Star.
London, England, 1829-04-23 00:00:00

EVER:II44, 1829.

the workhouse and ha inmates also kept clean. He I
fearlessly stated that the wisteria!s for painting thework-
house were purchased by. the master, and that the
paupeis were Glide to assist, as far as in them lay,
bearing in mind the most rigid economy as to the parish.
'hinds. He would, if elected, do his duty under the
r present distressed state of the parish, without, at the
same time, being nijigardly.
Mr: Laymen:l,l2la they had met on important
siness. and he hoped their decision would be directed by
their judgments. He" hid no hesitation in saying that'
Mr. Bishop would make a good warden, and that Mr.
'Pierce might be better, but he was -petfectly satisfied
Mr. Smith wooLl be the best warden of all.
The CHAIRMANt then put the candidates in nomina-
tion, when there appeared, upon a show of hands--

_ .
For Mr. Smith 130 I For Mr. Norte as I Per Mr. Bishop 2
Mr. Panncs obwrved, that in consequence of such
illiberal treatment, .breach of faith, and forfeiture of
confidence, be would demand a poll, upon the grounds
that, upon an interview the night before with Mr.
Smith, that Gentler an notonli promised him his sup
Isom. but actuaili said that he would par bisii in nimbi.
nation. • - ••.

Mr. Sawyer and Mr. Perry were then pot in not:sista-
tion'for under warden. and upon a show of hands thee,
appeared—

For Mr. Sawyer 113 For Mr. Perry 73
A poll was abo demanded. •

'Ns election commenced yesterday morning at the
church. and, notwithstanding the severity of the wea-
ther. at the close of the poll at four o'clock there ap-
pealed—

Fes Units Wssosse—Mr. Peeree6ll I Mr. Sari& $6
Fos Units Wesson —Mr. Perry 3$ Mr. Sawyer 3$
PARISH OF CHRISTCHURCH.

In pursuance of an understanding on Tuesday, that
the meeting of the Vestry would be resumed yesterday,
for the purpose of proceeding to a ballot as to the con-
firmation of the election of the various parochial officers,
a considerable number of the inhabitants attended the
Vestry.
Mr. HuNr rose and protested against the Meeting
doing any act in the character of a Vestry. as they had
not any authority whatever to review the proceedings
of the previous 'day. The officers nominated by him
(Mr. Hunt) and bis friends having been duly elected,
1 without any formal adjournment of the Vestry, it was
Ito all intents and purposes functars ea. Mi. Hunt
then pointed to a large number of the inhabitants who
were present, and prepared to support, by their votes,
the decision of the former day, as the best evidence that
he did not oppose the proceeding to the ballot from any
apprehension of the result ; but as every act done now'
would be illegal, he should take no further part in the
proceedings, except to declare. that it the ballot were
persisted in, it would invalidate the rates; and he,
pledged himself, in that case, to resist the payment of
every rate, in future.
this announcement on the-part of MI. Hunt cleated
a str .og sensatiim; and on appealing to Mr. Melmott,
the Vestry Clerk, he admitted that Mr. Hunt was cos.
:ea in saying that no resolution for an adj urnineitibad
been cart ied on the day pointed out by the Act of Pair-
lianient ler the election of officers. but wearied to think
.bat there was such an understanding at the time (on
Tuesday) as might justify this course of proceeding.
Mr. Hoar said, that no circumstances--ho implied
understanding—could' justify an illegal act ; and as there
had be, n no lot mat adjournment, the present meeting
had no power to proceed to business.
In this dilemma it *as agreed beta een the forties
that they should mutually withdraw the demand for

the ballot, and that the whole of the officers dee•ed on
the preceding day should be confirmed in their teepee.
live offices.
The names of the Gentlemen whose appointments
were carried by show of hands on Tuesday. stele then
called over, and they were declared duly elected ; and
the struggle has albs terminated in the rejection of all the
of proposed by the old is acistucratical." party, and
the elecientof every one of shoes put forward on the
popular side.
PARISHES OF ST.• GILES IN THE FIELDS. AND

