Show I O 1 s THAT I ME I AW GANT l OUCH I f j J Jf C JR f fJ fC J f British B g to t Grow w Ue y er the th Funds F und of the te Queer Old lq Gity ies Spend erd Halfa Hal a Million a Year On Banquets a ts Alone i Special p Correspondence H Oct Ocl 7 Arthur Bal B l t nd f lil f tl inow 11 A Sf w hout tA tho Ji JJ Ji fJ C J OI tt 1 J J V r n l 1 l 1 in ig Card Carl oseph Chamberlain Ch Sir Robert Hal ind Io l ma cl ii to bo e or Spectacle S le makers That TI at may m ica seem ni a IL bit odil yet ct In I England l l membership l of the great Lon Loni don dOl Ib much prized by ll 1 slat authors s scientists and to finH Iri fact ald the tho Worshipful o Companies j bf OC Lon London Ln don are are among alon tho most r if times of oC Ing en in o p possessed PO HRS e trust funds more than which they thc administer In t and a without tH pub public lic Hc or o control tho London Lon cion Liveried companies c are nr In apposition a of that tho Old trust tru t might envy e v While statesmen and Ind others via vio with each other oth l for honors from the Closed known as aR the City Companies c Is J oh o I the theother other othe handi a clamorous of or orth that that tho th that those thc companies sl lon longer t in secret ger lie he allowed to 10 administer Jer funds which alow t they thc say sa rightly belong to tHc people co lo at large But so 0 very little Impression n has b made Itt by h such bodies as s the tho London Lonnon Reform Union and other ot cr citizens rights ad Irl tho simple s the t e companies upon their th h privileges as so RO ancient that they ar ari I m a special act ct them to of parliament can ean force accounts nc and they th are aro able through their enor omus m Influence In und PIpa l the passage of 0 nl tuch meas measure ure uro of C reform t 1 BANQUETS while the thc agitators In elgh against aa st them the city companies go p l wa spending Ol not less thanS r every O year rel p banquets hanquet alln half a n million various v rl us dolar soft j fl and l sinecures TI Though Ig fu iHl J bring an of oC riot not leI R Lord lor I 1 recently rec I a i ith that th t lh 5 0 appointed c fo these om ar 1 i l AnA I l fi cd 1 1 stIl sueh cn iSi lt 1 wh IR toh vo vos s n cI bf of most absolute l te trusts t of oCr im deni rr of f thC 4 London CI ty are 1 t I cC pondo p li pR tho ot or their ri privileges l o aritt got get I tato tin the 81 lor of v Gi cr Cl veland as Innocuous desuetude d l lI I E b ci r allt trul es IJ g r are l old bid exercise even c 1 today t day wide ll flu n own ol spheres j iI r I uit nc I 1 lI em cs Crom I Ice ce rl ls c thc c I h Engla d th company 1 1 c Ja regularly r s l and i li T l u C powel to to th r l ti HI j tho company c j j t l gl it Q l 1 iI c lh il s I of b t loth others r l f o o g j r The company I l hJ t t yS tJI l lC ut thc Ire are not Hot tho Th irre kles said ld to l r d Sh Iii t 1 1 rs claim to lo hu Into existence In hl 1180 The rhe hayo L a tot 1 j if of i t grea t 1 1 t i rt I ot ou 1 J ie l HUGE iI I Irli salo ic icha ha I l nto o 12 c each with Jl omes hilo aru 30 still Olit Ie compa nr h hl l II r Sd I t rel t r l l C l J t f p th Pl j ad 1 Barbers Haft ol Dt iber Surgeon ws l 1 1 c lo Makers rako s Tin Thi Plate plat r ll ti DI 1 MaUers I h In horn material n lal r p wt I G r SC h writing Tal Hat Band Makers M k rs To ro Makers 1 l el Pin Makers and In con conc c de uP to Ie 11 If l O String iii i the thc modern rifle camp 1 In l or less dispensed ed with the long longbow ong ongo bow o IA OF lE IH OWN Jho various city It companies s still have hac In Lon London Lo power to pcr person don engaged In trade to their proper guilds or 01 to take up p their free freedom dom d m In the tho company as aJi the thc joining and payment of pr membership hl fees is called but such ns c not In Ia 1 as rigidly as s form formerly rm erly The Iho companies arc bound today t da dato to teach tho trade which they tho ex exercise eXercise dominion to all who ho apply for fOl instruction Uon and