Between 60 and 70 Scotsmen and guests assombledat the Club Tuesday night, tocelebrate the anniversary of Scotland's patron int; and when we refer to the names ice-Chairman, and ry to add that was spent.
The room was as usual tastefully decorated with evergreens; the figure of Saint Andrew figuring sombrely on the Duck wall, with the Lion of Scotland and the Arms of Great Britain on either side.
Pho speeches were goyd, and in acme cases surpassed even the excellent oratory we have been accustomed to at previous dinners, It was nearly 10 o'clock when th Cnatratax rose to propose the first tonst,—The Queen, long may she reign over us—which was drank with the usual euthusinsm, (Song—God save the Queen)
The next toast was "the Duke and Duchess of Rotheswy. grent honor, anid the Cxarn: one 80 familiar in Scottis He need not dwell upon the loyal regard in which they held him; and in asking them to drink health and prosperity to the Prince and his wife he knew he should find fan echo to the sentiment from every one. It would have given us grent pleasure if it had been possible for the Duke to Shanghai, but hie time was his route Inid down, They cou! ect that he would visit the Farther Cus cotemen were few here, but they were Joyal (applause), and they would, he was sure, give evidence of that loyalty by the warmth with which they would rise and drink the health of the Duke and Duchess being called on for the next toast, suid:—'Tho duty assigned to me thi ning is that of proposing the health of the Navy, Army, and Volunteers, This torist is one which has ever been received with the greatest enthusiasm, and Tam convinced that the manner i which it will be met on the present occasion will prove no exception to the rul Gentlemen, I think that the supremacy of Her Majesty's Navy is recognized by all nations, and well may the heart of every true Briton thrill with honest pride at the mention of a service which has reckoned amongst its numbers a Blake, a Nelson, a Napier and a Qodrington, It would be impossible, gentlemen, to estimate the true worth of the British Army, and my task would be an equally difficult one were I to attempt to enumerate the warriors whose names are worthy to be handed down to posterity. The glorious vie-tories of the Crimea are so fresh in the memories of all, that I need not recount them, and the later engagements in Abssynia nnd on the Gol Const, have added fresh laurels and bro front many young and promising It is only within recent years that the Volunteers have been associated with the other services, but on that account they are none the less worthy of a bumper. So far they have been put to no severe test, but when the day does come they'll doubtless rise na one man and fight with that pluck and determination which characterizes the sons of the country. Without farther remark, gentlemen, L ask you to Gill your glasses and drink to the health of the Navy, Army, and Volunteers, Bong.—" Scots Wha hae"—By Mr, Thurburn, Captain Woottcomse, R.N., acknowledged the toast on behalf of the Navy and Both services owed to scotland some brightest names that had shed 1 on their history, and both were indebted to her at the present day for some of their He need only refer to Abercrombie and Camperdown in the past and at the present moment two of the leading members of the Admiralty were Scotamen, Most of those present knew that there was a little trouble just now in the Malay States, in the South. Great kudos had been gained there by a Scotchman who commanded a vessel nan the national emblem of Scott:
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