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^[[25 Aug: 1785]]
  Past one o'clock on Thursday last Mr. Sadler, of Oxford, ascended in his new balloon from Mr. Wheeler's garden at Worcester. By a person who left that city as seven o'clock on Friday morning, we are told, that no certain accounts were then received at what place he descended.
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On Thursday last, about half after one o'clock, Mr. Sadler ascended with his balloon from Worcester. He intended to have gratified a prodigious concourse of spectators by continuing a considerable time within their view; but his design was frustrated, and their pleasure consequently shortened, by the intervention of a thick cloud; by which accident the balloon was visibile but little more than four minutes. He descended about four o'clock in a corn-field, in the parish of Yarcle, distant between seven and eight miles from this city.
^[[Sept 1. 1785]]
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Aerostation
^[[Sept. 13 1785]]
  On Saturday last in the afternoon Mr. Sadler ascended into the atmosphere, on his seventh aerial voyage, from Mr. Wheeler's garden in the city of Worcester. The balloon was in sight [[forn ear {sic}: for near?]] three quarters of an hour, and made a most beautiful picturesque appearance, affording no small pleasure to many thousands of spectators: notwithstanding, a bevy of fair ones (whom the Music Meeting and Madam Mara had brought to Worcester) attended the exhibition, and being moved and seduced by the instigation of the little mischievous god, Cupid, and of wantonness aforethought, did, by certain powers and spells of beauty, and by certain captivating smiles, dimples, gestures, and other fascinating and enchanting manoeuvres, subtilly and unlawfully draw off and allure a very large number (to wit) one thousand and upwards of his Majesty's liege male subjects (then and there attending, and then and there intending to view the ascension of Mr. Sadler and his balloon) from their attention and regard to the said celestial traveller and his balloon, by diverting (in the manner of a basilisk) the direction of the eyes of his Majesty's liege male subjects aforesaid from the beauty of the balloon and its conductor, to their own more transcendant, more attracting, and more agreeable charms: by which means and devices his Majesty's liege male subjects aforesaid were as totally ignorant of what was transacting in the clouds by Mr. Sadler and his balloon, as if they had been the whole time picking strawberries in the gardens of the Grand Signor at Constantinople.
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  [[italic]] Extract of a letter from Worcester, Sept. 15. [[/italic]]
  "On Saturday last, about 25 minutes past three, Mr. Sadler ascended from Mr. Wheeler's gardens near this city, in his beautiful new balloon, amidst the acclamations and applause of thousand of spectators. At his first setting off the balloon was stopped for some seconds by a large pear tree which obstructed its ascent; but it soon after rose in a most majestic manner, and the day being remarkably favourable, continued in sight more than 35 minutes. When at its greatest elevation, Mr. Sadler was obliged to keep his valve continually open, to prevent any accident from the great expansion of the inclosed air. The sudden condensation of it shortly after, occasioned by his meeting with a very cold assemblage of vapours, hastened his descent much more speedily than he could have wished.--He descended about nine miles beyond Luchfield, but for want of his grappling iron, which in the confusion of his first ascent had been thrown out of his car, he could not make the balloon fast, but fell out. By this unfortunate accident his balloon escaped from him, and in less than five minutes was lost to sight, in the upper regions. Lord Uxbridge, near whose seat this accident happened, dispatched his carriage for him, and received him with the utmost politeness. He was not materially hurt by his fall; but has hitherto received no certain news concerning his balloon." ^[[1785]]
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  Mr. Sadler, who ascended in his balloon on Saturday last from Worcester, descended the same evening near Litchfield, in Staffordshire, being forty-two miles distant from Worcester. He unfortunately left his anchor at Worcester, the want of which occasioned some impediment in his landing.     ^[[Sept. 14. 1785]]
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^[[Sept.15. 1785]]
  On Saturday last, in the afternoon, Mr. Sadler ascended into the atmosphere, on his seventh aerial voyage, from Mr. Wheeler's garden in Worcester. The balloon was in sight for near three quarters of an hour, and made a most beautiful picturesque appearance, affording no small pleasure to many thousands of spectators.--In his course he was seen to the left of Droitwich, Bromsgrove, and Birmingham; and in an hour and a minute after his ascension, descended about nine miles beyond Lichfield, at the distance of 1 miles from Worcester Having, in his eagerness to ascend, inadvertently thrown out his grappling iron, he was much hurt, being sometimes dashed against trees, and at others touching the ground; then ascending with the utmost velocity to the height of 100 feet. At length he disengaged himself from the balloon, of which he quickly lost sight, and has not yet heard of it. He was some time a mile and a half from the surface of the earth.--He arrived in Worcester on Sunday evening, and is now tolerably.--He went upwards of four miles in the disagreeable situation above described.
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  Mr. Sadler has at length found his balloon, at Middleton, near Durham, distant from Worcester upwards of 250 miles. ^[[3 oct - 1785.]]
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  On Wednesday last [[^, with no insertion copy]] at half past two o'clock, Mr. Sadler ascended, with his Balloon from the Wharf, near Stroud, Gloucestershire. The hills around were covered with spectators, who expressed great pleasure at the sight. After soaring to a considerable height, he descended in about a quarter of an hour near Stanley-park, the seat of Thomas Pettat, Esq. The concourse of people from all sides of the country was prodigious. The hospitality which has ever marked the character of the environs of Stroud was fully displayed upon this occasion. Handsome cold collations were spread on every [[Board]] to regale their numerous visitors.
     ^[[19 oct - 1785.]]
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