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ions of ore are being raised daily . Having explored the different workings , lunch was served in a temporary dining room extemporised and tastily decorated for the occasion in one of them . In the evening Sir Stafford was entertained at a banquet given by the Mayor and Corporation in the
Odd Fellows' Hall , over 200 guests being invited to meet him . The toast of tho evening was , of course , that of " Her Majesty ' s Ministers , " with which was coupled the name of the Chancellor of the Exchequer . It is needless to add that the toast was cordially received and
appropriately acknowledged . The contest for the vacancy in the Court of Aldermen , caused by the retirement of Sir Sills John Gibbons , Bart ., Ward of Castle Baynard , was a very close one ; Bro . S . C . Hadley receiving 121 , and Mr . Geo . Cockerell 120 votes .
At first the latter gentleman announced his intention of challenging the verdict , but he has since given up the idea , so that Bro . Hadley ' s election to the honourable position of Alderman is now assured , and will be publicly announced by the Lord Mayor on Wednesday next . The Lord Mayor elect ,
Mr . Alderman Cotton , is endeavouring to introduce some novel features in this year ' s civic pageant . Hehassuggested to the Lord Mayor and Sheriffs' Committee , now sitting at Guildhall , thepropriety of inviting the leading trades to send in plans and designs of trophies to form part of the Show .
In the event of their falling in with this suggestion , Alderman Cotton further suggests that the Civic Guilds should support such trophies with f eir banners , and in any other way that may seem feasible , it is also proposed that detachments of all the Metropolitan volunteer regiments , and
from other parts of the county , should form part of the procession . If the idea be carried out , we shall have something quite out of the common in the way of Lord Mayor ' s Shows this year . But even if the idea should not find
favour , the City Marshal and the Civic Coach will , we doubt not , prove as attractive as ever , especially to country cousins , and the little citizens and citizenesses not yet in their teens .
Though the weather last Friday was not quite so favourable as might have been wished , the novel idea of a cab show at the Alexandra Palace proved a great success . The show included cabs , cab-horses , and designs for cabmens ' shelters , nor was cabby himself over-looked , for prizes
were awarded to those who could give the best evidence of good conduct , who had been longest in the service of one employer , who had restored the greatest number of articles left in cabs , and who had had the longest experience as temperance men . As cabmen are known for their skill
in chaffing , we think there might have been added prizes for those who have uttered the greatest number of decent Ions mots . No doubt Punch , Judy and Fun would have come forward liberally with donations for a class of men who have figured so successfully and so amusingly in their
columns . But this by the way . The exhibition was under the patronage of Lord Carriugton , Lord Grosvenor , M . P ., Sir CharleB J . Palmer , Cardinal Manning , and Mr . Roger Eykyn , all of whom were present . Among the judges were Professor Fleming and Sir Edward Lee , together with
two practical cab owners , nominated by the Cab-drivers Benevolent Association , namely , Mr . John Turner , badge 8149 , and Henry Sayer , badge 1672 . Among the exhibitors was H . R . H . the Prince of Wales , who sent a splendid specimen of a hansom . In Class 1 , for the
exhibitors of the best conditioned cab-horse and best appointed two wheeled cab , in service for not less than six months , G . Bishops , of Taunton Mews , took the first prize , and W . Rees , of Eglon Mews , the second . In Class 2 , for Proprietor of best horse and four-wheeled cab , under
the same conditions , John W . Dove , of Edward Street , Dorset Square , was placed first , and W . James , of Trinity Mews , second . Messrs . Forder of Wolverhampton took the first prize in Class 3 , the most convenient and economical two-wheel cab ; Mr . C . Thorne , of
Norwich , being adjudged second honours ; Messrs . Martin and Co ., of Birmingham , and G . R . Blackwell , of John Mews , Gray ' s-inn-road , were first and second respectively in the four-wheeled cab class . In class 5 , for best conditioned cab-horse in active work for three years , the prizes
were awarded to D . H . Lewis , Chalk Farm , and John Dove . G . Bishops took the prize in class 0 for the best horse driven for over four years in the shafts of a cab . In class 7 , for horses that had served over five years , W . C . Holland ,
Chelsea , and Mary Dale , Brunswick-square , were re spectiveiy iirsi and second . Mrs . . Ruth Parson , of . Kenning ton Cross , with her bay-mare , in constant work for overseven
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teen years , took the prize in class 8 , horses over eight years in work . John Dunn , badge 1091 , took first prize for good conduct , having seen forty-six years of service as a driver ; George Hardy took the prize for having been the longest time in the same employer ' s service , namely thirty-five years .
