5th April.
the departure of the Count de Bezaure, Consul-General for France, who went home by the Ernest Simons yesterday morning, France has lost a very able representative, and Shanghai, especially the French portion of the foreign quarter, a very capable official, while a large number of us have lost a sincere, generous, and warm-hearted friend, and society regrets the departure of a brilliant and always welcome ornament in the departure of Madame de Bezaure. Properly the thoughts and actions of M.de Bezaure were directed first to the protection and promotion of the interests of his own country but his natural friendliness and his long residence in China had impressed on his mind the solidarity of all foreigners in this alien country, and he was always ready to work heartily and intelligently for the interest of us all, of which the uninterrupted cordiality of the relations between the Councils on the two sides of the Yangkingpang is a patent testi-many, That he was a good sportsman made him still more acceptable to Englishmen here; he was hospitable, genial, and clear-sighted, always ready to meet any reasonable claims on his services: and, long as he has served in China and familiar ashe is with the language, he has never become pro-Chinese, like too many sinologues, We most heartily join with his fellow-citizens in w ing him and his charming wife a pleasant voyage, health and happiness at home, and an early return to their many friends in China.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.