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MR. WILSON'S
BURNS"
" NIGHT Wl'
Mr. Wilson's " Night wi' Burns," pre-advertised for deli.
very on Monday at the Music-rooms in Store-street, drew toge-
ther a full and attentive audience. The early life of Buri.s
formed the first subdivision of the syllabus—the South and boy-
hood of Burns, when as yet the embryo and inchoate poet was
last shooting up into the stature of man, both in mind and
body, but not in an Edinburgh or Glasgow University, or amid
the dusty terminologies and abstract metaphysics of Dr. Blair
or Dr. Reid, the Scottish sophists of his day, but amid the illi-
mitable light and the air, learning large and unsophisticated
lessons of wisdom in the fields and pastures, that made him a
man, manlike, and imbued hit spirit w th those sympathies and
feelings that caused his na'ure to overflow with the bright wine
of heroism, tenderness, and love. Mr. Wilson, with a true
spirit of fervour, co-allied himself well with the subject of his
lecture. Love, he proceeded to show, was the inspirer
of his earliest song, and the genuine feeling Mich
prompted the first outpouring of his heart, being that also which
pervaded the hundreds that followed, was the true cause that
had led to their subsequent adoption and translaion in German,
French, and Danish. Being the natural vintage of his spirit,
the universality of h.l songs was no wonder, and, therefore, ob-
served Mr. Wilson, my surprise was somewhat mitigated when
in 1840, on crossing the Atlantic, and landing at Baltimore,
my first salutation by a countryman was " Och, mon, ye're just
come in the nick o' time; this is Burns' birthday !" And,
truly, across the wilderness of waters, there, on that very
day, we e feasts of celeoration dedicated to the " dead
master of melody Burns's predilections at school were re-
corded by Mr. Wilson to have been among such readings as the
" Vision of Mirza," and in a devotional point of view " Ad-
dison's Hymn." Religion, indeed, swayed him in no un-
powerful manner; his chief gratification, and upon which he
composed one of his first poems, " Winter, a dirge," was to walk
up and down a forest-walk, amid the solemn swinging of the
boughs, while the storm-winds drifted the snows and howled in
the mountains. It was then he fancied that " the Lord
walked on the wings of the wind." < Among gee models of
ancient virtue that took him greatly, was that of Nar?nibal,
and beside him William Wallace. The splendid o!e apper-
taining to this last hero bears no trivial stamp of
the impression he had made upon his mind. "It is
the grandest ode out of the Bible," said Professor Wilson, and
the emphasis with which the lecturer sang it. confirmed every
hearer in the prepossession. From seventeen to twenty, no
less than half a dozen fair forms.,,appear by turns to have
haunted the imagination of young Burns ; 'each. Ike a beauti-
ful phantom, appearing and then flitting fram before but each
evoking from him song. " Handsome Nell," was his
first charmer ; to her succeeded " Tibbie," which we
were given to understand was an etheliptic for "Is-
abella," whose other maiden name was Stephens; " bonny
blooming Peggy," profuse with fair hair, cherry-lips, and
smiles, he next idolized, but finding her betrothed, bade her
'
farewell in some elegant stanzas.My Nannie Oh," was
another of his erotic effusions, addressed to a goddess of his
devotions, and this far from the last. Burns's independence
broke out more than once at school. " Nonsense, Sir" said
his master, to a theme Burns had proposed to argue with a
companion, as to whether a general or merchant. was
most useful in society. " Sir," said Burns, "if before
the whole school you like to argue it with me, well."
The dominic consented, and defended the general ;
Burns stood up for the merchant; the young dialec-
tician was a stout gladiator, and finally old Ferule's hands
shook, and the eantest was pronouuced for Burrs. Mr.
