Mar. 30.
Tue C.N.S. Sunning, leaving to-day for Hongkong, carries Mr. E. C. Pearce and Mr. E. F.
Mackay, who, in divers capacities, go to present to the Prince of Wales the salutations of his father's subjects in China. We need not say that Mr. Pearce and Mr. Mackay take with them the good wishes of their fellow-countrymen on their own account. One hazards a guess that Aris-toldes may have secretly sympathized with the man wno wished to ostracize him because he was tired of hearing him called the just.''" Certainly Mr. Pearce will not thank us for further reference to his long services to the community. But we may just say that when the presentation of memorials to the Prince was mooted, Mr. Pearce's name was the first that came to everyone's lips as the man to represent Shanghai. The choice
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