Star.
London, England, 1826-06-19 00:00:00

BALLOON.

Saturday, Monsieur Cornillot made hi% promised
ascent in his balloon inflated with hydrogen gas, from
the gardens of the Eyre Arms Tavern, a place opposite
St. John's Wood Farm. The frequency of aerial tx-
cursions of late years has naturally worn off the e‘gernes
of curiosity, and abated the excitement which so inter-
esting an exhibition would otherwise not fail to raise;
and to this csuse we may perhaps attribute the paucity
of spectators on the present occasion. The extreme
heat of the day, and the distance of the place from the
heart of the Metropolis, did not help to increase their
number. The gardens were but thinly attended, though
the adjoining roads and eminences were crowded.—
Mons. Cornillot had held out, as an additional attraction,
a promise, that he would at any point of elevation, and
for any length of time, sail in a horizontal direction.—
Thu' was a fact worth attending to, as, if accomplished,
it would prove the first (though but a small and doubt-
ful) approach towards the government of balloons, and
consequently rendering their application to any useful
purpose less distant. Monsieur Cornillot was determined
to sbew that the aerial regions were no longer to be
considered the only 4g forbidden" road to scientific
knowledge, and to set in a stronger light the apostrophe
of Horace
Audax amnia perpeti
Gen, buntana mit per "chain et nefas.

The inflation of the balloon, which was a very hand-
some one, was not completed until six o'clock, when the
attendants proceeded to unloose the moorings, clear the
machine of incumbrances, and affix the cars and here
we cannot help expressing our admiration of the order
and quietness in which these operations were performed,
so different from what is accustomed to be observed on
similar occasions at this important point of the spectacle,
when nothing but hubbub and confthion prevail. The
total absence of these usual concomitants of balloon
ascents we take to be a proof of the super for complete-
ness of Monsieur Cornillot's machinery. The car was
no sooner attached to the bAlluon, and a brace of birds
and pigeons, together with some frogs, depositei in it,
than the aeronauts,Cnrnillot and Johide, took their seats,
and the balloon rose from the ground amidst the shouts
of the assemblage. This was a very impo.ing sight.—
It rose with an easy and majestic movement, perpendi-
cularly, for the space of a few seconds, the two Gentle-
men waving their flap when it appeased to take a
southerly ditec.ion. Phis was the moment of the most
intense excitement, and every one addressed himself to
ascertain whether Monsieur Cornillot .snacie good his
promise of succeeding in a horizontal course for some
distance. The balloon at this time certainly seemed so
to sail, but it was difficult for the spectat..rs in the gar-
dens to satisfy themselves on this point, in consequence
of their situation directly under the balloon. It appeared
to maintain this course, still bearing towards the south,
for the space of four or five minutes, when the ballast
was observed to fall, and immediately the balloon
ascended rapidly, and was soon out of sight.

A Jots—Rlackee passing along Fleet-street, was
astonished at hearing a voice call wit, " How dye do,
matsa I►lungo, how dye do, Snowball," and on looking
up, observed it proceeded from A parrot, in a splendid
gilt cage. " Aha, mass* pareot," said Blackee, "'you
great man here, you live in gold house now, but me
know your fader very well, he live in bush:'
In some parts of Germany, the I+MAF% raise reel nits
by means of a national dance. Half-a-dozen soldiers,
standing in a circle, beat togLther their spurs, keening
time to some patiitnie ai!. Tins is a more rational
measure than reciu,ting by means of intoxication, as
practised in more ctvil•ssd countries.