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With this view I have, by His Royal Highness's directions, communicated with
the Mayors of the provincial towns of the United Kingdom, and have received very
prompt and satisfactory response. His Royal Highness feels confident that, he may
rely on your co-operation in the same National cause; and I am therefore directed to
express his hope that you will allow the Preliminary Examination for your district to
take place in your Public Buildings, beginning on the '28th of March, and that you will
nominate three professional Musicians of your district, qualified and willing to act as
Honorary Local Examiners, whose duties will be to conduct the Local Preliminary
Examinations, to report to the Director of the College the result of such Examinations,
and to recommend the Candidates qualified to proceed to the Final Competition before
the Director and Board of Professors at the College in Kensington Gore.
If you accede to this request, I am directed further to ask you to be good enough
to fill up the enclosed Form of reply, and return it to me, not later than the 24th
instant.
The three gentlemen nominated by you will have their names submitted to the
Prince of Wales, and their appointment will be ratified in a document bearing the
signature of His Royal Highness, which will be forwarded to each of them before the
date fixed for the Examination, together with detailed instructions and requisite Forms
of Report, &c.
I have the honour to be, Gentlemen,
Your obedient Servant,
CHAKLES MORLEY,
Hon. Secretary.
The Vestry, in order to give effect to the proposal of H.R.H. the Prince of Wales,
made application to the Commissioners for Public Baths and Wash-houses in this
parish, for the use of the Board-room at the Baths, Deptford Lower-road, for holding
local Preliminary Examinations of Candidates, and the Commissioners consented to
allow the use of their Board-room and Waiting-rooms for that purpose.
The Vestry also obtained the consent of the following lady and gentleman to act
as Honorary Local Examiners, at such preliminary Examinations, viz.:
Mrs. Watts, Organist of Christ Church, Rotherhithe.
W. H. Leslie, Esquire.
Six persons from this locality sent in their names as Candidates for the Scholarships
in the Royal College of Music, and the preliminary Examination by the Local
Examiners, took place on the 29th March, 1883.
On the 23rd February, 1883, the Vestry received a letter from the Superintending
Architect of the Metropolitan Board of Works, stating the Board had approved of the
plan for the formation of a new road to lead out of the west side of Deptford Lowerroad,
and the east side of Union-road, to be called Culling-road, S.E., upon the condition
that No. 98 Union-road be removed previously to the occupation by tenants of