The Express.
London, England, 1867-11-09 00:00:00

LORD MAYOR'S DAY.

Before twelve o'clock many of the civic autho-
rities had already asaembled at the Guildhall, preparatory
to the Lord Mayor's proceeding to Westminster to be pre-
sented to the Barons of the Exchequer. The various
thoroughfares were not so crowded as is usual on such ace.
&ions, owing probably to its being known to the public that
the "show" would be shorn of much of its ancient
pageantry; but around the railings at St. Paul's, and upon
the l'eel statue at the end of the " Chepe," numbers took
up their positions. The greatest crowd was near King-street,
and through the large amount of carriage traffic in Cheapside,
which did not show much improvement from the °lsis-
tion of the new Metropolitan act, the byestanders were
exposed to some danger. Like the men in armour,
who will in future only be recognised in the
" correct panoramic view of the procession," the
niggers and acrobats were wanting ; and here and
there men and women were heard chanting the
" Last dying speech and farewell to the world of the Lord
Mayor's show, who suffered the extreme penalty of the
law, Saturday, Nov. 9, 1867." The shopkeepers evi-
dently approved of the resolution passed in the Common
Council for rendering the show as simple as possible ; only
three flags were to be seen between Temple-bar and the
Mansion-house.

The procession left Guildhall at 2 o'clock, the band of
the Royal Hone Guards having previously played several
pieces of music in the yard, and the following is the order
in which it moved :

Mounted Police.
The Band of the Royal Horse Guard., Mounted.
The two Under-Sheriffs.
The Officers of the Corporation of London.
Mr. Sheriff M'Arthur, in his State Chariot, attended by his
Chaplain.
Mr. Sheriff Stone, in his State Chariot, attended by his
Chaplain.
The Aldermen who have not passed the Chair.
The Recorder.
The Aldermen who have passed the Chair.
The Late Lord Mayor.
Four Trumpeters.
The Lady Mayoress
Will join the procession on its return from Westminster.
The Lord Mayor's Servant, in State Liveries.
The City Marshal on Horseback.
The Right Hon. the LORD MAYOR, in hie State
Carrier.

Attended by the Chaplain, fjeordbearer, and Common
Crier.
An Escort of the 3rd (King's Own) Human.

The route taken was by King-street, Cheapside, St.
Paul's Churchyard, Ludgate-bill, Flectatreet, and Strand
to Westminster. The streets were kept by the City

As the Lord Mayor moved quickly along, the groans and
hisses of the people were loud and frequent—testifying,
apparently, their disapproval of the curtailment of the
procession.

As the discontinuanoe of several customs and appendages
to the " show " will date from Nov. 9, 1867, it may not be
uninteresting to observe that Sir John Shorter was the
first Lord Mayor who went in procession by water to take
the oath at Westminster. He was accompanied by several
City companies in their barges, "well decked and trimmed,"
and we are told that his lordship " rowed to
Westminster, with silver oars, at hie own cost and
charges." This was in 1453 ; and the water procession
continued until 1656, when the Maria Wood conveyed the
Lord Mayor—on that occasion Aldernian Finnix—and the
civic party for the last time. Apropos of the state coach
it may be mentioned that previous to 1712 the Lord Mayor
rode on horseback, and in that year a coach was
provided for his use. In 1757 the present coach
was constructed at a cost of 1,065/. 35., and this, we are
informed, is to find a resting place for the future in the
South Kensington Museum. Before 1765 the processim
was graced with the presence of a solitary man in armour,
but in that year one clad in iron, one in copper, and one in
brass, were added. The banners and pedestrians in the
procession have been kept up for centuries, but will be
seen AO more.