A large number of influential residents assembled on the 23rd ul Connulate, to present Sir Thomas, Wade, K.0.B., on the occasion of his: departure to England. Among the wore:—Mesars, A Bell, J. Hart, W. Paterson, W. 8. Fiiz, E. 8 Layers, E, Cameron, G. W. Courts, H. Sutherland, ©, Thorne, R. A. Mowat, A. Davenport, D. Spence, Bristow, Boyd, P. Maclean, W. F. Mayers, A.' Wylie, Rennie, Baber, Allen, Percival, W. Tapp, Ramsay, T. G. Smith, GB. Glover, Simpson, Wetmore, K. Miller, J. I Miller, L. 'Ewald, @. Bolton, J.' Bell-Irving, F. M, Youd, Thurburn, BMyburgi, Gundry, Hippisley, Carnie, G. Morrison, Barnes Dallas, Savage, W. C. Ward, J.
Dodwell, M." Jones, 1, Major, Balfour, Welch, E. Bowen, G. Henderson the Very Rey. Dean Butcher, Canon son, Di Dr. Macgowan, Dr. Macartney, Dr. Christiernssen, and others.
The ceremony took place in the Court room, which Sir Thomas Wade, who was warmly received, entered about half-past two o'clock.
Mr Bert, in presenting the address, id:—Sir Thomas, it is " great pleasure as well as a great honour to me to have been appointed to read to you an address from the Foreign community of Shanghai.
He then read as follows
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