The Sun.
London, England, 1835-09-21 00:00:00

tide, as a life of civil security and freedom is superior to a
bare existence ; and if life be the bounty of heaven, we
scornfully reject the noblest part of the gift, if we consent
to surrender that certain rule of living, without which the
condition of human nature is not only miserable, but con-
temptible."

Your Friend and Constant Reader,
Gray's Inn, 14th Sept., 1835. ASPIRO.

MR. GREEN, THE AERONAUT.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Sir,-_I beg leave to enclose the following short account of
my late aerial voyage, which, if you think it likely to interest
your readers, you are quite at liberty to publish. I am, Sir,
your obedient servant, C: GREEN.
Royal Gardens, Vauxhall, Sept. 20.
I ascended from Vauxhall Gardens, accompanied by Mr.
Butler, of. WoolWich, at a quarter before six o'clock on
Thursday evening, and a gentle breeze from the south-west
took us in a north-easterly direction, crossing the river at
Blackfriars Bridge. The huzzas of the populace, as we
passed over the town, being re-echoed by that part of the
balloon immediately over our heads were loud almost to an
unpleasant degree. We descended in the parish of Walt-
hamstow, at about a quarter past six o'clock, and, having
announced to Mr. Butler my intention,of remaining up all
night, he was very anxious to re-enter the car and accom-
pany me. This I did not deem prudent, for in case of being
carried out to sea, it would be much more advantageous to
have his weight in disposable ballast. Having accordingly
taken in a fresh supply of sand I re-ascended, passing over
Bishop Stortford, Royston, and Huntingdon ; I then met
with a current, which took me more to the cast, and at a
quarter before six on Friday morning I descended in the
parish of Wimsbotham, in Suffolk. Though early I was soon
surrounded by a large concourse of persons, all appearing
most anxious to render me assistance. I partook of an ex-
cellent breakfast at the residence of Mr. J. Pike : and, as
the balloon had gained considerable power, on account of,
the sun's rays having expanded the gas and evaporated the
dew which had collected during the night over the whole
mathine, I-onee more re-aseended, in the hope of finding
either an inland current, or one that would enable me to
cross the channel ; but, perceiving that I was going rapidly
in the direction of the German Ocean, I suffered the gas, to
escape, and came safely to anchor within one mile of the
sea, and cloSe to the town of Lynn, in Norfolk, at half-
past ten o'clock, A.M., I received numerous congratulations,
though, many persons, I believe, donbted the statement of
my having been in the air during the past night: The
towns lighted by gas illuminated the atmosphere for a con-
siderable distance over them, and were easily distinguished.
I fired several Bengal lights during the night, and from
the shouts which reached me from the earth, doubt not but
that their appearance must hdve created much astonishment.
I remained in the 'air altogether about thirteen hours, and
from the zig-zag direction of my course, must have tra-
velled about one hundred and thirty miles. From the very
trifling loss of power the balloon sustained during the whole
of the time, I judge that I might have remained up for at
least five days and nights.

Extract of a letter from Norfolk, dated Sept. 20 :
" You London folks seem to be at a loss to know what has
become of Green, the aeronaut. In returning from Lynn
to Stoke, on Friday morning, I fell in with a balloon,'which
descended within a field or two of the turnpike-road ; I
went up to it, and found with it the gentleman himself, who
told me he was from Vauxhall-gardens ; that he had set
somebody down at Waltharnstow ; that he had been up all
night in the clouds, fearing to alight, as the'fog was so thick
that he could not see the earth ; and, in short, that there
he was, after his night's excursion, safe and sound, He said
he had had a very pleasant ride. There is no accounting
for tastes."