THE LORD MAYOR OF LONDON-HIS DUTIES AND PAY.

Waikato Times, Volume III, Issue 149, 22 April 1873, Page 2

THE LORD MAYOR OF LONDON -HIS DUTIES AND PAY.

A CORiiEsrONDENT, who has lately boon studying tho history and constitution of the City of London, sends us Thames Adwrfner the folk) wing, which will be found interesting: — The Lord Mayor has an auWauco of £8000 a-year to meet the expenses of his mayoralty, but tho actual expense is from £12,000 to £20,000. From long-established custom, he and the sheriffs of London and Middlesex between them give a banquet on the night of the 9th of November. This is supplied by the city cooks, at a cost of £tOOO, of which sum the Lord Mayor pays two thousand and the two shcnfts ono thousand each. He has also to give during his nmyoraltv a dinner to her Majesty's Ministers*. Tins dinner cost* £2000, and, like all other dinners and banquets given at Giuldhull, are supplied bv the city cooks. All dinners and banquets given by tho Lord Ma.ior at tho Mansionhouse are supplied bj the cooks of the Mansion-house. The old established firm of Birch and Co., Cornliill, have held tin's latter appointment for many years. Should any foreign sovereign make an official or public visit to her Majesty, tho Lord Mayor is expected to invite him to a banquet at Guildhall, in tho name of the people of L >ndon, and these royal banquets cost from £2000 to £3000 each. Every and any distinguished foreigner who may happen to visit the metropolis of England, has also an acknowledged claim on his hospitality and attention. The Lor.l Mayor is generally called upon to give from five to sevfii banquets nt Guildhall, and fifteen to twentr-firo banquets at the Mansion-houso. Should the Lord Mayor become a bankrupt during his term of office, ho is entitled to a pension for life; but tho Court of Aldcrmon, from whom the Lord Mayor is elected take especial care that they only elect Tery rich aldermen as mayors. Tho Lord Mayor hai to preside at the sittings of tho Court of Aldermen and n^ the meetings of the Court of Common Council, lie is judge of the Court of Hunting ; he is Chief Commissioner of the Central Criminal Court, held at the Old Bailey, ad|oining Newgate prison. Sessions for tho trial of prisoners are held m this court monthly, and he has to visit the court officially twice e.ich session ; ho has al«o to preside over the London Sessions, held at Guildhall. He is Escheator-Gener«il in London and Southwark. He is Chief Conservator of the Thames, which office neccsit.itcs his holding nine courts in connection w ltli this office every year, and also taking an ofliei.il row up tlm Thames. He has to attend all committees of the municipal body, and meetings of the Sewage Commissioners, of which body he is chief. Ho is amember of her Majesty's Privy Council.and attends its meeting* on the accession of a new sovereign, when ho is the only surviving member of that august body, tho office of the other Privy Councillors ceasing with the demi«o of tho sovereign. He is governor of King's College, of Christ's Hospital, of Guy's, St. Bartholomew's, and St. Thomas's Hospitals ; a trustee of St. Paul's Cathedral ; he sits regularly every day in his own justice-room at the Mansion-house for three or four hours to administer the laws, and privately to adjust differences as an arbritator. Any two freemen of the City of London have the right, if they chose, to refer their disputes to him as arbitrator. He has to sign daily hosts of affidavits to notarial document*, and to be in continual correspondence with the members of her Majesty's Government. He is also chief butler to the reigning (sovereign, but only acts in this capacity at the coronation, when he receives a gold cup as his fee. In his person also is vested the power the citizens of London have in shutting the city gates and refusing to admit the sovereign or any other person, dead or alive, through tho city. This right was obtained during the War of the Roses^but has never been used of late ) ears.

A Svnatorium at Jkricuo.— The London Daily Tehgraph saj* :: — ■" Intel?igence of a new hoilth rosort must nlway brings comfort and hope to those who suffer from, or who are menaced— -even in the incipient stages — by that terriblo disease consumption, the scourge and terror of English life. 'Try Jericho, 1 h the latest crumb of counsel tendered by our poifrhtairet A correspondent lias written to us eulogising in the very highest terms the sanative claim of tho historic Syrian town. In Canada, ho points, consumption is almost wholh unknown, owing to Iho dr^ ness of the atmosphere ; but this boon is counteracted by the extrcmo cold in winter, which induces bronchitis complaints to a serious evtcnt. Now, tho air of Syria ii as dry as that of the Dominion, while the climate of its ' Q-hor' is never said to be cold. Jericho and I'etra, it is said, may dispute the palm of eligibility :\» a resideneo for persons with delicate lung? ; but the preference, seemingly, must be awardod to tho former as most accessible— being distant, indeed, only a fow miles from Jerusalem. Jericho again is well supplied with excellent water. In then- days of Mont Cenis tunnels, P. and O. si earners, and Cook's ' personally conducted' tours, there should be no moro difficulty in getting to Jericho than in reaching Algiers or Tunis; and, indeed, the lastnamed place is becoming a f.norito sinntorium for consumptive persons. There are just two drawbacks to Jericho. The first is tho total absence of hotels or houses ; but this difficulty, our correspondent thinks, can be easily obviated by adopting the very simple expedient of ' camping out' as Abraham did of old. Modern tentmakers, moreover, manufacture articles much moro luxurious tliim the camel's hair booths in which tho Shepherd Kings and Patriarchs wore content to dwell ; and the marquee system, if the sanitary excellences of this spot obtained general recognition, would soon be superseded by a ' Jorieho Grand Hotel Company (Limited). ' Tho next, and perhaps the most serious objection, lies in the fact that adjacent tribes of Arabs nrc occasionally disposed to rob and murder travellers ; but these gentry might bo kept in cheek, oil her bv bribing the Slieik* or bj petitioning the Turkish Government for a small force of troops to garrison Jericho At all events, if travellers in quost of health could only be induced to try that place, means would very soon be found for providing them wish the necessary protect ion and accomod.ition " Wokk ron Tin: Spiioot, Bouids. — The following sample of application (*n\s the Chester Cotiran/) will give some little notion of tho difficulty experienced by public bodies, and especially Hoards of Guardians, in obtaining competent oflie als. It is in reply to an advoi tisemont for a schoolmiotross: — " Doeomber the 12 1«72 Honourable Sir as a stranger i tako the Libert y of answering your Advertiser Columns in want of a school mistress at the Chester houseof Industry Sir i are at home i propose myself to the vacant office age 21 In-t birth able toinstruet in reading writeing counting, sewing knitting croeeth marking and all other useful instruction to girls learning i have not been from home i am the youngest of four and only Daughter i have been one year t nc'iing tho second cla->s in school in addition to the learning i shall be quite ■willing to take charge of the other Duties Sir if candor he required as to steddvness and respectability the c'mivh MmMer will kmdh arid hi" mime yours truly obnlielent son.mt renaming \ours truly .itkluEi , — sir will yju kindly answer thid iwlu." I