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Centenary Anniversary
of the
Birth of Burns,
New Town Hall;
Tuesday, January 25, 1859.
Sir John Fife, Chairman.
Joseph Cowen, Sen., Esq., Vice-Chairman.
Programme.
1. | The Queen
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Chairman. |
Air—"God Save the Queen." | ||
2. | Prince Albert, Prince of Wales, &c.
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Chairman, |
Air—"Prince Albert's March." | ||
3. | Army and Navy
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Chairman. |
Air—"Rule, Britannia." | ||
4. | The Clergy
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Chairman. |
5. | The Immortal Memory of Robert Burns
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Chairman. |
Song—"There was a Lad was born in Kyle." | ||
6. | The Mining and Manufacturing Interests of the Tyne
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Geo. Ridley, Esq., M.P. |
Song—"Flow on, Majestic River." | ||
7. | The British Poets
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J. Baxter Langley, Esq. |
Song—"Ye Banks and Braes." | ||
8. | Our Country's Peasantry
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Saml. Donkin, Esq. |
Song—"Behind yon Hills where Lugar flows." | ||
9. | The Mayor and Corporation
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J. T. Hoyle, Esq. |
Air—"Keel Row." | ||
10. | The Brotherhood of Man
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J. Cowen, Jun., Esq. |
Song—"A Man's a Man for a' that." | ||
11. | The Members for Newcastle
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T. M. Greenhow, Esq., M.D. |
Song—"Of a' the Airts." | ||
12. | The Ladies
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Mr. Henry Gilpin. |
Song—"Green Grow the Rashes O." | ||
13. | The Press
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Recitation—"Tam o' Shanter". . . . . . . .Mr. R. Warden. | ||
14. | The Chair
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Vice-Chair. |
Song—"Scots wha hae." | ||
15. | The Vice-Chair
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Councillor A. Nichol. |
Air. | ||
16. | The Committee of Management
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Councillor R. B. Brown. |
Song—"Auld Langsyne." |
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