he was greatly impressed with the beauti fully clear bell-like voice of Her Majesty the Queen; the simple grandeur of the Forth Bridge, and the marvellous skill of Mr. Brock the Crystal Palace haerapaont On dit that of the £5,000 the Bank spent over their dinner, £3,000 went in flame and smoke. At any rate the old gentleman was very proud to be told that it was the very finest display ever given in England or anywhere else. He told some of us that he urged Mr. Brock to exploit Peking; and assured him that he would find both reputation and money there. The other things he has dilated on to his British callers were the Fleet, Lord Salisbury's fine presence, and the behaviour of our crowds the sail down the Thames and through the docks also profoundly impressed him, All the Viceroy's foreign callers observe a marked change in his manner of address. He has lost much of his old brusque and is much more gentle and considera One need not speculate on the occult origi of this, for just as likely as not it is due to advancing age. The old gentleman constantly uses a walking-stick of General Grant's, considerate presented to him by Col. Grant in New York.
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