31 DECEMBER 1853, Page 11

A meeting of Poor-law Guardians, Churchwardens, and others inte- rested

in the administration of Poor-law relief, took place yesterday at the London Tavern, under the presidence of the Lord Mayor. The ge- neral complaint put forth was the inequality of burdens in the City of London Union. The wealthy parishes pay scarcely anything; the poor parishes are exorbitantly taxed. The particular question before the meet- ing was, whether the school at Norwood, confessedly a successful experi- ment, should be removed, enlarged, or left where it is. The expense of removing, which would fall unequally on the City, was raised as an ob- jection. Finally, the meeting resolved to suspend proceedings until it should be known what course Parliament would take with reference to the Poor-relief Acts.