Wilson, in the second part of his lecture entered largely into
the sad difficulties and troubles that distorted the serenity of
the good poet's life, and related, as the pleasantest exception,
the kindness he experienced from the Earl of Glencairn. It is
after this Lord that the poet's brother, Major Glencairn Burns,
was named. This venerable gentleman occupied in person
with his family the centre dress-box in the rooms, and recog-
nised, by bowing, the a: plause occasioned by the
lecturer's mention of his name and presence. The
affability of Lord Daer, too, was another glimpse of grace
along the rugged pall, which, as an exciseman, with thirty-
five pounds a-year, and a wife and two children, he led in
penance. At the time that he was a gauger this office was the
most detested of the kind in Scotland. " What are yon fishing
or, boy ?" " Devils !" " What do you bait with ?" " Gaugers,"
is a characteristic anecdote of the period. Burn's " honey-
moon" song, comp-ell by him on his marriage with " Bonnie
Jean," has little voluptuous in it, but is rather the same sort of
serious epithalamium as the Romans sung, when the bride's
ha r was parted wii h a spear, and the keys delivered up.
" The Dell's awa wi' the exciseman,"
sped from Mr. Wilson's lips with excellent spirit. This was the
song with which Burns, sword in hand, attacked a contraband
brig and valorously rapt ured her, having composed the song for his
comrades on the occasion. Burns, in his last moments, died in
fear of gaol, and wrote, under that terror, for 5/ to hi, friend
George Thompson, to save him from it: on his dying day, two
ladle., called to see him; one drew'down the blind, supposing
the sun to be too fierce. "No, dear," exclaimed he, "let him
shine on ; it will not be for long ; let him shine !" One of his
comrade volunteers was in the room. " Don't let the awkward
squad fire over me, John," said Burns ; he was, however, buried
Ki h military honours. Since his death, a splendid monument
has been erected to him at Dumfries, and others elsewhere.
Mr. Wilson, we perceive, gives " Anither night Wl' Burns," on
Tuesday, the Vd ; and on Easter Monday, chiefly for the ju-
veniles, a recapitulation o his choicest songs.

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CHARTIST MEETING.
A crowded meeting, convened by the Chartists, was held
on Monday, parsuant to public notice, at the Vestry-rooms,
Gordon-square,St. Pancras, for thepur pose, as stated in the
bills, "of adopting measui es tog inakkat he Charter becom' th
jes ty to dismiss trial
law of the lanai, and of:prayin her
her Council her present advisers."
Though the meeting was called for seven o'clock, tl e busi-
ness did not commence until eight o'clock, at. which hour the
chair was taken by Mr. Farrar.
The CHAIRMAN commenced by stating, that though he w
a strict Chartist, he desired that every one who might wislr to
address the meeting would be allowed to do so ; he highly de-
precated the conduct pursued by some Gentlemen who called
meetings for the avowed object of eliciting public opinion.
but would not allow any one to speak but their own agens,
thus making public meetings, as the Duke of Wellington
had expressed it, a public farce. He believed this meeting
had been called for the purpose of effecting a unites
between the middle and working classes; whilst people ai-
peared to be striving fur a union, he was sorry to see them
quibbling about straws —adopting various names, but always
shirking the question of the Charter. Thus it might be
Wen from the papers, that a meeting of the Radical Club, at
N hid' Mr. Hume presided, had been lately held at Radley's
Hotel, where the object was to give everything in the Charter
but Annual Parliaments.—(" Oh.") He was the more sur-
prised at this, es hen he remembered that Mr. Hume, when in
Parliament, had adopted the principles of the Charter. Mr.
Sturge, of Birmingham, also had been talking about his " com-
elete suffrage," and had called meetings on the matter ; but if
Mr. Sturge were to propose such a thing in London, he
(the Chairman) stould rise and propose an amendment.—
Hear. )—lie should recommend the Chartists to combine
with no par ty who were not prepared to combine with them
on one principle, and that, the Charter. He thought they
should agitate now for all the points of the Charter, and then
let agitation cease, aid for ever.—( Hear, hear.) After a few
more remarks, the Chairman concluded by calling on Mr.
