The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-11-12 00:00:00

LORD MAYOR'S DAY IN LONDON_

Considerably more than the usual anxiety was mani-
fested about the observances of this day, on Saturday last,
on account of the notoriety which Alderman Gibbs, the
newly•elected mayor, has acquired in consequence of the
unpublished accounts of St. Stephen's, Walbrook, of
which he was churchwarden for a number of years. IN hen
the Lord Mayor's coach reached the barrier at Guildhall,
was greeted with such a discordant yell that it even he
frightened the horses ; the immediate consequence was
that the hind wheel of the coach got entangled with one
of the posts, and the slight detention thereby occasioned
afforded the noise-makers somewhat more than a passing
opportunity of making themselves heard; these noises,
however, were mingled with cheers from another portion
of the spectators, and the music of trumpets and kettle-
drums. The procession moved from Guildhall at twelve
o'clock in the usual route, and there were occasional mani-
festations of the popular dislike. The Times of'yesterday
says that the people uttered so many and such loud re-
proaches that though the band of the Life Guards blew
their trumpets and beat their drums as if they would
either burst blood-vessels or break their own arms in
their efforts, their music could not be heard above the
uproar. At length, there was a slight lull, and then the
witty stentorians of the mob would bawl out•questions to
test, as it would seem, the arithmetical powers of " Mr.
Gibbs," such as—" What is a figure of 6 turned upside
down-?" "flow do you change nines into noughts?" &c.,
while other persons called upon the band to play airs the
names of which were intended as cyphers to convey sar-
casms. One person elevated a model of an account
book, of which the Lord Mayor, of course,:took no ac-
count.
The usual banquet took place in the evening, at which
were present, Sir James. Graham and the Right Hon. `v.
E. Gladstone, Esq., (the only cabinet ministers present,)
the judges, Mr. Masterman and Mr. Lyall, two of the
members of the city, and upwards of 1,000 distinguished
persons.
The following was the bill of fare :
Two hundred and fifty tureens of real turtle, contain-
ing five pints each; 200 bottles of sherbet; 6 dishes of
fish 30 entrees ; 4 boiled turkeys and oysters ; 60 roast
pullets ; 60 dishes of fowls; .46 ditto of capons ; 6 ditto of
Captain White's Selim's true India curries; 50 French
pies; 60 pigeon pies; 53 hams, ornamented; 43 tongues ;
2 quarters of house lamb ; 2 barrons of beef ; 3 rounds of
beef; 2 stewed rumps of beef ; 13 sirloins, rumps, and
ribs of beef; 6 dishes of asparagus.; 60 ditto of mashed
and other potatoes ; 44 ditto of shell fish ; 4 ditto of
prawns ; 140 jellies; 50 blancmanges; 40 dishes of tarts,
creamed.; 40 dishes of almond pastry.; 30 ditto of orange
and other tourtes ; 20 Chantilly baskets; 60 dishes of
mince pies; 56 salads.
THE REmovEs.-80 roast turkeys; 6 leverets; 80 phea-
sants ; 24 geese ; 40 dishes of partridges ; 15 dishes of
wild fowl.; 2 pea fowls.
DES SURT. -1 00 pine apples, from two to three lbs. each;
200 dishes of hot-house grapes ; 250 ice creams; 50 dishes
of apples; 100 ditto of pears : 60 ornamented Savoy cakes ;
75 plates of walnuts ; 80 ditto of dried fruit and preserves ;
50 ditto of preserved ginger; 60 ditto of rout cakes and
chips ; 46 ditto of brandy cherries.
The usual toasts were drank, but there was nothing in
any of the speeches sufficiently important to induce us to
transfer it to our columns.