"The Lord Mayor may call upon the Recorder for his advice whenever he may stand in need of it, as well as for that of the Common Serjeant, the four City pleaders, and the City solicitor, from whom he orders prosecutions at the City expense whenever he thinks the public good requires it. The salary of the Recorder is £2,500 per annum, besides fees; the Common Serjeant £1,000, with an income from other sources of £843 per annum. The solicitor is supposed to make £5,000 per annum.
"The Lord Mayor resides in the Mansion House, the first stone of which was laid the 25th of October, 1739. This house, with the furniture, cost £70,985 13s. 2d., the principal part of which was paid from the fines received from persons who wished to be excused from serving the office of sheriff. About £9,000 was paid out of the City's income. The plate cost £11,531 16s. 3d., which has been very considerably added to since by the Lord Mayors for the time being, averaging about £500 per annum.
"Attached to the household is—
| £ | s. | d. | |
| The chaplain, at a salary of | 97 | 10 | 0 |
| The swordbearer | 500 | 0 | 0 |
| The macebearer | 500 | 0 | 0 |
| Water-bailiff | 300 | 0 | 0 |
| City marshal | 550 | 0 | 0 |
| Marshal's man | 200 | 0 | 0 |
| Clerk of the Cocket Office | 80 | 0 | 0 |
| Gate porter | 6 | 6 | 0 |
| Seven trumpeters | 29 | 9 | 0 |
"These sums, added to the allowance to the Lord Mayor, and the ground-rent and taxes of the Mansion House (amounting to about £692 12s. 6d. per annum), and other expenses, it is expected, cost the City about £19,038 16s. 10d. per annum. There are also four attorneys of the Mayor's court, who formerly boarded at the Mansion House, but are now allowed £105 per annum in lieu of the table. The plate-butler and the housekeeper have each £5 5s. per annum as a compliment from the City, and in addition to their wages, paid by the Lord Mayor (£45 per annum to the housekeeper, and £1 5s. per week to the plate-butler). The marshal's clothing costs £44 16s. per annum, and that of the marshal's man £13 9s. 6d.
"There is also—
| £ | s. | d. | |
| A yeoman of the chamber, at | 270 | 0 | 0 |
| Three Serjeants of ditto,[10] each | 280 | 0 | 0 |
| Master of the ceremonies | 40 | 0 | 0 |
| Serjeant of the channel | 184 | 10 | 0 |
| Yeoman of the channel | 25 | 0 | 0 |
| Two yeomen of the waterside, each | 350 | 0 | 0 |
| Deputy water-bailiff | 350 | 0 | 0 |
| Water-bailiff's first young man | 300 | 0 | 0 |
| The common hunt's young man | 350 | 0 | 0 |
| Water-bailiff's second young man | 300 | 0 | 0 |
| Swordbearer's young man | 350 | 0 | 0 |
"These sums and others, added to the previous amount, make an annual amount of expense connected with the office of Lord Mayor of £25,034 7s. 1d.
"Most of the last-named officers walk before the Lord Mayor, dressed in black silk gowns, on all state occasions (one acting as his lordship's train- bearer), and dine with the household at a table provided at about 15s. a head, exclusive of wine, which they are allowed without restraint. In the mayoralty of Alderman Atkins, some dispute having arisen with some of the household respecting their tables, the City abolished the daily table, giving each of the officers a sum of money instead, deducting £1,000 a year from the Lord Mayor's allowance, and requiring him only to provide the swordbearer's table on state days."