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the Chairman to propose a toast. It was impossible tp 

 suppose, in such a numerous company as this, that they 

 should be agreed upon every subject ; but there was one 

 good feeling pervading them all, that of doing honour to 

 their guest, and he was sure no other feeling would be 

 allowed to appear. He would propose the health of the 

 Member for the County, " General Arbuthnott." They 

 would all agree that no man could discharge his duties 

 in a more straightforward, honest, and conscientious 

 manner. Drunk with all the honours. (Air Chorus 

 from Massaniello.) 



Viscount ARBUTHNOTT returned thanks. No man 

 would be more gratified to have been present on this oc- 

 casion than General Arbuthnott. He begged to thank 

 the company and Sir Thomas Burnett for the kind man- 

 ner in which they had drunk his health, and to say that 

 he felt highly flattered by the compliment paid to his 

 brother. 



The CHAIRMAN. There was one toast which should 

 never be omitted in this county, on an occasion of this 

 kind The memory of the late Mr Barclay." In do- 

 ing honour to the son, they ought not to overlook the 

 merits of the sire. He had had the vigour of mind to see 

 through the darkness in which the agriculture of Scotland 

 was enveloped ; and the fruits of this they were now 

 reaping thanks to the present proprietor. He proposed 

 " The Memory of the late Mr Barclay." Drunk in 

 solemn silence. (Air The land o' the leal.) 



