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London, England, 1815-06-12 00:00:00

dlt on those to whoont manigetneotsm eoemittecl.!
The following is a copy of the Insctiption, wntten,
by Mr. KBDIAI4 of the Bulk of Scotland's office :

BURIN'S'S MAUSOLEUM.

Demeans, Jetzt 6.
The Itlnr!'s birth-day was yesterday (for the 55th'
4me) loitered in %if the rineina of hAls, and other de
monstrations of the loyalty .nd atialien of a grateful
penplo. That Jar havintr been judiciously chosen for
laying the foundation stone of the Mausoleum over the
remains of Bard of Scotland, an immense crowd
early assembled in the: town from all quarters to wit-1
ress the int.- resting ceremony. At eleven o'clock the
Committee of Management met in the Court house to
arranee the business of the day. when Mr. HUNT, the
Architect, who graetatotids furnished the nut of the
Mane leetn, with three Vier Gentlemen, who had ac-
companied him frcm London for the express purpose
of payieg a tribute of resnect to the memory of de-
parted eenius, were introduced to the meanie. Mr.
Iluare w.a received with such cordial marks of respect.l
as w. T. due to his talents and liberality, and the cheeks
of the Meeting were unanimously voted to him for the
very hanusorne manlier in which he had shewn his
admiration of the Poet. Mr. HUNT stated, that he
had. at the request of the Committee, examined the
spot where the remains of BURNS are laid, and was
of opinion, that the Mausoleum could not be conve-
siently built on that scite. He, theref. re, warmly
approved of the proposal which had been made at a
timber meeting of the Committee, to erect the pro-
postai ed fire in the new burying-ground bel,inging to
the town. where an excellent situation had been point-
ed out. The Committee unanimously entered. into
these views, and resolved accordingly; on which ar-
rangements were made for laying the foundation-
stone in the new scite.
At twelve o'clock the various Lodges of Free Ma-
sons began to assemble in the New Church, and the
Magistrates, the Grand Committee of the seven incor-
porated Trades, and many subscribers to the Mauso-
leum, joined the Committee of Management in the
Court House. At one o'clock the procession moved
off from the Court-house, preceded by a band of music,
and the colours of the Trades, and when it arrived op-
posite to the New Church, it was joined by deputations
from eighteen different lodges of Free Masons, to the
slumber of more than 400, the junior lodges being in
front when marching to the Church-yard, and the
order being reversed in returning.
The whole procession, under the escort of the Dum-
fries Yeomanry Cavalry, proceeded in grand order
through the streets to St. Michael's Church-yard, ac-
eone.ateed by an immense crowd. On the arrival of
the procession at the.churcleyard, the different lodges
Fatted, and opened to the right and left, making way
fer the pr limed grand lodge to pass to the front, ac.
cording to mascnic ender. The foundation-stone was
then laid in doe form by the provincial grand master,
Was. MILLER, Esq. of Dalswinton, who emptied on it
the contents of the cornucopia and of the vessels filled
with wine and oil, and deposited in it two glass le a.
ties, the one containing the gold, silver, and copper
coin of the kingdom, and the other a Latin inscription,
wiitten on vellum, a copy of a small edition of the
"Poems of Bottles, tie Resolutions of the Committee
with the names of the Members, and the Newspapers
of the day ; after which, he addressed the spectators
in an elegant and appropriate speech, in which Was,
the following beautiful allusion to the Poet:
" You Gentlemen, have this day been engaged in performing
a solemn duty at the grave or your favourite and lamented bard,
who, baring Lsitig devoted his extraordinary talents to adorn the
literature 4 an admiring country, has now bequeathed his fame
and reputattim to the tutelage of au enlightened posterity. We,
Gentlemen, as masons, oriole we have been occupied in the
charge of a (levy, prescribed to us by Air eon professions. have
at the same time been rendering a last tram: e of respect.to the I
inensury of an illustrious Brbther—illustrious not from birth nor
'front chose brilliant achievements which lead to speedy wealth
and c riain hooour, but from an assemblage of those rare and
-splendid end At/mettle, whirls Nature, in her partial moods, be-
stows but cm her fsvoured few. The language of truth compels
as vi con +•••• .bat Burns was not without his frailties; but what
start, alas I I. free irom every fault ! The rigid critic, and the
stern moralist, in the vigilant exercise of their faculties, may,
while poociering ever ins manifold beauties, discover and select
patients not altogether unexceptionable or blameless; yet, if
-they temper their seventy with justice, though they may find
*something to reprove, they will find mock to applaud,—almost
every thing to admire.
" It is equally foreign to my intentions, as it would be repug- 1
nant to your ee.ings, to brew he a censure, h.iwever light, which
might disturb the slumbers of the peaceful grave ;and it will not
be eliptCitil ow me—and in this place, where every heart, in silent
eloquelice, offers to his memory. the homage of its adruiravon, it
es:taut solely be neces.ary—to pron.iu..ce the eulugia of the
moth-lsoleoted, but uniortunate horns; yet indulge me, teen-
ti• men, with a single observation.
".In the atm' al course of evente, we may rest firmly persuad-
ed, that the leiatisokuni. of which we have this day laid the toun-
elanoi.-stone. wits successfully resist, for ages yet to tonie, every
attack which may be niaeie upon ;t by the dilapidating hand of
; it needs snot however, I tlin.k, the gin at prophecy t.
cur. eel, that when she labour. of our liandsAall have mouldered,
into decay, Bun.s, in the effusions of his vigorous :Mud, and
vessel lui and ei ergetic coney, will still be found **have reared a
monument to his own glory, which will endure while taste and
genius hold .hew +enmity over the human Mind. ' In as age Of
human sincerity, well might he bile applied to his own labours
the Lnguag.t pi the illustrious Roman Puet---° .Exegi ruunnmen-
tum are perenuimi."
" Al bough the committee of management 'connected with
the ini-ttie,s et. this day, has not yet reeeivid any monumen-
tal inscription • commemorative of the character and writings
of Buri,s, yet stink the genius and liberality of a Campbell,
a ,rot', or a Byron, combine to support and illustrate the
annals of eterlsteratere, it need not tear the want of some ap-'
propriate memorial, at once redounding to the honour of the
dead anti bf the hvturPtotte and which will own to comma-
cats is after times a testing of the reined and polished •tare
whi.:ll se eminently distiugu:Ate the remarkable era In lebieli it
to our tOC to five;''
The ceremony was dosed by the provincial grand
chaplain whit an appropt Lite Prayer.
.At four o'clock, a numerous and highly respect.
able party of Gentlemen sat down to dinner in the
King's Arms Lou, which was served up in the best
st)le : many appreptiale -toasts were given, and a
pi.eln, composed by Mr. W. J. WALTSR, for the occa
sion, and recited by hiui, was received with enthusias-
tic appleuse. The Incorporated Tredes, with their
usu conviviality, eaterteined a large party of their
frtenos in their Hall in thesevening, and presented the
freedom of the bevels lncorseirated Trades, in THOMAS
Fltl.llLitsCK HUNT, 12:-.q Architect, 01 London, as a
mate of their reepect ter his talents, and of their ape
probation of hie handsome conduct in. finishing de-
signs for the Mauaoleunt. At vight o'clock, a Pro-
vincial Grand Loi4te was held in the Geor6e Bade
• room, which was splendiiily decorabed whit fiuWeis.
for the i•Carl111011. •
We have seldom witnessed a more imposing and
tilying spectacle th in was exhibited during the
whoa of the transactiens of this-day, which were con-
ucted is such a manner, as in reflect the highest in:

