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Raises, the Member for Cambridge University, who had taken a
prominent and active part in procuring a series of amendments to
the Bill, moved that the new Boroughs for Southwark should be
struck out of it; to this Sir Ciiarles Dilke readily assented, and
subsequently he consented to the restoration of the ancient Borough
and its insertion in the third Schedule as "a Borough to be divided
into wards, and to have three members, each ward returning a
member." On the 31st March an official announcement was made
that Lieut.-Col. Jones, R.E., one of the Boundary Commissioners,
would hold a meeting at the Vestry Hall, Borough Road, on
Wednesday, the 8th April, for the purpose of hearing objections
to the scheme, and also that the new wards would be as under:—
West Division
(Population, 67,920). St. Saviours Board of
Works District, Wards Nos. 1 and 2 of the Parish
of St. George-the-Martyr.
East Division
(Population, 69,489). St. Olave's Board of
Works District, with the Parish of Rotherhithe, and
No. 4 Ward of the Parish of Bermondsey.
Bermondsey
Division
(Population, 84,537). Wards 1, 2, and 3 of the
Parish of Bennondsey, and No. 3 Ward of the Parish
of St. George-the-Martyr.
A commission of inquiry was held accordingly, the Vestries of
Bermondsey, Rotherhithe, and St. George-the-Martyr, who strongly
objected to any departure from the original scheme, being largely
represented. Mr. Rider, as chairman of the committee to whom
the matter had been referred, attended on behalf of the Board,
together with Mr. Haggis, Mr. Sinclair, and others. Mr. Haggis
also appeared on behalf of the Yestry of Christchurch, and handed
in, as did Mr. Greenwood, for the Vestry of St. Saviour's, a resolution,
expressing approval of the present scheme, which, it will be
observed, was substantially the same as the one which had been
approved and adopted by the Board. Numerous political associations
were likewise represented, and considerable interest was
manifested in the proceedings. The inquiry did not, however,
result in any change, save the substitution, at the request of the
parties interested, of the name "Rotherhithe Division" for East
Southwark, to which no objection was offered. Thus amended,
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