Living London; its work and its play, its humour and and its pathos, its sights and its scenes; . inO QO OZ DH •J I04 LIVING ROYAL GUhSTS AKKIXING AT THK GUILDHALL. is deli\ered up to tlie Sovereign at TempleBar when his Majesty pays a \isit to theCity ; the sword of State, which is carriedbefore the Lord Mayor b} the sword-bearer ;the black sword for mourning, and the OldBailey sword. The City mace, made in 1735,is borne b\- the mace-bearer, whose propertitle is common crier or City Marshal completes the retinue ofthe Lord Mayor, and the three officers abovenamed
Living London; its work and its play, its humour and and its pathos, its sights and its scenes; . inO QO OZ DH •J I04 LIVING ROYAL GUhSTS AKKIXING AT THK GUILDHALL. is deli\ered up to tlie Sovereign at TempleBar when his Majesty pays a \isit to theCity ; the sword of State, which is carriedbefore the Lord Mayor b} the sword-bearer ;the black sword for mourning, and the OldBailey sword. The City mace, made in 1735,is borne b\- the mace-bearer, whose propertitle is common crier or City Marshal completes the retinue ofthe Lord Mayor, and the three officers abovenamed comprise all that remain of the oncenumerous Lord Mayors household. The official income of the mayoralty is;^ 10,000, but this provides for less than onehalf of the expenses of the year of of the Mansion House banquets arefixtures, and incumbent upon the occupantof the civic chair. Such are those to thehousehold and other officials on Plough Mon-day, to the bishops at Easter, to the judges,to the Elder Brethren of the Trinity House,and others. To these each Lord Mayoradds entertainments suggested b\ his personaltas
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