The Express.
London, England, 1859-01-26 00:00:00

LIVERPOOL

The celebration of the Borne centenary in Liver-
pool bud night was a complete sumer. Upwards et
two thousand tickets were sold for the festival in Si. George's
Hall, where the Crystal Palace prize poem was read,
addresses delivered, some of Barns' songs nog and also
played on the great organ—a magnificent ball terminating
the procsediors. Amongst the various relics of the post
exhibited at this festival were • chair, candlestick, and other
articles belonging to Burns, sad s, fee simile of his letter in
which be prophesies his future fame. These articles woe
exhibited by Mr. Jos. Mayer, of Liverpool, who has furnished
us with the following copy of the above mentioned letter :
"Honored Sir,-1 have paid every attention to your
command, bat can only say that which, perhaps, you will have
Mani before this reach you, that Muirkirklands were bought
by a John Gordon, W.B.,but for whom I know not ; Mauch-
leads, Haugh Miln, So. by a Fred Fotheringham, sup-
to be for Ballocimyk laird ; and Adamhill and
sup-
posed
were bought fur Oawald's folks. This is so im-
perfect an tomato, and will be so late ere It reach you, that,
were it not to discharge my conectettoe I would not trouAs
you with this ; but after all my diligence, I could make itse
sooner nor better.
"Yoe my own effeint, I am in • fait way of becoming as
eminent u Thomee r Kemple or John Bunyan ; and you
may expect henceforth to see my birthday inserted among
the wonderful events in the Poor Robins and Aberdeen
Almanacks, slung with the Black Monday and the Bottle of
Bothwel-hridp. My Lewd Glencairn and the Don of
Faculty, Mr. H. Fosktne, have taken me under their wing
and by all probability I shall soon be the tenth worthy, and
the eighth wise man of the world. Through say Lord's
ietluence it is inserted in the records of the Calielonies Hunt,
that they universally, one and all, subscribe foe the second
edition. My subecriptlon bills route out to•morrow, and you
shall some of them nest poet. I have met in 'Mr. Del-
ryrepte, of Orangefteld, what Solomon emphatically calls " A
friend that 'ticket's closer than a brother." The warmth
with which he inters himself in my affsire is of the some
enthusiastic kind which you, Mr. Aiken, and the few paresis
that took notlo of my earlier poetic daya, showed fur the
poor unlucky der of a poet.
" I always remember Mrs. Hamilton and Miss Keane In
'y poetic prayer.; but you both in prose and verse.
May Csuld iie'er catch you but • hap,
" Nor Plunger, but in Plenty's 14p.
" Amen! Rontar Brags..

" Edinr., 7thii,;:1786."
At the Concert Hall there eras a people'e" cele-
bration of the centenary; &dinner of Soutchuten end the eons
of flootchmen at the Adelphi Hotel; and a dinner, open to
each of Banta' admirers ea chow to attend it, at the It runs-
trick Hotel.

THE LAM DAYS OF BURNS.
The following recollections of the lest days of
Bunts were written by was who knew him well, and were
published many yeses ago In the Loodoe Magazi,le :
" The first time I ever saw Buena was in Nithedale. I
WI, then a chile!, but hie looks and his voice cannot well be
forgotten ; and while I write this I behold bins es distinctly
as I did when I Mood At my father's knee, and heard the
bard repeat his Tens o'Sbasster. He was tall and of a manly
make, his brow broad sad high, and his voice varied with
the character of his inimitable tale; yet through all its
variations it was melody itself. He was of great personal
strength, and proud too of elleplaying it ; and I bare seen
him lift a load with ease, which few ordinary men would
hare willingly undertaken.
" The last time I raw Burns In life was on his return from
the Brow-well of Solway ;he had been ailing all spring, sad
summer bad come without bringing health with it ; ha bad
gone sway very ill, sad he returned worse. He was brought
back, I Wink, in a covered spring oart, and when he alighted
at the mid of the street in which be lived, he could some
wand upright. He neelsed his door with difficulty. He
stooped m*, end then we a visible change in his looks.
&see as, Whk it not unimportant to know that be warn at
that den deemed Is a blue cost with the manes wakens
pantalets" of the volunteers, and that his seek, which Was
loatheg le be short, mused hie hat to turn up behind, in
the sewer of the shovel hate of the epireepal clergy. Truth
obligee me to add that be was not fastidious about his dream;
and that en officer, curious in the pawed appearance and
oppliesei of Isia company, might have queetiotied the mill-