Lord Mayor's lege A question asked by the Lord Chief Justice at the Masons' banquet the other night, would have to be answered by a good many persons, one supposes, in the negative. He iwas speaking "of the various duties of the Lord Major, and asked whether it is "generally known that given the paso:
Though "every week" and the reference to the Cit} strictly accurate, the interesting fact remains that every quarter the pass-word of the Tower of London for each day in the throe months is sent to the Lord May. by the resident governor under the Sovereign's sign manual, that is to say, the King actually' signs the ist of words. ("Appd. Geo. R. in his own hand.
Though the privilege is rarely St ever exercised, the _pass-word enables.the Lord Mayor, at any
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