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LORD MAYOR'S DAY

"'Oh! such a day
So renown'd and victorious,
Sure such a day was never seen--
City so gay,
And Cits so uproarious,
As tho' such sight had never been!

"'All hail! November--
Though no _hail_ to-day
(At least that we remember),
Hath pav'd the way
His Civic Majesty hath will'd to go,
And swore he'd _go_ it 'spite hail, rain, or snow!

He takes to _water_ for an _airing_,
Before perhaps he dines with Baring
Or sees the waiter, so alert,
Place the fav'rite _Patties-on_
The table near him--knave expert
To make the most of "what is on!"
By this we mean, what's most in season,
To say no more we have a reason!'

--_Anon._

"Since the first mayoralty procession, in the year 1215, probably there
have been few finer pageants than that of Thursday last, when the November
sun even gilded with his beams the somewhat tarnished splendour of the
City state.

"According to annual custom, the new lord mayor (Alderman Magnay) was
sworn into his office of Chief Magistrate of the City of London, at the
Guildhall.

"Being a member of the Stationers' Company, the master, wardens, and court
of assistants of that company proceeded to Mansion House, where they were
met by the new lord mayor and his sheriffs. After a sumptuous _dejeuner a
la fourchette_, the whole of the civic dignitaries proceeded to the
Guildhall.

"The next day the various officials assembled at the Guildhall, and, the
procession being formed, proceeded thence through King Street, Cateaton
Street, Moorgate Street, London Wall, Broad Street, Threadneedle Street,
Mansion House Street, Poultry, Cheapside, and Queen Street, to Southwark
Bridge, where his lordship embarked at the Floating Pier for Westminster.
This somewhat unusual arrangement arose from the new lord mayor being the
alderman of Vintry Ward, wherein the bridge is situated, and his lordship
being desirous that his constituents should witness the progress of the
civic procession. The embarkation was a picturesque affair; the lord
mayor's state barge, the watermen in their characteristic costume, and the
lord mayor and his party were, in civic phrase, 'taking water.'

"The novelty of the point of embarkation drew clustering crowds upon the
bridge and the adjoining river banks. There were the usual waterside
rejoicings, as the firing of guns, streaming flags, and hearty cheers; and
the water procession