The Statesman.
London, England, 1820-01-27 00:00:00

PATRIOTIC 30.V0.

BURNXS MONUMENT.

tuse—" Marseille:a Hyena"

Eotsnuaon, Jew. 24.—T0-morrow the fonsdatios-
stone of a splendid monument, to the memory of the far-
ranted bard, will be laid in Lis own county.

Hail—Liberty I—tha choicest treasure,
Whieli Freemen boast in ev'ry had.
Come. come. thou socree of ee'r'y *ewe,
Thy swMits diffuse with literal hand;
Shall &earthy, with rathiess fury,
Depopuiate our native soil,
And reader limitless all our toil'
Ah. el t vile spirit, I abjure thee.
Arouse, -arouse, ye brave.
Bettor, your rights to save ;
Resolve. resolve, with heart and voice,
Reform to has. !
Now. now, behold Ambition louring,
Witn Imughty looks and gilded car ;
Each city, town, and village scouring,
To rouse the eesenguin'd Reeds of war 1
And shall nor land be tore smaller
By tyrants' proud despotic sway
Ah. no ! we'll dare to disobey,
Nut will we basely bear the plunder.
Aro..se. arouse, &c.
Oh ! Freedom! may we yet treto!d tbee
Encircl'd in thy worries' arms ;
Wail it be told that HILTON& sold thee,
Como, 'd by all tb' glorious charms!
Ah, no !—the thought is tuo distressing
Fur Britain's free-born sons to bear ;
No '—FREEDONt's SONS will not despair,
But manfully preserve the blessing !
Arouse, arouse, &e.

The ham is triangular, representing the three dis-
trims of Ayrshire, Kyle, Carrick, and Cunningham, in
the-centre of which there is to be at apartment for the
accommodation of visitors. The triangular part of the
tali& ng rises to the height of about 20 feet, on the top
of %%ilia a range of nine columns of the Corinthian or-
der ascends, of 30 feet elevation, which are to be_ sur-
mounted by a cupola, crowned by a tripod. The whole
height of the monument will be upwards of 80 feet ; and
its effect, as exhibited in the design, is exeeedingly rids
and beautiful. The site chosen for it is a rising ground
on the left of the road leading from Ayr to Slaybole,
and in the immediate vicinity of Alluway Kirk, and
' the *hi bridge of Door ; the two most conspicuous places
rendered famous by the poem of " Tam o' Shinier,"
which may he reckoned the masterpiece of Burns's muse,
whether we consider forte and accuracy of description
the interesting and awaLeeing combination of incidents
brought forward—or the powerful union of the humour-
, ous. the pathetic, and the sublime, in a manner which
is hardly to be met with in any other composition in
I any languaze. The scenery by which the site of the
! monument is surronndetl, is exceedingly picturempie.—
To the traveller approaching Ayr from the top of Car-
rick-hill, the building must appear with noble effect,
standing majostioills on the summit of a sloping bank,
at the bet of whirl, 'flows, in slow progressionetho dark
waters of the Dom.. At a distance in the back grouse!,;
appear the spires and irregular groups of buildings of ,
the town of Ayr ; the intermediate space is tinely ratio- .
gated with rich looking fields and plantations, adorning
the numerous geotlesseen's seats with which the country
abounds; in the immediate view are the dark brown
bilis of Carrick, under which are the classic " hanks,
and braes of bunny Duon,•• beautifully clothed with I
•rood, and on one side rising precipitously from the
II an' with a.geatle curve, occssionhsg a winding of the
rivet; in front, and ball concealed with trees, are the I
hoary looking ruins of " Alloway's auld haunted big-
gin; ' and the add brig of DOOO, over the key-stare of
which Tam so' Shutter, with fearful jeopardy, saved his
distance from the witches' grasp ; a little farther on is
seem the humble cottage, sacred as the birth-place oft
the poet while the scene to the north is enriched by the
aide expanse of the bay of Ayr, appearing like a
large lake, and bounded by the towering mountains
of Arran, the distant isles of Cumbraes, and the far
jotting coast of Cunningham. All these scenes com-
bined render the view from the top of Carrick-hill one
of the richest to be met with in Britain; and we need
not say that its interest and effect will be greatly in-
creased by the monument, which is the subject of these
remarks, by which the classic scenery of the poet's
birth-place, and of the most admired of his writiugs,,
will be rendered still mare stonily ul the visit of the
*ranger.

SONU.
(1110 X TIN NSW orrßs or TIRE •NTIOJ•IIIY.]

