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vate, he never met with any person, in any class of society, who possessed a clearer understanding and whose intellectual faculties had been more highly cultivated, than the Prince Consort, no one from whom personally he had derived so much instruction in the most useful branches of statesmanship. Remembering what Lord GRANVILLE said, and reading now the last volume of the Prince Consort's life, we feel that, when Mr. DISRAELI spoke of the Prince discharging the highest duties under the most difficult circumstances, we may add with truth that he did so with complete success——~
-(Applause.) We now know that in the long roll of English Sovereigns we never had a King who could rival Prince ALBERT in all that is truly Royal in character and conduct.-(Applause.) Some of those who are present will no doubt remember that the Chinese Classics know no higher social duty than that of reverence for ancestors, and that the descendant, no matter how remote, who takes a leading part the solemn homage at the ancestral shrine is named in that famous Book of Odes, composed three thousand years ago, "the filial grandson." Here, in this youthful Prince, in whose presence I now unveil this portrait, we have a living illustration of what those ancient pages teach. You, Sir, Prince HEINRICH, are "the filial grandson."-(Applause).
His Excellency then unveiled the picture.
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Amid the applause of the assembly, the Prince stepped forward, and, grasping the Governor's hand, said :--I thank you, Sir, most warmly, for the way in which you have spoken of my beloved grandfather. Your words have touched me deeply. I shall never forget having assisted at this ceremony.
His Royal Highness then bowed to the assembled guests, and, accompanied by the Governor and Baron von SECKENDORFF, left the room, and shortly afterwards started for Canton.
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