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many, Dr. and Mrs. EITEL, Dr. and Mrs. CLOUTH,

Mr. and Mrs. ANDRÉ, Mr. and Mrs. POESNECKER,

Mr. H. Hoppius, Mr. Wong Kwan T’ong, Mr. C. V. CREAGH. (Extra A.D.C.), and Lieutenant R. C. C. Cox, 27th Regiment, A.D.C.

The guests being assembled in the drawing- room, His Royal Highness entered at 1.15 2. M., wearing the Grand Cress, Ribbon, and Star of the Black Eagle of Prussia. He was accompanied

by Baron von SECKENDORFF and Captain MCLEAN.

At the same moment the Royal Standard of Prussia was hoisted over Government House, and a Royal Salute was fired from the shore battery by the Royal Artillery and from the ships in harbour, the German men-of-war Prins Adai- bert and Luise, and Her Majesty's ships Victor Emanuel, Comus, and Encounter. The guests having been presented to the Prince, His Royal

Highness gave his arm to Lady HENNESSY, the

Governor following with Lady SMALE and the

whole of the guests filed into the dining-room.

During the banquet the Band of the 27th Innis- killings played a selection of music; first German, with an intermixture of the popular Suabian melodies of the ancestral home of the Hohen- zollerns, followed by some Scotch and Irish National airs. At the close of the entertainment,

His Royal Highness rose and proposed in a clear and ringing voice, "Her Majesty the Queen of Great Britain and Ireland," the Band playing "God save the Queen." Immediately after the Governor proposed "His Majesty the Emperor of Germany," whereupon the Band played the national anthem of Germany. The Prince then rose, and all present proceeded to the drawing-

room, where those assembled for the "At Home were presented to His Royal Highness. The presentation lasted till nearly three P.M., when the Governor conducted the Prince to that part of the room where the picture of the Prince Consort was to be unveiled.

His EXCELLENCY then, addressing the Prince, spoke as follows:-May it please Your Royal Highness: Ladies, and Gentlemen,---In this

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eastern limit of Queen VICTORIA'S dominions, I am about to unveil the portrait of the greatest Statesman-Prince of our age. There is some- thing not inappropriate in doing so in the pre- sence of his grandson and within sight of the shores of China. The laws and literature of the venerable Empire, whose mountains we be- hold from this house, inculcate filial reverence and domestic affection. I well remember that in the House of Commons Mr. DISRAELI, in sup- porting a vote of condolence on the death of the

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