The Sun.
London, England, 1818-05-28 00:00:00

iIOBERT BURN .

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The rulroiters of RnaF.HT bun sat down yester-
day to an excellent dinner in the Ciiy.to London
To k-ern—the Duke of Volt& in .the Chair. His
Royal Highness was supported on the right by
Mr. 'Boswell, M. P. and on the lett by Mr. Rush,
the American Minister. After the cloth twa, re-
moved, the , Kin." the Prince Regent, the Queen
~
and the Memhers of the Rettal Family, were drank
with appri.priate honours. On the
.Duke.of
York and the Army tteing. drank,
Mr. BOSWELL said, he needed not to apologize for pro-
posing a Mauve which could not be•separated from the British
Arttly. That Army had acquired immortal glory, and .the
claims.of his Royal Highness to a distinguished share in 011iat
honour would be allowed by all. • The Duke of YORK begged leave to return his hest thanks,
and to express how very sensible he was of the honour which
had been done him in associating his name in so flattering a
irrinner with the Army. He wit,- sure he was speaking the
Sentiments of the Army. when he said that they would always
',are the greatest pride in meriting the approbation of their
Sovereign, and the good will of their fellow-subjects... .
.; •
On success to the Fortunes of the Family of Burns be-
ing drank—. •
.Mr. ROBERT BURNS, the son of the Poet, returned, in
the name of the family of Burns; their grateful thanks for the
-distinguished honour which had been done them. The re-
spectable Assembly Nv hie!) he now addressed could easily con-
ve what must be the feelings of a son of Burns-on so dis-
tinguished an honour being shot() to the memory of his fa-
ther.--.[Applanse.]
Mr. BOSWELL said, be was confident that in rising to
propose the :followim, toast he should have the approbation
of the room. front the most humble situation in life Burns
had risen to the highest celebrity; and his works were equally
the delight of the cottage and the palace. It was a high ho 7
nour td Scotland in general, and to the country to which he
belonged in particular, to have given birth to so great a ge-
nius. It was the wish of many of the admirers of the poet,
that a memorial of so celebrated an individthd -should be
erected at the place of • his birth. A number of individuals
had •subscribed towards such a monument, but -their contri-
butions vivre still inadequate to this object. He concluded
with proposing the health of all the -admirers of the Bard
who had contributed towards a monument to the Poet at the
place of his birth.

•
Mr. BOSWELL thin proposed Mr. Rush, the American
Minister. and the Admirers of the Poet in the United States
of America.

Mr. begged leave to return his Best
_thanks for the
gratification whidi he felt in being admitted to this Meeting,
and for the honour which had been 'done to the American Ad-
mirers of Burns. The strains of Burns were alike intelligible
to the people eif all nations; and the' representative of an.
other nation might therefore,-with perfect propriety, partici-
pate in the honours.shewn to the Memory of Burns. In the
nation which he represented, his works were universally cir-
culated and, in the name of that nation, he drank success
to the object of the Meeting.
Mr. BOSWELL then proposed, as a mark of gratitude to
the individuals who had dime honour to the Bard and his re-
mains, the health of the Subscribers towards building a Mo-
nument in bonour•of the Poet at Dumfries.
Mr.. FINLAY proposed their invaluable Friend, Mr. Bos-
well, to whom they were indebted for bringing together this
assembly, • .

Mr. Iff[YZWELL said, it, was "enough for the Gentlemen as-
sembled there that- (lay to see an advertisement ; On seeing
this advertisement, they came spontaneously forward, from a
desire to do honour to the Bard.

Mr. DUNLOP proposed the health of General Dunlop, not
only for his services to his country, but because his mother
was the patro❑ of BOrns, when patronage was of consequence
to him. -

General DUNLOP returned thanks for the honour done to
his deceased relation, and for thus associating his name with
that of one of the brightest ornaments Of Scotland.
The following, among: other Subscriptions, were an-
nounced:—

Charles Forbes, Esq. £.21 ' 0 0
W. Dundas, Esq. - 5 5 0
-General Dunlop -
------ K. Finlay, E'q.
- Dou;:las, Esq. 5 5 0
.
The Laird of Mc N tughten - 0
R. L. Ross, Esq. . • . 5 5 0
•
D. C. Farley, Esq.
Mr. 11rurduch, the Friend and Tutor of Burns I I 0
Several Subscriptions were received from Gentlemen be-
longing to the United States of AMerica. On the whole we
should conceive the Subsaiptions received must have amount-
ed to near 4001.

Burns's favourite bowl was handed round the room, shortly
after dinner, and contentplated with mare 'than ordinary zest
by many an admirer of that eccentric Bard.
The Duke of York retired at half-past ten o'clock, when
Alexander Boswell, Esq. was called to the Chair. -SeVera!
songs were afterwards sung, while a succession of toasts con-
tributed. to prolong the convivialities .of the evening. A num-
ber Of songs of the Poet were sung in character, by Messrs.
Sinclair, Broadhurst, &c.

Royal Exchange, Aliay 26, 1819.

TO THE PUBLIC.
II:1Z.IRD and Co Contractors fOr the present
Lottery, acquaint their best Friends the Public, that
they sold Yesterday nearly three times the number
'of "Tickets and Shares which they (lid at the same
period in the Last Lottery. HIZ.,IIID and Co.
can only attribute this_ great increase in sale to the
Public approval of their Scheme, Containing 107
Capital Prizes, with only 14,000 Tickets, and they
look with confidence to a continuance of Public sup-
port, hoping to distlibute among their Friends seve-
ral of the Twenty Capital Prizes which must lie
drawn in the first Twenty Minutes, Next, Thursday,
.4th June,

It. is rumonred that a grand Naval „Review is in
contemplation. This will no doubt attract thou-
sands ; but there is a-certain g;'eal Commander,
who has already marshalled his forces, and will
no doubt equally divide popular-admiration. We
allude to Histi, whose 49 Callila! Prizes, sold by
'hint last Lottery, and divided into upwards of
.260 shares, have attracted the wonder of the
whale 'Empire. As there are_ more Capitals this
Lottery than last, he will tro doubt outdo " all
his fioi mer .otitqain gs ."

NEST THURSDAY.—The .First Twenty Prizrs
drawn will each 'rece'i.ve JOOOl. is addition. The
Scheme contains. 3 of 20,000 r, and 104 Other. Cc
vitals, being more than the last Lottery—ahho'.
there are 4000 Tickets kss in the present.—
WEBB'S Oilices, 9, Cornhill, and 17, Ludgate-
street; are, of course, supplied with the usual va-
riety-of Ti(ketsand,Shares, from which the Pub-,
lie are invited to select immediately some ot the
above Great Prizes.

SPINNING.—Mr. MARSHALL, of Derry, late-
Iv introduced . from Scotland into Ireland, the
mode of spinning linen -yarn with hot It hands at
once. It will be satisfactory for • the public to
learn, teat the practice is rapidly gaining-ground
, in the Notch of Ireland, and is. likelY to be at-
ieudi-d with jinportant consequences to the Linen
Trade. Under the influence of the Linen Board,
a female w4s,sirme time ago invited from Scot-land, to tench this mode of • spinning at the
I-Inuse of Industry of this-town, and several ‘vo7
men soon ticquireil such a proficiency as enabled
them to teach others, It has thus successfully
been introduced into Lisburn and Other towns."ln
the city of Deny, we understand, that a vast Tian-
litx of:excellent yarn is constantly manufactured by
the improved
_me! hod, and-we have no doubt that
it will, ini a short time, he generally adopted in
Ireland.—(B4.lfa4l NiPer)."-.