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SATURDAY , 18 TH JULY 1891 .

Unveiling Of The Ayr Burns Statue.

UNVEILING OF THE AYR BURNS STATUE .

CLOSE upon a century after his death , a monument has been raised to the Scottish national poet in the town of his nativity . Though Ayr was tbe last place in Scotland that shonld have been tardy in its recognition of the immortal genius , ifc is not , perhaps , to be wondered afc when ifc ia remembered that the town and neighbour * hood are so rich in associations connected with the poet and hia works thafc a statue or a monument ; was nofc needed fco keep his memory green in the hearts of fche people . Bnt ifc has been in some sense a reproach npon fche birthplace of the bard ,

Wham ne ' er a toun surpasses , For honest men and bonnie lassies , thafc ifc has allowed itself to be distanced by other places in thia respect , and ifc was consequently with a display of the greatest enthusiasm that the statue just erected by public subscription haa been nnveiled .

The project , whioh has been so auspiciously acoomplished , originated with the Ayr Burns Club about four years ago , and to the appeal whioh they made subscriptions came in so readily that they were able , about two years later , to invite designs for the statue , the commission for whioh was ultimately entrusted to Mr . G . A . Lawson , H . R . S . A . An admirable site was obtained in the large

open square immediately opposite the railway station , and there the ceremony of nnveiling was performed in presence of a gathering numbering perhaps about thirty or forty thousand , amid a scene of enthusiasm whioh haa not been beheld in the streets of Ayr for many a day . The ceremonial waa carried oat with Masonic honours ,

and to support the Grand Master , who waa announced to undertake the principal part , a large gathering of members of the Graft travelled to Ayr in the course of the forenoon . As the people in the neighbourhood , too , were holding holiday in honour of the occasion , the streets were thronged from morning till night with a gay

company . The proceedings commenced at one o ' clock in the afternoon , when the Masonio Lodges , trade representatives , and other bodies assembled on tbe Low Green , where they were marshalled in processional order previous to marching through tho town . Meanwhile a cake and wine banquet was being held in the Council Chamber , where

ex-Provost Gondie , President of the Burns Club , welcomed the company to the land of Burns , and proposed successively the health of Her Majesty , and Success to the Ceremony of the Day . The procession from the Low Green started about two o ' clock , nnder the direotion of Bro . Lieut .-Colonel Morton Chief Marshal , and marched to appropriate strains along the north side of Wellington

Square , Sandgate , High Street , and Kyle Street . At the Town Hall it was joined by the Magistrates and Council of Ayr , Kilmarnock , Irvine , and other towns , the Statue Committee and Council of Ayr Burns Club , fche Grand Master with his deputation , and the Provincial Grand Lodge of Ayrshire . As the members of the Order wore their regalia , and carried banners and various emblems of the Craft ,

the procession presented quite an interesting sight , and their walk through the town was enlivened by the music of several bands by which they wero accompanied . The Grand Lodge was represented by Bros . Campbell Bart ., Grand Master of Scotland , Graham P . G . M . Glasgow Acting Grand Master Depute , Middleton Acting Substitute Master , Lord Saltonn Senior Grand Warden , Lyon Grand Secretary , Reid Grand Cashier , Henderson Grand Architect , Ex-Provost

Christie Stirling Grand Director of Ceremonies , Lieut .-Colonel Camp , bell Junior Grand Warden , Major Allan Grand Sword Bearer , Rait Grand Jeweller , Gellatly Grand Bible Bearer , and Jamieson Vice-President of Grand Stewards . The Grand Stewards were Bros . Dr . Erskine , Macdonald , Smith Ayr , Davis Kilmarnock , Humphries Glasgow , White and Cochrane P . G . M . Ayrshire , Wallace P . G . M . Depute , Sneddon P . G . Secretary Ayrshire , and others . The following Lodges were also represented : Nos . 419 , 580 , 549 , 676 , 626 ,

599 , 442 , 624 , 553 , 505 , 565 , 566 , 433 , 480 , 270 , 237 , 242 , 175 , 181 , 149 , 230 , 204 , 133 , 135 , 141 , 307 , 125 , 117 , 223 , 157 , 189 , 111 , 85 , 86 , 290 , 68 , 53 , 122 , 169 , 28 , 109 , lfco , 202 , 757 , 22 17 , 13 , 11 .

While the procession was making its way to the scene of the ceremony , the public were assembling round the barricades and on an immense grand stand , which occupied one side of the open ground in the centre of which the statue haa been erected . Happily the occasion was favoured with most delightful weather , and during the interval of waiting the gathering was pleasantly entertained by

the fc and of the Royal Scots Fusiliers , which played selections until the arrival of fche procession . In close proximity fco tho statue stood a large platform for the accommodation of the most distinguished members of the company ; and as soon as thoy had beon assigned their places , and tho other processionists had taken up positions

either on the stand or around the base of the statue , tho ceremony commenced . Accompanied by the band the assemblage joined in singing the " Old hundredth , " after which the Rev . Dr . Dykes , Ayr , offered up a dedicatory prayer . Then , according to Masonic usage , the plumb , level , and square having beon applied , the Grand Master knocked thrice upon the stone , declared the pedestal " correctly