The Sun.
London, England, 1841-04-13 00:00:00

CROYDON PETTY SESSIONS

(Before J. REED, Esq., J. W. SUTHERLAND, Esq.,
and D. R. WARRINGTON, Esq.)
Mr. George Penfold, the Vestry Clerk of the parish
of Croydon, aceompaniei by Mr. Farley, one of the
overseers, attended before the Bench to show cause
why a distress warrant for the sum of 8001. should not
issue against the parish officers in consequence of their
non-compliance with an order for the payment of a sum
of money made upon them by the Board of Guardians,
and the above amount being the balance of that sum,
which they had neglected to pay over.
Mr. Andrews, the Clerk to the Board of Guardians,
stated that an order had been made upon the overseers
by the Board for the sum of 1,097/., and the parish
officers promised to pay it within a certain time, which
was allowed them, but they had broken their engage-
ment, and had paid but a very small portion of the
amount, and there was a balance of 800/. now due.
The Board had been put to very gre it inconvenience in
consequence of the neglect of the parish officers, and
they had no money to pay the bills with. He must,
therefore, although he was very unwilling to adopt so
harsh a proceeding, press toe Bench to grant a distress
warrant.
The CHAIRMAN asked Mr. Pet-11'01d what he had to
say upon the subject of the application ?
Mr. Penfolcl replied that the parish officers had done
all they could to get in the money, and they had paid it
over as fast as they obtained it. He denied that there
was so large a balance due, as was represented by Mr.
Andrews, and said that it would be at his peril if he
took a distress warrant for that amount.
Mr. Andrews said that all this inconvenience was oc-
casioned by the negligence of the overseers in not mak-
ing a rate in proper time. Instead of making a rate in
proper time to provide for the demands which they
knew would be made upon them, they neglected to do
so tiil the end of January ; and it was not put into the
collector's hands until the beginning of February, and
consequently he had not time to collect the money.
The union business was greatly retarded by such pro-
ceedings, and at present the Board had no money to
go on with ; and it was, therefore felt absolutely neces-
sary to resort to the present proceedings, and he must
press the Bench to grant a distress warrant.
Mr. Pentold said, that before any distress warrant
was granted it would be better to ascertain what money
had been paid, because the parish officers denied that
there was any such amount as 800/. due from them.
They had paid various sums into the banker's during
the past week, and there was not more than 800/. re-
maining due from them.
Mr. Andrews said he was not aware that any further
sums had been paid into the bank, but as that was the
case he should not press for a warant if the parish
officers would undertake to pay over the remainder of
the money in a few days.
The Vestry Clerk having consented to this arrange.
meat, the application for a distress warrant was aban.
Boned.

STATE Or TRADE.—The market both for cot

tonvci goods t
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en d
wye• aerkn has
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of hope
flatter during
wa s
created
on Wednesday, by the report that the Indian mail had ar-
rived. The report proved fallacious, and the relapse left
sellers more desirous to do business than before. In both
hand and power-loom cloths a slight reduction in price
has been submitted to by those who have effected sales ;
and in yarns also a reduction of about per lb. has
taken place. The worst feature in the market is the
want of orders for export—all shippers being unable to
purchase largely even at a very low price, in conse-
quence of the absence of demnnd from abroad. Spin-
ners and manufacturers are daily increasing their stocks,
and as their means become daily more and more circum-
scribed their ability to keep off the market will decrease,
and the result must be a number of sacrificing sales, in
order to meet more urgent demands. More orders, or
less production, is the continual cry. The news from
China did not reach this in time to affect the Thursday's
market. We have seen a letter from St. Petersburgh
dated 13th March (old style), which states that trade is
very bad there, and that there have been failures, prin-
cipally in Moscow, to the amount of several millions sterl-
ing.—Manchester Times,
Ebenezer Elliott is not known as a defender of
the Corn-law ; but he says, " that law is worth the many
millions which it costs us, if it do no more than demon.
strate to the firm above-named (Messrs. Protection, Clod,
and Co.), that they must beware in future how they play at
the game of war." It is thus the wise man extracts " good
from every thing ;" and let us comfort ourselves with the
hope that our declining revenue may convince our legisla-
tors of the necessity of a more liberal system of comnier_
cial policy. —Leeds Times.
The Marquis of Waterford proceeded last week
to England, where he perchased twenty-five couple of the
finest and best bred fox hounds in that country, and re-
turned to Rockwell, his sporting residence in this county,
on Tuesday morning last. This truly liberal and high.
spirited nobleman has now in his possession three as fine
packs of fox hounds as there arc in the kingdom ; and the
sporting gentry of Tipperary anticipate rare sport during
t
he next season..
.Tipperary Constitution.