Star.
London, England, 1826-03-29 00:00:00

tiihii4o4at of atiiithil election of Parish
OSeers, the Church- was eittoitiroesly attended. • The
appointments went oh in the mita' manner, with some
changes, among which .wis that of Auditor (hid Parish
Accounts, to which Office Mr. Henry Hunt was elected:
Oa the motion for esttling three hohJted guineas to the
Wart of the RectchAOts whose piety; charity, and social
virtues Mr. B. Hawes Vested many eulogiums, Mr.
IHunt observed, that tieing Mr. Hawes full credit for
his character of the Revs Gentleman, who, he believed,
merited all the praises bestowed, he. nevertheless, thought
that when the times pressed so hardly on the poor, and
indeed upon•all classes. some aitelition should he paid
to economy. He understood a man who had worked'
for Mr. Hawes, with a wife and five children, had some
time ago applied to the parish for telief, be;ng Out of,
work, and could obtain only 7s. per week ; his wages
at the best of times were 15F. per 'week, and dist he
could obtain but 75., while his salary had been but 15s.
a week when in employ. The Rector, he undristood,
had another living—small fees—that amounted to 7001.
a year in this parish—in a'l, above 1,0091. a' year, which
sum was able to mainta:n 1,500 families, at 15s. per
week, and that, while such wits the case, " bought the
parish should not be called upon for any additional
expenses; that nothing should be laid out unles im
peii_ously called for; and that he hoped on that day
twelVemonth he should be able to sati-fy the Vestry as
to 'he necessity of frugality, and a more equitable divi-
sion ofihe Palish Roes.

Mr. B. Hawes eeptessed hims-If with some indigna
tien at the allusion made by Mr. Hunt to the men in
his employ. They ha.: a fund to support them in time
of need, and never, to his knowledge, asked for parochial
relief; he vionght it was very ungentlemanly to make
such an allusion.—EHere Mr. Hunt declared he meant
nothing invidious Mr.Hawe..j—Mr. liawes resu ming, .
'said that although he never 'attended the Church, he
contributed more to it than any one that did, and
claimed the support of the Vestry to his' motion.
A lit•sultory conversation arose, in which Mr. Hamm, jun. made
a painted allusion to ,Ir. Hunt's blacking, in reply to which Air.
iluar observed, that the question for the consideration •of the
Parish would not be illustrated by allusions either to blackiag or
ssaitswis.--The question was put, and Mr. Hunt acquiescing, not.
withstanding many interruptions, was carried.
Upon a motion that the Rector should be allowed a further sum
I of 100 guineas a year, to enable him to keep a Citrate, a warm
discussion followed.
Mr. Hems said, he found by the accoubti that a balance remained
out of the parish rates, amounting to "2,405 • rime the yearlllll4,
which it was alleged had been lodged in the Bank of England; bat
if it laid there, it had brought no interest to the parish. So large
a sum ought to be brought into the account, or else so laid out as
to assist in payment of the Poor Rates, in which opinion the
Vestry appeared very cordially to join.
The vote for allowing the sum required for the Curate was then
put and carried.
BALLOON ASCENT.

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Yesterday, Mr. Green, accompanied by his brother,
made his4Bth ascent,lrom the Eagle Tavern tea-gardens,
' City-road. It being expected that a great concourse of
people woulcrasremble on the occasion, strong barriers
were erected against the avenues leading to, the gardens
a precaution which in the sequel was found very useCtil,
for,,liing hiefge the .Iwur fixed for the apn,t, immense
crowds Had svileeted in the lane le4ding to the-tavern,
' and in the' of the City-tcfliai it;the front of 'and
also' in Alit field; It the back. .On the *heV,' perhaps,'
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'as .gieat I otilerber was collected err' tne-prvisent al on
any toriner occasion during the. lasts lontril-mileftnps.
stance which, when the frequency of exhibitions of this,
kind is considered, may at first excite surprise, and can,
only be accounted for fecinilhe ctirt 411mejitbr iiipOres.
*ion which of late liai taken place. Cif 'inaliy or the, pO.
pular %amusements of the present- period. The space .
within the gardens was also very well filled, the price,
having been reduced to Is: with the exception-of a small
ilner circle,in which the, balloon was filed, the admission
to which was 2s. In all, the number . collected in the
gardens could not be less than 1,000, among whom were
a greet propoition of well dressed persons of both sexes.
—A band •vhis-as usual stationed in the gardens, which
in the -cones* nf the afternoon played a variety of
favourite airs.- The process of inflating the balloon was
completed by noon, after which the preparations for
the asx nt were tardily proceeded with, it evidently
being designed to delay she ascent till as late an hour as
could conveniently be done, and which was the more
excu.able as crowds of persons kept arriving long after
four o'clock. By halfpast four, however, the prepara-
t. were ae.nounced to be, complete, and a pilot
balloon was dispatched, which taking a north-easterly
direction, was soon out of tight. In a few minutes
after war ds, Mr. Green and his brotheeplaced themselves
in the car auacheci loth' balloon. The signal for letting
gq the ropes was then given, and the balloon, after
rising a height of nearly 200 feet perpendicularly, so'
as admirably to clear the pees Mid surrounding houses,
bore away, in the d e-ction liken" by its piecurvir, and
mounting higher and higher was in less than five
minutes lea to sight. Although the wind was rather
high for an expedition of this kind, the balloon did not
oscilate in the least.. At tin 9'clotk last night Messrs.
Green returned to the E ogle in the City-road. It. up-
pears they hid landed- without any difficulty near 'hik-
ing.. Their return Avast reeteds with great applause.

(LA".
• A sad accident occurredr.eesevea o'clock yesterday
morning, on the Gre nwich road, close to New Cross..
A heavy waggon, laden by about 40 peltiOns returning
from the fair, and drawn Ity three liOntts,bY Some acci-
dent broke down, end the living cargo were flung into
the road in every direction, and with the' following 14-
aselitibte Consequences to nine of tbegrorrho sank wader
the crashing vehicle:—Two bad each-both their thighs
broken; another the skull dreadfully fractured, sad
three so seriously injured that they were removed life-
' less. Twelve individuals ware carried to the Hospital,
add to some houses in the neighbourbOOd.
CHILD PotiotieD.—A distressing accident occurred at
Dundee, a few days ago, by which a child, in the third
year of its. age, was deprived of life. The mother of the
child was preparing some.shoe-blacking; and a quart.
tity of vitriol, which she was using ht the compound.
wait standing beside her, when the • infant accidentally
4get postessionof it, and drink a portion of the burning
liquid. The usual remedies were tried without effect;
it survived two days in a state of great duties:, when
,death terminated its suffering!:
Several of die prineigidl deitlert in corn-it Leighton
'enzeird'hire resolved; tliit'iri-ttiture they will use the
lasperial bushel:A*ly; 'ands and -sell.by.the varier,
ead of thedoorg gleesome of Avg -bushels-
E,..4. -mast of the,nantg.elAtmtbtell, an itinerant vender
of coals and wood, was_ killed by accident on Saturday,
on the upper road from Miasma Sunbury. Hefted
made re bet of a pot of b.er that betould-leap a hedge.
lie won his wager, but he broke his neck in the effort.