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

CROYDON PETTY SESSIONS.

(Before J. REID, Esq., J. W. SUTHERLAND, Esq.,
and D. R. WARRINGTON, Esq.)
Mr. George Penfold, the Vestry Clerk of the parish
of Croydon, accompanied by Mr. Farley, one of the
overseers, attended before the Bench to show cause
why a distress warrant for the sum of 800/. should not
issue against the parish officer,: 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,
arid 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 p: omised 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 8001. now due.
The Board had been put to very great 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 the Bench to grant a distress
warrant.
The CHAIRMAN asked Mr. Penfold what he bad to
say upon the subject of the application ?
Mr. Penfold replied that the parish officers had done
all thee could to get is 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 tbM all ihiS' 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 trould be made upon them, they neglected to do
so tid 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. Penfold said, that before any distress warrant
was granted it would be better to ascertain what money
had been paid, beeause the parish officers denied that
there was any such amount as 8001. due from them.
They had paid various sums into the banker's during
the past week, and there was not more than 3001. 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-
ment, the application for a distress warrant was aban.
doned.

" THE HOLIDAYS."—Sunday, notwithstand-
ing the unfavourable appearance of the weather in the early
morning,and t
tens
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dirs. ootrfophoalrids.
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hiat.s
Pathousandstofthe
nics to enjoy the usual recreations of the season. The se-
veral landing-places and piers on the banks of the Thames,
more particularly those at Hungerforel Market, Scan
Wharf, and London Bridge, were crowded to excessb
50,.: anxious to incur the fearful risk of " moving accyidpeenrts
b.. flood, " f. orn overloaded steam-boats plying from
less to say that Greenwich, with its
t(iese
places to
,:ravesend, and the intermediate long-shore
park, consecrated by im.
rendezvous. It is nee,'
magnificent hospital r.nd
memorial usage to Easter aria'
Whitsun revel,, was the
great point of attraction. Thither th..:t extraordinary per,
aonagc, ,t all the world and his wife," seemed most de-
votedly bent, and with an ardour and only
-ealled by the pilgrims of yore on their journey o the
far_fia,„ shrine of Thomas a_ Becket, at Canterbury.
may naturally be anticipated, proved a
rTichheshearf%eTesiti.igtogg the OwT.ers of the various steam-packet
oompanieg, whose boat :, numerolts as they are, and crowded
to a frightful extent, afforded but a very slight " suepla,
of accommodation in proportion to the "
The two railwale. the Greenwich and Blackwell, par-
tially made up for their insufficiency ; and by four
o'clock, much to the gratification and profit too
of the water-side public-house keepers and the re-.
tailers of " tea made with shrimps," and of "h t water
at ld per head," Greenwich was literally choke full of
cockneys. The scene on and from the splendid pier was
animated in the eltterne. What with the coining in and
eacting off of steamers, the busy interfering and bustling
importance of the company's svevants and officials in their
spicic and span new unifilms, the bests of loungers on the
promenade, and the civility and attention-of the directors,
in personally superintending and providing for the cony( -
thence of the "voyagers," coupled with the variety of cos-
tume and manners of the latter, the spectator might have
imagined himself transport 'd to acme land where pit asure
was the sole possession of the inhabitants. There were
booths of most of the old f ivourites, inducting Johnson and
Lee, Alger, Clark,
Wombwell, and other's who, although
not stars of the first magnitude, are indispensable to the
glory of the suburban fair.
RESPITE OF THE SENTENCE OF• DEA TH.--
Seturday last the Governor of York Castle received a
respite from her Majesty's Secretary of State of the sen-
tence of dea'h which was passed by Mr. Baron
at Coo lest Yorkshire Assize, on Jahn Mitchell, the youth
who was tried for the murder of Mr. Blackburn, rear
Bar Wey. Mitchell will, consequeritly, be transported for
life.