Star.
London, England, 1819-10-04 00:00:00

BALLOONS.

Messrs. LIVINGSTON and &smut's Balloon, which
ascended at Liverpool, on Tuesday, at sixteen mi-
nutes after two, descended the same afternoon, at five
minutes past five, about a mile and a half north of
Stockton-upon-Tees. The zronauts descended very
rapidly. Mr. SADLER was nothurt, but his companion
was much bruised : when they landed they were
within eight miles of the sea. They have since ar-
rived at Liverpool.
A Mr. S. D. DEAN made an attempt, on Satur-
day, to ascend with a rarified air balloon, from the
Belvidere Garden, Pentonville. In the• centre of
the Garden was erected a sort of mast, between 20
and '3O feet high, which was supported by four
ropes, made fast to trees in the Garden. To this
mast was rigged a sort of yard, slung by a tackle,
and having a traveller to guide it in its proper po-
sition up and down the mast. About half-past 12
o'clock the balloon, with its netting, was brought
into the Garden. It was formed of glazed calico,
of various colours, pink, blue, and yellow, and was
lined with white paper. After some delay, the
balloon was' hoisted to its full length ; but it was
then found that it was impossible, from the strength
,tif the wind, to inflate a globe of that magnitude (36
feet in diameter), by heated air. At last the unfor-
tunate Gentleman was obliged to give up the at-
tempt.—Mr. SADLER, junior, the zronaut, who was
on the ground, kindly undertook to make an apology
for him. That Gentleman immediately mounted a
table, and informed the people that Mr. DEAN could
not possibly ascend, from the state of the weather ;
but that he would return the money to those who
wished it, and would gratify those who chose to re-
tain their tickets with an ascent as soon as the wea-
ther would permit.—This address . was kindly re-
ceived by those who were in the Garden, and they
bern to disperse ; but the gentry outside were
more disappointed than those who had paid ; and
they began to pull down the palings of the Garden,
and to rush in by dozens. The balloon had been re-
moved ; but the mast, and the yard half hoisted on
it, remained ; which these ruffians let fall among the
Ladies and Gentlemen still in the Garden, by sud-
denly letting go two of the gyes which supported it.
Fortunately no one was hurt.

Monday, a young man, 18 years of age, employed
as a quarrier at the Hailes Quarry, near Edinburgh,
while pushing a stone over a height of about 60 feet,
fell along with it to the bottom of the quarry, and
was instantly killed.
,ELOPICILENT.—Friday, a young Lady, of Ashby-de-la-Zouch,
in possession of a respectable competency, and who has been on
a 'Alt for several days with a respectable family in Leicester,
suddenly took her departure, as it is supposed, for Gretna Green.
The intended partner of the fair fugitive, is, we understand,
a native of Ashby; who, if not hithertoi blessed with the
smiles of Fortune, has now, by the kind interference of the
Godless of Love, a fair prospect of becoming a great favourite
with that fickle dame. '

The information contained in the following Letter,
may prove useful to some of our-Commercial Reader,:
" Boxsar, MAY, 2001119.

" We cannot but congratulate you that you had not been in-
duced to make any shipments on your own account, for our
market here generally is at a very low ebb, and we could
scarcely name a 'tingle article that would yield a profit • few
persons now, from the uncertainty and frequency of arrivals,
brim disposed, as formerly, to purchase on speculation, or to
.kelp goods on hand with the hope of amendment. That the
loss this year, as in the preceding one, on imports from England,
will be very great, there can be no doubt; and our Cotton
arket is now iu such a state as.to _offer no encouragement to

believe that the losses on the outward.wotald be made up on the
return voyage.
" Owing to a shortness in the crop, arising from a blight in
the end of January, and the late period at which it was practi-
cable so bring any of the produce down to Bombay, Cotton is
now at prices never before known, and scarcely to be credited.
The import at present bArely exceeds 50,000 bales of all descrip.
Bons, And prices are to a certain degree nominal, there being
little for sale in the niarket, but which may be quoted, say,
Surat-Turnael, 270 ; Common Surat, 230; Dollars Tumael, 250 ;
Common Donets and Bhuurnaghea, for aline Market, 19S;
Catch, 190; Manger*le, 185 ; per Surat. Candy on the Green.
" We have fifteen free traders, and three have gone on to Ben-
gal; what they will do for cargoes we cannot tell, nothing RAU..
ally fit for shipment being procurable."
MANSION Hour:E.—Complaint against the Lord
Mayor.—Stocks, late a City Officer, who, it may be
recollected, some weeks since, applied to Alderman
WArrismAN for a summons against the LORD MAYOR,
to answer a charge laid against him, of having spread
false and alarming intelligence, by stating that there
was a plot to fire all their houses, and murder the
inhabitants, appeared before his Lordship, at the
conclusion of the examination of the prisoners on
Saturday, and demanded to be heard, as he had a
complaint to make.
LORD Mavoa—" What about?'
Stocks—" I take this opportunity of addressing your Lord,
ship before the termination of your high civic career ; and it is
with regret I do so ; for I am not about to congratulate you for
services done to myself or fellow-citizens, but to complain of gross
injuries done to the one, and for oppression heaped upon the other."
Loan IVIATOR—" I'll bear no more !"
His Lordship then hastily tucked up his robe, and left the chair.
Stocks—" I trust your Lordship will hear me out, because
my complaints are more of a public than a private nature ;
and, that I may not be misunderstood, I have committed my
feelings to paper (offering a written document to his Lordship as
he was retiring) which I beg you will receive."
Loau 5141r0R--" I will neither receive nor hear any thing at
your hands."—(Turning round to the Officers) " Don't let that
fellow in again while I sit here !"
His Lordship then retired to his private room, leaving the
auditors astonished at the singularity of the scene. Stocks, how-
ever, began to declaim on the injuries which he said he had re-
ceived at the hands- of hit Lordship, whom he threatened he
would haunt at every City Feast like Banquo's ghost I

CORN-EXCHANGE, M ARK-LANE, OCTOBER •.
We had a considerable supply of Wheat this morn-
ing from Essex and Kent ; but, in consequence of the
pievidence of adverse Finds, there have been no ar-
rivals from the Suffolk coast, yet the trade was very
heavy, and last Monday's prices could only be ob-
tained kr prime samples, for which description the
demand was entirely confined, so that a large quan-
tity of the middling and inferior qualities remained
on hand at the close of the market. Fine Barley
cor slowl- - hand, and sis dearer than
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comes slowly to hand, and is ls. per qr. dearer than
on this day week. New Beans are 2s. per qr. higher.
In Peas, Oats, and other articles, little or no alteration.
AVERAGE PRICES of CORN in England and Wales, from
the Returns received in the week ending Sept. 25, 1819.
Wheat I Rye. Barley. I Oats. I Beans. Pease.
s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. td. s. ti. .1 i
69 1 44 0 68 11 26 7 49 2 411 11
SMITHFIELD MARKET, OCTOBER 4.
(To sink the offal ;
iper stone of 1n5.)14
Beef .. ..... 4s Od to 5s 041 Veal 4s 6d to Ss 10d
Mutton .. -.4s 6d to Ss ad Pork
Lamb 411 Od to Ss od
Beasts 2420—Calves 290—Shese sad Lambs 16,200—Pigs 320.
HAY ASUJ STRAW PER LOAD
Hay....'..X3 101 to Li 10s 1 Straw —XI 104 to ,El 16,
Clover... 0 Os to 7 10* I Rowell .....:LO Os se ..e0 of .
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