The Lord Mayor At Kendal.

Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress , he said the fact of the Lord Mayor haVing consented to distribute the prizes at the Arts and Crafts Exhibition , as well as to address a festive gathering of over 600 employes and friends of the company of Braithwaite and Co . ( Limited)—of which his Lordship was a direotor—proved that he took a lively interest in the welfare of Kendal . Kendalians were

proud of the Lord Mayors association with the town where his relatives and ancestors had lived for many years . His revered and respected nnole , tbe late Mr . 6 . F . Braithwaite , was Mayor of the borough no less than six times , and had he been living he ( tbe Mayor ) could imagine the profound pleasure it would have given him to . receive the Lord Mayor and the Lady Mayoress on that occasion . But Providence had ordained it otherwise . His

picture now adorned the walls , and although he was absent , he still lived , and that pioture , although a poor one , served to remind them of the lively interest he took in the Corporation and whatever concerned tho welfare and prosperity of his native town , but especially that of the poor . Alluding to some of the pnblio functions of the Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress , he

pointed to the reception which his Lordship had given to the Emperor and Empress of Germany and to tbe Frinoe of Naples . The Lord Mayor , he said , not only entertained Royalty , but took an active part in the amelioration of the sufferings of the human race ' in connection with the agitation iu favour of the Russian Jews . Then he gave splendid receptions to various scoieties , amongst

whioh he mentioned the Society of French Masters , the Ancient Order of Foresters and the International Congress of Hygiene and Demography . In all these , tbe sacred work of charity had a conspicuous plaoe in his heart , and it was noteworthy that the Hospital Sunday Fond was the largest that was ever raised . He was not revealing any secret in this assembly of the Lord Mayor ' s

kinsmen and kinswomen , when he stated that he was of Huguenot and Quaker descent . Spjaking of the Lady Mayoress , he said he only re-eohoed the feelings of every la 3 y and gentleman present when he said they were delighted that the Lord Mayor was accompanied by the Lady Mayoress . It must have been a great comfort during his mayoralty that the Lady Mayoress waa always at his

right hand , to help and support him in his work . The Lafiy Mayoress was the daughter of a distinguished colonel in her Majesty ' s service . She had no less than four brothers of high rank iu the army , one of whom wore the Victoria Cross and another the distinguished service order . This toast was no mere empty formality . With all sincerity of heart did they wish both the Lord Mayor and

Lady Mayoress long life to enjoy the honour whioh had bean conferred upon them by their Sovereign , and might every Mossing attend them in their private relationship , and in tho lofty and responsible position they occupied . The Town Clerk here read the resolution whioh had been passed at the meeting of the Corporation , conferring the freedom of the

borough upon tho Lord Mayor , and at his invitation the Lord Mayor proceeded , amid cheers , to sign the roll of honorary freemen . The Mayor of Kendal then presented the casket to tbe Lord Mayor , and in doing so asked his Lordship to graoionsly accept tbe highest honour which it was in tbe power of tbe Corporation to bestow upon any one—the freedom of tbe borough . Theirs , he said , was not a

lengthy roll : it began and ended with the name of Lord Mayor Whitehead , and' if his Lordship also accepted the freedom , it gave promise to beoome a unique list of Lord Mayors and Baronets . He mentioned , in conclusion , that the casket was manufactured from old English oak , obtained from the parish ohnroh where the Lord Mayor ' s ancestors had worshipped for many years .

The Lord Mayor , in responding to the toast , said he rose with a heart fall of gratitude and devotion to reply to the kind words whioh the Mayor had jnst uttered . He thanked the Mayor most heartily for the extremely eloquent and touohing language which he had been good enough to use in proposing the toast , and the company for the cordial reception tbey had given to it . It had

oftentimes fallen to his lot daring his year of office to respond to the toast of the Corporation of London , but this occasion was one of unique and exceptional interest—unique in its surroundings , unique in its circumstances . He had oftentimes , in company with his wife and his colleagues the Sheriffs , received a cordial and enthusiastic welcome in various parts of the

United Kingdom , and they had only just returned from a short tour in Scotland , wherein they had received from the municipal authorities every possible courtesy and hospitality , but ties with Kendal possessed a peculiar and olose interest . He felt that in Kendal he was , as it were , in his own town . It would be fifty years next month since his father and mother were married in the parish

ohnroh of the town . That occasion was one , he believed , of great interest in Kendal , and he had been often told that the old people of the town , when recalling any particular date , had placed it either so many years before , or so many years after , the marriage of Caroline Braithwaite . But what would his parents ' feelings have been if they could possibly have imagined that fifty years

e fterwards their son would , as Lord mayor of London , be received at a magnificent banquet in the Town Hall of Kendal , and receive at the hands of its Mayor the freedom of that ancient borongh ? Time would fail him to recall all the interesting thoughts that crowded npon him at the present time—reminiscences of happy days spent in his grandfather's house in Highgate : pleasant intercourse with

friends , some of whom had now passed from this bnsy scene ; and many delightful excursions , both on horseback and on foor , through tie delightful scenery that surrounded the town . It was sometimes good for them to look back upon the scenes that were past ; it was often good for them to look forward with happy anticipation to the

future , but they could uover forget that they lived also to be useful ni the present day . The anciont Corporation of the City of London , ( f which ho had tho proud privilogo at this moment to be tho head ( mid look back upon many loo ^ years of usefulness and benefit , and ho c jnfidently believed that it could also look forward to many bnch years to come . But they did not forget that in the present day , besides tho

