Star.
London, England, 1824-04-21 00:00:00

ABATEMENT OF PA UPERIsM IN THE CIT Y
OF LONDON.

' Yesterday a numerous Meeting of the Church wardens,
and deputations from the several Parishes of the City of
London, met at Bow Church, for the purpose of re-
ceiving the Repeat of the Sub-Committee on the subject
of the London Workhouse—CHAßLES WILLIAM HLCIC,
Eq. in the Chair.
The Report stated, that the Sub-Committee had duly
presented the Petitions of the several Parishes, praying
that in consequence of the heavy burdens imposed upon
them without any adequate advantage, the demand for
farther aid on account of the London Wot khouse might
cease, or measures be adopted to render the Institution
more efficient and beneficial to the Public ; that a Com-
mittee of the Corporation was appointed to investigate
the subject, and reported, as had been stated previously,
on the subject in accordance with the views of the ex-
tensive population of the City of London ; that the Sub-
Committee, from the conviction that the managementof
the London Workhouse, and the purposes to which it had
been appropriated tor a length of time, was not such as
were intended by the Act of the Legislature under which
it was originally constituted, and that, from alterationsin
the poor laws and other circumstances, a call had been ac-
customed to be made on the parishes for pecuniary support
to a useless and unnecessary extent, therefore approved
of the recommendation to reduce the expenses of the.
establishment; that after defraying the present out-
standing claims by one further rate only, and that
amounting to no more than one-half of the usual rite
c:r assessment on the parishes, a plan be cartied into
execution for rendering the workhouse useful by means
cf its c.,vn independent funds, without any furth:r claim
71pon the parishes ; that upon this successful result, to
1..2 justly attributed to the inteiference and expression
ihe gclrt ii vtii:e of the parishes, the Sub-Commit-
tee deemed it unnecessary to make any further comment
t's.an simply that cf congratulation, although in re,ign-
itig Oic;r trust th2v timid not but urge the expediency
e; a steady co-oixration amongst the polishes in any
'.:sere plita for rendering the workhouse useful to the
rommunity, and improving the system adopted with
-chard to the por.r, Stc.
A Member of the Deputation observed, that the in-
stitution of the London Workhouse could be adapted to
admirable uses, and supported by its own independent
4.unds. It was Mr. Hick's object to have a refuge for
:•ersons who had no work—iii. those who were released
torn prisons, where they wete colihned for offences of
••o magnitude, and who might be brought back to a
sense of duty and shame—(Applause.)
Feveral Gentlemen spoke in favour of the plan ; and
the Report was adopted.
The thanks of the Meeting were then vc,ted to the
Sub-Committee, and Mr. Atwood, the Honorary Se-
..retary, to whom it was resolved the paper expressing
die thanks should be enclosed in a gold box.
The Meeting then separated.
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to Rev. E. IRVING has been lately , in open,
jig a new Scottish Church at Ifirniiugham, called bt. .Itolre w's, after
the tutelar Saint of Scotland. Tr.ts plate ot worship, which Was
..acted at the sole expense of a Mr. Wm. hotst:..• ft; Ihrtnin;-,hint,
is Loge and beautiful stut:t:

- PAUXHALT, GARDENS.

Notwith,tanding the large sums of money expended
by the present Pr tipri tors of these Gardens, preparatory
to their openii.o.° for the last season, workmen have been
busily employed during the winter in preparing new
fascinatioas for the frequenters of this popular place of
amusement. A new painting by THORNE, representing
is the centre the Cave of Fingal, 81 feet by 25, is neariy
completed ; which is to be put up where the represen-
tatian of Mount Vesuvius w :is placed last year. Two
new galleries are erected for the better accommodation
of the company ; one of which is opposite the theatre,
and the other opposite the fire toe:cr. The otcheitra has
been entirely repainted. The c, lours are red and white,
relieved by very well executed gilding. A new sound
ing-board, in the form of a shell, has beta placed aver
the orchestra where the vocal performers stand.—
The partition that separated the rooms in the Pavilion
has been removed; a new staircase has been erected,
and a new gallery or supper-room has been added at
that end of it towards the Kennington-lane gate.