Follow. follow thr.,' the sea
To the mermaid's melody !
Safely, freely shalt thou range
Thro' things dreeiltlil, quaint and strange
Lad throe liquid walls behold
Wonders that may not be to!..1;
Treasons too, for ages lost,
Gems surpassing human cost !
Fearless, follow, follow me
Thro' the treasures of the sea.
Thou shalt hear sea-music swell,
From the Triton's curled shell ;
See-nymphs shall with dance sad sung,
Draw thy charmed steps along,
To the palace, glory dight,
Of the white anted Amphitrite !
Whose eoral throne. and crystal roof,
Ocean-monsters guard aloof!
Fearless, follow, follow me
Thro' the wonders of the sea!

PTATIL—On the night between Monday and Tuesday!
last, the coldest night perhaps ever remembered in this
country, the thermometer stood here, in a northern ex-,
pismire, so low as —lO, Fahrenheit's scale, being nut less'
than 42 deg. below the freezing point, according to that
mradation. Viking the whole of Tuesday the lustre-
erit remainell ruder zero, except for a abort interval
about neon. wl.en it rose to 1 deg. The effects of this
greet reduction of teniperatore were such as usually
teccenipany the snort intense cold. The evaporatihn
'ironsthe surface of the ice vu the Tar, being coudensed
•in the air shoos immediately after its forutation, pro-
over ens aim a partial/ fag. rabic*, being gently
the reighleetring tree attached itself by de
-gespe to the bran. hes, Red gaol' birth to innninerahle
an diversified exfolietiuns. of the most singnlar beauty
The bridge being itleVated above the earour, a remark-
able appearance Os obseryed, during sunshine, by a spec-1
' taller who raised hit head above the parapet, so as to
throw his shplow on the fog below ; a gigantic figure
was seen projected on tbr moving vapour (such as has
been frequently noticed, under situllar
,circumstances, in
Alpine coutitries). surrounded by a beautiful halo, and I
throwing off, In every direction, radiations, which ek-1
hibited distinctly all the prismatic colours. The effect
was most striking when the sun was a few degrees'
shove the horizon, and was barely perceptible after
said-:lay. Sr. great was. he intensity of the cold,. that
the windows of-apartments, where a constant firs was'
kept, were covered with a thick coating of ice, Which
1 obscured, the light of day, and liquors of various kinds
were cOntrletely frisson, in situations where, k might
have been siippbseil, they were beyond the reach of frost.'
The sudden increase of temperature, which took place
from Tuesday to Wednesdar, is scarcely less remarkable
than the unusual !old, whi.ch it succeeded, the mercury
having rises in ttr course of twenty-font hoursWearke
40 deg., and indicated a transition 'chill as great, as if
we had passed, in that short interval, from the ordinary
cold of winter to the extreme heat of summer.
(W. have thus witnessed, within the short space of ten
days, two remarkable meteorological phenomena: the
greatest atmospherical pressure, and thevuost depressed
tetnperafore, that have probably ever beets sibserved; vt
at least that have ever been recorded, in this Pak of the
Island. Preconditions, of the atmosphere which led to
this sensual state af.things, have,- it may be concluded,
prodnred et litttlnal ye-Onion on each other; the cbm-
paratively great cold Which preceeded the high state of
the barometer, by condensing the aerial :columns oven
this ornate would cause a current of air to flow from
all the coadguous regions to supply the deficiency id
the equilibrium, add raise arcordingly the barometer ;
and on the other hand, tit, subsequent dimihotion in the
pressure, amounting in a few days nearly to two inches,
by allawiag the air to expand 'ltself, appears to have
caused a powerful absorption caloric, in consequence
of the suasion dilatation, and thus added greatly to the
intensity of the cold.

