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The Right Hon. the Earl of Rosebery, K.G,
will then declare the Town Hall open and inaugurated.
The Rev. J. H. Rose, M.A., will propose a vote
of thanks to Lord Rosebery, which will be seconded
by Mr. Joseph Walton, and supported by the Hon.
W. F. B. Massey-Mainwaring.
His Lordship will reply.
The Hon. D. Naoroji, M.P., will propose a vote
of thanks to the Committee, which will be seconded
by Arthur Arnold, Esq., Chairman of the London
County Council.
Mr. J. Johnson will reply on behalf of the Committee.
James Rowlands, Esq , M.P., will propose a vote
of thanks to Wm. Robson, Esq., J.P., Chairman of
the Vestry, which will be seconded by W. F.
Blake, Esq., L.C.C.
The Chairman will reply.
The National Anthem will then be sung, in which
all present are requested to join.
The following speeches of the Chairman and
Lord Rosebery, as reported in the Islington Gazette,
may fitly be recorded here :—
The Chairman said it seemed to be in the fitness of things
that the first note to be sounded in their new hall should be
one of mingled congratulation and satisfaction. Congratulation
that Lord Rosebery was restored to health sufficiently to enable
him to be in their midst that day—(applause)—and satisfaction
that they were permitted to assemble together within those
walls on such an auspicious occasion. Twelve months that day,
when he had the great honour of laying the foundation-stone of
that hall, he expressed the confident hope that they would erect
a municipal building of which Clerkenwell might be proud.
And now, looking at this beautiful hall, he asked them to ratify
the opinion he then expressed. (Applause.) The work had
been carried out with complete satisfaction to all, thanks to the