Obituary.

his patrons procured him the situation of an Exciseman , and an income of somewhat less than 50 I . per annum . We know not whether any steps were taken to better this humble income . Probably he was not qualified to fill a superior situation to that which was assigned him . We know that his

manners refused to partake the polish of genteel society , that his talents were often obscured and finally impaired by excess , and that hisprivate ' circumstances were embittered by pecuniary distress . Such , we believe , is the character of a man who in his compositions has discovered the force of native humourthe

, warmth ancl tenderness of passion , and the glowing touches of a descriptive pencil—a man who -was the pupil of nature , the poet of inspiration , and who possessed in an extraordinary degree the uowers and the failings of genius . Of ¦ the former , his works will remain a lasting monument ; of the latter , we are

afraid that his conduct and his fate afford but too melancholy proofs . Like his predecessorFerguson , though he died at an early age , his mind was previously exhausted , and the apprehensions of a distempered imagination concurred along with indigence and sickness to embitter the last moments

of his life . He has left behind a wife With five infant children , and in the hourly expectation of a sixth , without any resource'but yyhat she may hope from public sympathy , and the regard clue to the memory of her husband . Need we say any thing more to awaken the feelings of benevolence ? Burns

, ¦ who himself erected a monument to the memory of his unfortunate poetical predecessor , Ferguson , has left , in his distressed and helpless family , an opportunity to his admirers and the public , at once to pay a tribute of respect to the genius of tho poet , and ( p erect a substantial monument of their own

beneficence . " Mr . Burns was a soldier as well as a poet : he was a member of the Royal Dumfries Volunteers , and while his brethren in arms determined that his remains should be interredwjth military honours , every liberal and noble mind concurred in gracing the ' sad

sdemnity with every additional respect . 1 The corpse had been conveyed to the Town hall , and on Monday last it was removed from thence for interment .

The military , consisting of theCinque Port Cavalry , and the Angushire Fencibles , having handsomely tendered their services , lined the streets on both sides to the burial ground , in the Old Church-yard , about a mile distant . The Royal Dumfries Volunteers , in uniform , -with scarfs on their left arms ,

supported , the bier ; another party of the corps , appointed to perform the military obsequies , moving in slot- / solemn time to the Dead March in Saul , which was played by the military band , preceded in' mournful array , with arms reversed . The principal part of ' the gentry and inhabitants of the town ancl

neighbourhood , with a long train of the particular friends of the Bard , from " remote parts , all actuated by the regard which is due to the shade of so much worth , followed in procession , the great bells of the churches tolling at intervals . Arrived at the church-yard gate , the funeral party formed two lines , leaning

their heads on their firelocks pointed tp . the ground . Through this space the corpse tvas carried , and borne fore-arc ? ' to the grave . The party then drew up along side of it , fired three vollies over , the coffin when deposited in the earth > The whole ceremony presented a solemn , grand , and affecting spectacle ^

and accorded with the general sorrow and regret forthe loss ofa mar „ " whose like we scarce can see again . " ' Poor Burn ' s in the first edition of his poems , inserted an Epitaph upon a Bard ' which we have ahvays understood he , ' meant for himself . The following Verse , which v / e quote from memory , expresses at once the consciousness of genius , and the sense he entertained of his own frailty 1 -

The poor inhabitant belpty , Was quick tp learn , and wise to know ; And keenly felt the social glow , And softer flame ; But thoughtless follies laid him low , . And stain'd his name . 26 . At Mostyn-hall , Flintshire , Sir

Roger Mostyn , bart . Member of Parliament for the county of Flint , for w ; hich'he was chosen for the ninth time at'the'last General . Ejection . 28 In W elbeck-street , Lady St . Aubyn , relict of the late Sir John St . Aubyn , bart . and the lady of John Baker , Esq . of Oaks , in the county of Essex . A feiv days ago , at Watcrford , Mr .