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Show QUORY SURPASSING SOLOMON'S Trillion' Lord at nyor fa a !or;eoa Cr-turo Cr-turo When Arrayed' Ui Ilia Itobe. Tho fountain of municipal bouor In Kngland undoubtedly sprlnga from tho llulldhnll, London, which Justly claims to bo accounted tho moat ancient an-cient of our municipal balls, seeing that tho lord mayors ot tho last eight centuries nro with Justlco assumed to havu hud prototypes In tbo Itoman prefect nnd tho Saxon fortrcyo or port-gravo. port-gravo. For a considerable number of years, says tho Loudon Telegraph, tho robes of tho lord mayor, tho court of nldermcn, and tho common councilor havo tieeii settled with a precision that none hivo tho most reckless of innovators inno-vators would presume to disturb. Tlio lord mayor himself has his "gold" robo for the occasion ot tho nn-nual nn-nual (Juildhnll banquet, and for tho limes when ho proceeds in stato either to llio now law courts or to tbo houses of parliament. Tho nldermcu havo their scarlet gowns, tho sheriffs their dibtlucttvo and very hnudsomo robes nnd chains', vvhllo thu common councilors coun-cilors rojolco in gowns called "mnznr-inos," "mnznr-inos," it being genernlly understood that innmrlno is 11 term for a dark bluo color, although, according to some lexicographers, mazarlnu ulso means n drinking vessel nnd nn old way of dressing fowls. Then, ngaln, when tho em vrt It'll comes Into tlio city the lord m.i) or is bound to don n robo of crimson or purplo velvet trimmed with ermine. At tho time of his Investiture Investi-ture ho wears n massive gold chain, but when ho is honored by reelection at tho expiration ot his term of oQlco ho ivcnrs Ivvo chains. . Tho miii'o of silver gilt, surmounted by n royal crown nnd tho imperial nnna.is carried before thu mayor by tho authority ot the charter of IMward III., while thu city possesses no le&a than four swonlR-nno culled tho pearl, pro-ton pro-ton ted by Queen Hess when tlio opened tho flrst royal oxchango, and so called from its being richly sot with peiirlB. Tbe avvonl precedes tho chief magistrate magis-trate nn nil occasions of rejoicing and fostliily Tlio sword of stato is carried car-ried buforo tho lord mayor as an emblem em-blem of hia aovorolguty within thu city proper; the; blaelt Bivord Is used on fust duva iu Lent und at tho death of any meuiK r of tho royal family, while tho fourth 1.1. old is Hint placed close to the liniliuuvor's chair at the ccutral orimiiiul court |