Mr . John Gibson , architect , took the prize offered for the best and most economical design for a cabman ' s shelter . Altogetherthe directors of the Alexandra Palace and cabmen have every reason to be pleased with the result of this first
experiment , and we trust it may be only the first of a long series of similar exhibitions . On Saturday there was a Venetian fete , on Tuesday an effective rendering of La Sonnambula , by the Carl Rosa Company , and for to-day is announced Balfe ' s favourite opera , The Bohemian Girl .
On Tuesday the Seventh Annual Cat Show was held at the Crystal Palace . There were considerably over three hundred animals exhibited , ranged in no less than fortynine classes . One of the judges was Mr . Harrison Weir , aud among the numerous patrons may be mentioned Lady
D . Nevill , Mrs . Cashel Hoey , and Mr . Darwin . The exhibits included every variety of the domestic cat , and many of them were splendid specimens of feline beauty , the best in the whole show being an English short-haired tabby , weighing just 18 lbs . On Saturday last the twentieth
season of winter concerts opened , with an average good programme , the first piece on the list being the late Sir Sterndale Bennett's overture " The Naiades , " with selections from Mozart , Beethoven , Chopin , Gounod , and last of all , Herr Wagner ' s overture , " Der fliegende Hollander . "
The second of this series , to-day , will include selections from Mendelssohn , Haydn , Chopin , and a new overture by Mr . W . G . Cusins , " Love ' s Labour Lost . " The vocalists are Madame Sinico and Mr . Vernon Rigby ; pianiste , Mdlle . Anna Mehlig ; and the conductor , Mr . A . Manns .
Among other novelties here may be mentioned the new Skating Rink , which will be under cover , and be opened to-day . This evening is announced as the opening night of a series of Promenade Concerts at the Agricultural Hall , Isliugton .
Mr . George Potter , Editor of the Beehive and member of the London School Board , is determined , and very properly we think , to bring the Englishman to task for describing him as a rogue and a sham . The first summons against Dr . Kenealy failed , it being shown that Dr .
Kenealy was neither Editor nor proprietor of the journal in question . But nothing daunted by this , Mr . Potter ' s Counsel applied for a summons against Mr . Bradley as the publisher , and it is proposed to indict Mr . Maurice
Kenealy at the Sessions . The result , as regards Mr . Bradley , is his committal for trial by Alderman Sir Robert Garden , bail being allowed , however , himself in £ 100 , and two securities in £ 50 eaeh , afterwards altered to a single security of £ 100 .
There is little to record in the way of sport . Pheasantshooting commenced on the first instant . There has been a Croquet Tournament at Brighton , and Captain Webb is still the hero of the hour wherever he goes . The subscription list by this time must be a tolerable heavy one , as it
should be , for his feat is unexampled . Coursing commenced last month , and the season for football is just being entered upon , so that , as we have remarked before , we shall soon be studying all the wonderful mysteries of drop kicks , behinds , forwards , half and quarter-backs , scrummages ,
hots , posters , goals , tries , & c , & c . If any of our readers are anxious to know what all this means , let him refer to Mr . Alcock ' s admirably compiled football annual for this year , and he will there obtain all the needful information . A fire of greater magnitude than usual broke out on
Thursday evening , at the newly erected mansion of Mr . Henry A . Hankey , Queen Anne ' s Gate , Westminster . Tho house , indeed , has not yet been inhabited , for the workmen were still engaged in putting the last touches before Mr . Hankey moved into it . The house was very large , baing
five stories high , and some idea of its value may be gathered from the fact that the building and its contents were insured in the Londonand Liverpool and Globe Company , for between £ 40 , 000 and £ 50 , 000 . Most of the furniture was saved , but nearly the whole of the building was completely
destroyed , leaving only the bare walls standing , The first engines to arrive were those of the Wellington Barracks and these did great service in arresting the progress of the
flames . The fire steamers arrived shortly , bub though (!><• men worked with a will , only two out of the twenty bedrooms wen . ' suved , a . 3 were the dining and billiard-rooms . but the drawing-room , concert-ball , and reception-room
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Our Weekly Budget.
