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in the neighbourhood. The entertainment was conducted with 

 great good humour and high social glee by Mr Spottiswoode, 

 who acted on the occasion as landlord of the inn. After dinner 

 the following toasts were drunk : — 



''The 



"Our Navy and Army, and success to His Majesty's arms 

 by sea and land." 



" May our Union with Ireland increase the prosperity and 

 happiness of all and each of the three Kingdoms." 



" The Land of Cakes, and may it always enjoy the blessing 

 of peace and plenty." 



"Prosperity and success to the inn at Whiteburn, and the 

 road from Whiteburn to Kelso, with long life and good 

 health to John Aitchison, Alex. Aitchison, Michael Ireland, 

 John Blackadder, Donald Gumming, and all the other 

 masters and fellow crafts employed in these useful and 

 ornamental works." 



" Success to the County of Berwick, and may it prosper in 

 every branch of useful agriculture and manufacture." 



" To the Earl of Home, Lord Lieutenant of the County 

 of Berwick, good health to him and all his family, and to 

 the standing and prosperity of the House of Home." 



" To George Baillie, Esq., the representative of the County 

 of Berwick — we much regret the cause of his absence, and 

 drink to the long standing of the family of Jerviswoode and 

 Mellerstain — may his conduct in Parliament merit and meet 

 with public applause, equal to the esteem and i-egard which 

 his private virtues have secured to him from his friends and 

 neighbours." 



" To the success and improvement of the parish of West- 

 ruther, may her heather combs be speedily turned into wheat 

 sheaves. Good health to Mr Shiels, the minister of the parish, 

 with prosperity to him and all his family, and may his flock 

 practice his precepts, and improve by his example." 



" May His Majesty's subjects in every region of the world 

 pay a dutiful submission to the law of God, the law of the 

 land, and respect the magistrates appointed to rule over 

 them." 



