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MAGNAY, MAYOR.
AN ESPECIAL COURT of LORD MAYOR
and ALDERMEN, held in the Inner Chamber of tho
Guildhall of the City of London, ou Friday, the 9th day of
August, 1844, and the eighth year of the Reign of Victoria, of the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Queen,
Resolved unanimously,—That a humble, loyal, and dutiffil Address
be presented to her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen, upon her ssfe
and happy Delivery, and the Birth of another Prince.
MEREWETIIER.

SYRIAN PRIZE GRANT.
SECRETARY'S OFFICE, ROYAL HOSPITAL, CHELSEA,
AUGUST 2, 1844.
The LORDS COMMISSIONERS of her MAJESTY'S TREASURY
having authorised the issue to this Hospital oT the amount of the
ARMY PORTION of the GRANT to the SEA and LAND FORCES
employed in SYRIA in the year 1840, tinder the command of Admiral
the lionourablee Sir Robext Stopford, G.C.B.
Notice is hereby given, that PAYMENT of the SHARES of the
ARMY PORTION of the GRANT to the TROOPS entitled thereto,
viz., Artillery and Engineers, will commence on the 2d day of SEP-
TEMBER next, and be continued at this 0,111 e on each succeeding day
(Sundays excepted) between the hours of Ten and Two.
RICHARD NEAVE, Secretary and Registrar.

ISLINGTON. 1
VALUABLE LEASEHOLD ESTATES, near CANONBURY.
SQUARE.
MR. MASON (of Ducklersbury) has received
instructions from the Assignees of Mr. H. Lancefield, to
SELL by AUCTION, at the Mart, on WEDNESDAY, the 14th of
August, at Twelve, in THREE LOTS,
A desirable LEASEHOLD ESTATE, comprising fifteen newly
and substantially brick-built Houses, of uniform elevation, with
stuccoed fronts, iron balconies, and gardens, situate in Spencer-
stieet ; and Two Houses in Sebbon-street, near Canonbury-square,
Islington, a genteel and improving neighbourhood, which will al.
ways command respectable -tenants, of the estimated value of
8201. per annum, and held on lease ftom the Marquis of North-
ampton for seventy-four years, at a trifling ground-rent. Also, a
vacant piece of ground, with a frontage .of 200 feet,• in Spencer.
street, nearly equal to freehold, being held for the same term at a
peppercorn, and adapted for ten houses.
The houses and land may be viewed ten days previous to the
sale, and particulars obtained at No. 15, Spencer.street, on the Es-
tate; of Messrs. Veiming, Naylor, and Robins, Token-house-
Aft. Mason, 33, Buck lersbury.
3ard ; T. M. Alsager, Esq., Birchin.lane; at the Mart; and of

casion, tended, no doubt, to moderate the flow of
public feeling. The restraint, however, had the
effect of rendering the outburst this morning all
the more exuberant. The unsettled state of the
weather for some time previously had cre-
ated fears that the day might prove bois-
terous ; but, fortunately, yesterday continued
dry, and though now very blowy and threat-
ening, we trust no great fall of rain will be
experienced. At earliest dawn the union jack was
floating from Wallace Tower, and the ships in the
harbour and building-yard were decorated with their
colours in the gaudiest manner. The banners of the
various masonic bodies were also exhibited from their
respective lodges, and the hum of a constantly increas-
ing crowd moving along" the streets, indicated, in a
manner not to be mistaken, the important character
of the day. On the New Bridge, the main entrance
from the north, a splendid Gothic triumphal arch
was erected, beautifully ornamented with shrubs,
and surmounted with a model of the arms of the
burgh. On the " Auld Brig," now only used by
foot-passengers, an elegant gateway was constructed,
having a tasteful decoration of boughs, but without
any device. With the " Hermit Ayr" rolling peace-
fully beneath, the classic " Twa Brigs," as they
sported their gala-day bravery, seemed to have for-
gotten their ancient bickerings in the jubilee about
to be held in honour of the bard whose muse had
given tonge to their feuds. At the Townhead, oppO-
site the " Tam o'Shanter" Inn, believed to be the
veritable house referred to in that inimitable tale,
the landlord of which was a person of the name of
Shearer, a magnificent Gothic structure, spanned the
causeway. The whole, exquisitely interwoven with
branches of trees and evergreens, was surmounted
with the appropriate device of " Tam o' Shanter" and
"Souter Johnnie," seated at their "reaming swats
that drank divinely," cut out in wood. At the
Fish Cross, the flag of the fishermen was exhibited,
having a sign-board portrait of Burns attached.
With these preparations, " auld Ayr" was in ex-
cellent mood to welcome the thousands of visitors
expected to honour her by their presence ; while
Coila, proud of her Bard, unfurled, like Fergus of
Morven, her " banner from the standard on high,"
and, delighted, surveyed the boundaries of her ancient
province spreading wide around the ancient capital.
Hill and dale, sea and isle, smiling in the luxury of
approaching autumn—
" Now, from the summit to the plain,
Waves all the hill with yellow grain;
And o'er the landscape as I look,
Nought do I see unchanged remain,
Save the rude cliffs and chiming brook."
The change, however, is not the change of desolation,
but of improvement, and therefore calculated to
heighten rather than depress remembrance. Towards
the west, over the dancing waves, where rises
" stupendous Ailsa full in view,
O'erlooking, many a league, the ocean round." _ _

