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Show j Thu Bi-r Italloon ISurM. ' .Ili.-Ahn. At 4 p.m., the balloon bal-loon inflation was progressing favorably favor-ably to all appearances. An immense crowd was in the Capitoline grounds, and eiu hear bn night more to theseene. A steady breeze had set in from the -oiithwc-t, which causal a deep eon-cavity eon-cavity in ihe Ir.wer hemisphere, and by lorcing the gas into the upper part of the halKni incrcasal the already immense res.-ure on the top part. At 4:lU p.m. a loud hissing noise was heanl. Those who were far enough away from the balloon to see the top, say they saw a little crevice which in-creased in-creased with rapidity, until, in a few-second-, it 1ccame a great rent, t spreading mane vards, through which :the gas rushed forth. In less than three minutes after it was seen, the monster heaved convuively and sank. The crowd wa- very much 'disappointed at the failun". Prof. Steiner. who had charge uf the inhaling inhal-ing process, -aid he did nut believe a cotton balloon of that -ize ever coiud ' be made that would stand tiie strain of nidation with the wind against it. ! The wind was blowing against an ex-posed ex-posed surface of -i,lW S'juare, feet. . equal to the maia-sail of the biggest J ship that ever crossed the Atlantic, i Prof. St'.iner aUu says there were . ;1,ia' feet of gac; in the haliuon, i when it collapsed, giving an upward tendency of seven thuu-ar.d pound-! pound-! pressure, against the weight uf the balloon, which is four thousand i poun:ds and even a silk balloon could j not stand it. He has never son a I stronger ball.X'ii. If the wind had ! bcviricss high, the balloon would have been ail right. Tiie future programme pro-gramme of the managers w:ll be given to-morrow. It is probable a new bnlW'ii wili Ik? constructed. New York. 1-. A reporter of the I Amerie-n Prs Association intcr- viewed tile proprietors oi the 'irayhic i tiiis evening regiiruing the lailure of tiie baiiooii trip. Tiie propnekrs say, that while tin y deplore the d;s-appointment, d;s-appointment, they rejoice that the i balloon burst al before rising into tiie air; and thai tiie lives of tiie brave jeivnauU are safe. W'uat ii to be done will le determined at a conference. confer-ence. At any rate t'ne public ,u.ill not have rc.ison to be Jiss-ktisried. , |