Weihaiwei, Feb. 12.
A wedding was celebrated at Weihaiwei on February 7, when Mr. Amherst Macartney, Control-jer of the Eastern Ixtension A.
Telegraph Ca., of—Chefoo, second son of the late Sir Holliday Macartney, X.c.M.G., M.D. and brother of Sir George Macartney, K.c.1.£., recently British Consul-General at Kashgar, was married to Mary Annie, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Smith of Penzance, Cornwall.
The wedding took place at the "Yamen," and the marriage rites were performed by Mr. A. P. Blunt, Senior District Magistrate. The register was signed by Mrs. Stewart, Major C. F. Knaggs, and Dr. Muat. The bride, who wore a fawn costume and wine coloured hat, was given away by Major Knaggs.
The ceremony was followed by a quiet seceptcn, held at the resid-jor and Mrs. Knaggs, and among the guests present were Lady Stewart Lockhart, Captain and Mrs, House, Dr. and Mrs. Muat, Mrs. Burnett, Mrs. Bruce Shepherd. Sir James Stewart Lockhart was unable to be present.
The bride and bridegroom are spending the honeymoon in Weihaiwei, and after a short stay will leave for Chefoo. ear that Captain House, the
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