Star.
London, England, 1831-05-04 00:00:00

BALLOON ASCENT.

Additional particulars, extracted from the Notes of Dr.
Forster himself, who ascended from Chelmsford, on Sa-
turday evening last, April 30, with Mr. Green, in a bal-
loon filled with gas :
" The precise time of leaving the ground was, as near
as might be, five hours and 40 min. P.M. and the time
of descent six hours and 30 min. P.M. so that we must
have been in the atmosphere about 50 minutes. The di-
rection of the balloon at first was toward W.N.W. by N.
a gentle current, carrying us over Writtle Park. At the
height of about 1,500 feet, we perceived an increased os-
cillation in the car, and a change of current; and we be-
gan to move more slowly, and in the direction of Chelms-
ford, nearly over which town we were again carried, as-
cending rapidly for some minutes. From the changing
direction of objects below, I now found that the balloon
must have altered its course, and I got Mr. Green to
check the rapidity of the ascent, in order to prevent the
too sudden rarifaction of the air from stretching the tym-
panum of our ears, an effect producing temporary deaf-
ness, which most aeronauts have experienced. We de-
scended a little, enjoying one of the most magnificent
Views I ever saw, extending all across Essex and Kent to
the ocean. We now threw out some ballast, and while Mr.
Green was emptying the bag of sand, I could perceive a
rapid ascent of the balloon, from the gradual diminution of
objects below. We mounted now in a curvilinear course,
so that the balloon must have described a spiral, at the top
of which, in the region of the clouds, whose grotesque
forms were evaporating away, amid the grey shadows of
evening, we remained perfectly stationary about 6,000 feet
high, for nearly 15 minutes. The barometer on the earth's
surface was low when we ascended ; and this state of the
O', adding to the effects ,of rarifaction by ascent, pressure
on the tympanum of the ear became very great, and I there-
fore proposed a partial descent. We came down now slowly ;
and at length preparing for our descent, were landed safely
at Broomfield, in a field belonging to James Christy, Esq. of
thatplace. The peculiar stillness, the complete silence, and
he calm, soft, and delicious tints of evening ex-
Perionced by us, while pending beneath the becalmed
141 loon, in the light and salubrious regions of rarified air,
tau hardly be described in words. I consider the time of
';aY, too, as peculiarly calculated to enhance the effect:
.tie world below seemed a vast concavity filled with coloured
gelds in flower, intersected with villages, towns, and rivers,
istlall so small, as to appear like a mere coloured and pane.
1, is map of what we knew to be the earth, together with
the consciousness of complete insulation, and the apparent
uuMon from all terrestrial connections, produced a wonder-
-1 influence on the mind ; and being accustomed to moun-
tain eleva• tion.s, as well as to sailing, neither the altitude,
giddiness.
previous fib sting of the balloon, created the least
The observations which I made on the clouds will
" communicated to the Philosophical Magazine.

ise° tint Palmerston left town on Monday, to attend the
fitTtien at Cambridge.

GAIN TO THE BILL.-.-ROCIMHZ 2,' Andover 4, Wareham 2,
King's Lynn 2, Newport (Isle of Wight) 4, Bury St. Edmund's 2, and
Westbury 2.

Communes, TuzsmaY.—At the close of the poll yesterday, the
numbers were—
Cavendish ... ... ... 261
Palmenton .. ... ... 460
Goalimns ... •• .•344
Peel .. ... ... ... 349

EISSEX-Mr. Dick the Tory, and Mr. Leonard the Whig,
are returned for Maldon ; Mr. Herries and Mr. Dawson for
Harwich. There is a severe contest at Colchester, and Mr.
Harvey's true friends would do well to support the cause of
reform, by hastening to the hustings. He has shewn him-
self the ablest politician in Essex, and like all other men
possessed of ability, has long been the object of envy with
the deceitful aristocratic Whigs and Tories. The liberals
are to a man for Harvey. Chelmsford is all in a bustle.
Wellesley is considered sure ; and the partisans of Western
and of Tyrrell respectively talk in confident terms. There
is a good understanding between Wellesley and Western.

GENERAL ELECTION.
The Liverpool Albion gives a full account of the proceed-
ings on the hustings on Monday. It is impossible to
describe the enthusiarm which pervades all classes of that
great community in favour of " the bill." General Gast.° ne
is booted and hissed wherever be goes. The feeling
against him is universal, end, from the organization
which the friends of freedom have made to secure the
return of Messrs. Ewart and Denison, and to oust
the General, a glorious result is anticipated. The poll
opened at 12 yesterday. If the freemen but second the
efforts of the reformers, the defeat of General Gascoyne is
inevitable.

