No. 234.
Mr. Read to Mr. Evarts.

No. 369.]

Sir: The King called upon General Grant yesterday, at 3 p.m., at my residence. The interview lasted three-quarters of an hour. Later a large reception was given at Phalerum, by Mr. Kehayas, formerly a cabinet minister, in honor of General Grant.

In the evening of the same day a dinner of twenty-five persons was given by me. After the dinner General and Mrs. Grant and my other guests drove to the Acropolis, and witnessed the illumination of the magnificent ruins upon that splendid site, and also the temples of Jupiter and Theseus, on the plain below. The illumination was arranged in honor of General Grant, by the government. It surpassed in brilliancy the illuminations in honor of the Emperor of Brazil and the Emperor of Austria.

I have, &c.,

JOHN MEREDITH READ.