On Friday morning last, the Hsinfung arrived from Tientsin, hay on board the remains of the late Mr. Tong King-sing.
he steamer was made fast yuen, preparations were made the body and by 11 a.m. a large procession—though not 80 large as might have been expected—atarted on its way to the Canton cemetery, where the budy was to be deposited till a favourable time arrived for removing it to the home of the deceased, On the English band an extra number of policemen were stationed to regulate the traffic, while both sides of the French and English bunds were crowded with foreigners and Chinese, Bombs were fired in volleys of threes at the start and the firing was kept up at intervals along the line of march, while the usual displays of glitter and dirt were conspicuous, some of the bearers 1g dressed in filthy cloth i 'a most disreputable appearance, At the head of the procession were two gigantic paper figures, one in black and unred. The first represented a 9 joree looking soldier, and the other a looking minister of state, the functions of these being to scare away any malignant spirits that might be inclined ty trouble the spirit of the deceased. Next came five meu on ponies in single file, followed by sixty dirty young raga-fins bearing boards containing the names of the offices and titles of the deceased, Then came two tings, four more men dressed in blue on ponies followed by an umbrella, thirteen soldiers carrying many coloured banners, twenty-four men on foot bearing weapons with pewter heads and wooden hpndies, two men blowing clarions, watidarin on a pony, four soldiers with baytiers, twenty-three soldiers with fs fixed, behind them being a Next came ten musicians very well dressed, and another umbrella and attendants. green chair borne by eight carriers, with a mourner on each side, and two handsome scrolls immediately preceded the Taot band, who were followed by thirty well-dressed soldiers, a number of tables on which were a' rested pig, a skinned goat, tru eter wine bottles, while paper tables had on them gold und silver mock sycee, scrolls, and representations of Chin Shan and Yin Shan—the Gold and Silver Monntains,—all these latter intended to be burnt. The handsomest part of the procession was the myriad wame umbrell: s," of which there were twenty-four presented by the people whose names appeared in velvet characters on the lower flounces, w!
ones, were quotation hose umbrellas were were mostly of silk and in many colours. Then there were two more chairs, some Taoist and Buddhist priests, satin scrolls and a chair containing the picture of the deceased, on either side of the chair being. a mourner. Next came some Buddhist priests playing on flutes, and then: behind them boys carrying flowers on stands. A hundred of the friends of the deceased in their official robes followed, each bearing a lighted joss stick. Many handgpme aorolle succeeded and then, came the 'Town Band, four mourners, the sons of the deceased, gongs and iniages. The catafalque was cartied by thirty-two bearers, the pile which rau through it having the head and tail of a dragon, a token of Imperial favour, and the end' of the procession was brought up by hundreds of Chinese in carriages and chairs and foot. The procession went vid Nanking Road and Lloyd Road to the cemetery.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.