Nanking, 16th November.
At ten o'clock on Saturday morn-jing the captains of the twelve warships in harbour called on the Viceroy.' They. were followed at half-past ten by the English Admiral Sir Cyprian Bridge, K.G.B,, and staff, with the English Consul, Mr. F. E. Wilkinson, and at eleven by the members of the Shanghai Consular Body.
At half-past eleven the Viceroy returned the Admiral's visit at the British Consulate, and afterwards called on the Foreign Consuls at the Board of Foreign Affairs.
At five the Viceroy held a reception at the Military School, attended by the Consuls, the naval and military officials, the members of the Customs staff, the representatives of the Municipal Councils of Shanghvi, ete., etc.
six the banquet presided over by H.E. Viceroy Chang Chi-tung took place. There were seventy-nine guests. Admiral Bridge was on the right of the Viceroy, and Consul-General Knappe, Acting Doyen of the Shanghai Consular Body in the absence through illness of Consul-General Goodnow, on his left.
The Viceroy proposed the health of the Empress Dowager and Emperor of China, the Foreign Sovereigns, and the guests present, to which Admiral Bridge replied, thanking the Viceroy. This was followed by an inspection of the students of the Military College.
On Sunday at ten o'clock in the morning, the foreigners were received by the son of the late Baron Liu at the late Viceroy's yamen, in the presence of enormous crowds. The procession of the remains to the river side, whence they were taken to a Chinese gunhoxt for conveyance to Hunan, was hended by the highest Nanking officials, followed by Admiral Bridge and staff, the Consuls, the naval and military officials, the representatives of the Customs, and the foreign civilians. The coffin was borne by sixty-four men.
The Viceroy thanked the foreigners for their attendance.
The warships in port fired minute-guns. The whole ceremony was very impressive as well as unprecedented,—Our special correspondent.
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