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The Lord Mayor Announcing the Peace, at the Mansion-House - from a photograph by the London Stereoscopic Company, 1856. End of the Crimean War: '...the Group of Civic Authorities assembled upon the reading to the people the announcement of the Peace...His Lordship was accompanied by Sheriiffs Kennedy (on the left of his Lordship) and Rose (on his right), and attended by the Swordbearer, Macebearer, and City Marshal. Standing beneath the majestic portico of the City Palace...the Lord Mayor...read to the people the welcome announcement which his Lordship had received from Sir George Grey of the signing of a Treaty of Peace at Paris. The Lord Mayor wears his superb collar and jewel, and the Sheriffs their chains of office...The Swordbearer, with his stupendous sword and cap, and the City Marshal in his handsome uniform, aid the official character of the group'. From "Illustrated London News", 1856.