Pelting to move the National Petition.
Mr. PEW NG regretted that the duty which devolved upon
him had not upon into other hands. He then read the
National Petition at length, and briefly proposed it for tl.e
adoption of the meeting.
AIN MEAD, of Birmingham, said he heartily seconded the
proposition. As a true British tailor he always felt happy when
lighting in the cause of liberty, that cause for which, when a
)(rung man, he also fought, but in a different way—( Cheer s.) He
had now advocated the cause of Chartism for two years, at much
expense to his pocket. and at some personal danger ; but he
had nailed his colours to the mast-head of the old Britannia,
,id he would stick to them yet.--( dear, hear.) They had
had Lord John Russell's nostrum, and he had proved himself a
perfect quack.—( Loud cheering.) Now they had Bobby Peel's
Aran, and they were going to have a property tax, and
inasy people thought that it would be a great thing ; and so
it would, but it would c me out of the people's pocket aker all,
oecause if they taxed the property of the middle men they
would immediately lower the wages of their workmen.—( Hear
near.) The measure, however, was better than they expecte
from such a man as Peel ; but the fact was he had felt thd
pressure from without ; the Chartists were, as the renegade
Dis Patch had lately, discovered, a powerful body,, and Peel 1, e
'it roo.—( Hear, hear). lla conyended for equat
rights, equel taear ion, and equal ropresentatiori; tint roast
would never get that till the Charter became the law of the
.and ; they hui an indubitable right to thi' • it had been given
to them by their forefathers, and, by the Heaven above, they
hal moral strength enough to regain it.— (Cheers.) Then as
to the &ate Church, lock at what it was; why, Lord
Chat lam, fifty years ago, said that it was a mockery, composed
ef a Popish Liturgy, an Armenian clergy, and Calvaniatic
articles. When compared with the dimiples of our meek re-
deemer' what a farce was the conduct of the ministers of our
Church. They were to be found in the gambling hell., the
race-course, the hunting-ground, and every where, in fact, but
where they ought to be—the paths of virtue and humility.—
( Cheers.) Was it a wonder, then, that the Charter demande I
the abolilition of a State Church? Ile believed that. a State
Church was the source of all moral, social, and political evils.
—( Hear, hear.) He rejoiced to say, however, that there were
some good men in the Church ; and whilst there were such
men amongst theta as the Rev. Dr. Wade, the Rev. W.
Spencer, and ths Rev. Mr. Price, he could not condemn them
all.—(Cheers.) lie next came to the matter of glass legia-
lotion, and he would say most unhesitatingly that to class
legislation were owing the evils of the State Church which he
had endeavoured to depict.—( Hear.) If they wanted to carry
the Charter they must shut up their pockets, and use as few
exci.cable articles as possible; let them do as the men
of Birmingham did at the time of the lie'orm Bill, who
had large placards printed, and stuck them in their windows,
intimating that they would pay no tax till the Reform
Bill was passed.—(Hear.) Property qualification was the
greatest curse this country ever had. In one case the bricks
anti mortar voted for the return of Members of Parliament,
and in the other case a barber's block, with plenty of yellow
dirt in his rocket, became their representatives, whilst honest
poor men could not vote, arid talented poor men could not
speak to uphold the rights of the people.—( Hear, hear.) Time,
however, was precious; their time was precious; and he wonld
call upon the numerous assembly to co-operate in obtaining
the Charter for the law of the land. Now was the time, and
he would remiini them, as Shakspeare said, that
" There is a tide
lii the affairs of man, which, taken at the full,
Leads on to greatness."
Let them go on then, floe, for now was the time in this great
moral warfare; anti with Macbeth he would say to them,
" Lay on Macduff,
And damned be lie that first cries Hold, enough !"
Mr. Mead resumed his seat amidst loud applause.
