Coster:—Robert Inglis (President), John Mirehell, (Vice-Peesident), Maclaren, George Peebles, John Prentice, R. Sutherland, B. a. Clarke, Hom. Teeasurer), C. Murray on (Hon, Secretary).
A. Tenner, Colin B Campbell, H. J. lark, D. W. Cravford, GD. Courts, W. Cow O. Cumming, Dubie, EM Dyce, L. C. 8. Exmon-James Ferrier, Juhu Ford, Wade A. B. Gurrivek, Jas. Gow, S.
ndwater, J.T. Hamilton, Chas. Hay, Drummond Hay, W. F. Inglis, James Johnston, David Landale, W. D.' Little, R. Mauchan, Duncan MeNeill, W. C. murray, Dr. Mars S." Neeson, Robertson, Hugh Ridwer, C. H. Ross, W.W. G. Ross, G. D. Scott, Neil Sin: clair, Geo. Sutherland, Geo. Taylor, and Watt.
St. Andrew's Day is over and gone. The Caledonian Ball is a green spot in the me-mary, and the dancing season has officially commenced. On Thursday night the Drill Hall was a blush of colour, moving always music, 'The shade of St. Andrew, did he look down on the scene, must' have trembled filmily with pleasure. Scotsmen and their friends, to the number of about "thousand, had met to do honour to him on the day set apart as his own, That the celebration was made in China, ten thousand miles from Scotland, matters 0 here were heather, bag kilts and sporrans, reels, and haggis. What more could the most Scottish of Saints desire? The Ball is not an immptn, by any means, It occupies the of stewards and committee-men for beforehand, und, as a result, nut a hitch occurred Inst night, and success was the keynote of the gath The ar.
ments made were singularly good and' pretty. As one entered the eye was caught by a bank of flowers surmounted by the cross of the Saint, at the bottom' of the stem= Ascending one mounted between lines of flowers ud blunts to the level of the ball-room, here were i the was left for the dancers. Thus it must be said that so far as space was concerned no comfort was wanting. The floor proved somewhat heasy, though it would be difficult to say exactly how this could be remedied. The music, given by the Town Band, proved not s"'snecessful as might we been the exse. First of all considera-i ing of dance music is that ne should be kept. This was not in addition the band seemed frequently careless in other essential points, However, these things do not affect the undoubted and complete success of the ball, 'The second supper—without which a Caledonian Ball is not complete—passed off with speeches, songs, recitations and general consiviality, under the chairmanship of Mr. John Mitchell (Vice-President of the St. Andrew's Society smu' hours" saw the break-up of the happy party.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.