The Sun. — London, England, 1816-05-27 00:00:00

Cl , t/ .~. Oa Sam atideriditi,tli enter feline place tat the: cemasou's Tavern, in eannuemoratiou Of Buests, POVt. The Bari of ABKRIILIIN on.this r , intereciag occasion ;he was supported .by-Mr. C. rant,juu. SirJ,Matioribaukt,Mr.W. ILK. Poo fAlsi Sir Neil Campbell, Mr. Charles Forbes,•'Mr. Kirkman Fiulay,,Mr. Sheriff Bell, and Malty other persons of distiuction, in politics, in literature, end in the arts. . . - The cloth removed, The iling,"". Thc Prince Regent,"=--" The Queen,"-- , and " The . Princess Charlotte and the Prince of Saxe Co tTrg," were drunk with appropriate' honours ; arttl '' God save the King,"----" Until, SEHr brilOS wick !"--:-" Ituleliritaunia,"&e. were sung, "The Earl of Atittabeen addressed the• Meeting :—ln rising to propose the toast with which I than haVe the honour to conclude, I wish to it , ty a few words on the subject of it. , They shall be few; as on such an 'occasion, I think, it would be wholly inexcusable in inc to presume to tlehilii you long. We have met this day to com themorate the name of Bo it Ns, of whom, wiehout disparagemeot to eoutemporaryexcelleoce, I think I may be allowed to, say. he Stands distinguished as the most strikingly original genius of our time. As'Sestchmen, we may well be vain of, his talents and his name, .for his genius was truly Tilitiollol. Scotland may exult ill having given hiru r birtli, for be might alinost be said to have sprung from her very soil,—Opplausej—But while, as Scotch tarn, we are justly proud that it. was reserved for tow count's , to give birth to such a poet, the hard f nes of Burns, we lic living, and the comparative chscurity in which he closed his days, prove, i ant Afraid, that while among us lie was not sufficiently valued, anktlits reflection in 5010 e sort tot us our very pride into nut reproach---(iipptause.) - 7—We owe to his memory a long arrear of Wllllifittioll.-•••• The only way in which we can now discharge this debt is by uniting to ,honour his tomb. This Las now become' the , duty of his friends and ndroirers—call it a vain and fraitless duty if 'ou will ; but still it is: a duty which those %alp feel. an interest 10 the ',honour of, their, eon -, try and in the ptiwers of genius, being duly 'apple rimed,' will not be the less anxious to fulfil.—.l propose as a toast, "The Memory of Robert Burns The tome was clone honour, to in silence. * Nr. Costatrav (called upon by 'the Chairman) a-veiled a poem written for the occasion by O. T. rompbell, in honour of Burns, with. great energy, feeling, and good taste. It Was Li s tened to, with entire. ,attention, but sometimes interrupted by allows of rapturous applaus6. The living Parts of Scotland, and one of the mast distal it4itted of their nautber (uow present), Mr. Thomas Camp- Loll," was ,pirpost..(l front the Chair, and drunk' with great applause. Mr. T. CAMPBELL could not have presumed to • tnippose he had a share in the toast just given, • tot for the kind and flattering manner in which his mime had been connected with it by the Noble Lord. "This circmustaoce made it imperative upon him to • by aside false, shame, and to wise to express his gratitude for the honour be had received, as alio to mark the high satisfaction whit which he cow. teMplated the present Festival in contatemoration . that unrivalled Scottish Poet, whose naive had become so dear to his country. He should ever look back on. this Meeting and the faVour with which his natfie bad been entertiiilied with feelings ml the utmostdelight.—(Great Applause) The Earl of Aerraneate said he was informed that a son of Burus was present with some of his kindred. He begged to propose their health: This suggestion having been promptly cons tried with--, Mr. Bu eats acknowledged the compliment in the following .terms :—My Lord and Gentlemen, I beg to return My heartfelt thanks for the honour ' , which this distinguiShed assembly has been pleas ed to render to the memory of my deceased _fa ther ; also for that just done my 'mother, my kindred, and myself, who can .case no ,claint to sects a mark of your consideration, but, °air con riettion with him, whose nestle you have this day su e t together mm I co emorate, beg to add, we ever have felt, and still do feel, the sin etrest gratitude for , the enthusiastic kindness and geuerosity we have experienced from the friends and admirers of the Yoet of Scot land.