CHRONICLE. 



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At half-past two the queen, 

 princesses, princess Charlotte of 

 Wales, the Prince Regent, and 

 dukes of York and Kent, came 

 again on the parade. All the cabinet 

 ministers Jn town were present. 



OCTOBLR. 



Mr. Sadler ascended from Bel- 

 videre-house, near Dublin, Oct. 

 1st, at I p. m. with the wind at 

 south-west, and in 35 minutes had 

 sight of the mountains in Wales ; 

 he continued in the same direction 

 till three o'clock ; when being near- 

 ly over the Isle of Man, the wind 

 blowing fresh, he found himself 

 fast approaching the Welch coast ; 

 and at four o'clock, he had a dis- 

 tinct view of the Skerry light- 

 house, and the prospect of con- 

 summating his ardent hopes of a 

 speedy arrival in Liverpool. The 

 wind now shifting, he was again 

 taken off and lost sight of land ; 

 when, after hovering about for 

 a long time, he discovered five 

 vessels beating down channel ; and 

 in hopes of their assistance, he de- 

 termined on descending with all 

 possible expedition, and precipi- 

 tated himself into the sea. In this 

 most critical situation, he had the 

 mortification to find the vessels 

 took no notice of him ; obliged, 

 therefore, to reascend, he now 

 threw out a quantity of ballast, 

 and quickly regained his situation 

 in the air, to look out for more 

 friendly aid. It was a length of 

 time before he had the satisfac- 

 tion of discovering any ; and then 

 observed a vessel which gave him 

 to understand by signal, that she 

 intended to assist him, but could 

 not reach him. Two others also 

 now appeared in sight, and one 



of them tacking about, hoisted 

 the Manx colours. Night now 

 coming on, he was determined 

 to avail himself of their friend- 

 ly aid, and once more descend- 

 ed into the sea ; but here the 

 wind acting upon the balloon as it 

 lay on the water, drew the car 

 with so much velocity, that the 

 vessel could not overtake it ; and 

 notwithstanding he used his ut- 

 most efforts, and latterly tied his 

 clothes to the grappling iron, and 

 sunk them to keep him steady, 

 still the balloon was carried away 

 so fast, that he was under the ne- 

 cessity of expelling the gas ; upon 

 that escaping, the car actually 

 sunk, and he had now nothing but 

 the netting to cling to. His peril- 

 ous situation, and the fear of getting 

 entangled, deterred the men from 

 coming near him ; until, being in 

 danger of drowning. Mr. Sadler 

 begged they would run their bow- 

 sprit through the balloon, and ex- 

 pel the remaining gas. Having done 

 this, they threw 'out a line, which 

 he would round his arm, and was 

 then dragged a considerable way be- 

 fore they could get him on board, 

 quite exhausted. 



The ship was a herring-fisher, 

 from Douglas, in the Isle of Man, 

 called the Victory, commanded by 

 John Lee. 



Fire at Dalkeith.— On the 30th, 

 about four in the afternoon, a fire 

 broke out in a large tenement, oc- 

 cupied by Peter Moffat, inn-keep- 

 er. The houses being covered with 

 thatch, and, by an unfortunate 

 coincidence, a strong westerly gale, 

 approaching even to a hurricane, 

 blowing at the time, in less than 15 

 minutes the fire communicated it- 

 self to an extensive range of houses 

 occupied by Mr. Robert Charles, 

 stabler, and others, and in an in- 

 stant 



