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Scotland.
The learned CROUPIER ( Professor AVilson ) introduced the toast , " AVelcome to the Sons of Burns , " and spoke to the subject for upwards of an hour . Enthusiasm was excited to the highest degree—the effect of his eloquence was enhanced by the " forceful" style of his deliveryaugmented by the " picturesque" appearance of the speaker , his manly form , expressive features , intellectual head , ancl deep-toned musical
voice . ROBERT BURNS replied for the sons of Burns to the generous welcome in a brief address , during which he observed , " we have no claim to attention individually , we are all aware that genius , and more particularly poetic genius , is not hereditary , and in this case ' Elijah ' s mantle has not descended upon Elisha '" Sir JOHN M'NEILL proposed the health of " Wordsworth and the
poets of England . " HARRY GLASPORD BELL , Esq . ( Sheriff Substitute of Glasgow ) gave " Thomas Moore ancl the poets of Ireland . " During his address he also introduced the names of Sheridan Knowles and Mrs . S . C . Hall , which were received with such enthusiastic cheers as almost overcame ¦ Mrs . Hall , who was present . ARCHIBALD ALISON ( the historian ) proposed the " Memories of Scott ,
Campbell , and Byron . " AV . AYTOUN , Esq . ( the distinguished advocate ) proposed the "Memories of James Hogg and Allan Cunningham . " Sir D . H . BLAIR having proposed "the Ladies "—Col . Murn "the Peasantry of Scotland "—the LORD JUSTICE GENERAL " the health of the noble Chairman "—and the Earl of EGLINTOUN that of " Professor AVilson "—some other complimentary toasts followed , and the proceedings
terminated . It is worthy of remark , that those who addressed this meeting ( Professor AAllson included ) ivere nearly to a man Brethren of the . " mystic tie . "
A few words , neither m sorrow nor in anger . How came it that at a festival in honour of Burns , such insufficient arrangements were made for the comfort of tens of thousands of the countrymen of the poet , whose heart-whole sympathies were enlisted in the spirit to do honour to his memory—was there any endeavour to maintain for them the honour of the day—were there roasted oxen or flowing bowls—did Burns' " quaich" circulate among them?—ah no ., —AVhile all within the " pavilion" were amply regaledancl the glass circulatedthe shepherd
, , countrymen of Burns , many of whom walked perhaps upwards of seventy miles , did the best they coulcl to hallow the memory of one of their own class . We cannot close our remarks without protesting also , against the indifference of the higher order of Scotchmen to this occasion , which left to a single peer , and some twenty Scotsmen of the true breed , the honours of the day . —Is this the way to win the hearts of their " puir fellow-subjects , " who on this occasion , at least , proved themselves the better men ?
FRATERNAL FETE TO THE SONS OP BURNS AT TARBOLTON . —One beneficial result to Masonry accruing from the late celebration of the memory of Robert Burns has been the revivification of several Lodges , more particularly of his mother Lodge , the St . James , Tarbolton , a body which we confess to have thought , if not altogether defunct , at
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Scotland.
The learned CROUPIER ( Professor AVilson ) introduced the toast , " AVelcome to the Sons of Burns , " and spoke to the subject for upwards of an hour . Enthusiasm was excited to the highest degree—the effect of his eloquence was enhanced by the " forceful" style of his deliveryaugmented by the " picturesque" appearance of the speaker , his manly form , expressive features , intellectual head , ancl deep-toned musical
voice . ROBERT BURNS replied for the sons of Burns to the generous welcome in a brief address , during which he observed , " we have no claim to attention individually , we are all aware that genius , and more particularly poetic genius , is not hereditary , and in this case ' Elijah ' s mantle has not descended upon Elisha '" Sir JOHN M'NEILL proposed the health of " Wordsworth and the
poets of England . " HARRY GLASPORD BELL , Esq . ( Sheriff Substitute of Glasgow ) gave " Thomas Moore ancl the poets of Ireland . " During his address he also introduced the names of Sheridan Knowles and Mrs . S . C . Hall , which were received with such enthusiastic cheers as almost overcame ¦ Mrs . Hall , who was present . ARCHIBALD ALISON ( the historian ) proposed the " Memories of Scott ,
Campbell , and Byron . " AV . AYTOUN , Esq . ( the distinguished advocate ) proposed the "Memories of James Hogg and Allan Cunningham . " Sir D . H . BLAIR having proposed "the Ladies "—Col . Murn "the Peasantry of Scotland "—the LORD JUSTICE GENERAL " the health of the noble Chairman "—and the Earl of EGLINTOUN that of " Professor AVilson "—some other complimentary toasts followed , and the proceedings
terminated . It is worthy of remark , that those who addressed this meeting ( Professor AAllson included ) ivere nearly to a man Brethren of the . " mystic tie . "
A few words , neither m sorrow nor in anger . How came it that at a festival in honour of Burns , such insufficient arrangements were made for the comfort of tens of thousands of the countrymen of the poet , whose heart-whole sympathies were enlisted in the spirit to do honour to his memory—was there any endeavour to maintain for them the honour of the day—were there roasted oxen or flowing bowls—did Burns' " quaich" circulate among them?—ah no ., —AVhile all within the " pavilion" were amply regaledancl the glass circulatedthe shepherd
, , countrymen of Burns , many of whom walked perhaps upwards of seventy miles , did the best they coulcl to hallow the memory of one of their own class . We cannot close our remarks without protesting also , against the indifference of the higher order of Scotchmen to this occasion , which left to a single peer , and some twenty Scotsmen of the true breed , the honours of the day . —Is this the way to win the hearts of their " puir fellow-subjects , " who on this occasion , at least , proved themselves the better men ?
FRATERNAL FETE TO THE SONS OP BURNS AT TARBOLTON . —One beneficial result to Masonry accruing from the late celebration of the memory of Robert Burns has been the revivification of several Lodges , more particularly of his mother Lodge , the St . James , Tarbolton , a body which we confess to have thought , if not altogether defunct , at