ions of ore are being raised daily . Having explored the different workings , lunch was served in a temporary dining room extemporised and tastily decorated for the occasion in one of them . In the evening Sir Stafford was entertained at a banquet given by the Mayor and Corporation in the
Odd Fellows' Hall , over 200 guests being invited to meet him . The toast of tho evening was , of course , that of " Her Majesty ' s Ministers , " with which was coupled the name of the Chancellor of the Exchequer . It is needless to add that the toast was cordially received and
appropriately acknowledged . The contest for the vacancy in the Court of Aldermen , caused by the retirement of Sir Sills John Gibbons , Bart ., Ward of Castle Baynard , was a very close one ; Bro . S . C . Hadley receiving 121 , and Mr . Geo . Cockerell 120 votes .
At first the latter gentleman announced his intention of challenging the verdict , but he has since given up the idea , so that Bro . Hadley ' s election to the honourable position of Alderman is now assured , and will be publicly announced by the Lord Mayor on Wednesday next . The Lord Mayor elect ,
Mr . Alderman Cotton , is endeavouring to introduce some novel features in this year ' s civic pageant . Hehassuggested to the Lord Mayor and Sheriffs' Committee , now sitting at Guildhall , thepropriety of inviting the leading trades to send in plans and designs of trophies to form part of the Show .
In the event of their falling in with this suggestion , Alderman Cotton further suggests that the Civic Guilds should support such trophies with f eir banners , and in any other way that may seem feasible , it is also proposed that detachments of all the Metropolitan volunteer regiments , and
from other parts of the county , should form part of the procession . If the idea be carried out , we shall have something quite out of the common in the way of Lord Mayor ' s Shows this year . But even if the idea should not find
favour , the City Marshal and the Civic Coach will , we doubt not , prove as attractive as ever , especially to country cousins , and the little citizens and citizenesses not yet in their teens .
Though the weather last Friday was not quite so favourable as might have been wished , the novel idea of a cab show at the Alexandra Palace proved a great success . The show included cabs , cab-horses , and designs for cabmens ' shelters , nor was cabby himself over-looked , for prizes
were awarded to those who could give the best evidence of good conduct , who had been longest in the service of one employer , who had restored the greatest number of articles left in cabs , and who had had the longest experience as temperance men . As cabmen are known for their skill
in chaffing , we think there might have been added prizes for those who have uttered the greatest number of decent Ions mots . No doubt Punch , Judy and Fun would have come forward liberally with donations for a class of men who have figured so successfully and so amusingly in their
columns . But this by the way . The exhibition was under the patronage of Lord Carriugton , Lord Grosvenor , M . P ., Sir CharleB J . Palmer , Cardinal Manning , and Mr . Roger Eykyn , all of whom were present . Among the judges were Professor Fleming and Sir Edward Lee , together with
two practical cab owners , nominated by the Cab-drivers Benevolent Association , namely , Mr . John Turner , badge 8149 , and Henry Sayer , badge 1672 . Among the exhibitors was H . R . H . the Prince of Wales , who sent a splendid specimen of a hansom . In Class 1 , for the
exhibitors of the best conditioned cab-horse and best appointed two wheeled cab , in service for not less than six months , G . Bishops , of Taunton Mews , took the first prize , and W . Rees , of Eglon Mews , the second . In Class 2 , for Proprietor of best horse and four-wheeled cab , under
the same conditions , John W . Dove , of Edward Street , Dorset Square , was placed first , and W . James , of Trinity Mews , second . Messrs . Forder of Wolverhampton took the first prize in Class 3 , the most convenient and economical two-wheel cab ; Mr . C . Thorne , of
Norwich , being adjudged second honours ; Messrs . Martin and Co ., of Birmingham , and G . R . Blackwell , of John Mews , Gray ' s-inn-road , were first and second respectively in the four-wheeled cab class . In class 5 , for best conditioned cab-horse in active work for three years , the prizes
were awarded to D . H . Lewis , Chalk Farm , and John Dove . G . Bishops took the prize in class 0 for the best horse driven for over four years in the shafts of a cab . In class 7 , for horses that had served over five years , W . C . Holland ,
Chelsea , and Mary Dale , Brunswick-square , were re spectiveiy iirsi and second . Mrs . . Ruth Parson , of . Kenning ton Cross , with her bay-mare , in constant work for overseven
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teen years , took the prize in class 8 , horses over eight years in work . John Dunn , badge 1091 , took first prize for good conduct , having seen forty-six years of service as a driver ; George Hardy took the prize for having been the longest time in the same employer ' s service , namely thirty-five years .
