Mr. And Mrs Graham's Acco...
The Times, 1824-06-04T00:00:00

Shiorty after their t Sc'sionMr. Graham found it nececsarv to id hlitself of all the ballast from the car, and indeed of every thiug else of a weighty description. They kept the city in their sight fcr full half an hour, and they loss all earthly views, by the baloon eriterini a dense cloud, in which thev experienced mucfti col They pa&-ed through several others, and the effects of which cow, etel deprived them of hearing. The thernometer, at tbis pc. 1tud, Tahic, w?YS about 10 m,inutes past six o'clock, stood at the freez- ing point, and in about a quarter of an hour after, it wa.s as low as 20 .- The thirst that thev now experienced was unprecedented, 't7ch tircy had no wayof decreasing, having no liquid in the car but brandy. At length they reached a clear and serene atmosphere, and the sun shtone forth in it& brightest rays, the clouds below having their usual appearancethat of srraw-mountains lieaped together. The ten. dency of the balloon to ascend was very great, and it was found ne- cessary to open the ralve a little, in order to discharge a portion of gas, and to prevent thevehicle ascending. Having been in the air one hour and twenty minutes, they began to descend, and threw out the greplpling irons, which were iastened to a rope 270 feet in lenIth. AlTs. Grahlam looked over the side of the car, and obsrved- that the irons appeared like a table knife. They now began as gradually to descend as, they hatt amcended, and havinir obtainred a gRnVity, in ten minutes they reached terra flirmas in fieldbelngln, -o FaTrmerBrown in the village of Cuckfield, about 14 miles from Brighton, in one of the most tremendous showers of radn ever remembered. The car slightly rebounded three times on touching the eartlh, but not to iniure it, or the adventurers. There being a club at the house of Mr. M'ebber, thle Mniig's IeIa, in the village, upwards of 80 persons ca me running to their assistance, and they were assivted out of the car, and conveved im- mediatelv after to the above house, where they experienced the most hospitable treatment. .1. Sudwin, Esq., near whose seat they de. scuCied, sent an invitation to them to his house, but illr. and Mrs. Graham wishing to get to town, declined the offer. At half-past ni.e o'lock, the.y left Cuckfield in a chaise and four, on the roof of s- !ch were- the balloon and car, and arrived, as we 8tated yesterdav. safe at their house in Poland-street, Oxford-street, at half-past two o'lockvesterdayrorning,vw,hete they were receivedt amid thegreet- ngaof cthr friends and comnmittee. It is ;Mr. Graham's intention to make a1nother ascentt shortly. Sophia, not, asneraUv stawed, JaneStockls, has nearly recovered efoem r O her latperilous aeros-tisc eactirsiog. Sbe is ex- Pece-d.to be in tewm in the course of a day or two, and it is hloPed, through the medium of herfriends, will soon beplaced in somecredita- ble Etuation. T he report of her having received thirty guincas from ta gentlerman whIo Was to hmve ascended withi the unfortunate Mr. ;arris has rao foundation. A letter, evidently a hoax, without a .1gncre, was foiwarded. to th,2 committee to that effect. The amount of the subscriptions received have been most ridiculously sXaggrated. Tbe comrnmittee, ailed by the strenuous exertions of I r. Rouse,tb, 2landlord of the Eagle Tavern, from whence thebal- looi ascendea, have notbeen able to collect live pounds fbr the bene- lt of the Tparties concerned. tRR AVD MJ?S GRAIAMPS AMOMtV OPf 1t197R AERIAL VOYAGE.