the back pannel, _Neptune_ issuing from his palace, drawn by sea-horses, and attended by the Winds, the Rivers, Tritons, Naids, &c., bringing the tribute of the world to the _British_ shore. On one of the doors are represented _Mars_, _Minerva_, and _Mercury_, supporting the Imperial Crown of _Britain_; and on the other, _Industry_ and _Ingenuity_, giving a cornucopia to the Genius of _England_. The other four pannels represent the liberal _Arts_ and _Sciences_ protected; _History_ burning the implements of war. The inside of the coach is lined with Crimson Velvet richly embroidered with gold. All the wood work is triple gilt, and all the paintings highly varnished. The harness is of Crimson Velvet, adorned with buckles and other embelishments of silver gilt; and the saddle-cloths are of Blue Velvet, embroidered and fringed with gold.” The account was as follows:— £ s. d. Coachmaker 1673 15 0 Carver 2500 0 0 Gilder 933 14 0 Painter 315 0 0 Laceman 737 10 7 Chaser 665 4 6 Harnessmaker 385 15 0 Mercer 202 5 10-1/2 Bitt-maker 99 6 6 Millener 31 3 4 Sadler 10 16 6 Woollen-draper 4 3 6 Cover-maker 3 9 6 ——————————————— £7562 4 3-1/2 Hardly less resplendent was the Lord Mayor’s coach which had been built at a cost of over a thousand pounds in 1757, and still performs its duties at stated and regular intervals. It was in 1711 that a Lord Mayor of London had ridden for the last time on horseback in his State procession, this distinction falling to Sir Gilbert Heathcote. Since that date he has been driven in his coach. The 1757 coach was not at first the property of the corporation, but had been built by subscription amongst the aldermen, to whom it belonged until 1778, when the corporation bought it. In that year it had been repaired and repainted—the panels possibly by Cipriani, the heraldic devices by Catton, one of the original members of the Royal Academy and “coach-painter to George III.” The Lord Mayor’s coach, like many other State coaches of this date, is full of allegorical devices of ornamentation, very plutocratic, very rich, very gorgeous, and incidentally rather more comfortable to drive in than that in which the British Sovereign drives to his Coronation. Coming to lesser matters, we have mention of a carriage which performed a remarkable feat in 1750.