Dr. WADE next rose to speak to the resolution. He was an
old Reformer, and Mr. Mead might recollect that some years
ago be agitated for the Reform !Sill in Birmingham, anti the
reason he liked the Charter was, because the points for which
he streve then, piecemeal and in detail, the Charter now con-
tained whole anti entire.—(Hear.) Ile had since then been
to Scotland, where he had the honour of being deputed by the
sorking classes of London. He was the first who int roduced the
Charter into Scotland. It was there he wade the acquaint-
ance of their excellent fl iends Messrs. Sankey and Thomas
Murphy. He was the first to stir up the bold Scotch, and to
invite the blue bonnets to come over the border.—(Cheers.)
He had also gone to the Queen to petit.on for the restoration
of Frtet, Williams, and Jones, and there manfully, but inef-
fectua lv, had he argued their cause. His desire was to see the
people happy, and it was that which had induced him to do
what he had done in their service. The same principles actuated
}inn now which actuated him then, anti to obtain the people's
happiness he believed the Charter was the best—the only ob-
ject.—( Hear, hear.) He thought working men should be
nominated as candidates for Members of Parliament, and re-
ferred the meetings to Norway, where the affairs of the Stase were
conducted by wo king men, anti where the affairs and accounts
were brought out in the clearest and most accurate manner.
The Reverend Doctor then proceeded to comment at some
length upon the articles of belief contained in the Ct arter, and
concluded by expressing his hearty concurrence with every-
thing contained in the six points. He had heard there was to
be aConference at Birmingham, for the purpose of considering
the union between the middle and working classes ; if he
should have the honour of being deputed to go there by any
of the London Associations, he should stand up for the Charter
whole and entire.—( Loud cheers.)
The petition was then put frost the Chair, and carried una-
nimously, amidst loud cheers.
Mr. NICHOLSON, in a speech of some duration, which want
of space wholly precludes us from inserting, moved a resolu-
tion, declaring class-legislation to be the root of all evils, social,
moral, and political, and that the meeting, being of opinion that
a great evil required a great remedy, was determined to adopt
the People's Charter.
Dr. M`Dowacc rose with great pleasure to second this re.
solution. He cautioned the Chartists to beware of the pro-
fessions of the middle-class men ; whatever might be their pro-
fessions, he did not believe that they were actuated by any
desire to benefit the great portion of mankind. They never
troubled their heads ahou' politics till politics interfered with
them ; anti then they began to think about some reformation.
Their interests were now interfered with, anti they sought for
some change, but he would warn the labouring-classes not to
trust to their sincerity, for so soon as Cheyebtained their object,
which might be the abolition of the Corn and Provision-laws,
perhaps, they would forget their professions and leave the
working-men to fight their battle alone.—( Cheers. ) With
regard its the income tax proposed by Sir R. Peel, he would
assure the working men that they would ultimately have to pay
it—it would all come cut of their pockets. He cared not where
they put the tax, whe.her they put it on champagne, which
the working men never saw, or upon port wine, which they
never drank ; it was the same in the end, the labouring-class
paid for it all.—( Hear, hear.) The repeal of the
Corn-laws would be of no service to the people. Such a con-
cession might have suited them very well some fifty or
sixty years ago, but now they were much in advance of such a
principle as that ; now that they were sticking at the tree of
corruption, what vs as the good of one saying, Strike here,. and
nother saying, No, strike here, a yard higher. He would strike
at the root at once, and bring down the whole at one fell
swoop.—( Hear, hear.) The Doctor then briefly adverted to
the grievances of the Irish people, and having gene over the
various parts of the National Petition, he concluded, amidst
great cheering, by expressing his hearty and entire concurrent e
in the resolution which he hail had the honour of seconding.
Several other speeches were delivered by persons present,
and a memorial was agreed on to her Alajesty, respectfully
praying her to dismiss from her Council her present advisers.
Votes of thanks were passed to the Chairman and the gentle-
men who had addressed them in the course of the evening. The
meeting, which had been throughout conducted with the greatest
propriety, separated at a very late hour.