. . • ST. GEOROK.BLOWISBUSY.
Tuesday. at two o'clock, as we stated yesterday, the
polling for the election of Chu chwardens comm. need;
after the adjustment of several ptelinsinaties, and the
hour of finally closing the poll having been determined
upon to be twelve o'clOck at night. As 'tight appt °ached
the excitement iocreased, and the crowds of people in
'the neighbourhood of S . Giles's Church, in which the
votes were taken, were et times immense. The polliug
was kept up with much spin till the last. About eleven
o'clock an attempt was made by the limo& of the can-
didates to have the polling adjourned till sestet day ; but
the Chan man decided that he should abide by what
bad been agreed upon at the out.et ttlierefore the appli-
eation foil. wed, or rather.preceded, the fate of those on
whose behalf it was made.
At twelve o'clock the books of'the poll clerks were
east up, and the number:by the Chairman declared to be,
For Ali. lingers . 390 For Mr. Whitten% . 2711
Mr. Waktry . 541 Mr. Thatcher 4
Mr. Itobitrons . $9O Mr. Waring . 1
'Messrs. Rogers and Wasley were therefore declined
to be duly elected Churchwardens for the ensuing year.
The new officers then left the scene of election to the
room of their Committee amidst the loudest cheers of
their friends and a great concourse of the populace.
Here they were poetised with the most enthusiastic
greeting ; and after a degree of silence was obtained—
Mr. Roams immediately rose and mounted a chair,
for the purpose of renewing his pledges and returning
thanks. Though jaded with the fatigues of the day, he
said these was one feeling which overcame all, which.'
was, the desire he felt of expressing his sentiments to'
those around for the honour they had conferred upon'
hint He felt gratified that so much public and inde-
pendent spirit had been evinced among those with whom
I.a bad lived from hit youth. They had now emanci-
pated themselves from the chains and thraldom under
which they bad been labouring, and had awoke tga
.ease of the rights which every man, more especidfly
an Engli,htnan, ought to possess. They had placed
their upptessors ans:er their feet, where be trusted
they would restaia—(Loud cheers.) He had pledged
himself on a former occasion, that no means should be
left marled to put down the Selrct Vestry, and those
exertions should be exercised till ever* iota of pun-
lotion, robbery, plunder, and jobbing, was put an end to.
....11* trusted, louse a faabionable phrase, that l< Dew
era bad arrived—that the parishioners. fOr the time to
ems, would walk under tine influence of liberal prin-
ciples, in the abate Mao sip fee the last ail-andAthirty

years, they had been subject to the influence Of slavish
ones. They had felrthe consequences of elme•Vestries
on a small and large scales Under.the chuechwareen-
ship of his colleague and himself, they would, he trusted.
feel the benefits of the abolition of at least one close
Vestry. The pledge he bad already given he held sacred
in every respect, nor should it be forgotten by him till
the parishioners bad the power of centtouling their own
slain.
bit. Wnitt.ev. like his friend and colleague, craved
indulgence, on account of the great fatigue he had un-
dergone during the day, but as he had to express the
feelings of truth, he thought he should not have much
difficulty. Mr. Rogers had, at the conclusion of his
speech, reiterated his,pledge. He (Mr. W.) was not one
of those who would . say a thing before an election,
sad forget it afterwards. His friends might rest
*wired that no portion of his pledge on his public
eonduct hereafter should be departed from—(Oreat
cheering). He could speak mote freely here than
in. that crowded, cramped, sad inconvenient' place
eilotid for the purposes of voting. That porch WAS
avian!l for a Man that loved liberty—to him it ap-
'pared like a dark hole leading to the elect hole and
corner system. He hoped no individual would be of;
.knded at what he said. He appeared before them as
a public man, and as such he would speak openly
;what he felt, and state the grounds upon which he
was determined to act. They would find him then, in
word and deed, a radical reformer. He would not
mince matters,•but he would address all as he had
done hit friends before, if his life depended upon it.
As a radical reformer he had ever acted ; as such
he had been successful, and in the gloriouscourse which
he had thus begun he would continue as long as he
should be supported by men like these by whom he
was now surroonded, as long as be had any espec.
union of achieving such triumphs as had now been,
accomplished. If anything could be a source of se.'
tisfaction to him, It was the election of himself jointly
ai h inch a friend at .Jr. Rogers, irti the offices
they were now to fill. He felt great pleasure in call-
ing him a friend, for he believed a more staunch man
in the cause of Reform did not exist. It was to his ezer-
lions the triumph of this day was solely to attributed;
he set the parish in motion, and but li his manly
conduct, in all probability the result would have been
different. He (Mr. W.) was not remarkable for using
civil words to his opponents,. nor could he let the pre-
sent mofnent pass without alluding to the trickery,
that had been resorted to on the present occasion, not
only for the oleos. ed purpoie of defeating the triumph
of this day, but for casting aver it a shadow which
N ould render it more a matter of mourning than of joy.
He alluded to an infamous placard that had been cir.
calved without the name of the.accused or the accuser.
No doubt could be entertained that he was the indivi-
dual to 'whom it was intended to apply. lie had. gone
to the Vestry Wirral that morning to meet any p, rsou
who might think proper to come forward and accuse
him of a dishonoerahle act ; no such person hail made
his appearance. Why? Because the coward who had
posted the placard knew it was a -base calumny, btought
forward for the
.vilest i f purposes, and irrtende I to
lead so such' a Conde ion as would be favourable
to the exigence of a most infamous system, .vellic:,
had too long been tolerated in that parish. P Iron.
capable of.such conduct, were it not f ir the terrors of
the strong arm of the law, would commit a a r-sina-
;ion. Such measures were only to he tegarded
with consummate contempt. lie defied the breath of
calumny to taint. him in any respect. Toe example
of this day, he trusted, would be followed throughout
England,. and measures taken to abolish all such cor-
rupt systen s. 'lse largest rivers did not Into; the
smallest Amami, but the smallest streams were the
111C11.1, irons which the largest rive, s origin .ted. It t! e
purple would but reform themselver, no G reel nmert or
power cluld resist that which they demanded. Ou that
Jay the parishes of St. Giles's in the FieWs and St
.Ortotge's, Bloomsbury, had accomplished a triumph
of yrinciple almost unequalled. Who. could doubt
this when no less than five hundred and sixty-one
Gentlemen had conic forward and supported• him cm
public grounds, to whom he had never spoken—where
he had never even 'cep—for the purpose of placing him
there to destroy a system which had been the disgrace
of the parishioners, and in many instances their ruin?
Ii had been said by his opponents that he had come fur
ward horn -ambitious motives, but the fact was, that he
had been dragged forward. Let his opponents, how-
ever, indulge in their statement, because, if. ambition
consisted in an anxiety to protect the porshioners and
ensure their good opinion, he should never ohj •ct, but
feel proud of the appellation. N r doubt the Select
Vestry would find that the parishioners, in electing Mr.
Rogers and himself, bad iwroduced a tn ace of 'Tartars
among them.
The newly-elected Churchwardens and their friends
lseparated about half-past one o'clock yesterday mora-
ing, amidst the warmest congratulai.ns.