MAGNAY, MAYOR.
ACOMMON COUNCIL, holden in the Chamber
of the Guilhall of the City of London, on Friday, the 9th day
of August, 184.1,
Resolved unanimously,—That a loyal and dutiful Address be pre-
sented to her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen, on the auspicious
occasion of the Birth of another Prince.

MEREWETHER

LEATHERRHEAD.
TO BE LET, appropriately FURNISHED, for
a term, to he agreed upon (lut not less than seven years), a
most desirable FAMILY RESIDENCE, replete with every personal
comfort and required domestic arrangements, for the abode of a gen-
tleman's faintly, in perfect order and condition for immediate occu-
pation, surrounded, by delightful lawns, pleasure-grounds, shaded
walks, orchard, paddock, fish-pond, walled gardens, grapery, superior
stables, soach-houses; and all requisite buildings ; and all or any
portion, not exceeding seventy acres, of the exceedingly rich and
fertile meadow land (bounded in part by the River Mole, in which
there is famous fishing), by which this enviable retreat is surrounded.
The neighbourhood stands unrivalled, close to the village, and com-
manding those rich-and extensive prospects for which it, is so cele-
brated. The enjoyments of shooting, racing, hunting (as a pack of
hounds are kennelled within a mile), near to Box-hill, Norbury I'ark,
the Vale of Micklehain, Claremont, and Epsom Downs. The line of
railway from Epsom, via Croydon, will afford unusual facilities of
quick and cheap communication with the metropolis. A pleasure
farm of about 100 acres, belonging to the same property, may be
rented, in addition, if required.
Cards to view, with terms and full particulars, may he obtained
of George Brace, Esq., solicitor, No. 24, Surrey-street, Strand; and
also of Mr. James White, auctioneer, Dorking.

PURSUANT to a DECREE of the HIGH
COURT of CIL made in a cause HILL against
SANDERS, the creditors of THOMAS WOOD the elder, late of
Nottingham, confectioner, (who died in the month of October, 1834).
Are on or before the ad day of November next, to come in and prove
their Debts before Sir GIFFIN 'WILSON, one of the Masters of the said
Court, at his Chambers, in Southampton-buildings, Chancery-lane,
London ; or, in default thereof, they will be peremptorily excluded
the benefit of the said Decree.
JOHNSON, SON, and WEATHERALL, Tuner Temple, London.

PURSUANT to an ORDER of the HI MI
COURT of CrIANCERY, made in certain causes, JAMES
against SMITH, JAMES. against PRICE, and JAMES against
LUMLEY, all persons claiming to be Nephews and Nieces, and
Children of Nephews and Nieces of MARY KRANEN, late of Rich-
mond, in the county of Surrey, widow, who died in the month of Oc-
tober, 1791, living at the time of her death, and the personal Repre-
sentative, .or Representatives, of any such Nephews, or Nieces, or
Children, as have since died, arc forthwith to coins in and make out
their Claims and prove their Kindred before Sir GIFFIN WILSON, one
of the Masters of the said Court, at his Chambers, in Southampton.
buildings, Chancery-lane, London ; or in default thereof they will be
excluded the benefit of the.said Order. ,'•
Mrs. Kranen was the widow of Lambert Kranen, who resided In
the parish of St. Mary, Islington, in the county of Middlesex, and
subsequently at Richmond, in the county of Surrey, and died, it is
believed, in or about the year 1761.
Dated 2d August, 1844.

NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR-
ANCE SOCIETT,
46, CORNHILL, LONDON.
Capital 2500,000.
Empowered by Act of Parliament.
DIVISION OF PROFITS.
The steady success and increasing prosperity of the Society has
enabled the Directors, at the last animal investigation, to declare a
second Bonus, averaging 60 per cent. on the amounts invested on each
Policy effected on the Profit scale.
• EXAMPLES.