—(.lpplausei) Mr. C. GRANT rose to propose a toast, in which he• Was sure the Meeting would cordially' concur. Highly as be valued the Ininoor doue.ooll., the Noble Person who hod that , day taken . the Chair s--;.llighly as he,eppreciated rise importance of his powerful co,operation on the present occasion, he should be very glad to tie without his colnpany for a few 1110111Vlitil. ,(hear, hear !) He was about to propose the health of tote Earl of Aberdeen, and in his absence he (Mr. Grant), might have ven tured to express those feelings of admiration, in spired as well by,the pt ivatte, as by the public conduct of the Noble Lord, in which lie could not bo taeely iodage•inisis presence. ( eipplause ) Re , strained by this consideration, be could not say of his Noble Friend ellthet justice would demand in bailout . • of his exalted character; but those helsact the plea sure to address woad feel What was Joe to hitn, who hAVillg enriched his own mind with all the tree , tares of the Poets of Greece anti Rome,,now came . forward to assist in commemorating their own compatriot hard. He was proud to see his Nolte rriend ,preside' urn • a natienal occasion like this, when Scot choreo mei to honour him whose name had - so long becri their pride°. Tpis was a duty which they grid :to perform, a duty tardily dis charged' intlecd,ebut he trusted not the less cor dially and elfectualty fulfilled at last, front its hay , hug hcen, so long delayed. The Bard, iu honour of whose. Memory they were assembled, had been 'sell described , by their Noble President to be a Poet truly national. This every one must known ,and f e d who was at all aecyfeinted with his works. Al ever there mai a truly national Poet, that one ,waslinins. It Was for those who felt this,' to rennetappropriete-honours to his name, and how .could this be so well accomplished es by .promot - • ing the subscription for his, tomb. By the coin. lion consent of mankind, monuments were r aised perpetuate the memory or oes and lungs, 4 , l l r.tre (litany demanded, and on the same prut hat g rAtitude and admiration shoulel bestow bf PI lltr 011tAtill on poetry, since it Ids thus roes whist they Olthinitefy became in the eyes of the world, by ahintatingthent,ttiporsoc t Ice paths of Poetry,itbad been liati k tily reih"iikltel, by a iiv ing Bard thetrpreSent, whoseTtreth, writ test for thiS oeea s ion, they had all liatened . to with ranch pleasure, was not an idle art. It was that which led to the nohlest efforts of niiurl, and Vvlitch, es it waslthe Source Of the. MoSt exalted action., proved itself to be intimately connected with dos--; purest isprings' of our. existeuce. Far the power ful' effects wbf Nation=al Poetry oh-all- who . could teA, he %mold appeal to the whole of the com pany be kcal the honour to address. fie woold. ask of them if-'there' was not a cliatin the words of BURNS Which had tise'effeci of giving superior interest to - every- spot which his Muse had loved to celebrate. -Who had :visited the rivers, the valleys,' the mountains which he had sting, wit bout cat chi og a spark of that glowing enthusiasm • which had animated the Poet they admired, without remembering . , with feelings of' no common emotion; these were objects which he had delighted to contem plate ? .Who could direct his steps to the !nimble. cottage whielt the muse of Burns had adorned- with all the loveliest virtues, and not feel the vast im portance it had gained, from having been endear ed and sanctified 'by his verse Who could visit the fields on which those achievemeots had been accomplished, which gave