. All the
European agents protested against this decision,
which is contrary to the law of nations, but the Dey
peisisted, and the Captain was compelled to give up
the cargo without receiving any indemnity.
The•hustilities between Spain and Algiers have had
no result. The Dey's fleet is still in the Levant.
The plague has not yet appeared here.

Mr. HENRY WILLOCK, left town on Saturday for
Rotterdam, on his return to his Mission at the Court
Pessia.
Me. B&AQUIERE arrived at the'Foreign Office on
Saturday, charged with a communication from the
Provisional Government of Greece to Mr. Secretary
CANNING.
DUEADFUL ACCIDENTS.—One of the female per-
formers at Bartholomew Fair, was burnt to death,
by her clothes taking fire; and a keeper of the wild
beasts dreadfully lacerated by an infuriated tyger.
Ftait.—An alarming fire broke out last night, be-
t‘‘ een eleven and twelve o'clock, at the house of Mr.
Ackerman, Pastry Cook, N 0.74, Cannon-street, City,
which totally destroyed the said house, and damaged
the adjoining house:.

MR. GRAHAM'S ACCOUNT OP HIS ASCENT.

After commencing our ascent, we in a few mo-
ments lost sight of the assembled inultitude,St.Pauts
appearing only as a diminutive Wilding, and the
shipping in the River like children's toys. Our course
lay over Waterloo and London bridges, Greenwich,
and Blackheath. We had now mounted to a great
height, and which we found by the barometer to be
nearly a mile; and passing through a cloud we found
it rather cold and damp. -The cloud apparently se-
parated, and did not seem inclined to re-unite ; while
through the aperture we clearly saw the earth, free
from any misty appearance, which some have de=
,cribed as being the case. We then changed our
course to the southward, for the space of five mi-
nutes, and then returned to the same direction as the
first.. Through the powerful rays of the sun the gas
expanded, and we plainly heard it rushing through
the safety-pipe, with a loud hissing noise ; and as it
escaped it became as visible as the smoke from a
chimney, assuming a yellowish brown appearance.—
II I then judged it advisable to pull the valve.line, and
notwithstanding the valve thus became open, we still
discovered we were ascending, by throwing out small
bits of paper: In about halt a minute's time, it was
plain that the balloon had began to descend, in con-
sequence of which we closed the valve. At this time
we were at bur greatest height, which we ;_alculated
by our barometer to be two miles and a quarter.—
My friend, Mr. Harris, mbser ved he felt himself very
warm, probably through some attraction Of the solar
rays by the machine. And, as for my own part, I
must say, that although at this great height, I felt no
extra sense of cold, but we both felt extreme thirst.
At this time also the cloudi surrounded us like so
many silvered mountains, and above our heads the at-
mosphere was serene beyond all idea. We also dis-
covered that the balloon, car. and ourselves, were
each reflected in a most beautiful manner, with all
the different colours, on the surface of the clouds, but
much diminished in size. The grandeur and loveliness
of this spectacle it is impossible to describe.
The valve being closed, and the solar rays power-
ful, we discovered we were floating on an equili-
brium—the paper which we threw out doing the
same—only descending by its own gravity, which
was very slowly. Soon, however, we began to de-
scend, and discovered the fields in appearance like a
beautiful carpet, bordered in its various shapes with
rich green velvet. Still keeping our easterly direc-
tion, we soon discovered the English Channel, with
South End bearing to the nor th-east ; the Nore, Sheer-
ness, and the river Medway, to the east: observing
the Medway and Rochester bridges, and Cole Wood
beneath us, adjoining the immense park of Earl Darn-
ley. While over Woolwich Warren a cannon was
fired, the flash and smoke we saw. Still descending,
we threw out three bags of ballast, which caused us
to skim over the wood, within a hundred yards of the
extremity. We now threw out the grappling-iron,
the car touching the tops of the trees, and the balloon
then ascended, but probably through the grappling-
iron taking hold, caused us again to descend. Thus
we were drawn between two trees, as to our great
surprise the grappling-iron took no hold until' we had
passed between them, the netting of the balloon car-
rying away part of the upper branches. Such was
the velocity with which the machine moved, that the
grappling-iron seemed, to pass through the hedge
ss ithout any resistance. We now descended in a turnip
field, skimming along the surface, the car touching
the ground, and thus w e proceeded over three or tour
acre:: of ground, until, by holding down the valve
line, the gas had escaped sufficiently for us to get out,
which we did without the least personal injury, being
kindly assisted by Mr. Thomas Clayton, gamekeeper
to the Earl of Darnley, and we were immediately
surrounded by a number of his friends, who rendered
their assistance in the most prompt-manner, by car-
rying the machine to the Coach and Horses, Stroud-
hill, near Rochester-bridge; which was about a mile
and three-quarters from the place of our descent;
from whence we proceeded to town, where we arrived
safely, in a post-chaise, with the machine, the same
night, after being in the air nearly 55 minutes.

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heaved out, it Was again loosed, and- at 20 minutes
to seven o'clock sprung into the air, amidst the ac-
clamations of the surrounding multitude. Mr. Sadler
' waved his hat in answer to the shouts of the specta-
tors, and was still waving it, when the acclamations
were suddenly suspended, as it was seen that the
wind was carrying the aemnaut with a swing against
the sloping roof of the Cloth-hall. He instantly re•
signed his hat, and when the car, in its oblique as.
scent,grazed with a concussion against the roof, threw
his weight on one side so as to r fight it, two bags of
ballast at the same time flying out from the shock.—
; All this was the work •of a moment, and no sooner
had the car cleared every obstruction, than the in-
trepid aeronaut snatched up his hat, and waved it in
token that he was uninjured, while the crowds below,
relieved from their painful anxiety, gladly answered
his salutation. The voyager then stood on the sides
of the car, r.nd drank the health of his friends on the
earth. The balloon immediately assumed an upright
position, and ascended rapidly, but still more ra-
pidly sailed over the town, in the direction of due east.
It held on its steady majestic but rapid flight, on the
wings of the wind, till it became a mere speck, and
was lost in the distance. All the time it was passing
over the town, Mr. Sadler continued to wave his hat,
but. in little more than twelve minutes he had va-
nished. The evening was beautifully clear, and the
aeronaut felt no inconvenience whatever from the
gale, the balloon being carried with exactly the same
velocity as the wind, and thus sailing, as it had licen
well expressed, in the bosom of the air."
Mr. Sadler arrived in Leeds early on Ft iday morn-
ing, in a chaise and four.