The Sun.
London, England, 1821-11-03 00:00:00

ROBERT BURNS.

The Ditii!fries Courier says, that on Monday
(the 22d ult..) Mr. J. BROWN, one of the stew-
ardSof a Society established in Sheffield for the
purpose of celebrating the birth-day of ROBERT
BURNS, went to the hotise of the widow of that
universally admired Poet, attended-by: severa 1
other Gentlemen, and in the name of the Society,
presented her, in appropriate language, with a
very handsome pair of silver candlesticks, tray,
and snuffers, on which the following '(from the
elegant pen of JAMES MONTGOMERY, Esq.) was
engraved :

" THE GIFT OF A FEW SCOTS IN SHEFFIELD TO THE
WIDOW CF DUI:NS."
"He past through life's tempestuous night, •
A brilliant, trembling, northern light; •
Through years to come He shines from far,
A fixed, unsetting, Polar Star."--.T. N.
The following letter from Mrs. BURNS, ad-
dressed to the Society, has since been received ill
Sheffield, and handed to us by Mr. BROWN the
Gentleman deputed to present the gift

Dumfries, Oct. 25.
" Gentlemen,--With the most lively feelings of gratitude I
offer you my best thanks for the very handscnie present 1 have
reeivtd by the hands of Mr. Brown—a pr. sent which combines
so much elegance with usefulness, and which I can she* to niy
friends with pride and pleasure.
" I shall carefully preserve this interesting. gift while I liVe ;
and when in the course of nature it passes into the possession of
my children, I need not say that it will be equally prized. .•
" The value of this e.leg..nt gift is much enhanced by the tri-
bute paid to the memory of my husband froln the pen of a Poet
not less celebrated- for his talent than for his philarahropy.
r must at t e same time acknowledge me tharl-s to Mr
Brown -for the very handsome manner in which he presented
this flattering mark of your attention.
" That the Society, to whom I am so much intlAtA, may
long be united by all that of warmth of reeling lore of coun-
try which so eminently distinguish S.!cts,nen, is the sincere wish
of; Gentlemen, your gratefully obliged,

- 7 JEAN 1;:-IIN5,
" To the Mehlbers of the Burns Society, 5ht.114.--q.1."
(Sheffield Iris.)

After the close of the MIDDLESEX SESSIONS,
there were no less than 161 prisoners discharged
from the New Prison, Clerkenwell, where 1',20
still remain.

A hog belonging to Mr. Cnnuns AU TEN, of
Chatham, was killed, o❑ Tuesday last, which,
though only sixteen months old, measured seven
feet from the nose to the tail, six feet six inches
round the body, two feet across the loins and
shoulders, and weighed twenty-seven score and
a half.

Robbery at Brixton House of CorrTtion.—A
flour-mill having been erected for the purpose of
giving employment to the prisoners, it was dis-
covered a few days ago, after they had done
work, that a quantity of flour had been stolen-
The same thing was discovered on the two suc-
ceeding days ; upon inquiry, an aperture was
.
found in the wall at the back of the mill leading
into the prisoner's wards, through which they
stole the flour, and made cakes of it.
-DEATH THROUGH EXCESSIVE thuNkING.--Yes-
terday afternoon an Inquest was held before Mr•
SnELToN, the Coroner for the city of London, at
the Crown and Anchor, New-street-hill, Shoe•
lane, on the body of an elderly gentleman of the
name !of Battle, who met \yid; his death in the
following manner:—From the witnesses exa-
mined before the Coroner and the Jury, it ap-
peared that Wednesday last was his birth-day ;
that he had freely indulged in drinking that day,
and that he did not return home to his lodgings
until early on Thursday morning. On the.people
of the house coming down in the morning, Mr.
Battle was found lying at the bottom of the stair-
case quite dead, and there appeared a wound
or contusion on the side of his head, which, from.
circumstances, it is supposed he received by fall-
ing backwards down stairs. Mr. Wray, a respect
able surgeon in the neighbourhood, examined the
body, and expressed his opinion that the wound
was not of so severe a nature as to be fatal, but
that he believed that death was occasioned by
apoplexy through excessive drinking. The Co-
roner and Jury were of the same opinion, and
returned a verdict accordingly.