The Sun.
London, England, 1868-02-21 00:00:00

REPORT OF TILE BOUNDARY COMMISSION.

The following is a brief summary of the recom-
mendations of the Boundary Commissioners, which
have just been laid upon the table of the House of
Commons, but which are not likely to be delivered
by the printers till the middle of next week. The
additions to the boroughs are summed up as fol-
lows : Boroughs existing before 1867—Extensions
proposed, 81 ; no extension proposed, 116. Bo-
roughs constituted by the Act of 1867 : Extensions
proposed, 3 ; contractions proposed, 4 ; both exten-
sions and contractions proposed, 2 ; no alteration,
1. Total, 207. It will thus be seen that altera-
tions are proposed in ninety boroughs, or less
than half the whole number. The agricultural
boroughs as a general rule remain unaltered,
or with very slight additions. Hence very
few alterations are proposed in the boroughs of the
South of England. Windsor is to receive the ad-
dition of Eton and Clewer, containing about 4,000
inhabitants. Newport receives a conditional re-
commendation of extension to East and West Cowes,
although curtailment is recommended. Bath is
proposed to be augmented by Tiverton. In the
West Midland district an increase of 30,000 popula-
tion is proposed for Birmingham, chiefly in the
suburb of Aston, and an increase of 37,098 for
Dudley. Coventry, Bewdley, and Droitwich have
small additions ; Kidderminster and Worcester
additions of rather larger character. Glouces-
ter is put down for 14,060 additional, and Bris-
tol for 20,000. Wednesbury is promised an ad-
dition of 12,000 in Darlaston. Leamington
is to be added to Warwick ; Derby absorbs
Litchurch and Little Chester with 10,000 inhabi-
tants ; Nottingham had a large and important addi-
tion of 31,000. In Lancashire the new borough of
Burnley is proposed to be curtailed by leaving out
part of Habergham Eaves. Blackburn is to be in-
creased by Wilton and Livesey, containing nearly
8,000 persons. Rochdale is to give up its circular
boundary, and to take in Wardleworth and Spot-
land townships with five small hamlets, containing
altogether 10,000 persons. Ashton obtains the rest
of the municipal borough and the Hurst and local
board, with 8,000 persons. To Oldham is added
the Lees hamlet with 7,000. Liverpool and Man-
chester receive portions of numerous townships,
the numerical result of which is not stated. Cheshire
adds Poulton, with 4,000 inhabitants, to Birken-
head, and also adds 3,000 to Chester. Staly-
bridge is to lose Massley and Staly, with 17,000,
leaving 40,000 still in the new borough. In York-
shire, Bradford, Sheffield, Pontefract, Leeds,
Knaresborough, and Ripon have no alterations.
Halifax and Wakefield are extended to the limits
of the municipal boroughs. Huddersfield gets
34,000 persons from Lockwood, Almondbury, Dal-
ton, Lindley, Longwood, and Lower Linthwaite.
Dewsbury is a good deal altered in some of the out
townships. Hull is extended over the dock suburbs.
In the Tyne boroughs, Morpeth is to include a part
of Blyth and other townships, with 9,000 fresh in-
habitants. Tynemouth receives an addition of
8,000, Gateshead 10,000, South Shields 15,000. In
the metropolitan boroughs, Hampstead, with about
20,000 inhabitants, is thrown into Marylebone ;
Stratford is omitted from Hackney ; Green-
wich receives Pluwstead, and 27,000 ; Chelsea
gains Chiswick, with about 5,000 inhabitants.
As regards the counties, the divisions proposed by
the act of last session are adhered to, with the ex-
ception of the IVest Riding, but the places of elec-
tion are in some instances changed. The West
Riding is proposed for a new division, coinciding
nearly with that proposed by Mr. Beaumont—a
northern division, with Staincliffe and Ewecross
wapontakes, Bradford and Halifax parishes, and
Bolton and Idle townships, and 247,000 population
exclusive of boroughs ; an eastern division of Claro
Skyrack, Barkston Ash, Osgoldcross, and the re-
mainder of Morley, with 232,000 similar inhabi-
tants ; and a southern division the same as that in
the act of 1867, viz., Agbrigg, Staincross, and Straf-
forth, with 364,000 population. So far as we can
judge, the total additions to the boroughs may be
roughly estimated at 350,000 ; but we speak subject
to correction when the detailed figures are furnished.
—Pall Mall Gazette.