Archreologists, whose hopes have been alternately flattered and damped again and again, are at Inst all but assured that their efforts to save Urosby Hall from destruction willie crowned with success. After the Preservation Fund Committee had announced the inevitable' abandonment of their efforts, the London County Council took the matter up, a scheme being propounded ander which they should take over the subscriptions, purchase the hall and site, and let it either to the Chartered Bank or to someone scheme, however, was surrounded by provisos, and ita final adoption seemed very doubtful until the other day when the Board of Trade came to the rescue with an offer, if the scheme were carried through, to rent Crosby Hall for thei commercial library and sample room and city offices. It seems probable, therefore, that we have once more to thank Mr. Lio for a public spirited act. It would have been shameful indeed if this fine hall—the only existing structural relic of the City's commercial greatness in Plante genet daye—had been demolished.
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