Scotland.

" Tito Grand Lorlgos of England and Ireland , with their respective Grand Masters , " having been given from the chair , Bro . Jas . Cruikshank proposed "Tho health of the Lord Provost , Magistrates , and Town Council of Glasgow , " which was responded to by Bro . Bailie M'CuUoeb , who wished that all tho town council were members ofthe Order , as it might tend to put an end to many of the petty squabbles which occasionally took place . The Chairman thou rose , and craved a special bumper for the toast he was about to ive . It was one which would bo responded to in the

g must eovdial maimer , not only by this assembly of Brethren , but by all in Scotland ; for there was no name of which this nation had so much reason to bo proud , nor one which had become so immortal throughout the length and breadth of Caledonia . He alluded to Bro . Robert Buriis . Thoy now saw a wholo people prostrating themselves before the throne of bis genius , preparations being made in every uity , every town , nay , in every parish , to celebrate his nativity . The natives of Scotland iu every part of the world intended to hold tho day as a high festivaland ho was

, sure that the words ivhich were thou to bespoken would , if that were possible , add additional lustre to Burns ' s already brilliant fame . There , was no toast which would awaken moro enthusiastic feeling in the hearts of Scotchmen than the one he had tn propose . How hacl Burns , born a ploughman , whoso inspiration was derived from the fields , the woods , the streams of his native land , gained a reputation in all countries beyond that of every other poet , but from the very fact that he was the poet and painter of nature ? To us , who in this country could judge of the

fidelity of his pictures , it was not surprising that his fame should bo so groat , for they camo home to our feelings ; audit was this which made all Scotland so enthusiastic in their praises of Burns . There was no Scotchman to be found in all the vast extent of Queen Victoria ' s dominions who did not recollect the poetry of burns , and there wore few under whose pillow a copy of his works was not found . During the war in India , he ( the chairman ) had been assured that there were many copies of thorn , discovered in the knapsacks of tho private soldiers and hiversacks of tbe officers , while not a few remembered his national hymn , " Scots wha hac wi' AVallaee bled , " when engaged in combat with tho insurgent

sepoy , ' .. 1 hore was one point in connexion with Burns which he would briefly nientiiiu before sitting down , and that was that there was no man who , moro than their itepavted Brother , had added dignity to the spirit of Freemasonry . The fact had be . n mentioned to him since he came into that room , that the signs of the Order vero to be found on the pyramids of Egypt and the bricks of Nineveh . Masons hal for long boon accustomed to think that their Order could be traced only as far hick as Solomon ' s Temple , but it now appeared that it showed back to the times oi Pharaohnayeven to thoso when Nineveh rose from the slime left b

, , y tho deluge ; ancl those marks which wero inscribed by the Masons of bygone clays ou their buildings were put by Burns on the Biblo which ho gave to Highland Mary ; tut when he did that he wrote them on a monument more durable than the pyramids of Egypt or the palaces of Nineveh . In conclusion , ho had only to request Hint in drinking this toast thoy ivould do so with tho customary solemn silence . Tho spirit of Burns still lived—it was immortal—and he accordingly hoped tint the Brethren would drink it iu tho true Masonie style . The toast was

drunk in solemn silence , the band afterwards playing ' ' A man ' s a man for a' that , " amidst imch cheering . " The Trades' House , aud other charitable institutions of the city , " was next given , and replied , to by Bro . Deacon Convener Morrison . The chairman igain rose , and in proposing the next toast said that he saw from tho card that his was the 801 st anniversary of this Lodgo , which was celebrated for its great aitiquity and high respectability—but even that number of years was as nothing conpai-cd with the age of Freemasonry itself , as they had discovered from

the ancient monuments he had already mentioned . They could with truth say that the institution was one which had survived all the changes of years , and alone , of all other * founded by man , had outlived tho wreck of time , coming down unaltered to tie present day . There was something in this which pointed to its having inhaed a portion of tho divine clement into its composition , when they found that Kasonry was now as full of life , ancl possessed tbo same constitution iw it did in the earlier ages of the world ' s history . St . John ' s was one of tbo oldest Lodges in fchs country , and had contributed in no small degree to keep up th