THE accidental Poor of the said Upper-Hamblet are of late very much increased , they being now above Eight times as many as they were a few Years since ; and the Pension-Poor and Nurse-Children , are also very much increased , and the Charges of the Repairs of the High-ways in the said Upper-Hamblet , is also very great , and much increased , there being a very Great and Wide Road leading through the same , out of the Country into London , which is very much worn . And there is in the said Upper-Hamblet , a Street against the Church and Church-Yard to Pave , which is Twenty Rods long , and half the breadth of the High-way , which was formerly Paved by an Act of Parliament , made in the Two and Thirtieth Year of Henry the Eighth , which hath run to Ruine , and hath been of late Years Gravelled with the rest of the High-ways , to save the Charges of Paving . And there is now an Order of Sessions to Pave it again ; which of Necessity must be done . And whereas the Repairs of the High-ways in the said Upper-Hamblet , formerly did not cost above Eighteen Pounds per Annum , and the Principal Inhabitants did not pay towards the same , above Twelve Pence a Piece by the Year , the Gravel being then dug upon the Common , the Repairs of the said High-ways did last Year , amount unto the Sum of Two Hundred Twenty Six Pounds , Six Shillings and Two Pence ; as appears by the Surveyors Accompts , they being then constrained ( as they must also for the future be ) to buy Gravel for the same .

That by such Charges of Repairs as aforesaid , the said Inhabitants are not only very much already impoverished , but they are by several Acts of Parliament obliged to Repair the said High-ways , better than they have of late been done ; and not only so , but they are also by an Order lately made by the Bench of Justices of the Peace , obliged to Repair more Highways , and particularly one High-way of Eighty Rods and upwards , which leads to the Hamblet of Wapping White-Chapel , which was not used to be Repaired by the Parish of White-Chapel till these Two Years last past , the Charges of doing all which will contribute a great deal more to Impoverishing of the said Inhabitants ; and should the Hamblet of Wapping be made a distinct Parish , it would exceedingly Load and Impoverish the said Inhabitants by depriving them of the Contributions ( which were considerable ) of the said Hamblet of Wapping towards the Repairs of the High-ways aforesaid , the said Hamblet of Wapping ( which about Twelve Years ago ( according to the Computation in the Books of the Hearth-Money ) did contain as many Houses within Thirty Five , or thereabouts , as the said Upper-Hamblet did ) containing now above One Third part of as many Houses as the said Upper-Hamblet doth .

By making the said Hamblet of Wapping a distinct Parish , the said Upper-Hamblet would be yet further loaded with the Repairs of the Church of White-Chapel , the said Hamblet of Wapping having of late Years paid Twelve or Fourteen Pound a Year for their Proportion of the Repairs of the said Church ; which thereby will all fall upon the said Upper-Hamblet , who are too much Impoverished already .

By making the said Hamblet of Wapping a distinct Parish , the said Upper-Hamblet will sustain such Cost and Damage as aforesaid , without any considerable Benefit , if any at all accruing to them in Recompence thereof , for that whatsoever the Charges of the Paving of the Streets in the said Hamblet of Wapping having of late amounted unto , ( there being therein no Gravel High-Ways ) are far less , and no Ways comparable to those of Paving and Repairing the Streets and High-ways in the said Upper-Hamblet , which are more numerous , and much wider , and a great deal more Worn than those in the said Hamblet of Wapping .

The said Inhabitants therefore hope , That in case it shall seem Reasonable to this Honourable House , to make the said Hamblet of Wapping a distinct Parish , yet , That the same shall be no Prejudice to the Parish of White-Chapel . But that the said Hamblet shall still continue subject to the Repairs of the Church and High-ways of the said Parish , as formerly .