It was not an exceptionally brilliant Lord Mayor's Show this year, but the crowds were as big as, if not bigger than, ever. The features of the show which vary from year to year are, of course, not very numerous. There are always the bands, the troops, the fire-engines and firemen, the banners of the city companies, the gorgeously apparelled footman and, generally, the lifeboat manned by cork-jacketted heroes, the carriages occupied by aldermen and common council-men. This year the only novel features were the three allegorical cars, representing "Technical Education," "Cape to Cairo" and the ' Anglo-American Alliance and these were certainly not above the level of an ordinary circus procession. But the sight which interests everybody most is the familiar, old, lumbering gilt Lord Mayor's coach. Sir John Voce Moore, the new Lord Mayor, enters into the first magistracy at na unusually advanced age. He is a tea-merchant, has a very good civil record, and is very popular in the city. He isa widower, and a married daughter will have to act as Lady Mayoress. Sir Horatio Davies, the retiring Lord Mayor, has established a record in hospitality, having entertained upwards of 20,000 guests at the Mansion House during his year. As ho is also a member of Patlinment, and a strong supporter of the Government, ho was regarded as pretty certain of a baronetcy, an honour which of late years has been conferred on two out of every three Lord Mayors; and rumour at he is intensely disgusted at getig only a K.O.M.G. Perhaps the new Society of Baronets objected to the intrusion into their midst of one who not many years ago was manager of a public-house but in the City he is honoured as having very worthily filled the Civic chair.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.