It is no small thing that two hundred friends should gather for the purpose of expressing regard and admiration for one} man. ths happened on Monday night at the Astor House when the aforesaid two hundred met at a farewell dinner to Mr. John Prentice. As chairman of the Shanghai Municipal Council, as director of Messrs. Farnham, Boyd and Ca., Ld., and ina hundred different ways, Mr. Prentice has been closely bound up with the life of this Settlement for many years. Through all this time he has continually made friends, and—what is _more—has kept them. In public life farsighted, of absolute integrity, willing to work hard for the weal of Shanghai, in private a gonial host, dispensing a generous hospitality, staunch and firm, he fully deserved the honour thus extended to him.
The large dining hall of the Astor House had been decorated with the flags of all nations—for it is not only among his own nationals that Mr. Prentice counts his friends—and the tables ran the whole length of the room. Even then that was not room for all, and a spare table had to was splendidly garian Band provided pleasant music, and from beginning to end the dinner was a great success. Due cre dit for this should be given to Mr. 8. H. Shorrock, who had undertaken the labour involved in making so large a function run smoothly. The chair was occupied by Mr. net of the on Wes Lyle Mckay, K.
British Picnipotenti ry R. W. Little was in the vice-chair; and there were also present:—Major-General Sir A. R. F. Dorward, B., D.S.0., Colonel Graf yon Bette, Casner Baker, R.N.. Colonel Commander Leferre, Major Brodie A. Clarke, S. V. C., and Messrs. E. de Aparicio, R. M. Aldridge, L. Anderson, L. Anderson. C. S. Ad-R. B. Allen, C. M. Adamson, J. Ambrose. C. E. Anton, R. W. Astill, L. R. Burkhardt, C. Bridou. R. E. Bredon. H. T. Butterworth, H. C. Brushfield, C. Biron. P. Bakels, J. 0. P. Bland. T. Bunt, D. V. Black, W. G. Bayne, C. Buchanan, W. H. Bell, J. Beecher, W. S. Burns, de Bavier. H. M. Bevis. P. RBrunat, George If into indicated thousand 4
Cameron, R. M, Campbell, ish, W. Cooper, W. J. B. Carter, Cochrane, A. J. H. Carlill, D. Cranston, wi J. J. C. Chollot, T. Cowen, J.
Cooper, J. Graig. G. W. Draper, P. Dandy, A. Dallas, W. Drosemeier, J. E. Denham, J. Douglas, W.M. Dowdall, L.C. Flmonvion. A. M.A. Evans, C. B. Ba. med warts, PI de T. Trans, F.C. Frischline, men, and even the H. H. Fox, A. Fleet, F. Goyet, 0. H. Scene may be well immsinedas charming.
Gadtror. C. Moore Graham. was. The guests came punctually, to be received by Mrs. P. F. Lavers and Captain Keylock, and when the butler sounded Barden, J. W. Hat the call which led them to the first dance, they grouped charmingly under the glow- Hasriar. Wo Fe Tea is Tiare OW. Bax. ay. ing light. It is needless to tell how they R. Inglis, P. W. Irvine.
W. S. Jackson, J. Johnston, J. N. Jameson, A. Korff, H. B. keylock, H. R. Kinnear, C. 0. Liddell, A. Lyall, W. D. Lunt, W. M. Law, W. H. Lewis, A. D. Lowe, ALR. Leake, 8. Levy, G. 8. Lindsay, Langlands, W. E. Leveson, J. 1. Lemitre, L. W. Mustard, J. W. Miclenhausen, M. Marshall, J.' s1, Maclaren, G. J. Morson, A. C. Mauchan, F. J. Maitland, Mayne, R. B. Mauchan, 0. Middleton, W. C. Murray, A. C. 8. Manners, 0. Meuser, J. G. Mackenzie, H. Mactavish, W. A. Morling, F. Mann, R. Macgregor, E. Nelson, H. O'Shea, Jas. H. Osborne, Ino. H. Osborne, J. W. Ord, G. L. Oberg, A, Paturel, G. W. Potts, S. W. Pratt, W. G. Pirie, C. E. Pearson, J. Paulsen, H. Rodgers, H. H. Read, A. Schlumberger, H. J. Such, J. Smedley, H. E. Shadgett, W. Scott, T. S. Southey, T. H. R. Shaw, 8. H. Shorrock, A. Shewan, J.D, Strang, A. P. Stokes, E. B. Skot~ rowe, J. A. Sul W. J. Tyack, J. Timm, J. Tulloch, 'W. Thomson, Vinay, ©. R. Wehrung, 1. Weir, A. Wimble, A. Wright, J. Whittle, M. Wolff, and H. P. Wilkinson, Apologies for inability to attend, and good wishes, were received from Messrs. A. Bottu, J. Goodnow, E. J. Hogg, P. F. McClure, EH. G. Portier, E. A. Probst, E. Quackenbush, and others.
Dinner over, the Chairman gave the toast of "Our Rulers." desiring each one to couple with it his own particular Sovereign, The Vice-Chairman followed with "Our Defenders." He spoke of the troubles of 1900, and of the exodus of Chinese in that time. This threatened to be distinctly serious, and there was no doubt that at one longer menaced Shanghai very nearly, Tt was then, however, that the troops came, and with them came relief from the tension and a feeling of comparative security, These troops had had a very sensible effect on the life of Shanghai, both in the way he had pointed out, and in regard to social affair He was sure that when it pleased their respective Governments to take them away Shanghai would be extremely sorry to see them go. Mr. Little also referred in appreciative terms to the Navies of the various powers, and concluded with a word as to the admirable services of the Volunteers, who had come forward so well in the time of stress.
The toast was drunk with musical honours, after which Mr. W. IL Lewis sang "The Bandolero song which is frequently heard, but is seemingly always pular.
Major-General Dorward replied first. He remarked that ne returning thanks for such a toast had generally to be commonplace, but there was one thi g in regard to Shanghai which was not common place, and that was the extraordinary hospitality the army had received. He believed that the army would always remember the great kindness that had been extended to them on the China station, and particularly ins i. Tommy Atkins, moreover, had not been forgotten. Christmas time, for instance, he had 2! *|get rid of-did it very well, General Dor ard went on to national spirit in the army, id, in spite of Little Englan Colonel Graf von Schlippenbach cam next. He thanked after refer "of the troops as having come too la found nothing to do he went on to speak of the trouble in the North, of the fighting there, and of the way in which s0 many had distinguished them selves. It had been said by one of th greatest heroes of the world, "England e: pects that every man will do his duty," ar certainly everyone had done so in the Nor Graf von Schlippenbach- referred the population of Shanghai and the core. relations which they had always mainta'd with the visiting military. "If theire-
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