That the claims of the Parish represented by your Petitioners for direct and separate representation in Parliament are based inter alia upon its wealth, population, intelligence, and extent.
That the estimated annual value of the house property in the Parish is about £315,000.
That the Parish of Chelsea extends from the City of Westminster to Fulham, and contained at the census of 1851, 56,538 inhabitants, and 8,252 houses.
That since the census of 1851, the number of inhabitants has largely increased, and may be now estimated at 75,000: the number of houses has also become augmented in like proportion.
That the number of rated householders, according to the last return, was 4,542, and of persons rated, 5,014; but of this number about 700 only enjoy the Parliamentary franchise.
That the Parish represented by your Petitioners occupies an area of 771 acres, and contains upwards of 21 miles of streets.
That the rateable value of property in the Parish, as assessed to the County Rate, is £234,248; to the Poor Rate, £213,115; and to the Property Tax, £267,897.
That the persons qualified to serve on juries in the Parish now number 1233.
That there are 23 churches and chapels, and 46 public schools of popular education in the Parish, besides several public reading rooms and places for mutual instruction.
Your Petitioners therefore pray your honorable House that the Bill of Viscount Enfield for transferring the two seats formerly possessed by the Borough of St. Albans, in the County of Hertford, to the Parishes of St. Luke, Chelsea, and St. Mary, Abbott’s Kennington, may pass into law.