Oro 0
04.
Premium. added.
roans in g
.7 ,
added. Cash. E", trd
s 4
m. d.' X s. d. £ s. d. X s. d. £ s. ds
1837 170 9 3 77 5 1 12 3 9 346 2 3
60 1000 74 3 4 1838 144 2 2 64 5 6 916 4 296 13 4
.1 1839 118 16 0 51 811 711 9 247 4 5

The division of profits is annual, and the next will be made in De-
cember of the present year.
This Institution ofers ataxy important and substantial advan-
tages with respect both to Life Assurances and Deferred Annuities.
The assured has, on all occasions, the power to borrow, without ex-
pense or forfeiture of the Policy, two-thirds of the premium paid,
(see table) ; also the option of selecting benefits, and the conversion
of his interests to meet other conveniences or necessity. Assurances
for terms of years are granted on the lowest possible rates.
F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, See.

GUARDIAN FIRE AND LIFE ASSUR-
ANCE COMPANY.
No. 11, LOMBARD-STREET, at the Entrance of the Old Post-
office, London.
DIRECTORS,
JAMES MORRIS, Esq., Chairman.
• JOHN LABOTICHERE, Esq., Deputy-Chairman.
Henry Runge. Berens, Esq. Lewis Loyd, Jun., Esq.
John W. Buckle, Esq. George.rLyall, Esq., M.P.
John Dixoni. Esq. Stewart Marjoribanke, Esq., M.P.
Francis Hart Dykc, Esq. John Martin, Esq., M.P.
Sir Walter R. Farquhar, Bart. Rowland Mitchell, Esq.
Thomson Hankey,jun., Esq. Robert Mitford, Esq.
John Harvey, Esq. Henry R. Reynolds, jun., Esq.
George Johnstone., Esq. John Thornton, Esq.
John Loch, Esq. James Tulloch, Esq.
AUDITORS.
A. W. Robarts, Esq Henry Sykes Thornton, Esq.
Samuel Jones Loyd, Esq. George Stone. Esq.
ACTVAlLT—Griffith Davies, Esq.,-F.R.S.
In the LIFE DEPARTMENT, a Bonus was declared in June
1829, exceeding one per cent. per annum on the SUMS insured, On an
average of the different Ages ; and two subsequent divisions of nearly
equal amounts were made up to Christmas 1835 and Christmas 1842.
On an average of the three divisions the Reversionary Bonuses added
to the several Policies at .the end of every seven years amounted to
about 27 per cent. on the total premiums paid thereon during those
seven years, and the whole amount of Bonuses allotted at the three
Septennial divisions exceeded 530,0001.
In the FIRE DEPARTMENT, a Return of 81 per cent. was de-
clared on the 7th of June, upon the premiums received on Policies
which had been in force seven years and upwards at Christmas 1842,
and such return is now payable at this oflice daily (Friday and Sa-
turday excepted) between the hours of ten and three o'clock ; or by
the respective agents In the country.
GEORGE KEYS, Secretary.

BOYD'S ANTHON'S GREEK: READER.
In a very large volume duodecimo, price .7s. 13d.
AGREEK READER,..selected principally from
the Work of Professor Frederic Jacobs. With English Notes,
Critical and Explanatory, a Metrical Index to HOmer and Anacreon,
and a Copious Lexicon,. by CHARLES ANTIION, LL.D. A New
Edition, Revised mid Corrected, by Rev. JAMES BOYD, LL.D., one
of the Masters of the High School, Edinburgh.
London: Printed for Thomas Tegg, 73, Cheapside, where may be
had all the other Works of Professor Anthon.

PROFESSOR THOMPSON'S NEW WOltK ON ALGEBRA.
Published this day, 12mo. 55., cloth,
AN ELEMENTARY TREATISE
on ALGEBRA, Theoretical and Practical. By JAMES
THOMPSON, LL.D., Professor of Mathematics Li the University of.
Glasgow.
" Evidently the work of a learned and accurate mathematician, and
a decided improvement on all our pre-existing algebraical test
books."—Spectator.
London: Longman, Brown, Grech, and Longmans.

