DIRECTORY.] SURREY. WANDSWORTH, 2423 building. The living is a vicarage, yearly value £150, in the was founded in 1854 at Carshalton: it was afterwards removed giftoftrustees,andheld by the Rev. Edmund Church Brace. to Putney, from which place it was again removed to the The population of the parish is 1,500. present building in 1863, Melrose Hall and estate having There are various places of worship for Dissenters. been purchased at a cost of £20,000, and a further sum of The Society of Friend::~ have~ burying-ground. £20,000 was then expended in enlarging the old hall by the The County Court House, in South street, is a handsome addition of wings and other necessary additions and altera- Ted brick building, with commodious court and offices : the tions : the accommodation is for 200 patients, of both sexes : .court is held the first three Tuesdays in each month. The the hospital is supported entirely by voluntary contribu­ aollowing places are within its jurisdiction, viz. :-Clapham, tions. Balham, Brixton Hill (part of), Streatham, Tootin~, Gar- The Fishmongers' Company have a fine block of build­ ratt, Wandsworth, Putney, Roehampton, Barnes, Mortlake, ings-St. Peter's Hospital, or the Fishmongers' Alms­ ~ast Sheen, Richmond, Kew, Petersham, Battersea, and houses: the first stone was laid in 18t9, and the hospital Nine Elms. was opened in 1851 : there is a handsome chapel in the Her Majesty's Surrey Prison, situate on Wandsworth com- centre: the chief entrance is by massive gates, and bearing mon,opened in 1851, is a large brick and stone building, and the motto," All worship be to God only.'' has reom for nearly 1,000 criminals convicted in the county The Patriotic Asylums, for boys and g·irls, children of .andsentencedtoimprisonment,withorwithouthardlabour; deceased soldiers, sailors and marines, form two distinct the prison is about to be enlarged. establishments, which are both situated on Wandsworth The Brown Institution, Wandsworth road, under the common -government of the University of London, was founded in The Boys' Home, for the reception of poor boys, whether 1871, in pursuance of the will of the late T. Brown, esq. for orphan, homeless or convicted, has accommodation for 200 the investigation and treatment of the diseases of animals boys: it is on \Vandsworth Common. -useful to man; it consists of a hospital for sick and injured The Royal Paper Mills, erected by Mr. McMurray, on .animals, to which suitable premises are attached for carry- the banks of the Wandle, are an extensive range of build­ ing out pathological investigations: J. Burdon Sanderson, ing-s, with two lofty chimneys. M.D., F.R.S. superintendent; W. Duguid, M.R.c.v.s. wte- The charities of the parish amount to .£370 yearly for Tinary surgeon. distribution in money and kind. 'l'he Union Workhouse, situated at the junction of East The pari11h contains 2,405 acres of land and 83 water; hill and St. John's hill, is an extensive brick building, with rateable value, £137,467 ; and the population in 1861 was accommodation for 833 inmates: the infirmary adjoining was 13,346, and in 1871 was 19,783• .added in 1870, at a cost of £40,000. Tbe Union comprises GARRETT, 2 miles south, seems originally to have been rthe parishes of Battersea, Clapham, Putuey, Streatham, a single house, called "The Garratt:" it subsequently Tooting and Wandsworth, with a population in 1871 of became famous for a popular pastime, the mock election of 125,0GO, and an area of 11,488 acres. a mayor of Garrett, which is also the subject of a farce. The Royal Hospital for IncUJables, situated on West bill, Parish Clerk, Whitfield Foster. Official Establishments, Local Institutions &c. IPOST .& MONEY ORDER & TELEGRAPH OFFICE, PUBLIC ESTABLISHMENTS. Savings Bank & Government Annuity & Insurance Office, Chief Office, St. John's hill.-Receiver, W. Dickins; Association Rooms, South street Chargetaher, W. Skellam Gonernment Tax Office, 3 Halbrake terrace, St. John's !Letters delivered at 8, 11.15 a. m. 2, 6.20 & 8.30 p.m.; dis­ bill, David Lothian, surveyor patched at 10.5 a.m. 1, 3, 5, 9 & 12 p.m Royal Hospitable for Incurables, West hill, Frederic RECEIVING HousE, 'l'ELEGRAPH & MoNEY ORDER Andrew, secretary OFFICE, Savings Bank & Government Annuity & In­ St. Peter's Hospital, or Tho Fishmongers' Almshouses, surance Office, 9 Bank buildings, High street.