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GHAPTIER ELI THE CITY GOVERNMENT The Corporation—Its History—The Lord Mayor—The Roman Theory not proven—The Portreeves — The SheriffsS—The Chamberlain—The Common Council—The Aldermen—The Livery—The Guildhall—The Mansion House—Newgate. THE Corporation of London is always before the public; we share the reverence which foreigners are said to feel for the Lord Mayor; and there are few dwellers in the greater London of the suburbs who have not at some time or other seen a civic procession, enjoyed civic hospitality, or admired the buildings in which the civic government is carried on. We know, moreover, if we study the history of our country, that in days gone by the constitution of the city of London was held up as a pattern for imitation in other cities; and that ona N
