CHAPTER XVII. 



JUBILEE— FIRST SHOW AT STIRLING, 1833. 



In 1833 the Society celebrated its Jubilee. The meeting 

 took place in the Hopetoun Rooms on Tuesday the 15th 

 January, that day apparently being chosen as it was the 

 day immediately following the election of Scottish peers. 

 The Duke of Buccleuch occupied the chair, supported on 

 the right by the Lord Provost of Edinburgh, and by Sir 

 John Sinclair, the Earl of Glasgow, Sir William Macleod 

 Bannatyne, and General Campbell of Lochnell, four of the 

 original constituent members of the Society, and on the 

 left by the Earls of Morton, Buchan, Strathmore, Airlie, and 

 Selkirk. The Marquis of Tweeddale and the Earl of 

 Rosebery filled the vice-chairs, and were supported by 

 Viscount Arbuthnott, Lord Forbes, the Earl of Haddington, 

 and Lord Napier. The chairman, in proposing the High- 

 land Society, referred to its progress, noticing the additions 

 made from time to time to its membership. In 1784, there 

 were 100 members; in 1787 (when the charter was granted), 

 150. In 1799 the membership had increased to 500; in 

 1803, to 726; in 1807, to 925 ; in 18 16, to 1109 ; in 1820, to 

 1212 ; in 1824, to 1461 ; in 1829, to 1719; and in the 

 passing year (1833) the membership reached 1855. A 

 toast which had particular interest, submitted by the 

 chairman, was that of the four original constituent members 

 of the Society present at the meeting as above mentioned. 

 The thanks for this toast were returned by Sir W. M. 

 Bannatyne, as the senior member. Mr Watson, Keillor, 

 returned thanks for the tenantry. 



The celebration of the Jubilee preceded the holding of 

 the first show of the Society at Stirling, which took place 

 on 4th October, that date being fixed as it was in the 

 week immediately preceding the great Falkirk Tryst. The 



