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Mr. George Richard Hemmerde, late Manager of the London and Westminster
Rank (Southwark Branch), having resigned the office of Treasurer of the Vestry, on
the 21st November, 1882, the Vestry received applications for the office of Treasurer
from the following gentlemen, viz.:—
Mr. John Thomas Wallis, Manager of the London and Westminster Bank
(Southwark Branch.)
Mr. Charles J. Lacy, Junr., of the firm of Messrs. Lacy, Hartlaud, Woodbridge
and Co., of 98 Jamaica-road, S.E., it was thereupon—
" Resolved, that Mr. John Thomas Wallis be appointed Treasurer to the \ estry,
"in the place of Mr. George Richard Ilemmerde, resigned.'
Tin- Vaults under the public wav belonging to several of the houses in Princesstreet
having become unsafe, the Vestry gave notice to the owners to put the said
vaults in proper condition. Ultimately, at the request of the owners, the \ estry caused
the dangerous portion of the vaults under the roadway to be filled in and bricked up
level with the curb of the footway of the street.
In February, 1883, a letter was received from the Hon. Secretary of the Roval
College of Music as follows, viz.:
ROYAL COLLEGE OF MUSIC.
President.—H.R.H. THE PRINCE OF WALES, K.G.
Direr tor. Hon. Secretary.
George Grove, Esq., D.C.L. Charles Morley, Esq.
Temporary Offices, I Buckingham Gate,
London, S.W., February 15M, 1883.
To the Chairman and Members of the
Vestry of Rotherhithe.
Gentlemen,
I am desired by the Prince ot Wales to inform you that His Royal
Highness hopes to open the Royal College of Music in May next.
The amount of money already subscribed enables him to place Fifty Open Scholarships
before the country for competition. The successful Competitors for these will
have the opportunity of acquiring without cost to themselves, a thorough education in
the Art and Science of Music under the Prolessors of the College, extending over a
period of three years and upwards, according to the branches studied.
The Competition for the Scholarship will take place in April next, at the College,
Kensington Gore, London, but, in order to save many Candidates (rouble and the
expense of the journey (which must be defrayed by themselves), His Royal Highness
proposes to hold Preliminary Examinations throughout the country, with the view
of affording to all persons, within the proper limits of age, the opportunity of profiting
by the great advantages offered.