The visit of the noble and gallant representative of the Associated British chambers of Commerce has been the ox-citement of the week. Lord Charles is as full of energy os an egg ix full of meat. Pho grass never grows under his feet. In the fow days he was in the colony he contrived to seo almost everything there was to be seen, to be present at three groat functions, at which he delivered at least six speeches, and to have a number of interviews with various persons. On the afternoon of the 3rd inst. he addressed a public meeting in St. Andrew's Hall convened by the Chamber of Commerce, at which he spoke without pause for an hour on the same evening he attended a banquet given by the Nery. League in his honour in St. George's Hall; and on the 4th he lunched with the China Association at the Hongkong Club. There was some useful interchange of ideas at the latter, and altogether the noble lord has carried away with him a vast amount of valuable infor-motion, which we feel sure he will use to some purpose when he reaches England, The speeches at the Chamber of Commerce meeting and at the Navy League dinner have been reported, but those at the luncheon were not. The Chairman made an admirable speech, in proposing the toast of their guest, and Lord Charles made a humorous and interesting reply. One assurance he gave the colony, that the presence of the Chinese Customs in this free port would not much longer be tolerated, but he at the same time broadly intimated that the opium monopoly would also have to go. Which nobody will Beresford lunchea with Prince and Princess tly regret, I fancy. Lord Charles
Henry on the 2nd inst., at Victoria Lodge. I think he quite enjoyed his visit here and was well satisfied with the result,
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