PROLAPSUS, PILES, FISTULA, &c. •
;hist published, bound In cloth, price 55., • by post Is. 6d. extra.
ON the CURE of the 'ISEASES of the
RECTUM and ANUS ; particularly Prolapsus, Piles, Fistula,
Haunorrhoidal Tumours, Excrescences, Ulcers, and Strictures,
WITHOUT. CUTTING or CONFINEMENT ; illustrating the origin
and progress* these diseases, and the success of the Author's mode
of treatment In numerous cases, The whole embellished with Plates
fl•om .Nature. By Dr. SILVER, Physician Accoucheur; No. 70,
Great 'Russell-street, Bloomsbury-square, London.
Sold by Sherwood and Co., 137, Strand; J. 011ivier, 59, Pall-mall ;
Maclachlan, Stewart, and Co„ Edinburgh ; Fannin and Co., Dublin ;
and also by the Author at his residence.
- • -

IMPORTANT to FAMILIES FURNISHING.
—A considerable saving can be effected in the purchase of
Furnishing Ironmongery, by visiting the PANKLIISANON IRON
WORKS, 58, Itaker-street, Portman-square, where may be in-
spected the most extensive STOCK of IRONMONGERY GOODS in
the Kingdom, consisting . of kitchen, cooking utensils, German silver
wares, drawing-room stoves, shower and vapour baths, ornamental
iron work, garden implements, japanned water cans and toilette pails,
best Sheffield plate, kltehei ranges, fenders and fire-irons, tea trays,
ornamental wirework, flower stands, tabli tottery, &c. Every article
being Narked in plain figures, at the lowest possible price, will fully
convince purcha& fi at this establishment of tint great advantage re-
sulting from Cash payments, as the proprietors warrant every article
of the very best manufacture, at a saving of at least 30 per tent.—
THORPE, FA.LLOWS, and to., SE, Baker-street, trortmax-square.
—A. liberal allowance to merchants and captains..

SHEFFIELD PLATE.
MESSRS. HORTON and CO., Silversmiths and
Jewellers, 36, Ludgate-street, St. Paul's, opposite Messrs:
Everington's, offer to their Friends MIA the' Public, at considerably
reduced prices, their STOCK of GENUINE PLATED GOODS,
which they warrant to be the manufacture of the first Sheffield
Houses, and are of the most tasteful and modern designs, comprising
.Dish Covers, Corner Dishes, Waiters, Ice Pails, Cake Baskets, Coffee
and Tea Sets, Candlesticks, and every other article usefid and orna-
mental. No common Birmingham ware kept. ~
A large Stock of Jewellery and Watches, Fancy Silver and other
articles, at prices well worthy the notico of Visitors to, as well as
Residents of London.

READING, SAUCE,
FOR FISH, GRAVIES, HASHES, STEAKS, Sce:
T and C. COCKS, the Sole Proprietors' and
t, • Manufacturers of the celebrated READING SAUCE, beg
most respectfully to caution the Public against the daily frauds and
impositions practised by many London and Country Oilmen, who are
offering for sale their own spurious compositions as Beading Sauce.
This SAUCE is patronised and recommended by most Families in
the Kingdom, and as a Sauce for general use it stands unrivalled. It
is retailed by all respectable Oilmen and Fish Sauce Vendors in the
Kingdom. Be particular in asking for
• " COCKS'S READING SAUCE," .

warranted to keep' twenty years in any climate.—All others are
Counterfeits.—Observe the name " J. & C. COCKS," on the Seal and
Label of each Bottle.

FIDDLE AND PRINCE ALBERT'S PATTERN PLATE.
AB. SAVORY and SONS, Manufacturing
• Silversmiths, 14, Cornhill, London, opposite the Bank of
England.—The best wrought SILVER SPOONS and FORKS,
Fiddle Pattern, 7s. 2d. per ounce; the Prince Albert's Pattern,
7s. ed. per ounce. The articles may be had lighter or heavier, at the
same price per ounce :
The Fiddle. oz. s. d. X. e. d IPrince Albert's. oz. & d. Z. s.d.
12 Table Spoons 30 at 7 210 15 0112 Table Spoons 40at7 6...15 0 0
12 Dessert ditto 20 7 2 7 3 4112 Dessert ditto 26 7 6... 9 15 0
12 Table Forks 30 72 I 0 15 Oil 4 Table Forks 40 7 6...15 0 0
12 Dessert ditto 20 72 7 3.4;12 Dessert ditto 26 7 6... 915 0
2 Gravy Spoons 10 72 3 11 Si 2 Gravy Spoons 12 7 6... 4 10.0
111
PFSeaisuihrpssLailulereTonlOgcn7 2 3 18 9 1 Soup Ladle 12 .7 6... 410 0
4 Sauce ditto 10 783 16 8 4 Sauce ditto 12. 8 0... 416 0
4 Salt Spoons (gilt strong) 1 0 0, 4 Salt Spoons (stronggilt) 2 2 0
' 2 10 0; 1 Fish Slice .....................9 10 0
12 Tea Spoons 10 793 16 B,P Tea Spoons 11 8 0... 512 0
0 15 0, 1 Pair. Sugar Tongs 1 5 0
Mesta, hariciry' and Sens recommend the. Prince 41bert's pat' ern.
lis very n and of unexampled beauty.