The Lord Mayor At Kendal.

daily work that devolved npon them , the municipal government of the greatest City in the world had oftentimes national work—work of world-wide importance—to perform . The Mayor had gracefully alluded to the visit of the German Emperor to the City , and he might remind them that the Prime Minister himself , when speaking of that visit , told the large assemblage he was addressing that that

visit was fraught with the happiest auspices to the welfare of [ the world at large . The Mayor had also alluded to tho visit of the Crown Prince of Italy . This had been , indeed , an eventful mayoralty , full of interest and events whioh the people would often , times look baok upon with feelings of great interest . He thanked them for the reception given him that day , and for the cordial

hospitality they had extended to his wife and to himself . He should never forget that he was the son of one of Westmoreland ' s daughters . Kendal's welfare would always retain a very warm interest In his heart . The box which had been handed to him that day would be treasured in his family as one of their most precious hirelooms , and the charter whioh the Corporation had voted to him

so unanimously , conveying to him the freedom of the borough , would be to his mind one of the brightest records , as endorsing not only the publio usefulness of the Corporation of the City of London , but , if he might also Bay so , his own endeavour to do his duty in the path he trod . If words failed him adequately to express to them all that his heart felt , he hoped they would take the wish for the

deed , and that they would believe him , when ho ' said that the day would be engraven on his mind as one of the brightest , the happiest , and most memorable of his mayoralty . The Lord Mayor , again rising , g ave " The Mayor and Corporation of Kendal . " Every one present , he said , felt that they owed gratitude to those who were their bountiful hosts on that occasion .

The Corporation of Kendal was an ancient one . The town received its first charter in the reign of Queen Elizabeth , and that charter was afterwards renewed in the reign of James I . Kendal had been spoken of for many a eentnry as a very well regulated and prosperous town . He believed that so far back as the reign of Henry IV . the mannfaoturers of Kendal were well known and much

esteemed . Bat if Kendal was prosperous in the past , if its manufactures had been renowned , he believed it was equally so in the present day . And he believed that at no period in its history did it have a mayor and corporation who had been more devoted to the interests of the town than at the present day . He believed that in their present mayor the people of Kendal had one who had the

beat interests of the community closely at heart . The Mayor of Kendal , in response , warmly thanked the Lord Mayor , in his own name and that of the Mayoress , for his kind remarks . That day fourteen days ago , and that day itself , would indeed be memorable ones in the history of their anoient borough , and he thanked the ladies and gentlemen present for their coi .

operation on the occasion of the visit of H . R . H . Princess Louise , and for their presence there that day to do honour to the Lord Major and Lady Mayoress of the first city in the world . Without egotisn ) ho ventured to say it did not fall to the lot of many mayors to receive Royalty and the Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress of London within fourteen days of each other . He assured them that he was

proud of their ancient borongb , the town of his adoption , and most respectfully and heartily did he thank the Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress for coming there that day , and for the kind expressions of his Lordship in reference to the Corporation of Kendal , and for tbe future prosperity of the town at large . Mr . W . B . Crowdson , in proposing the next toast , that of " The

Sheriffs of London , referred with gratification to the fact that the Sheriffs had reoently received the honour of knighthood , remarking that the most important event with whioh those honours were connected would have the effect of joining together still more closely the links of sentiment and friendship whioh unite the great Teutonic nations of Europe .

Mr . Sheriff Farmer , in response , said the toast was always a difficult one to respond to , and the difficulty did not diminish , he found , in tbe repetition . Having thanked the company for their hearty reception of the toast , he said the present Shrievalty of London had been one of more than usual interest . In the first place , he , aB Sheriff , had been fortunate in accepting tbe hospitality of no less than ten municipal boroughs in tbe United Kingdom . Their

first visit was to the very anoient borough of Newoaitle-under-Lyme , the second to Manchester—and there they were entertained right royally by the Mayor and Corporation , and they hnd an opportunity of inspecting that modern work , the Manchester Ship Canal , under cironmstances of exceptional interest—then they went to Croydon , Worcester , Hull , Brigg , Glasgow , Stirling , and last , but not least , to the anoient town of Kendal .

The remaining toasts inoluded the County and Borough Magistrates , proposed by the Archdeacon of Westmoreland , acknowledged by Mr . W . Wakefield , the chairman of Quarter Sessions ; the High Sheriff of "Westmoreland , proposed by the Ex-Mayor , and suitably acknowledged ; the Westmoreland County Counoil , proposed by Mr . H . Swinglehurst , and responded to by Mr . James Cropper , the

chairman ; the Arts , Crafts , and Loan Exhibition , proposed by Mr . Alderman Baron , and responded to by Captain Bagot ; and the Ladies , proposed by Mr . J . W . Weston , and responded to by Sheriff Sir Augustus Harris , who , in an amusing speech , held that ladies were better employed at home looking after the comfortr , of thoir

husbands nnd children than in publio work . Before the company separated the Mayor read - \ telegram just received by the Lord Mayor from Alderman Sir James Whitehead , congratulating him upon the honour whioh had been conferred upon him .

The luncheon was BuppHed by Mr . T . Lancaster , of the Cc mmeroial Hotel , Kondal .

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FUNERALS properly carried out and personally attende d l n London and Country , by Bro . G . A . HUTTOU " , 17 Newcastle Street , Strand , W . C . Monuments erected . Valuations made .