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

LIVE] WOOL.

The celebration of the burns centenary in Liver-
pool last night was likel:y to be a complete success.
Upwards of 2,000 tickets -were sold for the festival
in St. George's Hall, vhere the Crystal Palace
prize poem was to be read.. addresses delivered, some
of Burns' songs sung andi also played on the great
organ—a magnificent ball terminating the proceed-
ings. Amongst the various relics of the poet exhi-
bited at his festival were. a chair, candlestick, and.,
'other articles belonging t o-Burns, and a the simile
of his letter in which he I mopheaies his future fame.
These a-Aieles were exhit ited by Mr. Jos. Mayer,
of Liverpool, who has fur nished us with the follow-
ing copy of the above me ntioned letter :
"Honored Sir,—l have i laid every attention to your '
command, but can only say that which, perhaps,
you will have heard lx fore this reach you, that
Mu:rkirklands were bought by a John Gordon,
W.S., but for whom I. know not ; Mauchlands,
Hugh Miln, &c., by a Fred Fotheringham, supposed
to be for Ballochmyle laic d ; and Adamhill and
Shawood were bought for Oswald's folks. This is
so imperfect an account, and will be so late ere,it
reach you, that, were it not to discharge my con-
science, I would not trouble you with this ; but
after all my diligence, I could snake it no sooner
nor better.

" For my own affairs, I am in a fair way of
becoming as eminent as Thomas a Kempis or John
Bunyan ; and you may expect henceforth to see my
birthday inserted among the wonderful events in
the Poor Robin's and Aberdeen Almanacks, along
with the Black Monday and the Battle of Bothwell-
bridge. My Lord Glencairn and the Dean of
Faculty, Mr. H. Erskine, 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 my Lord's influence it is inserted
in the records of the Caledonian Hunt, that they
universally, one and all subscribe for the second
edition. My subscription bills come out to-morrow
and you shall have some of them next post. I have
met in Mr. Dalrymple, of Orangefleld, what Solomon
emphatically calls A friend that sticketh closer
than a brother.' The warmth with which he

interests himself in my affairs is of the same enthu-
siastic kind which you., Mr. Aiken, and the few
patrons that took notice of -my earlier poetic days,
showed for the poor unlucky dev of a poet.
" I always remember Mrs. Hamilton and Miss
Kenne in my poetic prayers, both in prose and
verse.

" May Cauld ne'er catch you but a hap,
" Nor Hunger, but in Plenty's lap.
" Amen I

" ROBERT BURNS.

" Edinr., 7tll. Dec. 1786."
At the Concert Hall there was a "people's"
celebration of the centenary; a dinner of Scotch-
men and the sons of Scotchmen at the Adelphi
Hotel ; and a dinner, open to such of Burns' ad-
mirers as chose to attend it, at the Brunswick
Hotel.
OXFORD.—A large dinner to celebrate the cente-
nary of the " Immortal Burns," took place iu the
Masonic Hall, this evening, at half past six, over
which Mr..M'Laren presided.
DEPTFORD.—A public dinner in honour of the
centenary of Burns took place last evening at the
Admiral Rodney Tavern, Deptford.
WOOLWICII.—A public dinner in honour of the
centenary of Burns, took place last evening at the
which
was M
warmlyr.
Dingwall,
responded
to.
Ship Hotel, Woolwich. The guests comprised 150
respectable inhabitants of the district, including
several non-commissioned officers of the Royal
wAr-
tillery, who were decorated with Crimean, medals.
The chair
address, as occupied
master of the presbyterian schools, who in proposing
" The memory of Robert Burns," delivered an im-
pressive
The Royal. Artillery band, by permission of the,
and
commandant, was present, performed
several
appropriate selections.