who lla proper foes and they the also alo aro ali bound b c iC that all apprentices l learning trades do 10 their work worl properly In casc of oC neg neglect IH lect they th even have hac the tb t 1011 up refractory pupils In a Ii prison b l ng ngIng Ing to the tho companies and known as Bridewell TRADE THADE UNIONS S The Jho London City companies arc aro among the tho first trade unions of which is I any an record Of O course co Biblical students will recall re all that thai St StPaul Paul a lS some trouble la iE Ephe sIan silversmiths who ho controlled lolled the thc nto of making shrines lo to loDiana Diana Dlana U bo b ald Ion Goldsmiths is their lineal descendant werft Iel formed for f r tl f ms i n sq ti ns to n arl tr J th h own own hands was n na a Il company in the th carly bra In n tn ach W tr st hi r ft li e cari O l or U tu cI 1 lS i jr 0 tI lo 1 suit Iron t b 11 g to the W O rs Il r ts the th tha a be Speaking it till plat It ml l i ri 1 t W W claim l to tib t h st trad pi g y rl 9 l s they th t En l hi rh t tin J t f Even If ll mis this be taken las jas a o I Ish sh J Y that the thc tin 1 r really aJI IC an a ec et ett t back cars ca s i iI I COE Ari i Thc Tho Inc ll I 9 t u on I n ii lara l l from Cr m property Pf In li li s j II best portions of 0 tL n lo 1 oc the nl I Iby It creD c l lb by b leaps anil bi F r Irist SO le 0 r r p dj l 11 il t t Q Tei ui I r at 12 U v Th tl to o the ll n no owned by s c mp gf the Plc 24 2 principal i i Io m aH II 1 city p er that the df and andU of li land This U s rv iStl e Bank ra I U 11 o t 1 Ji 1 J I d n cl flY I 1 t ha li h his ca tt I t 1 j i r vt us ei is of It li lI cost tho Iiii City Companies c i i nothing Z t UNIQUE E c E l n 1 s m 6 Ic j by hy simply simp complying with certain an an matters r form today toda r t th routs rents and from a 11 number ot oC oCt acres t nin i J valuable pr t ro tl II of hr e npr I I ed b to dc s Ih sC lJ buto bu is s paid for several acres ct s ot Of prop eity I controlled by b the company which owns land Just back of or the thc Bunk of or England In what is i now rO street In hi the early times this tract was as a 11 large swamp or I moor The Tho Tholo Mercers lo Guild drained dr it ami each year eai since shile then an all official of or the th 1 lord l r r court cO 1 t ion a certain In day Tenants T and aud occupiers of ot a bC e waste ground called the moors iii the county bf If come forth Corth and do your service Whereupon a n lawyer la er representing r the Mercers steps Cpr ward and chops up two bundles v of ot fagots one with it a and tho nth oth other er with an J bill 1 III hook This waste land lanU today enables the Mer Mercers cers company lo t extract per IWI annum in the form Corm of rent from ls Is lands 1 London L FOR FOn SIX HORSE SHOES Another An the of tIC the thc city at attends atte tends te tho Icings s each oa h hIi year Ii r and over nel six horseshoes This Ihl ho hc tribute for tn the j site of oC an old blacksmiths shop in th Strand Tho site today n brings In I a IL year Another for fora ford a d like privilege gives tho Kings Re with much formality Gl 61 horse hOle shoo hoo nails whereupon tio Re Rc equal pomp and ceremony notifies tho company that the tho nails aro good count This en entitles titles the company to collect coll ct tho enormous rents which from other Strand Shand property J which sums diso lit extremely good count to t tho particular company I SELECTING LORD MAYOR The City Cit Companies exercise ab absolute solute sway wa over oer what Is known as the th City of or London proper The City Companies eath your tar appoint from among their own members the tho Lord Mayor Ho is not elected by b tho he citizens of oC London or 01 appointed by I v tho but simply is by h the th thI I various allous liverymen of tho City com compan com companies pan mentioned The Tho Lord Mayor re receives recel cel vel OOOO a t year etl by h way wa of r sal Ial salary ary equal to that orthe president or ot th States and so Is