The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1820-01-28 00:00:00

BURNS'S MONUMENT.

To-morrow the foundrtion-stone of a splendid
monument to the memory of the fair-famed Bard,
will be laid in his owu county. The merit of the
underlain's is chiefly to be ascribed to Mr. Bos-
well of Auchinleck, whose unwearied zeal end per.
severance bas 'brought it to the state of forwardnets
it has now attained.
The base is triangular, representing the three
districts of Ayrshire. Kyle. Carrick and Cunning-
ham, its the'centte of which there is to be au apart-
ment fur tie accommodation of visitors. The
triennia* part of the building rises to the height
of about 20 redoes the top of which a range of nine
colonnis of the Corinthian order ascends, of thirty
feet elevation, which are to be surmounted by ■
cupola, crowned by • tripod. The whole height
of the monument will he upwards of sixty feet ;
and its effect, as exhibited tit the design, is ex-
ceedingly rich and beautiful. The site choseu for
it is a loins ground on the Irk of the road lead-
ing from Ayr to Meybole, and its the immediate
vicinity of Alloway Kirk, and the old bridge of
Doon ; the two most conspicuous places rendered
Minims by the poem of " Tom u' Shooter," which
may be reckoned the masterpiece of Burns's
muse, whether we consider force unit accuracy of
tleticiiptitot —the interesting and awakening com-
bination' of incidents brought forward—or the
pow.' ful union of the humorous. the pathetic,
and the sublime, in • manner which is hardly to be
met with in any other composition in any language.
'Cho scenery by which the site of the uionn►nent is
surrounded lb exceeditigly picturesque. To the tra-
veller approaching Ayr frost, the sup of ....7tirriek-
hill, the building must appear with noble effect.
•tasdliog amjesticaily on the summit of a sloping
back, at the foot of which flows, hi slew pen-
grestion, the thak waters of the Doon. At a
distance, iu the. back ground, appear the spires
and irregular groups of buildings of the tows,
of Af►. The taterinediate ►pace is finely va-
riegated with rich-looking fields and planta-
tions, adorning the uumerous Gentlemen's seats
with which the country abounds ; in the im-
mediate view me the dusk brown hills of Carrick.
tooter which are the clank " Books and britea of
bunny Dacca," beautifully clothed with wood, sod
on vote side ratios precipitously from the water with-
■ gristle curve, occasioning a winding of the river;
Iss Trout, and half-concealed wish trees, are the Willy
lunkiog kaiak of " Allowey'r mold haunted biggin,"
and the auld brig of Dom). over the key-shale of
which Tarn u 'Shooter. with fearful jeopardy, saved,
hie dist-Mice Iron) the witches' gra►p ; a little far-
thee on is meat the humble cottage, sacred as she.
larilophice of the Poet ; while the scene to the north
is enriched by the wide expanse of the boy of Ayr..
upperriets like a large lake, and bounded by the
unerring aumatains of Arran, the distant Wks of
Combo-am, end the far-jutting coast of Cunning.
ham. All thole eees:re combined resider she wiew
tactic dm top of Carrick•lsitl one of the richest to be
Met with' ►te -Britoil; mud w•e need not say that its
wen-steed effect will he greatly increased by the
monument. which is the subject of these remarks,
Ity «loch the classic scenery of the ruet'a birth.
ace oind at the most admired of Ins writings, will
be remelesed still snore worthy of the visit of the
eiratiger.—tif kdiaborgh Monday Paper.)

Mr. F LAIN 11l bar given the lobt tostelte• to hi•
line *Mule a Ole venerable Bobo," !;[INN PR, Pin-
wale o( the scloa Episcopal Church. which ti to be
pl,,cerl up in 16 isesi Gutti:c Chuprl of St. Audrw*.
ow A brrderu.