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pait
me a
formal visit at the
Government House with much
pomp and circumstance; being attended by a suite of some
thirty
Civil Mandarine, and Chinese Naval and Military
Officers of various ranks; forming
a
most
their
+ picturesque group with
gorgeous robes
of many
coloure. The plain and sober
uniforms of General cargent, Commodore Morant, and of the nother principal English Officers,
who surrounded
one-
when I
received
received the Viceroy, made a
striking contrast.
C
The
ceremony
Co
described with sufficient accuracy
in the subjoined report extracted
from
عارم
of the local newspapers :-
RICEPTION OF THE NEW VICEROY OF CANTON BY H.E. THE GOVERNO..
His Excellency Chang Chih-tung, the new Vis roy of the Two Kwang, arrived here yes- terday morning on board the China Marchants' 8. N. Co.'s steamer Kwang Lee, on his way to Canton, where he will take the reins of Govern- ment from the bands of H.E. Chang Shu-sheng. With His Excelloney was a large retinue, aud 329 Chinese soldiers. During Sunday & number of small Chinese ganboats arrived in this harbour to meet the new Viceroy, and the Peng Chao Ha. Anton, and two smaller cruisers, met the Kwang Lee outside the harbour, and followed her in. The Kiang Lee was also followed by the Chinese men-of-war Chen Chin, Chai Hai, and Kang Ching, the latter of which is a large corvette and brought 800 troops for Caalon. The Chinose gunboats all gave the usual Chinese salute of three guns as the Kwang Lee passed them, and their yards were manned with seamen, while during the morning
a dropping fire of three gun salutes was kept going until the new dignitary landed. The Acting Colonial Secretary went on board his steamer at 10 a.m. to invite him to pay his re- spects to His Excellency the Governor. Ac- cordingly, the Viceroy landed at 2.30 p.m. un- der the customary salutes from the Victor Ema- quel and the Shore Battery, and was received at the Murray Pier by a guard of honour of the Buffs, and by Capt. Lewis, A.D.C. He then pro- ceeded to Government House, accompanied by a suite of about 30 officers and attendants. He was received in the hall by His Excellency the Go- vernor, who was surrounded by Major-General Sargent, C.B.; Commodore Morant, Colonel Crawford, R.A.; Colonel Graves and Colonel i Hobson (of the Buffs), and several other Naval and Military officers; and by the Acting Chief}
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