The Sun.
London, England, 1820-01-28 00:00:00

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PTIMES

Drs. Deane, Pcrnb.
Godfrey, Joh.
Thre,ber,' Job.
Pluchnett, Job.
Bray, - Job.
Loxdale, Joh.
Trin.
Grven, (,)u.
'Trio'.

PTIM ES. ,
Dis. Dixon, Job.
Parham, Joh.
Crowther, Jes.
Elackburne,
Horsley,
Parkinson, Job.
S ter,
Chr.

BURNS'S MONUSIENT.

To-morrow •the foundation-stone of a splendid
Monument, to the memory of, the far-tamed Bard,
laid in his owe county. The merit of the
nOetieking is chiefly to be ascribA to Mr Has:
st'rne•*'±itenete nle'e;k' zchuse 'Uoveratie.4l. Zeal. Btr 1t
perseveraece has brought it to the state of for•
wardress it has now attained. Tire base is Ili-
.angular, representing the three districts of Ayr-
' shire, Kyle, Carrick, and Cunniogham, in the
centre of which there is to be an apartment for
tire accommodation of visitors. The triangelar
part of the building rises' to the height of about
twenty feet, on the top of which a range of nine
columns of One Corinthian order ascends, of thirty
- feet elevation, which are to be surmounted by a
cupole, crowned by a tripod. The whole height
of the Monument will be upwards of sixty feet ;
and its effect, as exhibited in the design), is ex-
ceedingly rich and beautiful, The site chosen foi
it is a rising ground on the left of the road lead•
ing from Ayr to Maybole, and in the immeakie
vicinity of Alloway Kirk, and the old bridge of
Doon ; tire two most conspicuous places rendered
famous by the poem of " Tam o' Shunter," which
may be reckoned the masterpiece of Burns's muse,
whether we consider force and accuracy of de-
scription—the interesting and awakening combi-
nation of incidents brought forward—or the pow-
ern)] union of the tomemous, the pathetic, and the
sublime, in) a manner which is hardly to be met
with in airy other composition in any language.
The scenery by which the site of the monument is
surrounded is exceedingly picturesque. Tt, the tra-
veller approaching Ayr from the lop of Carrick-
hill, the building must appear with noble effect,
standing majestically on the summit of a sloping
bank, at the foot of which flows, in slow pre-
gressioe, the dark waters of the Doon: At a
distance, in the bacb ground, appear the spires
and irregular groups of buildings of the town
of Ayr. The intermediate space is finely va-
riegated with rich-looking fields and planta-
tions, adorning the numerous Gentlemen's seats
with which the coentry abounds ; in the imme-
diate view are the dark brown hills of Catrick,
wider which are the classic " Banks and braes of
bonny Doon," beautifully clothed with wood, and
on one side rising precipitiously from the water
witty a gentle curve, occasioning a winding of the
river, in front, and half-concealed with trees, are
the hoary looking ruins of " Alloway's atticl haunt-
ed biggin," and the auk! brig'of Door), over tine
'key staise of which ". Tarn a' Shanter,"with fearful
jeopardy, saved his distance from the witches'
grasp; a little farther on is seen the humble cottage,
sacred as the birth-place of the Poet ; while the
scene to the north is enriched by the' wide expanse
of the Bay of Ayr, appearing like a large leke,and
botinded by the towering mountains of Arran,
the distant isles of Cumbraes,:and the far-jutting
coast of Cunningham, All these scenes combined
render the view from the top of Carrick-hill
one of the richest to be met with inn Britain ; and
we need not say that its interest and effect will be
greatly ieereased by the monument, which is the
subject of these remarks, by which tire classic
scenery of the Poet's birth-place, and of the most.
admired of his writings, will he rendered still more
worthy of the visit of the atranger.-,,--(Ediebergh
Courwit, Jan, 24 )

[PRICE SEVENPENCE.

DEBATING S9cIETIES:"

FIECKS's HALL, JAN. 27.

After the other business of the day, which was
of an unimportant nature, had been disposed ot,
the Court (a eery bench of Magistrates, in ad-
dition to the Chairman, Mr. - CuNST, being prc-
•e'nr) entered on the consideration of the applica-
tions several Debating and Literary Socier lei
,lor licenses to hold their meetint;s, conceived to
he required tinder tire Act for the preventipo of
Seditious Meetings, passed during the late sitting
of 'Parliament, '

The first Petition read was from the Secretary
of the Forensic Society, setting tortb 'bar a Peti:
tioq had been previously presented to the-Court,.
stating, that the Society had been instituted for
the discussion of legal, literary, political, and
philosophical qn, stint's, and that a licence had
been granted to authorise ,he di,,cussing id all
such 'di,~st ions, with the exception 'of political.
outs. The petitiolier now.prayed for exten-
sion of the licence in the manner originally de-
A Barrister •01.ii'l.Ailatn, we under“ood) stat-
ed, that the Society principally confined itself to
the discussion of legal questions ; that the ad-
mission thereto was limited to such gentlemen
as were members of, or designed tou the English
Bar, and belonged to some one of the Inns of.
Court ; that the number of members was limited
since the foundation of the insri!ution to 36; that
the-place of meeting was the 1-hil of Lyon's lon,
and that the only money piid by the titilnbers
was half-a-guinea yeally, for supplying coal and
candles and other necessaries

The Coo KT, after al constWation, directed
the licence to he allowed in the extended fOrm..

The next Petition was front the 1-la(Lonical
Society, 110, Chancery-lane, front tvh ch it ap-
peared that it alio included within its r,biects the
disct,ssion of political tint stions, within certain
limitations laid do:vn in their laws, and that the
terms of tioalificarion for admissibility were much
more extensive than those of the former, em-
bracing students of any of the Universities in the
United kingdom, members of any of the Inns of
Court, of the "'acuity of Advocates,•Edinburgb ;
the King's Inns, Dublin ; or the Roman Ca-
tholic College of Mavnooth, Irelind. It appear•.
ing.turther that no. money was received, except
by way of annual subscription, the licence wets
granred.

The CHAPMAN then observed, that the appli
cation of these two InNti,tiliou3 for a License was
probably a matter of coarttsy, not necessity, in-
asmuch as they w.ere not established for the pur-
pose of rai,ing of collecting money. Licences
wete,tlicug.fluted to the Poiloniathics, and one
(r.:Awn-1.361,er. Soc h"t the übc
British Wris'ortitred to stand
over till anothtc de.y,

Lastly, a letter horn the ()wining' Lecturer to
the Chairman was read.—lt requested permission*
for the writer to deliver his lectures as formerly,
in New-street, Spring-gardens, declaring that
their,sole object was to improve the happiness of
the marriage state, by endeavouring to u' note
the ob,tructions anti difficulties 'Which stOotl in
the way of a free choice of partners for life
they never touched on Politics, except by way of.
gent-ral allusion, and ti,eir prejudices were rattier
in favour of the present Goterumeut.

A B►rrister assured the Court that he had seen
Ladies, Ii Icons, Nobles, and even Magistrates,
present at the Outinian Lectures.
The Court intimated its acquiescence in the re-
quest of the latter.

LENT ASSIZES.