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INSCRIPTION.
Its /F.tertium Honorem
ROBERTI BURNS,
Pnetarnm Caledonia sui mei loop priocipis,
Cujus carmine eximia. patrio sermons scripts,
Antini magls ardentiOngeniique vi,
Quam arse vel Mitts conspicua,
Vacetil, jucunditate, kpore, aMuentia,
Omnibos litterarum cultoribu► gads nom;
Lives sue, necnois Plerique onuses
Mmaruns amantissimi, mentoriamque
Arte poetics tam Orasclari, foventis
HOC MAUSOLEUM,
Super relives poetae inortales,
extruendum mart re.
Primus hujus aediflcii lapidem
Gulielmus MlUes, Armiger,
P.eipubsicz architectonic= spud Scotto,
In regione australl, Curio Maximus provincialls,
Georgia Tertio regnante,
Gem Walliarnm Principe,
Fumniam imperil pro patre tenente,
Joseph° Gass armigero tumfrisiae Praefecto,
Boma F:Hunt, Londirsensi, Architect°,
Posuit,
Nonis manila, Anno Lucie vstnrcexv.
Salmis Humans= uncecxv.
TRANSLATION.
In perpetual hnnour of
RODER BURNS,
Incomparably the first Scottish Poet of his age,
whose exquisite verses, in the dialect of his country,
distinguished for the strength and fire of native genius,
snore than for the acquired accomplishments
of polish and erudition,
are admired by aU men of letters
for theirhumeur, pleasantry, elegance, and variety;
his townsmen and others, who love polite literature,
and cherish the memory of so eminent ageuius,
caused this Mausoleum to be erected
over the mortal remains of
I'HE BARD.
Of this edifice,
planned by Themes F. Hunt, Esq. of Loudon, architect,
the first stone was hid by
Wllliam Miller, Esq.
Provincial Grand Master of the Southern District,
of Free Masons in Scotland,
In the reign of King George 111.
During the Regency of George Prince of Wales,
Joseph Gass, Esq. being Provost of Dumfries,
On the sth day of June,
In the year of light, 5815,
Of our Lord, 1815.
The weather peeved very favourable, and so grand
a scene perhaps never has been witnessed is Dumfries
before. I'he crowd on the streets, which had assert].
bled from all the surrounding country, was immense,
and all the windows fronting the long line of streets
through which the procession passed, were filled with
as rich a display 01 youth and beauty as ever graced
an interesting spectacle :
For fairer than our Nithsdale fair,
Or handsomer, there's RUN elsewhere 1••••KAIr NS.

