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firmness which his veteran father 

 possesses. At a quarter before five 

 o'clocli, every thing being ascer- 

 tained to be properly secured, a 

 signal was given, all the ropes were 

 loosened, and the youth ascended 

 with the greatest fortitude, waving 

 a flag in the most exulting manner, 

 the multitude cheering him with 

 repeated huzzas. The balloon rose 

 in the most magnificent style ; the 

 atmosphere appeared to favour the 

 ascent, it being extremely calm at 

 the time, and the sky tolerably 

 clear, the wind blowing a gentle 

 breeze to the southwest. 



The balloon remained in sight 

 for seven minutes ; then became 

 obscured for five minutes, re-ap- 

 peared, and was seen at the north- 

 east end of the town till half-past 

 five o'clock. Mr. Sadler set off in 

 a carriage to follow the balloon, and 

 his eldest son on horseback. Various 

 reports were brought during the 

 evening and night of the descent. 

 Mr. Sadler and his eldest son re- 

 turned here this morning about 

 seven o'clock, with an account 

 which they had received, and 

 which they thought could be de- 

 pended upon, that the descent had 

 taken place within a few miles of 

 Chipping Norton, in safety, and 

 that the youth had returned in a 

 chaise and four to Cheltenham ; 

 but were greatly surprised on their 

 arrival not to find him. 



At a quarter before two o'clock 

 the intrepid youth arrived, to the 

 great joy of his anxious family. 

 He came in a post-chaise from Ox- 

 ford, with the balloon in it, and the 

 car at the top. 



The report of his aerial voyage is, 

 that for ten minutes he heard the 

 shouts of the people after he had 

 ascended. The greatest difficulty he 



experienced was, when he was at the 

 highest elevation. The atmosphere 

 then appeared oppressive, and there 

 was a very thick fall of snow, 

 that beat against the balloon vyith 

 so much violence, that it was with 

 the utmost difficulty he could open 

 the valve, when he descended over 

 Burford, where he heard the people 

 shouting. He rose again to avoid 

 descending on Wedgwood Forest, 

 being fearful of being entangled 

 among the trees. 



He descended with very little 

 difficulty at ten minutes before 

 six, in a field near Chadlington- 

 bridge, a short distance from Chip- 

 ping Norton. The first man that 

 approached him was armed with a 

 pitchfork, who cried, " Lord, sir, 

 where did you come from ?" He 

 was afterwards assisted by the rev. 

 G. D. Davis, and a number of 

 others, who rendered him every 

 service. He proceeded to Oxford, 

 where he slept. Since his arrival 

 here, he has been chaired round the 

 town. 



Dublin, Sept. 13. — On Saturday 

 evening about seven o'clock, Mr. 

 Patrick Goulding and his wife were 

 walking on the south circular road, 

 towards Camden-street, when they 

 were called on to stop by an armed 

 footpad, who instantly presented a 

 pistol to Mr.Goulding's breast, and 

 shot him dead. The footpad ran 

 off directly, the alarm was as in- 

 stantaneous, and the fellow was 

 pursued and taken by some gentle- 

 men who were enjoying the fine- 

 ness of the evening in that neigh- 

 bourhood. The man, it appears, 

 is a deserter from the 23rd dragoons, 

 and was armed with a case of 

 pistols belonging to that regiment ; 

 his name is Francis Tuite, and he 

 is from Drogheda. On his exa- 



