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Scotland.
CHAIRMAN . — "Gentlemen ! I crave a bumper over all . 'The fair ladies that are now , 1 dare say , tripping it on the light fantastic toe in the ball-room—a happy evening to them !"—( loud cheers ) . After which the Provost vacated the chair , and the company separated . The Stewards deserve the greatest praise for their exertions in producing an excellent and orderly entertainment .
THE ASSEMBLY . The ball in the assembly-rooms was most numerously ancl fashionably attended in the evening by about two hundred ladies and gentlemen , comprising the elite of the county of East Lothian . Amongst the company we noticed the Earl and Countess of Haddington , the Countess of Dalhousie , the Lady Eleanor and Miss Charlotte Balfour ,
Mrs . and Misses Hunter , of Thurston , Miss Gibson Carmichael , Mrs . Middlemass , the lady of the respected Provost , Mrs . and Miss Davidson of Haddington , Mrs . Henry M . Davidson , James Maitland Balfour , Esq ., M . P ., Mr . Charles Balfour , Sir George AVarrender , bart ., of Lochend , Sir David Kinloch , bart ., of Gilmerton , Gen . Carfrae of Bowerhouses , Capt . Hay of Belton , Major Anderson , Messrs . Gibson , CarmichaelAlex . M'NeillEsq . Simon SawersEsq . of Newhouse
, , , , , Dr . John Sawers , H . E . I . C . S ., C . L . Sawers , Esq ., Robert Middlemass , Esq . of AVest Barns , J . Porter , Esq , solicitor , London , Mr . and Mrs . J . AVilson ( Spain ) , Miss Laig of AVest Reston , AV . H . Ritchie , Esq ., and the Misses Ritchie , H . M . Davidson , Esq ., C . H . Davidson , and F . Davidson , Esqrs ., G . Bell , Esq ., Dunse , Lieut . Shaw , R . N ., Mr . Moore , Fishwick , and Mr . Thompson , Mindrim . Bailie Hume and Councillors Middlemass and Dudgeon were the
sub-committee of management for the ball , to whose admirable tact no small proportion of its brilliancy is attributable . The ball was opened by Provost Middlemass , with the Lady Eleanor Balfour ; and dancing was kept up with unabated spirit till an advanced hour in the morning . A more spirited and agreeable assembly we have indeed seldom witnessed . Supper and refreshments were served up in an adjoining room , and partaken of throughout the evening by parties from the ball-room .
The whole proceedings and rejoicings passed off with delightful eclat ; and we are convinced that the day of laying the foundationstone of Victoria Harbour will be long and pleasurably remembered in Dunbar , and referred to as an incitement to advance in the race of improvement which must thence take its date . The Magistrates and Town Council have voted the freedom of the burgh to the Riht Honourable the Earl of Dalhousie & c , in
comg , memoration , as stated in the burgess ticket , of the very solemn and efficient manner in which he performed his duties as Provincial Grand Master Mason of the province of Haddingtonshire , in lately laying the foundation-stone of the Victoria Harbour at that burgh , as well as of the high esteem in which he is held by the Corporation and community of the burgh .
CUPAR , Sept . 28 . —The foundation-stone of the new jail was laid on Thursday last , with Masonic honours , by J . Whyte Melville , Esq ., the R-AV . P . G . M . of Fife , assisted by several members of the Grand Lodge , and deputations from the following Lodges of the province : —St , John ' s ,
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Scotland.
CHAIRMAN . — "Gentlemen ! I crave a bumper over all . 'The fair ladies that are now , 1 dare say , tripping it on the light fantastic toe in the ball-room—a happy evening to them !"—( loud cheers ) . After which the Provost vacated the chair , and the company separated . The Stewards deserve the greatest praise for their exertions in producing an excellent and orderly entertainment .
THE ASSEMBLY . The ball in the assembly-rooms was most numerously ancl fashionably attended in the evening by about two hundred ladies and gentlemen , comprising the elite of the county of East Lothian . Amongst the company we noticed the Earl and Countess of Haddington , the Countess of Dalhousie , the Lady Eleanor and Miss Charlotte Balfour ,
Mrs . and Misses Hunter , of Thurston , Miss Gibson Carmichael , Mrs . Middlemass , the lady of the respected Provost , Mrs . and Miss Davidson of Haddington , Mrs . Henry M . Davidson , James Maitland Balfour , Esq ., M . P ., Mr . Charles Balfour , Sir George AVarrender , bart ., of Lochend , Sir David Kinloch , bart ., of Gilmerton , Gen . Carfrae of Bowerhouses , Capt . Hay of Belton , Major Anderson , Messrs . Gibson , CarmichaelAlex . M'NeillEsq . Simon SawersEsq . of Newhouse
, , , , , Dr . John Sawers , H . E . I . C . S ., C . L . Sawers , Esq ., Robert Middlemass , Esq . of AVest Barns , J . Porter , Esq , solicitor , London , Mr . and Mrs . J . AVilson ( Spain ) , Miss Laig of AVest Reston , AV . H . Ritchie , Esq ., and the Misses Ritchie , H . M . Davidson , Esq ., C . H . Davidson , and F . Davidson , Esqrs ., G . Bell , Esq ., Dunse , Lieut . Shaw , R . N ., Mr . Moore , Fishwick , and Mr . Thompson , Mindrim . Bailie Hume and Councillors Middlemass and Dudgeon were the
sub-committee of management for the ball , to whose admirable tact no small proportion of its brilliancy is attributable . The ball was opened by Provost Middlemass , with the Lady Eleanor Balfour ; and dancing was kept up with unabated spirit till an advanced hour in the morning . A more spirited and agreeable assembly we have indeed seldom witnessed . Supper and refreshments were served up in an adjoining room , and partaken of throughout the evening by parties from the ball-room .
The whole proceedings and rejoicings passed off with delightful eclat ; and we are convinced that the day of laying the foundationstone of Victoria Harbour will be long and pleasurably remembered in Dunbar , and referred to as an incitement to advance in the race of improvement which must thence take its date . The Magistrates and Town Council have voted the freedom of the burgh to the Riht Honourable the Earl of Dalhousie & c , in
comg , memoration , as stated in the burgess ticket , of the very solemn and efficient manner in which he performed his duties as Provincial Grand Master Mason of the province of Haddingtonshire , in lately laying the foundation-stone of the Victoria Harbour at that burgh , as well as of the high esteem in which he is held by the Corporation and community of the burgh .
CUPAR , Sept . 28 . —The foundation-stone of the new jail was laid on Thursday last , with Masonic honours , by J . Whyte Melville , Esq ., the R-AV . P . G . M . of Fife , assisted by several members of the Grand Lodge , and deputations from the following Lodges of the province : —St , John ' s ,