Saturday evening. the Princess Co kuLerrs of
WALMA honoured the Opera with her presence, at-
tended by the Countess of ILCHICSI Ett' Mrs. CAMP..
SILL, and Colonel AftcNaftoKE. Her Royal High-
ness came without state, and, by her pat ocular de-
sire, no salutation was Imide from the stage, by the

performance of the National Anthem or otiairways.
The preparations for the Fete to be given by the
Duke of NORFOLK, at Artindel Caste, to the Barons
of England, are conducting upon the grandest scale of
magnificence; the costume* the times, the baron's
stately dress, the ancient insignia. with the blowing ot
the horn at the gates of the castle, are all to add to
the great and minor interests ot the scene, to furnish
a proud display of the wealth knd rank of the Engli,h
Nobility, and to commemorate the ancestry of those
who fought for liberty and glory, and who gained
those trophies for their country, by their own virtues
and their honour.
The abutments of Chesford bridge, in Warwick.
shire, gave way on Monday last, whilst a waggon,
heavily laden, was crossing along it. The waggon,
horses, and a boy, who was leading them, were pre.
cipitated into the Avon. The boy was carried away
by the stream, and must have been drowned, had not
a dog, which was tied to the *aggon, broke the rope,
and safely brought him on shore. By prompt asses.
tame all the horses were saved but the thiller. The
bridge, at the time of the accident, was under repair.
The demand for musket ball cartridges has been
so great, that the stage waggons of Chelmsford have.
been hired for the purpose of conveying 1,500,000
from the Depot on Chelmsford lines to Puttied; and
30.000,000 of musket bail caritidges, and 30,000.
barrels of powder, of 901 b. each, have been embarked
at Woolwich, for the Doke of WELLINGTON'S army
in the Netherlands, singe the army been there.
MILSMIAS 01 LADY HASIILTON.--Thongh the pub-
lication of this Work, from its disclosure of certain
Litt:, has caused a partial feeling of resentment against
the Author, the *unbiassed Reader will rejoice in find.
ling so powerful a champion enlisted under the ban.
ners of religion and morality, and will readily ac..
.knowledge, that when any of those who have risen
above their contemporaries by their performances, are
found remarkably deficient in those duties which con•
stitute the only points of efficient wimple, the causes
of their errors, and the consequences of their follies,
ought to be plainly related, that historic truth may
nut be injured by partial representations, nor the
'rawer of virtue weakened by the influence of splen-
did names. •
To TUE PUBLlC.—Extract from La Belle Anew-
Nee : 4' It gives us great pleasure when any thing
:occurs that will 'tweet. food for the mind to our
Readers, and happy we are that we can boast of
•so many.' We have always lead great pleasure in
.giving extracts from Mr. Guest's astonishing Cases,
and positive Cures, from his celebrated pamphlet,
iatitled, 6 A Guide .from Pain to Certain Ease.'
We finished the' account of Iris cases of won.
defied Cures, which we have entitled the Old
'Series, in No. 69 .1 .this Work. It gives ns
great satisfaction to inform our Readers that we have
prevailecLon Mr. GUEST to gioreus permission to in.
sert a number of 'new cases, which we entitle the.
New Series of Cu-.:s performed by him, a great
many of which have positively been returned from
the -different flospitala incurable, after having been
under the care of the most eminent professional men
of the day. We cannot help again saying, we feel
a particular pleasure inenriching out Magaaine with
those celebrated extracts, which we ate persuaded
will not only give great• satisfaction to oer numerous
Readers, as well as cache their astonishment. In the
remote ages, or leuslakimes, many such Cures as we
shall have .the pleasure of laying before our Readers*
would, no doubts have been eat eesued miracles." •