A letter from Lexington. in Kentucky. gives the fol.
lowing account of the murder of the Editor of the
Kentucky Gazette:
Thomas It. Denning, Req. Editor of the Kentucky Gaggle. was.
en the day before yesterday, inhumanly murdered in his own office.
by. Charles Wicklifh, a sun of Robert Wickliffe, c: this place.—
The circumstances are these—A publication appeared in the Re-
porter, signed " C.oriolanus," which was extremely vituperative
and abusive hu:its character; the writer assailed the character of
some individtials without naming them, in the most virulent man-
ner, but made the allusions so pointed that they could not be mis-
taken. A publication appeared in the lesstuelry Gatebe, addressed
I to" Coriolanus," in which the writer treated with merited seve-
rity the author of " Coriolanus," and concluded by challenging
him to come out under his own signature, and " Dentatus" would
do the same. Young Wickliffe, after this publication made its
appearance in the casette. called on the Editor to give up the
author of " Dentate.." Mr. Denning informed him that no one
except the Author of " Coriolanus" had a right to make such a
demand. Wickliffe then avowed himself as the Author of " Co-
riolanus." Mr. Denning told him to remain in his office, and be
would go out and look for the author of " Dentatus ;" after being
absent some time, be returned and informed Mr. Wickliffe that he
had not been able to find the author, but that by eight o'clock the
nest morning be should be given up, and when he (Wickliffe)
learned his name. be would be one of the last men he would wish:
to bear from, and that. be thought the piece, of which he hid
avowed himself the author, was but little credit to him, upon which
Mr. Wickliffe called him a 4—d rascal. and Mr. Bruning raised
a small stick, which was the only weapon of defence be had;
Wickliffe wrested the stick out of his band. Bruning retreated
towards the door, and while -retreating, Wickliffe 'deliberately
pulled a pistol from his bosom and:shot Swain thsoogh the body.-
The wound was useful, and hs irspiret twestphwr. hoensher re.*
cavity it, in great agony. Before his death, Wickliffe was arrested
and taken before two Justices, and ISM to hap is a recopisanco
of 6000 dollars, foe shooting with II intemii kW. After Mr.
Berming's death, a warrant was issued whist 111 r. Wickliffe' for
the crime of murder, but he has mode his sinapa"