Mr. Bell, the nominee of the Duke of Northumberland,
has been forced to resign his pretensions to that county, for
which Lord Howick and Mr. Beaumont come in. Sir Chas.
Greviile, the Tory candidate, is hindmost in the race for
Warwick, as is Sir Roger Greeley, the Duke of Newcastle's
forlorn hope, at the bottom of the poll in Newark ; while
Sedeant Wilde stands far and high at the head of it.
Mr. Munday retires from Derbyshire, and Lord George
Cavendish and the Hon. G. 1. Vernon are candidates to
succeed him, pledged to the bill. Mr. H. Cavendish and
Mr. E. Strutt are candidates for Derby on the same prin
ciple. No boroughmonger appears when such men are in
the field, and Derbyshire is too intelligent and independent
for men of that stamp. A Tory paper in that county con-
tains the following consoling reflections :
" We confess that as far as we are concerned, it would have been more
consonant with our feelings to have seen Mr. Mundy'. place supplied
by a gentleman of the same political creed as himself; but there are
many reasons why the tories of this county should not oppose the pre-
tensions of the present candidates, among which, the peculiar ground
they stand upon as regards the question of reform, is alone sufficicht to
justify them in refraining from plunging the county into the tumult of
a contested election, at a time when the passions and prejudices of men
are excited beyond all former precedent. But when the question, which,
like the rod of Aaron, swallows up all whets, shall be set at rest, and
the angry feelings which its discussion has raised shall be allayed, then
we doubt not we shall rev the tortes resume that position in this county
which they have hitherto held and to which they are so justly entitled."
In Gloucestershire, " if promise be kept on every side,"
the ascendancy of popular opinion is now about to be secured ;
and in the city of Gloucester, the election of Colonel Webb
and Captain Berkeley is assured beyond all doubt. To their
honour be it recorded, that they have never " moulted one
feather" of their political consistency ; but have held on
together, through good report and evil report, through
storm and sunshine, the faithful friends of the people.
With all possible respect for Mr. Phillpotts, the citizens of
Gloucester cannot so easily forgot his extraordinary vote on
the civil list,nor the effort he has since made to impede the
progress of the reforming ministry by his unavailing mo-
tion on the pension list. At Cirencester, Lord Apsley and
Mr. Cripps have been re-elected : but let not the House of
Beaufort lay the flattering unction to its soul, that the old
system of corruption and abuse can be upheld fur one hour
against the voice of a Reforming Parliament, such as we
shall now have.—At Tewkesbury, the post of honour is
warmly contested by the old members ; but Mr. Dowdswell
will find a formidable opponent in the person of Mr.
Hanbury Tracy, whose claims to the suffrages and support
of freemen, transcend those of the Honourable Master in the
Court of Chancery as much as the pure constitutional exer-
cise of the elective franchise surpasses the vile spirit of mo-
nopoly which has so long oppressed the country like a foul
and hideous incubus, which the people have at length de-
termined to skake off. " Thus far we run before the wind."
The cause of causes prospers, thanks to Gon—to our Sove-
reign—to his Ministers, and to the people of England I
Cheltenham Journal.

No little speculation was indulged among the freeholders
at the market tables on Saturday, on the subject of the
County election. Will Lord Robert Manners and Mr.
Keck again risk the expenditure of six or eight thousands
each, with the prospect of another election in a few
months, was the observation of almost every one, and
that Mr. Paget and another liberal candidate were sure to
be returned if they came forward, was confidently predicted.
Before the close of the day, it became known that Mr.
Keck had resigned.
On Monday and Tuesday, the friends of Mr. Paget were
on the alert in every town and village in this and the ad-
joining counties. At Loughborough, green flags bearing
the inscription of King William—Reform,' Paget and
Independence,' &c. were to be seen floating on the roofs of
several manufactories.

At Hinckley, Harborough, Lutterworth, Syston, and
other places, the most lively interest was manifested in the
cause of Paget and Reform. On Tuesday evening a meet-
ing of Mr. Paget's supporters was held in the committee
room in Mr. Bankart's warehouse, bottom of the Newark-
street, when a liberal subscription was entered into towards
paying the expences of the election.
On Wednesday morning, a hand-bill made its appearance
announcing Lord Robert Manners's intention again to offer
himself; and his Lordship shortly afterwards arrived at the
Crowns Hotel, accompanied by his brother, Lord Charles
Manners. On Thursday, a requisition, signed by a number
of the most respectable and influential gentlemen of the
county, was forwarded to Charles March PhiHipps, Esq.
entreating him to allow himself to be put in nomination for
the county. Amongst the signatures are those of Charles
James Packe, Esq. Ed. Cradock Hartopp, Fsq. Sir G.
Robinson, Bart. Edward Bouchier Hartopp, Esq. the Rev.
Dr. Doncaster, D. D. Thomas Babington, Esq. John
Pares, gen. Esq. Robert Otway Cave, Esq. the Hon. Rev.
E. D. Erskine, Edward Hawkins Cheney, Esq. &c.—
Leicester Chronicle.