-Matthew Charles Carter, superintendent W. Bell, receiver. Letters dispatched at 9.45 a. m. 12.45, St. Mary's Cemetery, Albert Thomas Ackerman, superin­ 4.45 & 9 p.m tendent, Battersea rise DISTRICT RECEIVING HOUSE & MONEY0RDER &TELE­ Her Majesty's (Surrey) Pruwn, Wandsworth common, GRAPH OFFICE & Savings Bank, Wandsworth road.­ Richard Ouslow, governor; Rev. William Henry Long J ohn Francis, receiver Gilbert, M.A. chaplain; Rev. J obn Pitkin, assistant B. RECEIVING HOUSES & MONEY ORDER OFFICES & chaplain; Hugh Wynter, surgeon; Thomas Hooper, Savings Banks, 8 H opefield terrace, Battersea rise, J ames schoolmaster; William Henry Chandler, chief clerk; Fuller, receiver; Cedars row, Lavender hill, C. Dallas, Rd. Kemp, chief warder; Mrs. Young Howison, matron receiver; Wandsworth road, Robert Martin, receiver; Police Court ~· Station, John Pa~et and John Bridge, Merton road, J ames Oli ver, receiver; Richmond terrace, magistrates; J. S. Leigh, chief clerk; Charles Di~by, York road, Alfred Norman, receiver; Southville, Wandli<­ superintendent; Arthur 1\Iason, chief inspector; William Huntley, inspector worth road~ Charles Brooks, receiver Wand:,vzcorth County Com·t, South Street, Henry .Tames COUNTY MAGISTRATES. Stonor,esq.judge; Wm. Arthur Willoughby,esq. registrar; Robert Hudson, esq. Clapham common, Chairman Robert Edward Bradley, sen. & Robert Edward Bradley, Sir William John Baynes, bart, West hill, Putney heath jun. cl&rks; Thomas Henchman Buckerfield, high bailiff Lieut.-Col. J. H. Chambers, Putney house, Putney Wand.w;m·th JJistrict Board ~~ Works, Battersea rise, 'Col. Alex. Augustus Croll, Granard lodge, Roebampton Arthur A. Corsellis, clerk; H. G. Hills, assistant clerk James Du Buisson, esq. Wandsworth common Royal Victoria Patriotic Asylum (for boys & girls), .Charles Eccles, esq. Lavender sweep, Clapham common Wandsworth common, Rev. C. Lloyd Engstrom, chap­ Sir Thos. Gabriel, hart. Edgecombe hall, Wimbledon park lain; Charles St. Aubyn Hawken, surgeon; ·wmiam Thomas Hepburn, esq. Clapham common Rid path, superintendent; Miss C. Holland, matron; .John Murray, esq. 50 Albermarle street William Farndell, farm bailiff & gardener .0. V. Morgan, esq. Church street, Battersea Hibbert Almshowws, Wandsworth rd. (for 8 aged females) William Newmarch, esq. Nightingale lane, Clapham com Metropolitan Fire Brigade Station, 123 High street ..Sir Henry Wm. Peek, M.P. Wimbledon house, Wimbledon Stamp Office, 60 High street, Mrs. Marv Hubbard, dis- Sir Charles Edward Pollock, The Croft, Putney tnbutor• w Charles Seeley, esq. M.P. Furzedown, Tooting WANDSWORTH AND CLAPHAM UNION. George Somes, esq. Roebampton -George Frederick White, esq. Rocl1ester gate, Hyde park Board day, every thursday. .Clerk to the Magistrates, Arthur Alex. Corsellis, esq Clerk, John Sanders Places in the Petty Sessional division are :-Battersea, Relieving Officers, James l\-Iurphy & Thomas Tugweii, for Merton, Putney, Tooting, Wandsworth & Wimbledon Battersea; John B. Lyle, for Clapham; Edward Graf­ INSURANCE AGENTS. ton, for Putney; Augustus Taylor, for Streatham & Guardian, G. H. Page, tlpencer road Tooting; Thomas Taylor, for Wandsworth Imperial Fire, J. Goodman, 20 Borradaile road; R. McRae, Vaccination Officers, Fras. Payne, for Battersea, Clap­ liS High street ham & WandswortJ.t; Edward Grafton, for Putney; Liverpool~ London~ Globe, D. Haylock, 2 Craven street, Augustus Taylor, for Streatham & Tooting East bill; R. W. B. Cooch, 21 Queen's square, Queen's Medical Officers, W. H. Kempster, for Battersea ("East); road ; Ram~ey Broibers, Merton road; J. B. Kitcat, 11 J oseph Oak man, for Battersea (West) ; J otm }lcDonogh, Stormont road, Lavender hill for Clapham; William F. Sheard, for Putney; John A. Manchester Fire, J. C. Harper, 579 Wandsworth road Brownrigg, for £treatham; F. F. Sutton, for Balham & Sovereign Life, E. Adams, High street Upper Tooting; Walter Chapman, for Tooting (Grave­ Sun Fire, J. Crosby, 3 Louvaine terrace, St. John's bill ney); & George E. Nicholas, for Wandsworth