Mr . John Gibson , architect , took the prize offered for the best and most economical design for a cabman ' s shelter . Altogetherthe directors of the Alexandra Palace and cabmen have every reason to be pleased with the result of this first
experiment , and we trust it may be only the first of a long series of similar exhibitions . On Saturday there was a Venetian fete , on Tuesday an effective rendering of La Sonnambula , by the Carl Rosa Company , and for to-day is announced Balfe ' s favourite opera , The Bohemian Girl .
On Tuesday the Seventh Annual Cat Show was held at the Crystal Palace . There were considerably over three hundred animals exhibited , ranged in no less than fortynine classes . One of the judges was Mr . Harrison Weir , aud among the numerous patrons may be mentioned Lady
D . Nevill , Mrs . Cashel Hoey , and Mr . Darwin . The exhibits included every variety of the domestic cat , and many of them were splendid specimens of feline beauty , the best in the whole show being an English short-haired tabby , weighing just 18 lbs . On Saturday last the twentieth
season of winter concerts opened , with an average good programme , the first piece on the list being the late Sir Sterndale Bennett's overture " The Naiades , " with selections from Mozart , Beethoven , Chopin , Gounod , and last of all , Herr Wagner ' s overture , " Der fliegende Hollander . "
The second of this series , to-day , will include selections from Mendelssohn , Haydn , Chopin , and a new overture by Mr . W . G . Cusins , " Love ' s Labour Lost . " The vocalists are Madame Sinico and Mr . Vernon Rigby ; pianiste , Mdlle . Anna Mehlig ; and the conductor , Mr . A . Manns .
Among other novelties here may be mentioned the new Skating Rink , which will be under cover , and be opened to-day . This evening is announced as the opening night of a series of Promenade Concerts at the Agricultural Hall , Isliugton .
Mr . George Potter , Editor of the Beehive and member of the London School Board , is determined , and very properly we think , to bring the Englishman to task for describing him as a rogue and a sham . The first summons against Dr . Kenealy failed , it being shown that Dr .
Kenealy was neither Editor nor proprietor of the journal in question . But nothing daunted by this , Mr . Potter ' s Counsel applied for a summons against Mr . Bradley as the publisher , and it is proposed to indict Mr . Maurice
Kenealy at the Sessions . The result , as regards Mr . Bradley , is his committal for trial by Alderman Sir Robert Garden , bail being allowed , however , himself in £ 100 , and two securities in £ 50 eaeh , afterwards altered to a single security of £ 100 .
There is little to record in the way of sport . Pheasantshooting commenced on the first instant . There has been a Croquet Tournament at Brighton , and Captain Webb is still the hero of the hour wherever he goes . The subscription list by this time must be a tolerable heavy one , as it
should be , for his feat is unexampled . Coursing commenced last month , and the season for football is just being entered upon , so that , as we have remarked before , we shall soon be studying all the wonderful mysteries of drop kicks , behinds , forwards , half and quarter-backs , scrummages ,
hots , posters , goals , tries , & c , & c . If any of our readers are anxious to know what all this means , let him refer to Mr . Alcock ' s admirably compiled football annual for this year , and he will there obtain all the needful information . A fire of greater magnitude than usual broke out on
Thursday evening , at the newly erected mansion of Mr . Henry A . Hankey , Queen Anne ' s Gate , Westminster . Tho house , indeed , has not yet been inhabited , for the workmen were still engaged in putting the last touches before Mr . Hankey moved into it . The house was very large , baing
five stories high , and some idea of its value may be gathered from the fact that the building and its contents were insured in the Londonand Liverpool and Globe Company , for between £ 40 , 000 and £ 50 , 000 . Most of the furniture was saved , but nearly the whole of the building was completely
destroyed , leaving only the bare walls standing , The first engines to arrive were those of the Wellington Barracks and these did great service in arresting the progress of the
flames . The fire steamers arrived shortly , bub though (!><• men worked with a will , only two out of the twenty bedrooms wen . ' suved , a . 3 were the dining and billiard-rooms . but the drawing-room , concert-ball , and reception-room