COVENTRY.—From the first instant that a dissolution of
parliament was contemplated, Mr. Ellice was, from his
recent votes, considered sure of his future election for
this city. Not so with Mr. Fyler, whose Machiavelism
on the subject of reform appeared during the late parlia-
mentary discussions to have excited the suspicion of his late
constituents. When, therefore, it became generally known
that this gentleman intended to again offer himself for the
representation of this city, immediate steps were taken
to start an unflinching and unsuspected advocate of Go-
vernment Reform. With this view an application was made
during the early part of the week to our spirited townsman,
John Scholefield, Esq. who expressed his willingness to pre-
sent himself as a candidate on the day of election, in the event
of Mr. Fyler's declining to give an unequivocal pledge to ,
support the entire reform bill. On Wednesday last, Mr. W.
Redfern and Mr. Barlow, of this town, proceeded to Coven-
try, for the purpose of making the necessary preliminary ar-
rangements on behalf of Mr. Scholefield ; but on their arrival
they found the field pm-occupied by Mr. H. L. Bulwer, a
zealous reformer, and introduced to the Coventry electors
under the auspices of Mr. Ellice. These gentlemen imme-
diately sought an interview with Mr. Bulwer, and explained
to him the object of their mission. They 'fitted, that Mr.
Scholefield was not personally desirous of obtaining a seat in
Parliament ; his only object in offering himself for the repre-
sentation of Coventry, being to secure an unqualified vote in
favour of the ministerial measure of Reform ; and thatif such
were Mr Bulwer's views, Mr. Scholefield would be extremely'
reluctant to divide the force of the reformers. Mr. Bulwer,
in reply, said his sentiments were in perfect coincidence with
those of Mr. Scholefield, and accordingly gave to Messrs.
Redfern and Barlow a written declaration to this effect. These
gentlemen immediately returned to Birmingham, where they
arrived late the same evening, and communicated the result
of their conferences to Mr. ficholefield, who has accordingly
abandoned his previous intentions.

. TIM ROYAL HUMANE SOCIETY.
Among the numerous benevolent Institutions, " the glory
of our land," perhaps none are mote interesting, and have a
more powerful claim on the assistance of the public, as be-
ing the means of " saving" thousands of our fellow crea-
tures who were ready to " perish," than this Society ; and
we would, as the decided friends of humanity, call on every
one who are blessed with the means, to lend a helping hand
to those " Gon-like acts" which are exercising by it.—
To-day is the Annual Meeting, when an entertainment will
be served up, at which all friendly to this great cause aro in-
vited to attend. On this occasion an interesting spectacle
will be presented, by those who have last year been rescued
from suspended animation walking before the company—a
sight that cannot fsil to speak volumes to the heart of man.
We cannot advert to this Society without bringing to recol-
lection those exertions made by our late excellent Duke of
Kent when he presided, and that commanding eloquence he
employed by pleading in its behalf ; and alio, in fact, may
be held as the very " life" of most of the benevolent Socie-
ties in London ; and we think his words are still ringing in.
our ear. We are led to mention there has, this moment,
come under our eye a work on the Holy Land, just pub-
lished, by William Rae Wilson, Esq. the indefatigable tra-
veller, who, in pointing out many charitable institutions in
foreign countries, alludes to the present thus :—" 1 never
hear of an institution of this nature, without recollecting
the heartfelt interest which the late Duke of Kent took in
that distinguished one in London, of which his Grace the
Duke of Northumberland is President, and has produced
' such incalculable good, and those most powerful and feeling
addresses which his Royal Highness made at its anniversary.
I happened to be present on one occasion when, for the first
time, I heard the Duke of Kent plead, in glowing and most
powerful terms, in its support, when 30 individuals, fathers,
mothers, and children, who had been saved from drowning,
in the most miraculous manner, walked round the hall, each
with a bible in hand, preceded by a person with two flags.
On one of these was inscribed " Animation and population
are the sources of national prosperity ;" and on tl.c who,
" We praise GOD, and we thank yon." At the :bus: in-
teresting moment when they passed his Royal Highness,
he, in a second address, uttered these words, which I then
took down :—" Gentlemen, 0! think of these persor.:3 %O.()
have now passed before us, rescued for the present from
an eternal world, and for myself, let me declare that I du
not know a sight which goes more to the heart cf a man,
than seeing his fellow-creatures come forward to thank
others, for being the honoured instruments in rescuing them
from a watery grave, thus extending their lives, and sflo:d-
ing them a further opportunity of preparing for that final
hour, for which, Gentlemen, all of us ought to prepare."
It will be be borne in mind that DRESDEN is the ni•arest
capital to W A asAw ; and we conceive, therefore, that the
contagion of liberty is spreading—even faster than the
clorera morbus—while to abused power, it is equally fatal
and dreaded.