BRIGHTON, J.N. 25.—The lamented death of
the Duke of Kent has produced a strong sensation
here. When the Regent last left us. it was with
the intent of returning at the end of the pre-
cent week, but whether the - melancholy event
which has occurred may induce any chaoje in that
particular is as yet nninown.—The efforts to bet-
ter the I.onditienisf thrkpoor hem are unremitting„
:1110r the, most saltily eeersequeites. are the result"
The neoessiton haze been, and will continue to
be, relieved. Natisfaction beams in the eves of
the benevolent, and gratitude animates the hearts
and characterizes the countenances of those re-
lieved. •
.. . • ..
THR LATE DUKE OE KENT.—Perbaps a more
eloquent tribute could not be offered to the memory
of the late Doke of Kent, than is contained in the
simple enumeration of the titles of the lactitUtiollll
over which be presided:— ,
His Royal Highness was Joint President of the fie,
eiety for Propagating Christian Knowledge in the Hi
lands and Islands, and among the Indians in America I.
Patron of the. African and Asiatic Society fur Ole Re-
lief anil Instruction of the Natives of Africa antt.Alla,
resident in London and its Vicinity : Nice.Patran
of the Royal Westminster Infirm:lry • President of this
Lying-in eharity ; Patron of the Itc;yel British Free
School, Islington'; Patron of the Eastern Dispensary;
Vice-Patron of the City Dispensary ; Patron of the City
of London Truss Society ; Patron of the Universal Oho
pensary for Children ; Patrol§ of the St. Anne's Society 1
Schools: President of the Corporation of the C'aleduniap 1
Asylum ; Patron of the Benevolent Society Of Saint
Patrick ; Patron of the Society for the Relief of Widows
and Orphans of Medical Men ; Vice-President of the
Veterinary College; Patron of the Philosophical Society
of London.
Yesterday the Dukes of loaf: and CLARENCE
visited the 'PRINCE. REGRNT at Carlton-house.
On Friday evening was played A Bold Stroke foe a
Husband. In the course of the play, while the drop
was down between acts, there was a cry from the gaUety
for " (toil sari. the King." The hand of the guards (at
the desire of the officers of whom the play was acted),
went through the tune once. Some person exclaimed,
" Wallnee!" and. as encore of t' Boil seep the King"
was the coamminence., Not satisfied. with this, the ultra
loyalists rose and began to cbecr and wave .their hats,
Hid wit beenin the diger*/ 'taw that)** been repre-
sented, these irritating eiresmatanceurreonld most likely
have bad on tusfortneate result ; suit. aetwitlsesendink
the peaceful demeanour with which they were rertriem4
we cannot but ly reprobate any attempt to make
aft air; which Ought to be heki sacred to unanimity and 1 • • . . ,
concord, the means or the probable object of dimes- , Mondh•y the High Court of Justiciary met, to
lion.—(Newessede, /44. 254 . . . . 4o the trial of Walter Boillie sod Jolliet
Gittleaftou i.—From the Otimerous novels whieb .Z= his wife, residing hi the brass-market,,pccused
have issued from the North, within these last Ara 14 ledinen. In l'avin! *old or eirrOleted Woolee's
Senn, one might be tempted to sett ,••• Can any goad i tee* ThWiff. lite* "(Pl' Plain', did ROI spilsat, and
thing come frets thence row? "—Blantorgus rePiies. I',"
ym.,,lt is a Wow
of yorit, abouadinr in the chip," mailli.O appeared, but the LORD ADTOrAff waved that I
reqiisitet of fictitious coiliposition ; and If the Radii •i ibe.'" against h`r be. deserted' pro fors d retelsorei
get, but justice at the hands of those who wield tbi which was ,done "e""i'neY.' , ~ . .
press, his reputation Will be eitablisbed In thiS depart- I nt.roity of Versailles has furnished another sad ex.
meat of !iterative After Ica.liog .. Waverly," " tluy ainple of the deadly ettliwis of spontineoes combustion:
mang; " The Antiquity,- and " The Toles ,of 1 The widow Ciiiievimor. of 6! Yee!' of afte, and Witt
„milord ~ many ar.citipt to wocloile that the nos, ! mach ateastomill t 4 the use of ardent spirits, was hula
ners of the if are sow coofilettii dorelopril, The.. its her }tub (heist the seiere cold weather, actnallY
lof •• Oloe(ergas'cithews ea shit tea bees still coasettibitO a under. ,
mach Ili temp cif vita; peseta._ ~,... • ...... ... I Oa toteday alternoon, about these o'clock,
11217
. Two caitte) 114101 dthINIV We •. . valet, at 'James Stongliton, EN. on of tie Spanish Consul, was
ottoesiod, by tbsaingiag of 010 ; g to , wit mat Vie FeFate at Courtiami-dreet, by Mr. Bann
tient are Iwo peobably aaelsitt i aa • thamilaies. et Beittneste, and it a ivecontre,, 'travelog. by
aerie.. Os lbe siseti,iklek of. one of thew' art re-' the lute,' teas stabbed through the heart with a sword.
inning of a Aintatich, abut two feat wide, hiding into tone, iiiti expired is a kw mantes----(Coeis. diderrtiver,
she other. , _ 23 )
The weather has been so severe at Lisbon, that Da*. tem week, J. G. I.tnebtoe, RN. N.P.
is see niffbai. Mot -fire lisbyttlpett. and *Ng. •tlitili.ll ' gevecbllollhets of smell coals to the iababltants 1
woe trivia OP . •nrot Ws'. PIIPPOY 61'1)1'4' ,o'f . street • and on Monday last 40 Clittli
tad set mermieg .so tbraee4ieey itation. The ,
kit bitatig- ;bier titelie e s
thick it r
mi 4 itifi n limllis a them' eal'ill...l—. °API; 6.llllllna'd taking mat to the Peet
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let DWMF. tensionth and Sunderland.
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