FMPLOYMENT.—Persons having a little time
A to spare are apprised that Agents continue to he appointed in
London, and country towns, by the EAST INDIA TEA COMPANY,
or the sale of their celebrated teas.

Offices, No. 9, Great St. llelen's-churchyard, Itishopsgate-street.
They are packed in showy leaden canisters, from one ounce to a
.pound, with the price and weight marked on each packet, and but
little trouble is occasioned by the sale. The license is only l Is. per
annum, and many during the last nineteen years have realised con-
siderable incomes by the agency without one shilling let or loss.
Application to be made (if by letter post-paid) as above.

ROYAL_ -POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION.
CAPTAIN WARNER'S EXPERIMENT.
In consequence of the DESTRUCTIVE EXPLOSION eff BRIGH-
TON, the Directors of the ROYAL POLYTECHIC INSTITUTION
yield to the generally expressed wish that Dr. RYAN should adapt
one of his Lectures to the subject of EXPLOSIVE COMPOUNDS.
This Lecturejillustrated by interesting Experiments, so far as tkey can
be' shownwith perfect safety, WIU be delivered daily at half-past Three
o'clock, except on Mondays and Saturdays, and iu the Evenings of
Monday, Wednesday, and Fridays, at a Qnarter to Nine o'clock. On
Mondays and Saturdays, at Four o'clock, Dr. POTT'S PNEUMA-
TIC MODE of forming SUBMARINE FOUNDATIONS in DEEP
WATER, with yariou.s interesting Experiments. Professor BACII-
HOFFNER'S Lectures, and all the other subjects of interest In the
Institution.

ls,; Schools, lialf-price.

RICH➢iOND and WEST-END JUNCTION

The Prospectus of the above Railway having its terminus on either
side of Hungerford.bricige, and connected with Hungerford-market,
with the means of bringing in the present. South-Western traffic to
the best terminus in London, will be published in a few days, with a
highly influential l'rovisional Committee.
The point selected (being the heart of the West-end) leaves no
donbt in the minds-of the promoters of Its superiority over all others,
and the Prospectus will show the various interests combined to carry
out the undertaking.
Will. CIIAPMAN, Solicitor, Richmond.
August'9, 1844.

what gallant prows are these, steaming along, with
crowded decks ? They come from the shores of
" merry England ;" and eke from the "Green Isle,"
which though unhappily disturbed by faction, has ne-
vertheless a keen relish for minstrelsy : they
come, the warm-hearted admirers of " Scotia s
Bard," not, like their ancestors of old, with spears
in their hands, to combat with Lochlin on Morven's
or yet on Coila's plains. But there are other barques
breasting the wave not less swiftly under the beetling
cliffs of Carrick. These are the men of Galloway and
the adjacent coasts, whose ancestors were always
ready for the fray ; they come, not with weapons in
their hands, and headed by a Black Douglas, but
hastening onward to pay their peaceful allegiance to
the genius of Coila. Now do we turn to the north,
by Arran's mist-clad summits, and behold other
steam-driven galleys emerge from the horizon,
cleaving the surgy bosom of Clyde as if proud of the
living cargoes which they bear. These are some of
the rich burghers of St. Mungo and St. Marion,
forsaking their counting-houses and their factories
for the time, -to worship at the shrine of genius, and
to show that in the laudable enterprises of commerce
they have not forgotton what belongs to their country.
Turn we again eastward and south, what a panoraml
meets the view ! There lengthened trains of railway
carriages shoot onward with the speed of lightning,
bearing thousands upon thousands from Dunedin,
" Scotia's darling seat," the " Metropolis of the West,"
and from every other conceivable quarter of the
country, as well as the intermediate districts through
which they pass. Here, at all points round to the
west, gay masses approach from every defile, many
of them in marching array, with music and " banners
bravely spread." Cunninghame, Kyle, and Carrick
are pouring forth their bands of stalwart men ; but
not, as of yore, to repel invasion at Laight Alpin,
Largs, or Loudoun, or to assert their civil rights at
Pentland or Drumclog, but to rally round the poetic
standard of the Bird who has added to the escutcheon
of Ayrshire a name well worthy of being associated
with those of Wallace and of Bruce. The streams
converge to a point—now they meet—now the tide
rolls densely through the streets, where King Cris-
pin and his gallant train, the Masonic bodies, the
burghers and the trades—all are busily preparing for
the business of the day. Men, women, horses, car-
riages, flags, bands of music, all are borne onwards,
amidst the ringing of the bells, to the place of ren-
dezvous.

