An unusual event, a contest for the Lord Mayor's chair,
has in- terested the City. The alderman next in rotation, Sir H. Muggeridge, was for many reasons unpopular with the Livery. He might, however, under other circumstances, have obtained the coveted honour, but the Prince of Wales comes of age next year, and the Lord Mayor will be required to entertain on a great scale, and represent the City in endless ceremonial. The citizens, therefore, asked the Lord Mayor, who is always popular as a host, and always ready to spend lavishly on fitting occasions, to contest the seat, and as the Mayoralty next year implies a Baronetcy, Mr. Cubitt, after some gentle coquetting, complied with the demand. The Tories, who owe him more than they are at all likely to pay, exerted themselves on his behalf, and the re- sult was his election by a majority of three-fourths. It is not, under the circumstances, to be regretted, though the party character of a Lord Mayor in a year when a dissolution is possible is not to be despised.
