Star.
London, England, 1829-01-06 00:00:00

'PkOSH OF ST. PAUL, COVENYuARDEN.

A 'Petty Sessions was held yesterday at the public
'Office. Buw,treet, with a view to the final settlement
"01' the Overseers' accounta, &c.
Mr. MINSIIULL, Mr. HALLS, and Mr. ROBINION, a
ethisity Migistiate(who was called in as an umpire, the
titre former Magistrates hieing differed with regard to
• slum, of the items), presided.
•, Mr, Roach, the ex, aid sir. Corder the preseut, yes-
' Sr" Cleats, were in attendance; its were also Mr. Nil-
' lip;;the solit.tor; and se, rat inhabitants who telt au
hire' esi in the final adjusts:writ Of the business.
Aker some prelimutaiy observations, the accourt•
%yr to opened, and Mi. Cordir, on behalf of the parish,
p oceeded to object tOthe item otlBl. 16s. the expense
of a dinner at tirieeowich,iin the occasi n of an annual
vi.it to the pauper 'childen air Norwood.
• Mr. MINSHULL said he had already objected to that
• *kern, and 'still craiitOeeclof the same.opinion with te-
-.• ti.•ect to it. ; •
Mr. • HALLS cstrieitied ihret the item ought to
"passed, its' it liscl been a usual custom fur years, and had
`nritiliefore been objected to. lf, he said, the charge
were clisallowediit wruld.beimputingconducttothose
gentlemen who attended the dinner which would not
' credit upon them.
• •Mr.•COnisea said that, in order to show that this ices
• •ought not to be allowed, he would just mention the
practice which existed in other parishes.
Mr. GateriTna,
,one of the overseers, said, if Mr.
' Corder were to instance the practice of other parishes,
he also would do so. St. Saviour's, Southwark, allowed
41.-a month for such visits, in addition to a grand annual
dinner.
Mr. WALKER—Y. u may know *hem a select vestry
exits by the dtnnets which they enjoy at the parish
• .expense.
Mr. CORDER said that in St. Mary's, Whittchapel,
four visits sere made to the p.oper children, for which
only two guineas per quitter were allowed.
Mr. knots:sots gave it as his opinion that this dinner
bill, as it stried, could not he allosed. It was ;sof:et
that the gentlemen deputed by the parish should have
proper conveyance and ref reslim.ot. but eipensive din-
Errs • u ;ht not to be tolerated. Why (continued Mi.
Itiihinsln, looking over the account), the suns which is
hese charged for wine would leave ex .ctly two bottles
.. and a pint to each individual.
Mr. CORDER then caled the t nt ion of the Maki.-
. t ate, to the dicta of Mansfield and Mr. Justice
• A.si ton, cited in ,'clam's Poor Laws, where the (outsell
st ..:es—ihat time Cow r ught nut to st u tenanty chat ges
...fiii,cating and ti:n.iling; and the latter—that Ci.urch7
w.st4ens and Overseers sere to be allowed only for their
ba e expenses. •
.Mr. MI snULL and Mr. Itonixson both sAd that
. 111,4 opinion was loondred tip• n the cases ulnas Mr.
Corder had cited. They theiefore thought it would be..
. better for the auditors to.say what suns they totiecieed
would be sufficient.
. Mr. HALLS said that the.surn ought to he either al.
lowed in the whole or else rejected altogether. Unle s
it were allowed, all he could say was, that he would
not put his hand to any paper that would fix an odium
upon the, late overseers.
Mr. Minanuta. said he did not exactly compiehend
Mt. Halls, and he thought that they should (mom to
some right understanding upon the subject; for it Mr.
ttobinson, who had been chosen as umpire, should hap
p-n to agree,with Mr. Halls upon another point, he.
.Mr. Minshull, would be left alone in hi:A:pinion, and
thus the matter would remain as undecided as berme.
As to ..odium,", no one could be centuted by their
decision.
Mr. Hipps cnntendedr that these ,would, and said
that Oe.pu6lic press of thetountty had been employed
in traducing the Gentlemen who bad lately filled offices
in the parish. He should therefore be very careful bow
he acted, lest he should toward the views of an int.-
tested party.
Mr. Colman disclaimed all patty feeling, and said he
was satisfi.d that the Press of the country was too in.,
deper.dent to be influenced as Mr. Halls hod described.
Atter soma fur thet. discussion, it was agreed that 101.6'.
should be,teductedltotothe dinner bill, leaving 61. 65.,
for the expenses.
The sum of 44.11 x. 3d. for a dinner at Richardson's,