The morning call., 1892-11-13

VINO go to the feast for the sake of eating
| ana drinking. The members OF the corpora.
uoa ATTEND with their wives and friends,
| ana eacn member has invitations 10 pjve
away. The number of the distinguished
| guests therefore is considerably less than
the number Of the obscure who 90 tn the
dinner for the express purpose of gobbling
| and with the determination not to be throwm
| into Indigestion by oratnry. Chantry. the
| sculptor. describes one OF these city feasls
| and the revenge he took upon selfish gns
tative functionary who presided over SCUM
| tureen and ladled out turtle with an eye to
his own inwardness. This citizen began
his duty by fishing out the coarser parts for
All VINO were first served, aud he carefully
reserved the green fat for himself. when
Ine turesn had been reduced to the last
p ea Inc ntst plate Of coarse parts was
:! watched" says Chantrv. 1.-THE nrooress
OF the plate. AT last 1t was set down he
| fore the Lord Mayors chaplain. and the
expression OF that mans face when he be-
whole OF the soup but the green fat and
tne rlch parts was got rid of, and then the
tunctlonary filed his own plate ca aciouslv-
upon which Chantry. in a bland manner.
io 100, across the table and said: IF you
Will allow me to change my mind Phi take
little turtle" and the waiter placed the
plate in front OF the sculptor to the horror
of the greedy dispenser.
Broderip. the naturalist, who tells this
story, makes this comment: what was the
unhappy functionary 10 do? His own
tureen was exhausted. and In half-frantc
tone be called to one of the walters to bring
him some turtle. But at City feasts the
guests are very industrious, especially when
o9 a IS lne order OF the day, and the waiter,
after trying about. brought back TO our
greedy citizen the Identical plate of fatless
Hesh when had so astounded the chaplain
VINO mad eontrlved to exchange his unwel-
anTnn Co..
sleek son OF the church. and Chantry would
add, MY attentive neighbours visage was
awful to look upon There was no hello for
II. so the disconnected functionary betonk
himself to the rejected plate, with the sd-
ditional discontinue of seeing Chantry send
away his. still rich with callpee, fat and
fms"
The Lord Mayor of London keeps up
great state and entertains on the scale of q
sovereign. He has large salary, put goes
lar beyond II out OF his private income
The Mansion House is a famous place of
entertainment. Balls and dinners are given
at this official residence to visitors of dis
Junction, public authorities and members of
Inc corporation and their wives and children.
The chief magistrate sustains his position
as great dgnitary by means of unstinted
hospitality. Like the sovereign, he main
tains state carriage with footmen and
coachmen. The carriage is ponpous.
oversllded vehicle, such as would have
been admired century ago bnt is now
somewhat iudicrous. Nevertheless, London
prefers Lord Mayor who conforms to all
the ancient usages OF extravaganza,
pomposlty and 9naintness. The Sheriffs of
London and Middlesex are also person
ages OF great prominence 10 city
affairs. A Sheriff must be wealthy. Tor
the salary is mere pittanee impaired
with his actual expenditure. Dur Ms
term Of Office be may have to expend e2000
out of his own pocket. A Sheriff keeps
carriage and chaplain; ne gives a banquet
upon being Installed; his purse is open
for the mayoral banquet at the Guildhall,
and he gives dinners TO the Aldermen and
the judges, who try cases within the CITY,
There are also contributions expected to
charitable societies. The amount Of dining
which goes on in the city Of London is not,
however, limited to the Mayor and Sheriffs
All the companies or guilds give dinners.
Some OF these companies have thousands of
pounds set apart for the sole purpose of
festiyity. The very names of the companies
are interesting today. There are twelve of
them called great. viz: The MERGERS, gro
GERS, diapers, 6shmongers goldsmitns,
SINNERS. merchant-tailors, haberdashers.
salters, ironmoDgers, winners and cloth
workers.
Among other companies are the weavers,
leather-sellers, saddlers. carpenters. sta
TONERS, apOthecaries. spectacle makers.
cl6ckmaEers, tallow-makeTs, wheelwrights,
pewterers, eoopers, brewers. armorers and
braziers. painter stainers, cooks, fruiter-
ers, basket-makers, PAYERS, shipwrights,
lorimers, needle makers, distillers. gun
makers and parish cierks-truly singular
list OF trades in Auglo-Saxon. Some of
these companies have free women as well
as free men on their lists of members. The
total OF the funds they possess may be
estimated at millions sterling. The true
value of ali the civic property can hardly
be said to have been sseertalned by any
body, not even by Parliament. The cor
poration OF London is the richest on earth.
aud when the loving cup goes round.
passed from hand to hand at city feasts,
the citizens may we'll feel glow of pride
at the pre-eminence of their municipal
power. DECAY MACKART