Star.
London, England, 1831-05-03 00:00:00

AERIAL VOYAGE FROM. CHELMSFORD.
On Saturday last, April 30th, Mr. Green, the aeronaut,
ascended in his balloon, from the grounds of the Dominican
Friars, at Chelmsford, accompanied by Dr. Forster. They
left the ground at half-pre t live in the evening, and as-
cended very Slowly for several minutes in a single current
of air from the S.S.E. which carried the balloon over to-
wards Writtle. At the height of about 1000 feet, a pecu-
liar motion in the car gave notice that the current was
changed, and the balloon► veering round in a sort of crescent,
or curved track, came towards the convent of Newhall, and
as far as Springfield, over which it was vertical ; then
changing its course again, it went towards Broomfield, when
it ascended very rapidly, and at the elevation of about 6000
feet became stationary. The stillness and tranquillity of
the balloon, and the grandeur of the surrounding scenery,
were now truly .delightful, and Dr. Forster described the
motion of the car to be quite imperceptible ; indeed, there
is no doubt, from the observation of the aeronauts, that for
a quarter of an hour the machine was quite at rest. The
view was now splendid : balanced in the higher regions of
the air. at an elevation of more than a mile, in a perfect
calm, and with a beautiful panorama of prospect all around,.
extending one way across Kent, another way to the sea at
Harwich, and in every way studded with houses, trees,
and gentlemen's seats, while the fields, coloured yellow with
the flowering coleseed, green with wheat, or brown with
fallow, chequered the ground-plot below, the aerial travellers
enjoyed a scene only to he likened to being at the top of a
mountain, and greatly exceeding in this respect, as they
had no trouble in ascending or descending. The only dis-
agreeable sensation experienced was one, to ascertain the
precise cause of which Dr. Forster partly ascended—namely,
the pressure on the tympanum of the ear, and the deafness
amounting even to pain, and evidently arising from rarificn-
fion of the air, since he said he had experienced the same
sensation in descending Mount Jura, in Switzerland. Dr.
Forster expressed his perfect satisfaction, that with an ex-
perienced man like Mr. Green, on a calm day, an electro-
phorus might be made great use of with complete safety,
and some curious experiments made on atmospheric electri-
city. By a quarter past six o'clock, the extension of the
tympanum of the ear was so great, that Dr. Forster was
obliged to get Mr. Green to open the valve of the balloon;
when, after a most gentle and agreeable descent, they landed
in a field of oats belonging to Mr. James Cristy, of Broom-
field, who politely invited them to tea, and sent the balloon
back in his own cart. From observations made on the effect
of sudden rarification on the ear, Dr. Forster is induced to
think it may be employed in the cure of certain kinds of
deafness. We are promised further particulars of this voyage
for a future number of our Paper.
P.S.—One very curious fact was observed by Dr. Fors-
ter ; that sounds, however lend below, soon became per-
fectly inaudible, as the machine ascended in the air.