Scotlandinnnort al fame, without feeling ! he power of him, who, io appro priate strains, had sung the, glory of her 'chief tains, and as it were revived, Wallace and Bruce, and those who had so long slumbered %s law them in their " gory bell ?" Some mark of public gratitude—some lasting record of their atk noration Wag due to the mene)ry tat that• greet ontutored, and inimitable because un tutored Poet, whose name they bad this day met to commemorate.. Feeling this, and doubting not that all who heard-hint would feel the importance of distinguishing the hallowed grave of Bunts by a public monument, he was confident they would be footle!, united he.trt and timid to promote 'this gredt design. On tart occasiou so interestitig to Scotchmeit, lie could not bat' exult at seeiog his Noble Frieod in the preseoce of that assem bly, and in the presence of the sou ,of tleit great • man, (Barns) to whom they felt their country owed so much, taking• the lead, as became so distinguished a charaetei% and presiding as he that day presided. fie ivas sure the whole company would participate in this feel ing, and join t. ith him to &Wt. the he kith of their Noble President the Earl of Aherdeen. This toast was drank , With three times three, anti with ,the moat enthusiastie denioniiiatious of pleasure. .The. CHAIRMAN briefly returned thanks, and expressed an anxious ft cling Wl' the interest . of Scotland, especially where connected with its li terature. . Ilia Lordship then propo'sed Mr. Wilkie and the Scottish Arts and At tists, which was reCciveti with shouts by the Company. Mr. 'WILLIE, in a few Words, ackitowledge , l this tribute in behalf of his brinher Artists and Himself. Mr. Sinclair sung most deliciously, ," Of a' the Airts the Win' can - Blew," and other songs of Burns) and Mr. liroadnurst gave " Scots wha line wi Wallace Bled," io the mos , animating style. The City of Edinhurgo, and, the Society Wished for the Triennial Cuttunetnorationof —The Town of Dumfries , and the 'COMmittee for Managing the EiTet City of London--The City of Glasgow and the Maniatactures of Scotland—and other.toasts; were appropriately given, and acklowleded by Mr. C. Formes, who so greatly - promoted the Edinburgh Meeting—gr• DOUGLAS, the Represent i ative . ,,,,of Dunitries!---Mr. Sheriff BELL7-and Mr. FINLAY. Goo-'s hand diversified these addressee,. and Maegregoi, the riper,' paraded the room in tub costune. . Lord ABERDEEN, before retiring, drank the Stewards, tot whom Mr. Forbes ieturned Oswalt's, and Mr. Jerchin, the Secretary, %%leo hail been useful in promotiug this Meeting. The latter read -over the subscriptions made that (lily, winch exceeded 3501. ; a sum which, be ti'Mited, avuultt enable the Commit ce at Deusfries to go on vi gorously with the Monument now in progress , -sr tie begged to remind the Company, it.had *e) the ()pluton of Burns himself, that the , Scottish Poet should tint sleep without a iNlonument, and he had raised, one at his own expence to the me mory of Ferguson. The Chairman then retired, amid the warmeat applaeSes ofa Meeti n gits . EcOciante inni as hap py, '' within the limits of becioning Ooh s " as we ever saw assembled together, and whose de light' Was grea tly angineuted by the polished man ners.and truefeeline which throughout the esew ink so eminently distinguished their President. 'Atter tlils the Chair w.as taken by Mr. THOMAS wine vivacity and goOd humour pi o !oozed. this festival of feeling for 'mother hour. Among the toasts he gaYe, " Homo men and bonnie lassies," was not forgetteu. lie also proposed,that great living Bard, Mr. Walter Scott, with an animated eulogy; and Mr. Mayne,, another contemporary, Whose beautiful verses, " Logan Waters," had made. a lasting impressidn on his young fancy. Both were ,drunk in the best style, and Mr. Mayne returned his acknowledgments., Mr. LAURIC one of the Stewards, again pro , posed the health -of the individual With whom the present colontemoration had originated , too l whose exertions for the