, 1873-06-09
LONDON.
Dining ut tho Mansion Ilousc--A Royal
Prince on Ills Legs.
City Matrons and Maids---A Scientific
OonVersazione,
More About John Stuart mifl---Extraor-
dinary Correspondence.
From Our C.nn Correspondent

uaI1Afy tutFeSpUlIuellGes
From Our 0.en Correspondents
LONDON, hray q, is7o.
Tho Corporation OF london is ono Of tho
eturllieat Of English shnms It Ia enormously
rich 1t Is worry old; It appeals to tho conserya-
tive feeling which Ia upporlnoel In Engush go
oiety and, above NIL, IL
GIVES DINNERS 10 THE n10nr PEOPLE.
Thoro is no e1aggoration in uaylng that It owcs
Its immunity from reform to tho tudcionsnoss
Of It's banquets. Onoo more 1t is threatened.
Mr.. Gladstone intfmatoa that, next year, IN ut
tompt will bo mado in right oarnent to form q
municipality for the whole Of London nnd TINT
tho charities, now in the hands Of tho nttlo
Clique oallod Aldermen and Common-Council-
mon, will be ovorhaulsd and redistributod.
Everybody knows that tho "City Of Lon
don" is tiny parish In tho
middle Of London; aud TINT "the
Lord Mayor Of London" IL Lord Mayoro only
o few streets. but then his turtle Ia 80 good;
his punch is IN artistic production and ohateau
Margaux, rs WAS able to ascertain last night,
is Ut for the biggest Mayor in tho unlYorso.
Tho Duko of Edinburgh was coming to our
banquet, 10 tho oity-damoa adorned themselves
In the richest Of their stuffs. Az tho carriages
drew up
At TIE MANSION HOUSE,
sharp-1ooking crowd, kept back by the police,
was able to criticise tlc form aud tho fashion
which wero "aot down" undor the canopy. Az
condiug tho carpeted way, ono was aoon in tho
hands Of gorgeous footmon, Q feet q
inches in height, rosplondont in gold
braid, md with heads thiokly white
with liberal deposits Of hair-powdor. You
follow other couples through Baloon after
saloon, passing the band Of tho Coldstroam
Guards On your right, until you roach the re-
rooeption-room.
THE poon LORD 1lAYonl
What weary round 1t iii Frequently he has
0fty OF sixty people to breakfast with him, thir-
ty or forty to luuch, and 400 or GOO to dinner
And thia goes on sometimes Ayo timos woek.
How does lie survivor Most Lord Mayors In
my day havo "emcrgod from their Mayoralty
with sunkon frames and bloated cheeks. A
year or two later, thoy hobble; four years., md
they arc martyrs TO tho 'gout Sir Sgd
noy Watorlow, the presont Mayor, ts . eon-
sib!o mani md ;I, NOTICED that at last nights
hnvo foEoo enough Of will to resist his own
luxuries night aftor night? Ho Is hetorodo1,
know, In many things, but this would bo too now.
MEANWHILE, THERE lie sTANDB,
at tho top Of the room, bearing on his shoulders
absurdly- robes and any amount
Of chains. By his sido il his wifo, = lady in
whose features ill,health ~ but too plainly
apparent; and next to her is their daughter, q
ike that in tho portraits Of Queen Elizabeth.
Before you reach them your nano Ia insisted
upon, and then shouted out as you walk noaror
to the Mayor: Haying extrioRtod yourself and
your companion in the ordinary way, you stand
on ono side, aud watch your SUCCESSORS arrive.
Whom the Duke is announced, the Lord Mayor
nnd two or throo attendants proceed to meet him,
leaving the Lady Mayoross and her daughter
still on their legs.
THE DuKE OF EDINBURGH
- without any doubt pleasant-looking, fancy
follow, with mincing manner, and smile, haif
melancholy, haR pure good will. ! gaw much Of
him last night, aud tho impression loft was very
most clever. He had no touch Of t..e prido OF
caste, and talked easily and naturally to tho
pretty City-giHl at his side. He is shy, and d
71ush came 0vor his faco when he was alluded
to, and especially whom tho time came for him to
speak. Bot the shyness did not amount to posi-
tive embarrassment, and Lis two speeches woro
delivered very fairly.
Tho proper thing at these feasts ia to take tur-
r1e-soup, and to drink from tho "loyinE- cup
There Wero in au nbout
FORTY DIFFERENT DISHES,
and verify believe that ono stout natron within
my range Of vision pnrtook Of them all Tho
company was q mixture Of the City. md the
West. 4 sweet little thing on my right was a
little Of eaoh. papa, I fancy, was merchant,
with largo house ii the country. Tho daugh-.
tors play billiards md shoot arrows; they take
long gallopa, and always haYo company. Papa
has just taken town-houBo; and d round OF
opera-nights, balls, and SO forth, is about to
begin. Rotten~Row is little monotonouB to tho
fair Sisters just nt present, for it ia crowded,
and they can only take the same round; but tile
number of their ncquaintapces will increase, and
Rotton-Row will bo worry diNerent piaco indeed.
Vet, my little beauty
WAS GOOSE,
despite her bright eyes and her lovely and
polished complexion. Size thought all who be-
birth, aud abe was quite under the idea that a1
members Of the Creek Church we're botrothed
in their cradle! THIS, you must know, came
out when ouz. talk turned upon The Duke oi
the CEar: but what cannot you forgive to a
ParndihRical creature OF that sort2
don't know that anybody ever listens to the
music which the military bnud in tho gallery
p1ays all diuner-timo, but We do listen to tho
vocal music afterwards.
THE PROFESSIONALS
who slug ut these dinners are distinct class,
and their experience must DO curious. TAoy are
In the pnrty, but not Of it. They git BY them
selves, md yet arc often admired. I1e men
generally have eaddened air !; but tho ladio.
dress Regardless Of cost, aud are usually merry
enough. The littlo fairy near me, without d
spark Of l-nature, confessed TINT she wished
she could aing Like one Of tho young professions
pleaaanter than speeches, especially sucl1
productions as it WAS my fate to Loar
Inst night. Aftor tho Duke went away,
--ho WAS bound for atato-ball given by tic
Queen,--tho company got thinner. was
pledged to conycrsnziouo at 10 o'clock, tue
other end Of the town, and did not remain.
The second u1air
WAS SCIENTIFIC,
spectaolos abounded, of "both sexes," aud
high foreheads we're drug. Microscopes aud
"acopas" Of all sorts, wero placed about the
roomB, and strange-looline chemical apparatus
challenged inspection. II you asked q question
bly,, who answered you. soieuce eoars above
introduotions." Very intelligent we're tho az
planations. ! am positively certain that every
woman there know all about the Greek Church,
and the confession fa All awful ono-I likod
the pretty ignorance beat Of the two. and missed