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In June, 1887, the Vestry appointed a Committee, consisting of the Rector and
Churchwardens, to prepare the congratulatory address to Her Majesty the Queen in
pursuance of the foregoing resolution. The Committee prepared such address accordingly
and submitted the same with a report thereon to the Vestry, at a meeting held
on the 5th July, 1887, and it was
"Resolved that the report of the Committee be received and adopted, that the
"Address be approved, the seal of the Vestry affixed thereto, and that it be forwarded
"to the Home Secretary for presentation to Her Majesty."
The following is a copy of the Address—
To the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty.
May it please your Majesty,
We, the Rector, Churchwardens and Members of the Vestry of the Parish of
Rotherhithe, in the County of Surrey, representing the Inhabitants of the said Parish,
venture to approach your Majesty with the expression of our loyal and hearty congratulations
upon the completion of the 50th year of your reign.
We feel deeply sensible of the general prosperity enjoyed by all classes of your
Majesty's subjects, coupled with the great and unprecedented expansion of the Empire
since your Majesty's accession to the throne.
We are further mindful of the many beneficient measures which have been
passed with your Majesty's hearty concurrence and approbation, especially for the
amelioration and benefit of the working classes and for the advancement of Education
among the young.
It is our earnest prayer that you may long be spared to rule over your loyal
subjects, and that Almighty God may still vouchsafe a continuance of those Heavenly
blessings which have so long and abundantly been granted to Your Majesty.
In token whereof the Common Seal of the
Vestrv of Rotherhithe was hereto
affixed by Order, datad 5th day of
July, 1887, in the presence of
EDWD. JOSSELYN BECK,
Rector of Rotherhithe, Chairman.