Long before the hour of meeting, the Low Green
Was thronged with people, numerous bodies having
arrived at an early hour. Amongst these were
the Foresters of 'winning, the Odd-Fellows of
Glasgow, the Yeomen of Cumnock, the Burn's Club
of Dalrymple, the Shepherds of Straiton, with
their pip: r, &c. By ten o'clock, or shortly after-
wards, it was literally crowded ; while the sands
adjacent were thronged with carriages' and the
masses who were taking no part in the demonstra-
tion. As the procession was in progress Of formation
it required no great stretch of fancy to convert the
rendezvous into another Borough-moor of Edinburgh
—where, as Tytler so beautifully describes the gather-
ing, the whole feudal array of Scotland was assembled
by the chivalrous, but foolish monarch, prior to the
unfortunate, though well-fought field of Flodden.
The number of banners—the military and picturesque
garb of many—with the kingly and warlike display
of Crispin and his followers—imparted to the whole
an aspect highly interesting and imposing. It wanted.
but little to realise the description of Marmion's view
of the Scottish camp :
" Nor marked they less, where in the air
A thousand streamers flaunted fair ;
Various in shape, device, and hue,
Green, sanguine, purple, red, and blue,
Broad, narrow, swallow-tailed, and square,
Scroll, pennon, pensil, bandrol, there
O'er the pavilion flew."
After the lapse of more than an hour, during which
Mr. Thwaitos, and the members of the Committee ex-
erted themselves with great activity in arranging the
procession, the immense body was at length mar-
shalled, and began to move off at half-past 11 o'clock.
At a given signal the various bands struck up in-
spiriting tunes, and the magnificent pageant commenced
its progress to the monument, through the principal
streets of Ayr. The procession was extremely nume-
rous, while the crowd surrounding it was so dense that
the road was completely choked up. Perhaps the most
pleasing feature in the whole procession was the vast
assemblage of ploughmen and shepherds, who, dressed
in their plaids and broad blue bonnets, afforded a noble
representation of that humble but independent and
industrious class from which the poet sprang.
During the formation of the procession the pipers
played round the field, greatly enhancing the scene by
their music. • When fully marshalled the immense body
moved onwards, the 'bands striking up the well-known
air of " A man's a' man for a' that" along the south side
of Wellington-square. The procession was formed three
deep, and extended to nearly a mile in length. It had a
very imposing effect.
After leaving the Town-head the proceasion moved on
at a quicker pace. The road all along was greatly
crowded ; so much so, that it was with difficulty the mass
could keep moving. The walls, houses, and gates, were
everywhere lined with anxious observers ; and various
platforms were constructed for the accommodation of
ladies. The procession occupied at least an hour in passing
from the new bridge into the field, on entering which the
band played " Duncan Gray," followed by " The Birks
of Aberfcldy." A large circle was then formed round
the platform for. the musicians in the tield, and the whole
company, led by professional vocalists, joined in singing,
" Ye banks and braes o' bonny noon," and " Auld Lang
Sync." The bands were afterwards stationed in various
quarters throughout the field—the Regimental and Glas-
gow St. Andrew's bands in the centre of the field, and
the Kilwinning and Cumnock bands at the cottage—
the bagpipers playing at a distance from the pavilion.
There were two enclosures for dancing ; one towards the
bead of the field, and the other at the brow
overlooking the water of noon. The company began to
enter the pavilion almost immediately after the close of
the procession, and the chair was taken shortly after.
The pavilion, when all were seated, had a splendid ap-
pearance—more like a banquet in fairy land than a.thing
of real life. The chairman's and croupier's seats wereof oak, made of the rafters of Alloway Kirk; and severa
splendid silver vases decorated their tables.
The Chairman, the Right Hon. the Earl ofEglint lateoun,
was supported on the right. by Mr. -Robert Burns,
of' the Stamps and -Taxes, .Somerset-bouse, London,
eldest son of the poet ; Major Dios, youngest son of

ADVERTLSE2IIENT2 INSERTED in ALL THE THREE PAPERS, Morning Noon, and Night, thereby insuring a TOWN and COUNTRY CIRCULATION, at ONE CHARGE.

