The Sun.
London, England, 1855-09-20 00:00:00

METROPOLIS LOCAL MANAGEMENT ACT.
SETTING OUT THE WARDS.

CAMBERWELL.

Mr. William Durrant Cooper, the assessor appointed
under the new act for the local management of the me-
tropolis, met the parochial authorities for the parish of
Camberwell in the Vestry-hall, yesterday, at an ad-
journed meeting, for the purpose of dividing this parish
into wards, and apportioning the vestrymen to the va-
rious wards. Mr. Churchwarden Anson, Mr. Marsden,
vestry clerk, and a large number of overseers and col-
lectors were in attendance.
The present government of the parish, which con-
tained a population of between 50,000 and 60,000, is
vested in a local board.
The ASSESSOR, on taking his seat, said they had met
again to divide the wards which they were unable to ac-
complish at the last meeting, although they had arrived
at an approximate division. He proposed to divide the
parish into six wards, which division would not materially
differ from the boundaries which at present existed. He
found, from the returns which bad been made to him by
the vestry clerk, that the rateable value of the entire
parish amounted to 223,0371., exclusive of the assess-
ments on the public companies.
The division of the parish was then proceeded with,
and, after considerable difficulty and loss of time, which
arose in tracing the boundaries on the map, it was agreed
to divide the wards as follows :
Ward No. I.—St .George West, Camberwell, con-
tains so much of the district as will be composed within
a line drawn and commencing at the boundary of the
parish next Newington, to the north end of Villa-street
by the centre of Villa, to the centre of Albany-road ;
thence westward by the centre of the Albany-road to
the centre of St. George's-street ; along the centre of
St. George's-street to the bridge ; over the bridge, and
then easterly along the centre of the Grand Surrey
Canal to the boundary of the parish next Peckham, and
thence by the said boundary to Rosemary Branch ;
then north-westerly along the centre of South-
ampton-street to the centre of Martha-street; thence
along Martha-street to Edmund-street ; thence turning
northerly along Edmund-street to Southampton-street ;
thence westerly along Southampton-street and Wynd-
ham-road to the boundary of the parish next Lambeth,
at Stafford-place ; and then by the boundary of the
parish next the parishes of Lambeth and Newington to
the starting point.
Ward No. 2 —St. George East, Camberwell, comprises
the remainder of the district of St. George, Camberwell.
Ward No. 3—Camden ward contains so much of the
parish as will be comprised within a line, commencing
on the east, at the centre of the Peckham-road, opposite
Rosemary-branch ; thence running westerly, along the
road and Church-street, to the boundary of the parish
next Lambeth, on the south side of Camberwell-green ;
thence by the boundary of the parish next Lambeth to
Wyndham-road, at Stafford-place ; thence easterly along
Wyndham-road and Southampton-street to Edmund-
street, and thence along Edmund-street, Martha-street,
and Southampton-street, to the starting point.
Ward No. 4.—Peckham North Ward comprises so
much of Peckham as comes within a line commencing
at the east boundary of the parish, next to Paul's, Dept-
ford, in the centre of Deptford-lane or Queen's-road,
and running westward along the Queen's-road, High-
street, Peckham, to the south end of Hill-street, then
northward along Hill-street and Willow-brook-road to
Taylor's-bridge, over the Peckham branch of the Grand
Surrey Canal ; thence northward along the said branch
to the Canal ; thence eastward along the said Canal till
its junction with the parish of St. Paul's, Deptford ; and
thence by the boundary of Peckham next St. Paul's,
Deptford, the starting-point.
Ward s.—Peckham South contained the remainder of
Peckham.
Ward 6.—Camberwell and Dulwich Ward comprised
the remainder of the district of St. Giles', Camberwell,
and the whole of the hamlet of Dulwich.
The ASSESSOR said he could not dismiss the subject of
the division of the parish without expressing his satisfac-
tion of the manner in which it had been done. It was as
eoually divided as possible. He would now proceed to
the appointment of the vestry, and the basis of his cal-
culation would be made on the average rateable value of
the various wards. He found from the returns that
Ward No. 1 contained 938 rated householders, 1,117
rated persons, the rateable value being 25,3941. Ward
No. 2 comprised 1,081 rated householders, 1,229 rated
persons, an amount of 33.1831. for rateable value. Ward
No. 3 had 1,060 rated householders, 1,074 rated persons
and rateable value amounting to 22,8271. Ward No. 4
contained 1,370 rated householders, 1,471 rated per-
' sons, and 38,4161. rateable value. Ward 5 com-
prised 1,163 rated householders, 1,319 rated persons,
with an amount of rateable value of 36,9371. Ward
6 had rated householders numbering 1,033, rated house-
holders and rated persons 1,056, the rateable value being
56,2801. To the extra parish he would apportion 84 vestry-
men, and give to the three first wards 12 vestrymen each, to
wards 4 and 5 he would give 15 vestrymen ; and to ward 6,
which was the largest in extent and in the amount of assess-
ments, he would apportion 18 vestrymen. To add to the
total amount of these assessments, which reached
523,037/., there were the different companies in the
parish, which yielded 6,2131., and which, together with
the assessment on rateable value, gave a return of
229,2501. to the parish, with an average to each house-
holder of 301. 19s. sd. The business for which they had
met baying been disposed of, he would congratulate the
parochial authorities onthe result of their arduous labours,
which he considered were crowned with success.
A vote of thanks having been passed to the learned
assessor and to the vestry clerk, and the other parish
officers., for the able assistance which they had rendered,
the proceedings terminated.
As far as the parish of Camberwell is concerned, the
business is concluded.