iderable notice; and, on the 16th of October, 1784, Mr. Blanchard
ascended from the grounds of the Military Academy, near Chelsea. The
anxiety to witness this exhibition is thus described in a contemporary
account:--

"The fields for a considerable way round Little Chelsea were crowded
with horse and foot; in consequence of which a general devastation
took place in the gardens, the produce being either trampled down or
torn up. The turnip grounds were totally despoiled by the multitude.
All the windows and houses round the academy were filled with people
of the first fashion. Every roof within view was covered, and each
tree filled with spectators."

Mr. Blanchard, upon this occasion, ascended with some difficulty,
accompanied by a Mr. Sheldon, a surgeon, whom he landed at Sunbury, from
whence Blanchard proceeded in his balloon to Romsey, in Hampshire, where
he came down in safety, after having been between three and four hours in
the air.

After Mr. Lochee's death, his son, Mr. Lewis Lochee, continued the
establishment which his father had formed, but, unfortunately for
himself, engaged in the revolutionary movements which agitated Flanders
in 1790; where, "being taken prisoner by the Austrians, he was condemned
to be hanged. He, however, obtained permission to come to England to
settle his affairs, upon condition of leaving his only son as a hostage;
and, upon his return to the Continent, he suffered the punishment of
death." {120}

"His son, a schoolfellow of mine," adds Mr. Faulkner, "afterwards married
a daughter of the late Mr. King, an eminent book auctioneer of King
Street, Covent Garden, and, lamentable to relate, fell by his own hands,"
8th of December, 1815.

The residence beyond Mr. Lochee's Military Academy is named WARWICK
HOUSE--why, unless, possibly, the name has some reference to Boyle's
brother-in-law, the Earl of Warwick, I am at a loss to determine. The
next house is Amyot House. Then comes MULBERRY HOUSE, formerly the
residence of Mr. Denham, a brother of the lamented African traveller,
Colonel Denham. The fifth house is called HECKFIELD LODGE, an arbitrary
name bestowed by its late occupant, Mr. Milton, the author of two clever
novels, 'Rivalry,' and 'Lady Cecilia Farrencourt,' recently published,
and brother to the popular authoress, Mrs. Trollope. And the sixth and
last house in the row, on the west side of which is Walnut-tree Walk,
leading to Earl's Cou