The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1851-03-29

DEPARTURE OF THE DUKE OF Brunswick ny ''rHE
NASSAU BALLOON" FoR GERMANY.-Ycsterday,
one of the most peculiar fcats in Drostation took
place from the gardens Of Tho Royal Property
ofBrunswick, accompanied by Mr.. Charles Green,
the we'll known gronaut, in his balloon. Prepare
ton being madeonthe Waterloo ground, on Sunday
evening number of men were employed, under
the direction Of Mr.. Lumm, the principal engineer
of the London Gas Company, in laying down n
9-inch pipe from the works TO initiate the machine,
and at seven O'Clock yesterday morning every
thing was In readiness for the imitation, and by
eleven O'Clock the balloon in fit state for the
ascent. The Duke of Brunswick, accompanied by a
few friends, arrived the ground with large guam
tity ofprovisions and viands necessary for length
ened voyage, consisting of hams, fowls, pheasants,
cartridges, breadstufs, chocolate coffee, &c., with
Soycr's apparatus for cooking. The ascent being
strictly private the event was surprise to the in
geons, belonging to Mr.. Henry Evans. of Kenning-
tom lane, were placed in the car for the purpose of
communicating with those interested in the feat;
and precisely at IL o'clock his bighncse, accompa-
MED by Mr.. Charles Groen. stepped into the car.
Mr.. Green pulled the liberating iron, aud the
chine arose. At the time of ascent the wind was
ried thirteen hundred weight, with air vessels,
water-drags, and gutta percha lines The bal
loon, ON arriving It sufficient altitude, took
southeastery direction, passing over the counties
nent and from the favorable nature of the ascent.
it ia fully believed the attempt will be successful.
Up to late hour last night nothing unfayorabc
had been heard.-London Tines, March s.
The DUKE OF BRuNswIok's BALLOON VOYAGE
The balloon, with its voyagers, descended safely at
Gravesend about two hours after leaving Vaux-
hall garden, the Duke having found the wind sud-
denly become adverse to the particular course
which in his erial journey he meant to take He
lie, however, still determined to carry out his in
tention, and will ascend again soon "a the wind
becomes favorable. -London Times, March 7.
D.,
ducton of gold in Russia was, in lS47, about
ga, OOO, 900 in l848 it rather more and in
l649 it wns about E3,4S0,0O0 The return for
1880 has not YET been published but N 1875 ana
1850 the state of the exchanges was entirely unfa-
vorable TO gold being sent out of the country; on
the contrary, large portion OF the q per cent.
loan, contracted at London, was paid in gold or
silver. STILL the circulation of gold coin does not
seem to haveaugmented, and, indeed, gold appears
but very rarely in the ordinary transactions of bust
mesa at st. Petersburgh or Moscow. We can only
explain this state Of things BY the accumulation of
bullion in the government Golfers and by the dffu.
sion of gold coin through the provinces, and in all
parts of this vast empire The purchases made BY
liquidated in gold, the Russian halfimperias have
lately acquired large currency in Germany,
and it may thus be supposed that a rather inn
ppy p...ed into cpouaon in this "'
The augmentation Of the population and the
increase of comfort, and even luxury, among
large class Of the community will also account for
O more considerable absorption Of gold but even
all these circumstances taken together do not suf
fciently explain the state of our circulation, when
compared with the production Of Russia, which fur
nshes 90 large proportion Of the general produc-
ton of the globe, excluding California. The pro-
duction of gold by Russia has, contrary to the as
sertions made by some newspaper correspondents,
been decreasing since lS47, which may in part be
attributed to progressive tax on tho produce of
the mines and washings, in proportion to the guam
tity produced, established since that period. The
Of the precious metal the produce Of private mnes
yielding than threc .fourths of the total pro-
duction, il handed over to government which coins
il, or dispoees of it otherwise. The Russian gov
eminent has naturally followed with attention the
fluctuations Of gold In other parts of Europe; but
the recent prohibition of the expectation Of gold
seems to indicate that il will not mcddle with the
position of its gold coinage
[Sf. Petersburg Journal, FAB. 8.