his not even the has to enter his with without without out his permission This each Mayor meets tho at nt the thc western boundary of or the city cl now nov the In Fleet street facing tho law courts formerly Temple Bar Bm and hero any I 1 royal procession must obtaining tho formal permission n of the theL Lord L Mayor to 10 enter tho sacred city boundary The Iho king or queen re ro receives tho Lord Mayor at Templo Dar Bar the sword sord of the thc city but h t they always hand It back aeto to him In tok l of his hi the city LORD MAYORS lU SHOW SUO In word the lord mayor m OI London isa Is ill sovereign In the thc city Each ch year after his election cl cUon the tJI lord mayor nayor is expected to rl par as a rule typifies the thc history of C the city companies ar an sticklers rR In the tho thol l p of arid precedence pr and nel In thoi thol past hae had Rome very 01 famous these wai waiters l l many years a I rt Ili t t on n bet Cul 0 ot the th Skinners kl iners and ithe tho thoOl Ol l of ot hant hantl l to which s J sixth lith andt WI li was as seventh s i h in Oft I C Cr r c Tho affair t was set settled s t tI tle 1 by a n lord sort I of f cIVIc I that every cery other year f i one ont of oC the b t l mp sho tho t l lira big v n tochi JL alito C ls 1 1 Vl l nd If 1 e 1 CURIOUS c CUSTOMS 1 11 Somo 9 1 of J thi cC companies still l Continued on m p e 1 i 1 l i I I t I I i A AU THaI t 1 m r 1 iii i L t Jt li nm m m rG n r iM i 1 I l 1 A vv A N r 1 t fOU G H 1 If iF I tag seventeen I j if curious customs CUt dating back 1 Ii 8 pa t For Instance o every verl year I erl send sand four fOUl and a u half ll I yards of f their cloth to tho i t lord l d chancellor tho lord chI chief of J i f and andt other government officials officIal while 5 t of tho Corpora i t six Y yards of gle l cloth K I I Tills TIR doubtless In handy rIng billiard tables OH lII fow persons l po have hivo sufficient courage to wear weal green 1 at least not tho 1 en supplied by tho city elly con f panics Ib to tho th clerks Mi SPECTACLE MAKER i 11 r f fW W t i OMU tho companies which observes t I extremely ceremonious raj In tho Wor VOl Worshipful VOli i bf of Makers j L who number among amon their freemen fit the most distinguished dl person personages jj I ages lC of lf tho th day dnn It Is III curious in this i 11 1 to note that tho first Ir t maker if f ot oC spectacles sp eael Is said to 10 have havo been h en Sa i i Ino Arn of Florence Italy 1 i who first worked some somo glasses Into tho l of a I le in hi the a 1315 On this lIllo tomb may be lQ seen eon to tu 1 d y the significant Inscription Here lit L lies Hell Inventor In nto of Spectacles cl May God h sins Doubtless ss this Inscription was com composed Y i posed li s tf by b pro 01 of Gf Mr victims f to who I ii evidently did his lenses lens s sf I f r i 1 as S up to t Iho mark lii rk lie Be this aa l j it may lIIa jl the tho Spectacle clo company i f don obtained as far fal back as nJ 1629 now numbers 1300 members rs with of or the U p that thai Is 1 Y entitled tp to wear the tho classic uniform of I i tho company n und what is hj more II to share sharo In III tho pen pension h sion fund if t Membership r hll in many of or the city ii r companies is attended with certain very Yer substantial 1 Persons claiming the tho freedom of ho tho com companies C IlI 1110 entitled to lo pons ln Ions lonH IUt o othu otho thu tho charitable fund l Livery Liverymen men havo other honors and perquisites I sites Il il Each Juch of or companies c n has a n dress the term livery of or are and blue a n darkly dall I red awl and onu com company pany l boasts u Ii livery of and ICI whatever t that Is III INFLUENCE Certain of tho exorcise o onn nil nn Important on thu tho trades tradel thoy others are aro of L Importance For tho Goldsmiths company C has hm charge chargo pf the Hoyal HI nl and aud all 11 British coinage Inis to undergo what is called cullell To ho pre is Ih isa Iha a great groat hos of very nt design Ile lu into