the poet ; Miss Begg, niece of the poet ; Mr. H. G.
Bell, Sheriff-substitute of Lanarkshire ; the Rev. Mr.
Cuthill, Ayr ; Mr. R. Burns Begg, teacher, Kinross,
nephew of the poet ; Miss Begg, the younger niece of
the poet; Mr. and Mrs. Thomson, of Dumfries (the Jessie
Lewars of the bard) ; on the left, by. Colonel Burns, se-
cond son of the poet ; Mrs. Begg, sister of the poet ; Sir
J. M'Neill, Bart., late Plenipotentiary at the Court of
Persia ; the Right Hon. Lord Justice General; the
Countess of Eglintoun; and Sir D. 11. Blair, Bart., of
Blairquhar. The croupier, Professor Wilson, of Ein-
burgh, was supported on the right by Mr. A. Alison,
Sheriff of Lanarkshire; Colonel Mure, of Caldwell; Mr.
W. Aytoun, Advocate; Mr. A. Hastie, M.P. for Paisley;
Mr. J. Oswald, M.P. for Glasgow; on the left by Sir J.
Campbell, Glasgow; Provost Miller, Ayr; Mr. J. Bal-
lantine, of Castlehill; Mr.J. Campbell, of Craigie.
The Rev. Mr. Curl-IM', of Ayr, asked the blessing in
language brief, impressive, and appropriate. The Rev.
Gentleman also returned thanks.
Lord EGLINTOUN said—There is one toast which
never can be omitted, more especially at an assembly
such as this, consisting of loyal Scotchmen; end it is a
toast which I am sure will be received here, as it is else-
where, with respect and joy. " The health of the
Queen.',7-' (Cheers.) .

The CdintntAN then rose and said—We will drink
"Prince Albert and the rest of the Royal Family."

The CHAIRMAN then rose amidst the most enthu-
siastic applause. He said—Ladies and Gentlemen, the
subject of the toast which I am now going to bring be-
fore you is one of such paramount importance on this
occasion, and is so deeply interesting, not only to those
whom I have now the honour to address, but to all
whom genius is dear, that I could have wished it com-
mitted to more worthy hands; more particu'arly when I
see the enormous assemblage collected here—the distin-
guished persons which grace our board to-day.—
(Cheers.) It is only because I conceive that my official
position renders me the most formal and fitting, though
most inefficient, mouthpiece of the inhabitants of this
county—(Hear, hear, and cheers)—that I have ven-
tured to intrude myself before you on this occasion,
and to undertake the onerous, though gratifying duty of
proposing in such an assemblage the thrilling toast,
" The Memory of Burns."—(Great applause, the
company rising to testify their approbation by the waving
of handkerchiefs.) This is not a meeting for the pur-
pose of recreation and amusement ; it is not a banquet
at which a certain number of toasts printed on paper are
to be proposed and responded to, which to-day marks
our preparations ; it is the enthusiastic desire of a whole
people to pay honour to their countryman ; it is the
spontaneous offering of a nation's feelings towards the
illustrious dead, and, added to this, the desire to extend
a hand of welcome and friendship to those whom he has
left behind.—(Tremendous applause.) Here on the very
spot where he first drew breath, on the very ground
which his genius has hallowed, beside the Old Kirk of
Alloway, which his verse has immortalised, beneath the
monument which an admirineand repentant people have
raised to him—(Great applause)—we meet, after the
lapse of years, to pay our hothage to the man of genius.
—(Loud cheers.) The master-mind who has sung the
" Isle of Palms "—who has revelled in the immortal