last t wo y ears, to accoin;- anti plish this interesting object had heed as great as ursr' emitting us they had -ultimately proved stie• eessful—he meant Mr. Jordan. Mr. JeILDAN, in returning 'thanks, said he WAS takeu by surprise, bat lie did not much mind that,, . as no preparation could have enabled him td ex press half the gratitude he felt for the honour lie Batt received. For any slight fatigues he might have undergone, connected with the meeting of that day, he had been amply repaid by the pe rusal of a .single verse of Burns, and by the brit- Unlit termination of his exertions in till assembly presided by a Nobleman whose high tridoWEßEntg were an hanourao Scotland, and whose talents and literature-even in a private station would have eit , titled him to the eminence of thus linking' his name with the first London Ctriumemoratiun leading Poetical Glories of the Scot OA naute, And by one of her tilst Artists, who, to the finish 'and pt4etle;ll Merit of Ttitiier's, to Whom he had been Beni s at d feeling *kir!' Athdered hit doithly an honour to his eountq. Volituteer sung taut MerriMetit, kept up the spirit of th'e eomOuy till near the midnight hour, when, as a Morning Pai‘.cr well concludes its at!-count of this"leStivM, an cot Cte'vntinated , at tile clos•4 of, which every friend to poetical ge 'ilitiS MP') bad been prese‘tt " Mizht itzive the kappinesi to say, tiy hiendi, T kAv4.• nit lasts day." "091:. TO THE SI EMORY WRLTTEN. BY THOMAS CAmPtieLL, ESQ, AND SPOKEN i"rii COXIMiMORATION OF ROBERT BURNS, ON SATUBMY, BY MR. CONWAY. Soul ofthe Puet! wltert;soe'er Recltined from earth thy geilias phitne tier wings of iustutirtistity; • • ' .Suipendthiitarp happier sphere, And with thine influesee ittuute rite gladness of our jubilee. And fly like fiends from secret spell, Dfscord and strife at BunNs i i; name, E):orcis'd by his uiciaO'ryi he was chief of Birds that swoi with songs of social tame, And high delicious ttreiry. Loie's own strain tO,hitu was glen wiwt)le all its ixtacies, •With Pythian it-orils unsought, ynwill'd, Lore the soreit'ing g'fl of Ile:seen, The cluticest sweet of Paradise 'ht life's else bitter cup distill'd. Who that has melteA o',er his 14 To Mary's soot in t-frav'n nhovei But pietut'd feo'S in fancy strong, The lanticatie and he livelong (lay That sniirtiupon their mutual love, — that has felt torgetb the sung. Norsliill'cl , one !lame alone to fan— Wt.:country's high-4001',1 peasantry 'What patriot-bride be taught:-.how much To wei; . ,h the inborn worth of maul And roSic lilc itod put•erty. . Grow tkeautiful beneath 114 touch. ,Flint in his clay-built cot* the 14 . 1iise F.ntratie'd and sliewed Iliui all the forms Of (497 -light end tvitard gloont,' (That only gifted Poet vit;wi,) The Genii of the flood - , nod ,tortes, Ana martial - shades' frOzn'Glhry's tionb. On Ilannocli•fiehl what thoughts arouse The swam whom lluaNs's song it,spii r ? Brut not his Calednttian yOns. . - As o'er the heroic turf he ploughs, With all the spirit of his sires, And All their scorn of - death mai-4111*ms), And see the Bcuttilli Exile tann'd By ninny a far and foreign clime, Bend o'4l' his hornehorn verse and weePS la memory of his native land, With lure that um - us the lapse of tirro, And ties that stretch beyond the deep. . . Enconp'd by Indian rivers The soldier resting en bis arms, In Btiiirts . 6 carrel sweet recall The scenes that blest hide when a And-glows and gladdens at the cbattatt 'r Scotia's woods and waterfalls. deem not, 'midst this worldly strife, An idle art thr Poet taings, Lct high Philoophy cnotroal And rages calm the stream of life, 'Tis he refines its fountain spt The nobler posioils of the soot: It is the Mule Wet tepsecrates The native harmer of the brave, Unfurling et the trumpet's breath, • nose, Thistle, Ilurp,—'tis she elutes - To swpop the field Or.ritie.the wave, A sunburst in the storm of death. Afid thau, young Hyro, when thy pull Is cram.'d with mournful sword and pluthe, , When pulilie grief bel;lins to fade, And unty tear% of kindred fall, Who lint the Hard xtrollrdress thy tomb, ,And Erect with fame thy gallant shade? StICTI VV,AS the. SOlditr,..