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Show General Grant bad a very fhtter-ing fhtter-ing reception by the mayor and corporation cor-poration ol the city of Manchester on Wednesday, and replied happily to: the address of tho mayor. After expressing ex-pressing his profound senso of the honor conferred upon him, ho alluded to tho friendly sentiments of the groat niMi of the people of Manchester towards tho government of tho United States during tho mighty struggle in which it fell to his lot to havo somo humble p.ut. He accepted on the part of the American people tho compliments com-pliments paid him as its representative. representa-tive. In reply to the toast to Gan-eral Gan-eral Grant, he said that Englishmen had got more speeches and of greater length, but theso were poorer because they were longer than he was accustomed accus-tomed to make. Jacob Bright said that no guest so distinguished as Geu-eral Geu-eral Urant had ever bcloro visited Manchester. In tho evening the general visited tho Theatre K.iyul and the Frinco's theatre. At tho latter place ho saw tho actor J, L. Toole. No such honors were e?er before paid to an American in Great Britain as General Grant has received. |