Star.
London, England, 1828-09-06 00:00:00

A EROSTA TION:

Tuesday evening, Mr. C. Gieen made his 102 d ascent
f mit she city of Canterbury, and very narrowly, escaped
a descent in the ocean. An equestrian ascent was at
'tine time in coniemplation,.and the Dane Jahn intended
for the, scene of action, but it being f iund not altogether
suitable, preparations were made to ascend from the
Gas wot ks, and, fi om the state of the currents for the
previous day or two, the pony ride was given up for the
present. At five o'clock the car was attached, and in
a lew minutes alter Mrs. Robinson. the wife of the su-
perintendent if the Gas-works. w as led forward by her
husband and G. Mimes, E.q. and wok her seat in the
car, followed by Mi. Green and his son. At half past
five the signal was given, and the machine, weighing
.bout 15 cwt. ascended in beautiful style, taking a
west rly course.
Mr. Green says—a Having a beautiful breeze oes
ascent was iv,mewliat rapid, and with only a slight va-
riatio., to the south, until we reached an altitude of
two mile. AA a goalie,. The course here shifted stilt
m re to the southward in the direction of Folkestone,
but, nt t consid. ring it safe to risk a descent among the
hills in that iseigliboulhood,l ina.le a slight descent, and
enteted another tut lent (contrary currents being always
to be met w.th near the coast), the machine then floating
in the ditect on of Romney M.rsh, over Aldiugton,
Smeeth II a. I, kr. f will not attemi tto describe the views
which on all sides met the astonished eye, an which err
chatted my delighte t fellow-traveller, Mos. Robinson.
From the almost cloudless state of the atmosphere,the eye
Was enabled to wander limited over the whole of the
counties of Kent an I Sussex, the vast expanse of ocean,
and bevel al miles of the int. rior f Fiance. After the
lapse of an hour and a quarter I suffered a quantity of
gas to escape, and in our descent the machine encoun-
tered a mass of dense clouts, which obstructed our view
of the earth, and which appeared skimming beneath us
• Whit we were stationary. On the contrary, however,
out c urse was peculiarly rapid, and on emerging I
perceived we were much nearer the ocean than I had
antisipated ; and to prevent the risk of entering it, the
duceot was obliged to be effected with considerable
rapidity. It was, however. performed in safety, atter
being on our voyage (st hich was one of the most plea-
sant I saver experienced) one hour and thilt)-five mi-
nutes, in a meadow field at Bonnington, and aoout 200
yards flips the Military Canal."

At tl a annual sitting of the French Academy last
month, sixteen thousand francs were bestowed in 18
prizes as rewards for virtuous actions. Out of this num-
ber, however, only -three were to males and fifteen to
leniales. It would seem from this that virtue is not at
* very high point among Frenchmen.
The el.'est son of a respectable farmer near Honiton,
lately felt a victim to the drinking of cider, which had
Been made on a press with a lead bed or dish ; the tie-
cessat y effect of which is, that the malic acid contained
in. the cider exerts a powerful chemical action upon the
metal, forming the madam of lead, a destructive poison.
A melancholy accident occurred on Wednesday last
to the Rev. THOMAS WILLA u. Vicar of Corby, Lincoln-
shim. He was out shouting, with a doable-battened
gun. and bad killed a bird, which he was in the act of
visiting up, when his spaniel put its paw on the lock of
the second barrel, and occasioned it to go off. The dis-
charge entered Mr. W:s left side, immediately above
she heart, and several of the shot went quite through
him, making their passage at the shoulder. The un-
fortunate Gentleman was within observation, and was
speedily conveyed to his house, when surgical assists
ance win obtained as early as pouible from Stang. H.
• Mr. Mecum'', on his arrival, extracted the shot, and
'still continues in attendance on the unfortunate Gentle-
man, it not being possible y t to ascertain whether the
• wounds may not terminate laially.—Stentferd News.
In consequence of intormatis is given to the Excise. a
private still was disc iseied, 6tte t up in the kitchen et
a small house, situate in the middle of the new market,
trier Finsbury-squase. The place had been taken abou
three steaks since by the patties who occupied it, and
the illegal anani.factory was evidently only in an inci-
pient state. The still bad been but little used, but when
the officers entered they found preparations made, for
commencing wink. Two females were taken into cus-
tody, but were subsequently liberated, and the Excise
officers cleared the premises of the still, the coolers, dcc.
This was the third discovery of the kind made in the
aim, of the last eight days in Shoreditch pari.h. a
still having been discovered at work in Sc. Agnes' Cir-
cus, Old-street-road, and another in Kingsland•plaftsl
which the parties had just ceased working before the
Excise officers entered.
Monday morning, at an early hour, the'Marquis of l
ANGLaaaT embarked on board his private yacht, the
Pearl, wiih the intention of proceedinglo CarlingforJ.
to pay his lung promised visit t.s biS numerous teams.*
in that neighbourhood; his Excellency was acconipa-
-nied by his Majesty's yacht !loyal Cartriotte, but owing
to the wind being at east, the vessels were not able to
beat op channel higher than between Ireland's Eye and
Lanomy ; added to which, the prospect of not reachi.iF,
Catli,gfoid iu sufficient time for the ti.te• to enable the
`''swis tog° as high up the bay as his Excellency iii
tended, lie was induced to put back to Kingstown.
landed in the evening, and returned to Richview, wiser.
lie dept teat MAW. On Tuesday morning his Excellency,
accompanied by his two younger sons, Lords At.vaLu
" 6aultas. passed through Dublin in his travelling
...silage and fours on his way to Newry by lands

SCOTLAND.
Bare. 4.
. ?Ise ea riordi at y warm weather which has f flowed
the h. av y tsins has kept the green crops, the aaiden
n.. 1 the pa.tutes, 'testi and rivrous in the native g ern
and IleAlthy line of steam-F. In the. garden of Xlr.
flanolt.on, Sunni bank. there are three apple trees vel.ichl
h .se b.,ne a fist Cr' p, and tee .4ga.n coveted with a
p eftibiOn of blossoms; and also several tows of the
.ose strawberry in blossom.
An eminent Scotch fainter left East Linton for Lon.
don on the f. retioon of Saturday the 23J ult. st here he
sold 10 000 bolls of wheat, returned loom thence, and
actually to ansacted business at the Cross at Edinburgh
on the Wednesday following, at 'hoer o'clock in the
afternoon.

On Friday, two children belonging to Ayr, who.
with others had been residing, during the vacation
the schools, at a farmer's about six miles distant, fell
into a reservoir for serving a thrashin►;-mill; and nem
droword. A fine young min named Williamson, who
beheld the Jccident, rushed into the wirer, and in the
I.lro.ihle en. eivour to save the children, shared their
melancholy rate.