The Tunes asserted yesterday, that Mr. Peach had retired
from Truro, to make room for Sir R. Vyvyan. The mean-
ing of this insidious statement and wretched fabrication is
obvious. Mr. Peach, we aro happy to say, has already been
returned for Truro, and Sir R. Vyvyan is secure for Cornwall.
ORIGIN OF TIIE PEELS.--I 0 his tour through Eng-
land, Sir Richard Phillips tells us, that at Manchester he
was introduced to the indigent daughters of Hargreave, the
inventor of the spinning-jenny, the moving crank, &c. &c.
They were poor aged women, living on parochial charity in
Salford. My father and mother, said the eldest of them,
were spinners by hand like all the villagers at that time in
Lancashire, of whom thousands abounded through tha
country. They had many children, but they sent each, as
soon as it had the use of fingers to assist in spinning ; but
our joint earnings were so scanty, that my father, who was
very studious and ingenious, began to consider how
he could multiply our earnings. Early and late
he used to be making trials, and often was reproved by
my mother as a foolish schemer; but at length be produced
a machine, which he called by her name Jenny, and set it
to work in our bed-room' where I and my sisters, by its
means, spun as much as five or six could do, and finer and
more even work. He worked for a Mr. Peel, then a little
master iu Blackburn, and beginning very soon to carry home
more work in a week, and more uniform in quality than
others, Mr. P. often marvelled at his industry and clever-
ness. My father then made another machine, and keeping
it a profound secret, he augmented the surprise of Master
Peel, and he so teased my Father about it, that at
length he told him he had a bit of a contrivance to multiply
the powers of the common wheel. Master Peel then teased
him to let him see it, but my father refused again and
again. At length Muter Peel so worretted him, that be
consented to let him see it, provided he told no one, and
gave his word of honour not to imitate it. And sure
enough, said the poor women, one morning, for I remember
it as though it was but yesterday, my father brought in
Muter Peel and his partner, Mr. Yates, while I and
my sister were working away at Jenny in the chamber,
I was much flustered, but after they had seen it work, and
asked many questions, Master Peel dropt sixpence on the
floor for me, and went away. The folk now began to talk
about father's machine, and as he soon began to get mangy,
and was better off than many, a great uproar was made
about his machine ; and one day when my father was from
home, a great mob assembled, broke into the house, destroyed
the two jennies, all our furniture, windows, and every thing
in the house. I shall never forget my poor father's
coming home, and not having a chair to sit upon,
nor any room which had windows left. He was almost
ruined; and being pointed at and jeered by every body, he
could no longer bear the neighbourhood, so he and all of us
set out for Nottingham ; and there my father went into
partnership with Dick Arkright, who had been used to shave
my father at Bolton ; and they went on in the spinning, my
fatberinventing the moving crank, and making all kinds of
improvements. But the partnership was out before much
was got, and then my father went on making machines
for others, till he died in the year 1788, and we
buried him, poor anxious soul, at Nottingham. He left my
mother, and seven or eight of us ; and as she could not make
machines, others stole my father's inventions, and my mother
fell into trouble after trouble, and her children into poverty.
My brothers afterwards upset Arkright and Strutt's patent
to serve others, not themselves; and we have lived to see
thousands raised to wealth by our poor father's invention,
but they never thought of us. We did hope that Mr.
Peel, the Secretary of State, might do something
for us, and Mr. Brotherton, of Salford, kindly
wrote to him, but he did not even vouchsafe an answer,
which I and my sisters thought hard, because when my fa-
ther left Blackburn and went to Nottingham, he was the
first to imitate what my father had shewn him. and
made his fortune by our jennies and their improve-
ment. Dick Arkright used to claim my father's in-
vention as his own, and therefore would do nothing for
poor mother ; and when our evidence upset his patent,
be never forgave the family. Mother once applied
to Bobby Peel, as we used to call him when I was a girl ;
but like his son the Secretary, he did nothing for .es. lam
therefore content with tbis 20. 6d. per week wiiiaiAe good
man Mr. Brotherton gets for me from a Charity, poor
old woman died in 1,829, but two of her sisters are still living
in Salford, in equal indigence, to shame the treat Cotton
Spinners !