•4lt/ItNA foygive That aorfotv4 of wipe own iotru(l ,- , itt strains to thy great memory in verat like thine, Obi (amid he live, • The friend 1. utintved—the brave, the goad, Euw , liP that divti at Wateriouf I Farewell ( hid of Scottish song, That coold'Nt ...ttcloNtrly impart ' Wisdom ap:l is thy prtsc, Anti hrahti cavi: ,“.-e with satire stro.tg, Whtise lines or, mottoes of the,licart, Whose truths elcctriti the sugc. Farewell; and ne'er may Epvy dare .To wring 01le lsaiefol• poisou*Onip Frain the cr - usted ihUrels of iLy.liust But s whilo the lark sings swer.t In hit', 110 y tlW'grati4til pilrirlro stop, bleiti the split that holds thy dust. nuar4i.was horn in Clay-Cottnge, which his . father had With his oa t Nlujoe F.t4Aat., 11,woc, of the 7th 1-inissrs, who fell at the head of hit spiadron iu the attack of the Polish Lancers.' FLYS' TIIO3OtAND POUNDt.... r •The Ticket, No. 3134 - , - drawn last Wednesday a Prize of Five . Thousand Pounds, WAS sold by Wean, 9, Corn , 17, Ludgate-street, who also shared and sold the'Two last tir.iwn Prizes. of Thirty :Inonsand Pounds, and perhaps is destined to sell the 'rwo Thirty Thousand Pound Prizes that me yet in the Wheel, which snnst Abe dtawn next Thursday ;* and as the first-drawn Priie above Twenty-five Pounds on that morning will receive Ong of the Thirty Thousand Pound Prizes, it is not hap ()liable that one Ticket may gain them UtYru, and. thereby - become. the greatest Money Prize ever known—SistyThousand,l'ounds , l A few *indrawn Tickets - and Shares are still op sale at both of Wt: t;'+ Oflices. We refer to the Gazette for the Wilt.: 11 ac::.ir..:l 'of the riotous vroceeiling, wi)kil have re,rIICT nisei:etc! several of ottr co itlid 1nt...“;:.; so piciiicriy taken - by tioverament orlueir Trevsion. Alajcir•Griiinit air J. PAVNG has been appointc:,(l to coininallei the niffitary in the ilis,urbe i Cottit ties ; :ancl it is he vtili 'fix his head•qu'rters,At Lly or at I,4leittiiirket.. 'hie following is 'a iiiiiiitiaryOf the ACCotiiitS're ceived fritu the ciiuittly ; and we %viol', e, to add that tranquillity isuitoost entirely restored From Cambridge we le:arri that it) a rOtiliict be 7 tween the rioters and the allEtary, .Ithtler t irr tit- . e ction of MfteottrAtes, two of were killed,•and teveral . %%501111(10. On l'ilarsdor bit*: H. is a iNiagistrate, , ,and 1)34 pro perry near EIY, was dcs;'red to gO lowa iliil t rier:vmt to take decisie sl cps, evict) a t.ieW tthi'vppress the riots there, which had 40nitted,a serious:‘tiaraeter. As the ournber of the rioters were increasing, and were collected in forte al Lit tlelpirt, a suitill town in the fens on the ricer's bAse, it was mined to proceed thither intmediiiteiy tVilil party 'of Dragoon .thianis, and the ttUyston Yeo manry Cavalry. Several house's occiipied by thi rioters were surrounded., and - , doting the reistft once ,which they miide, two of them were kilted. and several wounded. Beiug driven out at these honses, some of them fled to the tens, kiwi be tween 80 and 90 were amirelieuded by the vigor bus pfirhuits of the Dragoous and Yeotnaury s who,, in the vigorous e&ecittion of their duty, leaped the tlykes,,or swain through them where they Were wide. These loMmary proceedings were attiodegi with the most complete . suctess, not fail to produce a salutary impression upon the whole ot the' disteirbed Districts. Extract 'of a letter from feshingfield , E•soci May 24.