The Statesman.
London, England, 1820-11-24 00:00:00

4.IIERICAN .P.IP Eta.

•11411Larra.rut Ocr. 16.—The ingenious and rn-
lerpthstng Air. Cullle maple a successful ascent in his
llintioon I oil Saturday, [ruin Vauxhall Modem—At
little befole 4 o'clo.k he stripped into the basket, a ith
as much :Leg poi,' as if he was entering a stage
coach, sod the cords being c .t, the balloon enajrAi-
caky asoesai•O, and in a short time, the weather being
cloudy, aaa entirely out of view. By the following
teptiticate, it will lw seen that 3lr Bailie travelled the
in.ts.rne distance.of 40 miles in the short space of one
htur and a quarter.

'1 he balloon settled on the farm of Mr. fieorge
Woolsey, in the township of Hopewell, county of Hun-
terdoo, O miles front Trenton, and Id miles from
Philadelphia, about 5 o'clock. P.
" I du certify the above to be a fact.
" Ott. 11. " RALPH 11. S)lrril."
The ballooh, in its course, occasionally was seen,
by the inhabitants of the conutry over which it
parsed.
In consequence of the rapidity of his ascent, and the
sioleueg of the wind, Mr. liuiTle did not consider it
advisable to trust himself to his parachute. The ex-
hibition however, is not abandoned.
Mr. Ciuille returned to the city yesterday morning.
I:e calculates the height to which he ascended to
he about 35,11110 fret—upwards of six miles !:! lie
proposes to ascend again.
Darr‘astoce Sulam:co.—Mr. Mille, the arronaut,
is his late tramp through the clouds, from Phila.
delettiait states one singear facta---that lie slept on his
journey.
UREKAN.Przio DISPATcn.—The steam boat Rich-
mond N , left orfolk on Tuesday week, at a quarter past
12, performed her passage to Richmenal, and returned
sal Norfolk on Wednesday night, at a quarter before 9.
tltt her way op and down the river, she staipi-ed too
hon asatidat !Lamella& four hours and a half. The
distance to Richmond is variously estimated at from a
hundred and sevetity to a hundred and forty miles;
but the true•distance •att it is to yelled by the hoar,
a Melt is to go out of her war to call at the different
hauling fleets, Is shout a hnnalred anal fifty miles.
Lesors/he time of tike,Richnsonri's departure to thatiuf
bet return, is thiertytwo anal a half—deduct from this
six Mures* staff that she at as not under way, anal
she walik biktdenty-six hours in going three hundred
tondo. 'the tide was as much against leer as in favour,
as that Ate was in no wise indebted to it fur the ra-
pidsi. of her movement. •
At a Moon of Setsions in Montreal recently, a man
,' • 'slue convicted of critellv beating his d.•g, and lined
• Obi dollars Mkt coats. We wish the principle which
ties tenderness to brutes wis more uniformly the-
:
(Hampton Federaliat.)
• estimation of the Proteetant Episropal chards
'Asa &Iwo, which met in this city on Tuesday last,
finishodtits busbies' on Thiersdny 'evening. It was
SNP* flume rously attended than any previous conven-
ilott in this diooese ; 47 clergy and 67 lay deputies,
In all 114 inenthers, being present. The couvetation,
with great unanimity, (there being only eight dissent-
. ieg yokes) adopted a plan for theolojeal education
in this diocess. The plan is of a nature calculated to
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unite the interests and views of Episcopalians though-
mirthe state: and, without being hostile to any plans
that am contemplated elsewhere, by no means exclude
the patronage which Episcopalians in other diucesses
may be disposed to extend to a measure which pro-
mises to place theological education on a basis honor-
at le to the church in this state and cite, and to ad-
vance the great interests of the Protestant Episcopal
(Ural at large.
Yesterday morning, in St. Philip', Chards is this
eity, Peter Williams, jun. a coloured man, was admitt-
ed by the Rt. Rev. Bishop Hobart, to the holy order
of deacons. Morning Pra;er was celebrated by the
Her. Lewis Smith, Rector of St. Peter's Church, ,In-
burn, county, and a sermon preached by the
lit's% Thomas ',yell, Rector of Christ Church, in this
city. Mr. W. is to take charge of the congregation
of St..Plailip's, which is composed of coloured Menu-
Ler. of the Protestant Episcopal Church.
(rapt( TICK HCNTIMILL6 (ALAHANA) RILPURLICAN.)
'I be Circuit Court of Madison County commenced
its E.ssion in this town on Muuday the 4th Sept. the
Hon. Clement C. Clay, Chief Justice, presiding. There
has probably never been 50 important a Court in the
State of Alabama, whether we consider the number
and importance of civil cases, or the crowned state of
the criminal docket.
' Of the criminal cases disposed of, the only capital
ire is that of Collins, for stealing three uegroes.
This offence is, by the laws of the state, punishable
death. Collies, the prisoner, we understand, is an
Irishman, and has been a soldier in the United States,
bersice. lie was charged with stealing two negro
toes from Messrs. Ifiropas anal William Brandon, and
on. from Nicholii 'Sheffield of time town, with whom
lie absconded ; he was found guilty by the Jury. The
geoteace of the court has not been pass. d.
• Collins was also convicted of horse-stealing, and
Sentenced to six months imprisonment, to be branded
on the right hand, with the letter T. and to receivee,
thirty-nine laahes—the latter p art of which sentence
• Was executed upon him yesterday afternoon.
• Yoe TUE Ccaioes.—We learn from the Postmaster,
if flats village, that the number of letters which have
erriv...l at this office by the Strain Boats, from the 2:1a1
day of March last, to the 30th at September, was 5605,
Pa.; the number of newspapers which have arrived in
Lie came time, by the saute conveyance. is 11,716.
it s. ay be well to mention that we have, independent
of the steam boat malls, tl.ree land mails every week'
from•Nen-l'ork, three front Albany, one from Hart-
fat.d, anal one from New Milford ; and that the letters
and newspapers brought by these several mails, are
cut iuviaded in the above numbers.—(Hrideon
•
An unfortatwate aicialent happened on Wednesday,
ins S 'allow Street, at one of the new buildings oppo-
si:e Street,sowing to the giving lay of i scaf-
fold, by which a master bricklayer and two men were
precipitated from ar. est height. The men were eon-
oc)eu to the Mkidlesex lloafrital, where every attention
s been paid to them, but we are sorry to be informed
that oust of (hens is dead. The master and tint
other man, Luutea much killed, are likely to re.
csas..g.

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