of respect and genu the com. munity the remains of the late Mr. John Macgregor were interred ut the New Com-every on Wednesday afternoon, Business was generally suspended in the afternoon the hogs aust stores were close, and the arrangements ino on with " public funeral were thereby considerably facilitate 1 x very remarkable den tion te be afforded of Mr. Macgreg: inone midst. Procession which followed his remit gathered around the graveside WAS & Most Fepregentative one, embracir not of all nationalities, but Chinese officials ts who had had ollieial or ba ins with the deve: had come to pay "last trip Half-past three was the appel for the funeral procession tu leave Ew but for at least half-an-hone previously the Bund in the vicinity of the hong had an aspect of unusual enimotion imparted to it by the gathering of uniformed men and civilian mourners, Tow Volunteers of all nes, ys light horse, arcile lery and engineers, assembled in consider-joree 5, Captain N ne com mander of H.M.S. Caroline, with Lieut Commander Cotesworth of H.M.S. Kattler, Lieurenant Maud, of the Cwoline, Mr. Bailey, payunster of the Caroline, and number of bluejackets and marines—about 30—represented the Navy, and the antal sent a small contingent of native At twen-y-tive minutes past lires Its appearance presi ing arms, and then when all was ready fur the start the order was given for the Volunteers to "reverse ars." The in was a handsome one of polished oxk, with heavy mountings. Upon it were placed several of the- beautiful floral tributes which had been sent, but so great was the number of these' that the late Mr. ogor's carriage had to be set apart to carry the remainder, Among them was avery handsome une sent by the Da community in recognitivi of Mr. Macgregor's Jong service as Danish Consul, Ina few moments the sorrowful procession was then marshalled. First went the band, followed by the red companies of the Volunteers, then the Goi company, artillery, and light horse. Next came the gun earrings conveying the body, succeeded by the car= riage Containing the wreaths, Behind this waiked the chief mourners, Me. Robert Macgregor, the brother of the deceased gentleman, and Mr. J. J. Keswick (Messrs. Tard Math & Ce.), the pall bearers, Messra, R. Inglis, Janes McKie, Inglis. W. J. Clark, W. J. Gresson, L. Roustan, BE. H. Kenny, and W. Dobie, and the foreign and Chinese employes Messrs. Jardine, Matheson & Ca. The Naval contingent. succeeded, followed by " considerable number of friends of the deceased, then the Chinese soldiers and olticials, and another body of sympathisers, the rear being brought up by several carriages, To. the strains of Chopin's Marche Fundbre the procession slowly proceeded on its way to the Cemetery, vid the Nanking Read and Thibet Road. The whole route was lined by Chinese on-mokers, who were extremely orderly and gave practically no trouble to the Sikh and native constables who were responsible for keeping order as far us the Thibet Rod. Fron thence to the Cemetery the way was kept by the foreign constables, All the police arrangements were under the direction of Iusjector Howard, and they worked very sutiatactorily, By the time the procession reached the Cenvetery it had assumed very considerable dimensions, and it was impossible for more tha " portion of the assemblage to obtain accommodation in the Mortuary Chapel, where the first portion of the Burial Ser= vice was performed by Archdexcon Moule. Those who could not gain admittance roed to the graveside, drawn up near which was the firing party of the Volunt In the Chapel Archdeacon Moule delivered the following appropriate nddre "You would blame me, friends and fellows townsman, if Lalluwed this profoundly sad occasion to pass in silence. The death of Mr, Micgregor is to very many of us a I, for one, shall never forget Kindness; friendliness, and gladly shall L remember his 1y frequent and devout attendance on day in God's house. But it is a public calamity which we mourn to-day, Just as our Ju is drawing near, in the plims and arrangements for which Me, Macgregor took ssu keen, 80 able, 80 active he, the Chairman of our Muni-and in that department of Shanghai life our foremost man, ins been suddenly taken away by death, "How can we keep our Jubilee now? Thus, 1 thi ax Christians; not fatalists. Do not give way to the idea that. this is a bad omen; n piece of manifest ill-luck blasting and dudeing all our plans for tion and commemoration, Ido' nob believe in omen and luck, believe in God's hand and i and most surely He touches us and tous today, And He says thi "Take advantage of this event which Lin wisdom not in anger have ordered, and remember the #tarnal Gol in your celebrations,"
"Resolve that shanghai from this day forth shall with advancing prosperity and expanding influence, in which we hoped thint our a parted friend would every year have take a prominent part, resolve that Shanghai shall become also a centre, bright and conspicuous throughout China not for gaiety, and immorality, nud dissipation, but for philanchropy, good order and above all, Chrigtian morality.
"Resolve each one that you will make this season glad by securing through faith in the Saviour, and by the Holy Spi that ab-dishing of death; that passing fron death to life, which we godly hope our i and brother has realised now, So will this day be one not to be forgot~ ten as speedily as possible, as a dark, pain ful and fearful day, but rather as one to
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