—Thnt sonic of iostirreetion which has broke out in Stritolk, has appeared in onr parish. I have...just <ret!ttned from the place where the rioters have tissetublcd, tó the amotant of '2OO, armed with ithpleNents of agrienlture as their weapons. Lest night they destroyed Mr. John Smith's threshing, michine s this morning they siteti Mt. Rob. Smith's farm at Ayton-11311, and de. .... . . stioyed a plough on A new tofittruction that did nut please them. They then came to .Bordfield, to destroy Mr. Messent's matbine, and were coming here to do the fallle i but the people of Bonifield surroundeel the barn; and prevented their attack ii,g it, w hile enally of us tried to persuade them to go.home again, and I kill),l!Appy to say they have dispersed for the present ; but we dread the night, lest they should proceed to further mischief.' Accounts are said to ir%ve been received on Sa4 turday, from Manchester stating, that smite thott: • sands of the lower orders of the people' . were asl,c sembling about '2O miles distant iron) MatielKstee. The. intriligence was received in that town by., express from a Magistrate residing, in the vicinity o f th e t nt nnitnons assemblage. Advices of these neW"moVements were immediately forwarded to Government. On ,Suturday a considerable body of • cavalry, with sevelai pieces of artillery, passed, thiongli T ottenlivn, on their way ,to assist iiV . . quelling the disturbances. The Manchester Voittn tee' of Satitrdaydoes not mention this affair. ~ Oovernment inttionhtedlydeserves praise for the '. decisive measures kthich it has adopte - dto arell. - tkOodistntbauces.: 'The conduet of the rioters, its their open and, daring attacks on prnierty and still more in their seciet meetings, incendiary let tersr, tint in actually setting fire to the hotitles: barns, anti stacks of ei t ra, js,, lamentably istroet:i • ' (mi. We blush4o. find that Bughooneu can give way to such, thick and 'malignant feeliugs„of 1,:g.-,, . veuge. It iiithereforer necessary that prOMPA'as...'' sistance.nnd support should be given to the ponce, able and vell,disposed, The Lord Lientynanis , of the disturbed counties have repaired to tocir posts, an plaie themselves st the head of Ow ma gistracy. The volunteer ektratry have shown great promptitude in 40tning f4-rward. In the respective parishes vestry meetings have been held.to promote such measures as tire magiorates Ineythinit iefiieieut, Various twilit's' of military have, ivarched in different directions to put donut -: the disturbances. . . ', MR. SAMUEL This excellent CotnpOser, and truly worthy man, died on Saturday lost, at his chambers in Gray's lie bad reached the itith year of his age, antl, no man ivithin his spimeme of action has beets more admired for talents, or 0 - AA:voted for private virtues, His songs, glees, &c. are milmOt 1131111, mtrahle, and are all charaersrisq tatty, and fueling, as well as by a :prolommod knowledge of his art. Many of his glees, form: . precision of homology, heaniy, and 9:pri:!ssi.36. obtained prizes from lostittitions ionioled for the eaconrageinent ofamiSical genius. Ile vas alivays ready,to contribute his profoisiottal exertions ill aid of benevolerit purposes, or to serve 'a private For some' years his infirmities bail pre vented himir, front visiting his friends, but he was esteemed too much to he forgotten by ibetn. Ile bad for some time declined an' musical cOmpo,,i tion, and chiefly amused himself,with a Wend at' the chess;"board. It is hardly possible to, say enough of.the benevolence of his disposition, the gentleness • of his manners, and the decided reed tilde of his general character. Such a man slionbl not be suffered to• drop into time grave without a due tribute to hii personal and scientific worth, and .we doubt not that the Members of the Mu sical Profession in general will emulously combine to raise some permanent mark of honour to leis memory. - SIVEW RIGHT i 5 happy to announce to the Pub. lie the rich ewe of the Wheel, ontidnitig Two Prizes of Thirty Thousand pounds each, Twenty tour other Capitals, to be 41 drdwn on Tbareoi.:y nest, the 30th May, when he hopes to have the pleasure of again dividiac (hem among his friends, ha% log bail the gond fortune to share tII first. Thirty Thousand Pounds ever sold. rte well as Ca. Oats to an mrpreettlented amount, at Ills 0 1 4 e%oldislied OflicvS, 17, Cal tllk 11, 1 144 1)orn 3 :35, 'layout:l. - 11) and 141, 04ford.creet.