" Noctes"—who has already done that justice to the me-
mory of the bard which a brother poet can alone do—
Christopher himself is here—(Great applause)—anxious
to pay his tribute of admiration to a kindred spirit. The
historian who has depicted the most eventful period of
the French empire, the glorious triumphs of Wbilington,
is here—(Cheers).---Clio, as it were, offering up a gar-
land to Erato.—(Cheers.) The distinguished head of
the Scottish bar is here—(Cheers)—in short, every town
and every district, every class, and every sex, and
every age, has come forward to pay homage to their
poet. The honest lads whom he so praised, and whose
greatest boast is to belong to the land of Burns, are here.
—(Cheers.) The bonnio lasses whom he so praised—
those whom he loved and sung—are here ; they have
followed hither to justify, by their loveliness, the poet's
worth.—(Great applause)—while the descendant of
those who dwelt in the " Castle o' Montgomerio" feels
himself only too highly honoured in being permitted to
propose the memory of him who then wandered there
unknown on the banks of Fail.-e-(Loud cheering.) How
little the pious old man who dwelt in yonder cottage—
with his " lyart haffets " o'crspreading his venerable
brow—when he read the " big ha' Bible "—could have
guessed that the infant prattling on his knee was to be
the pride of his nation—the chief among the poetic
band—was to be one of the brightest planets that glows
around the mighty sun of the Bard of Avon—(Cheers)
—in knowledge and originality ; second to none in the
fervent expression of deep feeling, in the genuine per-
ception of the beauties of nature, and equal to any
who revels in the fairy-land of poesy.—(Cheers.) Well
may we rejoice that Burns is our own—that no other
spot can claim to be the birth-place of our Homer, ex-
cept the spot on which we stand.—(Great cheering.)
Oh 1 that he could have foreseen the futurity of fame
created for him this day, when the poet and the his-
torian, the peer and the peasant, vie with each other
in paying the tribute of their admiration to the
humble but mighty genius of him whom we hail
as the first of Scottish poets.—(Cheers.) Such a fore-
sight might have alleviated the dreary hours of his
sojourn at Mossgiel—might have lightened the dark
days of his pilgrimage on earth.—(Cheers.) Well does
he deserve our homage who has pourtrayed the " Cotter's
Saturday Night"—not in strains of inconsiderate mirth,
but in solemnity and truth—who breathed the patriotic
words that tell of the glories of our Wallace, immortal-
ising alike the poet and the hero ; he who could draw
inspiration from the humble daisy, breathed forth the
heroic words of " The Song of Death"—strains the in-
carnation of poetry and love, and yet of the bitterest
shafts of satire and ridicule—obeying but the hand of
nature, despising all the rules of art, yet trampling over
the very rules he set at nought.—(Cheers.) At his
name every Scottish heart beats high. He has become
a household word alike in the palace and the cottage.
Of whom should we be proud—of whom should we pay
homage, if not to our own immortal Burns ?—(Cheers.)
But I feel I am detaining you too long in the presence
of a Wilson and an Alison.—(Cries of " No, no," and
applause.) In such a presence as these, I feel that lam
not a fit person to dilate upon the genius of Burns. I
am but an admirer like yourselves. There are others
present, who are brother poets, kindred geniuses—
men who, like Burns, have created a glorious immor-
tality fur themselves—to them will I commit the agree-
able task of more fully displaying before you, decked
out with their eloquence, the excellence of the poet and
the genius of the man, and to extend and welcome his
sons to the land of their father—(Cheers)—and I will
now ask you in their presence, on the ground his genius
has rendered sacred—on the " banks and braes o' bonny
Doon"—to join with me in drinking one overflowing
bumper, and in joining to it every expression of enthu-
siasm which you can, to " The Memory of Burns."
(The toast was received with the most rapturous and
enthusiastic bursts of applause.)
Mr. Templeton sang with admirable effect, " Ye banks
and braes o' bonnie Doon," which elicited the warmest
plaudits of the meeting.
Mr. ROBERT BURNS, on rising to return thanks, was,
with his brothers, received with enthusiastic cheering.
He said—My Lord, Ladies, and Gentlemen, of course
it cannot be expected, at a meeting such as the present,
that the sons of Burns should expatiate on the merits
and genius of their deceased father. Around them
were an immense number of admirers, who, by their
presence there that day, bore a sufficient testimony to
the opinion in which they held his memory, and the
high esteem in which they held his genius. In the lan-
guage of the late Sir Christopher Wren, though very
diffeNitly applied, the sons of Burns could say,. that to
obtain a living testimony tb their father's genius they
had only to look around them.—(Cheers.) He begged,
in the name of his sister, brothers, and himself, to re-
turn their heartfelt and grateful thanks for the honour
that had that day been paid to their father's memory.
Professor WILSON, who was received with enthusias-

tie cheering, spoke as follows : —Were this festival to
commemorate the genius of Burns, and it were asked
what need of such commemoratives since his fame is co-
extensive with the heroes of our land, and inherent in
every soul, I must answer that, though admiration of the
poet be indeed wide as the world, yet we, as compatriots
to whom it is more especially dear, rejoice to see that
universal sentiment concentrated in the voice of a great
assembly of his own people—(Cheers' —that we rejoice
to meet in thousands to honour him who has delighted
each single one of us all at his own hearth.—(Cheers.)
But this commemoration expresses, too, if not a pro,
founder, yet a more tender sentiment ; for it is to wel-
come his sons to the land which their father illustrated
—it is to indulge our national pride in a great name,
while, at the same time, we gratify in full hearts the
most pious of atfections.—(Cheers.). It was customary,
you know, in former times, to crown great poets. No
such ovation honoured our bard ; yet he, too, tasted of
human applause—be enjoyed its delights, and he saw
the trials that attend it. Which, think you, would he
himself have preferred ? Such a celebration as this in
his lifetime, or fifty years after his death ? I cannot
doubt- that he would have preferred the posthumous, be-
cause the finer incense.—(Cheers.) The honour and its
object arc thus seen in their just proportions ; for death 1
gives an elevation which the candid soul of the poet I
would himself have considered, and that honour he
would have reserved rather for his manes, than
encoun-
tered it with. his living infirmities.--(Cheers.) And
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flourish for ever. (CI
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ting here, one Drily
, I believe, can remember his father's
face—can remember those
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meaning,full so full of melting
in melancholy, or