each day da gold gohl and silver coins ot f tho realm a sam sample S of the days da s minting called a I journey y tho box hoX gets full it is opened I r r ceremony in h Of the th lord chancellor ch and 1 other othe officials The coins aro il into hito a large hir and I td aro tested t If does oes not como comb up to it a certain standard ot of analysis it reflects on n tl mint officials and lind may b against The coinage coln go always s his been a proper r ril f il N 1 OF ml l Too Tho d tl always alway has I s had tho or in standardizing gold gl ld cJ hence e Ii has arisen the tann tean hall I ill marked u irk d ito to th fa tc that this ceremony takes t keg at lit the Goldsmiths hall i thu I Is the finest private 1111 In d n lr 1 nati na f re rit control c Stationers ers hall which after nt r English copyright e The rh magic words Entered at at Stationers Com om omi i f t I pany il of oC tho Stationers com COln also docs a a certain amount of f publishing p on own ac ILI account count fOB COI tho J of it HG liverymen St l noto say sa this com company co n pany prints attempt to tho Iho futuro known im Old land an a good 1110 11 t on it I IlIr HISTORIES Nearly all the th big hi have hayo their own wn halls Many Man of very costly do ll n and most of thorn thom contain lino collections of of gold plate paintings old maters masters Vand and treas treasures ures Certain ot the halls were de dO designed signed by Christopher Wren Jones and famous amouR architects l In Inmany Inn many n of oC the thero are price heirlooms and treasures One com company co n pany hUH has a CUI presented by Henry VIII This Thill Isa laa hugo tankard tJ with willi bells attached I to its sides Each p who drank out of or it was IS supposed to t empty en ply Its ita contents In Hu h a Iway that the bells wore mado to ring At tho banquet given Iven each year by b q lord mayor at a IL cost CORt of loving II cup eup cupIs Is passed pas round Tho great tankard ro 10 two to handle It one drinks the tho other lifts th heavy lid This must bo with both hands The reason for f r this observance was as that In hi olden oldon times l guests had h d a play playful playful ful little way ot of stabbing their hosts whilo drinking and In order to prevent int this hands had to be bo board when the thc loving cup was used u ed Each year an nn Immense amount of amuse amusement ment Is caused at lit tho Hio great Ireat state stale ban banquet banquet over ovel this ancient cup CliP When Lord Salisbury vas wua premier ho he absentmindedly edly orlly lot the tho lid ot of tho cup fall while Lady Thuly Salisbury was drinking Tho groat gr t feasts at the Guildhall so named as IL being tho meeting place for fOl all th London Lo companies or guilds among most Important political functions Huro sovereigns s ort oft often orten en arc ar entertained and tho prime min minister ister each year car at al ho banquet maltes his hi most Important announcements of forthcoming policy lIcy OF OP REPRESENTATION Certain of the th companies havo the tho right to 10 parliamentary representation for fOl tho oily elt y of London honorary membership Is 1 only conferred on oa dis IlIs distinguished statesmen scientists trave Irne arid others Many Ian Tit nt Hon gen gentlemen glad slad to tu inscribe th as a members of companies Tho Into Gen Buller was prime primo warden waIden of hf thu Goldsmiths company compan while not notable able rs of this company arc tho lord chief justice and many other fani fam ou Tho rho freedom edom ot lC the city elly was waR presented by hy tho companies tt mill and others cu havo hao also entertained d dOft Oft tho German emperor e III 1 czar CU of Russia and others othel to say gay though tho great jr nt Lon London tOIl don city companies wield such enor power their history his ton is i little known outside of ot the city of or London It Itself self elf Thoy are ai not anxious to give in information Inform formation form 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