Court.
The ex-Magistrate of the French Mixed Court.
The Superintendent of the Tientsin Torpedo College.
Three Deputy Supervisors of Foreign Trade in Shanghai, The Consuls were next presented Lueder, Esq., Consul-General for Germany.
G. Lemaire, Esq., Consul-General for France.
A. Davenport, Esq., Consul for Great Britain.
Chevalier C. de Boleslawski, Consul for Austro-Hungary, E. Morel, Esq., Consul for Belyinm.
J. Bell-Irving, Esq., Consul for Denmark.
E, Shinagawa, Esq., Consul-General for Japan.
J. J, Heemskerk, Esq., Consul for the Netherlands, Jose da Silva, Esq., Consul for Portugal, J. B, Reding, Esq.,. Vice-Consul for Busia, Alberto de Garay, Esq., Consul for Spain, F. B, Forbes, Esq., Consul-General for Sweden and Norway.
©.F. R. Allen, Esq., Vice-Consul for Great Britain.
R. von Krenchi, Esq., Vice-Consul for Germany.
Dr. B. Christiernsson, Vice-Consul for Sweden and Norway.
Next the members of the Committee, who had not previously met the General were presented. For the sake of completeness we here publish the names of the Committee as furnished to us:—Messrs, R. W.
Little (Chairman), Messrs. G. Bluntschli, E. G. Vouillemont, A. Andre, P. @. Hiibbe, W. Howie, G. J. Holland, J. Hart, F. H, Bell, A. McLeod, F. B. Forbes, J.°G. Purdon, F. P. Knight, 0. P. Blethen, S. Wetmore, J. H. Hart, R. Mackenzie and J. F. Holliday.
The presentations concluded the reception ceremony, which did not occupy more than twenty minutes, and when the General left the hall, the cheering was almost deafening. It was originally arranged that at this point of the proceedings the General should receives military salute froma guard of honour consisting of marinesfromthe British, French and American gunboats in port, combined with the Volunteersand Artillery.
Unfortunately the news that the reception would take place at three instead of five o'clock, the hour it was first generally thought it would take place, did not reach H.M.'s ship Egeria, and the consequence was that Captain Douglas, who had made arrangements to Jand a detachment to form part of the guard of honour, could not, at the short notice he had, carry out his intention; and it was impossible to get the Volunteers and the detachments from the Ashuelot, Monocacy and Champlain together. However, this difficulty did not materially affect the success of the reception, for on leaving the hall, General Grant with Mrs. Grant, Mr. Holcombe and Mr. Bailey entered an open carriage, drawn by two splendid Australian horses, and started down the Bund. The Volunteers filed on either side of the carriage four deep and three other carriages following. As they left the hall, the Taotai's trumpeters and drummers played a lively tune, and over the stone bridge the Public Band headed the procession. The Australian horses soon afterwards manifested a dislike to the strains of music and became restive. Urged on by their anxious driver, one of them made a plunge and broke the trace. The carriage was then brought to a stand-still, the horses unyoked, and some of the Volunteers took their place and dragged the carriage to its destination. Behind the carriages came the seamen from the French corvette Champlain, then the marines and seamen from the. Monocacy and Ashwelot, the Artillery, with two brass howitzers and the Gatling gun, bringing up the rear, This was the order in which the process sion passed down the Bund, and every now and then there were loud cheers from the crowd. All the balconies of Messrs. Fogg and Co.'s block of building and of the Club were crowded with ladies and gentlemen, who cheered lustily and waved handkerchiefs and hata as the procession passed, and the General frequently raised his hat in acknowledgment. Other buildings down the Bund were also crowded, but the street itself was kept clear for the procession by about 150 foreign and native constables, who confined the dense crowds of natives to the side streets. The procession turned round the United States Consulate building and defiled into the compound of Dir. Bailey's residence by the front gate. Here three more cheers were given for the General. The Volunteers dragged the carriage to the door of Mr. Bailey's residence, when the General stepped forward and warmly thanked them for their services, remarking that he had never been conveyed with such motive power W. before. The Volunteers acknowledged the high compliment paid them by cheering lustily, which was continued by the crowd outside. The General and party then took up a position on the portico, and the military procession marched past. The Public Band came first, then the Volunteers, who were followed by the seamen from Gazette. 487 the Champlain; next came the marines and seamen from the Ashuelot and Monocacy, with the artillery again bringing up the rear; and so ended the public reception of the great General in Shanghai.
About ten minutes afterwards, the Taotai and the ten other high civil and military Chinese officials, who had been presented to the General in the Reception Hall, called upon him to pay their respects. They were received by the General, who was seated in an arm chair in the drawing room of the Consul's residence, and were accommodated with seats in front of him arranged in the form of a semicircle, The conversation was conducted through Mr. Maclay, the interpreter. The Taotai, we understand, again expressed the pleasure it afforded him to meet the General, and hoped that he had had a pleasant passage. The General replied in the affirmative and explained that ho had now been travelling for two years, Ho had greatly enjoyed himself and soon much to interest and instruct him. Now he was returning Home and hoped to report what he had seen to the people of the United States. The remainder of the conversation was of a complimentary nature, and at the close of the interview the customary foralities were exchanged.
It may be added that the arrival of the General on Saturday was a remarkable coincidence, inasmuch as it happened to be the second anniversary of his departure from America on his tour round the world. It was on the 17th May, 1877, that he embarked at Philadelphia for England, and no doubt it will be some satisfaction to those who took a prominent part in the arrangements for his reception hero to know that the scene on Saturday reminded him of his departure from Philadelphia—which is no mean compliment to our small but public-spirited and enterprising community.
In the evening Mr. Bailey gave a dinner party, at which the General and his other distinguished guests were present.
On Sunday afternoon the General and Colonel Grant, accompanied by Mr. Bailey, walked through the English and French Settlements into the native city. In the evening General Grant, Colonel Grant, Mr. and Mrs. Holcombe, and Mr. Bailey, attended service at the Cathedral.
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