Ceremonies such as that of Tuesday in Shanghai that it is] fitting that when they do come, they come so ely should be made the most of. he visit of the son of Queen Victoria, himself a tried soldier, and his consort, is an occasion which the whole Settlement felt should be hailed with delight; and the aspect of Shanghai in the glorious summer weather that favoured us on Tues lay morning, was the outward and visible sign of our feelings. At the Jubilee of the Queen three years ago the trees were out along the bund, and thus nature took a lange share in the beauty of the coup @oil; on Tuesday they were only just beginning to bud, but if the background was not so green as in 1887, there was an even gayer display of colour in the myriads of lanterns, the flags and banners and the mottoes that were stretched across the road. From the Japanese Consulate in Hongkew to the Yang-King-pang the space above the broad roadway was dotted with balls of colour which floated to and fro in the sunshine, moved by the gentle southwest wind, like the motes in a sunbeam. Nothing seemed wanting in the prepara-tious, the whole river front being en fete, crowds of foreigners and Chinese passing to and fro, luxuriating in the sunshine and admiting the decorations. There was not a house along the bund that was not decorated, the decorations in some. cases being most tasteful. The second telegram that we published on Monday morning had reassured the public fears, and long before ten o'clock crowds of people bad taken up their position at the landing place, the volunteers under the command of Major Morrison being drawn up on the grassplot between the P. & 0. jetty and the Public Garden. As ten o'clock approached everything was in readiness, but still the signal was not made that the Gutzlaff with the royal party had left Woosung. the sun was pouring down on the expectant crowds, those spectators being better off who were massed in the windows of the houses overlooking the jetty. It was known from the report of the Fuyew which had come in early in the morning from Ningpo, that the Axcona was lying at Woosung with the two tenders alougside her, the Gutzlaf' belonging to the P. & O. Company, and the Whangpoo indly put at Mr. Ritchie's disposal by Mr. J. Chapsal, the agent of the Messageries Maritimes. At a quarter past ten the sound was heard of the guns in the forts at Woosung saluting, and it was then known that the Gutzla7, with the royal party on board, had left the Ancona and was entering the river. Meantime Major Morrison had marched his men to the British Consulate that they might rest in the shade. At 10.25 am, the sound of one guy announced that the royal party was passing Woosung, and half an hour later the preparations for the reception were resumed. The volunteers were once more drawn up on the gr plot, the artillery on the left nearest the Public Garden, in readiness to fire the salute, and the infantry between the artillery and the P. & O. jetty, the light horse and the band bei behind the infantry. As the two guns were fired that notified the passing of the lower limit of the harbour by the Gutslaf, the small party which it had been arranged should meet the royal visitors on the pontoon, took up their places. Among them were Sir Richard Rennie, Chairman of the Reception Committee, Mr. Von Loehr, Consul-General for Germany, Mrs. Hughes, and Mrs. Mowat, Commander Galloway, R.N., Mr. Carles, Mr. and Mrs. George Brown, Mr. and Mrs. Ayrton, Mr. J. Macgregor, etc., etc. As the Gutzlag drew alongside the pontoon, the artillery fired a royal salute, and four sailors from the Lixuet, which had manned yards, jumped on to the pontoon to make fast the tender's ropes. The Duke and Duchess and suite landed as soon as the Gutzlag bad been made fast alongside, attended by Mr. Hughes, Mr. Bredon, Mr. J. I. Miller, and Mr. Ritchie, who had gone down to Woosung to meet them. The Duke, who was in mufti, was introduced to the people on the pontoon, and shook hands with them, the ladies being presented to the Duchess, and theGermanConsul-General presenting the Duchess with a quet, on behalf of the German Minister, Mr. von Brandt. After these courtesies had been exchanged, the infantry executed a royal salute, the band playing "God save the Queen," and his royal highness, accompanied by Sir John McNeill, V-C., and Colonel Cavaye, under the guidance of Major Morrison, made a cursory inspection of the volunteers, walking down the rauks, and seeming to be much pleased—as indeed he afterwards assured us that he was—with the display. Ihen the carriages were brought up, their royal highnesses being conveyed in a handsome landau drawn by two fine cream-coloured ponies, almost horses in size, and the whole party drove off to the British Consulate amid the cheers of the crowds who lined the roadway. On their royal highnesses entering the Consulate grounds, the Royal Standard was hoisted instead of the usual Consular flag, and kept hoisted all day. As soon as the Consulate was reached, the Duke received the Chinese local authorities, who had presented him on the jetty with the card of the Viceroy I'séng, and the Consular Body, and an adjournment was then made to the Supreme Court room, which was already crowded with an euthusiastic throng of foreign residents, ladies, gentlemen and children.
The Court Room, which was not nearly large enough to accommodate all who wanted to witness the ceremony, had been tastefully arranged for the ion, the bench being converted into a dais covered with red cloth, with plants and flowers at the In addition to members of the Reception Committee there were present the Consular representatives of France, Germany, Belgium, Portugal, Spain, Italy, the United States, Austro.
hungary, Sweden and Norw the Netherlands; with a residents. Upon' the arrival of the royal party, Sir Richard Rennie proceede read the following address from British residents 0
NAUGHT AND STRATHEAKYE, K.G., XK,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.