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[[image - balloon labeled with 'coronation ball']]
Under the Patronage of the Mayor and Magistrates
MR. GREEN
Respectfully announces to the inhabitants of [[underline]] Northamton [[/underline]] & its Vicinity, that the
EXHIBITION of his MAGNIFICENT
BALLOON,
Inflated with Atmospheric Air,
Together with the CAR and its Appendages,
WILL COMMENCE ON
Saturday, July 3, 1824, at the County Hall,
Where it will continue until Wednesday the 7th.
Admission to the Exhibition at the County Hall, Ladies and Gentlemen, 1s.- Servants and children, 5d.: open each Day from Nine o'Clock in the Morning until Eight at Night.
ON THURSDAY, JULY 8, ^[[1824]]
At THREE o'Clock in the Afternoon, Mr. Green purposes making his
17th AERIAL VOYAGE,
From a commodious Situation,
ADJOINING THE GAS WORKS,
NORTHAMPTON.
Tickets of Admission to widness the inflation, attaching the Car, and Launching the Balloon, 2s. may be had of Birdsal & Son; Dicey & Smithson; J. Abel; J. Sharp, Mercers' Row; of Mr. Green, at Mr. Tarelli's, Wood-Hill; and at the County Hall.

A committee of Gentlemen will be formed for superintending the arraingements and attending to the comfort and convenience of those Persons who may honor Mr. Green with their attendance.

BANDS OF MUSIC will attend, and an enclosure round the Balloon will be fitted up with seats for the accommodation of those Ladies and Gentlemen who may wish to obtain a more eligible view of the process of filling: Tickets of Admission for which, 3s.

ORDER OF SIGNALS - A Gun will be fired and a Pilot Balloon sent off to announce the commencement of Inflation; a second Gun will be fired when the process is completed; and the Ascent will be notified by a third Gun and a second Pilot Balloon.--To afford the Public as ample an opportunity as possible for inspecting the Balloon, the doors will be open at Eleven o'Clock.

N.B. It is requested that Ladies and Gentlemen who purpose attending to witness the Ascent, &c, will provide themselves with Tickets previous to the 8th, as will greatly facilitate the admission.

The Balloon will be inflated with Carburetted Hydrogen or Coal Gas, the very superior advantages of which for the purpose of Aerostation were discovered by Mr. Green about four years ago. It was first used in his Ascent from the Green Park, at his Majesty's Coronation, and subsequently in 14 other Ascents, with complete success: and has now entirely superseded the use of pure Hydrogen.

This stupendous Aerostatic Machine is composed of 700 yards of Silk, in alternate colours of Blue, Crimson and Gold; and its dimensions and appearance, when fully inflated, cannot fail to excite the astonishment of every beholder. It measures 107 feet in circumference, and is capable of containing 136,280 Gallons of Gas.

Cordeux,. Printer, Bradshaw-Street, Northampton.

^[[Mr. Green after [[??]] Leicester the same year]]

Ticket to Witness
[[image - balloon labeled with GREEN]]
MR. GREEN'S ASCENT

Pass Ticket
? Green

[[image - balloon labeled with 'coronation ball']]
LINES ON THE
Ascent of Mr. Green
ACCOMPANIED BY A
YOUNG FEMALE,
With his Magnificent Coronation
BALLOON,
FROM WARWICK,
On the 5th of August, 1824, being his
19th AERIAL VOYAGE

Ye Lads and Lasses of fam'd Warwickshire,
Attention give and lend a willing Ear,
Again the Muse to GREEN a Tribute pays,
And owns him worthy of admiring Praise;
To him 'ti due, which Voices must acclaim,
His enterprising Spirit stamps his Fame!
Long must Reflection centre in the Mind,
Who Genius love, and have a Heart refin'd.

Near Warwick's Course (betimes a Sporting Scene,
Wheron a gallant Race has often been,)
The GRANT BALLOON majestic took its flight,
While Thousands viewed the splendour of the sight,
A band of Music hail'd its fine Ascent,
And paid a zealous, handsome Compliment;
Amid the vast Expanse it graceful steer'd,
The Skies resounding as the Concourse Cheer'd.
Awhile could each the gay Machine descry,
Till as a Blank it vanish'd from the Eye,
Borne on the pinions of the heav'nly Wind,
Mankind it left and fertile Earth behind;
The verdant Meads--the Vallies deckt with Grain,
Pomona's Treasure and the fleecy plain;
Like the last sunshine of expiring day,
Its Beauty beam'd and then declin'd away.
Amid the air its silky lustre spread,
And with velocity a distance fled!
Green's youthful Female Friend undaunted brav'd
The airy Region and her Colours wav'd;
Much praise to her is due from ev'ry Tongue,
Who show'd such Courage in a^[[n]] Age so young.
At length in safety they descended down,
And so on return'd to WARWICK'S ANCIENT TOWN.

By the Applause which GREEN'S great merit drew,
Ye Sons of Britons! be it mark'd by you;
Within your Hearths record his valiant Feat,
And think how noble-how sublime the Treat!
His fame requires you act a manly part,
Who's prov'd his Skill and philosophic Art.
May good Success and Healrth on him attend,
And Fortune's Goddess ever prove a Friend.

Foden, Printer, Jury Street, Warwick.