LONDON, Corporation of, always a popularly elected body, 103; commission of 1853 for inquiring into affairs of, 104; judicial functions of Lord Mayor and Aldermen preserved to, 106; powers of an ordinary Borough Council retained by, 106; an example to provincial townships, 106; intense feeling of corporate life in, 106; impression made by, on foreigners, 107; relations of, to London County Council, 107; four representatives of, on County Council, chosen by ratepayers, 108; charities and hospitalities of, 108; relation of Commissioners of Sewers to, 109. LONDON County Council, differs from other County Councils, 103; judicial functions of officers of corporation left untouched by, 106; eminent men who have been chairmen of, 112. LONDON Library, The, foundation and objects of 370; first started in Pall Mall, 371; its usefulness and growth, 371; difference between, and Mudie's Library, 371. LONGFELLOW, far-reaching influence of, as a poet, 379. LORD-Mayors of London, number of noble houses founded by, 14; attributes of, in minds of foreigners, 110; not merely head officers of a great city, 110; territorial estates, schools and other foundations controlled by the, 110. LORD-Mayor's day, traditional entertainment of ministers on, 14; improvement in demeanour of mob on, 140; characteristic of improvement in the masses, 140. LOWE, Robert, afterwards Lord Sherbrooke, early educational reformer, 135; introduces principle of payment by results, 135; advice of, to educate our masters, followed, 151; his sojourn in New South Wales, 434. LYELL, Sir Charles, his work in relation to geology, 332; influence of the _Principles of Geology_, 332. LYTTON, Bulwer, afterwards Lord Lytton, 327; fifteen years in office as a public servant before being raised to the peerage, 327. M MACAULAY, T. B., afterwards Lord, fifteen years in office as a public servant before raised to peerage, 327. MACREADY, actor, 1827, 51, born 1793, died 1873, 209; favourite with clergy, whom he taught elocution, 210; social acceptance of, in London, 211. MAGISTRATES, 1000 elective, since District Councils instituted, 86; instances of working men as, 86; and agricultural labourers as, 86; and an ex-policeman as, 86; effect upon rural mind of elective element among the, 90; powers of borough, since Corporation Act of 1835, 95; specially qualified county, elected to County Councils, 98. MAKING up parties, modern fashion of, for theatres, 197; for dinners or suppers at restaurants, before or after theatres, 197. MALLOCK, W. H., statistics relating to 'Classes' and 'Masses,' 32; contribution of railways to prosperity of both, 34.