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London, England, 1811-07-04 00:00:00

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TUMMY, JULY 2.
The Concert, lut night, was crowded to excess t
there were not leas' than 9000 persons present, and tht
appearance which they made was extremely brilliant.
The Chancellor arrived a little befOre nine o'clotk,
when thegenate-house rang with continued applauses,
and immediately gg Gosi save the King"
sxas.sung
by Madame Catalani, Mrs Ash, Mr. &AIM.. Mr.
Bellamy, &c. with the. full band. Catahmi W 45, as
usual, in every song, encored. Mrs. Ash and Brah3m
were received with great marks of approbation.' His
Royal Highness the Chancellor left the &,ate-he.use
at about eleven o'clock, and the Concert ended a little
before 4velve with ,s Rule Britannia ;„" this was the
last Concert. His Royal Highness then proceeded
to Peterhouse College, where he was invited to sup.
This morning the Chancellor attended the Senate=
house, and conterred degrees on Docters of Divinity,
Law, Physic, and Music, and afterwards on the Mas-
ters of Arts. The Bachelors' Essays were this morn-
ing recited—the first by Mr. Alderson, of Caius Col-
lege, Senior Wrangler in 1809, the second by Mr.
Smedley of Trinity College, and the third by is
Blomfield of Cams College. Of these it is b 1,
tice' to remark, that Mr. Aldeison -a' Mr. Blom-
field delivered their essays with peculiar
expression and propriety of action. After h .ving
recited them, they were in turn presented to the Chan-
cellor by the Esquire Bedel, when Ms Royal Hip-
ness presented them with the medals which are usu-
ally given on such occasions, amidst loud and conti-
nued applauses.

After this the odes were recited;and the medals pre-
sented in the same manner as the Bachelors'. The
Senate House was not so full on this day as nn the
preceding. The usual company of Noblemen, 'Bi-
shops, &c. &c. were present.

After the business of the Senate House was finish-
ed, his Royal Highness the Chancellor itisittd the
different Colleges, at about two o'clock : he dined
to-day at Caius College, with 20 Noblemen, and
dinner was provided for a hundred persons : he sups
this evening at Christ's College, and attends tke Com-
mencement Ball in the evening A the To4n Htll.
which is expected to be very numerously attended.

WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, Jr LT &

This morning .the CirancEr.Loa fiiiished his visita-
tions to the several Cifleges; and at about one o'clock
walked through the great Court of Trinity-college,
from whence the balloon ascended, in order to inspect
the operation of filling it, and afterwards ascended the
top of the turret of the Great Gate, fron► whenee he
viewed the spectacle. lic was dressed in his scarlet
robe, with a military cocked-bat, and was etcompaiiied
by his usual suite. The balloon, which had long been
on view at the Tennis-court, was early this morning
removed to Trinity Great Court, and the operation of
filling it went on till two o'clock.
The balloon is a sphere of 34 feet diameter, and con-
tains about 3,63 t square feet of lustrino silk; varnish-
ed over with caoutchouc• (or solution of 1ne1.3-runber,)
arrai.c..ed in perpendi,.ular stripes : the tipper hemis-
phere, sky-blue and %% hit e; the lower,c-imsOn and white;
the two hemispheres connected by a baud of gartei-
blue and white, in horizontal stripes, on "itch is in-

CaI.CtSS. PRINOIPs. Gutittates. •
Fr. uirticug. Dux. Gr 01141111 R. •
AtA O. CAVTAB. C•NCELL•ItIVII.
Etacrus moccexi"
The capacity of the sphere is equal to 20,580cubir feet;
and when inflated with hydrogen gas)will sustain I ,286ib.
avoirdupois. ;I'he car is decorated with the banhers
of the Chancellor and the Lprd High Steward, and
likewise with the arms of the University and town.

The morning was one continued drizzle of rain, with
some wind to the N. E. Mr. SADLER intended that
his two daughters should ascend with hire, had the
weather Vert fine ; that not being the case, however,
the second seat in the balloon was lit the service of any
gentleman, at the price of MO guineas. It was re- '
ported that Dr. CLARKE, who has made extensive
travels on terra firma, had purchased the vacant privi-
lege of this aerial excursion ; but Lieutenant PAGET, of
the Royal Navy, was the gentleman who concluded the
treaty with Mr. SADLER fur sailing in the air instead' of
on the ocean. At a quarter past two Mr. SADLER and
Lieutenant PAGET were seated in the balloon,w inch had
some difficulty in getting under weigh. At length
it was the aeronautic Captain's opinion, that the
vessel would not carry a Lieutenant as well as himself ;
and Mr. iIAbET .reluctantly stepped out of the car.
At about twenty-one minutes after two o',•lock,
Mr. Satitzu having his grapplineirons and ballast on
board, the balloon rose, and immediately cros•ed the
south side of Triniq Great Court, and over King's Col.
lege Chapel. 'I he aeronaut waved his hat, and was
cheered with the acclamations of the spectators, every
heart beating with anxiety fur his safety. The balloon
moved towards the south, steadily and beautifully rising
gradualltor with a slight impulse as Mr. SA nuts threw
out ballast. It remained in sight about two minutes,
when a cloud enveloped it, and withdrew it from the view
of the enraptured spectatorsovith as much quickness as
the curtain falls upon an interesting scene of a play.
At thismoment the spectators gave Mr. SA DLRI
well cheer of encouragement and satisfaction. It was
his intention to remain suspended in the air only fur 48
minutes. •

Many thousand persons witnessed this, interesting
spectacle. The windows of the Great Court, the tops
of the building. round it, the roofs of the Chapel, Hall; •
and turrets of Trinity, as well as other roofs in the
town,were thick sown with spectators ; and some thou-
sands paid ss. esch to Mr. SA taloa for their admission
into the Great Cqurt. It ceased to rain as the aeronaut'
prepared to ascend ; bet the aspect of the weather is
by no means favourable.
This circumstance has something damped the ex-
pectations of the concluding Fete, which has now begun
in Neville 's Court, Trinity. We allude to the public
breakfast even by the Under Graduates of Trinity Land
for which the most munificent preparations bad been
made. The Under Graduate,s had subscribed 3 guineas
each for 4 tickets, and 1100 were , issued. The ex-
pence& still exceeding that estimate, a farther call was
mat% upon thetsubscribers' litresality ; and this morning
not a ticket was to be .procured. although 19 guineas
were often ofered_for one. It is expected, that this en-
testairititent will crown the wltolo reAyitivi of the Ir
stalletios.

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