The departure of Mr. A, D. Blunt from Shanghai will be regretted by innumerable married couples who owe him their present state, blissful for otherwise. Mr. Plant has' always sziven to the marriages at the Consulate @ picturesque note, in spite "the. formal brevity of, the [r0- ings, and many a bride has found in his few words of encouragement a. welcome relief in ordeal of which the best that can bbe said is that it is soon over, Shanghai has not seen enough <f Mrs. Blunt, owing to the claims of young family" in England, but she has been with us this winter, and her charming hospitality be greatly missed: She is staying with her husband in Swatow for a few weeks before making a trip to England in order to see how the younger generation are getting on.
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