Beddington Saturday.
The Times, 1824-06-01T00:00:00

bliss Stock; is soi'ar recvee frei effects of the late lament- able acdidebtf, that the professional geat ehnan attendinkher has-pro- noancedi her completcly out of danger, rpnd it was .expected7hat she would.have'ttrrived in Loncdan.yesterday aftcrroon, at the residence of her mother, No. 4,. Henrietta-'street, City'-road, where numerous in.quirics.were made in the course-of the dayvafter her hetdth,-&c.,. andtmany indtivid'als attended with a view of seeing the unfortunate girl.. In tbis, however, they were disappointed as :(althbuglf she -is ouSt.of danger), in her pxefent wecaly conditih,' it would 'be highly imprudent t remove her fbr so. longa jotirney. ln the course of conversation yesterdaay she was ijuestioned as to the! naiture-of the accident,and the follovIngis the substance of lier statement*- . d t " NViien she.first entered the car atiached to the balloon, * she felt no alarm, but conceived that llr. Hartis was rather frightened, and that. his. fear increased as hc asecnded. tVhen the balloon' 'w'as elevated a considerable distancec 'from iie- earth she 'occnsiOntIy looked down. and when it Wma'at its higbcat elevation,. the2powerful force of the sun carne on .the balloon, wbich seemed to excite alarni! in the mind of.MIr. Harris, who imnend;itely l6wered 'the baUoon' by operning the valve. Shortly afterwarthjhe conveyed his-suspidins of the danger to which. they were exposed, by saying ' he was afraid theballooon would burst,' but told her not to be alarmed, and our- ed her out a glass of brandy, hwich she.received froBt himS but was eo hcesriv,y; alarmed that heti dropped: the glasq, spiltf'the liqu'or oeher fro c, an m ediately faintedi away - "After Ilir, Harris expressed hisfIhars,. tbebhalleoondescended iCith great rapidity. She aftenvards found hermilf 'ii- the pdssesaloif of sonme persons carrying her, and tvas bled hut was g'o stu'pified as not to know where she was, as if recovered frdun a.'dreamn. AMr. Harris gave her, the string to lay hold of while 'In the air, but she did not. pull it tight.' When Mrs. S'ocls was about to part frozn her daughter, to pro- ceed to London, they were considerably aft'eted, and 'the girl re-' quested that she would return again in. the evenig, and urge her rat,er lirotb er, nd. . t& call ,the lj ,' '?r'aing (&na. tdrk iv inowrihw oues; of the;adteinooOD having hn herpdssessibnflOlPe 9f4WeageIo,liithi 0floge4 to her: daugh, t'astiysi Tsheybo& eWhiciis rerthacl wpi.solntere4:inhiaLf ftdm.theviolence with whi ch it w4 stTuclct nthe a:I IJnt a had itnot 'been over Thei stomurbhi,thc blow hausJ h; tve Enwyed faL: ..Sbealso brotightwithher the-frcT itn whibh her daujihter was attired during her:ac*iHaiteXUsion- -lt was- torn to pieces, aiad. o6'ered withtbe brandy *hichbhe.8poverit on f4snng.iwmay. . .The painsiwhich she had.. in her bA anpLueek have consid'rabl aqcreasA- bitzLshenowdmpins -of?hcr1g whichisveryiu l,tauised andI discoloulred,: frQm tnthcanclc upwarAs to ,t,he knee, .^ Weunderstand thA.tthe-committeeh;ve come to a concerisjo1,at "the 6cdcnt 's no occasioned by: Mliss Stocks pulling the strinrg which shefwas r,equested tehole,., but fromn the velvc being too: ,,pa. *cious, nnd causiing 3n excessive emission of gas. , The gentlewan.whb offered Alr. litrisJ30 guineas to ascend with hinis we are infoemsd,.ha.liberally cote forwmad to, rpeseci that smin tetheunfortutnate grl, who,. heobsrved, is:entitled to. it_if noit morc, for having preveutedhisascension vwith the deceated, and sgxed liis life. ..* : - * 9 - - The subscription seton foot is intended for the benefit of . mrs. -Hlarrris and Aliss Stocks, and is rather liberal. , . :. ! The mother of Miss Stocks states thac, her daughter. was always ppssrssed'bf considerablc cottrage, and fieqiiently exprcssed -a trong -i;clination to ascend. in aballoon, but never hadan opportunity of CclselyteamiOiOgOl1e. Athough courageous, taid posses-edof ex- cessively high spirits, -btrcharactf r.was aways exemplary. - She is expcctej jil tOWl Ont Tuesdayi or WY, edncaday next,, Alr. Harris's baglboo is now in the possession of the conimittee, and it is intend for a, ntbletascension ryshottly. ' BEDDDINGTON.. SAT'URDAY.