The Express.
London, England, 1866-11-09 00:00:00

LORD MAYOR'S DAY.

The new Lord Mayor has had for his inaugural
sy the great advantage of bright autumnal weather.
toy slight temptation was needed on such a day to bring
people out into the streets, and then the curiosity
p see the City show has not yet altogether
4.1 out. The streets were thickly lined at
iiparts through which the procession bad to pass, and in
most every shop window sat fair City dames and their
Millen to sustain, at all events, the traditional comeli-
xis of their race. As a whole the people appeared to
•nst the day more as an excuse for a holiday than as an
pinion of real interest, the show being spoken of with
pod-humoured banter rather than with any of the his.
lineal respect.
Shortly before 12 o'clock the procession moved from
• Gtildhall in the following order :
Drums and Fifes of the Royal London Militia.
Three Trumpeters.
Watermen bearing the Banners of the following Livery
Companies of the City of London :
Loriners, Plasterers,
Coopers, Innholders.
Painters Stainers, Carpenters,
Saddlers Wax Chandlers,
Goldsmiths, Fishmongers,
Grocers. _ _

Bind of the Royal Society io; the Protection of Life
from Fire.
Stationers' Company—Salters' Company.
Banner of the Arms of FL N. Nissen, Esq., Ex-Sheriff.
Renner of the Arms of Mr. Sheriff Pigging.
Banners of the Arms of the Stationers Company.
Kanter and Wardens of the Stationers' Company in their

carriage.
Banners of the Salters' Company.
Banner of the Anna of Mr. Sheriff Waterlow.
The MAster and Company in their carriages.
The Band of the 40th Middlesex (Rifle Rangers.)
Tallowchandlers' Company.

Spectacle Makers' Company.
Waterraen beanng the banners of the Golderniths'Company.

Bail of the Grenadier Guards.
Watermen bearing the following banners :
The Royal Standard.
The Banner of Scotland. The Banner of Ireland.
The Union Jack. The Banner of England.
at Streamers of the City Banner of the City of
Arms. London.
The Band of the Ist City Engineers, with Drams,
Colours, and an Escort.
The two Under-Sheriffs,
The Officers of the Corporation of London.
Mr. Sheriff Lycett, in his State Chariot,
Attended by hie Chaplain.
The Amateur Brass Band of Messrs. Waterlow and Sons.
Mr. Sheriff Waterlow, in his State Chariot,
Attended by him Chaplain.
The Band of the Hon. Artillery Company.
The Aldermen who have not passed the Chair.
The Recorder.
The Aldermen who have passed the Chair.
The late Lord Mayor.
The Lady Mayoress in her State Carriage
sill join the procession on its return from Westminster.
The Lord Mayor's Servants in State Liveries.
The Band of the First Life Guards Mounted.
The City Marshal on Horseback.
THE RIGHT HON. THE LORD MAYOR,
In his State Carriage drawn by Six Horses,
Attended by the Chaplain, Sword Bearer, and Common
Crier.
A Military Escort.

The route was King-street, Queen-street, Watling-street,
Budge-row, Dowgate-hill, Upper Thames-street, Queen-
greet, along Cannon-street, Ludgate-etreet, the Strand, to
Westminster. The best part of the proceedings was un-
questionably the music of some of the bands, including
that of the Ist Life Guards, mounted, and that of the
Hon. Artillery Company. There is so little good music
heard in our streets that the spirit-stirring sounds which
accompanied the procession seemed to be thoroughly en-
joyed by the people. The men in armour have disappeared;
sod, for the rest, there were the usual City banners,
helmets, and uniforms , glancing in the sun,
pill careiritoned horses, walking representatives of
Cay guilds, picturesque-looking firemen, carriages of
(Sty aldermen, and sombre-looking policemen, all culmi-
aging in the state coach of the municipal sovereign.
This List was, as usual, the exhausting point in public
cariosity. No sooner had the Lord Mayor passed, than
the roughs loitering on the outskirts made a rush forward,
enemy passeng-rs were bonneted, hats sent tossed in the
air, and a general tl'ght on the part of the sufferers marked
the close.
On the arrival at Westminster the usual presentation
took place in the Court of Exchequer. The procession on
at return 1,133 joined by the ambassadors, her Majesty's
skitters of state, the nobility, judges, members of parks_
went, and other persons of distinction invited to the
lanquet at Guildhall. At the special request of the Lord
Mayor elect the guard of honour at the Guildhall was fur-
tithed by the F company of the London Rifle Brigade,
order the command of Captain Clode, Lieutenant Dean,
*1 Ensign Riminton. This company of volunteers has
meotly been adopted by, and named after, the Vintry
Tani, of which divioion of the City his lordship is the
sideman.